The New York Herald Newspaper, October 25, 1875, Page 5

* SORIPTURE LESSONS, God’s Law in Various Ways Expounded. —--+-—___ WORDS OF CHEER FOR LOWLY TOILERS. The Plymouth Pastor and Professor Swing on Men's Spiritual Equality. ATHEISM AND ITS ANTIDOTES, How Far Free Thought May Go. THE EQUALILY OF MAN. BERMON BX PROFESSOR DAVLD SWING, OF CHICAGO, The Tompkins avenue Congregational churcls, Brook- lyn, was weil attended at the forencon services yester- day. Professor David Swing proached, taking his text from the Gospel of St. Luke, xi., 55—“And, turning, he Pebuked them, saying, You know notofwhot manner of spirit you are.” Whonthe Samaritans failed to receive our Lord and Savicur His disciples bocamo indignant, and with a spirit of anger they asked Hun, “Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consumo them?” Christ refused their Tequest and rebuked thom, saying He came not to destroy but to ayo sogis, and they were imperilling their own souds by entertaining thoughts of revenge, Ho fold thom that they were Ignorant of tho apirit Which should pervade their heerts, and which was up- permest in the mind of Jesas Christ as tnan’s duty and pleasare, The speaker satel that his previous Sunday discourses had been on the ufivence of Christin busi- news life, and he would then speak of the influence of the Saviour upon the spirit of man. By the word “apirit” something different from the mind and even different from the soul was understood, As the other world is invisible and unknown, excepting in tho most vague wannor, therefure all that pertains to itis the most ideal of our world. We know not the meaning of the word “spirit,” and yet when it comes near us the human heart turns round to greet it like the sunflower to the sun, Jt warms to it. [t conveys to us THE OVOKING AND DHFVCTS OF MAN'S 1.1K, It impresses him with the general presence cf his soul. For example, we say the “Father of Waters,” ‘tho Mississippi, runs south; all its tributaries murmur toward the Mexican Gulf. ‘To havo a great spirit is an fotimation of life that rises in tho heart and is of the soul We readof men who ure said to havo shown a lofty spirit. Tho soul must stir the heart just enough to help to define the word “spirit,” and when at last tho Son of Mun shallcome in His final glory He will find all His children sitting before Him in this great spirit. Mark tbe slow tendency of society to action through the example led by ithe Saviour. No man can follow history without being reminded of the early influence of Christ on barbarism. In noting the progress of divine influence, tho only ques- tion is whether to begin at Fden or millions of yoars back. Its immaterial, however, where we begin, but we find that man has risen only 4s rapidly in intellect and the soul as the world has driven away falsehood and implanted truth in the heart, Every great exploit tad noble dead recurring gave to each new nation us it came up the oxampie by which to profit. Adam and tive [ell because no Lic peed had pussed before them frow which they could learn, They didn’t know which the greatest—God, im one end of the garden, or b brea the other end. ur first parents tell because had no surroundings which they understood. Quoen Fanstine, had she lived tu later centuries, might have been noted for many virtues which are now ad- mired, but sho lived ab a period when women were great only tn their beauty. So fur as the multitude have apy good hours Cbrist stands alike responsible for then)--for the better moments of mankind, He did not speak in that —. found only in the Church. The apicit of Christ is also to be found outside of churches, whero there is a recognition of the Son of Man and new Ifo is animating men. This is exemplified in the great idea of the day, TRE PATHERUOOD OF GOD nd the brotherhood of mau. This influence of equality Wo religion 1s extending all ovor the earth—that a man with anoal is cqual tos man with a eceptre. The bumble maid tx the equal of the queen. The thrones of She earth aro founded on the solfishness ofhuman nature. Tbe history of the gast hundred years has shown that these thrones were kept up with difficulty. No sooner Bare kings achieved a peace than tho brotherhood be- Gomo restless, and the kings proceed to procure more worfil guns, and new armories and ordnance are in mand. It ts the effect of republican influence on so- ciety. It is man that is benefited by Christ’s Gospel; not man rich, por man poor, man high, nor man low. but man who Ogures in tho great drama of life an death. Behold the miracles of Christ while on earth. They were performed chiefly among the poor and lowly. “The last sball be frst and the first shall be last.” Un- der Him king and subject found a common level, and “children unaer His ministry came to the front, ‘For of such is the kingdom of heaven,”” Thero are those who are not under Christ's but who are under sectarian agency. There are churches which conceal Christ. Tet no Church come’ between you and the directin; power of Christ. He is high abovo tho heavens, over all eburches. In the office of the church this beautiful equality per- meates all the churches. Burns, who wrote “A man’s a mao for a’ that,” didn’t draw that democratic id from the Catholic or Calvinistic Church. It came from an influcnce born of the spirit, Charches are places whero the glory of Christ ts blended with the infirmity of man. He goes in and out | of every church, and when the minister will not ex- | dene the spirit it were better that he should sing no ‘mn and breathe no prayer. By baptism in the name of the Holy Spirit wo are all mado heirs of heaven and mil aro on one level. For ‘He makes the rich humble and comforts the poor,” and there all earthly «distine- tions fail. In the beauty of the sublimity of death we aro alike. The influence of equality is steadily march- ing along to the spirit echoed for the first timo by Christ. After dwelling upon the immortality of the soul, which was assured to us in unmistakable terms, the speaker closed his discourse. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. ‘MAW'S RESPONSIBILITY YOR HIS OWN BELIEF— THE LIMIT OF FREE THOUGHT. Mr. Hepworth’s spacious church was filled to over- flowing yesterday morning. Mr. George S. Weeks was present and added to tho interest of tho services by his thoroughly earnest singing. Mr. Hepworth chose for his text the First Epistle of St. John, third chapter, twenty-third verse—“And this is his commandment, that wo should believe in the namo of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us command- ment.’” 1 desire, he said, to call your attention to a very im- portant and a very peculiar fact, one which we are not accustomed to meditate on with sny dogree of com- Hacency, bat which, nevertheless, hides a duty which the thoughtful mind and willing heart Feveive with welcome. All God's commands aro within easy reach of obedicnce; overything which God desires us to dois planned in wisdom and results in happiness. Whatever mistakes we make, Ho makes none, Wo make our mistakes because we live 1m darkness, but God lives in eternal light and scos all things at once. The most far-reaching results, extend. ing through ages of history, immediately present to His mind, are hidden from us; He knows the end from the beginning. But here isa VERY CURIOUS COMMANDMENT, We are not ordered to do, as in many other parts of the Seripture; wo are commanded to believe, and at once. Wo bring up the obstacle to obedience with the question, ‘ls a man’s judgment under his control? Can I assent or refuso assent to a dogma or nn statement of principle in obedi- ence to an arbitrary force? Is there not a kind of arti. trary necessity in the chain of my reasoning? and can 1 control myself when I am walking from one fact to a result which is a logical consequence, running im a straight lino from tho first thought to the last conviction? Let us look carefully and see if I can find any reiteration of this command. I turn to the sixth chapter of Mark, six- teenth vorse, and I find that the consequence of disove- | dience is plainty stated, He that belteveth shali bo faved—and thero I hesitate, for the next sentence in- volves the great responsibility that reste on my foul and yours, “Ho that believeth shall be saved, and he that believeth not shal! bo damned,” No wonder that I hee- Hato, and yet that is the word of God, and I dare not run the risk of disobedience, There must have been a Purpose behind, and i will not ignorantly—I dare not Bs eg until Lhave thought the matter over very care fully, I wonder what he mtendy to convey exactly. rh to the third chapter of St. John and | find some rprewtion of the command “He that believeth in it 8 ROL Condemned, the that believeth not is con- med alrenil, id this i# the reason; light is Vegianing to come In, he tx condemned already by the fant of intellectual resixtance, borause he does not believe i the Haine of the only degotten Son. h into the world, and we live in darkness beacause Wut deeis arc evil. The great fault, therefore, is sitting in darknices when Night 1s within reach, and that tan who is wilfully Ig. norant shall be judged according to the highest sian * NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, ard of truth. When aman stands before the judgment | bar he will not be measured by the standard of his | ignorance, but BY THE MONYST STANDARD of all that truth which God has put within our grasp. This fe our fundamental principle: you dare not any longer walk in darknoss when there 13 Light ahead; you are bound to avail yourself of all moans God has put in your power, and you will be held responsible for that high standard 8 of God's revelation, See if this true. Turn to the twelfth chapter Jobn, torty-eighth yvorse, and there Jesus He that rejecteth me and receiveth not ord, hath ove that judgeth him.” What is that “rhe word that 1 have revyealed’’—that same word shall judge him in the last day, Then we are to im heaven by the book, Christ assumes that this is @ supernatural revelation of God's will to man, and tells ns that God will take our judgment in the Inst day from the book. That is a Very strange thing indeed. Tho first fact I draw trom this state- ment is this: that there are certain things which should be believed by all, and disbetief of which is en- not tirely inexcusable on our part, Then, of course, Iam interested in asking, “What ought [to believe #) Am 1 to accept some long statement of theology? Ldo not find it in the book so written. stitutes of Calvin or the articles of the Church? 1do not find itso in the book. I find no authority what- ever for compelling me to believe what the best and most learned scholar deduces from that book; I may disagree with a great deal of the theology which is ex- tant and yet accord with the commands of that book. Now what are the commands of God? I havo looked | through the law book with great care, and {ean find | oniy one thing which I rogard as fundamental. From the first chapter of Matthew to tho last verse of Revela- tions there 1s only one demand—that we should believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that in- volves our eternal destiny. Christ is to be our pattern in deed and word and thought, At the first thought this seems to con- flict with our free agency, our free will, Let us see. 1 find on looking over the bistery of the world that there fre certain fundamental truths which men are morally bound to believe, and disbelief finds no pardon and no mercy. For instance, in politival life a man is bound to believe in the duty of upholding the gen- erai government, ard any man who tolls you he don’t believe in the duty ot a citizen to pay the taxes for the protection and improvement of the general welfare, yy that assertion proves his own insanity and puts him- self outside the circle of general protection, His mind Tu:8 in aa eccentric orbit, and we give no heed to him whatever. I think it is so in the commercial way; tho besis of businens is the honor of the man who sells and the integrity of the man who buys, The business of this country is based on credit, and when you break down the credit the business is dead If a man said to yon he does not believe in honor and integ- rity;; that he believes impulse to be the governing forco ot man, what would you say to him’ Would you sell him stocks or a pound of augar ? No; ho is simply an eccentricity, and you will have nothing to do with him. The same principle holds good in social life, ‘The man who has children is bound to educate them whether ho desires to do so or not. Now, suppose aman says to you that he has studied social science all his days, and thata man should be governed by what is called in these days “‘affinitles:’ that it is well enough to marry, out when either party chooses the contract can bo broken; that children are only burdens—-taccidents'’— for which you xre not bound to do anything, what would yon say to him? We would call him a fool, and ifhe should attompt to put his ideas into practice you | would arrest him. If he says he is a freo agent, you | anewer, “Yes, free todo right but not free todo wrong.” No maa has a right to deny certain PLAIN AND BPPICIENT TRUTHS. Now is a behef in Christionity as important and as plain as these facts? Igo back 8,000 years and 1 find prophecies concerning an event that is to happen in the ages to come, and every generation is looking forward more and more anxiously for that event, At last there comes a herald, a voice that is heard all over the earth; men say :—‘‘Art thou He ?”’ and he says ‘No, but there 18 one coming after me, and he is so much grander and reater than I am that J dare not loosen the buckles of 8 shoes, for | am a man and He is aGod.” All around the manger cradle I find the presence of mira- cles, and when He is grown even the deaf and dumb are restored and He stands at the door of the tomb and’ bids the very dead arise and they rise from their bier and come out in their grave clothes, All through His life is the element of the super- natural, But you say, “Snppose it is impossible for me to accept the Supernatural, what thon?” Jesus gives the remedy. He says, “If you cannot believe on ac- count of the truth that is uttered beliove for the word’s sake.’ Look: at its results; think what Christianity has done and is capable of doing. It stands. untouched and unseathed through the fall of empires. Where ts Jerusalem to-day, the city which was tbe pride of a whole nation? Its granite walls kept out the enemy for ages, but the time came when those walls crumbled into dust. Time has eaten it away. Now, tell me, where is ‘our Christ—where is the babe that was born in Beth. ichem? Where is He who was defeated on the top of Calvary and at whose deteat the heavens groaned in agony? Where is your Christianity? Oh, my brother, the answer is fc THE ANSWER OF THICMPH, Has it been destroyed? No. Has it lost its force? No; it has been marching on with steady tread for ages and agos till to-day, and the time shall come when every knee shall bow and every lip confess that Jesus Christ is God. What a marvelis this! Is it not piain thatthe command of God was a correct one when Ho com- manded us to believe in Christ as the Son of God? Ho told us our plain duty. The blessednese of faith! The Christian walks facing the setting’sun, and, though ho comes to the night, he walks through it into eternal day, Thore is the fundamental truth; there is the com- mand, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” m I to believe the in- PLYMOUTH CHURCH. MR, BEECHER ON GOD'S SYMPATHY WITH MAN'S thoir meat of hope and love ana enterprise. And after all they aro but weaving the glorious tapestry of God. Man, who works successfully, works within a law which regulates the whole strengthens glory. Speci commendable, but not by this alone do w od. The dutiful husband and wife toiling ® or- dinary drudgery in love for each other and for their household are working with God and for each other, though their thoughts do not always dwell on such an intention, Those highest evidences of intercommu- nion—the absolute intersphere of thought with thought and life with life—are not always to be looked for, and their absence should not throw discredit on lower ef- forts, We plough and sow and reap and sail tho 5! for God’s glury. Whenever our heart is in our wor! and our hand is busy we are working with Him, Tho consolation of the lowliest should be that they are sharers in this toil, for the least among men have their title to a part of the credit men deserve for whatever is praiseworthy in their undertakings. We should be thankful that our pympenion are restricted when we consider this aspect of human affairs, To suffer in sympathy for the lone and neglected of the whole world is to be God, Man could not bear all the sorrows that a too sensitive consideration of others’ suflerings would bring him. That the rank places of the earth should bring forth wild beasts and reptiles is no matter of surprise, but that man should breed mon- sters is a sorrow to me and there is no theology which reaches it. Man is what he is by-virtue of the Infinite there is in him. It is painful to see a man, such as wo may gee any day, of broken spirit who, COMPLAINING OF IS LOT IN LIFE, says, ‘I’m not a magistrate or a preacher or a lawyer or an editor, thank God, or a merchant; I’m buta poor nobody.’ Such a man should not forget that in the great structure of society he has a place to which credit belongs. In suffering there {sa power in the thought that you belong to God, and it is far better to suffer like aman thana hog. Without this consoling thought the passions are indulged, stimulants are taken and ultimately the poor creatures. go out like sinking embers, Even in the very highest walke of life there is little that belps and much that hinders, The sun that shines almost always on the spire never touches the foundation; but if there were no foundation stone there would be'no spire. He that takes joy adds joy+ fulness to it by letting the light of God’s grace shine upon it, Theso considerations tend to make men masters. of themselves and their situation, In this work the bad man is involved ag well as the good, Tho poisoner, tho betrayer, the destroyer is not an absoluto rottenness, Though notin the line of his own thought, God uses the bad man, too. Fratt comes trom the feculent matter blown from the seed by the husbandman, Even so does God bring forth fruit from all, whether they are consciously or unconsciously doing His work, In this connection I had almost said that European history was in the main nothing more than, THE UTILIZATION OF BLUNDERS, Monarchs first set nobles strongly about the throne, thinking to add to their own strength, and in timo the nobles checked the evils to which the monarch was tending; then for their money were the burghers raised, and then the guilds became important, so that in time and without intending it power was distributed and the progress of Christian democracy was seen, Here is an excellent road, but tho powder that blasted the rock to make it did not ery out in the blast, “Here goes for a good road." Honor and man- hood are all we haye in Ife to cherish; the rest is ali auxiliary, Ifa picture comes to mo in a caso that is damaged and broken, my anxiety may be aroused; but if the picture ts uninjured, I say, “Hang the case; tho picture is all rignt,? Oh, queralous man of bitter mind, whose hfe has been made up of a mass of wounds and bruises, the worst was that which touched the soul. Bankrupt business men may be tolerated; the bankruptcy of the spirit is the solo evil to be avolded. MASONIC HALL. ANTIDOTES TO ATHEISM—SERMON BY MR, 0, B. FROTHINGHAM. The subject of Mr. Frothingham’s discourse yester- day was ‘‘Antidotes to Atheism,” his illustrations being largely drawn from John Stuart Mill, Tho atheism of the heart is on the increase, he said, while the atheism of the mind is on the decrease, Mill says:—‘‘The fact is that nature perpetrates things which would send the ordinary mortal into a lunatic asylum, Nature outdoes ordinary human ruffans; she freezes them with cold, buries them under the avalanche, stretches them on the rack, tears them to pieces; and with the same inexorable cruelty she deals with the saint and with tho sinner.” Now this is aterrible arraignment of God You believe in God? Well, if He is omnipotent can He not prevent such sufferings? And if Ho can and will not is He not deficient in infinite goodness? An omnis potent being is one that can make everything that is possible, All! EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE. Can he make a circle like asquare; can ho make a tubo be a globe at the same time; can ho make black out of white; can he make a thiag be and not be at the same time? Suppose there is such an infinite, abso- lute being whose aim is his own glory or the perfec- tion of mankind, or anything else. His being is still limited by that aim; therefore the ancients put fate behind God, It is manifestly unfair to measure another being whose conditions aro supposed to be far superior to ours by those of our own limited understanding. The folly of the child fretting under its lessons is wis- dom compared to the complaints of men at the actions IGNORANCE—THE LOWLIEST HAVE A PART IN GLORIPYING HIM, Plymouth church was not only crowded at the morn- ing service yesterday, but after all available space had been utilized members still remained without, eager for accommodation. On both sides of the pastor’s chair ‘and on the little table at his right hand were placed tall vases, filled with choice flowers and prettily marked and mottled autumn leaves, ferns and bright berries from the Woods. In aprominent pew sat William M. Evarts and Lord Houghton. Mrs. H. B. Stowe occupied Mr. Beecher’s own pew. In his opening prayer Mr. Beecher invoked a bless- Ing on “the religious services commenced this day,” doubtless meaning, ‘hough he did not specifically mention it, the effert of Messrs, Moody and Sankey. The text of Mr. Beecher's sermon was taken from I. Corinthians, fii, 9—“For we are laborers together with God."’ He said:The greatest of all workers is God. The old conception of perfectness, con- sidering it as residing of necessity in perpetual calm, will never do, except for poets and men whose philosophy has accustomed them to coolness; nor is it possible to believe the universe is under the conduct of God, if we imagine him sitting passive in all its evolu- tions, originating forces to relieve him from toil. That form of sorrow wo call solicitude, which springs from an affectionate sympathy with the affliction of others, cannot be absent from his character. In compassion God suffers. If in man the finest and noblest impulses are but a reflection of the infinite, how vast, too, must be the heart throbs reflected through humanity, hav- ing birth where they are not cumbered or mixed with the flesh, but spring from sympathizing sorrow of man’s ignorance! It is not within the realm of imag- ination to believe that God, who entered human life to suffer, is not A TOILER AND A SUPFERER STILT. He tills and toils. By the apostle we are pronounced to be toilers with God. Tho figure of speech is an ad- mirable one, and poetic tuo, as is all perfected truth, But it is not merely go; like all figures, it is intended to | ilustraté something behind it, The narrow idea that says that when we are geod and engaged in the worship of God and tho avoidance of evil we are workers with Him will not do. It is good enough so far as it goes, but it must be augmented, It gives no adequate conception of the scope of interworking by which Goa may be glorified. It is but asmail part of the truth. I shall endeavor to enlarge it so as to sup- port the declaration that ia Him we live and move and have our boing. AS’ a power separate from considera. tions external to himself, man is nothing—nothing more than a shadow. We talk of the power, dignity, glory of man, magnifying by every term the grandeur of the human race, and not improperly, Yet man’s power is not in him His power 1s in utilzing the forces manifesting God that lie about us, In making ourselves strong we borrow divine strength. He whose life runs against divine laws grows weak; he who obeys them aud works with them is made strong. God differs from us in that the source of power is in Mimself; for man, in and of himself, has no | power, ‘All the bodily forms and functions ‘run along & line of channels marked out before. So long as these are performer according to divine will, man is bene- fited; but when they leave their course mischief suc- ceeds the change, ‘Allis Inw; it rales our duties to ourselves and our relations to each other, THERE 18 XO DISCORD IN CREATION. And though yon may see disruptien and convulsion and apparent disorder, even the tempest in its fury 18 | obedient to the of law. With that which is ap: | parently the frat of the brain it is the same. The brain is productive because it has become the seed bet of law, All the world contains, of good or evil, has in it something susceptible of glorilying God. Even the | Passions of man are to be cherished, for they can be applied as parts of the divine economy, It is. only in their abuse wrong ex So is it with the affections | and moral sentiments, No man docs any- thing with body or soul in obedience to divine will expressed in law who is not working with i. | All this takes place in accordance with a great scheme of Providence, which has been put under the micro scope. examined, and by some disowned, Bat for all | that there is a Provid There bave been settied tendencies in the wor! beginuing. The his- tory of the human race has on the whole been from the aimal toward the spiritual, [1s course has been up- ward and onward. Civilization is notamyth, It has thrown ideality over inan’s powers, developing his re fincment and bringing into play his imagination, If | the original forces in man were of the earth earthy, if | | he is but an emanation from a lower animal existence | | born under mere physical law, how havo his desires j mounted upward? And how is’ it that since Homer's | time mon have seen with the eyes of the spirit? Now, broad is not man’s food alone, nor are all his desires of the being who holds in His hand the destinies of the world, Misa Frances Power Cobbe, in an argument for the immortality of the soul, cites two instances which to her mind are those of unadulterated evil. Take Jesus. In tho first place his life was short, miserable and cut off by the most shameful mode of death, Now, says Miss Cobbe, can we accept this as a conclusion without looking forward to the compensation of another world’ But T can seo that Jesus accepted gladly the sorrows of His position as Messiah, that this man, in consequénce of having braved His persecutors, has been glorified beyond all huinan precedents, Must we thon call in an extra power which shall grant an extra compensation? An- other of these instances furnished by Miss Cobbe is the far greater severity with which women are punished for sins to which men have tempted them. Bunt when we remember the exigencies of society, the awiul con- sequences of such sin, much severer in the one case than in the other, we cannot but acknowledge the jus- tice of this state of things. It would be difficult in'the whole realm of knowledge to find a thing in which the scales of divine justice are not evenly held. Talk of copying the example of God, When peoplo understand what He does and why it, is dono then 'men shall be able to copy it. But. the dvine example was never in- tended to bo copied by men, Suppose men were only intended to be mouthpieces, agents for divine goodness and love, LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE. This is always true. The healthiest mind always takes the cheerfulest view of life, The brightest eve sees more beauty, of course, than tho dim and feeble eye. Look at the bright side of things, In the last century there lived a German philosopher who took the view that this was about the worst péssible world that could ever have been made. But what sort of a man was this? Maudlin, solitary, gloomy—a man wifele: childless, homeless. And’ when a plague. visite: Kurope this man had his carpet bag ready to fleo from town to town in order to avoid being swept away from this worst possible world, (Laughter.) ‘The other day Itook up the book of a man who died of consumptro! a man who bad a prodigious zest for the world and en- joyed Its wonderful beauty. He says in one of his let- ters:—"When in my wintry walk I'can hear the chirp of the last sparrow and can sec the last falling leaves my heart is full of infinite content.” Time which everybody complains of, which gives to no man ‘wnmixed enjoyment, does — still give some undinmed joy to us. There is one fact certain—we are all unwilling to. die, Is this not a universal confession of the human heart that life 1g fair, noble and worth living for? Is there any satis- faction, then, in believing in this God? The athicist says, “No; for [ have observed that the more people worship the less they work.” Well, if this were true, T should be glad if we were all atheists, A WORKING Srietst js better than a lazy priest. (Langhter,) But tt is pre- cisely here that the theist calls in his faith in God, Whon we have learned a few million times more than we know now then we may obtain an. interpretation of His qualities. Only those who are utter fools have the audacity to define His intentions. See with what steady step the progress of the material world goes on, Go back a thousand years, See how much tho weeds have changed into flowers, how the human race has improved. This proves that there 18 a power outside of us that works toward righteousness, The theist is satisfied. All he wants to know is that tho good work goes on. There 1s loss vice, there is less crime, there is A HIGHER LEVEL OF SOCIAL EXISTENCE than was ever before, The abolitionist did not abolish human slavery, but there was behind him this power that works for righteousness, the accumulated con- science of generations of the past. Men and women aro now purer and better and nobler. The great wave underneath has lifted us ap, We say, then, there is an enormous satisfaction in the knowledge of this un- keon power working for good, Very few men In this world can stand alone and when there comes the last moment there are only left a dozen in a generation who do not shrink from death. The bravest feel that they must be sustained by some one, and it seems to me that it isagreat thing to believe inthis power that works for righteousness. When friends turn away or die and hopes disappear and dreams deiude then it is worth while to remember that we live in Edon stil’, that the voice of God still xpeaks from the trees offering us the immortal fruits and flowers yet wet with His tears, ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ENLARGEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE—DEDICA- TORY SERVICES YESTERDAY, For the first time in three months services were held yesterday in St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church, in Hudson streot, of which the Rev. Dr. Isaac Tuttle has been pastor twenty-five years, The interrognum has been occupied in constructing a rear chancel, put- ting in additional seats for the accommodation of fifty persons more than formerly found room to worehip in it, and the placing of four memorial windows at a cost of $400 cach, . These windows are to commemorate Captain Edward R. Thompson, his wife, Mrs, Thompson, A.B. McDonald and Mrs, Young. The imterior of the church has been newly decorated. On the occasion of the reopening of the church as a {ree place of worship, esterday, a Very large congregation Was in attendance. material, All called cultured live in the mind, making 9 services were conducted by Bishop Talbot, of In- richer, how far more beautiful the earth is now, how | OCTOBER 25, 187A—TRIPLE SHEET, diana, the pastor, Dr. Tuttle; Rey. Dr. Warner, assistant pastor; Rey. Dr. John Murray Forbes, associate rector, and Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Tyng, Jr.’ The dedicatory sermon was preached by Bishop Talbot, who took for his text the Scriptural account of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple, The musical selections, including Handel's oratorio, were rendered by & surpliced choir, Su Luke's church was founded over fifty years ago, and an incident worthy nm is that Rev. Dr. Forbes, who yesterday con- left the pastorate of the church many years ago to identity himself with the Roman Catholic Church, — His action at the time created a commotion in the religious world, whieh was reawak- ened a few years later when he repented of his depar- ture and roiurned to the fold of the Protestant Episcopal Church, taking a subordinate position in his old fleld of usefulness, jon servi CALVARY CHURCH. SERMON BY REV. WILLIAM WATKINS, The annual sermon of the Board of Mission@was de- livered in this church, yesterday evening, to a toler- ably large congregation, by Rev. William Watkins, of the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D. C. A Jarge number of clergymen wert in attendance in the sanctuary. Previous to the sermon the various psalms, recited by the presiding clergyman and the congrega- tion, showed the latter to be under perfect training. After the preliminary services the reverend preacher began tho evening’s discourse with the text, “Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.” He discoursed eloquently on the various interpretations which had been put upon the word neighbor, and said that Christ had given the only true definition of the word neighbor ever given. (ur neighbor is every man, whatever his quality or condition, more especially those in spiritual need, An cloquent appeal for the work of the missions closed the discourse, ANNUAL MERTING AT GRACE CHURCH, BROOK- LYN. The nineteenth annual meeting of the Society for the Increase of the Ministry was held yesterday afternoon at Grace church, Brooklyn Heights. The object of this society is to find suitable young men for the ministry of tho Protestant Episcopal Church and to aid them in ac- quiring a thorough clerical education. The handsome church was well filled, and after the regular evening service had been read the annual ro-’ port of the society was rendered by the rector. THE REPORT stated that the society had received during the past year $45,540, which was a far larger sum than had ever been contributed before. Of this sum New England gave $24,750, the Middle States, $14,000; the Southern States, $3,000, and the Western States, $2,000. Now England sent 25 students to be educated at the various Episcopal colleges; the Middle States, 36; the South, 32, and the West, 45, The report {urther stated that afler the yearly expenses of these 138 young men had been liquidated and a debt of over $4,000 had been paid there still remained in the treasury the sun of $625 24. The report then urged that every means should be taken to increase the nulnber of students, so that as one minister retired there might be more than one available candidate to take his place, THE SERMON. Tho sermon was preached by the Right Rey, Alexan- der C. Garrett, D. D., of Northern Texas. His text was St. Mathew, xiv. chapter and 16th verse:—“But Josus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them toeat,’”” The sermon reviewed the religious er- rors into which various races#f people had fallen in their search for the truth, such as Pantheism, Athe- ism, Materialism, &c., &c., and said it was the duty of the Church to correct these errors, and that this could be accomplished only by increasing the number of min- isters. It was from this theme that a very elaborate and interesting sermon was evolved. ‘After the sermon a collection was taken up. Tho chancel was filled with the officers of the society, all in robes, several of whom took part in the regular vesper services, LITERARY CHAT. Sled an Tho son of the late Hugh Miller, who is engaged on the geological survey of England, has written a biogra- phy of Sir Roderick Murchison, We are to havo a comprehensive history of the British manufacturing industries, in @ series of volumes edited by Mr. G. P. Bevan, Captain Mayne Reid has recovered from his illness, and js already projecting a Centennial story. Ameha B, Edwards, whose fame as writer of travels bids fair to eclipse her reputation as a novelist, has in press “A Journey of a Thousand Miles Through Egypt and Nubia to the Second Cataract of the Nile.” The late Canon Kingsley’s lectures dehvercé in America in 1874 will soon appear from Longman’s press. Our Centennial has already its journal established in Paris, under the title of ‘L’Indicateur de Exposition Universelle de Philadelphio.” A new supplement to “McCulloch’s Dictionary of Commerce,” bringing the last edition of 1869 up to 1875, is in the press ip London. The Library of Congress, Washington, has 4,800 bound volumes of newspapers. In Mr. John Morris’s ‘Troubles of our Catholic Fore- fathers, Related by Themselves,” we have a valuablo contribution to English history by a member of the Society of Jesus. The London Atheneum bails the appearance of a new book on the royal tiger of Bengal as “very oppor- tune,” because “the Prince of Wales will soon be en- gaged in hunting this most flerce and dangerous of all wild animals.” How very loyal these London journals are. Our everlasting travelling friend, Captain Richard F, Burton, has another African book in press, entitled “Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of tho Congo. Mr. George Cary Eggleston has written for the Put- namsa book entitled ‘The Big Brother,” which tho Pub- lishers’ Weekly 1s kind enough to inform us is nota biography of his brother Edward. A book of ghost and goblins will s00n be given us by G. W. Carleton & Co., entitled “History of the Super- natural,” by Frederic Lee, vicar of All Saints, Lambeth, Alger's “Life of Forrest” does not seem to be any nearer publication than it was a year ago. Mr, W. 8. Gilbert's dramas will be published in book form this month by Chatto & Windus. The London Atheneum is not always correct in its American news. For instance, it speaks of the failure of twenty-seven publishing houses in America, Wo only know of two that have failed. Tho works of Walter Savage Landor nave been some years out of print, and Chapman & Hall, of London, promise anew edition of his complete writings, with Forster’s biography of Landor, in revised form, pre- fixed. A volume of recollections of fighting and hunting in South Africa, by Major Goneral Bisset, will be pub- lished in November under the title of “Sport and War." The Dublin Evening Post, one of the oldest of Irish newspapers, has ceased publication after a long and highly varied career. Dublin and Belfast are the only British cities outside of London which support as many as seven daily newspapers, The new translation of the works of the French Philosopher, Comte, has reached tho third volume, which includes the social dynamics, as the second did the social statics, Mr. James Greenwood has a new volume of social studies in pross, entitled “Low Life Deeps; an Account of the Strange Fish to be Found There."* Miss Emma D. Shedtock’s “Trip to Music Land’? attempts to convey the elements of music under tho guise of a fairy tale. Professor John Bascom will bring out his book on th: “Philosophy of Religion,” through G. P. Putnam's Sons. Among forthcoming travellers’ books are “Shooting and Climbing in the Tyrol,” by W. A. B. Grohmann, and ‘The Frosty Caucasus,” by F. C. Grove. Tho current price of the first edition of Shakespearo 1624, {8 not far from £500 for a porfect copy. An exact reproduction of it by a photographie process, guaran. tecing not only accuracy but absolute identity with the original, will soon appear in a small octavo volume, This isthe third reproduction by somo photographie process, tho other two having been in folio and in quarto. The Academy actually praises Miss Braddon's‘last— ‘Hostages to Fortune "—as containing most studied and careful writing, with characters skiliully handled, Mr. W. P. Fogg’s “Arabistan, or the Land of the Arabian Nights,” an important journal of travels through Egypt, Arabia and Persia to Bagdad, is i the press of 8, Low & Sous, London. Mr. John Morley is about to add to his volumes of studies on Voltaire and Rousseau a book upon Diderot. It is reported by the quidnuncs of the book trade that Miss Louisa M, Alcott has received $60,000 from her copyrights, it ts to be hoped that Professor Nichol’s forthcoming | Work on the English language and literature will not contain as many blunders as his recent article on American literature inthe new Encyclopmdia Britan- nica, ART GOSSIF. Samucl Coleman, who has been travelling all over the Eastern Continent, sending home occasionally some brilliant scene to remind his many friends that | he was still in existence, has at length returned, and is Aitting up a studio in Dodworth Building, No. 212 Fifth ave: J. D. Smillie still hngers at Montrose, Pa, whore he is engaged on a large animal picture in water colors, Louis Tiffany is at prosent in New York, but will re- turn to the warmer climate of Eastern tropies in De- comber, George Butler has gone to Italy, where, it is more than probable, he will remain. Abbott H. Thayer, one of our rising young animal painters, is also in Europe, Vaini’s pictures and other effects have been taken charge of by the Italian Consul, and will be sold for the benefit of his family by Leavitt & Co. Preparations are also being made for the salo of the pictures of William Oliver Stone, who died at Newport a short time ago, The managers of the art department of the Cen- tennial Exhibition have appointed a committee, mainly of New York artists, to inspect the works of those who have applied for space in Memorial Hall. As soon as the nominations are confirmed the names will be an- nounced with the time at which they will visit the dif- ferent cities. James Hart is just finishing a woodland pasturage, with a group of cattle resting under the treos. He bas Just started another cattle picture, in which the land- scape is to be in the soft, gray tones of Indian summer. Jobn Rogers docs’ not work at his studio in tho Dod- worth Building, but at his residence in Forty-third street. His groups are arranged tastefully, and may be seen there, however. They are too well known to need mention. Those which have been put in marble are here also, ono being called ‘‘Air Castles,” and another in clay, which has never been cast in plaster, repro- sents Shylock, Portia and Antonio in the court seene. Chinton Ogilvie is at work on an Adirondack scene. The wooded hills rise in the distance, but the loose stones of the foreground are both novel and picturesque. In another view of the same beautiful region he has placed a group of cattle reposing in tho shade of a rock. He passed the summer near Morristown, N. J., and is painting out some of the sketches made while there. Miss Fannie Powell, daughter of the well known his- torical painter, William H. Powell, has in her studio the pictures which are the result of her summer's work. A large fruit picture for Mrs. William Tilden contains some rich colors. A study of a head, life size, 1s in the costume of a Carmelite monk. A figure on tho seashore of a beautiful young lady sho calls “The Dreamer.” An idealized head is named “Maid of Athens,” and a very good piece of crayon work is a portrait of Dr, Drinkard, of Washington. Miss Powell sailed for Europe in the Bothnia, on Wednesday, for the purpose of pursuing her art studies in Paris, Francis A, Silva passed the summer on the water, sailing from shore to shore as his fancy dictated, sketching whatever he saw of interest or use to him, whether a lighthouse, @ yacht or anold wreck. He has just commenced the first of a pair of pictures des- tined for California, It represents a brig just inside of Sandy Hook waiting for a pilot boat. He is putting the finishing touches to another marine view, The setting sun shines on the surf as it breaks against the rocky coast ot Massachusetts, and brightens the cliffs ay they project from the sea, A water color, showing Point Judith at twilight, is nearly completed, and he has many othors of Sandy Hook and other places of inter- est along the coast. rs H.C. Bispham is painting a group of ‘American Elk’? in the Rocky Mountains, He has commenced the interior of a stable, in which he is to paint the por- traits of two favorite horses belonging to Burnham, who has presented a statuo of Daniel Webster to Central Park. Mr. Bispham has had his time so fully occupicd for the past year or two painting our famous racing horses that hoe has had no time to devote to compo- sitions. A son of Admiral Trenchard occupies the studio with him and is hard at work on a view of Moose Head island off the coast of Maine. ‘M. L. Fagan is painting portraits. A very pretty de- sign of his 1s a little child floating in a shell. John Mulvany. a young artist just from abroad, has nearly finished a picture fully six feet long. The scene represented is purely Western. A horse thief has been captured and is being tried, or rather examined before the regular trial. There are about twenty-five figures in the composition. The thief is a half breed Indian, who stands with hanging head and bandaged hands before his captors in a logcabin. A boy eits beside him clinching his fist deflantly at the sarcasms of those around him. Behind are men, evidently members of a vigilance committee, who'are examining the weapons which have been taken from the prisoner. The artist has been at the West making studies for this work and his characters are all from life. It is intended for the Centennial Exhibition and isa faithful representation of scones of every day occurrence in Western life. A fulllength life sizo figure of a woman, with the upper part in shadow, and an old woman seated and leaning her clasped hands on the table belore her, aro two beautifa: studies in color. The old woman's face is in shadow and is lovely in expression. ‘An exquisite piece of crayon work is a half length portrait of a lady. There is no solar printing beneath it, but it Is a piece of thorough artistic work. Alexander Lamric is painting a portrait of Judge Sutherland and one of General Gillmore. An ideal head of a Southern beauty is also on his easel. John J. Hanmer has been sketching in Pennsylvania, and has brought from there some very interesting sketches, Ono is of a quaint old Dutch oven. Another, of a spring house, with boys on the side of the hill in which it is built, It is strange how boys loiter around places where eatables or drinkables aro kept. The artist has evidently studied their peculiarities, A half length of an elderly man tasting a glass of wine is very good, A Dunker funeral, where a line of people are crossing a rustic bridge, and a beautiful landscape in the Catskills, at twilight, are among the many around his studio. i, J. D. Blondell is painting on a group of children who are proparing for school. In another a little child is stepping from stone to stone across a brook. A woman and child walking in the woods is another pretty com- position, He is engaged principally on portraits. William R. Miller has been working on Eastern stroet scenes from some of his sketches. He 1s now painting on a landscape, a scene in the Catskills. Colonel Forney writes from Paris that Healy is paint- ing tor the Centennial a full length picturo of the inter- view between Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Porter, pre- paratory to the march through Georgia, Charles N. Pike, of Pittsfield, Mass., who made the statue for the soldiers’ monument at Chicago, 1s en- gaged in carving tho figures, &e., for the principal arch and medallions of the now Atheneum of his native city, Foley's statue of Stonewall Jackson, which is to be unveiled in Richmond October 26, is claimed to have been perfected from a photograph of a portrait of the General, painted by W. Gael Browno, of Raleigh, N. C. Thomas Moran’s large picture, ‘The Mountain of the Holy Cross,”’ 1s to be on exhibition at Elliott's Art Gal- lery, Boston. The Boston Art Club met at their rooms on Boylston street, to discuss matters concerning representatives of Boston art at the Centenni: Tho State Commis- sionors were present at the meeting. In a lecture before the State Normal Art School, Boston, last week, Professor Walter Smith remarked that “as long as there is growth of the mind there must be irritation, and thus come the fits of despondency which all successful men and women havo, When these fits come, nothing is so good as to work all the moro earnestly. Tho feeling that our work is impertect is a sure indication that we aro advancing, the self-satisied state of mind being the worst possible for tho student,’ W. W. Corcoran, the art benefaetor of Washington, is | about to still farther benefit the artists of that city by | erecting a studio building for their accommodation, A MONSTER TURTLE. An unusually large “leather back’? turtle has been doveloped on Long Island. Mr. William H. Tuthill, of Kast Marion, caught it in bis fish pond, The turtle | measured 6 feet 6 inches on the back and 8 fect across the flappers, [ts weight was 600 pounds, Mr. Tucnilt sold his prize to a Fulton Market dealer, and the pu chaser has forwarded it to Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, at W ihingt HURRICANE AT SEA. The steamer Colombo, which arrived in port late on Saturday night, eighteen days out from Hull, reports that on the 12th of October she encountered a terrific hurricane, which lasted forty-eight hours, During the storm & heavy sea was shipped, and three of the crew wore killed, The fatal wave alsg disabled several of the A WAIF, MINUTE DESCRIPTION OF A CHILD ABANDONED BY AN UNKNOWN OLD MAN AT GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY. Mr. Sullivan, whose child was supposed to have been stolen from the vicinity of his residence in Greenwich Street some time since, has seut the following letters, forwarded to him, for publication, It will be remem- bered that the body of Mr, Sullivan’s child was found in @ bayloft at the back of the house, where itis supposed the unfortunate little fellow had gone to play, and was lost, The isolated position of the stable prectuded the possibility of the folks in the house hearing the ebild’s cries for help, and it is thought that, having become exhausted, he laid down to dic—a theory which ia strengthened by the easy, natural position in which he was found, Since this sad discovery, whien put an end to the awful suspense of himself and wife, Mr. Sallivam has received the following letters from Greenup county, Kentucky. The ebild spoken of in the letters has n doubt been kidnapped from some of the Northerm cities, and it 1s to the end that parents having lost chil. dren may work out this clow that the letters are pub- lished. The first letter is from the man with whom the child was left, and reads as follows :— Octourn the 18 187 mr Deunis Sullivan Sur as we see in the times of yore lost child i seat iny self to drop you a few lines a bout one that that was left with us an old man rod up te hopewell with a child in front of bim on the evning of the 21 of September and caled for lodging for him and the child next morning he said ift had no objections he would leve the child with us untell he would go back to old town xo see some man he faled to sce the night be fore after he was gon a while we looked in a litle bun- dic he bad left and found the fowloing lines riten and Taped around a hotle of vermifuge “TO THOSK WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.—I wish you te take good care of this boy, or if you cannot, then give 4 him to some person that will not be afraid to keep him, He is of good tamily, w if any one willtake good care of the child not abuse it or whip it unreasonably they will bo well rewarded for their trouble when 1 come back, His name is Jessey Wallbridge. You need not look for tho man that brought him to you, you never will find him, but I will find you some day. Mak ita dress of that flannel for winter. Give it the vermifuge as I think it is troubled with worms. Yon will receive a registered letter with some money eccasionally after awhilo.”” We are still keeping the child as our own and we in- tend to keep it unless we find its trew parents it is # fine and very inteligent chill we supose him to be over 2 years old but we dont no how much he has fare skin and a blush gray eyes and larg fore head and light hare, he has a small blue mark or vane a cross his nose betwixt his eyes and a vary small scar just above the vane but ne has not toled his namo nor the name of the street he mite have forgoton his name as he has not bin caled by it we cal him Jessa but he is fond of horses and wants to ride all the time now if you think this is your child Rite and let us no and give us the peiticklers and if it is not then have it advertised in som paper as we think the child has bin stolon Direct your letter to JOHN DIXON Greenup Co Ky The second letter is from Mr. B. T. Meadows—same address as Mr. Dixon—and in it are recited the facts set forth in letter No. 1, THE ELIZABETH ELOPEMENT. FLUTTER AMONG THE “‘F, F's,” OF ELIZABETH, N. J. —A CAPTAIN'S WIFE RUNS OFF WITH HER FIRST LOVE, It came to the ears of a Heratp reporter yesterday that considerable of a flutter had been caused in the upper circles of Elizabeth (N. J.) society in conse quence of an elopement which took place there re- cently, A visit to Elizabeth and diligent inquiry do- veloped the fact that ‘the lady in the case’’ was the daughter of a church deacon in Union township, and ono of the handsomest women of the county—tall, black-eyed, black-haired, full formed and altogether of most fascinating appearance. From her futher, the deacon, she inherited the snug little fortune of $25,000, Five or six years ago she married the nephew of one of the most distinguished citizons of Elizabeth—a gen- tleman who now holds one of the highest offices im the gift of the municipality. Her husband served gallantly in the federal army during the late war and won by hi bravery the rank of captain, Upon his marriage to the fascinating daughter of the deacon he was the envied of most of the beauty-admiring males of the town, Two children were the result of the marriage Ero they had long lived together, however, it seems a marked incompatibility of temperament manifested it~ self between them. The Captain is a man of quiet, re- tiring habits, but his wife is fond of gayety, company and fashion. Besides, he was not a8 wealthy as she supposed, and, therefore, could not maintat her in tho luxury she coveted. For years, however, there was no break betweem them until recently there turned up on the scene an old tame of the lady's—a dashing beau of hers belore her marriage, from whose society she had been de- barred by her discerning parent, the deacon. The up- shot of the story is that she eloped with him, taking $15,000 with hor aad one of the children, Every effort has been made to keep these facts from the public, but, as is invariably the case, these efforts have only lent wings to the aifair, It is proper to add that the de- serted Captain has the sympathy of all who know of his unfortunate domestic trouble. A LOVE EPISODE. A PEDESTRIAN WALKS INTO THE AFFECTIONS OF AN UNSOPHISTICATED MIS3, A case, slightly tinged with rofnance, came up at the Tombs Police Court yesterday morning, before Justice Otterbourg. Two years ago Annie Crait loft hor father's home in Bath, Me., and came to this city, where an elder sister of hers then resided. She was seventeen years of age at the time, pretty and bright, Meeting her sister here, sho remained with her for some time, when she obtained employment, She continued to making her own livelihood until about two weeks , Whenshe went to board at the White Star Hotel, Chambers street. Hore she became acquainted with a bartender named Harry Keenan, who prides himself on his fleetnoss of foot. Annie became enam- ored of him. On Saturday Keenan ran a tive mile race and won, and he at once became a hero ia tho eyes of the fair Miss Craft, who wat on hand to witness his triumph. Keenan and Miss Craft returned to the city in the evening and went to the hotel. All this time an uncle of the girl was on the track, and had traced th to where they lodged. Late on Saturday evening he called on Captain Saunders, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, and after relating some circumstances in reference to hia niece, Detective Mulvey was detailed to go and arrest her and her lover. He found them occupying the same apartment at the White Star Hotel. At the Tombs yestorday the young woman expressed her willingness to marry Keenan. She said her stepmother had forced her from home, and she had made her own living ever since. The uncle. who appeared to be very solicitous for the welfare of his niece, was opposed to any such arrangement as marriage, especially with such a man as he thought Keenan to Jus- tice Otterbourg took the young girl aside and after speaking to her with iatherly wisdom for some time, picturing to her the rnin to which she wat rushing, she calmed the ardor of hor feeling consented to go home with her uncle and be happy. This ended tho little episode, and she left the court room with her relative, who resides in Brooklyt Keenan was discharged. ' He worked at No. 182 West street, and is a good looking young fellow. CRIME ON LONG ISLA It js probable that the amount of criminal business to be done at the November term of the Court of Sea sions will be unusually heavy. A large number of in- dictments were found at the recont session of the | Grand Jury of the Queens County Oyer and Terminer, and these, with the number that were necessarily pat over fromthe October term, will make a heavy calen- dar. The old county jail at North Hempstead is much crowded, and as it is notoriously insecure Sherif Sai mis, as & measure of precantion, has been compelled employ a number of additional watchmen, who patrol the prison inside and out day and night, An officer ta constantly stationed at the door of Delaney’s cell, and ‘as he fs heavily ironed besides any attempt on his part to escape must prove ineffectual. Delaney appears to entertain no hope cf a commutation of sentence, and it is not known at present that any application for it will bo made. A BROOKLYN OFFICIAL'S FUNERAL, The funeral of Mr. Lovi Faron, late chief clerk in the office of the District Attorney of Kings county,took place yesterday afternoon. - The services, which wore held tn the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Fourth avenue and Pacific street, were very largely attended by prom- inent citizens and officials, The floral offerings wore rare and profuse in quantity, many of the public schools presenting testimonials of affectionate regard for the memory of the deceased. Tho pailbearers were Mayot Hunter, District Attorney Winchester Britton, County Judge H. A. Moore, President E. J. Whitlock, of the Board of Education; L. V. D. Hardenberg, W. P. Libby, T. A. More, Samuel Gelston, A H. Wakely and Mr. Waldean, The services wore conducted by Key. Dr. Leonard, assisted by Rev. Mr. Tripp Deceased was commended for his many good qualities of head and heart and his services as an offi. cial and as a friend of the cause of education. The Fe. mains were taken to Greenwood Cemetery, where they were interred in the family plot. STOLEN GOODS FOUND. Six pieces of slate colored twilled musiin, marked “Laconia Mills, Lewiston Bleachery,” were found in the woods at Seventy-second street and North River yesterday by Officer Hogan, of the Thirty-first precmot. The goods are sup; to have been stolen from one orew, of the froight trains of the Hudson River Railroad ow the night of the 22d inst, ~~