The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1876, Page 6

— UNDAY SERMONS. Topics Disenssed in Different Pul- | pits Yesterday. | DR. HEPWORTH ON PROPITIATION. | Influence of Official Conduct on Public Morals. MR. BEECHER ON CHILDREN. The Temple of God Opened in Heaven. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. JESUS CHRIST OUR PROPITIATION. | Mr. Hepworth preached a very earnest sermon yes- | terday morning from the text, First Epistle of Joba, | first chapter and Seventh verse—‘‘But if we walk in | teenth street’ The congregation is one of the most aristocratic and refined in the city; the music, under the light, ag he is in the light, we have fellowship one | with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son | cleanseth us from ali sin,” The connection between the death of the Lord and our souls in this life and the hereafter is not only very intimate, but also very im- portant, and yet the attitude which Christ assumes seems not to be that of an owner who has the arbi- trary right to dispose of his property as he sees fit, but rather that of a very tender, a very wise and a very | @etermined father, whose will is that his child shall | Jearn the whole lesson, whether it be by sorrow or by Joy, and at last stand purified as by fire and glorified by the life of Christ, and standing in His eternal presence. | I would ike to look at one or two passages in which | Christ assumes a certain relationship to the human soal, and thus find the connection between these assages and ourselves. In the fourteenth chapter of Sonn read, “Jesus saith unto him, lam the way, the truth and the life.’? Sometimes a single word makes an immense difference, Jesus did not say I am | away, a truth and a life; no, “Lam the way, the truth and the life, and ‘renders the asserion em- phatic by the following assampuon of right and power, “No man cometh to the father out by me” Here then are certain conditions which it would be well tor you and! look into. We are marching on toward the other world hoping for a free entrance im its wide open gates, but if it is possible we will lave the watchword which will be the “open | sesame”? in that awful hour, Look at the First Spistle of John, second chapter:—My little chii- dren, this thing write l unto you, that ye sin not, and if any nan sin we have an advocate”—not such an at- | torney as you find in New York, whose business shall be to twist the law. We have an advocate with the Father, 4 man who shall speak to the Father in our be- half and in excuse for our transgressions—Jesus | Christ the righteous, and He is the propitiation tor | our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Once more, First Timothy, second chapter:—‘For there is one God and ONE MEDIATOR between God and man, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself aransom for all, to be testified in due time.” There are many other passages of like un- | portance, but I think these are enough to prove that what I said in the beginning is true, that you and | 1 are dependent for our eternal salvation | not upon selves 60 much as upon our Advocate and Intercessor, and you will say | that there is a very curious something in the death of Christ, by means of which something you and I gain an advaniage which otherwise we should not possess. | Indeed, this somethmg 1s made of such moment and | importance that we are told that unless a man_pos- sesses it he is in very serious danger, For one, then, 1 want to know—l have the right to know— | what that something is, and though He may | be pleased to bide the way 1 which it shall act in | my soul, yet, when He tells me there are conditions by whieh I may possess this magic something, I am not Jong in stretching out my hand; I accept tke conditions | atonce. What happens between now aad the grave is | pothing, but what happens in my everiusting Journey | 1 must be careful about indeed. Let us Jook at it, In the first place, What is our fit- | ness for heaven? Is there not sin enough in this worid | to turn the heavens black? Do you see anything else, | or hardly apything else, but sim and iniquity from the rising of the sun to the going down thercof? What do ou Suppose the angels think on locking down at us? jo they not weep? I think so. Look at New York. Why do we have a police force? Because every man is uiraid of every other man. What is our business? It is likea panic inachurch. If some one should cry “Fire !? every one would at once be living under in- tense excitement, and although 1t might be necessary to tread down some one else (0 get out on the impulse Oi the moment, you woulddo it That is life as the ‘angels see it; not as we see it. Look imto our own | hearts. If we compare ourselves with our own ideals rbaps we stand very respectably indeed, but Gow Bath sot up a standard by which man is to be Adam, before his sin, had commanion with ‘ measured. angels; he was just, generous, true and loyal have been go always. When we look at Jesus He is the life of the first Adam carried out; it is a beautiful illustration of what human nature wight be if sin had not entered Paradise. We are to be measured by the lite of Christ alone, Methinks when we measure eur hearts by THE RIGHT STANDARD ‘we will be compelled to admit we are too weak to de- serve immortality. It is notthe sin that troubles us, you Know, it is sin. Adam opened one door he ought not to have opened and ever since whole troops of evil in- fluences have been pouring in. We are so sintul that we more naturally do wrong than right. Why am 1 tryimg every week induce young wen into the church, except for the fact that men must be persuaded to do that which is best for them? There ts something inQnitely wrong im our lives that we have to be per- suaded to be grateful. We go down as. naturally as a man slides down hill on a sled. Now, my dear friends, must I leave you there with Mhat fact? No, Idare not. This book tells me God loves me. 1 want to dwell with God in the great bero- after, but I have not the wedding garment 1 cannot goin my rags. 1 cannot make the garment, but somo one may give it tome We know how ovt of place & poor country relative fecla in the house of his rich city relative. We are the poor relations of heaven, the COUNTRY COUSINS OF THR ANGELS, We ook at our garments and say, “We are well dressed,” but when we look at the white-robed | augels,'we look at our clothes and say—“ouly rags.”” | Jesus Christ says, “My child, I bave it all for you. I | «have a garment tor every man in the world;” and you | take of your old clothes and put on the white garments | Christ bath made for you; aud when you are robed in tiese garments you Come forth, and oh, what a beno- diction it is; and when you look at the Lord you say, “tt is Christ that bath done ail this, and | am in- ted to the Cross of Calvary for everything | have.’ “Cleanseth thee from all sin” 18 the text; ict us not forget it, | MASONIC TEMPLE. YROTHINGHAM ON INFIDELS AND INFI- DELITY. The lecture room of the Masonic Temple, corner of Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue, was thronged yesterday morning by Mr. Frothingham’s flock. The sermon was much longer than the general run of Mr. Frothingbam’s sermons, but the subject was one which lustified the extension of time and disregard for custom, It had very litsle of the conventionality of a sermon in it, and was, strictly speaking, not a sermon, but rather a | @iscourse on the ethical aspects of infidelity. At the | pening the discourse gave promise of being prolific of platitudes on prayer, but as the theme developed it be- | came interesting. In considering the subject of prayer, | 3ts officiency, more particularly, the preacher was | Baturally ied to the discussion of the different lights 4p which prayer was regarded. He evidently had Tyn. | Gail's prayer test in mind at thrs point, for he spoke to | some length on the subject, noting, a8 he went, much of what bas recently been said on the sutyect, | ‘Phe modern infidel, be said, had many traits which entiticad bim to admiration, Ho was frank, out- spoken, and to the point, asserting his morn) convictions in spite of the opprobriam of the orthodox world. Me was in many respects like his predecessor of the past century. lis cardinal principles were the game as those of Voltaire and Thomas Payne, but still there was a decided, & radical difference, between tho | imide! of this and the infidel of the eighteenth century. | Phe infidel of to-day contemplates the dome of heaven, | bespangied with ite infinite lights; he sees the soft light stealing, and awes nimse!f in the contemplation pi space, His mind goes out, and in the never ceasing changes, all governed by set rules, he nds that which fills his beart with longing and bis soul with pun Ivis bat the old story of buman longing, but itis a Jouging, in light, for more light. As he cootemplates the firmament, revolving in myriad circles, full of the Majesty of movement, each constellation in its ap- pointed sphere, he stands in the mellow light, with passions stilled and soul calmed. The modero iatidel, ¢ said, was anlike the infidel of the eighiecath cen- tury, MDasmuch as he was a constructor and nova | destructor, He hopes on the ruins of fallen tradivons | tw erect a new religious edifice. It is not to be under. | stood that he intends to build one of the materials of the faiten structure, for such is not the case, much of the material hating been proved to be unworthy. | ‘THR DOCTRINE OF COMMON SKYSR. ‘The modern infidel did not know how to erect his pew fabric of religion, and was only waiting for more fight in order to learn how he might proceed. He is waiting and anxious to build, and in this he is unlike of infidem just passed. They had been ‘anxious to destroy and tear down everything and sup- nothing new, thus leaving man withouta bope. 524 ope he vossessed they sought to destroy, without wn. | man | reward, the promise or a new and vetter sunstitute, They sought to make men pelieve in what they termed the doctrine of common sense, which means nothing more than that every behef which does not conform to the tests of sense Should be rejected. Mr. Frothingham remarked that COmMOR sense Was ROL so common as many supposed, and consequently much difference of opinion obtained © the testa. These gentle- micn of the last century reasoned somewhat after this plan:—One is not three and three is not one; therefore the doctr:ne of trmity is false. God-man is a contra. diction of termi erefore Christ could not be God and A DEFINITION. At this point Mr. Frothingham began an explanation of what was meant by the word infldel, The word, be said, had been variously and contradictorily used. At the | begimning of our era it was applied to the Christians; in the Middle Ages it was used against the Jews, and then inst the Pilgrims of New England. From this it will be seen that many good people bave been stig- matized with the name, For his own part, Mr. Froth- ingham said, he admired an inndel, for to be one re- quired much moral courage. lt was asserting a con- Viction against mighty odds. Though not prepared by any means to accept all the tenets laid down by the eighteenth century, be still could not fail to believe that they had done humanity a great benefit; they spoke trankly when to speak the truth was to be read out of society and deprived of preferment. In this re- gard tbey had left a conspicuous example of moral Courage worthy of emulation. In conclusion, Mr. Frothingham spoke in hopeful terms of the religious possibilities of the infidelity of to-day, Religion, he said, was eternal, but creeds ful- filled ends with ‘the accomplishment’ of which they ceased to be Of avail, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S CHURCH. It is always Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier, In Six- the Jeadership of Professor Berge, an intelléctual feast, and the preaching usually of the most eloquent and Jogical order. The high mass at half-past ten o’clock yesterday morning was celebrated by tbe Rev. Father Frederici, and the sermon preached by the Rev. Father H. Glack- meyer, of the Society of Jesus, After the usual an- nouucements from the pulpit Father Glackmeyer read the gospel of the day—St Luke, second chupter, trom the forty-second vei ‘The reverend preacher open: ing that it was almost a pity t hem, where so many prayers had been poured forth and Consolations derived; but we must follow Christ on ing mission, The lesson imparted in the gospel ‘4 very important one. It embraces the end of the whole mission of Christ on this earth. The first time Jesus is missing from this house He is found by ins sorrowing mother in the temple. There He is busy, all absorbed in the affairs of his heavenly Father, There He was instructing mankind that the all important duty of life was to look after his eternal interests, A traveller, an exile—the only rational crea- ture which God had placed on the earth—his chief duty ‘was to secure that happiness which God had tn store for him. Beside the almost infinite number of favors and graces which he has received from above oblige him in some sort to remain close to his heavenly Father, any reason should urge man to imitate the divine ex- ample it would be to secure that real happiness which he craves here on earth and cannot find. Near to his God he will begin to enjoy that peace and blessed- ness which shall be his forever if taith{ul to the com- mands of his heavenly Father. ‘The sermon was listened to throughout with pro- found atrention, and the congregation appreciated the words of wisdom which fell trom the good father’s lips all the more from the fact that he selaom has an oppor- tunity to preach in the city, his duty as a missionary taking him away during mest of the year. FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. The Rev. Dr. Armitage, ot the Fifth avenue Baptist church, preached a sermon for the exclusive benefit of the children of his fold yesterday morning on ‘‘Suow asan Emblem of Purity.” The little ones were pres- ent in great numbers, Dr, Armitage’s text was a por- tion of the seventh verse of the Fifty-iirst Psalm— “Wash me and | shall be whiter than snow.” His hearers had seen many beautiful things—the rose with its exquisitely delicate colomng and its marvellous tints; Ube twinkling stars—tbose little diamonds of the sky— eave the crib of Beible- ‘That shine clear and bright Like a far-off place of bliss; lovely trees and charming birds, but they had never seen anything more beautiful than a snowilake—that | Little white-winged messonger that the Lord sends down, The joy and glee exhibited by children at the Sight of a show storm was a delightful sight. How eagerly the chubby iaces were pressed against the | window pane watching it, Each snowflake had a mis- sion, just as angels have, They kept the earth warm through winter. So God’s word warmed our hearts and preserved them through the winter of our grief and sorrow. that we sometimes thought their angles must bave been formed by. angels’ fingers, $0 exquisite was the workmanship. But while they looked so frail they were, taken together, very strong. Indeed, all strong things were made up of little things. When these iitiue flakes come down in countless millions nothing could with- stand them. They covered the fields, piled up in mountain-like drifts, hiding the roads, the fences and even tho trees, and the combined power of a dozen pufling and panting steam engines were not equal to the task of pushing them aside. At this stage of tho discourse the children were requested to sing that Deautiiui song, ‘Take the Name of Jesus with You.” Thea, continuing, Dr, Armitage said that snow Was an emblem of purity, and, in conclusion, the little ones sang “Whiter than Snow.” UNIVERSITY CHAPEL. ‘THE TEMPLE OF GOD OPENED IN HEAVED About seventy elderly people of credulous ten- dencies yesterday afternoon assembled in the chapel of the New York University, Washington square, to hear Samuel Sheffield Snow, who styles himself “The man sent of God to restore all things,” relate how it was to be done. The services | partook something of the character of the Presbyterian Church, without prayer. They consisted of Bible read- ing, hymns, singing by the choir and a long discourse, largely interspersed with Scriptural quotations, The songs were chosen from the collection known as the “Songs of the Sanctuary,” published by the Church of Zion. The speaker's subject was nominally based upon Revelations, xi, 19, and was styled, ‘The Templo of God opened in Heaven.” To attempt anything like an accurate description of Mr. Snow’s address would be very difficalt, as he wandered all over the Old Testament to prove the Views he entertained of the prophecies contained in the Revelations, and which, he said, pointed to the establishment of Christ’s earthly king- dom ip this world, with New York as its centre and the speaker as the ‘standard bearer. At the outset he stated that what John wrote of he had seen on the Island of Patmos and did not evolve any of it from his own knowledge or learning. He simply re- lated reveated facts, which were typical of what was to occur afterward and many of which have since been realized. These revelations were given by God. Th: the kingdom of the Lord shall be established and His temple opene: will undoubtedly be fulfilled. The time when they shall be was then the great point for consideration, and to illustrate his own theory regarding the mat ter—that it has now begun to be realized ‘in the days of the voice of the seventh angel’’—he referred to the filth, sixth and seventn verses of the tenth chapter of Revelation :—“‘And the angel which | saw stand upon the sea and apon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven and sware by Him that liveth forever and ever * * * that there should be time no ae But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should bo finished, as He bath declared to His servants the propheta”’ The speaker, continuing this line of thought, took oceasion to deny that the finishing of the mystery of God meant the conversion 6f the Gentiles according to the idea of modern Christianity. On the contrary, it signified, a8 rovealed to John, that the kingdoms of this world should be broken and destroyed and that of the Messiah God estab- ished. That the world was evea now in the first stages of its final completion of the inevitable pur- pose declared Mr. Snow felt confd for the wars and calamities which bad afflicted the worid during the past fow years, Since the termination of the second foretold woe in 1844, was the beginning of the third, which the Scripture declared should follow quickly, *‘Theretore,” said he, “the seventh angel’s trumpet bas begun to sound."? The coming of the Lord Jesus was at hand, and until He came Ht le would not receive their The doctrine ot immortal souls going to heaven after death, the gentleman pronounced false, because it was explicitly prophesied that only wbea Christ came and established His earthly kingdom would the Israel of the Master enjoy its recompense. Tho remainder of the very long discourse was devoted to the explanation of this theory and condemnation of Roman Catholicism, At the close Mr. Snow said that the standard of the now religion, which marked the advent of Jesus, mast be planted in the United States and that be (the speaker) was ite minister. HALSTEAD'S PRAYING BAND. Revival services were beld in this ehurch yesterday morning, afternoon and evening, conducted by Brother Samue! Halstead’s Praying Band. The attendance was quite large, and the exhortations of the several speakers fervent and effective. Brother Little, in the course of his remarks, said:—Christianity is the greatest gift God ever gave to man. What ts Christianity? [tis the likeness of God daguerreotyped upon the son! of the believer by the sun of righteousness, Brother Russell spoke of the struggle in the breasts of many between Mammon aud the desire to lead a better life. Men say, “i will obtain a competency and then turn my thoughts to religious affairs." That is not the way. Woe should seek mghteousness first. The littie that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of the wicked If men carried their religion into their daily life we should not hear of so many defalca- tions Religion sweetens life. I sought God when a litle boy and fonnd Him, and He has been good to me ever since, Another brother ie oy Uhat throngs would crowd around the altar as ¢ multitude gathered around the house wherein Christ was at Capernaum. They blocked the door, and when no more could get in they broke open the roof. It cost them something, of course, for they were honest mon and had to make it good. Sinner, ifyou bave an arm that will measure ‘With the Almighty’s lift it amd go on. Appeals were made to those who were moved in leasure to attend the services at the ed his discourse by say- | if | The snowflakes were small and so delicate | in heaven was clearly predicted and | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1876. spirit to go forward and occupy the front pews, and many responded to the entreaties, A love feast of the Methodist E churches on ‘the east side of the city will be held im the Twenty- seventh street church to-day, BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. REV. DR. M’CABTHY ON GENESIS AND GEOLOGY. | At the Bleecker street Universalist church yesterday | Rey. Dr. McCarthy preached a sermon on science in its | connection with religion The discourse was confined | to an investigation of geology in its bearing upon the | Scriptures, and the reverend speaker took occasion to | explode some of the latter-day fallacies circulated re- | garding the inconststencies supposed to exist between the story of the creation as told in Genesis and the theory unfolded by science. Although travelling over | a rather well worked field, the preacher succeeded in investing his subject with con- siderable interest, and displayed quite a | facility of successfully iltustrating it with descriptions | and comparisons drawn from what must have been a very wide range of reading. Dr. McCarthy wok as his text the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis. The mysteries of creation, he said, have, during the whole course of buman history, supplied a subject for the science and ingenuity of ian to grapple with, and one which, in ancient as well ag modern times, bas been investigated by the most accute minds, T' A founded as it is on Scriptural truth, has at different times been brought into conflict with the theories of science, and the men who have represented both branches of hu.aan erudition have, time aud again, created differences which did not really exist by a stub: born belief in the force of their own opinions. The theological bigot and the scientific bigot have been toa great extent the causes of controversy upon matters which men could readily investigate and understand if left to the dictates of their own reason. And so in this question of the consistency of the de- Velopments of science with the revelations of Genes: & great deal has been done to involve and distort simple truths by the wrangling of controversialists, Take the narrative of creation as told in the Bible, | consider its meaning well, study its significance, and | then compare it with the yersion of the world’s ‘birth which science propagates. There is not and cannot be any essential difference between them. The seven | days of creation are merely seven eras of the world’s | existence, which tho discoveries of science itself tend | to define, and every new development in geology only goes to show that the genius which dictated the’ Scrip- | tural narrative must have been divine, THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. SERMON OF REV. DR, ANDERSON. Yesterday a sormon was preached by the pastor of this church which was of peculiar interest, inasmuch as the early history of the church was entered into. It appears that the First Baptist church had its origin as far back as 1714, its founders being twelve persons who, fearing the disturbance of a mob, determined to be bap- tizedatnight. Five oi the twelve were so baptized, but | a Mr. Ayre, one of the remaining seven, upon his turn arriving, declared that he had concluded such a rite should be performed in broad daylight, The Governor was wailed on and he promised bis _ pro- | tection and — countenance, He was present | and declared that It was the ancient religious mode and should be so respected. In 1745 Rev. Benjamm Miller, of Scotch Plains, came down to the city to bap- | tize some persons and a prayer meeting was organ ized at the house of Mr. Jeremiah Dodge, and this was the commencement of the First Baptist church organ- | jzation, which, op March 14, 1760, entered a house of | worship of their own, ‘The building stood in Gold street, below Fulton. A person passing there now will find a'coal yard; but the original stones that constituted the corner of the build- ing were reverently conveyed to the next house occu- pied the society, at the corner of Broome and abelh streets, and deposited therein. The present nilicent edifice at the corner of Park avenue and Thirty-ninth street followed the last-named building and seems both us to beauty and location to meet every desire. Dr. Anderson selected for his text the last two verses of the pinetieth Psalm, one of which reads:—*‘Let thy | work appear unto thy servants and thy glory anto their | children,” and trom’ the thought of tie Psalmist de- | | | livered a most eloquent and impressive dicourse. “Men | seek,’’ said the preacher, ‘to biot out the idea of God, | and even ascribe their existence to certain laws, but | the idea of God is innate in the human breast, ’ and philosophers and scientists must start with this propo- | sition, im order that truths should be evolved in | am orderly sequence. There is an immortality in | the work in which we are now engaged; and though | generations may pass away we are the inheritors of the riches of Christ and should consider ourselves bound to perpetuate His glory. We should help to place the top etone on the temple and cry, “Grace, grace, grace!”? Let us think of those who have gone from this sanctuary to the throne, and be animated by their spirit by giving a perfect offering to God. The speaker here referred to the debt of the church, and in a most jm- pressive manner asked that it should be lifted, in order | that high and low and rich and poor should be able to receive ashare of their inheritance of honor. ‘Our banner,”’ said Dr. Anderson. ‘‘ts the blood red color of the cross, and our watchword is Come!” The services concluded by the singing of *+Hold the Fort!” PLYMOUTH CHURCH. REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER ON CHILDREN. Plymouth church was crowded yesterday to the doors, and late comers ran the risk of losing their | seats, The Plymouth pastor seemed to be in excellent spirits and took his accustomed seat promptly at | half-past ten o'clock. After the usual preliminary exercises Mr. Beecher | preached his sermon, selecting his text from the Psalms, exxvii., 8, 4, 5—'Lo! children are a heritage of the arrows are in the hands of a mighty men, 60 are chil- | dren of the youth, Happy is the man who hath his they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."’ There was potbing, he said, addressing itself to nature to which she response was 80 quick, so universal or so | Joyful asthe coming of the young into the world. It quickened joy in the feathers and in the fur, And | as we ascended in the scale of life the joy aid not di- minish, The cares ingrease, the responsibilities aug- | mented, but the joy also augmented, and it was a proud day in every household when the child was born, lt was a bright day in the neighborhood of the village and kindly feelings were expressed when there was added a little child to the population, and ut they turned to the Word of God’ they would find, m the Old Testament particularly, the | kindliest notice on this subject, for the Vid Testament | was the naturalest book alive, and was as near to the God-giving instincts of the human race as any book | that was ever made. And the more we become familiar with nature and the results of natural causes, uninter- preted by perverse theotogy, the inore we come into sympathy with the Old Testament as far as it related to this subject. But upon the whole exhibit of nature | and upon the representations of the Old Testament, | which looked upon the whole state of things im this | regard as one of blessednoss, there was a fecling of | blight placed by Roman theology, which, if it be true and if it be believed in some ot iis aspects, woe be to ‘that man and woman that ever dare to bring another | child into this world; for there could be no crime greater than to bring a child into the world with the chances of eternal damnation resting upon tts head. It was not so much to discuss these doctrines as it was to relieve parents from the pressure which came upon them—unconscious religious parents who loved their children, who were often in great distress about their fate when they died; and it was to afford them conso- Jation that he would say a few words. in what light did Scripture look upon children? Was it true, as bad been taught and was now taugnt by the GREATEST SECT IN CHRISTENDOM, that upon children rested the guilt of Adam's sin in such a sense as that if they died in infancy unbaptized | they would go into eternity with the aceumulated weight of Adam's sin resting upon their unconscious natures? Was it true that the Old Testament taught that doctrine or that the New Testament taught it? It ‘was the mournful feeling of many, It was the teach- ing multitades had received that did not believe it ‘They dodged itand they shovelled it away. Now, a | mother’s love afforded brighter hopes than any old theologian’s pen. Scripture did not give the slightest intimation of any such doctrine. There was not a sin- gle line thas could be interpreted to the effect that chil- dren came inty this world under the pressure of the transgressions of their ancestors, as had been taught. On the other hand, that the vices of parents were often transmitted to their children in such a sense that they modified their bodily condition and modified their natural tendencies—that this was taught by the Old ‘Testament he believed, And the virtues of the parent were oftentithes transmitiea to their children; nor was this a doctrine which reason revelied against, At any rate it was a fact But if the cbiki were not bap- | tized was itto perish’ Such a doctrine was and was believed and oppressed thousands of minds. Many of his Protestant hearers had doubtiess been baptized | by a Cathohe priest ou the tender feeling of the good nurse, believing that the infant must be baptized or it would be damned in case of death. Loving the child of her care what if she did steal away to the priest and | | | shave, and | peter drive the Bible further in, | officials in a city also affects the domestic circle. | make imploravion, Even the Church to-day has to quiver full of them; they sball not be ashamed, but | science and a certainty. The earth brought forth abundantly for all There were some men who were hable to pick possibilities on the shadowy side and pick up the things that were adverse, The possibilities of good were a thousand to one. It was true this was a world of strife, a world of fiction, but it jas equally true that with care the possibilities of evil would be inished until they became zero in the cal- culation, Tram @ child the way he should go and when he was old he would not depart from it The child was as clay in the hands of the potter, and it was left in the parents’ bands to train him for good or evil It wasthe work of divine Providence. Was the devil: than God? Was the ‘Of darkness greater than the reign of light? It was sata that every child was born with a depraved nature, Ev. child was born empty in | every member of its body of the elements that go to constitute the useful man. Every ebiid was born with the elements of walking, but it could not walk. With hands it could not walk What was to be done? THE ORGANS MUST BE TRAINED to carry out the object for which they were intended. But it should be @ consolation to parents that the child was not altogether dependent for everything. The sense of responsibility on some was so great that almost crushed them, There was a great deal in that which parents taugbt their children without they thet- selves being aware of it, The child watched the indus- try of the mother and how sweetly she lightened her labors by her song. ceeded: tw dilate at great length on the ample and pointed out the faults which some parents were liable to commit in bringing up their off- spring. He also adverted to the splendid results which followed the practice of self-restraint, A child’s mis- takes were sometimes better than no mistakes, since they bad an opportunity of correcting them, and drew amarked contrast between those who were reared in idieness ana juxury and those who were compelled to struggle in the world for their existence. The man who did that which he did pot want to do, and re- frained from doing that which he desired to do laid the foundation of blessings and immortality, for this was the practice of selt restraint and reward, ly complainea of misfortunes, but misfortunes gave shapeliness and usefulness and power, and might be called God’s best schoolmaster for men. God was with those who wanted to do right and who wanted their children to do right. The usual services brought the proceedings to a close, BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. DE WITT TALMAGE ON MUNICIPAL GOV- ERNMENT, “The Influence of Official Condnet upon the Morals of the Community” was the theme chosen by Rey, T. De Witt Talmage for his forenoon discourse at the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday. The building was crowded in every part, Mayor Schroeder occupied a seat in the pew with Elder McKelway The text was:— “Thou thatart situate at the entry of the sea’— Ezekiel. xxvii, 3. Rev. Mr. Talmage dwelt upon the Deauties and glories of the city of Tyre, who forgot God and was blotted out forever. Cain was the founder of Tyre, and it took after him in morals, It was along time before a city could get over the charac- ter of those who founded it. New York would not for 200 or 300 years escape from the good influences of its founders, the pious settlers, whose prayers went up from the very streets, where now banks discountand brokers companies declare dividends, and, smugglers swear Custom House lies. The church that once stood on Wall street still threw its blessing over all the scene of traffic and upon the ships that fold their white wings in the harbor. Cities were not necessarily evils, as had sometimes been argued. They had been the birthplaces of civilization, In them popular hib- erty lifted up its voice. They were the patrons of art, literatare apd architecture. The particular city, said Mr. Talmage, in which God had given his hearers a residence, was under especial blessings, The moral character of those who ruled a city had much to do with the moral character of the city itself, Men, women and children were interested in national poli- tics. When the great Presidential election came off every patriot wanted to be found at the ballot box. That was very well, but it was time that men gave some of the attention devoted to national aifairs to the study of municipal government, ‘‘Make the cities right,” said the preacher, “and the nation will be right.” ‘There had, comparatively speaking, been more corrup- tion in municipal governments in this country than in the State and national legislatures. ‘I am full of sympathy,” said Mr. Talmage, ‘with those who are op- posed to carrying politics into religion; but our cities will never be reformed and purified until we carry re- ligton into politics. Officials that wink at fraud’ and that have neither censure nor arraignment for glitter- ing dishonesties always weaken the pulse of commer- cial honor. Every shop, store, bazaar and factory in the city feels the mora! character of your City Hall If in any city there bea dishonest mayoralty, an un- prineipled Common Council or a court susceptible to bribes, in that city there will be unlimited license for all kinds of trickery and sin; while on the other hand if officials are faithful to their oath of office; if the laws are promptly executed, if there is vigilance and watching all the outbranchings of the government there 1s the highest protection from all bargain making I wish all commercial men to understand that they are not independent of the moral character of the men who rule over them, but must be thoroughly and mightily affected by them. also | with the educational interests of a city. There are 65,000 common schoois in this country, and they are attended by 7,000,000 of pupils, and a majority of these are in our cities, There are cities in which educa- tional affairs are settled in the low caucus, in the aban- doned parts of the cities, by ignorant men. | hear the tramp of the coming generations. What that multi- tude of youth shall be for this world and the next will depend very much upon the character of your public schools, Instead of driving the Bible out you bad The character of Ina city where grogshops have their own way and gam- REY. T. | Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his roward, As | bling balls are not interfered with, and, for fear of losing political influence, officials close ‘their eyes to festermg abominations, the home interests need to contend with evils that the civil law ought to smite; and, while I would not have civil government in any wise relax its energy in the arrest and punishment of crime, I would have a thousand-fold more energy put forth in the digging up of the foundations of iniquity. I am glad to know that recently our cily has been cleansed of @ great deal of political vermin, and yet they is not all gone. I see them ‘stili prowling around your City Hall. (Langhter.) They are s bloated, loathsome, blasted, polluted, lecherous crew—the disgust of all good men. Somehow in the grinding of the political machine they come on the top of the wheel. The democratic party would have us believe that that kind of men belong to the republican party, and the republicans would have us believe that that kind ef men belong vo the demo- cratic Paty, They belong to both, It was illustrated at the last election in New York, where the two politi- cal parties, rousing themselves up to the fact that they ought to have some great reformer, joined together and elected to the Senatorial chair John Morrissey! (Laughter.) Ob, I demand that the Christian people who have been standing aloof trom public affairs como back, and im the might of God try to save our cities, If things are or have been bad it is because you have Jet them be bad. It is not the ballot that decides the election; itis the political caucus, and if at the pri- mary meetings unfit men are nominated then the ballot box bas nothing to do save to take its choice between the thieves. In our churches let us try io every way to tone up the moral sentiment in these cities. So long as pure hearted men stand aloof from politica just so Tong will rum make the nominations, control the ballot box and inaugurate officials, HANSON PLACE BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. Dr, Fojumbe, of Boston, preached yesterday morning in the Hanson place Baptist church, Brook- lyn, by spectal invitation, The preacher took his text | from the 110th Psalm, verse 3:—“Thy people shall be willing offerings in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.” Why does God show His love tous? It was that He might produce love in us; that He might create a power which would never cease to exert its influence throughout all time. There is a power of reformation in haman nature, but the root of | the evil they can never cast out; this meeds divine power. That power is inthe person and werk of our Lord Jesus Ubrist, All true conversion must, there- fore, be first from the power exerted by Jesus Christ upon the buman heart, the love of Christ begetting in us that which we have lost through the fail—a true love of God, and after that a pure love of man. To be- get and to perfect character 1m man is the great work of the Lord Jesus Christ, The idea of the text is, that while religion is a unit of one trath, it has its varied ities, Beauty is the expression of the pure and of the roe! in sentiment and in life. Itisan assemblage of excellences indicating the presence of the true and the good This word, ‘‘holiness,” we, as Christians, leave out a great deal too much our religious vocabulary. We consider it to be almost im- practicable. That is nosso. Itis Kade cery | to a spiritual life and a supreme trust in the God of all He comes and fills the whole orb of my faculties until Ke becomes the only aim of my lite. We forget that good will and good pature enter essen- tially into @ Christian lite. I would not gives cent for have him sprinkle the saving water from the font? It ; ibdid good to her, She felt that | all the world. “And they brought young children to bim, and he did teach them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them ; but when Jesus saw it he was | much displeased and said unto them, Sutter the littie children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of | such is the kingdom of heaven.” Of such, however, said theology, was the Kingdom of damnation, And again, from Matthew, Xvi, 1—‘‘At the same time came the disciples unto Jeses, saying, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven ?’”’ And Jesus called the man who is not penctrated by it tnrough and through. Love would become the grand principle of life, and love becomes holiness and holiness love. There is a happy unconsciousness econ kan it Charttable are unaware of the good they do The reverend er here gave several illustrations from the Bible of tho beauties of holiness. He showed how faith was exemplified by Abraham, meckness by Moses, praise by David and morality by ‘that rigorist’? James, Putting all these examples together we should bave an idea of perfect morality. NOT DEAD YET. & little child aud set him in the midst of them; and Said, “Vority I chen tnd except ye ve converted and become as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever, therefore, shall hurm- bie bimeelf as this little child, the same is greatest in the kin, of heaven. And who shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me, But who Shall offend one of these litue ones which believe jn mo, it, wore better for him that depth of the sea.” It was true they wore born into the world where they were liable to mi , and ip that respect they hot differ from the planting of the seed in the earth. ¢ plant was liable to be destroyed by many adversaries. and vet bushandry was @ fact, & about his neck and that be were drowned im the | representatior Eprror ov tux Hei 1 desire Wo state through the columns of your paper that some person, for apparently an evil design, has reported that I was killed on the evening of the 6th ist, This report was carried to my employer, Mr. Owen Jones, No. 169 Fighth avenue, and oth and has caused considerable grief among my friends. se re false, and I desire to inform my acquaintances that I am still ving, and can be found at my old residence, No. 70 Oak street, Greenpoint, Respectfully yours,’ Captain A. W. BECKWITH, Jate United States Army. Gaesnromr, L. L., Jan. 8, 187 THE COURTS. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Bixby. A DISHONEST HACK DRIVER. ‘Thomas Nieholas, a newly arrived German emigrant, employed Michael Du Bois, a hack driver, to drive him from Cortlandt street to the Grand Central depot. For this Da Bois $5, which Nicholas paid. The latter also gave to Du Bois $2 wherewith to purchase a railroad . He never returned with the money or the ticket. Du Bois was arrested, and-yesterday Judge Bixby held him to answer. WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Before Judge Kilbreth. A VIOLENT WOMAN. ‘The ofMcers of the Fifteenth precinct on Saturday evenimg made a raid on the street walkers and on those beckoning from windows to pedestrians on the $300 bail for future good behavier, Among the number arrested was Hattie Wilson, aged about twenty-five Hattie was very violert and fined $10, and required f give $500 ball in an e orl a to remain three months on Blackwell’s Island, She was taken down stairs and placed with the other prisovers in the women’s cell A few mo- ments afterwards she became very disorderly, and the i gers Officer Flemming entered the cell to take Hattie out, but she suddenly picked up ® chair and smashed all the windows. re the officer could get at her, the cell bein, she had upset the stove. She was officer and taken mto the sergeant’s room. Officer Flemming searched her stocking and found a pair of new scissors, Then panies up, and, seiz- ingachair, made an assault upon the r; but he got out of the way, and she dashed the chair through the window. She was again secured and handcuffed. On being taken to the ‘Black Maria” she again broke out into a fearful state of violence, and when placed in- side kicked out a panel of the van. She was taken out, the other prisoners in the van being terrified with her violence, and finally Sergeant Berghold and Oflicer Gragsick took her to the Tombs on a car, SUSPECTED PICKPOCKETS. Joseph H., McMulleck was held in $300 for assault with attempt to steal The prisoner was found in Vesey street attempting to pick the pocket of a pedes- eto Lynch was held in $300 for attempting to pick the pocket of Mr. C, W. Fuller, on Fulton street. A STABBING AFFRAY. Francis Puntry was held for further examination and evidence for severely stabbing Jacob Vix. Pantry was arrested by Detective Cunning, of the Twenty- ninth precinct, who made the complaint, Vix being unable to do so, ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. At the Essex Market Police Court yesterday Judge Kasmire disposed of twenty-four prisoners, There were no offences of a serious character. The general court work, formerly transacted by Sergeant Smith and the court squad, was accomplished by the at- tachés of the court, The three officers left at the court—Nevins, Bloodgood and Horbelt—were preseut, but did no court work. POLICE COURT NOTES. At the Tombs Police Court yesterday Louis Clark, of No, 199 Chatham street; Bartholomew McGough, of No, 49 Laight street, and Gustav Pfleger, of No. 15 New Chambers street, were held to answer for violation of the Excise law. POLICE COURT FINES. The following is the complete list of fines reported by the various police court clerks for the month of Decem- ber:—First District Police Court, $967; Second district, $1,182; Third district, $787; Fourth district, $647 50; Fifth district, $213;' Sixth district, $35. Total, $3,771 50. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Surreme Court—Cuamumns—Held by Judge Bar- rett.—Nos. 66, 80, 89, 108, 183, 136, 137, 138, 147, 150, 158, 160, 161, 162, 195, 197, 207, 212; 224) 272) 281) 289) 301, 802, 304) 305; 308, 807, 810, 312, 313, 314, 415, 316, 817, 818, 319, 320, 327. Surrems Covrt—Srectat Teru—Held by Judge Don- 1,2, 4, 9 11. Law and 153, 158, 154, 157, 159, 164, en 203, 208, 210, 216, ohue.—Demurrers—Nos. 16, fact—Nos, 53, 130, 137, 161, EEE te § to inclusive, ag ats Court—Grngrat Txrm—Held by Judges Davis and Brady.—Nos. 165, 127, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, a 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 116, 1605, 185, 186, 187, 188, Surreme Court—Cincurr—Part 1—Hel@ by Judge ‘Van Vorst.—Nos. 807, 3845, 2181, 2119, 407, 1679, 1641, 3886, 2201, 1629, 2043) 1989, 2321, 1822, 2118, 2235, 1127, 2091; 2201, 1679, 1563}, 78, 1463, 1055, 2157, 3834. Part’2—Held by Judge Westbrook.—Nos. ‘3904, '906 \<, 2706, 1648, 630%, 1028, 1536, 1454, 168, 698, 2204, 1284) 1514, 1176, 344i, 225, 236, 02, 982, 4523, 2014, 3600, 1522) 4224) 4228, 4087, Part 3—Hoid by Judge Lawrence. —Nos. 3589, 9883, 4005, 363, 3377, 1547, 4198, 1431}, 3922, 4009, 978, 1119, 1128, 4229) 4230, 4251, 4232, 4233, 4125, 1244, 4234, 4227," Rivenei Sureniok Court—SreciaL Term.—Held by Judge issues of fact—Nos, 28, 3. aries Count—Grrrral. Trnu—Held by Judges Curtis and Sedgwick. —Appeals from orders—Nos. 1 to Tinclusive, General calendar—Nos, 2 16, 28, 20, 34, 35, 42, 46, 49, 50, 52, 57. Surggior Court—Triat Tsrm—Part 1—Held by Judge | Monetl —Nos. 575, 751, 1401, 805, 781, 1811, 965, 1675, 1743, 689, 879, 863, 741, 709, 1217, bart 2—deld by Judge Speir.—Nos. 956, 958, 942, 614, 1300, 718, 924, 536, 916, 928, 1534, 618, 954, 1320, 584. Common PLRasS—GuxeRaL TeRM—Held by Chief Jus- tice Daly and Judges Kobinsonand Larremore —Nos. 2, 9, 44, 50, hr] 52, 90, 159, 161, 168, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 150, 1% A beth Pixas—Equity Term—Held by Judge Joseph F. Daly.—No. 10. Common PLeas—TRIAL TeRM.—Part 1—Held by Jadge ‘Van Hoesen. —Nos. 696, 1245, 611, 1999, 1062, 1150, 1093, | 72844, 601, 1318, 2122, 109644, 777, 881%, 572 Part 2— Held by Judge Van Brunt —Noa 715, 799, 1522, 1293, 1294, 1395, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1800, 1801} 1302) 1303, 1304. 5 pai § a se Sacre by end justice Shea —Nos. 6153, 61 61 73, 5220, 5970, 6045, 5106, et 3536, , 4805, Part 2—Held by Judg Sanford.—Issue of law—No, 7. ¢ McAdam, —Nos, 3696, 3738, Yi, 6339, 3749, 3751, 6214, 1865, 3025, 629" Soe 8765, Bart eld ty J Sheridan. — Nos, Fis0, 6019, 5496, 5723, 6125, 5426, 6900, 6348, tear, esas, ‘5985, 6008, 5031) 160, CooRT OF GENERAL Sxssions—Held by Judge Suther- land.—The People va Henry Starr, robbery; Same ve. Wiiliam Harman, felonious assault and battery; Same ys. John Kehoe and William O’Brien, felonious assanit and battery; Same vs. Mary Blank, felonious assault and battery ; Same vs. Thomas Reilly, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Rody Brewer, burglary; Same vs. Denis Crowley and William Hays, burglary; Same vs. Henry Williams, grand larceny; Same vs Mary Pritchard, grand larceny; Same vs. grand larceny ; Same vs. James Wright Same vs, James Brady, grand larceny; vs. James Driscoll and John Dorcey, } tools ; Lyman Bullard, gambling; Same vs, Catharine O'Neill; Same va William Williams, assault and battery. A PECULIAR CUSTOMS CASE. Messrs. Day, Austin & Co., No, 99 Dey street, agents for Kron, Reim.& Co., printers in London, recently im- ported to this city a very large quantity of Centennial almanacs for one of the largest insurance companies in this city. The almanacs are exceedingly handsome and show the most interesting phases of our Revolu- tionary history. The question now in dispute is whether the Centennial almanacs tm question shall pay a duty of thirty-five per cont as manutactured paper five cent as printed matter. The matter 1s of the Sec! of the Treasar; ter. It is said that this class of id duty ew Yor! GERMAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. The German-American Independent Citizens’ Associa- tion of the Eighth Assembly District held a meeting Jast night at No, 77 Essex street, Mr. John Kuechmann | in the chair. Mr, Hugo Gorsch was ananimously elected president of the organization for the coming goods can be imported, on and sold here as Gfteen per cent below prices. year, John Koerber first vice president, F. Hildebrandt second vice president, John GQ Boekel recording secre- tary, Charles A. Schooff financtal secretary and William Dippel treasurer. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Central Organization:—Joha Kuech- mann, Henry Montag, F. Hildebrandt, ignatius I. Gluck, Conrad Krausch, William Ott, Hugo Gorsch George Boeckel, Frank Peyser, B. Gunst, Jules Schy Jacob J: Herman Haine, Jobn ©. bea William Dippel, pol O, Koenig, acgustes Berbert, A ©. Bidinger, 3. Cohen, Jacob Stein, Victor ys A. Schoot, John Koerber, Col. bon ng Dorbvecker, Henry Fry, George Bayer, F. Finck, ad. ' Walter. Charles ° Tertsch, Christian Hoefling and Charles Diefteubach. Members of the Executive Commi Gorsch ——, ROKE HIS LEG. William Knowles, aged twenty-two years, employed on the steamer Adriatic at pier No. 52 North River, had bis right leg broken yesterday by ® chain while endeavoring toneeure the steamer to the dock, MASONS AND THE CENTENNIAL, ABBANGEMENTS FOR THE GRAND CONCLAVE OF ENIGHTS TEMPLARS AT PHILADELPHIA— OBDERS FROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Purapecrmia, Jan. 9, 1876. The following are the instructions issued by the General Committee for the grand reunion of Knights ‘Templars, under the auspices of the RK. Grand Com- inandery of Pennsylvania, to be held in this city om the 18th of June, in commemoration of the one hun- Til participate in he 0 who them. The five days before the comm: ond will require to be u by the Snapent Com and filed personally by the Eminent Commander at ly Philad ta, arate rea advise the time of their arrival nd:the rond by: eA “hog wilt come, and @ proper escort will be awaiti em. ES ‘Detach ments commanderies and individual: knights representing commanderies must come prop- erly pcos ory and onxted for, or they cannot be re~ cognized. Individual knights must Join somo organ ized commandery. 4. The entire entertainment of the Abner J knights: bas been undertaken by the commanderies of Philadel~ phia—vin., Phiradelphia, No. 2; St John’s, No. 4; No. 29; Mary,’ No, 36; St Alban, No. 47; “Corinthian Chasseur,’ No. 53, and Kensington, No. W. D. 54 At their solicitation this honor has beeo assigned them, This committee reserve Thursday, June 1, 1876, for the parade, installation of grand offi cers and reception and promenade concert by the Grand Commandery. & Only the regulation uniform, as prescribed by the Grand Encampment of the United States and modified by that body at New Orleans, or that authorized by the Grand Body ander whose rage beg: omar pate P ry or priory may work, w: perm: ra earth tne ihe parade, formation and route will be issued in due time by the Right Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Pennsytvania,, Sir Charles H. Kingston. 1 The committee are endeavoring to accommodate those who desire to go into an encampment to do so; should we be successful notice will given of the fact, 8 For the information ofall, the committee would that the International (Centennial) Exhibiti wit open in the city of Philadelphia, on May 10, 1876,, 9 Attention is called to the report of the Committee on Hotels and Railroads, which is here annexed, 10. Tne Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania will pen its twenty-third annual Concave in the Masonio Temple, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, May 30, 1876, at eight o'clock P. M. ' Immediately afer the openin; the Grand Encampment of the United States will received, Wednesday morning, May 81, at ten o'clock, annual election of officers and transaction of the business of the Grand Commandery. ‘Tharsday, June 1, grand parade at eight A. M., to be followed by installation of grand officers and promenade concert and reception in the evening, "11. Owing to the great dissatistaction resulting there- from the committee have decided that there will be no competitive drill. 12 Commanderies visiting from the West, by way of Pittsburg, will be met and escorted through the State by the commanderies in that city, Allegheny to bp adelphia; those coming by way of the North, by the commanderies in Towanda, Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Mauch Chunk, Allentown and Easton; those from the Northwest, by the Commanderies in Erie, Corry, Bidg- way, Lock’Haven and Williamsport, By order of E.Sur William H. Eagle, Chairman. . SirCharles H. Batchelor. F. Sir F. C. Garrigues. E. Sir William H. Castle. &. Sir Michael Nisbet. E. Sir Constans Curtin. E. Sir Andrew Roveno, X. Sir Richard G. Oellers. . E. Sir E. B. pe acar te Graud Treasurer, Treasurer, Cuarues B, Mrver, Grand Recorder, Becrotary. General Committee of Arrangements of the Grand Commandery. REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTER ON RAILROADS AND HOTELS, To Toe GENERAL ComMiTTER ov THES GRAND ComMAND- ERY, &C, : Ata mecting of “The Committee to Make the Neces- sary Hotel and Railroad Arrangsen(s for Visi Knights Daring the Reunion,” held December 21, 1875, the aye ele dete ng a +4 = commanderies ‘Who apply for information in regard to trans} tation, that they apply to the general offices of were nearer railway as to the prices of excursion tickets; that this committee are assured that a very low rate would be given—in some cases one fare, or one and one-fifth for the round tickets for knights and their ladies; that this committee will use their utmost endeavors to procure such a reduction in the rates as will be satisfactory to all; but that it is impossible for them to secure rates here for all the points from which commanderies will come, Therefore, commanderies will be better accom- modated by applying, as requested above, to their nearest ticket offices. Arrangements have been entered into with the Cen- tennial ging House Agency (limited) for the accom- modation of the visitors. The preparations are on a scale commensurate with the importance of the occa- sion and for the entire comfort of the guests. Coupon tickets will be piaced on sale by the agency in various parts of the country, which will be received by the householders in paying for board furnished. The purchaser will be met while on the train approachin, the city by a messenger of the ageney, who will hand him a card as a letter of direction and Introduction to the quarters assigned him, which he will find vacant and ready for his reception. The whole system of rooms will be ander one general nt, the city being divided into such number of districts (each in charge of a superintendent), as may be required is peo proper handling and transaction of business. ‘om the facilities already at the command of the agency it is expected that quarters can be provided for from 30,000 to 40,000 persons daily. in view of thf above facts and of the facilities already at command the agency is prepared, take the entire contract for supplying the accommodations. They agree to supply comfortable accommodations in private houses equal, if not superior, to those given at any hotelinthe city, at an expense ranging from $2 to $2 50 per day, and will give two full meais, consisting of breakfast and supper, with comfortable and clean lodgings. Commanderies who desire further information or quarters will address William F. Allen, Secretary, Cen- tennial Lodging House Agency (limited), No. 1,010 Walnut stroct, Philadelphia, who will answer all ques- tions in reference thereto. MORE FILIBUSTERING. News was current in this city yesterday that a ves» sel would soon leave this ora neighboring port fora point on the coast of Hayti, laden with rifics and munitions of war, A HeRavp reporter in conversation with a prominent Haytian obtained the following state- ment;—‘‘I have every reason to believe that the report. 18 strictly true, but the matter is being conducted with u secrecy, and only two or three agents of greatest the revolutionary party are aware of the vessel’s name. The munitions of war are going by a sailing ship and Rot by asteamship. The revolution which is now about to be carried on in Hayti ig a mere continuation of the uprising last year of Generals Biron Canales, Monplaisir Pierre and Brice. The two latter lost their lives, and the former took refuge with the American Min- ister, who refused to surrender him to President es. Two months ago General Canales was to leave the isiand and go to Jamaica, where he ig now organizing for a ronewal of the revolution. He is reported to have received & sum of money from the merchants of Port au Prince, to carry on his projected operations, The Vico President of the Republic of Hayti, Rameau, a nephew of President Domingues, has et ho foam = foceag the People on account of his arbitrary. the ple are also much with the President for ing made a secret treaty with and receivi oy Spain the decorat of tho holden Fleece! The government em- also presents of ko been for seven months. In short, vce! Gioeanemaanae prevails inthe Republic, Gen- eral Auguste Montassi is already m arms in Azua, with a large of men. I look forward to a renewal of anarchy im poor Hayti for a jong time to come.” INTERESTING TO PiGEON SHOOTERS. New Yorx, Jan. 9, 1876, To rue Rorron oy THe Henatp:— Having great confidence im the ability of Ira Paine, of this city, to defeat all comers, under such conditions as I should mame, at pigeon shooting, 1 issued challenge through the Sek Sth sy a atone duced who might be'in- meet bim, ‘with a specific ‘ition as te Bogardus—namely, fifty birds irty yards rise, English rules, | to find all a Cas rate im New York, ir. Bogard now comes for- ward and says he will Le Prairie Club rules, twenty-one yards for singlo and eighteen yards nse for double, What! the champion of the world at eighteen yards rise? That wili not do, Mr. Paine has fepeatedly to have Mr. Bogardus meet hii: thirty Jards i, ad good and Mr. B thas toe te otlen, oy bs or crook, avoided such cannot rd to wait any longer. Let accept the match, or say he is afraid Don’t beat around the bus! jogardus has a test, Ho