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THE SAUBATICS. WORK. Exhortations of the Preachers Yesterday. Prominent —— ICHER'S ALLEGORY. 3 BE MR. I The Work and the Winning Sou OUR ONENESS, WITH GOD. The Imputation of Bad Mo- tives Condemned. PLAN FOR THE REVIVAL. MASONIC TEMPLE. THE BAD POLICY OF IMPUTING FALSE MOTIVES DISCOURSE BY REV. 0. B. FROTHINOHAM. ‘There was a large attendance yesterday morning at | Masonic Temple, corner of Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue, to hear Rev. 0, B. Frothingham deliver bis usual Sunday discourse. A fashionable assem- Diage nearly filled the capacious hall in which services | are held. | THR After the singing of sever: Mine quartet and an eloquent prayer, B imgbam proceeded with his discourse. Dy narrating the incident of the wo who burried wildly through the streets of appropriate hymns bya | v. Mr. Froth- He commenced that ¢ torch in hand, When questioned as to what use she Proposed to make of the torch she announced that it was intended to burn up heaven and hell, so that the people could love God’ without having as motives fear of punishment or hope of reward. He also told the circumstance of the meeting of the sage and beggar, where the former responded to salutations of “Good day to you,” ‘Heaven prosper you,” ‘God save you’? and other greetings with answers to each that all such prayerfnl requests had been vouchsafed. The sage had lived righteously and telt that all blessings men- tioned by the beggar nad been already granted. He had performed his duties simply because they were dn- tit. Theend of all this was, felicity; wie end of everything else was death, IMPUTERS OF PALSE MOTIVES. ‘The speaker then went on to dilate upon the reces- sity of looking upon the consequences which might result {rom every act. Honesty was the best pol: We should not practise honesty alone for the r that it was the best policy, but i view of the ¢ quences resulting from ‘such a course. There were a class of people very fond of imputing false motives to their neighbors’ actions. Peopie who put the worst constructions on human nature were engaged in a work ‘of demolition; they would pul! down the angels them- gelves. The reverend gentleman then mentioned Kossuth, William Lioyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and Archbishop Craumer as men of noble motives, but who had been misrepresented by others, The martyr went to the stake because he was stubborn; the saint Bought heaven because he had no appetite for leasure, Thistles were hela before the donkey; he horse shouid have grain, Circumstances altered tases, One man’s pleasure was meat and drink; pthers enjoyed maguilicent houses, literary achieve: ments, high character and lofty social positions, A Eo difference existed between the man who grovelled the mire and the man whose character was felicity and sweetness. That was the heaven and hell of ex- fstence, It used to be taught atone time that the chief joy of the elect would be to look down and see the other part burp. That fiction was described as the greatest pleasure o! the devil. Those who looked to heaven for quiet gained pure blessedness. Tho Bensualist revelied in ab artificial existence of pleas- ure which no decent nan could accept. He did not ook to consequences beyond his own immediate sphere. If we always tracked consequeuces we would have around usa host of angela There were things to be afraid of and to rejoice at, Hope and fear bad | Deen designated as heaven and hell. The latter were | simply mythological notions—terrible things to De feared and noble things to be enjoyed, Hope snd tear were eternal, absolute, ever- | Jasting, endiess, We had angeis of’ terror | and angels of peace. Among thoughtful, educated | ple the mythological ideas of heaven and hell were | Rot believed any more. ‘The paint had been rubbed off, Hel! had been tiled in; there was no more fire and Drimstone. These dramatized forms of hope and fear had played @ prominent part in tbe history of the | world. Hell had been preached for hundreds of | years by priests and writers. Cathedrals had been | Adorned with pictures of the sheep on one side and the | wicked on the other. This seemed mere fiction. Sup- | ing ali such declarations had been cast aside, would fot hope and fear have the same salutary etfect upon the world? The time was fast coming when all these | mythological heresies would be dispelled. The ground- work of hope and fear was not fiction. | THE WORLD'S TEMPTATIONS. The reverend preacner then went on to describe the terrible troubles, temptations and obstacles that en- | countered us atevery step in this world. He sketched | the sufferings engendered m conscience, heart and | mind by the wicked. ‘This was hell. Then he painted in gidwing colors the pleasure of those who lived a som houorable and straightiorward life. This was | vance His glory, and if at the harvest time we ure dis- | covered worthiess 1t is because we have not done our | ven. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. BEV. MR. HEPWORTH ON OUR ONENESS WITH CHRIST—A PLEA FOR THE REVIVAL. ‘The usual congregation assembled in the Church ot the Disciples yesterday morning. It being the firs Sunday in the month the rite of holy communion was observed, to which service Mr. Hepworth gave his ‘sual liberal invitation. Twenty-two members joined the church—eighteen by profession of faith and four by letter. Mr. Hepworth’s text was St Jolin, xvii, 23, ® part of the prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ, The er we call the Lord’s Prayer is a misnomer; that is aform of prayer for us to use; but In Jobn xvil. we have ® prayer which Christ made for Himself These aro the words of my text—‘‘I in them and thou in me, that they may be made perfect inoue.” This has always struck me asa very remarkable sentence, because it | Indicates avery remarkable possibility—a possibility of which we should never Lave dreamed but for the Smpressive assortion of revelation. Christ intimates ® oneness between us and Himself as the con- dition of a further unity between us and God. It ts a unity of will and of purpose and of being; !t isa complete union by means of which our weakness is driven away through the presence of His strength; union by means of which we never neod be over- tome by evil, because when temptations press us bard we are permitted to borrow of God endurance and resistance, Brethren, it is a wondertul privilege to be able to look at Christ and enjoy all the preroga- ‘NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1876. of the living @ whole libraries of theological logic—you have | THS GIST OY THE WHOLE MATTRR | there. 1t is simple in its form, but infinite in its im- portance, Again, tobe a man of faith is to be a man of strength; and I say to you whoare out of the Church, ai conviction, unless you believe firmly in the Lora Jesus Christ as your Saviour and your Redeemer, as your eu in the present and your Master in the future, of God's Drst coinmands is, c upon to settle in the other world will be that questio! “Why did you not help the Lord’s people?’ 0! brethren, | do believe I cannot put this too strong); 1 wish to heaven that I coula draw you by coras of | love inte the Church of Christ. We are right on the eve of the greatest revival of re- ligion (I hope) that the couptry hax ever seen; a re- | hunter has crept in, Ido not | roast our game, Let us resolve to always work for an ise, for amo- | object, and keep that object constantly in view and do Vival conducted (1 hope) without excitement. beheve in arcepting religion simply bee ment, under the intlue: reacher’s eloquence, | You are in a religious are on eve of & the over the « Tevival that will probably | Whole isiand, and | put the quest rsopally and individually ‘he opportunity is offered ply spre to church members alone, but to every one—and the | obligation rests on all alike. Are you to do anything? | Is the Church of the Disciples to stand on one side of | the road and let the revival do the best itcan on the | other, hke the Levite? Or are we, like the poor maritan, to put the wounded on our own horse and seo that they are cared for? We are in dead earnest. If | the men women in this building this morning brow their whole weight with unanimity into 0 of Christ the fact would sweep the city in ‘annot we do it? Oh, brethren! ve us to do it'we should aith means strength, and we are to be one with Him in ne with Him in tHe hereafter. d f nd love; and, last! and we are to be PLYMOUTH CHURCH. BEECHER'S ALLEGORICAL READING OF pe | tasth | | MR. PAUL'S SHIPWRECK—BOWEN PICTURED AS A] and evil are mixed up not me VIPER. Perhaps nine-tenths of the three thousand people who | and the crowded Plymouth church to the doors yesterday ex- | the Church, for we are told that the cockle grew up in | women. pected that Mr, Beecher would make some allusion to the letter of Mr, Bowen, and, although the great preacher did not directly allude to his troubles, these curious and expectant people were not disappointed, The sermon was such a one as Mr, Beecher has preached a dozen times with slight variations, Taking for the text of his discourse two clauses—‘For he en- dured as seemng him Who was invisible” live by faith 4 Corinthians respectively, he expatiated upon the ad- Yantages and pleasures of the emotional and spiritual » of man as opposed to the animal or lower Lite. fie chief featurp of the service was the Scriptural I shipwreck and escape of Paul, as char- acterized by great dramatic fore and gesture the speaker gave a peculiar s the narrative, ‘The story is strikingly adapted to the present condition of Plymouth church, and the sug- estive manner in which 1t was read gave to it a mean- ing so unmistakable a through the audience, and the latter part of the jesson was listened to amid a silence in which the fall of a pin could have been eard. aul, it will be remembered, admonished the centu- Tion not to ship to Crete, because the voyage would be with much hurt and damage not only of the iading | Must exe His admonition | iM prayer lest we f and the ship, but also of their hives, was disregarded, however, and the ship was lost. Just before the stranding of the vessel I ishod the people upon it, telling the cen ldlers not to desert the vesse in the ship you cannot be saved,” Mr. Beecher at this point seemed to reach a climax | in his wonderful clocution, and there was no mis- understanding the lesson he meant to convey. The subsequent story of the loss of the ship and the safety of Ler passengers evidently made a striking impression upon his flock, which was deepened by the rendition— tone, expression of face and gesture assisting—ot the conclusion of the wrecked ones were landed on the island of Melita and a fire had beeu kindled, Haul laid a bundle of sticks | upon it, when aviper came out of it and fastened itself | upon his hand. And then, Mr. Beecher, with a force of | delivery in which one seemed to hear the murmurings of his own treacherous friends and the accusations of his open enemies. read the exclamations of the bar- Varians against “This man is a murderer, whom, though he bath escaped the sea, yet vengeance sulfereth not to live.’ Finishing the lesson he en- forced his own innocence closing the book and ut- tering in emphatic nd he shook off the beast into the fire and teit no harm,” The reading was not accompanied by a word of com- ment, but it carried with it «s own lesson, and re- red in the minds of alla new interpretation. Mr. Beecher was the apostie, Plymouth church was the | »; the great scandal was the sea through which it had passed, and Henry ©. Bowen was the viper which came out of the fire to sting the man of God, ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. THE PARABLE OF THE SEED—SERMON BY REY. | FATHER HOGAN. The Cathedral was crowded yesterday, the officiating clergyman at the last mass being the Rev. Father Kane. At the conclusion of the last gospel the Rey. Father Hogan preached a sermon, taking his text from the gospel the parable of the seed. The reverend gentleman al- luded to the fact that God had given man a will of his own, by which he could be guided either for good or evil. The presence of God was felt everywhere, He offers us His fatherly care, which may be accepted or rejected at will; and while we discovered that He was all merciful and loving He was also scrupulously just. Christ came to the earth not of His own will.” Hi Father sent him. “Not my will bat thine be done, It we would be His divcipies it was absolutely neces- sary to submit to the will of God Of all the creation | to inan alone did God give hberty, and if He has given | us free will we must yield to Him in everything to ad- | Guty. ‘The good seed mentioned in tho Gospel signi- fied conformity to God’s will, TUE NXCESSITY OF REPENTANCE. ‘The preacher urged upon the congregation the neces- sity of repentance, for continuance in sin would sooner or later awaken the wrath of God as in the instance of | counts all things as lost that be may gain Christ, say it with all deliperation aud as my Orm | s “Stand by my | ch,” and one of the first things we will be called | a propose | way? | earnest and resolute that God will yield the possessions sh Heaven—not | of heaven, and “For We | converted irom their ways. 4 not by sight”—from Hebrews and | until the harvest.” cher read from the niath verse of the | y apter of Acts to the fitth verse of | 08 the last day, y-eighth chapter, wherein is narrated the | onation | Proves ficance to | the prophets came false prophets, after the apostles | to send a ripple of excitement | This soon subsided, however, | ” you have that which ts better than | multitude up to a high enthusiasm, but, having accom- plished that, could not propose a single practical plan to be carried out. They roast not their game, I have known men who were wonderfully successful in laying founaations, but could not continve the erection of the | editice on which they have begun, The success of the called revivals which are now being carried on to ch an extent throughout the land is not to be judged by the nurnber of conversions which are | reported, whether they’ can be counted by the tens, twenties or hundreds. ‘The true criterion 's the num: ber of those who remain faithful to the new vows which they make. The days are very far distant when we first took the side of Jesus Christ, and each one of | | ue can alone tell whether he feels the old ease and con- | tentment remain in his heart, Haye we all kept our sacred promises to keep to our daily religious duties ? We probably began well; but the slothfulness of the Let'us beware in the future and nothing exclusively for self. Let us do whatever we do | for the glory of God. Let us remember activity asa transient thing and activity as a lasting thing. The latter is the secret of success in life, It is only to the b es | ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, SERMON BY REY, DR. M'GLYNN—THE ADMIX- TURE OF GOOD AND BAD IN THE WORLD. The high mass at St, Stephen's yesterday morning was colebrated by the Rev, Father McCready in pres- | ence of a large congregation. The music, under the | direction of Mr. Danforth, was of the usually high or- | | der for which St.Stephen’s has long been distinguished, | Immediately after tbe frst gospel the Rev. Dr. Mc- | Glynn ascended the pulpit and delivered a discourse on the parable of the eockle (tares) sown among good seed, | TUE SERMON. In this parable Christ warns His disciples that good | y in the world | Church, Tne good | society; that is but the one in His kingdom, bad here form | the midst of the wheat and go closely that there is | danger of rooting up the wheat “together with the cockle.”” This admixture of good and evil in this world con be traced to the fall of Adam, ‘The dark- | | nes# of the understanding and proclivity to evil on- tailed by original sin are painfully manifest in the ig- | norance and vice which areso common not only among the uneducated and the lowly, but among the intelli- gent and those in high places. Our Lord tells us how patiently with the wicked that they may be “Suiter both to grow By ‘the harvest” is meant the | end of the world. And He adds, “I will say to the | reapers gather up first the cockle and bind it into | bundles to burn; but the wheat gather ye into my barn,”” Phe angels sent by the Son of Man shall separate THE GOOD PROM THR BAD & The whole world seems to be ided into tife good and tho bad, to be| Separated only on the lust day, Experience that error comes aiter truth, for after | false apostles and afier Christ we are assured by Holy | Writ will come anti-Christ. The danger of rooting out the wheat proves how closely united together in the world are the sons of light and tho sons of darkness. They mix in society together and are not unfrequentiy closely united by family or business ties, By the king- | dom out of which sinners aro to be cast by the angels on the last aay is plainly meant the kingdom of God’s | glory. | y Surrounded, as we are, by ignorance and evil, we cise’ supernatural patience and be constant all victims to evil associations and | bad example, In tho epistle read inthe mass of to- | day the apostle tells us how we should act in this life if We would be gathered with the wheat on the last y Brethren, putye on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, with one another, forgiving one he Lord hath. forgiven you.” And “All what- soever you do in word or in work, all things do ye in the nate of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to | God and the Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ale, telliug how, after the ship. | CHURCH | tieth verse—‘‘He that winneth souls is wise.’” | hold, he began, a greater than Solomon is here. These OF THE HOLY TRINITY. THE WORK AND WAY OF WINNING sOULS— | SERMON BY THE REV STEPHEN H. TYNG, JB. ‘The Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of Forty-sec- | ond street and Madison avenue, was completely filed at the services yesterday morning. The occasion was one of more than ordinary interest, for, besides the usual Sunday exercises, quite a number of ladies and gentlemen received the solemn and impressive rues of baptism, Rey, Stephen H. ‘yng, Jr. preached a particularly appli- | cable sermon, characterized by nis usual sturdy elo- quence and earnest appeal. He announced as his text the eleventh chapter of Proverbs, and part of the thir- Bo- words are matchless. the voice of the Holy Ghost. It 18 the mossage of Jesus by See, then, friends, | that you do not turn an indifferent ear to such saint, for such a commandment it is asin to disobey. Notice the force of the peculiar term | used in this text and see how specific it is, Itis not | the word of a philosopher ora rhetorician, and not an approval of much talk about winning souls; the text of 1 of the day according to St. Malthew, describing | \isiom ig in the success, Yet does it win souls. Tho Spirit says tis wise, and he that employs it has re- ceived a divine wisdom. The whole gist of the com- mendation is in the result obtained, Uniess Christian , example wins souls it isan empty thing. That which the Spirit insists upon is the realization of a grand ob- ject. Dismiss from your mind all criticism upon those | ‘who save souls, The Word “win”? as used in our custom- | application has a bearing upon the game of chance, | there it isa very false application. Results ob- | tained by jugglery are never great ones. If this sol- emn service which we have just witnessed should be represented as a mode of winning souls, it would come | under condemnation just and right, Then it would be | JUGGLERY IN THE HOUSE OP GoD. The word “win” is used in connection with ; warfare; a city is surrounded, aud one side | or the other must win, The spirit of | God uses the word because the city of man is the man’s soul. Thero is another use of the word. Tne apostle in his epistie: to the Philippians says he This | more terrible sceptre. the barren tree which He ordered to be cut dowmand | field of salvation is open to every man. There are | cast into the fire. There was some good im ail fears to ve answered and doubts to ve dissipated before | | men, and the sad examples set by tho wicked , some mencan be brought to the fect of Jesus The | was oftentimes the means of stimulating others to | most general application of winning is when it follows Tepentance. Men must take the question of salvation | wooing, when each knows the sweetness of response, deeply to heart, and the lesson afforded by the Gospel | and the stronger brings another heart fair captive to was one that colid be studied to advantage, Our soul isa sacred trust, and God will require a strict | account of our stewardship. The field in which the seed is planted will cause our happiness or our ruin according to the manner in wh'ch we have used it, It we would be happy with God then mast we be | active and earnest, aud work diligently toward that end. Hoe besought the congregation to think of the | last day, and to make Goa’s will our only study | throughout life, THE MUSIC. Rossini’s ‘‘Messe Solengelle” in A minor was per- formed with a chorus of thirty-six voices, and seldom, his own, to be tenderly cherished’ in the highest rela- tion of life, Worldiy judgment counts the bridegroom wise. He that is wise to win souls 1s able to do any- | thing in worldly affairs. Such a man as Luther could have done anything. In the esteem | of God he is wise, for he is calling the children to God, to make the house full, I will never forget the thrili £ | feit when through my teaching a soul was converted and brought to Jesus. Ye will find it to be wisdom even before your own conscience. Ho is taking them from | the outcasts of society and making them worthy citi | zens. He is establishing them in integrity of purpos and of usefulness of examp!'e, I would look at this not | have us believe that life is chasing thistle- down and grasping bubbles. We have not , found it so, I know that Solomon said some very dolorous things about this world, and three times declared, “Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” I suppose it was a reference to those times in his life when his 700 wives almost pestered the life out of him. (Laughter) I would rather turn to the description he has given of religion, when he says, in another place, ‘Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace,” and it is reasonable to expect it will be so. Tadvise young women not to build their happiness upon mere social position, There have been no more scalding tears wept than those which coursed the cheeks of Josephine. If the sob of unhappy woman- hood in the great cities could break through the tapes- tried wall that sob would come along your streets to- day like the simoom of the desert, T have heard in the rustling of the robes on the city pa’ the hiss of the adders that followed in the wake. Oh! bow many rivalries and unhappinesses among those who seck in social life their chief happiness! It matters not how fine you have things; there are other people who have them Gner, Taking out your watch to tell the hour of ‘day some one will correct your timepiece by pulling out a watch more richly chased and jewelled. Ride in # carriage that u $800 and before you get around the parks you linect with one that cost $2,000, All that this world can do for you in ribbons, silver, gold, Axininster, plush, tapestry, wide halls, lordly acquaintanceship, will not give you the ten thousandth part of a grain of solid satisfaction, ‘The brightest glory that ever beamed from woman’s face ts the Teligion of Jesus Christ, I advise you not to depend tor happiness upon THE VLATTERIES OF MEN. It is a poor compliment to your sex | that so many men feel obliged in your presence wo | otter unmeaning compliments. Men capable of elegant | and elaborate conversation elsewhere sometimes feel | | culled upon atthe door of the drawing room to drop their common sense and to dole cut sickening Hatteries. They say things about your dress and about your ap- pearance that you know aud they know are false, They say “you are an angel.” You know you are not. (Langliter.) Determined to tell the truth in office and store and shop, they consider it honorable to lie to ‘The same thing that they told you on this side of the drawing room three minutes ago they said to some one on the other side of the drawing room. Lot no one trample on your self respect. The meanest thing on which a woman can build her happiness is the flatteries of men. Lalso charge you not to depend for happiness upon the discipleship of fashion, Some men are just as proud of being out of fashion as others are of being fashion. Fashion sometimes makes a reasonable de- mand of us, and then we ought to yield to it, 1 am glad the world is improving. Look at the fashion plates of | the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, ana you will find the world is not 80 extravagant and extraordinary now as it was then, and all the marvellous things that | the granddaughter will do will never equal that done by the grandmother. In Bible times fashion wielded a All the splendor and extrava- ce of this world dyed into one robe and flung over your shoulder cannot wrap the place around your | heart for a single moment. The gayest wardrobe will end in a shroud, Mr. Talmage concluded his discourse, urging his heurers to do all things for the honor'and glory of God, and they would by so doing win that crown of everlasting happiness that 1s in store for the righteous, THE REY. FRED BELL. THE SINGING PREACHER WILL REMAIN IN BROOKLYN--8ERMON ON THE OBSTACLES EN- COUNTERED IN CHRISTIAN WORK. ‘The Brooklyn Academy of Music was literally crowded from ‘pit to dome’ yesterday forenoon during the services whieh were conducted by Rey. Fred Beil, the singing preacher. The sermon was taken from the text, Genesis xxiv. 56—Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my ways.” He said:—Abraham, like a good father, got to know that his son Isaac was about to be married and he became anxious and naturally solicitous about him. He wanted his son to get a godly woman, and he called his steward, whom he told to go to his native country and get a wile for Isaac, Now, if we also had | somebody else to pick out our wives we would not have as much misery in our day as we have. Abra ham felt so much concern that he made it a matter of prayer, and it is right thatall parents should make the subject of their children’s marriage a matter of prayer. After referring to the mecting of Rebecca and Isaac at the well and their happy union, the speaker launched off into that | topic which was more pertinent to the text He | said it is well known by ali who work in the cause of | Christ that the work of God is a work of difficulty, | At every step obstacles are met which have to be over- come. “We who have set out to do this work alone can tell how many were the difficulties and the failures we have encountered. Many have become discouraged thereby. Ihave learned that though the way may be full of obstacles in accomplishing the end, we are no worse for tailing in trying to succeed, e as an illus- tration the man who is under training for some athletic | exercise. When the time for the trial comes there | must be one of the two competitors for the prize who willlose, The loser has not lost all. He has gained } strength for life by an increase of muscle and physical | development. The real merit, st has been said, is not in success, but in the endeavor that we have made to find that success, 1f we keep on our way with buta single eye to God’s glory, we shall at last be rewarded | and honored, Some people will, nevertheless, say, “I | would rather not try if 1 cannot succeed.” Do not be s0 foolish as to let every breath of opposition retard | and discourage you in your duty. 1 am the most ener- | getic when opposed, and it 1s the very thing thatis | making us more useful in honoring Christ. God’s | work will be hindered; but let your moito be, ‘Hinder me not, seaing the Lord has prospered me.” THE USK OP ENEMIES. j God uses enemies for the advancement of His king- dom. They bring out charity and patience in our na- tures, and prompt us to the exercise of all the Christian graces. We are to love our enemies, and I don’t know | a better way to show our love for God than to forgive them; treat them kindly and show that we desire to do them no hurt. Wherever we go we shal! find those | who are ready at all times to scoff and ridicule religion— not to make little of the pecularities of this or that croed or of the minister, but to scoff at religion. God was the first Methodist that ever lived, because He did everything by method. Hence! am a Methodist. Better have some religion than none. An old man once said, “Laugh if you will, but you can’t laugh me out of heaven and my religion. For,” said he, ‘if I for- sake Christ and goto hell you cannot laugh me ou”? | THE LAZY PROPLE OF RELIGION. “Hinder me not, seeing that the Lord has prospered | my way.” If God blesses us it is simply that we may | biess somebody else. When we are being useful we have evidence that God is prospering our way. God does not literally speak to us, but He does by circum. | stance. Every movement of our hives is His provi- | dences. When God gives us favor in the eyes of the people there is an indication of prosperity. Another is when souls are by | brought out of darkness | into the sunshme of His boly life. Bat in @ variety of wi there are hindrances that are always coming. | Lazy Christians are among the greatest hindrances to | religion. They chill you by their coming, There are | mauy Christians, on the other band, who are doing great work for reMigion, who are unknown to the eye of the Church. Prosperity will be hindered if you | neglect the means of grace. Still, lazy Christians get ino heaven, but it will take them a long time to get afever, has that grand composition been rendered as the office of the ministry or the function of the | there, There were two snails in tne ark, and old Noah | with such completeness or with more telling effect in this city. Indeed, it 18 rarely pertormed owing to the | many difficulties surrounding its proper tnterpretation. These were ali satisfactorily overcome yesterday, and | Jesus’ reflected the bighest praise on the painstaking and skilfal organist, Protessor Gustavus Schmitz, who has | as Drought the Cathedral choir to # state of perfection well worthy of example. The solos that fell to the lot of Mme, Bredeili, soprano; Mme. Unger, contraito; Mr. | Bersin, tenor, basso, were all artis | cally rendered, « ‘4 largely to the suecess which attended the production of Rossini’s great work. ‘The services terminated shortly after twelve o'clock. TRINITY CHURCH. Sives that flow from that fact to look at Him, not | TB SLOTHFUL MAN OP PROVERBS—SERMON BY Simply asa historical hero, but asa vietor over death, | the world’s schoolmaster ana your redeemer; and | own obedience is the certain consequence of that of affection, and it is but the bigh road to further (mtimacy. We trequentiy im our love expand in oar power of appreciation; the more we have the more we | want, and the larger our ability to appreciate and com- | each other, There is no end or limit to our | of the life and death of Jesus Christ. | | | | i ren, another thing follows, in which you take great delight. The fact that we are per- sit daily at Christ’s table and eat of His iood ly. The fact that every day we can sit and hear Him discourse of His own experi- to us, by slow degrees, a larg portion | ly and awider scope of thought and a profounder | of sympathy. Though we may never nope to set om His throne, yet the fact of His friendship litte us Above the peasant’s destiny. rt must be done for individuals b; \- Lot ua look at this unity which Christ prays for, We Siothful man is a punter. To bewhunter ono must | Privars it wor at the other day that Maceo | tre vo be one with Him, {rst of ail in faith. Faith is possess many of those atthibutes which go to make up | test a Christian in this way:—A poor young man had | of the fundamental doctrine. See what Scripture a strong character. The slotbiul man hunts for amuse- | nm into ein, and I asked a man to help bring him 16 “When came unto the it of ment, but he ts too slothfal to roast his game, Sloth is Christ. He said that there was no society to meet his Desarea Phillipt Asked his disciples, saying, not merely inactivity, but inactivity as regards duty | cage. This is the way men wot representa- Whom do men say that lam? They said, Some say , and obligation. It is a sluggishness which results in | tives of Christ, an individual for an indivi When that thow art Joho the Baptist; some, Elias, and others, neglect of duty. A slothful man is not slothful in | you go to a soul expect to be successful. Go with the Jeremias or one of the prophets.’ Evidently the | business. Wo find in this text nota full description | certainty in your heart that Christ 18 going to give you people had been talking about this subject. They did | of such a person, but many of his admirable character- | that friend. Make the trial Come, be married to ot think God had created anything new; they sup- istics But all action has its limit. We know that Christ till death you do part pored that God bad brought back one of the old | many ap gd Crag 4 are Loy a yd no good | -_—— to do 4 special work. But Jesus said:— or services! purpose, but merely for recreation | yethatlam/?’’ And Simon Peter said:— | and amusement of a certain class of men known as | BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. | “Thou art Christ, the son of the living God.” And | sportsmen. Sometimes men kill birds only withthe gap WoMEN OF BROOKLYN ADVISED—REV. 1. answered, and said: —‘Blessed of Christianity? Is it necessary yy theology st all? Yes; every man and whacover he thinks {s his creed; Wink aright, and you shall be- if you do that reason di z 3 to any church the to decide in the Jesus asked a be he ge etng Dern ‘nothing to de with your future? ink your wad dees cot run ip that direction. Delieve Thou art the Christ, the Soa believe Josus was only one of | # man, and so thousands of porary Do believe that | and someti cortain you ya mes even befor, the REV. MORGAN DIX. At Trinity church yesterday morning the Rey. Mor- gan Dix, the pastor, preached the sermon, taking his text from the Book of Proverbs, xii, 27—Tho sloth- ful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting. One of the most marked characters to be found in the | Scripture, said the preacher, is the slothfal man. He is found princrpally in those parts of the Bible relating to morals, The veree which 1 have just read contains @ remark concerning him which is worthy of consid gqit, Let no one suppose that this work of winning | eration. He roasteth not that which he took in hunt souls can be done in @ helter skelter way, ing. A-slothful man is not necessarily @ lazy person, He is active when engaged in occupations which are pleasant and sociable ia their nature, “ely. Generally this is spectal purpose in view, and who does not know how to carry on correctly what he has begun. All about us wo othing more | see much business being carried on without any fo! jemands that nothing | tous pi °C People in this coun! work as in no @ only apparent parpose with them is to ki ‘There are no prayers or public thanks for su men work because it other, In this text the | work. art thou, son of | intention of killing a certain number within a specitied | i] for flesh and blood bath not revealed this | time. All stch creatures are crucily slanghtered, and | thee, but my father which is in heaven.” | their slayers can be compared to the slothrul man’ who seen great many creeds in my life, but that | “roast not that which be took im hunting,’ but longest and best, the profoundest. Theological | kills merely with a wanton pleasure. r is hidden in these words) What is | There are innumerable instances where & man’s work ‘Becessary for you to believe when you come | goes on weil for some time and then falls away com- le tribatable to a man’s own | Ra, ‘Deing the result of his working without any | the effect of attracting to the Tabernacle an assem- official, but the privilege of ‘every one. Your own sel- | fisuness is laid aside and Your love is going forth to | lead to Jesus one who has been absent from grace, first, middie and last work was the | winning of souls. Hoe chose the ministry | His helpers. In the Temple He declared that He must be about His father’s business, | His work was to save souls. Itseerus to me that if l | were a carpenter I would feel nearer to Christ when I | | think of the days He spent atthattrade, It was for the | accomplishment of this single purpose that He suffered, | that Ho might remove all barriers between the Father and the sinner. Into this office of winning souls we | believers are permitted to enter ourselves. First sub- ; dued, we are permitted to help in His labors 1 have known those who have said they have no gift to speak on religious topics to others This is the one purpose of your redemption. The Lord has left us here that we may actin conjunction with Him. The words | of tbe text are not only an inspired opinion of Solo- mon, but they show that the winner of souls will be saved. That the love of God is not a thing, but a fact, Have you seen Jesus’ matchless form in this book? Does He come up to all your expectations and desires ? Have you fallen in love with Him? This is the first step for those who have the form of Godli- ness without the power. Come close to my personal Lord {f you would catch the enthusiast of His purpose. | This is the wisdom of adjusting the means to the ends, | | This ts the right work for the accomplishment of a re- | | i ! Tt takes: | time to become a SUCCRSSPUL SOUL WINNER, There are plenty who are ready for the great ie! success in winning souls has been in | t | DE WITT TALMAGE ON PLATTERIES, FRIVOLI- | TIES AND FASHIONS, The announcement through the advertising columns: that Rev. T Do Witt Talmage would commence @ series of sermons to “The Women of Brooklyn’? had Dlage so large that the building was filled to repletion, the fair sex predominating. The text chosen was— “She that liveth in pleasure is dead while ehe liveth” — comfortable to be rich. But at the death of sucha man, | and advantage her chief enjoyment will come to dis- 18 drawn be- there is no OF CONSTANCY. fore bim, and fer np w Some men have faculy of boing able to work a | of Brooklyn, appointment and death.” This was, Mr. Talmage ‘aid, @ most important truth to present to the women There are those who would | neglect a banquet that had to Some of ve them a lift to hurry them along to get in, us are snai! Christians who need a lift. Don't od has prepared. When we | come to our Father's table we look tor those who are absent therefrom. Attend on the means of grace and you will find it a source of grace. Exactly what every minister needs is the prayer of the people. This is | why I feel so strong this morning. The cruel hand | and laughing lip of the world have always been against the Charch, Oh! infidelity is the greatest offence against God. ‘‘Hinder me not,” THE MAIMONIDES. ‘The third grand entertainment of the season, held | under the auspices of the Maimonides Library Associ- | | ation, was given last evening at Lyric Hall, Sixth ave- nue, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets. Notwithstanding the rain, which poured incessantly, the hall was weil filled with ladies and gentlemen, the inclemency of tho weather apparently having but lit- | tle effect, Tho entertainment was opened by a lecture | on “The Tendencies and Follies of the Age,” by Hon. | Simon Wolf, Mr. Wolf is Recorder of the District of | Columbia, The lecturer was warmly greeted, and de- | | servodly so, as his remarks, though brief, were to ©: the point and exceedingly well put. He attacked | extravagance as one of the leading follies of the age, and the tendency to appear rather than to be, he said, rowing evil. He regretted that, our country made remarkable p' its material wealth and culture, the intellectual had _ not kept pace witn it, He eulogized the press as on of the t of ail powers, but was sorry to say that | it was too olten prostituted to the ends of personal and pany, ambition or spite. The age needed more of jaimonides and less of Moody; more of Beotheven and Mozart and jess of Offenbach. The second of the entertainment was a concert, the notable features of which was the ren- dition of the overture, “Egmont” (Beethoven), by Mra. Flora Foebrding'and Mr. Percy Strauders romanza, ‘‘Mignon" (A. Thomas), by Mra, Saar Menke rand fantasia, ‘Faust’ (Gounod), Fr. Bendel, Mrs. ‘ora Foehrding, and a quartet—violin, viola, cello and jano—by Messrs, Maurice Meyers, J. Goldsmith, Philip Roldscein and P. ete - entertainment was fp unequivocal success, and the com dispersed Jate in the evenixg more th: Trcted 4 ‘Tne ‘Library Association eee parior entertainments at their rooms, No. 160 Third avenue. The closing entertainment is an- nounced for April 2, at Lyric Hall. | much am I bid? Sixt; RELICS OF THE REVIVAL. Gathering of the Money Chang- ers in the Temple. SALE OF MOODY'S AND SANKEY'S EFFECTS. Reverence of the Faithful for Moody's Towel and General Grant’s Chair. CONTEMPT FOR THE FOURTH ESTATE. Pui.aDELputa, Feb, 5, 1876, ‘The revivalists, Moody and Sankey, revisited this city yesterday for the purpese of holding a final farewell service, and to assist in raising money for the new building of the Young Men’s Christian Association. ‘The meeting was held last night in the old freight depot, which had been the scene of their former efforts. The | crowd that filled the place was as large as of yore, and when 11,000 had squeezed in the reat foolishly waived about the outer door in the cold or sensibly went home, The services differed in nothing from previous ones, ex- cept that Mr, Moody pleaded earnestly for contribu- tions to assist in paying for the magnificent quarter of a million dollar structures the Young Men’s Christian Association are now erecting. Just previous to his leaving us betore, the evangelist had taken up a col- lection which reached the remarkable sum of $102,000, Last night he announced that he wanted another $100,000 for the same good object. That he did not re- ceive it need not bea matter of wonder, but he did raise $26,000, This was “positively ‘TRE LAST APPEARANCE in this city’? of these plain men who have drawn such mighty crowds to see and hear them, Accordingly this morning, previous announcement having been widely made through the advertising columns of the daily papers, the furniture and “effects” of the Moody and Sankey meetings were disposed of at public sale. The scene in the old depot church was an unusual one, Mr. George H. Stuart, Mr. John Wanamaker, Mr. Joshua L, Bailey and other members of the Revival Executive Committee were present among the crowd, instructing | the auctioneer how to proceed, how best to sell each article, so as to get the best price, “The spegtacle was a singular one in a place so recently used fof religious purposes, The money changers were in the temple. THE AUCTION, Promptly at noon Messrs. Thomas & Sons? auction- cer, Mr. Shaw. took his place in the pulpit where the the Word of God had been expounded. The sale was commenced with a rep lounge and chair from tho re- tiring room of the evangelists, These anda few other articles were knocked down at prices far above their value, MUSIC HATH CHARMS, A “cheap and nasty’ secpet from Moody’s room brought $75, Mr. Bailey purchasing. He also bought a gong for $1 with in the morning,” as somebody said, this being about the only use such a singular article could be put | to. Mr. Stuart also went in on gongs, buying two of tasse diaboljcal articles, one for $2 and the other for THE FOURTH FSTATE SNUBBED. “Now, gentlemen,” said the auctioneer, in an awful and impressive tone, “I am actually going to offer you the privilege of buying eighteen tables used by the newspaper reporters during the great revival! ‘Think of it!” He descanted further upon the rare oppor- tunity of securing invaluable relics thus afforded, bat could not raise any enthusiasm in the unappreciative souls before him. A carpenterish-looking twan, who was going around tapping the tables, seemed to be ap- raising them at their intrinsic valuo rather than as relics, He bid ‘Twenty-five cents.’’ Then the towels used by the revivalists were taken up, the auctioneer handifng them in an ostentatious reveren' manner, while he looked about htm for bid with a keen, business-like glance. He dwelt upom their priceless ‘value as relics of the evangelists, ex patiated upon the importance of possessing them, and asked, ‘“‘What’s bid on ’em ?’’ “Fifty cents,” cried one; ‘One dollar,” said another; “Two, “Three,” “Four,” and finally ‘Five dollars | apiece tor the two used by Mr. Moody,” was oifered by party to whom they were knocked down. “Now,” said the man of business, ‘here we aro, Here are the towels used by Mr. Sankey. How much am I bid? No family should be without ’em. How much? Twof Three? Four? do I hear five? Ob, five andahalf. Mr. George H. Stuart gets them, gen: 50 apiece,” 1?" exclaimed the auctioneer, in a dazod voice. “Can it really be? Do my eyes deceive my earsight? Ob! I hear thirty.” ‘He didn’t hear any more, so he bad to knock down the lot at that price. “Now, here are two platform steps. What article could be more useful in any family Twenty-tive dol- lars a piece, did 1 hear? Oh, it was only twenty-five cents, was itf? And he threw them away at that. MOODY'S PLATFORM. ‘Mr. Moody’s platform, from which he preached and pleaded, was then sensationally avnounced. “How i dolilars—$100, Shall I say $110?” (turning toward Mr. Stuart), “No, sir,’? said Mr. Stuart; “I won't bid against Mr. Bene for be intends to turn preacher, aud will want it)? Somebody else bid $110, however, and Mr. Bailey had to offer $125 to get it, which he did, manifesting great | pleasure when the relic was knocked down to him. MmoobY’s CHAIR. “The next article, gentlemen,” said the glib auc- tioneer, “is the identical cane seat chair used by Mr. Moody. Will you give $100 for tt?” Nobody would, but Mri Stuart offered $65 for it and got it “Now, as we have asimilar chair used by Mr. San- i for ity One hundred dol- key, how much am I lars? fifty ? then $30'"’ ‘Thirty-five dollars,” called good thing to ring himseif out of bed | the there cannot be anvthing said or done will be ding on Plymouth church por upom apy other church of the Congregational denvuination. Jt 18 declared to be in full accord with the powers of an advisory council, that when it shall arrived at its conclusions Plymouth church is bound by them, and can throw over all that 1s with which it is not in agreement witheGt in an affecting its standing as a Con, ional church. Im this position Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, of the Park Congregational chureb, who js also a lawyer, is in fulb accord with the lay members of the other’ churches. He said to the reporter that, until other rules of government shall have taken the piace of the decisions made in the cases of churches in Massachu- setls, those decisions are the recognized rule of the denomination in all cases to which they apply, They jeave Plymouth church as fully at liberty to act inde pendently after the Advisory Council shai) nave ad« | journed ‘as before the council was called, and @ | other church in the denomination is equally indepe ent, Therefore is it that so many are dissatistied with the special form the call of the council bas {The claim 1s that what the Congregatior | denomination needs at this time is official declaration, not by a council composed of t] friends of either one party or the other, but by | churches called indiscriminately to speak tor the denomimation at large, 80 the decision of council could have the gravity of a rule of govern) hereafter. ‘Then, again, they claim that the core of the trouble lin the Congregational churches at present is | the scandal and the diametrically opposite positions taken mm regard to it by distinguished members of the denommation. “That questior it1s claimed, does not, of necessity, come up ab before the Advisory Council, which may be called to act only on rules of government in cases of the desire of achurch to get rid of obnoxtous members, leaving thus the merits of the scandal untouched. For the above reasons they all hold to their former expressions: of judgmens, ag reported in’ the Hxnauo—namely, that a national counci! 1s the only form of gathering under which the more serious aspects of Congrega~ Honal troubles can be definitely and by authority settles + LETTER ROBBER CAUGHT. 4 THOUSAND LETTERS MUTILATED—THE DE- TECTIVES AT WORK. About six weeks ago Postmaster James was informed. that letters deposited in station E on certain dites weré missing. He immediately placed the matter m the hands of Special Agent Sharrett, of the Post (fice De- partment, and detectives were put at work. One of the carriers at station E was suspected. He was re- lieved by Special Agent Sharrett and transferred to the upper portion of that district, Immediately after hig transfer the compiaints ceased on the lower part of the district and numerous complaints poured in to station E from the new route to which Morris P. Bissiisky had been assigned, Postmaster James and Special Agent Sharrett de- voted their time and energy to the solution of thé problem. Officer Blackwood, of the First Police pre- cinet, who is detailed at the Post Office, was directed to work up the matter. Late on Saturday uight the carrier, whose name is given above, was arrested and | brought before Mr. Sharrett. The story he told was this:—My name is Morris P. Bissinsky; it wae my duty | to collect the mat! from the lamppost boxes ‘in the | district covered by station K; I was suspendes by the | Post Office Department ior not collecting letters trom | one of the lamppost boxes in my route, The prisoner was then transferred on a complaint made against him to the upper part of the district, as shown above, That transier was made for the purpose of testing him. For several days the mails were de- livered without fault Then the Postmaster commenced | to receive complaints that letters were missing front | the upper district, and on the route covered by Bissin- | sky, but there was no evidence against that person, | On Saturday, February 5, a registered letter was missed at station FE, and Bissiasky was seen at the rezistered letter desk a few moments before the theft took place. ‘A detective was placed om his track immediately. The letter was not delivered. Mr. Arthur Shook was then ‘ordered to watch the carrier. He did so, and at the re- — Special Agent Sharrett brought the carrier be- fore him. THE CONPRSSION. In Mr. Sharrett’s room Bissinsky confessed that he had been robbiag the United States mails during the rf two months; that he had stolen registered letters; ad torn open the envelopes of letters deposited in the street lamppost boxes, and had made use of the money contained in such letiers, It was found also by the dée- tectives that wnile the prisoner was under arrest and | im custody of Mr. Anderson, Assistant Superintendent | of the Post Office Department, he tore up and threw | from the window of a Sixth avenue car several letters which he had stolen. That work was accomplished by | slipping the stolen letters into valentines and destroy- ing all. What amount of money has been stolen | Postmaster nor Mr. Sharrett cannot now teil, but about | ONE THOUSAND LETTERS: have been recovered, and will be sent to their destina- tion by Postmaster Janes. The letters were recov- ered on searching the room occupied by the prisoner, ie said, “Don’t tell my family of this; it would breale the hearts of my father and mother.” It appe.rs that | the anfortunate man has been living away from) | his gga and been supplying two girls with money, kid gloves, scaris and neckties with” | the mon: stolen from letters placed in hia cl There seems to be no doubt that he pur. lomed registered letters trom the counter in stauon KE. He begzea Mr. Sbarrett not to search his hou saying that he would go there and give Mr. Sharret | everything, A detective was sent there, aud the fraginents of over a thousand letters were found. A great many of these letters had contained money; some had money orders enclosed, others had valuabla matter. The prisoner was sent to the First precinct | station house to await the action of the United States | Commiasioners, The robber has give jist of $125 im | money that he has stolen, and Mr. Sharrett has found @ check, drawn by Nancy A. Harte, in favor of A. T. Stewart & Co., for $27 12; a certificate of deposit by | Anna A. Watson, in favor of A. K. Ober, for $100; a , Money order issued by station E for $25, payavie at | taste and another for $40, payable at bis we | Ohio. * The prisoner hus confessed to having destro} many check and money eraera ang & ahen uae tees | ters that came into bis possession tnat were simply i | prencag in character and which were of no use to him, lany of those letters are now being put together by Mr, Sharrett, so that they can be forwarded to their | owners or returned to the writers. Each letter is kept inviolate. Among the débris are the fragments of hundreds ot letters whose writers can never be known. ‘The let fiend destroyed ake the appeals from sons and daughters to their parents for money to assist them; tore up the letters of condolence of friends to friend: out someone ‘Forty-five dollars, «$50, said Mr. core “Fifty-five dollars,” called Mr. Fields, and ere destroyed the missives intended to give sympathy wo breaking hearts, and he has wrought more misery and h * (‘desolation in American and foreign housebolds than “Lt is yours, Mr. Fields," said the auctioneer, can ever be remedied by the Postmaster and his earn: GRANT'S CHAIR. detective All that can be will be done by Speer Mr, Stuart arose and stated that there were many | Agent Shurrett to relieve the misery this letter thi THE NEW ENGLAND RECEPTION. The ladies’ reception of the New England Society will take place on next Wednesday evening, at Delmon- “+4 L Timothy, v., 6—“It tsa strong way of putting the | co’s, corner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, ig | truth that a woman who secks in worldly attainment | The preparations made by the committee are very extensive and as they wish to make this re- ception, on account of the centennial year, the most at- tractive and clegant they have ever had. Tne music will De by Bernstein, and ihe atair is looked forward to a6 the Rex} social event of the season, persons present who had come for the express pur- eof purchasing the chairs used in the body of the uilding, and he suggested the propriety of putting them up'atonce. “But before taking up the lot,” he said, ‘I desire to have a few of them disposed of singly feo was used by General Grant, President of the United States, during his visit to the depot on the 16th of De- cember.’” “How much am Ibid?’ said Mr. Shaw, “Five dol- Jars, six, ten, twelve and a half, filteon, seventeen and ahalf, twenty, twenty-two a halfi—no more? Ah, yes, Mr. Wanamaker bids $25—it is his!” And the announcement was receive! with enthusiastic cheer- ing and a remark from Mr. Stuart that if he hadknown © Mr. Wanamaker was the bidder he would have run it up mucb higher. ‘Some one asked for the one used by Mr. Wanamaker, and, this request being repeated by several others, one was selected, and the bidding on it began at $10. _ It. ‘was gradually run up till it reached $47 50, when Mr. Fields was annaunced as the purchaser. This was r ceived with as load applause as had been given to the sale of the President's chair, Colonel Thomas A, Scott's chair was then sold for $20 toa Mr. J. KR. Whitey, ‘The chair used by Colene! Frederick Grant was treated with silence, no one seeming to be anxio about its possession, and, as a last resort, the ehairs used by the Executive Committee were put up and sold tert Shoemaker for $14 piece, who took the entire BARTRANFT'S CHAIR was then taken up, but there was not so much sharp brain indulged in, and Mr. Wauamaker easily secured it for Mr, Blaine’s chair met with a similar fate, and was purchased by Mr. Fields forthe same sum. ‘The chair used by the clucf usher was taken up, and after being 8 #5 was ran up to $16 and dis- posed of to Mr. Stuart, who volunteered the opmion that he was the best usher in the country, Mr, Stuart said there were many more chairs used y distinguished persons, but he did not think jt worth while to point them oat, MOODY AND SANKEY. Tho finishing touches have been applied to the Hip- podrome, and to-ntght it will resound with the vigorous exhortations of Brother Moody and the stirring melo- dies of Mr. Sankey. The success which attended the meetings of the revivalists in Philadelphia has been simply wonderful in respect to the numbers that as- sisted them, and {t is confidently predicted by their friends in this city that they will achieve here a still greater reputation, A NATIONAL COUNCIL. CONGREGATIONAL OPINION CONCERNING THE ADVISORY CoUNCIL. Atthe Church of the Pilgrims, the Clinton atenue Congregational and the Park Congregational churches, yesterday morning and evening, the Advisory Council, called by Plymouth church for advice concerning re- cent rules of action on the part of that church i progress of its many troubles, was natu rally @ subject for earnest conversation both before and after service And in these conversations there was a marked difference in the positions taken, though amounting to the same in the end as compared with those of one week ago, Among those who incline to speak leniently of the present Now here is one that the committee guaran- | put up and | has caused, but 80 many letters are so badly mutilated that the names of writers and addresses are forever | destroyed, Superintendent Youmans, of the New York Post | Office, and his assistant, Mr. John Brady, were one gaged all day yesterday and last night in matching and piecing the letters and envelopes in order to forward or return them, Many of the letters contained phox | tographs, Some of them have been ruthiessly torn t¢ pieces, The prisoner was appointed about two years and, having a good reputation, was advanced from oné position to another, untilabout two months ago he had chance to begin his nefarions work. Some of the stolen letters are dated jJast December, Postmasvet James has expressed to Mr. Sharrett and his stall nia ‘atidcation upon the success of their work, which as occupied their attention during the last month, ‘and he is glad to know that of the 500 employés of the Post Office in New York only one has been found un« | worthy. ; BLOOD STAINS. In our articloon the above subject in our issue ot Saturday last, a list was given of the average size 0) | blood corpuscles in various animals. By an error an | additional cipher was added to the stated measurements of the dog, rabbit and Guinea pig. It should have | Fead —dot, 1-8200; rabbit, 1-3607, and Guinea: pig, i . | INJURED ON AN ELEVATOR. Henry Burhance, aged twenty-five, employed inthe | Buckingham Hotel, in attempting to get off tho steam | elevator while in motion, was Injured about the neck, He was taken to St, Luke’s bal, “KALYE. — | WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK OF THE 80-cALLED | SUBSTITUTE FOR SOAP. | To rue Eprron or THe HuRaLn; Seeing in your valuable paper a notice of the death of a child from ‘‘kalye,”” I thought that the public should be advised of the danger of having such a com. wand in their household. A package was left at my Rouse and found on the mani ag my youngest boy, He asked his oldest brother w it ah a be, not knowing the contents of the said ii | kind of sugar. Therewith the child di | in tt and | with it all | his pains; but & cooling remedy and | feared the child was poisoned. 1 think there should be | some punishment for one who thus scatters poison | th our city with no warning that would lead us to put it out of the way of nes, Froxcany 4, 1870, A MOTHER, “A READER'S” EXPERIENCE. Naw York, Feb. 4, 1878, To ty Eprror or rue Heraty:— Whilo reading the Evening Telegram (my fireside: | companion) last night | observed the death of a little | girl, caused by a substance called kalye, supposed to take the place of soap, that {; New York Chemical Works, a phos enish oie wie | found, #0 the paper stated. A of | left at my house, and the folks, of eourse, curious experiment, tried its effect ie Fon thotr ands that our little o1 tion of Plymor urch, the opinion sores, Te Bryon oy perte fae to call caly noch the place where tis polson ia ceath out m churches as oe be Qotiewed te be ta sympathy with | boxes to agense Jor distribution is No. 9) Warren street, Hts position, fey tho ceagon thats Dedong ? ” PAS - ReaD