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8 THE PULPIT. Sermons in Several of the Churches Yesterday. THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY. The Rev. Father Farley on the Value of Prayers for the Dead. DR. DEEMS’ DISCOURSE. Charity the Greatest of Spiritual Gifts. The Christian's Personal Relations to the Saviour. Seaeeereent ere CHURCH OF THE DESCIPLES. SOWING TUE SEED BY THE WAYSIDE—SERMON BY REY. MR, HEPWORTH. The attendance was not large at the Church of tho Disciplee yesterday, owing to tho inclemency of the weather, Mr. Hepworth selected his text from St. Matthew, xiti, 4—*tAnd when he sowed somo seed fell by the wayside.” The moro I think of it the more I um convinced that there aro no such things as triflos in the economy of God, said Mr. Hepworth. That which appears to bo insignificant to us is so only because wo are shortsighted. Our scales are wrong, ana that which is really weightiest as causes frequently appears to us to be very light !f not quite worthless, A youth lays ont his plans of life; but he does it from the standpoint of imagination, not of experience. Ho dreams of accomplishments and the powers with which Vhey are to be achieved are drawn ont of the deep, ri welt of his fancy. Nevertheless, he applies himselt to sturdy preparation for the work ho has given bis own hands, and perhaps in the midst of it a single word is dropped and it changes the whole character of his life; hitherto he has seen through =a glass darkly, now ho sees face to — face, What wo regardas trifles have an immense importance of their own, No canse ts insignificant; nothing in Gou’s providence 3s to be laid aside as worthless, ‘The preacher said that he once knew o man who was ed with doubts about Christian life; lis desire was eve in the Lord Jesus; his heart ached to accept the Livle as spiritual autbority, and yet there was SO MUCH MYSTERY about it that he was repelled, an. he laid it down as a Id accept nothing he could not demon- day he sat under the ministry of a aud, in the providence of God, that thought p for discussion, and the minister used this He said:—**We know nothing about ihe mag- AY8 points to the north star; no one can find tion; no one can explain tt. No per- jasion of yours can induce it to be un- rue to that star which attracts it to iteelf.’’ atwas only an ordinary statement, only a wayside eed, and that seed dropped not by chance, but by the nan he dence of God, into ah rt, and tt bad its and to-day that man is a member ot your cbureh, honored, loved and* trusted. He found his Way outof darkness into the faith and love ot Jesus Christ. Drop a stone into the middie of Lake Superior and (he ripple remains and spreads till it touches the bank on either side, So bitter word hard as a piece of granite dropped into a human life will produce a tipple unmeasured in its power, How often a word of anger turns 11 the heart and stirs the deepest feelings in the experience aud nature of those we love. We would » them back if we could, but, alas! no power can call it back, It is only a wayside seed, that 48 ail; an apparently Worthless uiterance, yet somehow tho whole nature 1s cho Again, the ‘falling of the wayside seed was mn accident, it was intention | without doubi, and we receive irom it the lesson that it is our duty to sow secede as we go onward, ana even though they do fall in thorny placos, and although they do produce nttle fruit or none at all, yet it is our blessed privilege tq drop the seed. It is our duty wherever we go to carry cheerfulness and gentleness und charity and brotherly love. We ought never to go with shut up hearts, We ought to remember that every little incident is a golden opportunity* given by Goa! Iv isnot simply an accident in our carcer, but it is an opportunity which God opens for us aud which, Tightly used, may give pleasure and happiness. What a Joy comes to the heart when we have done a good decd and put ourselves a little way out todo it, It is our duty to scatter the seeds along the wayside and on our way to Iet our smile be felt, to heal every wound, to dry every tear and leave a biessing in every life, FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. UOVE, THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY—SERMON PY RSV. DR. ARMITAGE, Dr. Armitag» preached yestorday morning in the Fifth avenuo Baptist church, the subject of hii doing “Love, the Essence of Christianity. Ho took ais text from I. John, iv., 17, 1S—“Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, 80 are we in tnis world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. Ho that feareth is not made perfect in love.” In the course of his ser- mon the preacher said thata man cannot love that which is dead, but that which ts alive. It was not the image of the dead picture, but the memory of the living mother, that brought tears to the eyes of the poct Cowper when he contemplated the portrait of his do ceased parent. By partaking of the spirit of Chriss we are trapstormed into the divine image of the Creator, The essence of tho Christian rehgion is love, There are five different degrees of awn love. There 18 love to God, not for Nimecif but for the good things which He bestows, May we not Jove Him through our very dependeuce on Mim? He gives ns the changes of the seasons and the fruits and flowers which they bri Again, we love God for the sake of own personal happiness. This color of affection is like the eve which we may have for the law, which impeis us to observe its precepts in ordor to avoid its penaitres, Then wo may love God for the sako of our own futuro Happiness and the gratification of onr desire for a pleasurable immortality, There i# also the love of | Preference, into which that of reward enters largely, | which is‘an incentive to love the Divine Being; but this shade of feeling is intimately mixed with a large degree of selfishness, And thero is the transporting delight of that love of God for the sake of Himself only. But to attain this purity of holy sentiment wo must pertorm the difficult tank ‘of extricating ourselves from all other colors ot affection, go that we may be elevated Into this condi- lion of unailoyed love. It isa moat onviable state of mind, and one to be acquired only after putting forth many efforts to attasn it, Sauta Teresa was in this de. lictous delirium of heavenly love whea she fervently qished for a lamp in her right hand so that she might burn up the gates of heaven, anda river in her lett so that she could drown tho gates of hell. This was a wonderful aspiration, and tho say- admirable ore, St Pant says that tho passoth all knowiedgo. This 8 for Christ when — they ¢ ted Him in all His jength and breadth, When fear into captivity amd enslaves it we arc ou the way to approach the presence of His image. Luther used the word “confidence in the day of jndg- ment,” instead of the werd ‘joytulness.”” He means dy this that tho day of judgnient has no terrors for the (over of Christ—we look forward to tt with joy and confidence. If there isa ian to be jadged’ who is pure, like tho Judge, there is no terror or torment in 1 uso, instead of meeting a doom that will er, We recewe jo; in the day of ment. Perlect love casts out foar, and he who tears {s not perfect in love, Christian ‘charity mant- tests iteelt in acts of love to @ne another, It might be thought that God’s love for us is most manifost in His giving us the suo, moon and stars to Hliuminate the earth and th ‘ons to bring forth terials for our food and raiment. Dut His divine fove for the human raco is, above all, most apparent in the superiatively divine act ot giving His Son to die Tor us. The great thing for us ts to be in this word ke Ubrist; to do something like Him and tor iim, Christian love procures for those who poseess it bold- ness and determination im the day of trial. at “heistion love is not all sotiness and serenity; it par- es of the bold, museaiar, manly, It te (ull of nerve, strength and vitality, Jolin, was a lovely man, was an example of Christian valor, yet he was irritable feverish, with a dash of good Turkish bitterness in composition, We should imitate his courageous example, and be prepared to struggle through all obstacles im life te place ourselves in that desirayie state of mind that wil mako us ready to bear all burdens consequent upon oor imperfect condition, that we may guin that unself- ish love of God whieh alono can save us. ST. GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THE CHRISTIAN'S PERSONAL RELATION TO THE SAVIOUR—-DISCOURSE BY REV. DR. TYNG, SR. Rev. Dr. Tyng, Sr., reopened the above church yes- terday and preached an impressive discourse on “Oar Personal Relations to Our Saviour.”? The attendance was very small, aud the reverend rector conducted the entire service without the assistance of other clergy- men. He took for his text L Peter, ili, 15, “Be fendy always to give an answer to every man that neketh you # reason of the hope that is in you with meckness and fear;’’ and Solomon, v., 9 and 10, “What ismy beloved more than another beloved? * * * My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ven thousand.” The rector stated that these passages: +1 Holy Writ presented the fact of the porsoval relation ———$$—$————$ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT. ante —= ® of every bollever to the Saviour. This personal relation was the greatest treasure and inberitance of a Christian’s Ife, The only effeetive relation to the Saviour is this personal and individual relation, We | staud'upon the basis ot personal choice of a friend ec to Bave and bless us, not merely with the earnest. ness of a_new born affection, bui the power of well tried experience and love. I! we possess these we can give am answer and say, ‘My beioved ts the chief arnotig tem thoasand.”? ry believer comprehonds on which he stands. It was not his duty @ scoffer and the malignant, but tt was his privilege to take tho hand of his tcllow man and lead him in the pleasant way and show him the foundation ot the hope in which he rejoices. If you have a per- sopal jaterest im this Saviour, said the minister, yen have everything. He comes as a triumphant Re- | deemer; He presents to us all the blessings of tho | lite here and ail the promises of the life to come. Ho comes a8 a Divine messenger whom we are to receive on {he basis of His own testimony and truth—an am- bassudor Wo are t@nccept ns oar agent to deliver us from sin—a personal friend we can commune with and trust, He is one who will be found freely giving to those who thankfully recetve, Every hope im us is common with Him, and he becomes to us a git of grace, We aro made ono with Him when wo receive and welcome him, The taking of the hand of Jesus 1s as simple as taking that of a friend, Hoe comes to us as our one personal Redeemer by whom we are ran- somed. His death on the cross was a personal deoth for us; He furnished the ransom for others and Jaid down His lite for the flock he came to seek and to save, Itwas an ample satisfaction, and when our faith embraced Him us one by whom our penalty was borne, as one who gave His life for us, we are giving a reason for the hope that is within us, We know His power ; we trust that power; we belteve in Him; He be- lieves in us; we are one in Christ Jesus and we wel- come a personal triumphant Saviour to our hearts, He has becomo ours by fis own gilt forover; we havo become His by uring Hi Ho is our overiasting Lord, and we aro His disciples, His children, His ser- vants forever, ELEVENTH STREET M. E. CHURCH, BEOPENING SERVICES—SERMON BY DR. ©. H. FOWLER, Yesterday mornifig the Eleventh Street Mcthodist Episcopal church in this city was reopened, The steadily pouring rain kept many trom the tabernacle; but the strength andJifo of the congregation wero mani- fested betore the doxology was sung. After the opon- ing services, and amid the low monotono of the rain pattering on the roof and windows, Dr. C. H. Fowler, the editor of the Christian Advocate, who occupied the platform by invitation, spoke from the text—'‘And I, if I be lifted up trom the earth, will draw all men unto mo.”—St John, xi, 32 In presenting his ideas the prenchcr said:—This sen- tence js vital and full of truth,"stating the plan of divine government and of human history. We are brought by it into the presence of the cross, Then it stood on Calvary; now it stands in our midst. Then there was gathered aboat ita few women of Galilee aud a Jewish mob, To-day it has gathered about it the people of the whole earth, In the crucifixion of Christ was seen but the death of a Jewish pensant in a most ignominious form, The cross was lo offensivo to the people, ana men are yet saying, as the multi(ude said then, “Come down from the cross and we will believe in you.’? But standing ‘with outepread arms, ready to welcome all, the cross is still the magnetic force Uhat is drawing all men unto it, It 18 easy to see how the at- men’s character up to righteoug- ness; but it is dificult to see how the repellant forces can be used for the same effect, To the hardened sinner God speaks from amid the thunuers of Mount Sinai, and to others He explodes a shell of retribution under their ject or in their ears, awaken- ing all their senses and drawing their attention to the cross, revealing to them the saving power of Christ, ‘od does not seek to drive souls to Him, but by the monstration of His power to attract them to Him, here is no power in the untverse or in he!l.to compel asoultoact, The body may be bound, but the spirit, the soul, cannot be bound, and it is possible for the soul to deiy men, spirits and even God himself, strid- ing before His yery throne and mocking ali the powers of tho Almighty, and you do it every time you sin, God hates ‘sin’ with an infinite’ hatred, and He musters all His forces to crush it, and yet you keep i here all tho time, delying Him. Be can never break in upon our individuality. Wo sometimes wonder why He has made us so spiritually strong. And we guess about, The great book docs ‘not tell us, and the instant wo go outside of the book it is all guesswork. Wo guess that tie sat there alone upon His throno and wanted something that would leve and adore Him, and, with His son, be in fellowship with Him. So He mauve man. Let Him come to you, 1f He ever comes into your hearts it ix with ‘the olive branch. You must open the doors wide, give Him the key and receive ym as a king or He will never come in, He will not sneak ip, nor come With the servants at the back door. He must come in asa welcome guest or He will not come in at all. It is a great thing to bea mai That is why God gave us His likeness and treats us.as His peers. Is it not @ shame that we, as men, will do anything that will degrade the great King? This is not a Jittie mis- sion here; it 1s ope Goa Almighty’s outposts, and He 18 shouting out to save kings, He is striving to at- tract men, and the cross is His magnet. It is His power. What is power? It is notin the monitors and magazines and bayonets and marching millions. Bay- ouets are of no force, but hang like spades if they are not grasped by the nervons fingers of men fighting i The bit of paper on which was “AI men_are born free and equal,” bad no power in itself; it could have been blown out of the window; but the idea in 1t marched on, starting kings and making men iree. So with the doctrine of Christ, The idea of the crucified Jewish peasant had power in it, because it saved souls. His magnet is powerful. +], i be lifted up, will draw all mon unto me.” To save our souls We Want the cross. We want a religion with a creed, that will steady our steps toward its altars, making us wiser aud better and bringing us nearer to the great K’ The preacher closed with urging his congregation to recognizo in tho suffering of Christ upon the cross a token of the love of God for man, and to draw nearer to Him and be lifted up with Christ. r The collection at the close of the service amounted to $519. ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. THE VALUE OF PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD— SERMON BY THE REY. FATHER PARLEY. Despite tho inclement state of the weather there was qnite a large congregation at the high mass services in ‘St, Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathearal, Mott strect, corner of Prince, yesterday. Tho mass was celebrated, by the Rov. Father Kuno. The sormon was delivered by the Rev. Father Farley, secretary to Cardinal McCloskey, Tho reverend gentleman took for his text Luke, vit, 11-16, He said that death was common enough among us, and our grief at the loss of one dear to us was os great as wag that of the widow of Nain— our faith as unfaitering ag was hers, But it was never given us to see what the multitude ot Nain saw—to seo God stretch ont his hand, ponr life into a dead body, infuse the warm blood into lifeless veins and bid the dond arise. This was not given tous, though our faith was as strong as was the poor widow's Was the charity of Jesus Christ less now than it was then? Was His arm shortened, His compassion less for the afflicted and the bereaved? Do our prayers and tears now fall on arid soil? Do they not ascend to the throne of mercy? Was nothing lefius but the barren memories of tho dead? No. Josus Christ, whom we saw in the Gospel sanction mourning for the dead, who sanctified tho tears of the mourners when He, too, wept over Lazarur, would not Jet our tears be barren. He who wept with Martha had not condgmned that feeling of grief which nature and God had planted ig the heart of man and which found expression in tears when God called away trom us one of those we loved, Christ had said once, “Amen! 1 say unto you if ye have faith, greater things will y@ do than I do.’?, So it was with the prayers we oflered for the dead. ¥ Were more powerful than the 1 Nain. She won back to Iife her dangers of this worid, where is salvation gain imperiled, Our prayers for the dead did a greater thing—pierced the rei ory, tong open wide the gates of heaven and placed’ them in the presence of God. That lis hearers might better understand tho duties they owed to their dead the reverend gentioman ‘cailed attention to three questions:—First, Who are the souls in pur- gatory? secénd, How is it known that the 8 Ue aided? third, Way means are to be emptoyed to give them aid?’ The souls to be aided by pray: those for whom the prayer prays at the altar when he gays, “Remember, O Lord! Thy servants who have | gone be.ore us with sign of the true faith, and who | sicep the sieep of peace.” Thereiore the ‘souls who | stood IN NERD OF OUR PRAYERS wore thove who have died in the peace of God, not those who have died enemies of God; not children who die in their baptismal innocence, nor the saints cauon- ted, bat those who, fh + hour at hanit, calcd on he priests of ver him “that they may be cleansed from their sins, whose souls have been puritied by the sacrament of absolution,” They were the fouls of those who probably sat in the same beach with us at school, who bad Knecled at the same altar with 08, companions in ain of ours, it might be, whom wo hnd taught to blaspheme and otherwise o1- tend G: The souls in purgatory wero prisoners placed in our hands by God’s mercy, Mis justice had ebut the gates of heaven agunst’ them til the stain of ~=the—slast’—venal_—sin had been erased; for, as St. John gaxd, noth- img dofiled could enter the New Jerusalem. ‘At the sacrifice of tue mass there souls were in our charge. The priest who prayed at the aitar for their repore was the pleader, the congregation was the Jury, the Church was (he court and God was the judge. We bad it in our power (6 procure their aamittaace to the realms | of everiasting joy. The reverend gentieman then went | on to prove by the Scripiures and the decisions of ine Council of Trent thar there was A MIDDLE STATE IN THE OTHRR WORLD which we call purgatory. The Council ot Trent 900 | years ago said in regard to the existence of this State:—“*Phis is the faith whici has been handed down by the holy fathers of the Church through all ages and by the teachings of tne Church." Seven handred years ago St. Bernard, the “iast of tho fathers,” as ho was calied, had said to the heathon:—<lf you believe net im th wstence of a purging tre after death then “Previcenco this will baila ask Jesus Christ why Ho said tbero is a sin that shall be forgiven neither in this world nor in the noxt.”” After citing many other proofs to show that thero could be no doubt about the extstence of a third state in the other world, and contending that, it there ‘were not, not one person in 10,000 coula onter heave except children who dio in their baptismal innocence, the martyrs who gave up their lives for the faith and the great saints, Father Farley closed by exhorting his hearers to remember tho dead in their prayers, for ey od after death, would need the prayers of the faithful 8ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH. THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION ON DBATH— SERMON BY REY. FATHER MACAULEY. There was as usual @ Jarge attendance at St. Ste- phen’s church yesterday. The Rey, Father Colton was the officiating clergyman, and at the sormination of the first gospel the Rey. Father Macauley preached a sermon, taking his text from the Gospel according to St. Luke, vii., 11-16, in which is set forth the raising to life of the widow’s sop, There was described in, the Gospel, said the reverend gentioman, a striking iilus- tration of the extensive mercy of God, not only for the maladies of a spiritual kind, but also for temporal tribulations. In the case mentioned so great was His. compassion that Christ not only sympathized deeply with the mother of the young man who was dead, but, in the words of the Gospel, He was moved with mercy. Besides the subject of merey which suggested itself from tho Gospel, there was another one familiar to us in everyday life, and that was the subject of death.” In the illustration given in this Gospel death had chogen for one of his victins, not a man old jn the ranks @ humanity, or who had already passed the yeare generally allotied to human beings, but the great destroyer came among tho flower ot mankind. Une of the great misfortunes of our lives is that we fl away too frequently from tho consideration of deat and other kindred subjects. We naturally shr from death, and the old as wellas the young, those favored and those forsaken by their fellow beings, all cling to life. We know that we are pleced in this world for 2 purpose; that we have bat a lew days to accomplish our object, and that a great part of our lives 18 taken up with tho temporal concerns of our bemg. There was a disposition to drown these thoughts, but they would nev come up and bring us t the consideration of this all-important sub- ject, and it was absolutely necessary to ponder over it a we would work out our ation. The riches, honors and pleasures of thi distrected and absorbed tho considerations that should lead it to work fur itself eternal salvation, exclusion of the more important Death showed us the vanity of all those things. It Tepresented thom to us as they geally existed. Ina word, by a consideration of thi subject a completo Tevolution in our ideas takes place, our viston be- comes clearer and purer, and consequently our aspira- tions and desires are more elevated and more in keop- ing with the mim object of owrexistonce. We are victims of the world it wo understand it not. The Son of Man himself bus tola us that tho truth alone could make us free. We are, then, slaves in tho moat abject sense of tho term if wo understand not the tendency of our actions, * Tho salutary eflects of meai- ution on death could mot be overestimated, Wo aro Jed to anticipate the day wien we shall cuter into the endless world, and we can see things as we will seo them at that eternal time Death is jor us al. We know not the circumstances under which it il come. Moreover, we know not whether we shall have time to make preparation tor entering into the otber world, It is by sensibility ot the truths that we may hope to receive the grace that will enable us to pass the ordeal in the iriendship of God. So fur as death is concerned the most plausible appearances are deceptive, The reverend genticinan, in concluding a very eloquent and pathetic discourse, exhorted the congregation to bo impressed with that fear alluded to ip the Gospel by which salvation must be worked out. The resuit of this fear was good reparation, They had the example of the holy Church, death having always boon a subject of her ro- flections as well as ol the saints. Tho same need they had we also have, and the same fruits th rived wo willalso derive, The reward of our reflections would be the graco necessary to meet God in the worid to come, EIGHTEENTH STREET M, E. CHURCH. SERMON 10 YOUNG MEN LAST EVENING, BY REY. W. F. HATFIELD, In the Eighteenth street Methodist Episepoal church last evening Rev. W. F. Hatfleld, the pastor, delivered the third of acourse of sermons to young men, on essen- tials to success in life. The speaker began by saying that there aro few questions of greater importance toa young man than “How may I succeed In life? what is necessary for me to do? what course shail I adopt?” ‘These questions have been asked by overy young man, and success in Ife depends to a great extent upon the manner these are answered and carried out. Thero must first be an aim in life to Warrant sucocss. Somo havo ridiculed the iden of having an aim or taying outa detinite plan, They tell us that there Is a provi- dence that guides the affairs of men, and it will matter little what plans are laid so long as there is a divinity that shapes our ends But are we to suppose that to do everything for a man; ‘that jouses, carve statues, paint and fashion, and make money and gain’ knowledgo, and thgt man has nothing to do but recoivo whatever God chooses to bestow? Thoso who have been successful have found that while God bas given them faculties for acquiring knowledge they had to do their part in educating these faculties, and in having some definite object in view for which tu labor. Coiumbus, Wilberforce and Washington each had an aim, and they followed it until they gaincd the object for wntch they so long and persistently strug- gled. Temptations that lead to evil must be strongly resisted. One young man sees another of his own ago who is LIVING WITHOUT Won. He has soft hands, woars kid gloves, flourishes a cane, smokes cigats, rides in the park, dresses expensively, and has an eMsy time, and be feels that he ought to have an easy time too, No man ‘eyer became wise, useful or great who was an idler, But you say, “I would work,Out there Js no work to be found; nobody wants to hire, times are so hard.” If the of men who are out of omployment in thi of them lounging about the parks—wouid go into the country they could @nd work there There are fine farms in New Hampshire turned into pasture land be- cause there are none to work them. The young men have gone into cities to earn a pittance thero rather than live like princes on the sotl, Resist a temptation to accumulate money by dishonorable moans, Never in the history of this country has there been such a mania for making moncy fast as during the past ten or fifteen years, and in the hot haste to roll up wealth litte heed has beon given to the methods omplayed. Andevon now there are too many who think that the great end of life is to makea fortune, and it matters little what means are used that aro not openly unlawtul that will securo the coyeted boon. Anottier element ot success in Iife is to rely on one’s Fell, One reason why so many young men never suc- ceed ia because they aro too distrustial of themselves. They are like a man learning to swim who has used a lite preserver so long that he dare hot venture into deep water without it If he would become a good swimmer he mutt strike ont where the water is bold, relying on his own strong arms, and so if a man would be successiul he must cut loose trom all artificial helps and rely on his own abiltties, The most important requisite of all js the formation of a character according to the teachings of the Biblio, No man can hope to succoed who discards tbe teach- ings of the Bible, They are the foundation of our laws and of the laws and jurisprudence of the best governed countries on the globe, It 1s bere we learn that if wo would be really great we must bo really good, and that our bighest happiness in time and eternity ‘only can be secured by having our characters moulded by those principles that are the foundation of the Chris aan faith, x SEVENTH AVENUR M. E. CHURCH. THE GREATEST OF SPIRITUAL GiFTSs, CHARITY— SERMON BY REV. EMORY J. HAYNES, Despite the severe storm yesterday morning quite a largo congregation assembled in the Seventh avonuo Methodist Episcopal church of Brookly», Mr. Haynes selected lis text from I. Corinthians, xiti,, 1—"fhough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, Lam become as sounding brass or a tinkliug cymbal.” You will observe, said Mr. Haynos, that the divisions of the chapter are most unfortunate tn dividing tho sense; for having spoken of various gifts he says, “L show unto you the most exceliont gift of all, tho gift of charity,” of which alone this in its distinctness remains, Wecome now to speak of this crowning gift, and let us load our way up to it through the Inbyrinth of pastages. First of all there was given to the old Church the gift of Kaowledge—a knowledge of the Gospel was given to somo, so they could speak without any thought or preparation tho words they were sent to preach, We have to struggle om with Greek and Hebrew and with commentaries, ‘The hidden meanings of the Gospel must be studied out Then 1 was like a lantern that flashed its rays upon hie hands and showed bis fect where to walk. So camo trath by this miraculous power of knowledge. No man would doubt that the apostles were inspired, and that God gave thom of that knowledge that they might teach ali that came after, Not ail men had th Knowledge. But this man had it and that man had it; so it was nurtured and developed in this Church, Consider a man, an humble citizen, some poor jaborer in an Asiatic town, has saddenly borne in upon him some strange, vast knowledge, some new jaeas of truth and of Jesus Christ and His far-reaching Jove, and it comes with a rush, and he understands it, Would tt be wonderfnl if that man should sin under- neath itand be paffed up by it so that it was found necessary to exhort against it? Then, again, the gilt of discorning spirits was given. By this power Paul de- tected the sorcerer ana made him a lia in the eyes of all. 18 of men and Devils were perceived im the he: were east out and the men made whole again. The same perception of evil spirita was given unto men that they might detect those who possessed them instantiy. It 1 so in these days. He whose frankness is so great that ho can scarcely control his tongue but waat its oulspokenness offends another will detoct deceit, alwost by instinct, iu an other person, So every courageons man will detect tuat a man is coward if he bea coward. So every pure man will detect that a man is lecherous if he be lecherous, A nan cannot always rely upon those, ‘There may be a mote in his own eye; but in those days itwas a clear test, When Christ was born and the early Church of God commenced its march all the y fates of hell oppesed it with a power that even you and 1 can understand, 0} ion bas not subsided to- day, for when God builds a church Satan builds a chapel by its side. And still another giit What we term charity for the unfortunate was given. That is given in our day. This summer I could scarcely turn my oye in any direction but it fell upon some landmark of retief for the needy, There was the home for indigent women, another for education, and another for homoless children. It was not so Jn earlier days, Think of it If you baye been m Komoor Greece you may walk miles and miles and see tri- umphal arches to the monarch, see magnificent tem- ples to the gods, bus nowhere will you see one stone stand upon another that are put thore to provide tor the blind, the sick, the pooror any other charity. ‘They Knew nothing of it, Jesus Christ came to teach men another and a better wa: He was the first con- queror, and His reward was the blessing of those who were benefited, He taught men’s hands how +0 work for the sick and men’s hearts how to feel for the dis- tressed. And now wo come to charity, the gift of love. It is the greatest gift of all, whet! it be between parent and child or friend and friend. ‘That between God and man 18 hiqgest and most benuti- ful ot all. All other loves is but a x of that which binds the soul to God. This is the gift of God—char- ity. 1t springs up in the heart that has been born again and controls the man and all that appertains to him, When a man bas charity he comes into harmony with all the world whose law is Jove. You cannot per- form miracles, but you and I have the gitt of charity from God as truly as those who had it poured upon their heads Thie 18 a gift of heaven. Observe whether a man have knowledge, it shall pass away 12 the world beyond; whether there be prophecy, it shall fade away; whether there be faith, it shall give place to sight; whether there bo hope, it shall be swallowed up in fruition, but love is always the samo. It will be the same a thousand years from to-day, and the love of the sinner toward Christ 18 a love through which ho shall liveand move and have his boing forover and for- ever, + CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS. SERMON BY THE REY. DR, DEEMS, At the Church of the Strangers, in Mercer strect, near Eighth, yesterday, Rov. Dr. Deems preached to a very large congregation, for notwithstanding the tempestuous weather the church was filled throughous, even to tho galleries. Rev. Dr. Deems took his text from Hebrews xili,, 12, 13—"Wherefore, Jesus, that ho might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate, Let us go forth, therefore, unto him without the camp bearing the reproach.” He said the Jews had always been God’s people, and they were asked by Paul to give up all their old sacrifices, their old re- ligion, the religion of their fathers and grandiathers and accept the sacrifice of the Cross. They were asked to go forth without the gate bearing the reproach. It is bard to imagine the Jew of that time, but you must bring the imagination up to that pomt to understand the text, It was as going forth from all those he loved, from his old associations, from tho traditions ot con- tures to accept Jesus as their light aud become a part- ner in Ilts sufferings. Bat many of the Jows did ac- cept the eacrifice and go forth, and they became God's people with the new light that en'ighteneth everything that comes into this world. When Paul asked the Jews, however. to give up their old religion he gave them a better one; but we often forget when we ask pgopie to give up thelr roli- gion that we do not always offer them a better one. For every man has a religion of his own. I never met any atheists. Those old mea that are without the Church, that never come into it, they all have a reli- gion, and you must offer them something better, be able to prove to them that Jess is the only real salva- tion bolore you cun cbange them. If you can prove to these mon that Jesus is of tar more value to tem than all earthly ties or ly possessions then they bo- come converted and live. Some people will tell you that these scicntists, Huxley, Tyndall and sach men, are atheists, They aro nothing of the kind, They have a religion of their own, but it must ve demonstrated to them that our religion is supreme. I have bad men of all profossions and all positions come to me afd unbuarden their hearts, They knew and felt there was a God, and tney wanted instruction as to what they should do to prepare themselves for the great hereafter. I always to!a them to accept Jesus and the sucrifice of the cross; to look up to that and believe in the power of Christ to savo them, and their way to eternal happinoss was assured. Yo come without the gute, to give up all their pot theories about religion, the false idol that they had been worshipping and ac- cept at once the only reul true sacrifce—the sacrifice of the cross, Many men have come to me in this man- ner, my dear frionds, for the confessional is just as thick among the Protestants as it is among our Roman Catholic brethren. But, my friends, if a man comes to you with a relizion that 18 a superstition do not throw down the superstition ull you build up in his heart the knowledge of true religion, for I do not know which is worse, scepticism or superstition. I have thought of it often and ofien. I think supersti- tion in worse, Sometimes I think scepticism 1s worse; but 1 never could como to a conclusion. Como, my trionds, to-day out of your own religion. Give up your Phariseeism and all the other Isms that amount to nothing and accept Jesus Christ as the one complete sacrifice. COURT CALENDARS—THIS Day. Surrex Covet, Craxnrns—Third Monday—Motion calendar—licla by Judge Westbrook.—Calendar will be.called at twelve M. Maninr, Covrt—Part 1—Hold by Judgo Sheridan.— Nos, 2375, 6682, 4484, 3944, 6922, 7891, 1829, 6195, 7003, $241, 4466, 4470, 4475, 7900, S089, Part 2—Held Judge Shea.—Nos, 2589, 4522, 8164, 4536, 4581, 7801, S118, 4500, 4408, 4514, 8330, 8029,'4543, 4544,’ 4555, Count OF GENERAL Skssioxs—Part 1—Held by Re- corder Hackett.—The People rs. James Dowdell, homi- cide; Same va Charlos Stackbouse and Benjamin Nobit, burglary; Samo vs, Thomas Gray and James Keily, grand lareeny; Same vs, Samuel Goldman and Samuel Smith, talse pretences, Part 2—Held by Judge Gildersleeve.—The People vs. Charles Fitzer, robbery; Same vs. Thomas McAndrew and William Kiilian, rob: bery; Samo vs. Mark Gartland, felonious assault and batiery; Same vs, John Mallaly, felonious assault and battory; Same vs, Hugh Fitzpatrick, folonious assault and battery; Samo vs. Zeno Burnham, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. John Green, felonious assault and battery; Same vs Kdward sinclair felonious as- sanit and battery; Samo vs Henry Golliet, grand lar- ceny; Same vs. Edward N. Callen, grand larceny ; Samo ys. John Mahon, grand larceny; Same va. Moyer Green, grand larceny; Same vs. James Flaberty, grand larceny; Same vs. John Gordon, grand larceny. Same rs Michael Feeney, grand larceny; Same va Jonathan Brico and Henry Wass, grand larconcy ; Samo vs. William Fergert, grand larceny; Samo vs. William Geary, grand larceny; Same vs. Jarhes Smith, grand larceny; Same vs. Henry R. Noe, grand larceny ; Same vs. Stepben Force, receiving stolen goods; Same vs. Harry Benjamin, false pretences; Same vs. Michael Kane and James Savage, misdemeanor; Same vs. Ann Tracy, disorderly house; Same va. Thomas flenson, assault and battery; Same vs. Thomas Goves and Ed- ward McLoughlin,’ assault and battery; Same va Michael Gafiney, arsault and battery; Same vs. Daniel yriedle, Kaward Fisher and John Wostman, assault and battery ; Same vs. William H, Greeno, assault and battery; Same va Samuel Gates, assauit ‘and battery; Same vs. John White, assault and battery; Same va, John White and Robert Brown, assanit aud battery; Same vs. Frank F. Goodlin, assaalt and battery, POLICE COURT NOTES. Four men attacked Anthony Soldner, of No. 245 Fast Twenty-cighth etreet, as he was gomg home from work on Saturday night, and tried to rob him of his week's wages, $17. OMicor Donnelly, of the Twenty: first precinct, arrested one of them named George Gregory, of No, 719 First avenuo, who was, however, discharged yesterday at the Fifty-seventh Street Court, the complainant having failed to appear. Charles Harrison, a baggage clerk in Freneh’s Hotel, who-was betore Justice Duffy on Satarday, at tho Tombs Police Court, and remanded on a charge of stealing jewelry and money from William IL. McNeil, a guest at the hotel, was yesterday fully committed tor trial in default of $1,000 bail, GAMBLERS ARRESTED. ¢ Edward Graves, proprietor of the faro game No, 519 Sixth avenue, raided on by Sergeant Douglass, of tho Twenty-ninth precinct, on Saturday evening, ‘was ar. raigned before Justice Bixby, at the Wasbington Placo Court. yesterday, and released on his parole to appear to-day and furnish $300 bail. At the Eseex Market Court yesterday Gotlieb Walder was committed by Justice Smith, on complaint of Ser- geant Taft, of the Tenth precinct, for keeping a gam- bling house. Thirteen men arrested on the premises wore discharged. 4 A FIGHT WITH SMOOTHING IRONS. Elion Williams, of No, 218 Kast Twenty-second strect, acolored woman, was held for examination yesterday at the Fifty-seventh Street Court on acharge of as- sauiting ber husband with a smoothing iron. Her sis- ter was held also for tho saine reason. The husband is now in Bellevue Hospital, being unable to leave bi bed, The facts are that he went home drunk on Satur- day mght and abused his wife, who was troning. She threw the iron at him, be knocked her down ta return, and the sister then knocked bim down with her | smoothing iron, SUICIDE BY SHOOTING. Jacob Murat, of No, 262 Rivington street, who at- tompted suictde on Wednesday last by shooting himselt through the head, died yesterday at Boliovae Hospital. The deceased was sixty-seven years of age, a native of France, and possessed of enongh means to live com- fortably without being engaged in any employment, His family can avsign no reason for the act except that he Was laboring under temporary aberration of mind, The Coroner will bold an inquest this week. ARSON A EAST NEW YORK.- About muinight of Saturday a fire was discovered in the two story frame house No, 452 Decatur street, Nast New York, and the flames communicated to Hoth buildings were damaged to the extent of about $10,000. The property, which is iusared im the Mechanics” Fire Insurance Uompany, is owned y AGugholtz, The houses were un- ocenpied, was evidently that of an ooudiary, SECESSION. | Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to Thurlow Weed. The Alleged Interview with President Taylor. Mr. Weed’s Corroborative Testimony Considered and Answered. THE DISUNIONISTS AND TRAITORS OF 1850. ——_+___ Linrrty HA, } CrawrorpviLix, Ga, Sept, 10, 1876. To tne Eprtom or Tax HeKALD:— Pressure of business, in connection with my enfoo- bled physical condition, has prevented an earlier re- sponse to Mr, Weed’s last communication (which ap- peared in your issue of the 21st ult.) upon bis ‘‘Unwrit- ten Chapter of History.”? That communication contains matter which I cannot permit to pass unnoticed, and therefore I must ask of you tho indulgence of a furthor use of your colamns for some comments (few and brief as possible) upon this very long as well as very extraor- dinary paper. In it ho claims that he has substantially established the correctness of his original statement, upon which, and upon which alone, I joined issue with him, Ho now, howover, virtually admits that his memory was at fault in several particalars, though he insists that its substance has been fully maintained. But let us seo how tho fact is; and let the public Judge whether ho has presentod in it even the shade of ashadow of a fact to sustain his original statement, either in letter or spirit, and, indeed, whether ho is not quite a8 much at fault in his last communication asin his first, His first statement, be it remembered, was that Mr, Clingman, of North Carolina, Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, and mysolf, had an interviow with General Taylor while he was President, in which: wo cn- deavored to induce him to veto tho bill admitting California as a free State; that the interview was a stormy one, with threats of disunion on the one side and hanging on the other, It was this statement, 1m its every aspect, in whole and in part, upon which I Joined issue with Mr. Weed. I aflirmed that no such interview, nor anv one like it, had over taken place between tho parties named, nor between General Taylor and any other persons in my presence, Mr. Hingman affirms the same thing of himsclf I" his published letter im your paper. So also states General Toombs in his letter which 1 had published in my last communication on this sub- ject. These letters of Mr. Toombs and Mr. Clingman, besides tho array of indisputablo historical facts of tho day, showed conclusively that Mr, Weed’s memory was at fault. While he virtually admits this, as I have just stated, yet ho most extraordinarily comes out again and claims in his last production that ho as substantially established the correctness of his first statement. Now, upon what grounds does he rest this claim? I shall deal fairly with Mr. Weed, and give him tho fall benefit of every particle of evi- dopce which he cites or adduces in sustainment of his position of having substantially established the cor- rectness of his first statement. First—He cites Mr. Toombs’ lotter, in which he said that he had had many interviews with General Taylor, some of them of a very ‘‘decided” character, and that Iwas present at some of these. Mr. Weed seems to cite this to make good that coloring of his first state- ment of a “stormy” interview. Mr, Toombs says sev- eral of our interviows wore very ‘“decided;’? but Mr. Weed seems, most singularly, to pass over and not notice what Mr. Toombs says was the subject or object of those ‘‘decided” interviews. They wore, a8 distinctly stated by him, not to induce Genoral Tayior to voto the California bill,or any other bill, bat to urge upon him to.abandon bis policy in reference to the Territories and to support the comprom:go meas- uros which were intended as a settloment of all ques- tions then disturbing the peace and harmony of tho different sections of the Union. He alco distinctly states that though severalof these interviews were of avery “decided” charactor on both sides, yet in nono of them was there any such lavguago used as that stated by Mr. Weed. Now, is it not most singular and remarkable to cite this irom Mr. Toombs’ letter as evidence to sustain his assertion that Messrs. Toombs, Clingman and myself urged General Taylor to veto the Califormia bill, when Mr. Toombs distinctly states that the object of these imterviews was to induce General Taylor to use the power of his administration in support of the com- promiso measures, one of which was tho admission of California as a irco State? So far from Mr. Toombs’ statement sustaining Mr. Weed’s vorsion of the ‘‘docided,’’ or, if he pleasos so to characterizo it, “stormy”? interview, it most clearly knocks every prop from under it, Second—As new evidence in bis bebalf Mr. Weed adduces a letter trom Mr. Hamlin of a recent date. I shall give him the fall benefit of this most notable testimony. Mr, Hamlin says that a certain nomina- tiow made to the Senato by General Taylor was beforo acommittee of which ho was a member; that charges had been made against the nominee, and that he re- ceived a note from the secretary of the President re- questing him to call and sce the President next morn- ing on the subject. He accordingly called the next morning and sent in his card, and received a messago that the Prestdent was then very much engaged, but to wait and ho would seo him alter awhile, In about half an hour ho received word that the President would then sco him. After these preliminaries, of which I have given the substance, Mr, Hamlin goes on to say: “1 Immediately repairag to the Prosident’s room. ‘As I was approaching the’door Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, came out. They were excited in their manner to a degree that attracted my attention. We did not speak to each other. I went into the Presideat’s room and found him alone. He was evidently much excited. I have trequently said that ho appeared like an enraged lion In his cago as tho best description I could give. In fact, he must have walked across the room some threo or four times before he even noticed me after my entrance. He then spoke to me, but stil continued pacing the room, crossing It soveral times more. Ilc then addrossed me with an inquiry—'Mr. Hamlin,’ said he, ‘what aro you doing at the Senate with the Omnibus bill?’ (s0- called) then before the Senate. My reply was prompt :— ‘Mr. President, I bolteve the bill wrong in prin- ciple, and I am doing what F can to defeat ft.» His rejoinder was as prompt and very decided— ‘Stand firm, don’t yield; it means disanion, and Iam pained to learn that we have disunion men to contend with; disunion is treason; and, with an expletive which I will not repeat here, he said, with an emphasis which I sball never forgot, that if they attempted to carry out their schemes while he was President thoy should be dealt with by iaw as they deserved, and oxo- cuted.” Now what does this most remarkabie array of de- tails set forth by Mr, Hamiin amount to in the issue be- tween Mr. Weed and myself? He seems to think that it establishes the fact that there was something said tn tho interview from which Mr. Hamlin says he saw Mr, Toombs and myself departing about “disunion on the one side aud treason on the other.’ This was his original statement, and I can imagine no object in his addacing this letter of Mr, Hamlin but to sustain himself inferentially on that point, B& how utterly it fails to do even thia The only _legiti- mate infereuce to be drawn from Mr. Ham- Iin’s statement is that the “hon-like rage’ of General Taylor was aroused against Mr. Toombs and myself for urging him to support the “Omnibus bill,” which everybody knew included the admission of California as a free State. General Taylor's rago, according to Mr. Hamlin, was at the “Omnibns bill.” This was what, according to his statement, General Taylor said ‘meant disunion and treason.” Now it is not my object to speak of the improbability of Mr, | Harlin’s version of this matter, I ean only say that his memory, \t seems to me, must de greatly at fault; for who were at the head of this schere of “tisunion | and treason! Who wore urging the passage of this | “compromise” or “Omnibus bill?” Everybody knows that Mr. Clay was its chief champion, while Douglas, Cass, Webster and Fillmore, to fay nothing of many others of the most devoted iriends* of the Union our history has ever produced, supported or favored it. A “zehemo of disunion and treason,” Indeed! So far from looking or tending to disunion, its object wns to con- ciliate the opposing sections and interests and pro. 4 mote a perpetual and harmonious Union of coequal States, The sum and substance of Mr. Toombs’ and my offence, according to. Mr. Hamlin, was not our op- position to the admission of California as a freo Stater but our urging upon General Taylor that lino of policy which would not only secure this, but might also Pacify the country and strengthen the Union, If wo were ‘‘disunionists,” gecording to Mr. Hamlin, then were all the supporters of the Omnibus bill” ike wise disanionists, These supporters, it is well Known, con- stituted a majority of both houses of Congress, includ- ing the purest statesmen and brightest lights of the Republic. Nay, more, if, for our course in this matter, wo were traitors, thon an overwhelming majority of the people of the United States wore also traitors, fom those of twenty-seven States of the Union voted in 1852 for Pierce for President, who fully and cordially _ indorsed these ‘compromise measures,” which con- stituted the ‘Omnibus bill,” while General Scott, bis opponent, who rofused to indorse them, received the votes of four States only. The vote im the Electoral Colleges stood:—For Pierce and the “compromise, measures,’’ 254, and for Scott, 42 only, General Taylor, if ho had lived, would most assuredly have had a big as well as horrible job on bis handy too, in hanging such a host of “traitors,” Mr. Hamlin certainly did not well consider his letter bofore giving it to the public. I do not assume 4 impeach cither bis veracity orimtegrity, but it does seem to mo that bis memory must be at fault, It i hardly possible, or even probable, that General Taylot “could have acted and spoken as he represents him. It 18, indced, almost incredible that General Taylor should havo characterized the ‘compromise measures"t of 1850 as a ‘scheme of disunion and treason,” But the most extraordinary part of Mr. Weed’s last commanication 1s that in which he links bis toter- view with General Taylor with that of Mr, Hamlin His words aro as follows:— “I found the President, as Senator Hamlin left him, walking excitedly across the room After inquiring whether I had ‘met the —— traitors,’ he related with much feeling and in strong Janguage what had just oc curred. He said that they had endeavored to intim+ date bim in the discharge of his duty by threats of disunion, and that he had teld them that if they ate tempted to carry their threats into oxecution he would personally take charg® of the army, and that the leaders taken in rebellion would be hang with less hesitation than he hung spies and traitors in Mexico.’ Now, without assuming to assail Mr. Weed’s veracity, I do most respectfully submit to him, as wellas the public, whether, in view of numerous contemporaneous facts, it 1s probablo even that General Taylor could havo ox- prossed himself to Mr. Weed as ho is here reprosented to have done. If General Taylor related to him whas had occurred at the interview, as stated by Mr, Ham- Jin, had Mr. Toombs and I urged any disunion scheme except the support of the “Umaibus bill,” or the “‘com- Promise measuros,”’ as they wero generally called? And fs it at all probable that he would bave character: ized us as traitors for doing just what tho noble band of patriots I have just referred to were doing? Most men who talk or write loosely are often utterly upset in their creations of fancy by a single little fact. It is Oliver Wendell Holmes, I believe, who so beautifully ilustratos the mishap and disaster which often atténds the most brilliant conversations in this way. The gorgeous babble, with its rainbow tints, is burst by the simple touch of the point of a fact. Now, Mr. Weed in this statement certainly overdid the matter. Ho says that General Taylor in- formet him “that he had told them (Messrs, Toombs and Stephens) that if they attempted to carry their threats into execution he would personally take come mand of the army, and that the leaders taken in rebellion would be hung with less hesitation than he hung spies and traitors in Mexico.” This is certainly a highly wrought patriotic sentimont; but tho gorgeous ‘bubbie, as it 18 hero produced, cannot stand the touch of asinglo but notorious tact, historical tn its charac. ter—and that is, that General Taylor, in his whole campaign in Mexico, never ordered the shedding o' human blood except in tho heat of battle. This was 8% stated by Mr. Crittenden in a campaign specch in 1848 dolivered at Pittsburg, Pa, General Humpnrey Mareball, who was colonel of a rogiment in his command and who was present, thus spoke on the same subject in a campaign speech the same yoar:—'His (Goneral Tay- lor’s) conduct in sparing the deserters who were cap- tured at Buena Vista exhibited at the same time ina romarkablo manner his benevolenco and his judgmont, ‘Don’t shoot them,’ said he; ‘the worst panishmont & will inflict is to return thom to tho Mexican army,’ But, to put the matter beyond all dispute, a letter was written by General Taylor, at Baton Rouge, La, Augusy 5, 1848, which was extensivoly published during tho Presidential campaign, in which he distinctly sai “Not a drop of American blood was shed by my ordop while in Mexico, nor that of a Mexican, except in the heat of battle.” What is to be thought of Mr. Weed’s statement in view of this fact? Is it at all probable that General Taylor in so short atime after this sol- emn declaration ebould have so untruthfully boasted of how he had hanged spies and traitors in Mexico? I repeat I do not assail Mr. Weed’s veracity, but I do assume to question the accuracy of his mom- ory. On this point the public must judgo for them. selves. I aaid in tho outset of this Controversy tit I should not be led into a discussion with Mr. Weed of any questions except those growing out of the distinct and isolated issuo I mado with him. Ho has in all his som- munications, from the first, endeavored to wander and to draw me into otmer and extrancous matters. I shall not follow him in these. I have treated of all of them fully in my work upon tho war, and having now, 1think, most clearly and completely shown his utter failure to sustain the correctness of that statement in his “Unwritten Chapter of History,” against which I protested, I have nothing further to add upon the sub- ject. The controversy here, therefore, ends on my part, unless he shall essay to bring other proofs to susq tain his side of issue 1 made. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for the use of your columns for the vindication of what I deem the truth of history, and without any feeling of 11 will or even uncharitavleness toward any one, | remain. on most respecttally, ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, POLICEMEN’S PERILS. OMcer Fay, of the Sixteonth precinct, yostorday morning attempted to arrest Poter Burke, of No. 429 West Sixteenth street, who claims to be a boiler maker, but who is described by the police asa thiot and loafer. Burke drew a knuckle-duster revolver ang attempted to shoot tho officer, who promptly knocked the pistol from his hand, and, after a liberal applica. tiun of the club, quieted Burko to sach a degree that his removal to the station house was easily effected. On being arraigned before Justice Bixby, at the Wash. ington t/lace Court yesterday, Burke was held for trial in default of $1,000 bail. At the Essex Market Court yesterday, betore Justice Smith, Michael McCarroll was held for trial tor at- tempting to stad Officer Timothy J. Creeden, ot the Seventeenth precinct, while the Iatter was arresting him tor disorderly conduet. AN EXPRESS SWINDLE, On Saturday morning Mr, John A. Nichols, of No, 437 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, called at tho office of Westcott’s Express, Fulton streot, and left word to call at his house fora trunk, About one o’clock a driver was sent to the residence of Mr, Nichols, and was int formed that a shoft time betore hig arrival two men had called there and go®the trunk, reprosenting that they were sent for it. The property thus siolea wag valued at $60, One of the bogus expross drivers was about thirly years of age, pale, thin faeo, black. mus« tacne, dark complexion, and had on a soft black felt hat, ‘Tho other fellow was tail and thin, and had light hair, The wagon, which waa painted dark green, bad the words “Kdwards’ Livery Stable” painted on the tail board. The horse is described as a dark bay poor condition. , seni THE SATURDAY NIGHT RAIDS, The prisoners, numbering 200, arrested by Captat Byrnes, of the Fifteenth precinct, and his officers on Saturday night were brought before Justice Bixby at tho Washington Placo Court yesterday morning. Dur- $0g the con/usion consequont on the Saturday night raid the location of Philp Brady's freo and easy saloon, known as “The Melodcon,”” was erronco: No. 128 Houston street instead of ag ete street. The place carried on by Brady and Chari Cull bas tor some time past been noted as one of t Most disorderly dens in the city, Among the prisoncrs found in Brady's placo were eight wome Brady endeavored to exeulpate Cutt by claiming to the sole proprietor, but the testimony of Sergeants Young aud Murray showed that Cuff was a partner id Lirady were held for trial im h. ‘The negro band were next them to the ugainst Brady and fined $5each, Mr nee . (CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE) ‘ al Justice Lixby, decided to send Honse of Detention as Witnesses Cuff, The other prisoners were c s\ { } I " ( “i "