The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1876, Page 8

“ 8 ,—— - PULPIE TEACHINGS, Personal Character Building and Its Importance. THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST. Dr. McGlynn on the Nativity and Name of Mary. THE SPICES OF PERFECT RELIGION. Lessons That No Man Can Serve Two Masters, TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. PERSONAL CHARACTER BUILDING—-SERMON BY THE REY. T. EDWIN BROWN, D. D. Yosterday morning the congregation of the Taberna- @le Baptist church, on Socond avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh sireets, listened with interest to the ser- mon delivered by the Rev, Tf. Edwin Brown, D. D., of the Second Baptist church, of Rochester, N. Y. The reverend gentleman selected the toxt for his discourse from the First Epistle of raul, the Apostle, to the Co- Finthians, 11, 10 to 1 inclusivo—“Christ the foun- dation.” In presenting bia tdeas tho preacher, after reading the text, drew the attention of his hearers to its moral fosson, the building of personal character, Ho said:— “According to the grace of God, which is given unto me asa wiso master builder, 1 bave laid the founda- Mon wod another buildeth thereon, But let every man take beed how he builaeth ‘hereon, For other foundation can no man Jay than that is laid, woich ie Jesus Curist, Now if ®ny man build upon this foandation gold, silv: Precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man’s work aball be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fre shall try every man’s work of what sort itis If any man's work abide which be hath built thereupon, he shall recetve areward. If any man’s work snal! bo burned, he shall sullerlosa; but he himself shall be taved; yet so as by fire.” The Corinth where Paul labored and’to whose people he wrote was not the Corinth of ancient Greece, but a new Corinth which had sprung out of the old. 1 was a cosmopolitan city. Itahans were there, descendants of the treedmen whom Julius Cwsar had sent thither to blish a military and mercantile colony. Greoks and Jews were there, attracted by its facilities for commerce. Much of the ancient splendor nad been restored. More than the ancient luxury and corruption abounded. Men of restless industry and impetuous commercial eMterprise traflicked in its warts, Men of inquisitive brain aud high scientific culture crowded its schools, Men of superstition burned incense in ite temples. Into the miust of the mass of bigotry und vice was thrast the leaven of the rehgion of Jesus Christ. Paul was not willing to be the leader of a party. He had Tather not ve loved aud followed at all, if wuch loving followiug involved enmity toward brethren nd a renunciation of fellow laborers, Whois Paul, but minister dn whom ye have believed? he was @ servant, u8 Was the Master, Only an agent, as 4s tho real worker. THE GLORY OF CHRIST. Versonai influence aud reputation were nothing to Paul, save oniy as they promoted the glory of Christ. Truo, he could defend bis apostolic authority against those who sought to undermine it, because in under- mining bis wuthority they were undermining Christ, and bo does make such a defence in this chapter of his epistle. Christ is the foundation. Build upon Him. Form your character on His precepts, Those who dig out the cellars, working ‘n wet and mud—those who Jay the lower courses that aro to be covered up und for- gotten—tuose who make solid and stable beginnings for character, for institutions, tor discoveries, lor arts, for communities, for States, no mater if their work 1s not biazoned abroad, no matter if they are ground up in their work, every ayer of supporting stone wneared with fibres of brain aod muscle and the anguished heart's curryiag out by paintul and solitary and unappreciated toil, tuese are worthier of brighter honors than thuse who lay the headstones amid the shoctings of piauging multitude. It makes little difference what part of God’s great build- (ng we work upon, so that we work at all and taith- fully and work with God, The promise 1s thut oacb worker shail receive his reward. ‘1 have laid the foundation,” so proceeds the apostelic argument, “and auother butldeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buiiueth thereupon.” If you are to build securely there is little choice as to the foundation, but there is a choice as to material upon which you are to erect a temple of God, You may choose materials of which the costly marbles and gold and silver adornments of your own temples and palaces are « type, or thowe like unto the wood a: hovels of your poor, You may so build that when a fire, hot in its searching flame, shall rage about ‘ou, you Will stand unscathed, as did your marole alis iu olden time. And you may so build that the track of the flame will oe marked by the ruin and ashes of your flimsy construction, This is Vs thought “May a man take anything he pleases to stand upon and start from in the culture of bis nature and the ordering of bis lite? Take heed how ye build, Wo not be content with what comes dritting to hand im buildiag your tharacter. There is too little thought in this direc. Mon, ot the chisel and crowbar. The fire shall try every Weak and unftting materials may de- but there ts to come a time of unveiling, I nature of every man’s work is to be re- h builder on the rock, as well ws each builder on the sand, must come before God tor judg: ment. The preacher closed with an eloquent appeal to Christians to build their character of the precious ewels of truth, love, charity and farthfulness to Shrist; to baild 1k as temple to Goa—solid, jymetrical and beautiiul lowed with spiritual aspl- salons, sweet graces and stead{astocss in Christianity. man’s work. deive rocn, CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH. CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF SALVATION—SERMON OF REV. C, 8 HABROWER, Yesterday morning the pastor of the above beautiful thurch in Seventh avenue pear Fourteenth street, preached asermou irom the Book of Hebrews v., 9— “And being made perfect he became the author of ete wal salvation unto all them that obey bim.”’ The preacher said:—No man can doubt inthe slightest de- free the fitness of our Lerd, turough His preparation of suffering, to be the author of salvation to all that wey Him; bat] believe the Church is not yet educated ‘© understand the ‘uinees and beauty of all conveyed Jn the text, but a portion, at least, of the divine graudour \s underssood. The marvels of Christ have come to Ws unimpaired through the mists of nearly 2,000 years, wd their wonders grow and grow. 1 saw a canvas once sovered almost with a picture of Hercules, the strong —an emblem of physical force—but tn the back, sTound there was a fair, shadowy, but seductive form of awoman. It was vice, and represented the power of ovil, Which was drawing toward her the strength of che man and threatening bis immogtal spirit to over- ‘brow and destroy it, God sent [lis only Yegotten Son ato the world that this power of evil should ve eon- {uered and subdued. He meaut to break the spell that sin weaves about men’s souls; but Ho did uot help mankind to saivation in masses, but worked with in- lividual man. He goes with every one of us into the ‘eparate Ways of our lives where the gossamer vell of du is Woven about us aud breaks the speli—in other vords, He gives us power to throw of the temptations M lite. How does bedo 1? Iwill illustrate Yi dave all seen character formed; you have seen ye tharacter formed, you have helped ip the work, pe: aups, helped to mode! a soul In this moulding of char- there aro certain things necessary, certain ¢ ples to be followed. “As the twig 18 bent 80 is the inclined.”” If you bring up a boy to WRLIRVE IY DOLLARS AND CENTS he will do so, and all his ideas will turn to monetary fuccesa, Sen know that collars are ouly incidents in lie; but they make it everything and convert the pur- vant of money into & perpetual inotive, But the right ideas of the boy must be embodied in a consistent chi vector. Ho must have, in the process of this fducation, = good example. Then there must be what we cail in tishing, “play” —or handling of tucaa, = Thero may bo right and wro! Adeas, and out of what we call experionce mast shoose either ono or the other, Thereiore right ideas, ample, experionce, and last, but not least, sympathy to make up this sum of what we call vharuct Now all t ¢ presented to us by Christ tn dealing wih humanity; gradually, slowly He goes ou in his work, and by His divine processes, us well as by godly patience, aces He achieve His works. Woen He toils 4 to forgive injuries, to divide our substance with those that need, Ho gives us the example Himself He forgave even unbelief, deen, with Him fur months they said, down the fire from heaven,” He suid, Ww Poter, “I have prayed for thee that thy taicb tail You do not suppose that He who telle men to their enemies even sevonty times seven times it forgive, Christ was thus made per lect throogh suffering, and every man’s experience will teach nim that through it alone are we puritied. & mao to whom I once puke In roterence to his sintul fe wan unmoved; oui when Lapoke of the sufferings of Lis wife, sister, mother and iittle children tor win, ai rt was melted; he covered his face with bis Bands ana listed up bis tcarlul voice in prayer—“O, Sod, deliver me!’? und God beard him. ‘The suifering of Christ makes us love Him; it was irue tbe last generation; it will be truc jor generatious Too much gathering of fragments and too little | for after the disciples had | “Bring | to come sufferings make Suflering bas a rightto speak, it gains the world. He was ason ot man,’He had to learn things Luman for Himself, He loved to call Hunsett the Sou o! David, and if there ever was a ruler conscious of power and replete with passion it was David; but these are mysteries, and Christ, the full orbed, rounded, perfect man, called Himself a son of David Ho has @ right to teach us, to teil us to be obedient, for He was taught and He’ obeyed. He has a rig) speak to us of death; sooner or later we must walk in its shadow, bul keep His commandments His blessed words will become a reality. ‘“Whomsoever believeth on me shall never die." 8T. STEPHEN’S CHURCH. THE NAME OF MARY—HEE NATIVITY--SEBMON BY THE REV DE. M'GLYNN. At St Stephen’s church yesterday morning the high mass was celebrated by Rey. Father Costigan, The church was crowded to its utmost capacity. During the summer monthe brief exhortations were delivered every Sunday on subjects deduced trom the gospel of | the day, but yesterday the regular sermons of the year were initiated by Rey. Dr, MeWlynn, who delivered an eloquent and instructive discourse on the ‘Nativity of the Blessed Virgin,” On Friday we commemorated the nativity of the Blessed Virgin, aud on this Sunday, within tho octave of her festival, the Church invites us to honor with special solemnity the holy nameof Mary. We have Just beard in the Gospe! bow an angel was sent by God tnto a lowly city of Galilee with the most important mossage ever dolivered to mortal Tho messenger him- self was not only an angol, but one of the choicest spirits of God's k:ngdom—the ange! Gabriel— the significance of whose very name would | Indicate that he comes with no ordinar; message, to nO ordinary person, to announce: no ordinary manifestation of the power of God. The announcement, wonderful as 11 was, and startling | to the humility of her to whom it was made, was yet not an entire surprise to the world. ‘The prophecies of of a woman, & virgin, a new Eve, who shouid be asso- | claed with the new Adam in the work of reparation, even us the elder Eve had beon associated with the first Adam in the work of our ruin, Tne world them had loug yearned for the appearance of TUB BRST AND GRKATKST OF WOMKE, and bere at length she is pointed out to the world by 0 from God, whose message we may well read thus:—Thou art the one who hast found favor with God; thou art the blessed one among all women. Tho name of tls blessed one had been concealed irom the ages, but here at last it is revealed. And tho name of the vircin was Mary. The futhors remark the touch- ing similitude and antithesis between the manoer of our fall and the manner of its reparation. At the sug- gestion of an angel—but a fallom one, typified by the serpent—the first disobeyed God, and began the work of ruin, At tho message of another angel and ever faithful minister of the power of God, Maury, the new Eve, rendered cheerful obedionce to the divine behest The Churen takes to ber heart whatever reminds her of Christ. Sne bouors the vestiges of His footsteps in the land that His presence made holy. She honors ‘Him tn the saints, because, and in proportion as, they have come bear to him; and, therefore, specially would sho do honor to Him by honoring the bie: whom He Himself bas hovored by making hor His mother. He grants to us the unspeakable honor of callivg ber our mother. She 1s THE MOTHER OF OUR SOULS, for she ia the mother of Him who ia their # tion, und she bas reconfirmed her right to the title of mother of all the redeemed, when, in more than mortal agony ai the toot of the Cross, she refused not ber consent to the wucrifice of ‘our redemption, As the sun was obscured, and the rocks were rent, and tho graves gavo up their dead amid the pangs apd the travail of nature, and the transfixing of the mother’s heart, was the new birth effected, We woro unworthy children of such a mother if wo could tail to love and venerate her, and to cherish for her bound- Jess gratitude, BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. THE SPICES OP PERFECT RELIGION—SERMON OP REY. T. DE WITT TALMAGE, | The Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded to repletion yestorday forenoon. The sermon, which was deliv- ered by the pastor, Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, was taken from the text found in Il, Chronicles, and the discourse wus founded on the bringing of tho gifts by the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. Ho eaid:—You know that ail theologians agree in making Solomon a type of Christ, and in making the Queen of Sheba a type of every trath seeker, and I ehall take tho responsibility this morning of saying that all this spikenard and cassia and frankincense which the Queen of Sheba brought to King Solomon 13 suggestive of the sweet spices of our holy religion. Christianity is not a collection of sharp technicalities and angular facts, cpronological taplesand dry statis- tics, Our religion iscompared to frankincense and to cassia, but never to nux vomica or nightshade, Is is bundle of myrrh. 1818 adash of holy heht. Ibis kle of cool fountains... It 18 an opening of opaline gutes. It tg a collection of spices, Would to God that wo wero as wise iu taking spices to our divine King as Queen Boleas was wise in taking the spices to the earthly Solomon. ‘The tact is that THE DUTIMS AND CakKkS OF THIS LIFE, coming to us trom time to time, are stupid often and ‘mane and totolerable, Here wre men who bave been Ureaking, climbing, pounding, hammering for twenty, forty, fifty years. One great iong drudgery bus their ile beeu—thoir taces anxious, their teelings be- numbed, their days monotonous, What is necessary, | What thing ts needed to brighton up that man’s lite and to sweeten that acid disposition and to put sparklo The spicery of our boly re- ligion, Why, if betws the crosses of life, there flasned the gleam of an everlasting gain; if between the betrayals vf life there came the gleam of the eternal friendship of Christ; if in dull times in busi- ness we found ministering epirita flying to and fro in our office and shop, everyday life, ‘instead of being a stupid monotone, would be « glorious inspiration, penduluming between calm satisfaction and high rapture. How*any woman k house without the rel'gion of Christ to help her is a mystery to me, To have to spend tho greater part of one’s life, as many women do, in planning tor the meals and stitching garments that will soon be rent again, und deplormg breakages and suffering tardy subordinates, and Griving off dust | that soon agata will settle, and doing the same thing | day in and day out until’ their hair silvers, and the k stoops, and the spectacles crawl to the eyes and } the grave breaks open under the thin sole of the shoe— ob, it 18 an awiul monotony! But wi hrist comes to tho drawing room, and to the Kitchen, and to the nur. fery, and to the dwelling, then how coeery become the ‘womanly duties. She is never alone now, O woman! baving in your pantry a box containing all Kinds of condiments, why bave you not tried in your heart and lite THE SYICERY 1 must coniess that a into the man’s spirit? R HOLT IG it deal of the religion of this elevating about 1, Men and women go about hum- jemiug psalms io @ minor key, and their worship has in {t more sighs than rapturea. We do not doubt their | prety. But they are sitting at a feast where the cook bas forgotten to season the food. Everything 1 flat in their experience and conversation, Ewiancipated trom siu, and death, apd hell, and on their way to's magnificent beaven, they act as they were truaging on toward an everlasting Botany Bi Religion docs not seem to agree with them. Brooklyn Tavernacie! Wake up, ali Bangor to San Francisco Come with me Wake up, the cburches from across Christendom! gade, giving me not only your bearts, uphiting of your voices, and i believe ‘that this wiuter we cau, through Christ's grace, sing 5,000 souls into the | Kingdom of Christ. | Soft music, jong drawn out mu- #1, \8 appropriate for the drawing room and for the concert; but St Johu gives an idea of the sonorous and resonant congregational singing when, in listening to the temple service of heaven, Le says, “I hoard « great voice, ug the voice of agreat multitude and ns the voice of many waters and.as the Voice of mighty thun- dering.” The reverend gentleman, tn bis prayer yesterday morning, prayed that God might bdlot out the Ottoman od putan end tothe slaughter and outr. now devastating Servia. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTEKS—SERMON BY THR BBV, PATHER KEARNEY. The high made services at St Patrick's Cathedral wore attended yesterday by @ large congregation, the majority of those present being the regular attendan and pewhoiders, Vicar General Quinn and several clergymen occupied seats within the chancel during by the Rev. Father Kearsey, who prefaced it withs few remarks relative to the parochial schools of the parish, during which he said that the | children who atiended the public sebools during the wook were, while in the school, in ‘an atmosphere of irreligion.”” The reverend gentleman took for his text the gospel of the day, dwolling particularly on that portion in which the Saviour stated that a man cannot at the same time serve God and Mammon, The main thing to be considered relative to the gospel he had q he sais, Was that the words spoken were spoken by the Son of God, who had come mto the world to save | us trom our sins and to teach as the way that leads to | | cternai happiness 1m heaven. We were created by God for @ detinile purpose—to follow His teachings and not Wiese of the world, When God created the world He pronowaced it good wnd He blessed the earth, but a ereatjon sprang up, not of God, ‘bur of It was founded om man’s pride, strengthened by ambition. Wextended and a vice and sin Multiply nud increase in this “world called good not what the Father created, but what created, The teachings of the | Father were oppose hings of the world iN is of God were Dot The teachings of God inculeated new man. worla. v i fo fact that wan to ve bappy should give himself up the sacred books and the more or less distinct tradi- | tions among the nations had held out the hope of the | better day that should be ushered in by the appearance | day is utterly insipid. There is nothing piquant or | thougn | and | and otber | the celebration ot the mass The sermon wus proached | self-dental, patience tn suffering. wortd | J j taught a man to be proud, to despise pov | erty, to ook with scorn upon — selt-niortitic tiob, to regard self-denial an j results would | tulty and Vt | mankind, Toaccomplish this object God the Father stightecugness was substituting to the indulgence, to the e his end was to satisty uod picase himself! The spirit of the world, then, Was opposed: to the spirit of our divine Lord.” That His teaching was humility was shown not by His word alone but by His living example ; it was the foundation on which He had erected His edifice that was to last to ‘THR CONSUMMATION OF TRE AGES. His own very life was that of a pauper, so to speak ; He had at times not a place whereon to lay His bead, and those near and dear to Him were as poor as H By His I taught what a virtue it was to bear up under suffering, because, from the hour He was born until He died on the cross on Calvary, His life was one continued suffering. Yet the spirit of the worid, being opposed to these teachings, Was Opposed to the interest of God's glory. ‘Tbe worid tola man to live for himself, but Goa’s prip- ciple was, that nan should rise above this world that glory might ve given to God, who bad given him the opportunity to win the eternal lite of happiness. The world was the tricnd of the enemy of l—the devil himself, who was trying to destroy God’s creation. Tbis earth was tho battle field where the struggle detween God and the spirit of the world, soul of wan and betwen the its enemics had to tae place; and if we allowed our- selves to be influenced by this spirit we would be tn- | fluenced by the spirit of the devil, array ourselves against God, and, consequently, our own eternal in terests, We wore, ali of us, put tn this world to work our way to heaven. We snould, therelore, pray God to grant us the grace and strength necessary to fight the good fight well, so that when we passed away trom this life the change would be for us trom a lile of strife and tribulation toa life where joys are eternal end there 1s everlasting peace. FIRST MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH. ARE WE LABORERS WITH GOD ?—seRMON BY REV. H. W. KENAPP, At the First Mission Baptist church, corner of Laight and Varick streots, yesterday, Rev. H. W. Knapp, | D. D., preached before a large and very attentive con- gregation. The text of his discourse was from 1 Co- rinthians, 111. 0—‘For wo are lavorers togethor with God,” He sald:—There is many a child of God who may not know, perhaps, this truth as it ts hore simply expressed, that we are, so to epeak, workers with God—that ts, mot that we are coworkers with God im @ temporal sense, but we have a sort of partnership with Him in the great work of salvation. Webave an assurance by which we can rely ou victory if wo do the will of God. It is not a union such as wo might have with oar fel- low creatures, but an idea that we are part and parcel of that great work for which God the Father sacrificed His Son on the cross—the salvation of mankind. Let us cXamipe the context, that we may be able to under- stand the real views of the apostie ip text In the fifth and sixth verses we read, Who then is Paul, and who Is Apollos, but ministers by whom yo believed, even os the Lord gave to every man? 1 have planted, Apollos wi but God gave the increase,” ‘This text sweeps over the ministry and applies to all who labor to bring men to everlasting lite and glory those who labor to rescue map not from temporal danger, but from eterpal damnation, rescuing their fel- low creatures trom the depths of sin and placing them, with God’s help, on tho rock of eternity. couiined to the great or the noble or icaraed ones of this curth, but the humbiest of God’s creatures who performs the part assigned him is @ partner with God tor the salvation of mankind, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Wherever, by whoever the bloodstained banner ot the cross has been raised, there has gone on the great work. The apostle teaches turther that there are certain methods of labor. “I bave planted and Apollos watered. We ought to study these words as they are reveuled to us thoroughly. What tho apostle means by planting is to imaugurate the work tn anew svil, to place the seed tna new fleld, and as the plauting ‘in agriculture comes betore watering so iu God’s work some of His creatures must plant the | ‘scome after them and water the soil, The apostie Paul was the pioneer and Apolios, by his toars and compassion and sympathy supplemented his sturdy blows and poured oti on the troubled waters. In every movement the pioneer 1s always honored among men. How much we honor the first settlers dt Man- hattan Island! How much wo honor the men of 1849 that ‘opened up the great riches of Californm! Théretore bow much should the child of grace honor the man / who inaugurated the knowledge of God tp his own | heart! There are many who uever entered the house ; of God and never would bad not some kind soul felt 1+ his duty to go to those persons and becomo the | planters of the soed 1n their hearts and in their homes, And when these people bave been brought into the way of salvation how dear are those persons to them that first taught them the way of life! It every per- son connected with tbe Church would labor to plant the seed in some new weld to water the soil whoro {it has been planted, what great be achicved and ‘what ecstatic happiness feel _in thus becoming, according to the apostl borers together with G: Never forget that God bas ordained that preaching tho Word ts the means vy which the planting is done, but “that nother he that planteth anything, neither thut he watereth, but God wiveth the increase,” Let bim ‘be never so skilful, let him be never so learned, let him be never so charming in bis speech or tp his manner, unless God give the increase bis preaching will do no good, The man who can only speak to one man and can pray to God but in the sanctity of. his closet. may ‘dv the work of the Creator as thoroughly as the man who prays in pub- or speaks to thousands. That humble child who knows ouly to love Christ with its whole heart is as near God as a John Wesley, a Whitefield, » Luther or a Spurgeon, for he that planteth and he that watercth are one, ‘Noman can be B laborer with God uuless he has the same object with Him—the salvation sacrificed His own Son, and if you have any other ub- Jeet 1m your iabors but that ene chief and only one you ‘are not “laborers together with God.’? CHRIST CHURCH. THE FRUIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS A TREE OF LIVYE—SERXON BY THE REV. DR, JARED B FLAGG, ‘The sermon at Christ church yesterday morning was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Jared B, Flagg. The text was taken {rom Provorbs, xi., 30—"Tho fruit of the right- cous is a tree of life.” The text, he said, was kindred in {ts import to many other paseages of the “wise | mean the despotism of force, but the power of the man” as illustrating a great trath touching the nature and extent of Christian influence. His method of treating the subject involved two qucstions—iirat, in what docs the truit of tne rightoous consist? and second, how is itatreeof life? This truit consisted first of taith, or belief impressed by an independent volition, with a steadfast purpose of obedience; or, In other words, belief approving itself by good works. It must not bo supposed that eailing faith a iruit of tho effect for the of Christian in all attributes may be observed cause appears the effect and the ccording to & law of reciprocal operation which regulates the growth in holiness. This method of denomiuation was moreover practical and expressly corroborated by the words of our Lord, “Do and you thali_know."? Not to believe, because we could not exactly see the why aud the wherefore, was presumpta- ousiy to wait the wrath of God and to rush imo the eternal terrors of death, Considered as « fruit of righteousness, faith vot only stimulated hope, but might be so ‘perfected as to prove « realization and substantial foretaste of heavenly joy; in other wo! become bope itself, This ‘aith was the bread an water of life; 1 pote a new uame upon the pemitent’s brow, and led the hristian pilgrim trom earth’s poilu- tion free up to the Now Jorusaiem, the city vf our God. Second, hope might be regarded asa fruit of right eousness, As by Iaith, so siso, saith St. Paul, “we are hope.’ Hope to*chcer ana to support all ais. courugemnents; hope to strew lio's rugged witu flowers of Divine promise; hope glory in ailliction’s night and guide the storm-tossea voyager upon the troubled waters of this dark world; hope born of rectitude and nurtured tn righteousness—this was the Chfisvan's hope Third, we may notice love xs 9 fruit of righteous- since ness.’ God is love in its essence and periection; but so depraved and opposed to purity ts the natural heart that even the love of God as a grace in man ts con- Unuaily turned (rom is purpose, Fates {to mere desiro; im others it struggles faintly in the 0 with = low solfauteres. The true love, bowever, as afrait of righteousness, 1s un- bh, and ws always an impulso of purity. Soheitude weal of ov! ie {t# prominent ieature. It ts patient, long suflering, selt-sacriticing. ls deligh to do good. I conclusion, the ne immediate effort in the culture of those fr righteousness ‘alone could sugvive the second death deserve in, We have a great work to perform, and pot In many it degene- & mozvent to spare in its accomplishment Life, which | Supposed & 1s so short, has frequently been wasted by those who are drawing to the close of their last year. Nor should the young be presumptuous, tbicking there is time for have but few working hours lef. Many best prospect of years have been sud- denly cut down by the reaper Death. Thus in view of shortness of human life the utmost solicitude 1 even for the youngest and strongest er, whose lamp o! Iife 1s fickering m Whe eke of years, must not cespair. There was of mercy for those whatever 1s rigbt that shall yo receive. CHURCH OF THE COVENANT. THR MYSTERIOUS WAYS OP THE REV. MARTIN BR. VINCENT. After an absence of some weeks the Ie Vincent, D. D., occupied the pulpit at the above chureb yesterday morning The text of the sermon was takeo from the Psalms, Ixxvit., 19 20—""Thy way 1s ip the sea and thy path in the great Waters, and thy footsteps are not kuown, Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.” The preacher said no illustration could be better adapted to the Hebrow mind than these words of David. A God who could rule the seas must be a mighty God, The vast expanse of ocean was fraught with mystery and terror to their ininds, and we can but faintly realize the strength the expression had to them, Tho significant threat of es to tranyport them in ships was full of dread to and the terrors of the sea were as great iu their minds as their sufferings in bondage, It Was & vast mystery to them, and deither science | & J., entered the It as not j of bis nature—thas | | to shine upon us.” | have the whole philosophy of lfc. If wo think wo | TEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1876.-WITH SUPPLEMENT; experience made them familiar with its realms, The old poets never dwelt upon the seashore when writing of calm and quiet, but led the way to still tribulations they led the way to the sea The deli ance, with all the joy that accompamics it, is assocl ated with that realm of terror, Their path was through and after His footsteps, after the footsteps of one they did not know. We have in this not only s symbol, but | great practical trath. We sce ne longer great mys- turni of the sea or the burning of the pillar of fre, but, stili, these great truths are as mucn to us as to them. The modern mind ts apt to yield reverence only to things it cam understand, but! will show, in a tow words, how weak this human reasoning is Is it not in the very nature of things that a being to be rec- ognized and worehipped as God should be incompre- hensible and infaite? If be were otherwise how could we worship Him? His ways are beyond our minds, and because we cann understand them we should not | qucstion them. Suppose a boy employed in some as- sSemblage of learned men, carrying documents to and from its members, were to hia place because | he was not allowed te know the meiure of their con- tents. Would anybody think him gane or sympathize with him? Or would censure tal) a those who ewployed him? Could such a poy be expected to grasp the affairs of nations like the mature minds who control them? What then shall be said of a map who retuses to accept the leadership of God when the dit- ference between the boy and mao is naught to that between God and the beings He created? There are some who would reiuse to bolieve if they could under- stand—men who will bow to nothing but the induite. Look back into yourown hie and gee if God’s way ts not the way of the sea. He is a wise man who can ex- ~~ the workings ef his own life. Do you understand ow you came to be what you ot] and how diferent @ intended to be? Is not the road one you would have chosen? are your responsibilites such as you would have selected? ‘And do you not find others occupying the places you would most desire? But was uot the Onding of the babe in the bulrusbes a strange origin for th great prophet? And was not a Roman prison a strat place for the origin of the Episties to tho Philippians and Colossians? God bath said, “My ways are not your ways, apd my thoughts are not your thoughts.”’ 4 man may ask, “If was good would He not reveul these things tous?" And yet be carries in bis own breast without question ® greater mystery in his own soul The interpretation of the thirteenth verse, “Thy way 18 in holiness,” contains the secret. Through the dark and mysterious path holiness leads up through the darkness to the eternal light of God. In this we need more we are mistaken. 1 remember travelling a distance of seventy miles on a railroad over the Apen- | nines, and tn that short distance pasaing through torty- | three dark junnela Would not a person show good sense by sitting still instead of getting out to search for «path of his own, aud in all probability be lost in | his wanderiogs and starve on the way. That road was j built as the most direct communication from point to point. So with the work God has inid out tor us, but we want to baild our own roud and wo go away, If God curtails our plans we are displeasod, waters. It was only in the expression of trials and | teries of the revelation. We have not witnessed the | tation on tne necessity of educating youth in the prin- ciples of the Christian doctrine, He then read the Gospel of the day from Matthew, serve two masters; you cannot serve God | mon. Be not solieitous what you sbail eat, nor for your body what you shall put on. Consider thes of the field bow tliey grow; they labor not, neither do they spin; but! say unto you that Solomon in all his glory Was ot arrayed like one of these. Seek ye, th first the kingdom of God and hi these things shail be added un! pagan philosophers made happiness con: Session of weslth, others im honor, others in ruling over kingdows and nations, But all these things to- gether could not make # man nappy. Before a man can be bappy ali the facultice of his soul at should be rest We know very well ‘hat wealth canfot impart this happiness, for no matter how much wealth man may possess there ‘# something still wanting. Persons may be rich and you wane mya ane most oe rulers are ently the most un! 1, 80 the posses- tion of power doos not counter happiness. ‘THE ONLY BAPPINESS that can satisfy the cravings of our soul is the posses- uion of God's grace. the Gospel of the day is re- late 3 joke of the desires of tho ‘hey Those things could ke them happy. There can be no happiness but ip the possession of that everlasting kingdom which Christ purchased for all men, Seek principally and be- fore all the kingdom of God and His righteousnes and all other things shall be added unto you. In that king- dom reserved tor us there shall be no more weeping and sorrow; “all tears shall be wiped from the eye and ali sorrow banished from the beart, for the former things Lave away,” Is not this worthy of our ambition? But to attain it we must seek for is and Jook tor it earnestly, We must practice virtue, for {t {8 virtue alone that can raise u! up to the kingdom of God You mi subdue your passions and trample under foot every. thing that may standin the way of our attaining the kingdom of God. Practice buiilitv, practice purity; for our Saviour says, ‘*Bleased are the clean of heart, because they shall see God."' Only thus can be- come heirs of the kingdom of heaven. It we seek earnestly God will give us the grace to carry out our good resolutions, He will give us strength and courage to pursue the only course that will bring us xt last into the society of the angels and sainis for all eternity. CHUROH-GOERS DISAPPOINTED. It seemns to have been very generally supposed that the church of which the Rev. Dr. Jobn Hall is pastor, on the corner of Fiity-fourth street and Fifth avenue, | would be opened for service yesterday, but such aid not prove to be the caso, Tho conséquence was that a great many people were disappointed; tor long before ‘be hour for reguiar morning service people thronged tothe church and upplied for admission. . The gates were closed, however, and a lad was iu attendance to give the information that the church would not be opened until next Sunday. The error probably oc- curred from the fact that Dr. Hail returned to the city about w fortnight ago, and as this was published in the Papers many jumpod at the conclusion that he would occupy the pulpit yesterday. We allow for their expansion, but nos for their contrac- | tion, He ts a wise man wno follows on cheerfully, though the path be in darkness and down tn the valley. God 1s leading, and His way 1s holiness. Whatever bo- sets youon the way, have notesr, It matters not if you do not see aboad, for, ax some one bas beautifully Said. His ways are like Hebrew letters, to be read back- wards. Follow on and you will onc duy know Him and jotu in the heavenly soug upon the eternal shoro, CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS. THE UNSELYISHNESS OP RELIGION—SERMON BY BEV. DE, DEXMS. Every available seat was oceupied at the morning service in this church yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Deems selected his text from the sixty-seventh psalm—“God be merciful unte us and bless us, and cause his face There were two things, said the reverend gentleman, which every man desired to ‘do well—one was how to talk to man, the other was how to talk to God, Always when we are not talking to men wo aro talking to God, and this conversation which we have with Ged !s the communion which wo cali prayer. And whoever helped another in improving bimscil in ais mode of addressing bis fellow men increased the Jettarm of bis powor, Whoever told him how to improve in bis method of addressing God increased the power of his right arm whenever he drew influence from the heavenly world, The psalm uttered by David was o prayer to Almighty God out of the haman heart The tirst thing that struck was its total ungeilishocss, and this was the na- ture of all true religion, Tho religions that drow themacives into @ suct must be false religion, The true religion must be like God, who was always giving, God w the type of everyshing unseltish. When wo come to pray we should endeavor to be unselfish, Meu asked if they could not worship God at home as wellasin church, For one’s own spiritual benett closet praying wax unaoudtedly advantageous, but if a person stopped at closet work he would ve like a vege- fable under grouud—tt bore no trult. One of the great Diessings of praying in chureb was that people wero taught to say ‘wo? instead of “L” When we worship together we say ‘Our Father,” This was tho begin- ning of unseltishuess of religion, If ® man could tn- voke blessings for himself, without thinking of bis veighbor as well, itwasa meau prayer. By coming together we are taught unseitishness. There were threo things nevessary ur every Christian church. First, | that it should have she mercy of God. All mon | must feel that the plea they make tm prayer ts. plea for mercy. The reverend gentleman commented on | the flippant manner i which the phrase, “God biess | us,” was often used, bocuuso people did not pause to iuquiro its moaning. The blessing of God was the second request askod in the psalm, and the third was 10 cause His face to shine upou us. These threo things are necessary {or man—divine mercy, the divine bless- tbg and she divine favorable presence. Another grand aspect of tne usefulness of true religion was that we were constantly taught to pray for utners, as well as for ourselves, and the object was that the way of God | may be known upon earth, and His saving health among all nations. Tuis saving health meant salva- tuun, And what would be the grand result? An ac- knowledgment ot God’s goodness by the scicntitic world, ay well as by tho poor bushinem that crawl in Atriea, Our scjentiic men must come to know that the reign of law does not great lawgiver. Men must come to see God’s provi- dence, and that religion 1s Intended to lift up nations, not to encourage them to seek what was known as balance of power—for behold she atrocities of the Turks at the presont timo—but the balance of love, There was much talk about bard times. Suppose every man bad God's mercy, God’s blessing and God's pres- ence, would not the earth yield her increase? There were only two things the matter with os Onb is lazi- ness and the other is sinfuiness, Ln bis own opinion, be did not think they could be well separated. Laxi- ness was & crime against man and a sin against God, But religion had the effect of quickening mankind, How many people w: ip almshoyses and in prisous who need not be th Th preacher con- cluded by earnestly sorting congregation to con- tinue in the path of righteousness to the end that sul- vation might be obtained for all mankind. CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Gop's UNIVERSAL LOVE AND POWER—SERMON BY BEV. DR SCUDDER. terday mornin, the Central Congregational Church to welcome his return from Europa His toxt was from 1 Chronicles, xxix., 1l—‘*To thee, ob God, is the greatness and the power and the victory.” Those ‘words were written by a Jew, King David, 1,000 years before Jesus Christ came into the world. His tdea of God ts soen in the.text I have read—a grand and great Being full of glory and majesty, The Hindoo's nowon of God is that He 1s @ vastnonentity. He docs not worship Him He does pot approach Him with any ides of tenderness and Jove. What constitutes tho difference between these ons this Tho Jews received Divine jon and clung ceived tbe revelation as 1t came, and believed that God did create the heavens and the earth. He was God tor three reasons. Firat, becauso He was the universal proprietor, That being must be God who possesses everything and yet receives nothin He 1s tho eter nai God who created all things out of sal proprietor but universal ruler. He broods over the His wing all thas ts visibie The third hike a note yw Viewory pr and if God whom has He with? surely not the material torces nis it if man who is little low ogels, dowed with rea- h God intellect, who 1s engaged 1 man’s body, with ite sickuess, its deform ite defocts and is weakuess Why have we the our bodies? Because we are in controveray wi:h God, If you could ask the angels, the saints and cherubims GOD—8ERMON BY Martino R. | i they wore ever racked with sueh passions as those they would tell you they knew nothing about them. If ali these witnesses could apeak they would tell you that the substance of this: contlict between man aod # the conqueror of gap in God |e sin, The man Christ Jes sin for the whole human race, i do two things—belie and keep His commandments. Tho soul that trusts to Christ is saved by His graco—won ower. If you will ‘our heart to the Lord me softencd and mellowed, and Christ's grace Surround you and come up over you like a samme? cloud; whoreas, if you rejedt Him there will be a cloud, but it'will be darkened and thore will be no tructifying influences. After the sermon Dr, Scudder made a ‘‘statement” that the chapel neeaed repairs, and called fur $2,500 for tht a By voluntary contribution $2,784 were collect ST. PETER'S CHURCH, JERSEY CITY. THE KINGDOM OF GOD—SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER M'QUADR. Rev. Father Marecbal, 8 J., celebrated eo! im St Peter's chutch, Jersey City, at half-past ton o'clock. After the first gospel Rev. Father McQuade, A large congregation waited upon Dr. Scudder yes- | 5p) to it, while the Hindoos apostified i, The Jows re- | nothing, und lives | the keno, on high over all His work. And He is not only umiver- | universe as an eagle over ite nest. He gathers under | THE GAMBLER RAID. AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE WASHING- TON PLACE COURT—NEARLY ALL THE PRISON- RRS DISCHARGED—A WARRANT ISSUBD FOR ALLEN’S ARREST. The forcible entry of tne police, under Inspector McWermott, into the premises No. 95 Bleeckor street, supposed to have been kept by Theodore Allen, created no little excitement on the west side of the city yestor- day. Among the gamblers and sporting men the action of the police was regarded as arbitrary and unjustiti- able, some gambling house keepers claiming that it the tenants of the premises, nad fired on the polico and sbot some of them their actioa would have been justi- fied inlaw. From an early hour Washington place, in front of the court room, was thronged with persons do, strous of secing the prisoners brought to court, anda large crowd had assembled in front of the Mercer street station 1s was decided by Justice | Duffy not to take up the cases of the prisoners arrested at No. 95 Bleecker street until after the regular watch return had been disposed ot. Then word was sont to the Fifteenth precinct and the prisoners brought to court. The crowd outside en- deavored to gain access to the court room, but were kept back by Sergeant Berghold and his court officers, During the intorview Chief Clerk Cooney bad dratted a complaint, ebarging the prisoners with having as- sembled in No. 95 Bleecker street for the purpose of gambling, in violation of the law, and by their so con- gregating causing a breach of the public peace. The complaint also set torth thata keno urn, indicatoi cards und checks were found on the promises, Thi affidavit was sworn to by Inspector McDermott. Counsellor McLean represented the police authorities, and Messrs MeClelland and Goldey appeared for the Privoners whe, on being arraigned, gave their names as follows :— Edward Mead, Charlos Williams, James McKee, Will- fam A. Williams, Martin Smith,’ Charles E. Howard, Frederick Willams, Charles Aragt, George Watkins, George Babcock, William Wiison, Joba Kune, Willam Kiruy, Patrick Cussiuy, Patrick Brooks, George Curtis, | George Banahan, James Collins, Joho’ Allen, Joun D. | Young, James ‘Thompson, William Harris, Charles Smith, Richard Godfrey, George Wilson, William Mar- phy, William Porter, John b. Green, George Duprez, George Bassett, Walter Bikker, George Anderson, Charles Johnson, Frederick Smith, Willlam Tbomp- eon, David Tyler, Patrick Feeney, Obediah Lawrence, Charles D, “Sterling, Charles ‘Thomas, Alexander Thompson, Thomas Keete, Mayer Biock, [i Heo- nan, Robert Aleorn, William Taylor, John Stevens, Edward Reddy, Michael Kelley, Henry Richardson, Charies Jones, August ‘i Charles Thomas, Thomas | MeFadden, John Sinith, Frederick L. Sug, Aadrew Keeling, Charies H. Chamboriawn, Jason A. Jeflrey and Robert Wilson. the cross-examination of Mr. McClelland Inspector McDermott stated that he was armed wit! warrant, issued by the Superintendent of Police, on the Btb inst; that he found ibe door closed and at once proceeded to break 1t down with sledges and crowbars; be succeeded in effecting an entrance in twenty min- utes; on reaching the floorabove thecigar store he found the prisoners sitting around tables talking and reas H the gambling tools were found in the baso- ment of the building. ‘At this point the counsel tor the prisoners demanded | that every word of the examination be reducod te writ- | tng This was objected to by Counsellor McLean on be- haifot the police. After some deliberation Justice Duty decided to grant the request of the counsel for the defence. | Mr, McClelland then asked Inspector McDermots ifpe could identify any of the prisoners as having Deen tn the rooms at the time of the arrest. Mr. McLean objected, aud the Courtruled ip his favor, An exception was taken by the counsel for the deience. Sergeant Murray, in command of the Fiftcenth pre- cinct, was next cailed, and testified that with other officers he broke open ® rear window, but could not gain access to the room in which she gambling was alleged to bave been carried on; on Ihursday night ho had @ conversation with the reputed proprietor, Allen, hich Allen said thatthe matter had assumed of an issue, and that the house should not ve clot Mr. McClelland then asked under what statute the prisoners were held. They could not be bold tor | imbling, as they were raerely sitting around tables | smoking and talking. They could not be heid as dis- orderly persons, for no ovidence had been adduced owing them to bave acted disorderly, or that they were oot hard working men who carned an honest living. Mee McLean said that tho statutory definitions laid down in ‘Colby’s Criminal Practico” dia not debar a police justice (rom the exercise of bis power and judg- ment as a curator of the oppress the prisoners, ‘he fels bound to punish them, and would pass on their cases as each prisoner would be brought before him, Tho prisoners were then called up, and presented a most kaleidoscopic appearance. were young clerks, boys employed tn stores, hanics who haa out on a Saturday might's spree, quantity of sporting men, who, “ts fair to presume, were not attracted by but by the more scientific name of rouge et noir, 1 8 they gave | wero various and amusing im Kirby, one of | tho employes of the piace, suid be was a Loatbuilder | and dropped tu to see a friend. He had no money and did not play keno. He was discharged and*went away smiling Frank Curtis, a ‘“pegger’’ employed ia the house, said he wasa fish dealer in Washington Market, apd was discharged, George Banahan said be entered | the piace because be was under the linpression a politi- cal meeting was being held there James Thompso: weighing 110 pounds, said he was a. sparumaker an went in with @ fri Judge Duffy said, “You are light tor a sparmak 1° will givo you the benefit of the doubt; go home.” August Bikker sud he was @ fish merchant living in Say brook, Coun. ki home. Jobo Db. Green said he was David Tyler, avother employs of the house, said hb was in tho show business. He was fined §3. Thomas } Keeve said be wont in to sell matehes Myer Block | | said he went there to serve a summons ou a man. | William Taylor said he went there to seil sawdust, and Obediah Lawrence, of Washington, now living at No. 32 Third avenue, said he was given a card inviting him to call at the “Keading Room,’’ No, 9 Bleecker street They, Were divcharged. overt Wilsou, the “looker out,” was fiued $3 Three colored men—Frederick 1. Stagg, Andrew Keeling and sason A. Jeffries—employed im the piace, were next arraigned aud committed tor The evidence was jorship of tne piace and rday was on a fishing excursion, mselt to-day and give vail tor exam- 10D. it is understooa that Allen .and Sefor Xiques, the proprietor of the cigar store through which ‘he police forced their way, will to-day apply for w | rants for the arrest of Inspector McDermott and Ser- | goant Marray on a charge of burglary. THE ALLENS GAME, According te the inventory made by the police and reported at Police Headquarters yesterday morning, the gambling implements eaptared in The Ailen's Saloon Saturday night vonsist of the following pieces :— | | 1 keno wheet with 49 balla, 206 keno cards, 1 Kono pall | rack, 2,000 keno buttons, 1,402 checks, 1 red and Diack luyout board, two chuck raeka, 6 mateb sales, 10 table \pit and delivered a forcible exbor- spreads, 1 deal box, 6 indicators, 4 packs of cards, 1 card rack, 7 signs and 1 slate, pence. Justice Duffy said that, although he did not desire to | F “3 ~ HELL: GATE Preparing for the Great Explosion Off Hallett’s Point CARTRIDGES TO BE PLACED TO-DAY A Herald Reporter’s Examination of the Galleries, Thousands of people yesterday wended their way % the government works at Hell Gate, Long Island, warned by the statements of the press that visitors would soon be excluded. They crowded the ferry boats from Brooklyn and Jersey City, and many drove thither from adjacent Long Island towns. They were all, however, disappointed, for, on reaching the scene of the works, they were confronted by a fence erected late on Saturday night, upon which was fastened « monster sign with lotters more than a foot long. Qrerererees Lance neceee, DANGER! NITRO-GLYCERINE. NO ADMITTANCE, 3 3 errcncserooteeoreorsee operate aioe After staring at this s moment tho majority of the Bightseers gave vent to their disgust in language more forcible than elegant, and tuereupon retired to a neigh- boring beer saloon to seek consolation. As fast as one 2e6 got tired of this amusement another arrived, and so the throng was kept up all day, much tothe profit ef tho saloon keeper and a mun with a magnotic battery. While the would be sightseers were coming and going in fall tide, a Herat reporter sought out Mr Boyle, who has been foreman onthe work since iw commencoment five years ago, and from him learned the following facts:—At half-past seven o'clock thi morning the work of charging the columns with ex plosives will begin, and it 1s expected that every hole wil bo filled with dynamite, vulcan powder and rendroc, Mr. Boyle has picked out fifteen trusty men to whom the work of filling the holes will pe given, Kach one of them will have @ special assistant to attend upom his movements and hand the cartridges up to him when he is obliged to stand upon a platform to fill holes in the upper part of tho pillars and in the roof Besides these thirty men a number have been selected to handle the powder and dynamite upos the wharf, lower it into the shaft and eonvey if through the headings to those engaged in charging, ‘Those men will fall to work this morning, and it is ex- pected that 1,500 pounds of explosive material will be stowed away 1 the holes drilled for is before night, Each of the THREE EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS used is supplied by a different company, and each come pany 4s under contract to deliver at the time and place and in quantities demandod by the government officials in charge of the work. Orders have been issued for about 20,000 pounds, to be delivered at the whart be sido tho shaft this morning, and probably ere these lines meet the eyes of the readcr, threo boats will haye quietly moored at the place indicated, each having on Doard enough compressed force to tear the whole end off Long Island The explosives will be delivered in cartridges packed in boxes, each of which contains 100 pounds, Tho material will be directly enclosed in metallic cartridges, These will contain from ten te fifteen pounds of explosives, They will be something less than two feet in length each, and will be of four different diameters, the smallest measuripg one and three-quarter inches, the next onoand seven-eighths inches, the third two inches and the fourth two and one-half inches. The purpose of this is to accommodate them to the size of the holes, which are about cight feet in di , saree inches io , diameter at the face of the rock and only two inches af the further extremity, 1t being found impossible v drill holes of such a depth of an equal di whole length. The most powerful explosi packed in the smaller cartridges, which are packed away at the further extremity of the hole, where, of course, most force will be required to shattor shi The next larger cartridge is placed oe: and so on till the fourth is in placo, when a space of eighteen inches in depth, measuring’ trom the joree of the rock, will be stilt left uudiled, When ett the 7,COv boles im the excavation shall have been thus packed, the electrician will come along with what might be called the explogent cartridges. These will be about one foot loxg, packec full of vulcanite, and each will Lave inserted in it # brass cylinder, two inches long and five-eights of an inch in diamete! filled with fulminate of mercury. Into the falmini battery. THE EXPLODENT CARTRIDGR thus equipped Is placed in the drilled hole inst of all, and It is calculated that whea It explodes the concus- sion will discharge all the cartridges packed below it ia the same hole. In order to = a clear idea of the pian of blowing the concern the reporter bogged Mr. Boyle to perm! him to go down and visit the scene of operations, The gentleman not only acquieseed, bat at once volan- Yeered to accompany him. It was impossible, how- ever, to go just then, as the smpatient crowd chafing without the frail barrier would, should any one, how- ever authorized, be seen crossing it, at once break through all restraint and tollow. When evi. dences of the coming rain storm unmistakable d the = fading ight warned vhe crowd of latens of the howr aod it began to disperse, the gentleman named, with s friend and the reporter, proceeded to the shed at the mouth of the shaft, and arming themselves with customary torches and umbrellas, descended. When below the reporter found that the bottom of the shatt had been cleared of the iron tracks, band cars aod other appliances used to carry off and hoist up the displaced stone from the tunnels, and now pro sented 4 clear open space a couple of hui dred feet in area sunk down perpendicalariy 1m the solid rock some twenty-five foet below the sur- face of the ground. On the side of tho wall toward the river, opened ten tunnels about fifteen teet bigh and eight feet wide, radiating out under the river and extending more than half way across it, Each of these ings extend in a right line to @ point beyond trouble tona' from e cun be no possil Priver. They thas form per. shaft, bed of the river. figure, all converging in th pace botween these tunacis is widest in- termediate short ones are cut parallel with the main lines, 80 that counting these short headings there are hot ten, but thirty-thi in all. Seginning at @ point about twelve feet tos: ¢ headings measuring from the face of the shaft wall is cut a series of seven galieries or tunnels, sweeping across the ontire Space covered by the operations and ran ning paralie! to each other, completely honeycomt the entire area, leaving only 172 supporung pillars of unexcavated rock, each about four feet square, at regular intervals, The entire area oxcavated ts about two and dve-eighths acros. Entering the main Beading —from the roof of which water leaked in some {a aheavy shower, which a most beat down the pro- tecting umbrella—the reporter, through the kindness of bis guide, had ample opportunity to exam. ino by the light of o smoking torch thi manner in which the most important of all the work—the charging—will be before one of the supporting pil- lars, down which the water poured in a tuad cod that ut tolerubly regular intervals of the rock was pierced with holes from bottom to top, and in the borizontal wall overh or ceilmg, as it might be called, sev holes were drilled near whore the pillar joined 1 In every hole was driven a plug .of white pine wood, the end of which projected four ot five Inches, On’ the end of cach was nailed a small disk of tin, with » number stamped upon it, Begins ging with No. Lat the bottom they ran up to No. 20a8 the top. From pog to peg ran a plece of sto securely fastened to each. This series of twer tbus connected 1 culled ‘8 group,” and, ¢ emtire 7,000 holes were found to be and balf hidden by the mists of w he roof and formin, pools under toot, tne urrangement of pegs and strings bore no slight reeembiance to the chords of a mon: nels, water continually dripping fro piano or barp, and ab involuntary shudder shook the frame of the scribe as b@ thought of tho one terri- bie note which would be struck from thom and won. dered what would be the result should some careless band timed. sirike the instrument before it is properly Tho object of all this eystem is that the work- may not become confused or taterfere When the holes sbali have been all ive material an oxplodent eartridge ng cap will luke the place of each the caps will torm cordon trom cap to cap, uniting cach entire group except that of the two bottom caps From eaeh of the latter a wire will oxtend, and these wiree, stretching from a groups, wili be joined to a larger single wire, a number of these in turn will coanect with a still larger that when the ends of the wires roach the a y will uli converge, perhaps, to a single wire, which will bo wttaehea to ‘the discharging battery, Besides the holes arilied to the full depth and exploded j by an explodent cartridge and tulminating there are many whien were drilled im bu five feet or even less, when they bad to be abandoned, some because the river began to pour i through them making an immediate plaggt oF wary and others because the point of the an one of the of bardor stone, which, Ik of cement unite the horizontal layers in the stone is formed and made ft impossible to proceed further All ot these holes will be simply tilled in a disconnected way without auy caps leaving them to be exploded by the concus- sion of the others. After penetrating to the farthest extremity of one oeading, wnero the river rolls over head with its thirty two tort of water, with a rock root (CONTINUED UN NINTH PAG)