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“a VANGELIZATION, Progress of the Work of Revival in the Connecticut Valley, MR. MOODY ON THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST. Testimony of Angels, Men and Devils as Recorded in the Scriptures. UNITARIANISM ON THE OFFENSIVE. Scathing Review of Orthodoxy and Its Teach- ings by Rev. Dr. Sunderland, A PEOPLE BETTER THAN THEIR CREED, Norturrenp, Mass,, Sept. 20, 1875 The excitement caused by the conflict of human nature with matters spiritual and worldly still con- tinues here in the Connecticut Valley. In fact, it may be said to increase rather than diminish, and in the midst of the commotion not a few are moved to accept of the evangelist’s eloquent persuasions to “flee from the wrath to come,” and by a pure and holy life here- after qualify themselves for full membership in the kingdom of heaven. Notwithstanding the inclement weather on Sunday the town was well filled with strangers, who came from long distances to listen to the gospel as expounded by the great missionary. His discourse was one of his most eloquent efforts, and his wonderful dramatic powers were never more happily employed. At times, so vivid were his pictures, that their presence was all but real, and, throughout, the aadience, as Ssual, paid the most wrapt attention, It. ‘was _ “xin that the evangelist’s words carried conviction to many a beart, THE SERMON. Mr. Moody took for his text the words in Matthew ‘xxii., 42—'What think ye of Christ,” which he repeated three times, remarking that he wanted them all to get the text if nothing else. It was not “What think ye of orthodoxy ?”’ or of this ism orthat ism, but “What think ye of Christ?’ And as the word ‘‘think” is in the text he hoped they would al] think, Some people, he said, come to meand tell me things said against these meetings. ButI don’t mind it, It is better to have them talk than to have them sleep. If they talk, it shows that they think, There was a class of people in the days of Christ, as now, that did not believe in the resurrection. If you had asked a Sadducee what he thought of the doctrine of tho resurrection, he would have said, “It is all bosh.’? These Sadducees * came to Christ to ask him what they thought was a hard uestion, but Christ answered it with ease. Then when the Pharisees heard that the Sadducees had been put to silence they came and asked one, but Jesus answered it 80 that they had nothing to say, and then he asked them one. ‘What think ye of Clirist, whose son is he? ”? They said, ‘The son of David.” Jesus said, ‘If David calleth bim Lord, how is he son?’ And no man was able to answer hima word. They were silenced, ‘Talk of preachers; there is more truth in one ot Christ’s sermons than in a thousand to-day; and how many ser- mons are made out of a few words that He said. His words have come along down the ages to us. Ah, He was a preacher that children could understand.’ My little boy comes and tumbles into my bed very early mornings, sometimes earlier than I want him to— by five o'clock; he comes aud teases me to tell him a story, and he generally wants me to tell him some story about Jesus. What stories Jesus told! Why, He sawa Dird flying through the air, and He said“The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.” You cannot see a lily of the valley now or a sower sowing his seed but what you .think of Christ. I should like to tell you of Christ as a preacher, but that is not my thought this afternoon. And then as a teacher—never ‘ man taught like Him. No such teacher ever visited this earth. 1 would like to take up Christ us a doctor. You call Dr. Mead a good doctor, but he has lost a num- ber of cases. Christ never lost a case, If they brought one to Him afllicted with a devil He spoke, and away went the disease and the devil. I would hke to talk of that, but this afternoon I must hold you to t thought, Was He God manifest in the or was Ho a common man? Was an earthly or a heavenly man? Was He the Saviour of the world? Was He God man; was He from heaven; did He come out of the bosom of the Father? Now, ‘to find out about a man in this town, you would come here and make inquiries. These re~ rters here, if they want to ‘find out anything about Sir. Sankey or Mr. Bliss, come down here and ask ques- tions; I don’t know but what they have about me; I haven’t seen the papers; I haven't time to read them. But if they want to know about a man they inquire about him where he is known. There are only two classes that you go to inquire of—a man’s friends or his “enemies. Let us ask some of Christ’s enemies WHAT THBY THINK OF HIM, ‘The Pharisees, what did they say of Him? Hear them—This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.” That was the worst thing they could say against Him. This ought to be a comfort to every sinner now, Christ receiveth sinners and eateth witl them. Let us take an individual, Caiaphas. He was high priest, he occupied the nighest ecclesiastical posi- tion in his day, he was president of the Sanhedrim that condemned Christ to death. Let us put him in the witness box. Calaphas, tell these people, now, what think you of Christ. Upon what testi- mony did you put Him to death? “I asked him if He was the Son of God, and He said, “Thou hast said,’ then I asked the '‘Sanhedrim, ‘What think ye?’ and they said, ‘He is guilty of death.’ This is a vital point, whether’ He is the Son of God or not It is of the utmost importance whether His claim to be the Son of God was true or not. Weil, bring in another witness, Bring in Pilate, he was not aJew, Ask him what he thinks of Christ. ‘+1 find no fault with Him,’ he says Some condemn Pilate, but there are worse men than Pilate here, Pilate said, “I have examined Him, I have talked with the Jows about Him, but I find'no fhult with Him.” Let us ask the wife of Pilate, Let us allow woman to speak in church this afternoon, What does she say? “Have, then, nothing to do with that just man, ‘for 1’ have suffered many things this in a dream because of Him.” Go further, bring into the witness box that worst of traitors, bring in Judas, Judas, you. know more of Christ than the others, you were with Him three years, you sold Him to the Jews, give us your testimony. You can hear those thirty pieces of silver coming down upon the table in the Temple as he casts them down and cries, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood.” ‘Take the Centurion, Matthew, xxvii, 64, what does he say? When Christ gricd out and gave up the ee he earth amd ali creation knew Him, What baid nturion and they that were with him waich- Ing Jesus? ‘Truly this was the Son of God.” So every man who had anything to do with Christ’s death .bore his testimony «that He was the Son of God. Call up those who knew him that ‘were His friends. Callup that prince of preachers, who drew Jerusalem into the wilderness to hear him. Call up the wilderness preacher, John the Baptist, One day while preaching the village carpenter came down to be baptized. John hesitated a momént, but Jesus said, “uffer it to be so now.” Next day he eaid, ‘This js the Son of God.” In John, i., 34, he says, ‘I saw and bear record this is the Son of God.’ He had no doubts, ‘When fn prison his faith may have wavered, When Christ was preaching John sent two messengers to bim and said, “Art thou the true Christ or look we for another?” Christ told them to tarry a moment and that they could tell John what they saw. And when they came to Jobn they said, “The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the lepers are cleansed, the dead are taised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them,” When John heard that the poor had the Gospel preached to them then he knew that it was the Son of God. I consider John the Baptist the greatest man who ever lived except Jesus. Hear him:—‘I must decrease, but he must increase.” Christ said that of those born of women none greater had arisen than Join the Baptist. And he bore record that this was the Son of God. Let us take John, the beloved disciple. He Wrote a whole Gospel to tell what he thought of Jesus, and then he wrote three epistles more. What said he? ‘jJTv isthe morning star, the lily of the valley, the son of David.” He goes away back to Adam and into the future to*take him from the bosom of the Father to tell what He thinks of Him. Some one has said that the book of John was ‘God's fove letter to the world’? Summon in, Peter. Here, Peter, youdentod Him once. Say, was it true? He Weeps; he says it was adownright lie, It is said that when Peter wae craciticd he wanted to be crucified head downward, not thinking himself worthy to die as Christ did. What says r? ‘He is both Lord and Christ.” Summon Thomas, the unbelieving disciple. Why, when they met him and asked him if had heard dhe ‘good news that Jesus had risen, he said “T'll not believe it unless Tecan put my fingers into the hole in His side.” Summon Thomas aud ask him, “What k ye ot Christ?” Hear him! “My Lord and my that is what he thought of Him, In Mark, , Jesus having been in Decapolis, where they at first thought more of their swine than of Him, but now they say, ‘He hath done ail things well.” Call up Saul, What wag his opinion of Christ, When he went out of Jerusalem he wanted to stamp out Christ and all Chris- tians, A French infidel once suid, “It took twelve fisbermen to put up Christianity, 1 Will show you that one Frenchman can pull {t down.” But he hasn't pulled at down yet, All the French infidels in the world Gannot. stir the foundations of it It may be dark here, but it i@ daylight in other places, When it i# bight hero itis day in China. Saul is on his journe: to Jerusaiem to slay Obriptians. Christ speaks, ‘Sani, why persecutest thou mo?” Hjs poor heart ix broken Atonce. He had one wimnse of the son of God and a leaps into the course. I hope there’ll be some ‘is bere this afternoon who will catch one glimpse of Christ and then leave all for Him, See Paul now, will- ing to be despised and rejected of men if he could on} preach Christ. It would take all the afternoon to tell what Paul it of Christ. The day is coming, and I wish it were here now, when men shall speak out and we shall know where they’ are. This hard heartedness, this thinking well of God to-day and serving the devil to-morrow is the great ob- stacle, Don’t be asl of him. You can tell what you think of President Grant, you can talk about your neighbors, you can slander them, but you’ve no time to talk about Christ, Is He your all in all? 1 would like to go further and SUMMON IN THE ANGELS. Angels of God come here to-day! You were with Him always. What is your testimony? Hush! ‘Behold I bring you glad tidings,” &c. Only permitted once to preach tothe poor shepherds and they brought such a message. It is a wonder to me that God don’t let the angels preach nowadays, My friends, with all rev- 3 it, there’s another above all, I would ask what He ‘thinks of Christ. It ‘is said that the God of the Old Testament is the Father of the New, and if 80, the first time that He spoke in the New Testament Ho broke the silence of 4,000 years to say, ‘This ig my beloved Son in whom 1 am well pleased!’ ‘That is what God thought of Him. I wish I could tell you what I think of Him, This poor stammering tongue fails me, He is just the friend you need. You need Him when you stand the bar of God, I don’t care what you think pf me; I wouldn’t cross the street to fiad out, but I would go round the world to have you think well’ of my Jesus, O aged ones! your natural force is becoming abated; you need a friend. Think of Jesus. Think well’of Him. Is there any reason why you should not follow Him? 1 once heard of an infidel, and a Sunday school teacher who had won all her class’ to poke of him to them, and one little girl in particular was su to learn what an infidel was, Nextday the little one met the man com- ing out of the post oilice. She ran up to him and said, ‘Why don't you love Jesus?” He took no notice 0 her, int she persisted in her question, “Why don’t you love Jesus?” He pushed her aside, but the arrow had reached his heart. He tried to read, he tried to write, he went out to walk. The ground seemed to cry out, “Why don’t you love Jesus?” He couldn't get it out of his’ mind. He re- tired early, but the question came to him, He began to think. "He said to himself, ‘well, I'll get up and read the Bible and got a reason. He is an impostor; he contradicts himself and I/ll_ prove it.” He opened to the third chapter of Jobn, could find no reason; he read on, “God so loved the world,” &c. He went down on his knees; he was converted. Iask you, to- day, can you give any reason for not loving Jesus? ‘The damned spirits in hell cannot give a reason. Hark! I hear a shout in heaven, ‘He is worthy to receive honor and power,” &c They think well of Him in heaven. Why shouldn’t you? As yon go to your homes ask pire: this ques- tion, “Why don’t I love God?” If you can give a rea- son don’t think well of Him, but if you can find no rea- son do, When our late war’ was going on a mother re- ceived a message that her boy was dying. She took the train and reached the eamp, She got through the lines, She found out the ital and the ward She asked the doctor if she He said, “We have if you wake him it may make him worse.” She says, “Well, doctor, may T just sit by his side and look at him”? At last she got permission and she drew near; but when she saw him she couldn’t help it—she laid her hand upon his fore- head. And the boy felt the hand. He knew whose hand that was. “Mother, have you come?” There was sympathy in the touch, May God lay His hand upon your heart to-day, and may you feel His magic touch’ this afternoon, and may you think well of Him, CLOSING BXERCISES. Mr. Moody then offered a fervent prayer that there might be many here who shall cry, “0 Lord and my God!” as Thomas did, that the scales might fall trorf the eyes of all present, ‘and that all the young converts might go out and speak wellof Christ. The meeting was closed with the singing of the hymn, “I love to tell the story.”? Mr, Moody announced that he should speak Tuesday and Thursday evenings, of this week, and next Sunday afternoon, e theme, Tuesday ovening, will be ‘The Holy Spirit,” OPPOSITION 10 EVANGELIZATION. where he lay. could = see er boy. just got him to sleep; A UNITARIAN CLERGYMAN OF NORTHFIELD ON MODERN ORTHODOXY—THE CHRISTIANITY OF ° ‘ THE PRESENT IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST'S TEACHINGS—THE SCEPTICISM OF THE AGE AND THE REASONS THEREFOR, Nortuvienp, Mass., Sept. 20, 1975. The first open rebuke and criticism which Mr. Moody has received since his arrival in this country has been right here in his own native town. It came yesterday forengon in the shape of a powerful sermon by Rev. T. P. Sunderland, the pastor of the Northfield Unitarian church, and the discourse was of such a positive and | unmistakable character that it will hardly attract less popular attention than have the celebrated sermons of the distinguished evangelist himself, The Unitarian and orthodox churches are the only ones in town, and, while they have always been on friendly terms with each other, the non-church people sympa- thize more with Unitariemier, ‘This outside feeling is probably of no account one way or the other, and I only mention it to show that, so far as popularity among the world’s people is concerned, the Unitarians have the best of it, Among thé members of this church is a brother of Mr. Moody, and so prominent is he in the flock that he rejoices in the double title of deacon and Sabbath school superintendent. The evangelist Moody, it is said, has made persistent attempts to bring his Unitarian kin and kith over to’ ortho- doxy, but the latter refuses to secede from his chosen creed. He attends his meetings, and on one occasion he was among those who stood up for prayers, but for this he was so sharply criticised that I doubt if he will again invoke orthodox supplications in his bebalf, The Unitarian pastor has also attended Mr, Moody’s meetings, and his reflections and ideas of the same are embodied in the remarkable sermon which he preached yesterday. The evangelist, when he arrived in town, was invited to attend the Unitarian church, and it is vaguely rumored that his declination was in no wise gracious, Whether this be so or not the discourse of Mr. Sunderland does not indicate. Inasmuch as the doctrines laid down by the Unitarian divine are likely. to attract considerable attention and comment, I append a full report. «REY, MR. SUNDERLAND'S SERMON. Mr, Sunderland selected his text from Acts xxiv., 14— “After the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers.” He said: — It is always incumbent upon those who persist in maintaining a different form of religious doctrine or worship from the majority of the people of the com- munity or country in which they dwell to be alw: ready on any fitting occasion to give a reason. I shall occupy the time before us this morning in stating, as briefly and plainly as I can, why I, for one, find my- self compelled to take my stand outside of orthodoxy, and to worship the God of my fathers in the way that the majority of the people in'this country and Christen- dom call heresy. 1 believe nothing of more value than Christianity ever made its appearance among then, But [ believe that what is generally understood by | Christianity to-day, whether in Protestant countries or Catholic, if not pure, original Christianity as Jesus taught Christianity by lip and life, but that it is Chris- tianity corrupted, and corrupted by the introduction of elements entirely foreign to it, and essentially bad. These bad elements do not, of course, more than to a limited extent destroy the Christianity with which they are mixed, but they are, nevertheless, 6o far as they themselves go, corrupting. * Mr. Sunderland then proceeded to denounce the or- thodox doctrines, based upon the ideas of the fall of the race through Adam, and that Jesus Christ as the sacred person in the Trinity, caine down to earth for the pur- pose of reconciling God to man and so enabling the lat- ter tg escape endless punishment, pronouncing them anti-Christian, and then proceeded to inquire in what respect is orthodoxy anti-Christian? I reply, chiefly, in four respects :— First—Orthodoxy is not taught by Christ, but instead | contradicts many of bis plainest teachings. Second—It is unreasonable, Third—It is essentially immoral. Fourth—The time and manner of its usurpation of tts pie: inthe Christian Church can be clearly traced in J istory. » ue f 1 rebiet that Tcan discuss, Sach of these points only very briefly this morning, The first specific charge 1 make against orthodoxy, then, is that it is ot taught by Jesus, but, instead, ig clearly in contradiction with many of His most prominent and repeated teachings. To begin with, Jesus nowhere gives any intimation that “Ho knows anything abont any trinity, and = expressl; calls His Father the only God, whereas He usually calls Himself the Son of Man, and pever calls Himself ‘by any title that hints that He is God, while He declares outright that His Father is reater than He, And, as to His unity with the Father, e declares {t to be of the same kind of His unity with His disciples and God’s unity with all His loving and obedient children, viz: the unity of spirit, of love, of aim, of desire. Orthodoxy, on the contrary, de- clares that there are three’ Gods in one God—not simply a mysterious, but aself-contradictory statement— ad,that Jesus is the true God eternal, omnipotent, and the Creator of the world. Again, Jess teaches us that the best and truest conception of God which we can get ig that ofa father who always lovecand always will love every human child of his, who forever desires his children’s best welfare, and neither has his heart stecled against them when they sin, so that he does not wish to save them, nor his hands tied by figmenta of law or justice go that he cannot save them until, for- sooth, Some one has died for them to make his heart relent or to unbind his hands, Nothing of that kind does Jesus teach, but instead that God watts all the day long for his orring children to come back to him, even as the father in the parable of tho Prodigal Som waited, ready to rejoice and glad to forgive always, without anybody to dio in their place before he forgives, any more than the father of the prodigal wanted somebody to die before he would for- give his repentant boy. But, contrary to ail this, orthodoxy teaches that God has always bean angry with his human children when they have sinned, and eithor could not or would not (you take which horn of the dilomma you please) forgive them, no matter how deeply they repented, until an innocent person di their stead, pales calee ‘WAT 18 SALVATION ? Again, Jesus taught that salvation is primarily and ossentially salvation frem sinning and gatvation unto present holiness and consequent happiness, Ortho- doxy, on the otbex hapd. teaghes that tue ereakand all oP important idea of salvation is escape fom an endiess hell of penal torment in the next world and entrance into a far away heaven, from which certainly a large rt of those whom we love will be shut out. Again, jesus taught that the kingdom of heaven comes not with observation, but is within you—a silent, hidden thing of the heart, and conscience and character, begin- ning in the smallest germs of good planted in the mind, and growing and developing silently and naturally as the influenceof heaven spreads; or, as corn grows in the field; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. Orthodoxy teaches us on the other band—is it not too much tw say so?—that the kingdom of heaven comes with observation and ‘Lo! here's” and “Lo! there’s—with words, with excitements of preaching and singing and loud exhortation, with outward proféssions, with conversions “BLAZONED TO THE WORLD, and all that sort of thing, Again, Jesus taught that they who in the judgment day should be accepted and hear the welcome words—‘Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,’’ were not those who said Lord God, have we not prophesied in Thy name, &c., The ones to be saved were those who did the will of the Father by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visit- ing the sick, receiving the stranger, ministering to the wants of the poor and suffering and of their brother human beings in this world. Orthodoxy, on the other hand, teaches that those who shall be accepted at the judgment are those who have simply believed—believed that . Nothing either great or small rthem to do; Paid it wtl— Yes, all the debt they owe. Finally, to mention no other antagonisms, Jesus taught that the only proper object of worship for human beings is God, the Father of all—even inditing a form of prayer beginning, “Our Father which art in heaven,” and never giving any hint of encouragement or intoler- ‘ance to anything which even looked in the direction of worship of himself, Orthodoxy, however, that is, Prot- estant orthodoxy of the so-callodtevangelical type—a type which is specially popular in England and Amer- ica just now, and which we come into contact with more than any other—has reversed all this and erected Jesus into not simply an object, but ie 2 princi- pal object of human worship. Virgin Mary Worship is scarcely more conspicuous in Catholic countries than Jesus worship is getting to be in this country. Not only in preaching, but in hymnsand prayers, God has fallen quite Into the background, and Jesus has wken his REFERENCE TO MR. MOODY, Quite recently a minister, discussing the Sermon on the Mount, remarked thal this sermon of Christ was very noticeable, and for several reasons. First of all, it was noticeable for what it did not say—quite ‘as noticeable for that as for what it did say; for the truth could not be escaped, he argued, that in that most lengthy and complete of ail, of Jesus public discourses, in which He laid down “the great truths He had to’offer, never more fully anywhere els @, the great Teacher altogether omitted everything which comes under the head of the doctrines of orthodoxy. He explained and set forth the Christianity which He had to offer to men, with all that left out, And if wo follow the teachings of Jesus right on from that time tothe end Ido not know how we can deny that we always find Him setting forth a Christianity which has all these peculiar orth®dox doctrines leit out, The Trinity, Adam’s fall, total depravity, the plan of re- demption (so called), the atonement a8 taught by ortho- doxy and overy other one are all wanting. The only seeming exception is the DOCTRINE OF AN ETERNAL RELL, and even in this the exception is rather imaginary than real, for in those cases where Jesus referred to punish- ment in the next world, and uses the word “everlasting” or “eternal” in connection with it,in every case the Greek aion or aionos, translated eternal or everlasting, 1s the same word whichis used repeatedly in other places in the New Testament in connection with things which come to an end, ‘The speaker continued at some length in opposition to the doctrine of eternal punishment hereatter, and then proceeded to argue that orthodoxy is irrational and unreasonable, He said, 1 charge it with being quite as antagonistic to reason as it is to the teaching of Christ. After substantiating this point at great length, he proceeded o consider THE IMMORALITY OF ORTHODOXY. T affirm that it is not only (first) contrary to the teach- ings of Jesus and (second) irrational, but that it. is (third) essentially immoral. Mind, { do not say that people in the orthodox theology are necessarily immorat people. Certainly some men of morals irreproachable are men who undoubtedly regard orthodoxy as true, And some preachers who preach with great vigor and power against sin, and in favor of righteousness, are preachers of orthodox communions, What I say is, that orthodoxy, as a theology, is mixed up, through’ and through, With ideas that are immoral in their tendency ; that nearly or quite every essential doctrine of it is either founded upon, or else necessarily involves, prin- ciples which, when legitimately carried out, and just so far ag they are legitimately carried out,’ lead ‘to tle degradation of God and to the moral injury of men, The fact that these tendencies are to somo extent practi- cally checked, and that these principles do not always flow out to their legitimate results, does not change the nature of the case atall. If 1 place bread upon my din- ner table that has poison in it, and serve it out to my family, it is only a poor excuse that I also serve’ out with it other food that is healthful, or even that I provide to some extent medi- cines and antidotes for the poison, The fact is poison is poison, whether material poison or moral potson, and should never be given into either stomach or brain, nor can it be with impunity, Let us for a moment look at a few of the leading doctrines of orthodoxy sep- araialy. For example, the doctrine so earnestly preached of the infallibility of the Bible, or the idea concerning the Bible, that every word of it is a word of God, and that the book must be accepted from lid to lid with no reservations. After referring to the many improbable stories con- tained in the Scriptures, and the things which were done and regarded as right which were in the clearest sense antagonistic to God’s law, he said:—“Yet every man who claims that the Bible 1s infallible and to be ac- cepted as every part and particle from God and per- fect, must accept all these.” Theefall of Adam, the doctrines of election and fore- ordination, the atonement, the trinity and total de- Rang, were then referred to and controverted from a Jnitarian point of view. He claimed that scepticism was bocoming more and more rife throughout the land. Men are respectful to the — in- stitutions of Christianity, and in many cases Tent pews and subscribe toward building churches, and even go 80 far as to fayor their wives and children going to church. They themselves slip out of going as much as possible, preferring to stay at home and read Tyndall and Spencer and Proctor ‘and the reviews and the daily papers, trom which they can get somothing that commends itself to their reason and feeds their intelli- gence, rather than go to church and hear doctrines which they have heard a hundred times, and which ap- Pear more plainly absurd the ofvener they hear them. It is not very long since the New York Evangelist, speaking on this subject, used such words as these:— “Among all the earnest minded young men, who are at this moment leading in thought and action in America, we venture to say that four-fifths are sceptical of the great historical facts of Chistianity.” What is taught as Christian doctrine by the churches claims none of their consideration; and there is among them a general distrust of the clergy asa class, and an utter disgust with the very aspect of modern Christianity and of Christian worship. ‘This scepticism is not flippant,” continues the Hvangedist, “little is said about it, ‘It ig not a peculiarity of radicals and fanatics.” The intelligence of the age drifts away from the teach- ing of the churches of this age because it ought to, and | it will continue so to drift more and more as surely as truth is trath and God rules, until the time comes when the churches shall have a theology to teach that does not oppose the plain teachings of Christ; that does not out common gense; that does not violate man’s déepeSt sense of justicé and right and that has not plainly foisted itself upon Christianity from without, as orthodoxy has done. I tell you that men who stand up to-day, im this enlightened age and coun- try, to reaifirm tho old, decaying doctrines of orthodoxy are just bombarding the best brain and culture of the country right out of the churches. “No matter if these men do draw crowded houses and win what for the moment seems a success. It is all the sume. Their suc- cess is a rushlight—a whiff of sober reason blows it out. In the long ran—in the deep and permanent and real, effect which they produce—they drive the best thought and intelligence of the land away from Christianity, and, sad as it is to say it, in the direction of disbelief of all religion. The only thing that can hold the intelli- gence of the age, and still more emphatically the only thing that can hold the vastly enlarged intelti- ence of the ages coming, is a Christianity at is clear and clean from everything which Jesus did not teach; everything which is not reasonable; everything which ig not sweet and pure and high and worthy, and hence everything which does not commend itself to the earnest and devout intelligence of the time, Friends, believe me, such a Christianity is the certain inheritor of the future. We may not live to see the an Ht shall Prevail; but prevail it must by and OY WDA DY, cages Be diego > ‘The discoutié of Mr. Sunderland Has created a most profound impression ‘in Northfield, and site its de- livery nothing else has beon thought or talked off. It is anticipated that Mr. Moody will reply next Sunday, and that a rejoinder will follow from Mr. Sunderland, ‘The latter clergyman {s a young man, very popular in the town, and his literary and theological qualifications are of an unusually bigh order. REAL ESTATE SALES, There was avery large attendance at the Exchango yesterday, much spirit being manifested among the payers, The following auction sales occurred :— William Kennedy sold, per ordor of the Supreme Court, William Sinclair referee, on foreclosure, the three story frame building and lot, 25 by 102.2, on East Seventy-fourth street, south side, 260 feet east of Third avenue, mortgage $2,400, to William Evans for $3,825, said Broperty ing valued at $5,300. ‘A. J. Bleecker & Son sold, per Suprome Court order, on foreclosure, the three story aud basement brick house and stable, plot of land 35 by 100 feet, on 136th treet, south side, 131.6 feet west of Willis avenue (Twenty-third ward), for $10,000, to 0. M. Turnor, said property being valued at $18,000. Bleecker & Son also sold one plot, 85 by 100, on the south side of 136th street, 186.6 fect west of Willis ave- nue, Twenty-third ward, to J. 0. Brown for $6,000; said lot containing a first class three story brick build- ing, and sold four years ggo for $0,600. A. H Muller & Son soll, on order of Supreme Court, B, B. McCafferty referee, one lot, 41.6 by 20 by 449 by 37.2, on Elm street, northwest corner of Catharine lane, subject to a mortgage of $3,500 and intorest from May, 1873, in all $4,360, which was purchased by Hugh | Cassidy and George F. Pike for $3,100 over and above tho mortgage and interest; total value of sale, $7,460. V. K. Stovenson, Jr., por Supreme Court order, sold the house and lot, 25 by 1048, on Kast Seventh street, south side 209 feet eas of avenuo B, for $500 to 8 pete and aféve mortgage of $7,000, in all £13. PUBLIC SCHOOL SCANDALS. UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE IN JERSEY CITY—A MASS MEETING CALLED—MR. HOLLINS’ STATE- MENT TO THE HERALD—ACTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, The excitement in regard to tfe management of the public schools in Jersey City is increasing. The grave charges of Mr. Hollins have aroused the people in every quarter of the city, Letters are pouring in to Mr. Hol- lins assuring him of the support of the people in laying bare the scandalous frauds and irregularities that have disgraced the Board of Education. It is a melancholy reflection that not asingle member of the Board has offered to take a stand with him, but, on the other hand, they have combined in an effort to crush him. Threats against his life have been made by the adherents of the members charged with fraud and extravagance. At the meeting on Friday night he narrowly escaped being beaten aud thrown down the stairs, In the hallways and the lobby mutterings of vengeance were distincMy audible, In the midst of all this commotion Mr. Holling remained wonderfully calm, He told the Board he had no faith in any investigating committee it might appoint; that he would substantiate the charges before a mass meeting of his fellow citizens and before the Grand Jury, and that if he failed to do so the aggrieved members could obtain 2 FULL REDRESS IN THE: COURTS. He objected most decidedly to an investigation in which ex-Judge Randolp would be concerned, as that gentlemen, without hearing the shghtest evidence, had expressed his opposition to the course of Mr. Hollins “in the matter, A large number of prominent citizens waited on Mr. Hollins after the meeting and pledged themselves to aid him by every means in their power. Among these were Jonatban Durant, James Fleming, W. D. Hart, Henry Wild, James Carey ands 8. Hoffman. A committee was organized and a mass meeting was called for this evening at the Arcade, in Newark avenue, where Mr. Hollins will repeat his charges and ask for the appointment of a committee of citizens by that meeting to investigate them, He will also go before the Grand Jury to-day. Mr. Lewis, Cor- poration Counsel, sustains Mr. Hollins in the view that the schools must be closed before the Ist of December, as the appropriation will not last till that time, He also holds that when the appropriation is ex- hausted any expenditure in anticipation of the next year’s tax levy will be illegal Eleven thousand chil- dren will thus be thrown on the streets through the FRAUDS AND EXTRAVAGANCE of the present Board. A Hxraup representative called upon Mr. Hollins yes- terday to obtain further particulars in the case and he gave the following ‘statement:—‘Our appropriation for this year, till the ist of December, his been exhausted, except the sum of $119,000. ‘This will fall short of the amount required by $30,000 and the consequence will be that the schools must be closed. The appropri- ation was aaply sufficient had it been honestly ex- pended, The tabular financial statement presented by the Chairman of the Finance Committee at the meeting before the last was so inaccurate that I called attention to it, That statement set forth that the expenditures for the year amounted to $262,000, pointed out that there was a large number of bills then in possession of the Board which were not*in- cluded in that report, and, therefore, 1, as a member of the Finance Committee, refused to sign it, for I con- sidered the report was intended to mislead the tax- payers and make a pretended show of economy. I offered a minority Topert, but I was. raled out of order by the President. That was the favorite mode of treat- tng me whenever I tried to check extravagance and ex- pose fraud. You will see by this printed copy of the minutes that, as far back as the 8th of February, I pre- sented a report warning the Board that if it persisted in its course of extravagance the appropriation would fall short by $30,000. It turns out that my prediction is being fulfilled. With regard to some of the other charges, an investigation will reveal why Mr. Haslitt, a most excellent janitor, was discharged, while others, who are most incompetent and objectionable, are retained. Miss Gregory, the principal of school No. 19, in Wayne street, has frequently complained of the janitress in her school for incompetency, but she could hever succeed in having the case investigated. Then comes tho case of Mr, Hale, who receives a salary of $2,000 a year as vice principal of the High Scliool, ‘but who is so incompetent that when the principal was sick we HAD TO EMPLOY A PROFESSOR to take his place at the expense of the city. The late Professor Murphy, principal of school No 8, was wor- ried and disheartened at his failure to place his teachers under proper discipline.’ ‘They were openly encouraged in their insubordination by at least one member of the Board. Our schools never had a more efficient or con- scientious teacher than Mr. Murphy, as will appear by the resolutions passed by the Board on the 220 of Feb- ruary. The disrespect shown him by members of the Board cannot fail to arouse the deepest indignation when the facts are made known, In another school the children hadi to be sens away in the depth of winter for two days, through the neglect of the janitor to light the fires, yet he is still retained. It will be shown that teachers who are notoriously incompetent are re- tained through favoritism on tte part of the members, and against the protest of the principals; that janitors have been intimidated from exposing irregularities and frauds in the matter of supplies; that the coal furnished, in many instances, was the merest rubbish, and that repairs have been charged for where they were not needéd. It is in such matters as these that the public money has been wasted, and {¢ is now for the people to say whether or not such a system shall be continued.” MEBTING OF THE BOARD, A meeting of the Board of Education was held last evening to give Mr. Hollins an opportunity to “purge himself of his contempt”? or be expelled. The tables had been turned, however, against the Board in tho meantime by the Supreme Court, and Mr. Hollins en- tered the Board room smiling. Not a word was uttered during the proceedings as to the purpose for which the meeting was called, so that Mr, Hollins did not purge himself A resolution offered by Mr. Mercein was adopted, that the investiga- tion extend over all irregularities, whether charged in Mr, Hollins’ report or not, Mr. Hollins said that he saw in that resolution an attempt to throw impediments in the way of a thorough investigation. He demanded that the inquiry be conducted in a straightforward way, and not be hampered by unnecessary delay. Ho would | Bae his time and energy to the work, in which he would have to contend against all the other members of the Board, as they had recorded their votes against him. Mr. McGrath said that he saw a statement in the New York Heratp that the case would be taken be- fore the Grand Jury. As for himself, he challenged in- vestigation before the Board of Citizens or the courts, When a vote was being taken on the payment of sundry bills Mr. Hollins said he would refuse to vote for the payment of any bills except the salaries of teachers, as the appropriation was almost exhausted. The subject then dropped, and Mr. Sanborn rose and submitted a plan in the appointment of teachers by which a saving of $17,500 a year would be effected to the city. GENET AND FIELDS. ARE THE TWO EX-RING BIRDS AGAIN ON THE WING? District Attorney Phelps received a despatch a few days ago from a detective at Saratoga stating that he knew where Harry Genet and Tom Fields were. Mr. Phelps telegraphed back that he would like to obtain all the particulars, The detéctive replied that the two ex-ring masters had been seen in Montal “forty-eight hours” previous to his sending his first despatch, Tho latter telegraphed to the detective for all the informa- tion he had concerning the men, but has as yet ro- ceived no reply to this despatch, In speaking about the matter yesterday Mr. Phelps stated to a HeRaLD reporter that if he could learn definitely where Genet and Fields were in Canada he would lave the necessary papers made out for their requisition. **But,’? said te “the despatch of the Saratoga officer states that they had been seen op eight hours before he sent his first despatch to mo. these days aman can get over a good deal of ground, and it is more than probable that if Genet and the other man were in Montreal at the time the officer says they were they have changed their quarters ere this, espe- cially siuce the detective hag made his alleged secret 4 public story a ” part TRAVELLING VENDERS. It is stated that many of the licensed venders who sell articles by weight from their wagons have been practising an Ingenious fraud, by which housekeepers only get one-half for what they pay. ‘Their little gamo fs to have the scoop or tin vessel in which they place the grapes ot whatever other article they sell by weight, to weigh six ounces or four ounces less than a pound— in fact, just in accordance with the amount of clear protit they want to make in addition to the profit they would get by giving honest weight. Of course by this system a purchaser only gets ten or twelve ounces of grapes, &c., when he pays for sixteen, The bouest licensed vendors claim that they are made to suffer in their business by this kind of swindle. The inspectors of weights and measures take & great deal of pains to compel grocers and others to have honest weighing utensils, Tity should be just as energetic in making the dishonest nsed venders give proper weight. The revocation of the license of one or two of them would have asalutary effect, A PAPAL ANNIVERSARY, A solemn requiem mass was celebrated at St. Peter's NEW YORK HERALD, TUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 41, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. church, Barclay street, yesterday, to commemorate the | anniversary of tho seizure of Rome, and to offer up prayers for those who lost their lives in the defence of the Holy See, as well as for the deceased members of the Catholic Union. The attendance was large, and the ceremony of an exceedingly impressive character. THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL RELICS. Note of issue was served yesterday in the City Court inthe suit of Theodore Tilton against tho Kagle for libel, Similar action was also taken in the suit brought by Mr. H. G. Bowen against the Kagle. ‘The Tilton-Becchor case, which was on tho calendar Court for yesterday, went over by mutual of the oy, , SaRreRs af covnsal 411 tho naxt term of the Court | frst on the programme, | Ding in 14m. | one minute later. WEST SIDE DRIVING PARK. THE POSTPONED ‘‘THIRTY-EIGHT” PURSE AND TEAM RACE TROTTED OUT—FRENCHY WINS THE FORMER AND KITTY AND MATE THE LATTER, The “thirty-eight” purse and team race, postponed on Saturday evening at the West Side Driving Park, were decided yesteraay, At the time of their being put over three heats in each had been trotted, Dr. Heard’s brown gelding Hard Road having two and A. M. Howe's brown gelding Frenchy one in the 2:38 purse, When the horses were called yesterday morn- ing in the latter named event titre was a fair attend. ance and the track was in quite good condition, The betting men at once made Hard Road a big favorite, selling in the pools for as much as all the rest. The re- sult disappointed his backers, as Frenchy went off and won the fourth and fifth heats without difficulty, Hard Road took second and St. George third money. In the team race A. M. Howe’s sorrel mare Kitty and mate had two bh at the time of the postponement, and J. Carroll’s sorrel mare Ellen Mary and mate one, Just before the start for the fourth heat Kitty and mate were slight favorites, but Ellen Mary and mate captured the heat, with bands down, in 2:52%{, Notwithstanding this, Kitty and mate con- tinued to be first choice in the pools, There was much scoring before the word was given for the fifth heat, but at last they were sent away nearly head and head and all trotting level. On the turn the polo strap of the Ellen Mary and mate team parted, and, of course, they were then practically out of the race, After a sharp brush with the Panic team Kitty and mate went on and won the heat and the race in 2:58. The accident to the harness of the Elen Mary team might have been avoided by ordinary precaution and their backers saved the money invested by them, as there is not the least doubt in the world but that this team had speed enough to have become the winners, ‘ The West Side Park, though once a member, does not now belong to the National Association, and in View of certain very doubtful proceedings during the recent meeting this fact ts worth recording. SUMMARY. Wrst Sips Drivinc Park, xear Jersey Crry, N. J., Sept. 18 and 20, 1875—Srerzanen TROTTING MEETING. Judges, W. Cowan, W. E. Dudley and Isaiah Hutton, PorsK of $150, for horses that yever beat mile heats, three in five, in harness; $89 to the first, $45 to. the second and $20 to the third horse, (Note., heats trotted on the 18th). STARTERS, g $ A. M. Howe's br. g. Frenchy. 26a 2% Dr. Heard’s br. g. Hard Road. EL e 8 H. G. Casey's r. g. St. George tae a Lewis Dunham’s d. g, Don.......++ 34236 TIME. Quarter. Mile, First heat. “AL 243 Second heat. 42 224336 Third heat. 14036 242K |, Fourth heat. 40 2:43 Fifth heat, 42 247 Sas Davs.—Purse $100, for teams; mile bh three in five; $50 to the first, $35 to the second and $15 to the third team, (Note.—Three heats trotted on the 18th), STARTERS. A. M. Howe’ss,.m. Kitty and bk, m. Lady Emma (Doremus).------ssvwevee 2 2 2 2 1 J, Carrols s,m, Ellen Mary and ch. g. Break of Day (Dr. Heard)... 31328 B. Bedle’s b. g. Panic and bg. Handy ndy... SR INS 7 AE NE ote TE Peter Langevin’s bk. g. Sweetmeata and bk. g. Sweetbrier... dis, M. MacNamara’s b. g. Dandy ‘and b. g Jim... eS 5 dis, file, First heat. 203 Second heat. i736 ‘Third heat. Fourth heat... ‘ 4 Fifth heat..... 47 1:31 258, *Finished second; set back for running, THE GREAT COLT RACE, Since the 19th of July last the large community of turfmen in this city and vicinity have anxiously awaited the great colt race, which will take place to-day, weather permitting, at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds. This match contest is between Isaiah Rynder's four- year-old bay colt Killarney, by Aberdeen, and A. T. Huntington’s four-year-old bay colt McGregor, by Dr. Parmley, the stakes being for the unusually large sum of $2,000 a side, and is one mile and repeat, in harness, “A large attendance is expected’ at tho track, owing to the reputation of these horses, and breeders have for a month pas been specu- luting ina lively manner on the result, Last evening | pools were sold on the race, the average rates being as The track can be reached by steam cars, which will leave Twentieth street and Ninth avenue, Brooklyn, at ten minutes to two and twenty-five minutes past two o'clock P. M., direct for the grounds, THE SOUTHPORT REGATTA. A SPLENDID RACE TO WINDWARD AND BACK— ISABEL AND MARY THE WINNERS. Sovrnport, Conn., Sept. 20, 1875. An animated contest for gentlemen’s pleasure yachts of the first and second class took place this afternoon off Osborne’s Point, Southport Harbor, for purses of $50 and $25, respectively. The wind which at early morn. ing drew from the north later in the day veered to the southwest, blowing a strong breeze, which in the course of a few hours piled up an ugly sea, making the prospect for a “wet time’? for the contestants certain. The race was projected by Southport gentlemen, the object being, ina friendly way, to show Westport boat owners, who won in the recent Cedar Point race, the sailing qualities of their respective boats. THR COURSE was from the judges’ boat, the Carrie W., Captain Wakeman Sherwood, of Southport, to Caukeen’s Island buoy and return, the trip to be repeated, making a dis, tance for the round trip of about fifteen nautical miles, Tt was arranged that boats of the second class should make but one round trip. The following are the entries for the race and the order in which the boats started :— FIRST CLASS, Feet. In. Ada, Captain W. Meeker, Southport... 30 00 Isabel, William R. McCready, Westport. 30 00 Mystery, H. B. Sturges, Southport. 05 Louise, 0, Street, Norwalk....... 02 SECOND CLASS, Mary, E. C Sherwood, Southport -17 06 Maud, Robert Sheppard, Southport. soe AT 08 At two o’clock the boats were given A PLYING START. Captain N. B. Elwood sounding a horn by way of signal. Throngs of ladies and gentlemen were on the jacent shore to witness the contest, the entire course being within the range of their vision. The sip of the first class boats being so near alike, each carrying about an equal spread of canvas, it was difficult even on the first homeward trip to detect any material difference in the speed of their movements, This was made more apparent at the close when the Isabel rounded the Judges’ boat only 288, ahead of the Louise, the Ada but 1m. 208, behind, closely followed by the ‘Mystery. ‘As the Isabel reached the goal, her pennant proudly fly- ing, she was greeted with applause by the crowds on ishore. The following is the time made by the boats and the order in which they arrived, a time allowance of 1m. to ‘the foot being made:— TIME—PIRST CLASS, Actual Time. Corrected Time, HM. &. HM. 8. 2 69 13 2 69 41 3 04 21 3 06 57 oceasioned on the arrival of Some excitement was the Mary. She was upset by agush of wind at tho moment of passing the judges’ boat, a winner of the race in her class. Captain N. B, Elwood and J. F. Jonnings, of South. port, and W. L. Burr, of Westport, wero chosen as Judges, and BF, H. Nash timekeeper, Tho Isabel was sailed with Captain James Nolan again at tho heli, ATLANTIC BOAT CLUB REGATTA, The Atlantic Boat Club, of Hoboken, held its annual fall regatta on the Mudson River, at Pleasant Valley, yesterday afternoon. A barge wad used for the accom- modation of a large party who witnessed the races, and the steamer Virginia Seymour was used by the Judges. A heavy wind, which blew from the south, made the water very uneven, and not one of the four races on the programme was rowed without more or less water being shipped by the boats, ‘The course was two miles long, turning a stakeboat. A seniar scull contest was for which there wero threo entries:—P. 0. ‘Ackerman, Joseph Bon- son and James Reed. The race was won by Ackerman, Time, 18m, 168% Next was @ junior scuil contest be- tween J. H. Allair, J. Devin and W. T. Reilay. The contest between Allatr and Reilay was a very close one, the former winning in 14m. 15s. The four-oared bargo race camo next, and it was won by the Ding- The other barge, the Loreley, came in The event of the day was betwoen four-oared shells, the crews of which were composed ag follows :— A. J. Dupignac, color blue, P. C. Ackerman, stroke; James Reed, No, 2, C. Norden, No. 3; W. ¥. Roilay, bow. Joseph Russell, color white, Josoph Benson, stroke; JH. Allair, No. 2; @, Hadley, No. 8; J, Bryson, bow. ‘The biues broke an oar at the start and the race was delayed for about twenty minutes, after which the crews got off well tagether. ‘Tao blues led an the frat follows :— Johnson's. Turf Exchange. | MoGreggr. 80 25 100 16 30 50 Killarney. 15 14 55 10 22 35 ile, but In turning the stakcboat lost all their previoulf wa he gb age ‘Time, Lm. 84a, THE O’NEIL-ENGELHARDT RACE. The great match race between James O'Neil, of thit city, and George Engelhardt, of Greenpoint, for $1,00d a side, takes place to-day on Saratoga Lake. The dis+ tance to be rowed is in afl three miles—one mile and a half, round s stakeboat and return, This contest had been looked forward to for some time with considerable interest in boating circles, and both of the competitor are known as expert and skilful scullers. Engelhard is a particularly graceful oarsman and has never been beaten in any of the contests he has en O’Neil has had more experience than his opponent, i much older and has been defeated by Engelhardt in match race rowed about three years since. Hoth mei are in splendid condition, and the race to be rowed to4 day promises to be well contested throughout, THE POOL SELLING. The single scull race set down to take place tbit morning between these noted oarsmen at Saratoga for a long time excited much attention among tht fraternity, Both with honorable records, they no’ “come together to test their superiority tn « three mil: turning contest, which, with fair weather and water, must prove @ cracking trial of skill and end For weeks each has been in training for the event, an if recent reports are true they will come to the startin; oint “done to aturn,” The stakes are $1,000 a si ools were sold last eveming at Johnson’s on the as follows :— 23 s 30 1 20 1s lo 6a CONDITION OF THE RIVAL OARSMEN. Sanaroca, Sept 20, 1875, The water of the lake has been so rough this after. “noon that practice over the course has been almost possible. A large number of the friends of both En; hardt and O'Neill arrived here this event En; hardt is in flne condition, but O'Neill is from bad cold. , ‘The race will take place at eleven A. M. to m The pools to-night average 20 on Englehardt to 160m O'Neil, BILLIARDS, A billiard reception was given last evening in Pro, fessor Garnier’s billiard parlors on Broadway, n ‘Thirty-fourth street A hundred seats were arrang around the centre table and occupied by Mr. Garnier’ special guests, and the rest of the spectators si around at the back, squeezing inte every nook and cor. ner that afforded a good view of the table. The ent tainment was given in honor of Professor Izar, thi great finger expert. The programme. commenced wit! a three-ball game—300 points—between Messrs, I and Joe Dion, fingers against cue, The former gen\ man gave @ good specimen of finger playing, makin, the game in two or three runs. Mr. Izar then gave a! exhibition of some fancy finger shots, and Professor Garnier followed with his marvellous massé shots) Garnier was in excellent play, making all his most diM-, cult shots on the first attempt. ‘The room was crowde: and the entertainment passed off very pleasantly. Messrs Joseph and Cyrille Dion, A. P. Rudolpbe an Maurice Daly were present at the reception, A NEW SCHUETZEN PARK. The opening festival at the Jersey City United) Schiitzen Park Company commenced yesterday at the! new park frotiting on Bergen avenue, Greenvilie, and extending back to Newark, The gathering was largeg and enthusiastic. At nine o'clock inthe morning thet Jersey City Schiitzen corps and the Greenville Schitzemg corps assembled at Turner Hall, in Jersey City, whered they were met by the Jersey City Turnverein and thi Governor's Island band. The companies wheeled int line and marched to the residence of the President, Mr. David Ettling, on Brunswick street, where a handsom German flag Was presented by the Indy friends of corps. The procession was accompanied by a platoo of police, « company of cavalry and » brass plece ariilery. On the way to the new park the pro- cession wus swelled by the arrival of the New! York City Guild, urlder the command of Captain Gerdesd The programme at the park was as follows:—First, welcome to the invited guests; second, presentation banners; third, alunch im the banquet hall; fourth, shooting from’ two to sx o'clock, at @ range of 2000 yards, Dancing was kept up meanwhile on the spa} cious platform, the attendance of ladies being 4 large.“ fo-day’ the shooting will commence at nin o'clock " and continue till six. There _ wil bea concert during the day and dancing will be kept up till eleven P. M. To-morrow the shooting will clos at four o'clock, except at the target of honor, at whiclal— it will cease at noon. At half-past four o'clock id Schiitzen King will: be crowned in the grand hall, Th prizes will then be distributed, close by a summer-night’s fest, THE ROBBERY RECORD, The following robberies were reported at the Central Office yesterday :— “ | Sneak thieves stole from the office of Stephen | Brobam, at No. 81 William street, clothing valued $45. Lead pipe to the value of $100 from the new build« ing No. 121 Chrystie street, Articles to the value of $28 were stolen from tha store of Nicholas Houghton, No. 416 Second avenue. The jewelry store of Arthur Boyleé,’at No. 150 East Broadway, was burglariously entered by thieves o1 Sunday, who carried off silverware to the value of WORK FOR THE CORONERS. Achild of a Mr. Klugher, of No, 35 avenue A, diedf yesterday without medical attendance, ‘Thomas Flanagan, of No. 550 West Forty-third stre died suddenly in the liquor store of Patrick Byrn No, 534 Eleventh avenue, from the effects of intemper: ance, Ann Hammick, a native of Germany, died at No, 1: West Twenty-ninth street, from unknown causes, Thi deceased lady was ninety years of age. Pierce Fenney, aged fifty-five years, died suddenly yesterday at No, 339 West Seventeenth strect, Sergeant Miner, of the Thirteenth precinct, report yesterday that Jane Wells had died at No. 415 Che street without “any medical aid’? ‘THE LOST BOY. The proceedings wil No tidings has up to the present been obtained of the child, Patrick Sullivan, who was abducted on afternoon of the 16th inst. from in front of the resi-: dence of the parents of the little fellow, on Greenwich! street, New York. The man who is thought to have. Kidnapped the boy is represented as being a heavy,, thickset fellow, with dark complexion and dark beard. ‘The distracted parents have offered a reward of for the recovery of their son. Yesterday a relative of the fainily visited the Police Headquarters in Brook; and requested that the description of the child be sen’ throughout the Brooklyn Police Department TI! request was immediately complied with, THAT PRECIOUS CENSUS. It turns out now that the census of the Twentietly Assembly district gtves the population of the district, at 93,480 instead of 7,010.. The mistake in the ret as made on Saturday, was tne placing of the 7,010 the population of the whole Assembly district, wher it should have represented the Thirtieth Election dis« trict of the Assembly district only. A HORSE CAR NUISANCE. To tax Epiror op THe Hxratp:— On three occasions of late I have been obliged to take in the evening the Third avenne cars from Seventieth: street down town, and on each have been disgusted! with the number of intoxicated men when I have, found fn the car, The first time which I mention five or six Githyy topers occupied nearly half the entire sittings, and one next myself, after falling over on mee nuntber of times, I allowed, by arising, to sprawl himself out h full length on my seat, @ number of ladies we standing, I spoke to the conductor, and he replied “he was not allowed to put them off” T write this to your paper, thinking that yon may fit to bring it through your columns to the notice the management of that road. Surely a rule the sam as that of the Fourth avenue line could not but benef them and be a biessing to their na, Yours, Suxpay Evenine, Sept. 19, 1875, ACO OPPOSITION TO SUNDAY TRAINS. Sevoral years ago the Methodist clergymen off Newark stoutly opposed the running im that city of Sunday horso cars; but, upon a populast vote boing taken, the people declared in favon of tte cars by more than @ twothird vote. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Methodist Preachers” Association of Newark, a preamble and resolutio were adopted setting sh that the running of Sunda; excursion trains (those run to the Centennial buildings} was tn violation of the laws of God and of New Jersey, against the moral sense of the Christian ats desecration of the Sabbath and demoralizing Recs. employés, &a Th +4 request the Pennsylvania ilroad Company to stop tl LIVING WITHOUT FOOD. An old man named William Yately has Just died at the Almshouse in Tronton, N. J., who had not tasted of any description of food for twenty-seven days previous to his death. During that time he subsisted entirely ‘on small doses of whiskey to him periodicaliy.| | He was an inmate of the institatton for id | died from thoraueh ashanstion,