The New York Herald Newspaper, April 24, 1876, Page 8

~PULPIT. PREACHINGS The Power and Influence of the Holy Ghost, :dation of it God gave His only and well beloved Sou to carry item. He jays under contribution the re- sources of the moral universe, Up its success the re- demption of humay seals depends; on it He has con- | centrated the riches of His grace and the might of His | omnipotence; to it He has pledged Mis word and oath, | and on it 1s Suspended His glory. It is a work of sav- ing aud restoring. Lt isdesigned to save men—all that 1s | _ Itas destractive only of Saian’s dark and dismal throm 1° USES DES only of sin | War against our It as the work ol saving wn cast into the Ls | mire, and making them sparkle again m His crown, It THE NECESSITY OF GRACE. | 1s the work orrescuing tie perisining trom eternal sinp- | | wreek, bringing buck prodigal ecbiidren, turning the nie Cleansiug through the desert wastes of falle | human tite, aud makin, | as the garden of God. Anglo-American Tribute to St. | Such work has been going on in our city of late with Uuwonted energy and untold successes. It has been George the Martyr. work. Few tongues have dared to deny its or disparage its value. The mouths of scoffers y have been for the Ume closed, It has not come about bs pitty, | by magic, not accomplished by wishing for a Muc - at7 prayer and the labors of faith aud zeal, of sell-sacritic- SHALL THE REVIVAL GO ON 2 | foz‘ove have been in st, Mr, Moody is no idler, but °. seif-forgetting wiler. It has been A BLESSED WORK. to deseribe the real joy na his lov jodies to sim A FEMALE EVANGELIST’S SERMON. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLE! THE HOLY GHOST—SERMON BY THE REV. GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. The Church of the Disciples was crowded to overflow- ing yesterday morning. The revival which bas com- menced in this city is to continue in this ¢ ‘h, and meetings are to be held every evening this week. Mr. will only 00 tickets wel wen oul tin) the night before abl represents the approximate 1 those Who profess to have experienced ro- . Whether the most of the converts will | irebes will depend largely on | T No tongue so eloquent as fit Preachers. | the grand swell of sacred song—simple mi | nd in the inquiry rooms, where the “Cbristiun And) ws they have — pleaded = with sinners | eries of His power to save, what clear and wonderfal | humbecs saved by this | | closin, that has been in it. The eng Infatuated Hearers and Pretty | listening to “the old, old story of Jesus | ple Words, But oh, how reviving and | Never shall we torget th Tho chief joy has bee workers” have labored day ahd night, with Bible in hand, among those seeking to know the way of ile, | What battles have been fought, woat victories won what holy surrendermg to Christ, whot glad diseov: conversions! None who in those inquiry | rooms wal ever jorget here. Thie | Ww getto heaven, Avent tend the | number newing ehurehes them. » Thero has a a great Work | L.P. Thateber, who bad charge of the choiratthe | in the i: fusing of new vitality mto the hearts of muti | Hippodrome, will lead the singing. Mr. Sankey tudes of profess ng Christ ans and im render ng more | veal and sul am ng the members of tended the services at this church yesterday inorning and joined very heartily in singing his hymns, which have become a prominent part of the serv’ Mr. Hepworth preached a very eloquent and earnest ser smon, taking bie text from Acts xix “Ho said unto God. Heretwiore | there has bee y talk about unity; | but the welding t ot hearts in the work ef the ‘ | | | different br inqu.ry room bas brought about an actua: oneness and personal sympa’ hy which never betore existed, SHALL THE Wor ¥ i them, Have ye received Holy Ghost since ye be- | | We say with all our ever; ” and shrivelied | . be the Nand that would stay its progress, scar | Heved? And they said unto bim, We bave notso : has not grown weary nor His hands weak. There 1 much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.” — no exhaustion of the Divine energies, uo declension of iy no reasonwhy | There hus been the oy ter th the Divine ke There appe Leps to be taken ia the Christian life, y ested by the question whien Paul asked and by the answer which Ts to be two very ii re is absolute: na ny portunities for U was. giv First, wo are to believo in the | Bow. Who wants the w ase? All the - m ot darkness, with Satan, the arch enem Lord Jesus Christ, and then we are & | their h he shallow-pated infidels, Whose boasts look with such supplication and such consecious- | have been shamed tor a time into sil the rum- ness of adaptation to God that His eye will rod | Sellers, some of whom declare that the medtings were waking a lnarked duniaution of their trad will strete Iis i heartily wished they might be the whole mass ip our direction, and He out and lay them on our heads, that we may receive therefrom | Pharisees,’ hypocrites an ationalixts, — wie the Holy Ghost, The whole doctrine of the pres- ave the jortn of religion, but not the eof this Third P ribs 4 a 4 life; the proud vligiouists who have ence of this Third Person of the Trinity and of His | jut’ the Canreh) as they call it, in government in human aflairs is to great many per- | Christ, ceremonies in the place of life, fons a mystery, It is not understood by those who | fmation stand for conversion, and who know nouung ae biitiee cadt alee i = of godly sorrow and saying faith beyoud the repeution ve never embraced religion, and I fear itis not thor- | of Gina liturgy. These have been troabled by the re- spreciated b; mtobe vival All who aro haters of God, ali who despise | Christ and who have a blind love for the service of the | World and 18 dark master wish the work to cease. | Grander maltitades want the yors and lor our trepida- r nd umi(tities fron His hands with) son ou and hesiiney, aud with just a shade of WHO WANTS IT w whetuer We have received itor not, bat th Every one who has been interested Ghost ts beyond our co: in it, who has felt the uphfung aud im- | yonu our grasp. We are not ouly im pelling power of its inspiration. The tens ot jul and Spiritual erreron this subject, thousands who have not yet made sure of sal- | but we fail to appreeute its practical value in vation, who have been listeung and debating, aud, everyday work. i want, with your permission, toex- . perhaps, seeking, but who are still left out They amine this subject sightiy this “morn- don't wintthe grycious shower of blessing to cease. ing, and God heip me “that J “may put tus | They don’t want the windows of heaven to be closed. important matter betore you who are ¢ ristts in waiting angels want it to go on, Above all, tho | such fisuion that you will Lot be suti , Son and Holy Spirit want it to go on. By its cutered ito the ‘tuliess of this & i is gloritied, Can the work go on? Goud help ut itin such aluring think there toa work i are 1 the ark of safety that you ma drawn into closer aud sweeter relations with the Saviour, aud your appreciation of bis grea! be Al ¢- ra and die; altar and janned by the Divine breath, It will not aie 2 in your behalf bequickened aud mereased, Now, — except it be on the altar ot your heart, by your neg- awl turn with 4 few moments to Join, lect. There 1s po natural cnd to such & work. Revi- | you will ind these words:—“Nevertheless, 1 vals cease when the workers allow their enthusiasm to » trath, dient for you thatl'go | cool, their faith to fail, their efforts to reach and re- yr if 1 yo not away the comforter Will not cusae | store men to stop. It will go on af you will go on ax you, butal Edepart Lwil send him ante you.” you have done. yy minnd bat as | ST. ANN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. | oe THE NECESSITY OF GRACE—SERMON BY REY. ntaing a cre 3 dis. vw of the cros Lmany important t | an tie Aspirations and faith and upward longings | Rey, Father Lynch celebrated high mass and Rev. vi the human heart. ‘They had walked by Hs side tor | yathe Wree yeurs, and more unrehable 1 found.” ihey had lost even the self-r rly possessed, und such was the een Jesus and their love fur Him that th ne to Haw ae er leaned on their Own judgment; 7 Sutuerly in Him; He was the Treated, shedd His lighttae snd wide inty all hearts, The. oifleant satebites, each within its but by the hand of tiples were walking bene 3. | | They had taued t0 understand ihe fact that Jesus FATHER BAYES. | was to build a kingdom that was not of this s *, porid; that its corner stone was to be lad | At St Ann’s Roman Cathohe church, yesterday, | James Hayes delivered the sermon, He read the Gospel of the day, John, » 9-31, aud spoke on | the necessity of relying on God alone to help us in the | struggle against the temptations of the world. He | said:—Tho sad experience of al who have struggled through the battle of life is the knowledge of their own | inability to carry out the fight, If we want to be suc- nL in ga:ning our eternal reward we must look | coud not be nee they had were out litle insig- wu circuit marked | b revoiyy in its own cary | © e arvund ihe vontre, and by law arawn and | beyond ourselves, and listen to the yorce of God and ept in place by Him. Ui theiseives they KNEW | 49 the teachings of His Church, Intercourse with aothing; they were utterly helpless. Whatsoover He | this ‘worl makes us forget all, our. obliga | withdrew Thin L period eit y were tho ons to God, and without frequent recourse to the: Taments we forget our Creator altogether and become most a ; udeut of men and yet ves WET w: $B US: way up tn our own conceit aud seltishness, Oar Fearing tg te Si gioat dhaden eee ae werld. It must virtue can oviy be secured by complete separation frou heeds be that a groat change came over them, ¥ thy Ju this Way we must set about ubtatuing must be changed mto men of vell-reiiance; IY, AI the eraces possible, That y be able to with. | men who disduined expediency and dared 10” sand the waves ol temptation that are continually wha was right. hoy were to be ating Up against US through this weary lite, co roes and deinigods, and it was tor this reason that, | he to vou,” Christ said to His disciples, a8 We read in | nt tpt nab haa en an sus saids— \ tue Gospel of to-day, and ineredujous Thomas put his jent for you that | gy away. IT remain ye hand into His side and cried out, “My Lord and my | me; ut bgol wit na thee otber com. } God.’ but bow van we expect that peace if we aro | not willing to make some sacrifice; if we will nob pause fora moment from the picasures and allarements of this world to ask that peace which God © it we throw ourse on His grace | ercy’ ‘The greatest sunts the world ever saw irom the worid and its temptations, and yet us live right on in iellow-hip with tt, to make the slightest sacrifice, aud im: dow save ux a-t moment and bring us to His home in heaven, Chureh tells us of whom ye have seare form with Bim ait intimate tr to you for ever power of th power of speech.” It seems a wonderful marvel doc itnot? 1 ha reat deal of syinpaiby with the poor disciples, 1 know how strangely and how bewildered they ius Jeit all to foslow Him, and tive heard, and ye shall ndship, and he shall be ngbl, power of will and is willing to giv and J to them OW an was lost beyond bope, and how Christ came on LO leave you. What ts thi iship?” ri to the’ sudurnig. Me wederwont fait they to each other, “We bad supposed — tie imsults and contumely He Lore for our sake, and that He was to | found = a Kingdom and jis tinat death on tho cross to redeem us from perdi we were to be the rulers of tho tweive wat aller year, w divisions, ‘and now when death stared ‘ , 's of our redem 5 hb our own strength, sto change our mode of lite or give up the ‘pleasures and vanies of the world. Now that the holy season of Lent 1s Drought to a close we ought 10 rejoice with an ex- ceeding great joy; but let us examine ourselves ant reason to rejoice, Have we during this hely season made our peace with God? Have we purged ourseives of oar iniquities and turned our hearts to God? If we have not availed ourselves of | the opportunities afforded let us make no farther delay man i the face He comes and says, T must go QW; you shail be al alone trom this moment wus & Inarvelious pro and yeti was th man salvation. rkness, fding nigma hike that of side to the light of doxes in the ie of periect day; itis ene ust Why, irends, tho cbuuren around the mou sponsibility; t but when the u ples were like atue 's feek; they take no re- with their toys and are happy ves the room their eyes are filed with t pe how weak these diseiples were, and {orgivencas of oar offence: In a great em When they ought to save stood many persons, titortunately, who have bee by therr Master, they forsook Hiin, every mun. Wet, Ay hom Ged tha?) shee” Beate <0 ua took: tack ager become hike adamant and their ears ato enuner. he olden | to all appeals, — God rmits many time, wi persons to go on in their career of wickedness and pros- per in lite while everything is smilmg around them, vat the day of wrath has to come, and then the change | asterrible, Ali ye that prosper and whose souls know no alll se and reflect; examine deeply and pray earnestly to God to help you, for you are sorely an teed Of His grace and help “Do not deiay a moment, for if evil habits be deeply engrafted on y © to turn, Seok at we ought lo waik | nuuitely more vali " TH ONE 1 xe the thing that we se biy thing ts that n M owe ou we shoud Hin. Jo not see Him and we beheve Him. Lbave shown you how {ull of faulis were the uiserples, atement by the ts oente They had the pillar ot cloud and the pillar | {ue esce oF y did not deperd on themselves at all, but | i hears God speak fron: the top of Sinat, and when they received the Decalugue they received gas ebiidren re CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR. reive ihe commands of a mother, God Was too | THE RECOLD OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE—MEMO- goon to them, and they became so dependent Y " that they lost their own character, But in REAL SREY! DS REN SOR et eee these latter days i is better, In the larger Yesterday morning in the Church of Our Saviour, development of the Alinighty'’s plin we watk, noth sight, but by faith, and now He looks down into hearts from ou ty nd wsks you with the & to follow H stead of th God, we ha to wad us We have ‘he Fathor in the bave the Sou in the New Testament, but ior 1800 we have b ¢ Holy Ghost, We ean approprint Jove of the Father i we will and the love of the Son, and be guided by the Holy Spirit, and then the whole hy Fifty-seventh street, near Eighth avenue, the pastor preached a memorial sermon of Mrs. Helen Russell Hopkins, who died onthe 13th inst, In the opening prayer the congregation were besought to turn their thoughts toward God, as alove through God's mercy and power could they be turned from (he lusts and van- ities of the world, The preacher chose for his text, Isaiah, Iv., 8—“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nenher are my ways your ways.” He said:—We miss from our midst today, and we sball continue to miss, the preschee of one whose character and lite is | worthy of commemoration, It is a good thing for all | us from time to time to look the facts of lite and | death in the face aud familiarize ourselves with thoughts of another and existence, In on age whch glorifies obfrusive success, and which has a strong tendency to forget the modest and quiet ex- pressions of beanty and worth, it is good from time to Ome to recall to our minds that whieh constitutes trae human worth, ) en, and what Chris pl iv Ghost was sent The Holy Ghost was and I think the best one, PILGRIM CHURCH. SHALL THE REVIVAL WORK SERMON BY THE R&Y. J. SPENCER KENNARD, Tho Pilgrim church, Thirty-third street, near Eazhth avenue, wus largely attended yester: pastor, Rev. J. Spencer Keunard, ject of bis discourse the late revival work in this city His text was Nelemiah, vi, ‘1 am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work couse, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?” Nebemmh’s brav persistent spirit, sad the minis ter, in restoring the city of Jerusalem, and how, resist ing every temptation, be completed his work, and the PY results of his enterprise, you are all familiar th. Igo, therefore, at once to that other and inti onely grander “work’’ which is iivetrated thereby, and the spirit in which it should be prosecuted a has pboen performing his wonderful work among us of later and we have been working with Him, It ts pre-emi gently God's work. Ours it is, by Hix condescending to accept us as His colaborers, Our's as sent forth to earry out Hts blessed plans and share in His joy atthe successes. x d, th ‘the last gilt, oy morning, the eeleeting as the sub. lsee TUN PRVER OF THIS LIFE on you every Sunday, I feel it in my own veins, and Without sume counteracting influence we are in danger of being wholly abeorbed in this world; to make false | standards of life; to continue wearing out our bearts, In thos state of lever and gurest it is good lo contem- plate a calm, unsuilied spit.t; 1 seems like coming out of the tumult of the warring streets inte some fair garden where all is sweetness, serenity and quien, The lie of the lady of whom | speak affords no theme for exciting theology. She ¢ ated from the Sun- day school into the church, was married in 1866 and nthe 13th day of this month, Yet how much can be comprised in ao little! How hightly we can pass over the few years! Bat bow they were filled with a true “life! Some fives” are tnrbulent as | the ‘mountain torrent; “hers was as poavetal as the | meadow brook, Het sphe:e¢ was Lome and the houschold, ch Sioattonageelgannd atid she tmp Wo it dignity and grace; sho loved het <fndeod the one paramount and all rmportant work | CHureh 109 deep hearted to be for which the world is kept in bewg. To lay the | row creeds, Weil, ber lite as over wow; all over; but | of real and earnest value, all that 1s lost and imperiled: | wz them Diooming and fragrant | ser crowds breathlessly | pw thrithug! | wn when | | Of areal body, with the differences which immortality | made hike unto Corist in all things, we too should in | INFATUATED HEARERS; | to nothing less than moral insanity. ld by auy nar | the lesson of it should rot be What nowa- days attracts the eyes and tires the enthusiasm of our | young men? Is it integrity, moral worth, or iz it some | conspicuous success? What dazzles und attracts our young women? Is it nobility of character or 18 it 9»- tentation and the desire for @ brilliant fashionable | career? What attracts us in our riper and more expe- rienced yeurs? 14 1t uprightuess and moral worth? I | do not sty tt is not; but Lask youif itis, We whose Jacuitics are racked and kept on the utmost streteh day after day, week after week aud year alter year, aro we able to ix OUR IDEAS ON THE IGUEST MANHOOD? No. But it is worth something to us among the every-day examples of wickedness 10 Know that wick edness i# not the solo rule. | by the hand of God be or she is often spoken of in | such impious language as:—“Poor this or poor that, he or she is gone, cut off in the midst of uselulness, &¢.” Now, this is the utmost stretch of human iimpertinenco to speak of one whom God has touched and raised tu this way. Withhoid your pity and amend your vocabu- lary until you know it i bot a transition trom a lower | toa higher sphere, I understand that this body is but | the impertect instrument of a growiag state and I dare | ' not Hing my pity i the {nee of that august power who | holds human life and destiny in His hands, If there | were no mysteries in this world there would be no | prophecies, If every one lived to threescore years | and ten there would be no need of churches, this lite | would be seen to be all and nothing beyond it, but the mystery begins with life and does pot end with death, and when the last great door opeas out to larger life we | Shall ind that the loved ones who bave entered before j have made a pathway for us with thoir tear: jore, “Blessed are they that mourn for they shail be | comforted,” TRINITY CHURCH. SHALL WE LIVE AGAIN?—SERMON BY REY. MORGAN DIX. The services at this church were conducted yesterday by the Rey. Morgan Dix, D. D. The usual opening por- tions of the service were followed by the anthem, “Sing unto the Lord, who has: given us the victory.” | This was very finely rendered by the choir. | The sermon was preached by the Rev. Morgan Dix, who took for his text the words:—“Ifa man die shall he live again? I wait till my change come."—Job, xtv., 14. THE FUTURE STATE. The reverend preacher began nis discourse by ad- verting to the problem of a tuture existence, which oc- cured go large a share of the thoughts of all Christians, People were constantly asking themsetves:—"‘Shall we hive again? Shall we have any memory of the past? Shall we know and enjoy the society of those whom we knew and lovedin this life?” The questions toaching the state beyond the grave | had been answered by every kind of imaginative | sbecuiation, We could, in answering them, adopt one of two methods—either, agsuming tho fact of a future life, indulge in ali the fancies to which such a problem would Jend itselt, or, taking such facts as were incon- testably withir our reach, contine ourselves to such ns as oppeared reasonable from them. Now very best. evidenc we possibly “have with regard to a fature would undoubtetty be from one who passed a from this life and returned, Such evidence, #8 compared with all the speculations which had ever been made, would be as the splendor of the sau to the glimmer ofa rasnlight, Had we any such evidence ¥ © THE KVIDENCR, Yes, we had it in the person of Christ Himself, who wentd into the world of spirits, “being made like | to us in all things, with the exception of sim," His re- | turn thence, His resurrection, 18 the corner stone of the | noblest and most beneficent faith the world has ever | seen. In what guise, then, did He return? The | answer to this question would be the answer to our own | queries touching our future state, He came back— | Hirst, with abody, This He proved by telling His dis- | ciples that it aas not a spirit they saw, und asking | m to satisfy themselves by handhy’ that body, Further He periormed, one of the functions of a body by o-ting before them. Second, it was His own identical body, as «as evdenced by he holy stigmata, the imprint of the gmils in His bands aud feot and the mark of the lance in His side. | It necessary pumberiess other proois might be ad- duced, those pec ways which each mdividual } the tone of the voice, &e, Third, 1t was a real and | true body; not an airy shadow giving out a lying | voice, but one possessing all the qualities and attributes and Incorruptibility would make in it, These points | were dwelt upon briefly, but forcibly, by the reverena preacher, who thence conciuded that, as we were to be | the future life have a body, our own identical ind viduulity, a real and true body, butin a state of im- mortality and impassibtlity. Ashort practical application of these truths closed the discourse, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. OR, PRETTY PREACH- | ING--SERMON BY REV. FRED BELL, THE SINGING PLEACHER. } Yesterday forenoon the Academy of Music was about | two-thirds full during tho usnal Sunday seryicos, whieh were held by the singing preacher, Rev, Fred Beil, | Alter the choir had sung several hymns to the accom. Paniment of a cornct and cabinet organ Mr. Bell camo forward and gave out the hymn, “I need thee every } | hour,’ and the congregation, rising, gave iull effect | yponthem. ‘there is a beautifel gat thereto, The lesson read was from Galatians, vi, in which the sinner is reproved for rebuking bis tellow | man, who has been overtaken ina fault, The Biblo | song, “Pure Gold,’’ was then sung by Mr. Bell, after , which he preached the sermon, taking for his text the words found in Isaiah, xxx., 10—“Speuk anto us | smooth things,” He said it seemed to him unaccountable that so many intelligent people should become so foolishly infatuated as to desite sucha | line of advice in gospel preachiag. It is troc, however, that many people preter deceit to sincerity, Expe- rience and observation teach us that this wa painiul fect, _ In reference to the soul and to the eternal world wo do not always like to hear divine Yet to be deceived with regard to eterna! lite and welfare amounts It is this species of madness which we find men most guilty of The Jdressed to the rebellious children who would not listen to the word which the Lord bad sent them as His word. They proierted rather deceit than the truth. These classes of peovie, then, should have a Dane, and the speaker proposed to call them “infatua- ted hearers,’ We must not confound the disposition not to speak “smvoth things” expressed in the text as meaning that kind and affectionate things should pot ve. preached, St, Paul toils us to be kindly and atfectionate to one another, and to forgive one another, even we ask God to forgive us, must forgive our ene- | mies, for we are told that “charity suflereth long.’ dt | as wrong to impress a wild boy with the idea that he is a bad boy and cannot become good. Such a teaching olten drives youth into the criminal classes, Rather take: them by the bund, and with encouragement and good advice lead them to the paths of saivavon andéruth, | Observation teaches us that life aflords us butfew op- | portunities to do a great service tor our fellow men, but how often are not opportunities presented to us ail to do some jite act ef Kindness which, though un- heeded, may fructity in gi and gloriwus results? Mr. | Beil then sang “We will ter seeds of kindness,” a | pretty ballad, with execlient efect, the organ uecom- panying him on a jow key. On resuming the thread of bis discourse he said it was the daty of the minister in preaching to adapt himself to te condition and circumstances of his hearers if he desired to promote their salvation, St. Paul made himselt ser- vant unto ail, thathe might guin all to Chriswanity; that he might gain them that were without the / Christ. These distinctions should be kept in view by | the preacher, To speak smooth things it is not neces- | sary to adulterate tue truth, Yet are not some of us | guilty of Keeping back anyching that would disturb oF | ! alarm our bearers? e covetous man does not like to | | be told that hie passion ts agatnst the law ot Christ. | The pleasure taker does noi wynt to be vridied in tho | be Of irivoiities. The formalist does not want to | | be corrected. We inust not disturb the selfsl mat the hypverite, Is it right to awaken t | sleeping sinner? The sentiment of the people 1s “speak unto us smooth things.” But the speaker's oe was that the Lord may he!p bim to strike at the curtis of the people. To be successful we must have close speaking, 80 that the sinner will get into the corner of his pew and tmazine that the devilis following him, Yo must use the two edged sword im the fignt. The Jews might bave received our Saviour, the speaker be- When the member of a church is withdrawn from it | there- | All the days of my appointed time will | aL Bute | | bearing in mind the injunctions laid down in the Serip- | the pastor, Rey. Dr. Armitage, who took as bis subject | | those who are watching. and waiting may be those who | had entered into the heavenly rest, If we looked at iB een “ Unita Sassen athas ‘wee wnipo 1 wir he the construction of the lines we would seo that this ising their motives mall tharwuey do. Then alter | ' salvation of 5,000 sou NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET, ! thee, 0 Jerusalem, nd forget her | brated. ‘The pastor alluded to the laborious efforts in get thee, , et_my right hand forg the ‘cause"of Catholicity which Dr. Brownson mado j cunning If 1 do mot remember . thee, let | iniy his conversion from Protestantism, and to the | my tongue cleave to the roof of ™¥ | grauitude Catholics in this country owed tor his un- mouth; if 1 prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.” | swerving zeal im battling against the enemies of the | The reverend gentleman said that the congregation pare = well asta soe “the scholars of had met under circumstances of peculiar interest, It Europe for hi profound learning, and his works would be read with admiration for generations to come. The pastor then spoke of the erection of the new chureh, work on which he hoped the congregation would think fit to commence immediately, so that at least bhe basé- ment would be comploted this year, For the next iew Sundays the Fathers will receive avy subscriptions was the time set apart for the observance of St, George’s Day. As it happened to fall upon one of the holydays of the Church it had been thought proper to give to it a religious recognition. The name of St. George is typical of the greatness and glory of Great | Brita, ard is dear to. tho hearts of Kughshmen | With members of the consregation ice! disposed ty wherever they may be Providence may havedirected | ee ae ae ne a ae te yuan ursed upon the the footsteps of some of them so that they will vever congregation Lo exert themselves to accomplish the do- | retura to the land of thet rth, but the feelings of | Yaa and reverence for bome and England can never eave them, If it was once an honor to be called a Roman citizen it may be allowed toa Briton to boast of name and nation, Commerce, that is regarded ' by Engheiimen as a divine institution, for it carries civilization wherever 1 goes, bas led the sons of Great Britain to all ts of the earth, Many of them had , Sotiled in this laud, bringing their love of the instita- Vions of their old home with them. The parish of St, George the Martyr was one of the results of that love, ; Many years ago it wus founded, with its own vestry and pastors, and has been doing its work faithfully. At was thought that immigrants arriving bere wouid feel wore at home it the first impressions of the new jJand were mingled wita the memories of the old. So the church had been established, but aifiliated with the Chureh of St, Ambrose, The object of making these statements, the speaker said, was to awakeu more interest among the Englishmen in New York for the Support of the parjsh ‘here must be some here who would like to what would remind thei of the Mother Church as they had seen it at home. In Jerusa- lem, at the beginning of tho Christian era, there wero distinct national synagogues. The speaker did not wish to be understood that the estadlisiinentof this church | Would 1» any way conflict with the other churches, It | Would have its own separate work amovg Englishmen, | He then gave a briet history ot the British Church, and | closed with a sketch of iho typical St. George as the | Tepresentative of Christian manliness and integrity, ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. THE WAYS OF GOD AND MAN—SERMON BY REV, DR, TYNG. Tho services at this church yesterday were, as usual, solemn and impressive, There was a large congrega- | tion m attendance, At the termination of the prelim- | nary devotions the Rev, Dr. Tyng preached a very | eloquent sermon, taking his text from Jeremiah, vi., | 16—‘Stand ye in the way.’’ THK SERMON. The reverend gentioman, in the course of an ex- haustivo discourse, pointed out the absolute necessity of following in the path of righteousness as shown by | the Almighty, and not according to the judgment or | signed enterprise, a pe pein. then preached by the Rev. Father | Stone, who took his text from Jonn, xx., 19-31. The , Church, he said, this Sunday, the Sunday tu whito— Dominica in alviz. In olden mes it was the Suoday of | laying aside the white garments which the cacechumens | put on when recetving baptism on Holy Saturday, and | whieh they wore afterward during the week. On the evening of wbis Sunday the faithful flocked to the | ! churches to congratulate the newly baptized, and the bishop usually inade an address, in which he exhorted them to continue inaspotless life, The garments worn by the catechumens were lent by the Church tor the spectal purpose, aud on this Sunday evening were | returned. The day was also called Low Sunday, but why it was so called he had never seep anywhere authoritatively stated. To bis mind it was becanse it | was the first Sunday after Easter. At Easter aud dur- | ing ail Easter week tho Church was rejoicing in no- bounded triumph—a triumph so great that not | even during the whole week was there a hymn | contained in the daily office, _ To-day, for the first time | since Easter, a hymn was sung, and this, therefore, | was the returning to the ordinary inode of feeling after | the inexpressible joy of the Easter festival. The preacher then went on to speak of how our Lord kept thisday, It was to-day the Saviour aid to the apos- | tes, “Peace be to you; as the Father sent me so send 1 You; whose sins yo shall forgive shall be forgiven.” It was thus He gave that peace which mankind had lost. How foolish it way say that the power conferred upon the aposties was to end with thi The peace 01 God was brought back by the submissiwn of the intellect aud will and through sacrifice. There was a beautitul expression of faith at the Saviour’s tomb when Mary, without seeing Jesus, but only hearing the voice call her name, answerea, “Rabboni,”? an ex- ression in which there was fulness of faith and love, How different it was with Thomas, He was absent when Christ appeared w the apostics, and when be heard that Christ was risen lie refused to be- lieve it until be had actaal proof of the fact. For him it was necessary that he should put bis hands into the wounds, Then’ onty, fully satistied, he cried out, “My Lord and my God!” Christ might easily not | have pardoned Tuomas for his incredulity, but for our sakes, us atlording us an overwhelming proof, He for- | gave him, It was worthy of note, said the preacher, that not even Renan disputed this proof of Christ's resurrection as offered in Thomas’ incredulity. Renan gave very plausible reasons why the women sh | fdeas of man. ‘The way set forth by divine authority ; hare bean. Aepaikad..s Ny Gidiiees Tig ronee ete | Was the only teue mothod of obtaining everlasting | ana believed be merely ed the fact that Thomas | happiness, despite all the arguments of modern sci- | was not with the apostles when Christ appeared among enusts, The text which he had read plainly indicated | them, but that, ‘on dit,’ he saw Christ eight days what was desired by tho Lord, and it’ was desirable, | afterward and believed. The preacher applied the in- | therefore, that He Should be obeyed. His teachings, | credulity of fhomas to the rationalists, scientists and | and not those of man, should be observed, however in- | theorists of our own time, who must advaally foel and genious wero the efforts ot those who made extensive | be tangibly sensible of the’ existence of anything they | wonid believe in, | be followed. Jt was clearly pointed ont im | eloquent illustrations on the sacrifices which were re. the Bible by His divine inspiration, and carnest toquiry | brought on earth. | the end of man’s creation could be accomplished. The ae mag nt | reverend preacher alluded to the fuct that during bis | THE WIDOW VAN COTT. + ideas already suggested. God Himselt pointed out the | irae way to salvauion. He gave promise of reward and | STREET METHODIST CHURCH, BROOKLYN. death and destruction. ‘There was no appeal trom His | Tho Warren street Methodist church yesterday morn- nul deci8ion nor was there any compromise for sin. Jaid down and it must be obeyed. It was clear and pro. | pees Dae donee tameasiahe novod.fomalaprpneber, cise. It proclaimed joy and happmess tor the januful | Widow Van Cott, The Jady has been preaching mandates, Tho teaching of divine authority could not ‘i js be mistaken. In conclusion the reverend gentleman | Sor and yesterday flied the pulpit again for Rev, John Parker, in whose classroom she began her more ‘ures as to the methods to obtain grace and everlasting | that she owes nothing of her remarkable power over 4 | the audiences she addresses to what is usually credited THE BEAUTIFUL GATE—DISCOURSE BY REY. DR, | ‘© pulpit or platform she would be taken for a | (eh rig | well rounded matron, whose only engrossing | » avi ! 2 eee ee adage than spicata ae | was not until she bad commenced to pray and read and ithe isae dish _ ee ourse °Y | speak that her hearers came to a full comprehension of tho miracle of Petar healing the fame man at the door | roully extraordinary montal and physical power, While tate ns ing x Dior of ' simply reading the chapter in Genesis describing the 4 | cre thousands, he said, had within the last fow weeks been | she, by interspersed remarks concerning the condi- moved by a man of God singin; Who wits be watching and waiting for met jcpresent day in the ubiverse, advocated the truthfuln The words of the beautiful hymn had stirred the hearts | of the Bible against tho scepticisms and scoffs of un- assent from the congregation, Then followed a . foreibie prayer, wuieh she called upon | mvestigution’, The way jaid down by Hin should | The preacher closed with somo | | quired in order to possess the peace the Redeemer | would readily show that the only trac method by waich } | loug mimsterial career he had invariably advocated the | A REMARKABLE SERMON AT .THE WA! He also warned mankind that sin would be followed by | ing was filled by a miscellaneous congregation, at- Excuses were in vain. The divine jaw was distinetly and indignation and wrath on those who violated His ; throughout the United States during the past ten urged upon his hearers the necessity ot constantly | active Christian work. It may be said without offence FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, | to delicate and graceful form. Silent and away from | care bad been the rearing of a family respectably. It | the fact that they were in the presence of a woman of Acts, Thousands, tens of thousands and hundreds of | ation of the world, the sun, the moon and the stars, Weachlig nnd seathies 64 toa wouseiiel bis: tions then deserivea and the conditions existing at the of hundreds of thousands, and we naturally think that ; bellevers ima manner which drew loud declarations of | have a brother or a sisier, a hasband, wife or child who | God to convince: the Governor of this State anu the e was oot the intention ofthe hymn, The intention is | singing by the choir and congregation, and a brief but to convey to the mind tho love of Christ for His chu. | impressive prayer that ber words might prove effective dren, He is watching tosee what He can do for them; , 10f the saving of sinuers, she selecied as a text a por- how He can | ton of the ninth verse of the third chapter of Jonn. LAVISH THE LOVE OF HIS HeART | The portion selected was the singic word “How.” On ound at thisend | tits brief, but im her hands remarkably suggestive of the pilgrims’ Way as weil as a beauutul gate above. | teXt, she ran through the various sorms of ditticulties So let us approach the beautiful gate below and it will | &XPerienced by the auredeemed, even When seemingly be an introduction to that better gate of which John | desirous of arriving at the truth of the Biblo aud tne speaks in Revelation, The minister dwelt on the S8¥g power of Christ. In illustration of her point object of Peter and Jobn’s visit to the Temple, which | Silv relerred ‘to Nicodemus, who came to Jesus by Was for prayer, described vividly the condition’ of the , Mwht, and, after listening to bim, asked, How can cripple who had been Jame from bis birth ond carricdto | these things bet”? Jesus responded, “Verily I say unto this gate, which Josephus tells us was called the Corinth- | thee, that except a man be born agai he caunot en- inan gate, because 1t was of Corinthian brass, and Which | WT into the Kingdom of heaven.” “But how can a reqtited twenty men to open and close, The cripple Man be born «gam when he is old and tull was Watching and waiting for alms, but Peter gave him | 8fwn ¥"" queried Nicodemus, And Christ answered something betier than gold or stiver. While he was that unless he be born azam ot the Spirit he cannot watching and waiting for recognition the eripple was | euler into the kingdom of heaven. Christ, she heid, led, and he passed with the aposties the garden | aid not enter into any exhaustive explanation with threshold to the ‘Temple, leaping und praising God, | Nicodemus, who shill inclin.d to ask, “How can these ‘The pastor spoke of Christ’s mode of spreading the truth | Wings ber’’ And she very strongly believed that tue by means of His apostles, who were sent out two by | Mdifliculty by wh ch Nicodemus was tro. bled was still two to support each other by counsel and Jabor, You | Sbroa..m the land. It was, she felt, a great mystery know, sant he, that men use one diamond to polish among the unredeemed how the crucifixion of Christ, another; so John polished Peter and Peter polished | DoW bear y 1,900 years ago, could prove efficacious in Joun ax they entered the Temple together, They bad the saving of sinners tu-day, The response to that ‘hed Christ at Peutecost and brought thou- | deubt was that the Bible declaratioa was that whoso- sands to a knowledge of the truth, And now thay | eVer bolievetn shall be saved. Ou the wor « passed the beautilul gate to the Temple, where the Jews | Would have them rest tho.r foot, for in it were assembled to port every argument with Christ's | migh y Vat and they must have faith in that name, pleading Christ’s merit, and they felt while they | deviaration, Then develoying somewhat the difficu - stood there and prayed there that Christ was there with | es im the way of entire tata in Christ as compared them. That beautitul gae indicated to them aft time ty | With its exereise ip other reiutions, sho tilustrated her commence their labors. Alter speakiny of the knowl- | point by telling that, on one occasion, when dining with edgo of the apostles in the art of catching fishes, the | & Inend, he forked over to her minister stated that he believed they had chosen this | A PINE MHALY POTATO, time and place to cast their nets among the people that | When he did so, ste said to herself, “Ought I to say they might be fishers of men, ax Christhadcommissioned | to bim that L cannot eat that potato, because I vo nut the ‘This suggested to him the thought. that if | Know in what soil it was grown, or how it was Christians would save sinners they must not isolate ; sible that 1t could be produced in any soil, or, lor that themselves from society, but go where the fish are and | Matter, anywhere ele!’ But no, she did not do or THKOW THR:NET | swy anything of the kind. She stuck her ork ito the and gather sinners to the Master's service in the spirit , potato, stripped off its jagket, and, being very hungry, of pruyer. Such was the policy of the apostles when | Jound i delicious, ax she wus sure she would, even they cntered the beautiful gate, and in the next chap. | though she had never eon that great big meaty potaro ter we are shown that the result of this moral was the | before. She had faith in her own instincts ana ap- who came to Christ and were | peatances, and she profited by ber faith. Again, for saved. ‘The minister expressed the belief that Christ another illustration, sbe carried her hearers up’ the may have often passed tims cripple at the gate, but Ho | Hudsou in the winter season, where one of them suid was inno hurry to work a miracle, He probably re- he was exccedingiy thirsty, She picked up tor bim: served that mun to the future, and when He passed | 6¢ now, when, being for the first time in a northern | into the beautiful gate above He left him atthe veautt- | clime, he said, “1 have asked tor water, and you have | fu! gate below, that the apostles might heai him, and in | not given 4 to me; these are crystals.” But while be healing him show forth His glory. He believed that doubted and denied that be had in reality been given | Christ kept him for a wonder and a miracle for the | whut ho needed, lo! the crystais had changed to water, spread of the Gospel after He had tuifilled this mission, | Which was dripping through hie fingers while he re- f eto the eripplo the samo hand that Christ | mined in doubt. He did pot undersiand it, but he yn the water, and said:— | was athirstand he partook of what remained in his In the name of Jesus, the Nuzarene, rise up and walk.”” | hand without stopping to ask “how” it came there. Brethren,” said the pustor, in conclusion, “do that And so she deciured tt should be with us and God's with your fellow men. Give the sinner your hand; lift | promises, We should have entiro faith in them always, him ip. The deautitul gate below and the beautiful | tor if read aright they were uniailing. Again she gave ate above were united im Peter's grasp. Brethren, | illustrations of faith in what isseen, without knowledge joliow the example of the apostle, Do not isolate ot how’? it comes to be su by reciting a cainp meeting yourselves from the sinner, If you cannot work a | incident during the last season, A brother came to her Iurracle, you can give him your hand. and fift him ap. | saying that be desired to have full tuth in the Bibie's You can bring siuuers to the beautiful gat \ declarations of God's pronuaes, but found 1 exceed- the Lord make ygu useful at the beautiful gate of the | ingly dillicaltto succeed in them. There was a mys: | 2 then take you saicly through the | tery aboot the problem which he could not tuily com- bove.”? .- | prohend, and he was thereiore in very grave doubt, She said to him, pointing to sume trees near by, bat THE PAULISTs’ CHURCH. | ts that tree there 7’ and ne said au owk. She then asked GREGORIAX MUSIC—SERMON BY THE | as toanother, and he said a hickory, And he was BEV. | right in both cases. She then asked fim how it was FATHER STONE—THE GRACE OF GOD. At the Church of the Paulist Fathers, in West Fitty- we Lim when He walked ty Heved, had not Christ revaked them for their hypoc- ris, When we find sinners going to perdition we must jothe our words in lanBuoge that they will unverstand, Some people would have no objection to religion if 16 did not take up too much of their tim Dat to boa Christian We must werk for our salvation, ang must be told how io guin Heaven. Preachers have vo keep m view that they are bound to warn wicked men and Women of their wickedness, It is better to suffer a little self-denial and inconvenience here on earth for Chrisi’s sake than to under | pains of hell for all ctormty. Mr. Bell, in coneluding his discourse, urged his hearers to impress upon their chikiren and their fellow men the necessity for mevlitating upon the ‘uthe of eternal sulva- tion, ws the Scripture telis us that unless we believe and } re f" peut we shail be’ damued, After the doxology the assemblage dispersed. ip CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR. SERMON BY THE REY. JOSEPH MH. RYLANCT, D. D. -8T. GroRGr’s Day, 5 The congregation of the Anglo-American Freo Church of St, George the Martyr, worshipping at the Church of St Ambrose, at Thompson and Princo streets, held a special service yesterday morning in commemoration of St, George's Day, Aer the usual | | service, which was read by the Rev. Zina Doty, rec- tor of St. Ambrose’s, the nome of “Victoria, the Qacen of Great Britain and Irelond,”” being included in the prayor for rulers, the announcement was made that the Right, Rev. Bishop Potter will visit this church on Thursday evening, May 18, and administer the rite of confirmation, The Rev. Dr, Rylance then read from the 197(b Psalm, the Ofth and sixtn vorses—“If I for | that, growing as they did im the saute soil, one was an oak and the other a hickory tree, fe said he didn't know, but he know they were different and had fail ninth street, yesterday morning, the bigh mass com. | belief im it. And te same was true concerning the | menced at eleven o'clock and the service continued for | We wr as aves snd Leanty of the colors of flowers. ‘ three hours. The officiating priests were the Rev. | Father Brown as celebrant, the Rev. Father Rosen- | | cranz as deacon, tho Rey, Father Simmons as sub- | We could believe in their production as the handiwork | of the Almighty without knowing aught of how they were produced. And sill, when the same God de- clared what He would do for us, provided we had tull faith m His promises, we were fied with doubts and ‘ deacon and Mr. Woodman as master of ceromonies. | unbehet. But ge Hogg Mage em are bye 9 peat of the sanctuary was very im as they shou! » the Christian, sau Ream antiage vel oe | feels the same coniidence in God's Promises, | About thirty choristers, ton of whom were scnolastics | without knowing how they are to be tulfiiled, as docs undor the charge of the Fathers, with some fifty boys, — the child im the bread, with the method of producing all dressed in soutanes and surplices, occupied seats in- | Reber vieipithpeel ny oe por ng poe | * 0 5 e 8 | sido the altar rails The Rev. Father Young, the pas | Kyows wherco! Me promises, As still another | tor; Father Stone, Father Hill, Father Edward Brady | esting pena hot bee faith Dyed sho ‘us, in merely and Father Augustine Brady were also in stails on either j temporal Uaings, she toid that while was in the far side of the sanctuary, The ceromonics were conducted | oon On wipe oe wine -- loan a2 spl with great exactitude, acolytes, torchbearers, thurifer { im need, Did she look at'it aud ‘say that she ovtld not and crossbearer assisting. wear it hecause she did not know where THe RKP ATK TAR GRASS THAT GREW THE WOOL The muste sung in this church ts always the Greg: | or which tie gown Was made? Certainly not, She put orian chant, Attached to the church is an associa- tion of young mep and youths who are weil trained im this style of singing. The chant is conducted by cach sido it on right away, and thanked God for it. And, to add a like pertinent iliustration of her maty port, she said that while discoursing with one of the tney weredooking out upon a ficld in whieh there were of the choir singing alternate verses, The effect is very | feeding trom the same grass a cow, « pig, a sheep and | impressive, Thero ie a diferent mass Agoose. Her unredeemed friend wae fhiding it impos. Sunday, and even for every day of the year, if sible tw believe in God's wo te necessary, or rather certain chengeavie parts are sang | hearts of men, simply becausa he co not | to dilterent music, The music is always riate | Clearly understand how it was done. She called his to the words, the eight moves in which the inusic is | Mention to the cow, the pig, the sheep or the composed being adupted to different expressions of feel. | Kv8e, all feeding from the same grass, aud usked him ing, and theretore susceptible of being applied to the | “How it was that, oe pen dey boop, eatin grand degree ot gravity or sorrow by tho | #tance, hairs came out upon the: of the cow, bristies Church ae & twast of the day. Cg A G. | onthe back of the pig, wool ne tok Mag ea ae to joer man ecte he G/en'e kaedt meee Wenn. te. be; het the firs Bonee! torday the pastor, Rev. bere ? Father Young. mado t sgnouncesnents, rwrtuch | there t,wam, sere, Sard | Bue then showed hie how was a notice of the death ot the iat 2 Browe. | it wee sone the, Bie Veet er dekh ce fon ! gon, for the repose of whose sole a mass is to be cele- given ways, ‘saving of a soul tuan |rday in May. I showfd work such wonders on inferior rom these Hlustrations she bt out the that faith in God is a periectly natural reliance op ‘ord s0 s00n as we can coine to see Him as He 18, plerege dh ncbeoed ‘es upon pg eattbalien of vlial tree ‘was sur deel that Be Tesponses {rom her hearers trom beginn! to end garoovidenco ol the effect she ad produced upod She fs to remart Van Cott desires: them. ih another week ene. first effort at speaking pubhel: the courch, alter ber busvand always been treated kindl; was in the classroom of 4 fore and is hat she oe clergy wherever ehe had been, even when they “have not joined with her heartily iu her efforts for tne redemption of sinners. That, however, she feels was only the case because she was a woman, and not Wecanse of any desire to retard if the work of redemption, — Also, the contribue tievs taken up for her, she says she is to-day than when she commenved her work and does not feel that there can be any wrong 1m receiving what is needed fur her support wi jabormg incessanily, as she hag been doing during the past ten years. TERCENTENARY OF ST. DE PAUL. ITS OBSERVANCE HELE AND ELSEWHEBE—A CENTENNIAL CONVENTION FOR PHILADELPHIA IN JULY. The Catholic Church throughout the world will to- day celebrate the 300th anniversary of St. Vincent dy Paul, the founder of the Congregation of the Mission and of the order of the Sisters of Charity, He was to France the apostlo that revived and developed the re. ligious sentiments and resources of that country, an@ to him more than to any other agency is the Holy See indebted for the faithfulness of France to the authority of the popes, Tho Lazarists and Paulists, the Sisters of Charity and other communities of the Church will to-day unite in domg honor to the memory of this great missionary, The Pope has sanctioned the cele. bration, and, in a brief, to the Procurator Genoral of the priests of the Congregation of the Mission he says that, to increase the piety of the faithtul and for the salvation of souls, and moved by a sentiment of pious charity and wishiwg by opening the heavenly treas- ures of the Church to respond to the religious desires of the Iaithiul, he gra to each and ail of both sex: whv being traly penitent, and alter having confos their sins und received the Holy Communion, shail have devoutly visited on the 24th day of the month of April of this year, or on one of the nine days preceding, or on one of the seven days following, according to their choice, one of the churches of the priests of the Congregation of the Mission, or of the Sisters of Charity, and there shall have offered prayers to God for the concord of Christian Princes, the ex. tirpation of heresies, the conversion of sinners and the exaltation of our Holy Mother, the Church, a plenary indulgence and thesreriswion of all therr sins, Which indulgence can be applied to the souls of the faithiul, who Lave quitted this lifo in the grace of God. ‘Tous it will be seen that the observance will not cease with this day, but will ruu ou lor a week, aud, in ali the churches o1 the societies and congregations named in this city, special services will be “held aail Indeed, 1t18 not to cease even then, for the Superi Council of St Vincent de Paul societies of this city bas made arrangements with the Particular Coaueil of simi- lar socteties 12 Philadelphia tor a Centennial Convea- tion ot the whole society in the United States to gather there July 6. The programme for that occasion includes religious services 11 the Cathedral of that city m the morning, alter which the delegates will preakfast to- ether in the Seminary hall, adjoining tive Cathedral The Convention wilt thon meet at eleven o'clock and reimuain in session for Wwo days, when all matters and questions appertaining to the working of the con! ences, peculiar to their different localities, will be dis- cussed, rales laid down, &c, &c, The exercises will terminate by solemn benediction. Archbishop Wood has taken a deep interest in the project, and ts doing what hy can to make the Conven- tion a success, He expocis to take part im all the exel cises. Arrangements have been made for a Catnolie headquarters at De Sales Institute, 1,205 Chestnut street, where a registry of all Catholic visitors will be kept. The location of the diflerent churches in the city, together with the hours at which musses will be VINCENT 7 celebrated at cach church, and also in what. churches ~ confessions in French, German, Spanish and Ttalian will be heard, will be printed and placed in @ couspicu- ous place in the headquarters, It 1s expected that prominent vatholics from all parte of Europe will be present at the Convention, THE LAY COLLEGE, BROOKLYN. The Rey. T. De Witt Talmage, at the conclusion o} hia sermon yesterday forenoon, made a stirring appeal to the congregation to complete the amount required to pay off the mortgage upon the Lay College Building. Tho mortgage was $15,000. On Inst Sunday week the people of the Tabernacle contributed $5,000, and yes torday the balance, $10,000, was raised, 4 fitting mark of appreciation on the part of the people for the labora of the pastor in bebaif of the institution. This college, | though fostered by the Tabernacle, 1s not dependent upon that congregation. The Tabernacle church soci- | ety was reported as being in a most flourishing finan- cial condition, the income being in excess of the penditures, SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY. ‘The scholars of the four Suniay schools connected with St, George’s church celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary yestercay afternoon in the church, corner Sixteenth street aud Rutherfard place. Rev. Dr. Tyn; the rector, presided, and the exercises which cons! ot addresses, singing, &c,, were pitneseet be a large congregatiot Floral tributes were presented by each class. ‘fhe children’s offerings amounted to about $3,000, The scholars marched from their respective Sunday schools with banners, and attracted mach ob- servation. MEETINGS AND LECTURES. The thirty-second reception of the Brooklyn Art As- Sociation will take place this evening at the Art Baild- ing and the Academy of Music. A large attendance of the members and their frionds is expected. The regular meeting of the Long Island Historical Society will be held to-morrow evening at tho Atho- nieum, when Rey. E. D. G. Prince wili read a paper on “<The Valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.” On Friday evening next the American Geographicat Society will hold a meeting at Chickering Hall, tor the purpose of listening to an address by Major A. G. Con- stable entitled “A Talk About Hindostan,’’ and illas+ trated by stereopticon views, As Mr. Constable was formerly an officer 1n tho service of the Kast India Com pany his lectare will no doubt be an interesting one, This afternoon a chureh conference will be held in the Sunday scbooi room of Calvary church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-first strect. The procoedings will begin at balf-past two P. M., and will include the read- jug of a paper by Rey. Dr. Kramer on ‘The Educational Question.” A performance and reception will be given on Wed- nesday eventog next by the Irving Dramatic Club, atthe Lee Avenue Opera House, in aid of a fund for the erec- ek i aaa home, as proposed by Reno Post, No. The third social meeting ef the Association of the Alumni ot dent College Pini be held to-morrow evening at monico’s, in Fourteenth street, wher Aug. C. Merriam, A. M., will read a paper on the Cyprian and Trojan excavations of Cesnola and Schlie mann, eran iainstpemapsienniiantnaesatin RUBENSTEIN COMPLAINING OF ILL. NESS. Pesach N. Rubenstein, the alleged murderer of Sara Alexander, has been complaining of not feoling quite so well since Friday last. Yesterday he sent for tho keeper, who found him prostrate on the floor of the cell and moaning. The physician in attendance at tho Jail, Dr. A. W. Shepherd, was summoned and asked Rubenstein how he felt. Pesach replied that he was feverish and felt * "? but he could ndt localize the seat of the ailment. His pulse was excel- Jent. The Doctor asked him if he would take some tincture of iron, and he replied that he would if hie family recommended it. The opinion prevailed at the Hi that Rabonstein ts feignis iliness, with the hope of being removed to some other ana less contined quarters. Argament wil) be heard in bis case betore tue Supreme Court, General Term, on the second Mons A DILATORY SCHOOL CONTRACTOR, New Yonk, April 22, 1874 To tox Eptron or tae Heraup:— We will not preface our humble request by eulogizing your valuable publication; it is too well known to ro quire praise, and we look to it as the expounder of trath ‘with the hope that you wiil inform us and many others MW itis really a fact that the schoolhouse situated at the corner of Seventh avenue and Forty-ninth street is to be closed against our little children from tl May until December in order wo anit une someepeingh pleasure in completing the new schoolhouse now: on Filty-fourth trect. It cannot be Possible Cost aleet a “Compnisory Education jaw” has into exist- enee the School Commissioners will compel our children to enjoy a vacation ot about eight mouths con- trary to the wishes of their parents. Fiease inform us, if change is about to take place, that’ we: may make preparations—however dificult it may bomte move to some neighborhoud where our poor chikires may have the opportunity of having the maxims ot truth and virtue impressed upon thelr Juvenile prin: ia pe Public schools are in every respect ‘Also, CHARLES J. MENZEL, 406 West Fort strest, R. D. TOMPRINS, Fity-frat_ street and Broadway, PATRIUK F. NOONAN, 404 West, Fitty-ifth streot, CHARLES HIGGINS, 447 th aveRUE, JOHN HENNESSY, 1,583 Broadway, JUAN REKD, God Seventh avenue. ss "i WILLIAM BISCHOF, 1,631 Broadwam, ‘ fa)