The New York Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1875, Page 3

MOOD’. The Last Sunday of the Great Evangelist in Northfield, THE RESULTS OF HIS LABORS. Effect of Unitarian Opposit’on Upon the Revival. A SERMON ON PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, ‘A Solemn Warning to Professed Christians Who Object to Methods. The New York Pulpit on the Com- ing Religious Campaign. “GOD IS MY HEADLIGHT.” Nonruvrenp, Mass., Oct. 17, 1875. Additional interest attached to Mr. Moody’s service to-day from the fact that it was his Jast Sunday in Northfield, Mr. Moody began his work here on Sep- tember 9, and the past six weeks have been a season that the village will never forget. Hundreds have been awakened to the higher objects of life, and scores havo been brought toChrist, Mr. Moody’s work has been a great thing for the Old North Congregational church, the society of which having been for years divided over an old dispute about the selling of the pews has now " ‘een reunited and harmonized, and old men, who had not been in the church edifico for ten years, have onco moro renewed their at- tachment. ‘The obliteration of theso old causes of estrangement is no small thing to havo accomplished, but that is not all that has accrued to the society through Mr, Moody’s presence, A largo circle of men and women, young men and maidens, ‘have been converted and will strengthen the old ‘church, The yung Jady converts hold independent prayer mectings by themselves on weekday evenings, as do also the young men by themselves, and every week ‘sees the number of attendants increased. Nor is thisall, or grace has not been limited to the North church but, permeating tho entire community, has passed even the ‘Unitarians’ lines, where the minister in command of ‘the forces threw out # picket as soon as the alarm was given and followed it with an actual offensive assault upon evangelical methods and doctrine, MR. SUNDERLAND'S OPPOSITION surprised the village, but caused no moro than a mo- mentary hesitation with the people at large. Though the bluff farmers might be unconverted, yet their com mon sense made the majority of them wonder at resist ance toa revival being made by a body of professed Christians. They thought it would be more in keeping °f the Unitarians should lend a hand and go for sinners instead of laying back and criticising. Mr. Moody’s me- thods, or assailing any mere doctrines, The Northfield farmer has a pretty square head on his shoulders. Not pnly has the unseemly Unitarian opposition not hin- dered Mr. Moody’s work, but his zeal has benefited even Mr. Sunderland’s people, who, afer hearing Moody, have ‘taken a new interest in reli- gion, and while some have joined Sunderland’s shurch on account of always having attended it, stily others of that society have, of late, heard Mr. Moody altogether, and it would not be strange if Mr, Sunder- Jand’s recent opposition sermon should eventuate in a division of his society, for there were nota few of his people who did not wish to go as far as that sermon ‘would push them, and who have since shown their preference for Moody and the North church. MR. MOODY'S SUCCESS. The effect, outside of Northfield, in this vicinity of Mr. Moody’s work can never be estimated, The malti- tudes that have poured in from the surrounding towns have all felt the power of the man and the truth he Those who have attended this series of Mr. cody’s religious appeals and revival awakenings Jaugh at the outside criticisms made wpon him, evi- jen! ye those who little understand him. The latest mote at Mr. Moody is not a bit like the late Charles G. Finney. The author of that observation might have made it yet more sage by adding ‘nor like any one else.” Moody's ways are his own, and all the better for being 80. Any insincere imitation would fail His simplicity, earnestness, enthu- giasm and deep piety more than atone for that which the New Haven professors deplore the lack of, and gives him an influence which even they might envy; and though he may not have what New Haven ‘would consider an education, his experience and natural abilities give him the key to the popular heart. His brothers say that he does not read the newspaper notices of himself, ‘The great reputation, almost un- paralleled, that Mr, Moody has at so carly an age ac- quired, cannot be sustained withouta corresponding effort.’ Much is expected of him that he may use his reat reputation wisely and well. The importance of f prominent position is recognized by evangelical Christians everywhere, and it can be safely said that Mr. Moody’s future course is made a subject of prayer by the country that God will order all is steps to his honor. The object of Mr. Moody's rs in his own town has been rewarded with abund- fant success, and there 18 reason to suppose tho sane Guccess will follow him to Brooklyn. THE SERVICES. ‘The old church was crowded even to the aistes this afternoon, aud the meeting was opened by the singing of the hymn, t am trusting, Lord, in Thee. B. F. Jacobs, the great Sunday school worker of Chicago, who had preached in the morning, led in RS and it was followed by Mr. Moody’s favorite yun, Tell me the old, old story. After which Mr. Moody read the {ifty-first Psalm, re- qarking upon the lesson as follows :— REMARKS ON THE LESSON. You find here the Psalmist getting home to himself, At isa good thing for us to got home to ourselves, I Gnd a good many men live on the failings of others, Now the King here got down to himself and said, “Oh, Lord, wash me.” li God washes us we shail be clean. A great trouble with men is they try to waslgthem- selves. When God washes our soul it is clean for etermity. If God hides our sins they are hidden; no one an find them. If we attempt to hide our sins they will fome to light again, In London once, I went to a place called the Chamber of Horrors, where, among the wax ‘Dgures, was one who had murdered his wile and cov- ered np his sin so well they could not find the mur- derer. But at jast his conscience came up to him as a Witness against him and he wont into court and stood Up and confessed the crime and he was hung. It you ide your sius be sure they will find you out, bat if God Nudes them they are hidden. Out of love for my soul He hath put my sins behind His back. 1 like to think of the Lord as a restorer. It is the Lord that restores us, hot we ourselves. What we want is to live on the wer of the Gospel, A great trouble is that people aro ving on old forms and dead creeds. Now let us sing ‘good old hyma— God loved the world of sinners lost. After the singing of this bymn Mr. Moody said he would speak upon a part of the ninth verse of the third shapter of Genesis ;—'‘Where art thou?” ‘THE SERMON, The firat question asked of man after the fall, not where is thy neighbor, where is this man or that man, but Where art viout ' I don’t know as I was over tn a place where people lived go much on one kind of food as in Northfield, That is bn some one ojso’s fault, You will ‘never got fat on that food. It is poor food for the soul, What are others’ feults to thee? We do not come before God in families, but, one by one, we mast pags up to Him. Now, ask yourselves these questions:—Where aml? Who am I? Where aml goingto? I have taiked with some here who think they have no here- afer. If amen thinks he is no better than oxen, I might as well preach to the oxen, It ts Kittle account ‘what the peopie in the town think of you, but it is of feat importance how you sand tn the sight of God. Yhere art then? No sooner had the nows reached God that Adam had fallen than down came God. God Was the secker, Adam ought to have been. He ought fo have cried up and down Kdeu, God! where art thou? But it was the yoice of grace, the vowe of God. I loubt if Adam has ever had ® somwho has not heard it, own the ages it has come. WHERE ait 1? ike an autumn leaf or a weaver's shuttle my lifo will fae. be gone, but where am 1? There ere three classes ere Us afternoon that I wish to speak to:—They who profess Christ, those who have wamdlered away and tiose who never made a profession. Professing Chris- Jiang, ask yourselves now, what are you doing lor God? fer twenty yoars of Christian profession I havo learned one tl ing aman is either agreat sage a bit orho ts ahelp. He must be doing good or evil. There is no neutral ground. When the devil wants to de a work dhe goes toa Christian. Satan aims high. When ho ‘wanted one to condemn Christ he got Caiphas; when he ‘wanted a man to betray Him he got a disciple; when he ‘wanted a mun t deny Him he got Peter, Bis question which I ask you to ask yourselves comes homo to me" I am about to leayo you. i have been ere two months Have I done all I might? Ithink now I wish I might have more faithful, 1 Let the thought bemosacte | sieve hows yen been h Toes Ab Lage Mason ban? oy have you been a IPR of Wig luxury of |. pips; spollog aay. NEW YORK HERALY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘winning a soul to Christ, A teacher in Europe once came to me and said she had left her class for that one afternoon. There were ouly four or five little boys m ‘it—only a trifling work. My frien @ little tow a rin Luther, headed boy in your class Land bo ‘There may be a reformation slumbering in his breast. Would t© God the slumbering Church of God would awake. We should see a reformation. The church of God im action! Oh, what a blessed sight I find there are some here who object to the work and methods, even among professed Christians, In England a young man came anto our meetings who had been a gambler, He had gambled away £25,000 sterling, but bis mother haa a prejudice against so-called special meetin; though her son was converted and sold his stopped fambling and led many of his old associates also to Christ, yet she was so full of prejudice that, though she was a professed Christian. she did not wish to hear him tell of his reform. O that God would crush out this prejudice of professed Christians! Let us say, “Work, Lord, as Thou wilt.” A father went once with his little child into the woods and laid himself down under a tree and went to sleep, The child sprinkled leaves over the father in play, and after a while wandered away. ‘The futher awoke and called for his child, but it was nowhere to be seen or heard. In his search he came to @ precipice, and at the foot he saw his child, all mangled and dead. He rushed to i accused himself of the murder for having slept. What @ picture! While Christians sleep their children wan- ba over the precipice of sin. Professed Christians who OnsKCT TO METHODS called revival methods, ask yourselves this question, Are you standing 'm God’s way? You aro opposéd to God’s work? The time will come when you will regret it. There is no neu- tral ground; you are either opposing the cause of Christ or helping it. Pause now and ask yourselves, “Where am I?” “And if there are any here working against God, may He convict them of their sin now. No one does more harm than the backslider, any reason for his act? Is he ever happy? I never knew one to be, There is no reason why you should not come back to God, There is bread enowgh and to spare, Did you ever think what the Prodigal lost while away?” Why, he lost good food, clothing, health, the love of the father—everything.’ Backslider, you went from God; God did not go from you.” The shortest way back ts the best; the quickest 1s the way to take, Before they had railroads in Chicago the farmers brought in’ their crops in wagons. Once a father sent his son into the city to sell the grain and he did not roturn, The father went to the city | and found his son had been into a gambling house and lost all, had even sold the horse and wagon and gam- bled them away. Thon, instead of going back to his father, he thought it best to run away. Did the father let him go? No. He arranged his business and followed his gon over to the Pacific coast, He preached in a church, telling the story. of his Jost boy. | The boy waa there and heard it, He came to his father, His father would hear no word of apology, he was so glad to get him back. Dear Christians, pray for any backslidors here to-night, Ob, wanderer, leave the dark fountains of sin and come back! leave Northfield, while somo are almost persuaded, I could leave with a light heart if you would come to Christ. Oh, sinner, where art thou? If the righteous scarcely are saved, where shail the sinner appear? The last year has béen the most solemn year of my life, we turn to go down,» Some are here also whom I would like to ask to look over your past life, Half of life is gone. Where are you to-night? Are you on God's side? Have you any hope? How many times has God called you? Some’ of us look down upon graveyards where” 1s ® mother’s graye, or a child’s whom you promised to prepare to meet in heaven. Have you kept the promise? All along up the pathway of life are tombstones, by the side of which we have promised to strive for heaven, Another thing, the sermon preached ten years ago that affected you then does uot now. Is that your condi- tion? Look toward the foot of the hill, There may be the shroud and coffin waiting for you sooner than you think. Ask yourself where are you? Have you a hope in God? If not do not leave this house to-night with- out it, There are threo STEPS TO THE LAST WORLD. First, neglect. of Chris. Some say what have I done? Well, suppose youwhave not done any- thing? Many aro’ cut off at that step. The second Step is refusing Christ. They had not taken that step at first, but now they hi ‘Oh, how sad! But the last step ts sadder, despising—when you say you des- pise this religion, this Bi Somé may go away and mock, but all ican say is hope God will press the text home to your hearts. ‘here are you? Is it to take seats here and criticise that you come to these meetings? Can you afford to do that? There is nothing more for God to do, He is recon- ciled. Why not accept him now? An Eng- lishman had @ petted only son; his father was angry with him and said he wished he would leave home. The boy sald he would, and never return till his father sent for him. But his mother did not give him up, but tried all her life to reconcile them, On her deathbed she asked ono thing, that he should send for her boy. The haughty father said he would send in her name, No, she said, he would never come so, At last he sent for him and the boy came. But the father wouldn’t recoguize him. The mother spent her dying strength in trying to recon- cile them in vain, Finally, putting the hands of together she ‘ied. They looked at, the dead body and their eyes met and there over that body they became reconciled. “In one thing this illustration does not hold good. Don’t think that God is augry with you. God stands here to-night saying, “Oh, sinner, 1am reconciled to you; will you not be reconciled to me?’? And the moment you are there is joy in heaven. As Mr. Moody, who had spoken throughout in a trembling voice,’ closed his appeal very many wero weeping all over the church, He extended the invita- tion to all to rise that wanted to be prayed for, and twenty-five rose at once. Suggesting that the young converts also rise a great number arose. THE VAREWELL, Mr. Moody said:—‘‘Oh, Lord, we thank Thee for the leasant Sunday evenings in this place, and now, as we Here he hid his face, wet with tears, :n his handker- chief, and Mr. Jacobs continued the prayer, No wonder his own mother, who was a Unitarian, standing to be prayed for, The hymn, There is a fountain filled with blood, and the doxology closed the meeting. AN INQUIRER’S MEETING was immediately held in the church vestry below, which was speedily thronged, and where Mr. Moody, Mr. Jacobs and Rev. Mr. Clark, the pastor, prayed and counselled with the anxious ones. he services of the evening, led by Mr. Jacobs. Mr. Moody announced that he himself would preach the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and that would en: his stay in Northfield. He must leave town on Thurs- day, commencing WS WORK IN BROOKLYN next Sanday, aided by the glorious singing of Mr. San- key. The praise meeting this evening was under the auspices of the new Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, organized last Saturday evening with Mr. Moody's brother Samuel for President. He isa deacon in the Unitarian church, and has attended the revival meet- ings and risen for prayer several times, for which tho Unitarians remonstrated with him, but all they got out of him on the question: was:— ace prayers of these good men can’t hurt me, can oy 9? conduct meetings Sunday evenin; hereafter, = PREPARING FOR THE EVANGELISTS. TRENCHES FOR THE FLOW OF BROTHERLY LOVE TO BE DUG—DR, CUYLER’S SERMON, The Rey. Theodore L. Cuyler delivered last even- ‘ing, to a large audience, a discourse having reference to the work of Moody and Sankey. The text was from | IL. Kings, iti,. 16:— Thas saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches for trenches}. For thus saith the Lord, Ye sball not Seo wind, neither shail ye geo rain; vot that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink. Dr, Cuyler said:;—Three years ago there stood in this pulpit an earnest servant of Jesus Christ, whose life- work it isto lift up a dying Saviour before dying sin- ners. He was laboring at that time in connection with this church, especially in our new mission chapol be- yond Fort Greene Park. For two months, in the year 1872, he cast the net for souls and gathered over 150 for his Master. During those services in our chapol he conducted the first “Bible Readings” he ever at- tempted. Those Bible readings, in connection with fervent prayer for the quickening of Christian hearts, Pioneered that blessed revival. With the subsequent history of our beloved brother, D. L. Moody, with his apostolic tour through Great Britain and Ireland and his proclamation of the Gospel to 40,000 souls ona singlaSabbath, with the record of that glorious har- vest which he and HIS SINGING PARTNER, Brother Sankey, have reaped—with all this you are familiar, Is it not written in tho Book of tho Chroni- cles of the kingdom of Jesas Christ? Next Subbath tmorning these heaven-bonored evangelists will open a Spiritual campaign for Jesus in Brooklyn. It is the right place to begin. While other cities are mainly known for their commerce or or historic Associati Brooklyn is chietly known 48 a city of schools and churches. Mr, Moody bas labored in the church here before, and he will find a cor of trained revival workers to aid him. It is the right time to begin. Many years had since there was & general outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Sin abounds, Now let grace abound. Long continued depressions and disasters in business have broken men’s hearts. Thrown on their backs, they are looking up toward God. Muititudes aro crying out, “Come, Lord Jesus, come npn ale Brother Mood! ris single reliance is in God. He comes in the name of his Master. How shall nue lor the work before him and before our- DIGGING THE TRENOURS, I find an answer in that Old Testament narrativ from which my text is taken, The armios of Isracl Wore porishing for want of water. In their strait they send for God's Feet Elisha, He gives them this messago direct from heaven:—‘Thus saith the Lord, Make the land full of trenches.” How shall they be filled? That is not their concern. It is the duty of faith not fo question, but to obey, The people sim ly dug tho trenches, and presently the cool, refreshing waters began to steal into them from some ‘mysterious source, The thirsting multitudes then rush forward and drink. Man bas done his part, and then God does His. This is the process in conversion and in all Spiritual life, “Paul may plat,” and there his agency walar,”” ang thore he stops; pup side and wildly | Is there | One thing makes me sad to | Tam in the middle of life, at the top of the hill where | lave come to the last one, give usa final blessing.” | Mr. Moody was affected, for there, in a tront seat, was | day wero closed wit a crowded praise meeting in the | This new Young Men’s Christian Association is to H God ‘giveth the increase,” Israel wanted water, and they dug channels for God to pour it in. They prepared for the supernatural blessing, and the ble: came. We in Brooklyn must dig for the water, an ere are several trenches that must be opened. First of all, we must cut a deep, broad trench of brotherly love. ‘This must go from one church door to another, all over our beautiful city. Christians must overleap their denominational walk and be ready to work for Jesus only. The one rallying ery must be “Brooklyn tor Christ!” God grant that the good work shall not stop until the most degraded and forlorn are” reached; until the dram dens are closed and the drunk- ards are reformed; until what Brother Moody culls “the miserable rich and the muscrable. poor” are brought alike to the same joy and power of the lifo in Jesus. Not only between ‘our churches, but within our churches, must coldness and censoriousness, give place to mutual confidence and co-operation. Some- times good men and women, vexed that things do not go better, fall to striking each other, THR PASTOR GETTING A BRUISE among the rest. It is as if a rifleman on the battlefield, seeing the fight go badly, should quit firing and begin to batter his comrades with the butt of his ritle. Whereas his own example, in just standing firm and taking sure aim, would do more to restore the battle than all his disorderly assaults on his fellow soldiers, In our own congregation, then, let~us have a deep trench of brotherly love, and every man must dig be- fore his own door. A second trench to be opened is earnest, penitential, believing prayer. Our petitio must be honest as’ well as full of trust in God. ‘Too many falsehoods are uttered in prayer meetings. Sins are glibly confessed there in prayer, which, if charged upon the speaker by anybody else, he would grow red in the face with wrath. Men often pray for the conver- sion of their friends, and then never open their lips or lift a finger toward leading them tothe Saviour, We must pray with our lives as well as our lips—genuine rayer, born of contrition and thirst for holiness, and Preated in the namo of Christ, the Divine Interces- sor, will cut a deep channel through which God will pour full streams of salvation. When Brother Moody comes may he find God’s s people on their knees, That, in itself, would be a revival. PERSONAL REPENTANCE. A third trench to be dug is one of personal repentance for sin. Not other people's sins, butour own. The best drainage for a farmer's field is sub-soil drainage. In our churches and in our hearts ‘we need a sub-soil repentance. It must cut deep. It | must cut up sin by the roots. The same trench that drains oif our sins will be a channel for the sweet life- giving waters of salvation. There are other channels to be opened. One of them is work—individual work— for sinners. If men aro converted in Brooklyn it must be one by one, Each soul must be labored with either in the inquiry meeting or elsewhere. We shall need to practise self-denial im doing good, Business men must be willing to take time and spend money and give themselves to the Master's service. A prayer meeting must have stronger attractions than a party of pleas ure, ‘The wider we cut the trenches the broader and fuller may be the stream of divine blessing, There was no “sound of wind or rain” in the camp of Israel when the waters came in and filled the ditches. So the ad- vent of our brethren the evangelists may occasion no violent excitement, Neither of them seek noisy ex- citement, They reprobate it, ‘Their earnest desire is that tho tides of spiritual power from heaven may flow steadily and silently into every soul. As the tides rise from the ocean over bars and slimy ground and Lift up the keeis of grounded vessels, so shall these glorious blessings of the Holy Ghost flow into this whole city. Lf we want these blessings, let us prepare for them, Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly | Restore unto us, 0 God, the joys of Thy salvation ! Up- | hold us with Thy free Spirit!” and then ‘shall sinners bo converted unto Thee. Not unto our modest brethren, Moody and Sankey, but unto God shall be all the glory. HOW TO PROMOTE THE REVIVAL BY BREAKING UP FALLOW GROUND—THE KIND OF THE RE- VIVAL WE NEED. As the time draws near for the evangelists Mooay | and Sankey to arrive every little scrap of their past his- tory is seized upon and made available so as to keep them before the public. It now appearsthat Mr, Moody does not come here now as an evangelist for the first time. Three years ago he spent two months labor- ing in Dr. Cuyler’s church and in Calvary Chapel Mis- sion and with such success that over 100 persons were taken into Dr. Cuyler’s church on profession of faith, It was at Calvary chapel that the idea of Bible readings and expositions was first suggested to him by a lady ‘who thought the people were well enough provided with preaching, but were sadly in need of Bible teaching. Acting on’ this hint Mr. Moody directed his attention to that form of preaching, and on it, mainly, has depended his wonderful success a8 an cvangelist’ in the British Isles, It is believed he will adopt the same plan in Brookiyn this time. He comes now not as three years ago, unknown and unnoticed, bat with a reputation that is world-wide, and, notwithstanding the excite- ment naturally attending the political campaign, the in- rest in his coming does not wane, Dr. Cuyler re- ceived a letter on Saturday from Mr. Moody expressing his gratification with the arrangements progressing for his meetings in the Rink. And, as preparatory to his coming, Dr. Cuyler last evening preached on the sub- ject of the revival and the preparation for it, under the figure of ‘How to Reach the Water of Lafe.” The Rev. Messrs, Steole and Hall, Methodists; Lyman and Smith, Congregationalists; Nye, Universalist, and | Huntington, Episcopalian, preached’ about the revival | yesterday. Special meetings for revival will be held every evening during this week in Fleet street, Warren street and De Kalb avenue Methodist Episcopal churches; in St, John’s Protestant Episcopal church | aud in the Clermont avenue Universalist church, Brook- | lyn. Also in the Church of the Disciples every even- ing, and the Fifth avenue (Forty-eighth street) Col- legiate Reformed church every evening except Wednes- day, Drs, Hall, Hastings, Ganse and Robingon will direct the latter and Mr. Hepworth will lead tho meet- ings in his own church. The Brooklyn commit- tee of management 13 hurrying up its work at the Rink, so as to have everything in readi- ness before next Sunday. The treasurer, Mr. W. W. Wickes, is ready to receive any voluntary contributions to defray the expenses attendant on these services, Those who desire to contribute in this city can do so at his business place, No. 111 Broad stroct, and in Brooklyn at his residence, No. 183 Fort Greene place, The rent of the Rik and the expenses for oue month’s service there wili be large, and a prompt and generous nse should now be made to the eall for help. Notices of the services of the evangolists next Sun- day in the Rink were read from many of the pulpits of Brooklyn yesterday, and commendatory references made of them and their work. The Rev. 8. H. Platt, of Dekaib avenne Methodist Rpiscopal Church, however, thinks that their coming will break up whatever re- vival meetings may be in progress in other churches, | and so expressed his opinion yesterday, But this is contrary to the design of ‘their coming, and to the expectation of ministers end churches in the city of Brooklyn, The Rink cannot accom- modate more than 6,500 or 7,000 persons, packed | as tight as they may be, and there are certainly | more than five times that number of Chris- tians, and fifty times that number of unChristian per- sons in Brooklyn, with whom and on whom the other churches can operate while the evangelists are doing their part. There should, therefore, be no cessation of revival work in other churches, but,’ on the contrary, whatever meetings of that sort aro now in progress should get un inspiration and a push forward, by the coming of these men, that should carry them through the entire winter. ‘There is no better reason why Drs. Cuyler and Talmage should have continuous re- vivals in their churches than that the ministers should have them if they, too, labor for them. With this view the Rev, W. 'C. Steele,’ of Fleet street Metho- | dist Episcopal church, preached yesterday on the Way to promote a revival by breaking up the failow ground, basing his remarks on Hosea, %, 12. He introduced his subject by refer- ing to the fact that the Israelites being a pastoral and agricultaral community, figures like the one in the text were most appropriate. The Saviour had referred to the influence of truth on various minds by the parable of the Sower, and almost every act and implement of husbandry had beén used to iilustrate divine teaching. The text’ embraced, first, an exhortation, ‘Break up your faliow ground.”’ This implied, said the speaker, Peilection and careful self-examination on the part of Christians. Holy pauses in the whirl of the activities of life were especially necessary now, for no GENUINE AND ALL-PERVADING REVIVAL was posdible without careful self-scrutiny; the rust must be rubbed off and the fine gold must be brightened again. With natural proneness to lukewarmuess we need now to be close and searching in the examination of the soul. No one else could perform the duty for us, as God said, “Kxarmine yourselves; prove your own selves.” Test yourselves by your earlier and more joy- ous experience and by the word of God. The speaker then referred to the more common forms of sin. prevalent among _ professors ot religion, such as neglect of prayer private aud public, want of home piety, want of love to God, neglect of God's temple, aud Wworldliness, and urged upon ail the necessity of greater diligence, in the Christian calling. He said the text also taught the duty of reformation under the figure of seed sowing. “SOW IN RIGHTEOUSNESS,” & run the ploughshare deep, subsoil this whole heart and plant in the furrow good resolves and holy purposes. Christ had said to Peter, “If I wash thee not thoa bast no part with me.” Therefore, consecration to God's service in order to inner Washing Is essential. Evidently Brooklyn is to be visited by the Blessed “Saviour; but only those whose hearts are cleansed can Inbor efficiently with him. ‘The speaker illustrated the grandeur of laboring with Christ by Teference to the fact that the white plume of the bold and whole souled Murat was always to be seen close to Napoleon, the brave young officer esteoming it the highest houor to fight lose by the side of his com- mander, He urged nearness to Christ as essential to SUCCESS IN EVANGELISTIC REPORT. We cannot have a real revival uniess the Church {a divinely prepared for it, Ministers might be as loving as John, as eloquent ae Appollos, as logical as Paul aud as close and piain as James, but without the Holy Spirit’s presence, and a consecrated and cleansed Church, bat little good would be doue in Brooklyn. After a,few practical inferences the speaker announced his intention of co-operating fully with Messrs, Moody and Sankey, and gaid that the God who shook England to its very centre, so that even High Churehism forgot its stitfness and ridicule broke ite arrows, could bring this whole city to its knees, make superstition sur- render the keys of its Bastile and cause dead formality to come forth like a new Lazarus from its gloomy sepul- chre, THR KIND OF REVIVAL NEEDED. Dr. H. R. Nye discoursed lastevening on the revival the Christian churches need, “We want, he said, a ro- vival of faith, of morality, of goodness What. he asked, 1s the value of religion to men individually. They seek to secure admission to the heavenly land. That is all. Ifwe were not tw die we would not want Jesus Christ at all, There are but two worlds and we must make our choice here, These words are stereo- typed in Christian churches, Must © poor man of ne- oessity be a wretched man? Is sin ablo to make a man Mf 80, then the woye sig tp panne jai, | | j than on the previous Sunday. The gather- ing comprised not only railroad officials and. employés, but there were visible | | up of singers from some of the city churches, chanted | | the brake to guide the train for God. piness. If such a man should get to that world which the Christian churches call heil he would be the hap- piest man there, And if he should get to heaven he would ba the most unhappy. But are we to be ro- ligious only to be ft to die? We don’t want a religion that gives nothing but that, Under that thought men neglect religion now. By and bye they say it will come, Every man expects to become religious before he dies. Dr. Nye considered what religion is and why we want a revival of it. Religion he defined to be a recognition of God, without which no man’s life is right; a recog- nition of Christ as our pattern and Saviour, It is mo- rality in one sense, but it is not merely to sing hymns and to pray and attend to one’s church duties. “It is more than that. Religion is a life of charity and good will toward God and men, It is a life of faith in things unseen and eternal, It is prayer—prayer which is— ‘The coul's «incere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of w hidden fire That kindles in the brea Religion is communion with God and not a password by which we may enter the pearly gates. It is the spirit that will make us love God and men. We want a revival of righteousness, and goodness, and truth. We want a right spirit, and our daily prayer should be “Create in me aciean heart, O God, and reuew within mea right spirit”? I don’t believe in human Ce apeitiy said Dr, Nye, as some men do, There is a little bit of the ange! in every man as well as a little bit of the devil We can’t carry our best thoughts into our lives. Thero are adversaries all round us and our struggles are per- sonal and our victories, or death will be personal. And in all these we need and can have the help of the Al- mighty—the arm of the Infinite One. We want A REVIVAL OF MORALITY IN THE ChuI8TIAN CHURCH and a revival of piety also. Dr. Nye explained the dif- ference and remarked that he was sometimes shocked when he heard men in the pulpit say there was nothing ood in moral men. He contended that there is ani je would admit it to every man, but would tell him that there is something more and better beyond. Jesus was more than a moral man, John was more than that, | Liberal Christians need a revival of piety, of faith, of | morality, and in such times as these we need to think | only of God, There are people who have been in the | church only forty hours in the year. This is not | enough. We can’t help masses of men if we do only | | that ‘There are men in all our churches who for ten | years have been trying to think about Christianity, but | they have not had time to think long enough so as to embrace it. Dr. Nye urged such among his hearers to | sit still and let God do His work in their hearts, Meet- ings will be held in his church every evening this week, Rev, Matthew Hale Smith spoke about John the Baptist’s camp meeting in the wilderness of Judea and the revival that followed, which he applied to the re- vival expected under the ministry of Moody and Sankey. Rev. Mr. Hall delivered the third in a course of sermons preparatory to the revival, and Rev. Mr. Parker, in whose church meetings will be continued this week, also preached sermons on revival themes yesterday. The indications are very general that Mr. Moody will be well sustained and encouraged in his work by the pastors of Brooklyn. “THE GOSPEL TRAIN.” Gop’s HEADLIGHT ON THE TRACK IN JERSEY crrx. The second of the series of revival meetings for railroad employés in Jersey City was held yesterday afternoon in the freight depot of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, under the auspices of tho Young Men’s Christian Association, The attendance was larger | policemen off duty, several democratic politicians, in- cluding a delegato to the Third District Convention, two prominent physicians, Captain Woolsey, Superin. tendent of Ferries, and many ladies, A choir, mado the hymns, with an accompaniment on a small organ loaned by the Young Men’s Christian Association. The proceedings were opened with prayer by Lang Sheaif, the railroad apostle, of Cleveland, The hymn “Hold the Fort was thon sung with great earnestness and gpirit, the crowd heartily joining in the chorus, ‘lakifg advantage of the enthusiasm thus evoked Mr. ‘Bheaff struck up the hymn ‘Vesus Loves Mo,” which was not quite so familiar | to the assemblage. Mr. Charles Woolsoy, Jr., Assistant Superintendent of Ferries, then arose, and testified to the happy promptings of tho spirit within him since the opening of this great revival. ‘Lot all hearts,” he cried out, “bo opened, and let Christ enter. ‘How many young men are there lounging around the streets on the Sabbath when they ought to be in church,” Mr, Woolsey continued briefly in this vein, and, considering that it was his maiden effort as a revivalist, he made a very favorable impression, The assemblage was next addressed by the Rev. Mr. Halloway, of the Grand street Reformed Church, after which the hymn “Almost persuaded now to believe”? was struck up, Mr. Sheafl then delivered a farewell address. He | called on all who were persuaded in the spirit of the hymn just chanted to proceed to the pastor of some of the city churches and ask to be admitted In taking his leave of the people of Jersey City he avowed his grati- tude for the kindness shown him and the attention ho | received from the railroad men, Next’Sunday he would commence the blessed work on the New York Central | Railroad. On Monday evening a meeting would be held | in Washington street, near the railroad, to perfect the | Organization in connection with the Young Men’s | Cristian Association. The object was to get a room for railroad men where they could meet and read and pend their leisure hours to their own spiritual profit, Then,” said he, “there will be no need for repairs, no | looking out for locomotives ahead, for the track will bo clear.” He closed by prayer, in whieh he invoked the divine blessing on the brothren in Baltimore, Cleve- Jand, Altoona and Erie, where they are praying for the word. Ho invoked his hearors when they took hold of After the doxology the meeting dispersed. Contri- butions in aid of the revival among ratiroad men have been liberally made by several railroad compantes, notably the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, on whose line, according to Mr, Sheaff, “the Gospel train speeds its course every day from Buffalo to Cleveland, and the men hold forth as their motto, ‘God 1s my headlight.’ ” SUNDAY SCHOOLS. A public meeting of the New York Sunday School Association was held last evening in the Broadway Tabernacle, The occasion was the day of universal prayer for the Sunday schools, which had been sug- | gested by the London Sunday School Union. The exer- cises opened with the song, “Oh, be joyful in the Lord.” Reading of Scripture and prayer by Rev. S. H. Tyng, D. D., Was next in order. After a hymn by the congro- gation, Rev, John H, Vincent, D. D., delivered ancad. dress On “The Sunday School and Our National Life.” He showed the necessity of a thorough revival among | the teachers. A contraito solo, “The Lord is my Shep- herd,” was then sung"by Miss Louise Finch. The.Rev. W. M. Taylor, D. D., spoke on “The Elements of Teach: | ing Power.” ‘He insisted on a more sincere earnestn thorough realization of the presence of the Lord an a perception of the character of those instructed, aa | elements of success in teaching, A selection from | Haydn’s “Creation” was next sung and the services Closed with the Doxology and benediction. CATHOLIC ORPHANS’ HOME. The managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum | of New York city have commenced tho erection of a large building on the Boland farm, near Peekskill owned by them, in which they proposo to put several hundred boys ‘to work, making boots, shoes, doing tatloring, printing and other light work. The structure wiil be made of brick, four stories high aad will be 100 feot long and 40 feet wide. LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY, | A lecture on “Africa as a Missionary Field” was given by Rev. Dr. Pinney last evening at the Second | Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, Dr. Pinney, who bas been connected with African missions for over forty-five years, stated that when he first went to Africa, in 1832, he was young and enthusiastic and entered into his work with a zeal which he was unable to continue long. Broken in health, he returned to America, and since then he has advocated the building up of the Liberian | colonies and latterly the education of young and intelli- | gent negroes in this country as efficient aids to the groat purpose of Christianizing the Africans, By their phystque they are enabled to withstand the climate bet- ter than white missionaries, and if ever Africa ts to be | redeemed it must be, partly, at least, by the help of our negro youth, specially trained for this purpose, It is ‘of no use to send to the heathen those who are as | ignorant as themselves. There must be a systemat- | ical education and a careful selection of those best fitted for the work. We in America have hardly an idea of the immense size of Africa and the labor to be done there, Dr, Piney then gave a brief but com- proheusive sketch of the history of African discovery and discoverers from the days of Herodotus to the present time. Of Livingstone and his labors he spoke with deep feeling, and traced his life from its humble beginning through its intinite tolls, dangers and sub- Iime discoveries; his “boing left, as it were, and al- most forgotten by his own country, to be found at last in the heart of Africa by an American, who 18 continuing the glorious work.’ Pur: ther of those mystic realms, humanly speaking, we shall soon know through Stanley, “When Stanley's discoveries were doubted by mauy, either through envy or ignorance, I met him on his arrival in this country from England and by his answers toa fow brief ques- tions which I asked him, I knew him to be the brave, hardy, intolligent and truthful explorer the world has since acknowledged him to be, and I took the first oc- casion to publicly proclaim him so in a lecture at Dr, Creaby’s Church in New York.” Dr, Pinney then al- luded to Stanley's present work, and finished with an appeal for aid for the Lincoln University, near Chestor, Pa, where a large number of colored Youth are being educated with reference to their future employment in the feld of African mission. HE LOVED NOT WISELY. One sonsation follows another in Huntington, This time it is among the colored population. The wife of a man named Town discovored him making love to an- other of “Afric’s dusky daughters,” and she {mmedi- ately mauled him unmercifully, She then pulled him into the house, locked the door, and closed the exer cise by beating him with @ cordwood stick. The result is numerous bruises upon Town’s person and his right AEM 188 BU | was completed, the total length built being 2,448 feet, | point below Shad NAVIGATION. Report of the United States Engineers on the Improvements in the Hudson River. ——__ DEEPENING THE CHANNEL AT TROY Detailed Statement of Work Performed and the Expense Attending, Tho following is the report of United States engineers on the improvements made and in progress in the navi- gation of the Hudson River:— Lieutenant F. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, assist ant, stationed at Albany, N. Y., has continued to saper- intend these operations, and from his report I extract the following detailed statement of work done and re- pairs nevded:— The contracts made in 1873 for the extension of Base Island and Sinall Island dikes were not comploted at tho close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, on ac- count of the long continued high water. As Soon ag the condition of the river would permit operations were resumed, and in Angust, 1874, the Base Island dike In September, 1874, the Small Island dike was com- pleted, the total length built being 2,081 feet, In Au- ‘ust, 1874, contract was made with Mr. William D. Ful- rae extending the Small Island dike. Work was commenced in September and completed November 21, 1874, the total length built being 2,1173¢ feet, In October, 1874, contract was made with James D. Leary for raising the ievel of the pile dike connecting Hillhouse and Upper Patroons? Island, by building a*) crib dike on the top of the pile dike, Work was com- menced in October and completed November 80, 1874, the total length being 2,975 tet. Repairs have been made to the following dikes:— Bath, Nine Mile Tree, Schodack, Roah Hook and Coey- mani, Middle Ground, amounting 1m the aggregate to 1 76, From the appropriation of June 23, 1874, the sum of $7,462 was paid E. R. Seward for the removal of the Overslaugh Rock, under his contract made in the fall of 1870; this amount was inserted in the Appropriation bill and ordered to be paid, REPAIRS NEEDED, The crib dike, between Hillhouse and Upper Patroons? Island To south end of Base Isiand dike, damaged by collisions, 5 To repairs of Bath dik + 38 To repairs of dikes below Albany. > "600 Stone filling for various dikes.. + $4,050 samina- tion of the river between New Baltimore and Hudson, witha view tothe construction of dikes to form a channel for both ebb and flood, and this recommenda. tion is repeated, because under existing appropriations | there is no’ authority to expend money for surveys below New Baltimore, the limit of the district undor my charge, respectfully refer to that report also for the list of works recommended to be constructed to complete the improvement under the project approved and Jor the estimated cost. Amount to be appropriated to complete the worl Amoun 83 00 WAR iccacacvabsesaers 967,116 18 Amount of estimate of 1868; 2'984,304 47 ‘Aimount asked to be appropriated ‘for years 1876 and 1877—Overslaugh dike + $40,000 00 Removal uf Austin’s rock........ 2 "2,000 00 WPOtaB casa cess cshccss testes opacssisec ced GOMOD UO GENERAL REMARKS, In tidal estuaries the depth toward the head dimin- ishes by the inclination of the bed, due to the action of the flood and ebb tides, the action of the former tending to deposit and that of’ the latter to scour. The energy of the flood becomes finally so impaired by its depo, 48 formed upon an inclined slope, that the Bb is ehabtod to hold it in equilibrium when ‘the slope and depths be- come constant. ‘The erection of the dam at ‘Troy across the tide waters has had the effect just noted as due to | tidal action. The effect of freshets in bringing heavy | material is not considered, sinco it will be necessary, | im order to get rid of this, to cause the | deposits to be made in side spaces out- side of the navigable channel. A location of the dam considerably above the present position, by enabling the tide to advance further up the river would greatly | improve the navigable channel, because, irst, the | slope of deposits would form above its present position; | and second, tho scouring action of the ebb m the channels along the front of the city of Troy would be much increased. It occurred to me that a correspond- ing effect would be produced by building a longitudinal dike, starting from the bead of Breaker’s Island and terminating withiv a short distance of the dam. The river would thus be divided into two parallel spaces, Up the eastern channel, the flood would pass to supply the western section of the river, which would act ag a tidal basin, to be filled and emp: tied at each tide, The basin could be extended by ro- moving the Port Schuyler dike, to allow the flood to penetrate behind Breakers and Hillhouse isiands. The eastern section or navigable channe! would be made of smaller width than the western section or basin, so that both ebb and flood would be much increased in | ABSTRACT OP TDS POR RAISING 3 off is due to a change of direction of the mie channel over 10 feet in depth is work: ing its way to meet the deep flood Cen the only obstacle being a narrow bulkh between 7 and 8 feet in depth, which will be probably perforated by the currents, and a junetion of the chan- hels effected; but this is a case where a little redging will prove a permanent benefit. The depth here undoubtedly be over 10 feet at mean low water. Cocyman’s Bar,—Ln 1869 the depth was 9 feet af mean low water; in 1871, 8.7 feet; in 1872, 9 feet; im 1875, 8.5 feet, The apparent falling off is due to thé steady change of position of the channel since the con, struction of the Cori toward the east, until it now ties close ng the dikes. ing this period the amount of dredging done by the currents has been enormous. The channel has now cat into a shoal to a depth of pine fect, where, in 1873, the depth was only one foot. A short stretch hae J shoal now separates the channel from the deep flood channel at Barren Island. The currents will cut through, but it is best to aid their efforts by a litte dredging. The depth over this bar will be considerably over ten feet, ‘The above recapitulation shows a great improvement either effected or in process of scoomplialineahy the channels having (mally worked into a permanent direc+ tion. The dopths given do not, however, at all ropre- sent tho improvements effected or in progress, thé Widths of channel between the eight and nine foot curves being now greatly tn excess of those existing prior to diking. As before stated in annual reports, doubts were ex- pressed of the efficient action of the New Baltimore dike, constructed by the State of New York, The chan- nel has shoaled there, though several umes dredged, ‘The preservation of the lighthouse on Beacon Island bas retained in position a shoal a little west of this dike, aud this, perhaps, has rendered the condition of things worse. It is understood that the Lighthouse Board in« tend shortly to discontinue the light, when the shoal may bo siripped of its enrockmeut and leftto tha eroding action of thie currents, I still think it necessary to construct a dike parallel to the New Baltimore dike; or, better still, to change the direction of the lower ‘portion of that dike before constructing the paralig! dike. Owing to the coutinilal changes in direction of the channels, due to the construction of dikes, which in some cases have consumed five years before securing their pormanent positions, thero must of nocessity be temporary slight losses of depth in the channels dur- ing such changes. {ter the present examination of the points operated upon by the United States since 1866 it is evident that everything below Albany is going on very favorably, FINANCIAL 82. i, Balance in Treasury of United States, July 1, subject to his d ‘by act approved March Amount appropriate: 8, 1875 Amaunt expend ing June 80, 1 Amount available July 1, 1875. ‘Amount required tor ‘the fiscal year endi June 30, 1877......0. +6 wane ADSTRACT’ oF BIDS FOR’ CONSTRUCTING | Pil. THE HUDSON RIVER NEAR ALBANY, OPED 17, 1874, during the Dike at Cuyler’s Bar, idders. per Lineal fe. William Patrick.. + $6°08 Emory R, Seward 3 | Wilhs M. Bushaus: - 6 a John H. ce Sand. Donaldson. Pe William D, Fuller ane Frank Pidgeon, Jr + 69 John F, Ward 10 of James 'D, Leary 4 of @. P. Richardson ‘ : 14 ot AUSTRACT OF CONTRACT FOR EXTE DIKI AT CUYLBR'S BAR, IN HUDSON RIVER, BELOW ALBANY, xT. Date of jSubject of |resitence Contractor. Contrast, | Contract. Remarks William D,| Albany, | Aug. 29, /1,900 lineal! To be Fuller. ¥.' | 1874] “feet of |completed pile dike.) by Dec. 31, 1874. ABSTRACT OP HIPS POR RAISING LEVEL OP PILE DIKE 12 THE HUDSON RIVER, NEAR ALBANY, N. ¥., OPENED ooTonEn 14, 1874. Price per Bidders. Lineal Foot, Flaherty & O’Connell. $6 oF Emory R. Seward..... cat “ames D, Leary. Ake Le 5 ‘The bid of Emory R. Seward was thrown out for im formality m not proposing to do the work within the time specified in the specifications. THR LEVEL OF Prt DISH IN THB HUDSON RIVER CONNECTING HILLIOUSE AND UPPER PATROON'S ISLANDS, |) Date of \Subject of Contractor. | Residence.| Conzract, | Contract, | Remarks. James D.|Brooklyn,| Oct. 19, fabootinealy To be Leary. N. 1874 Hfeet of crib! completea dike outop| by Deo, of pile | Sl, 1874 | dike. OUR CROWDED PRISONS. UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE OF CRIME--MORE BOOM WANTED FOR THE CONVICTS—A STATE PRISON INSPECTOR ON THE SITUATION AJ SING SING, velocity. This construction, if practicable, would really correspond to lengthening the river, aud would | act similarly to a removal of the dam aud upon the | same principle. Unfortunately, however, the construc- | tion of such longitudimal dike Would separate East Troy from West Troy and occasion grave inconvenience. This | much is certain, however, No permanent improvo- | ment of practical benefit can be effected im the Troy | channel except by one of these modes. | After stating to Lieutenant Willard on the ground my | idea of a longitudinal dike, I requested him to make a roject of it so far as applicable to the convenience of | fast and West Troy. All that could be done in apply- | ing the principle was the design of two detached tidal ‘basing, one above the Rensselear and Saratoga Railroad | Bridge, and another back of Breaker’s and Milhouse isiands. The channel along the wharves ot East Tro; was deiined by a parallel longitudinal dike, in which | large intervals had, perforce, to be left Such con- struction would benelit the channel, but to a degree much less than the complete aystena before suggested. Licutenant Willard makes the estimate of this par tial project $81,100. This includes diking only—an | additional charge for preliminary dredging should also | be considered im estimating the cost of this project. | As the possibility of an improvement at Troy, where | the outlook is 80 unfavorable, forms the subject of this | discussion, it is not necessary, at this moment, to enter | into all the details of the project, } Agaia, It is generally the case that the radical im- | provement of a channel is found to be opposed to the interests of property owners and to certam branches of industry, and 11s not suitable for the engineer to go | further than point out the general mode until those in- terested are found willing to accept it and to abstain from vexatious impeditnents to its complete execution. | Ibis only necessary to add that tne cost of this im- | provement of the navigable channel was not in- cluded in the original estimate, because the principle of the project, which is thought to be new, had not been conceived by the engineer when that’ estimate was made, Having discussed the prospects for carry- | ing an additional depth of water as far up as Troy, it is not necessary here to enter into any general d of the principles of improving the river bet bany and New Baltimore, beyond ‘referring wo former reports, and particularly to the last one. When the United® | States cornmenced work in 1866 the commissioners of the State of New York had nearly completed the task | of shutting oif all the side channels lying east of the main chaunel. The work of the United States has since been devoted to the amelioration of Cuyler’s, Parda Hook, Cedar Hill and Coeyman’s bars, to the enlargement of the channel in width at Barren Island | and to protecting at various points the shore line trom | erosion by the currents and steamboat waves. There haa been this difference between the operation of the | dikes constructed by the United States agd ot those of | the State commissioners. The side channels in the | former case empty into the navigable channel between ‘Troy to New Baltimore, and thus | swell the volume of water and increase the = scour, while in the latter = case. the side ‘channels cnt off empty into tho | river below New Baltimore, and do not in any way beuefit the main channel Between Albany and New | Baltimore. A remedy to this state of things ts easily | maderby perforating or lowering some of the State dikes, and by dividing the side channels into sections, | s0 as to compel the waters entering and emerging from | these channels to flow through the main channel. ‘The above paragraph refers to the side channols east | of the main channel. There are likewise two impor | tant basins west of the main channel. First, the oue west of the Overslaugh dike, constructed by the United States in 188—, which is 6,000 yards long, all the waters of which enter and emerge at’ Van Wies Point; and second, another extending from Cedar Hill toa Island, @ proposed termination of a lino of diking partially completed, which basin wili likewise be 6,000 yards long. In’ both of these cases it may be found expedient to” make inlets | | and outlets for the water at various points along the line of diking, by which the whole length of the main cbannel will be benefited, instead of confining the effects exclusively to the portions of the channel below the ends of the dikes. iat A survey will be made of the extent of all the side channels to obtain their reservoir capacity and tw de- termine tho mode of applying these spaces most efliciently ,to the benefit of the navigable channel, and in the meantime 1 respectiully recommend that a correspondence be opened | between the United States government and the State of New York to prevent such basins being filled or dimimished in capacity until the government shall have decided upon their probable utility in main- taining a deep draft of water in the main cliaunel, PRESENT CONDITION OF « THB RIVER, Round and Fish Houso shoals, between Albany atd | Troy, continue to embarrass navigation, and no ame. | Horation except by dredging will be possible until the | new project for leading deeper water up to Troy has been carried into eflect, Cuyler’s Bur, by the recent construction of the Small Istand dike by ‘the United States, has tnereased in depth at mean low water from 7.4 to 9.3 teet, Winnie's Bar.—The depth in 1869 was 9.2 feet at mean low water, but the bar was deteriorating rapidiy and the shore was being washed away. When the im- prcrenient was effected by a single dike the depth was jess than 9 leet; 1 is now nearly 10 fect, ‘The river here is very wide, aud @ parallel low dike The depression of labor consequent upon the gem era] stagnation of business is apparently resulting, far as this State is concerned, in an alarming increase ofcrime. In the male prison at Sing Sing there are at present over 1,500 convicts, while the Auburn and Clinton prisons have been for some months past crowded almost to their utmost capacity. Should the increase of criminals continue it must, ere long, prove a knotty problem for the authorities to decide where and how to keop the law breakers after sentence has been passed upon them. Sing Sing Prison at no time contains more than about 1,15¢ | available cells, the residue of the 1,200 being devoted to other and unavoidable uses. Although there is op the statute book a law restricting the occupancy of acell to but one person there are now nearly 400 of them, each containing two failbirds, This crowding, under existing circumstances, is of course unavoidable, Never before in the history of the State have the three penal institutions named contained any number approximating to those now immured within their respective walls, That our prison system is radically defective must be apparent from the single circumstance that nearly one- hulf of the convicts at Sing Sing aro literally idle and subsisting wholly at the public expense while being initiated by their fellows into higher degrees of crime, preparatory to being turned loose again to prey on the community. It is true that the present Board of State Prison Inspectors has adopted measures which, when carried out, will lurnigh employment to some of the now idle jailbirds. Among these is the erection of @ new cooper shop with a capacity for turning out 2,090 barrels per day, and this number will be increased as the facitities for manufacturing lime are perfected. Other plans are also in contemplation, During a conversation with Taspector Moss K. Platt at Sing Sing Prison yesterday he infofmed the writer that he would atonce urge upon the State authorities. the judiciousness of converting that institution into a State manufactory. He say “There should be mad in this prison cloth for all the prisons in the State, the goods to consist of blankets, shirting and convict suits, The machinery necessary for the business would cost about $3,000. We have the building and all the steam power necessary, All the money that would be Tequired would be for Stock and machinery. We have re- ceived inquiries frequently from outside parties for prison cloth, The business of manutacturing cloth for all the prisons would give employment, at the commencement! to about fifty men, and this number could be increas 80 as to supply not only the prisons, but also in @ ‘eat measure supply the outside demand. The manu- facture of cocoanut mats for doors could also be profit: ably carried on. From the best information that can ‘be obtained we learn that there is but little of it done tn this country ; that some of the largest dealers import the goods made in the English prisons. There is a lar, demand for the goods, and we bave boen assured of a ready market for ail the mats of this description that we could make, There could be emploved tn this bast hess at once 100 men, and in a ort time we robably could find work for three times that number, v would cost for the machinery aud tools about $2,500, and perhaps a similar amount for stock. With these manufactories once going [ have no doubt that the problem of making this prison gelt-sustaiming would be speedily and permanently solved in favor of the State."? LONG ISLAND CRIME. Burglaries and othef classes of robbery, from chil- dren stealing up to grand larceny, have been quite fre- quent of late in various parts of Queens county. Two eases have occurred within a day or two in Jamaica township. About four o'clock Saturday morning two negroes broke jato the house of Mr. William Doxsey, at Woodhaven, They gathered together silverware and | Various other articles of value, with which they got out of the house, The robbery’ was immediately after- ward discovered, however, and, pursuit being made, they were captured a few hours afterward Officer Smith, Before Justice Lott they gave their names as Charles Moses and William Williams. They are believed to be old offenders, and the numes given are probably fictitious. On the morning previous twa negroes, prowling about the farm of Mr. Samuel B Vanderveer, at Jamaica South, watched their oppor tunity and stole into the awelling house for the purpose ofrobbery, They stole a gold ring and some trinkets, when they were observed and fled, An alarm was given and the neighbors turned out in pursuit, some of thom armed with guns, one or two of which were di! at the fugitives, who were ia the rear of a , Where they had takew refuge, Th gave their names as Wilhain ey Johnson and David Williams. Mr, James Spill hewspaper agent and dealer at Jamaica, has badly at the hands of the thieves, He is os Piped a reireshmeut salodn at the Southern Rat! es in the village, Saturday morning, just before day- light, the place was broken open and robbed of almost everythita portable nes to oe Suche About the same hour Mr. Spillet number of New York Heratos, intended for his cus- Will increaso the present depth, Cedar Hill Bar.—The depth In 1860 was 7.7 at mean jow water; in 1872, after the dikes were completed, the Ggpih Was 9 fept: ib ig ROW 2 feck This 4aupari tomers throughout Long Isiand, They were taken from the front platform of a Fourth avenue car, where he had placed them on his way to the Thirw-sourth sireet Seite