The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1876, Page 8

5 ; Ny, i THE LORD'S DAY. | Rev. George Hepworth on the Promises of God. INSTITUTED AND IDEAL RELIGION. clase che Mr. Beecher on Christ as the Comforter of Sinners. THE PLAN OF SALVATION | The Greatest and First Commandment of the Saviour. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES, THE PROMISES OF GOD—SERMON BY REY. GEORGE HEPWORTH. The Church of the Disciples had a very large attend- anco yesterday morning. Mr. Hepworth preached a very earnest sermon, taking for his text Hebrews, x, 13—Theso all died in faith, not having received tho promise, but having seen them afar off, and were per- suaded of them, and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”? Fou remember, Paul is writing to those who were satailiar with the history and traditions; to those who were born and bred in the Hebrew faith, He is telling bis congregation that all those whom God | Faised up as instructors to the people lived by faith and died by it; that, although they did not realize tho promises of God in their own lives, yet they saw the Messiah in the far dim distance and lived and died as thongs, stead of being atar off, He was nigh, The promises of God, brethren, how manifold they are and how reliable they are, too! Mie? Has that been tho honest resuit of your expert ence? These promises of God reach way back into one’a past when one takes hold of them, and the first magical is the erasuro w{ everything unworthy and dark and mean in your lil The very minute you lay | Philadelphia. Judge Neilson, before whom the great im to aud lay bold of the promises of God that | scandal case was tried, occupied a seat in the minute you are forgiven of your siug You need not | poy of the church. Tho display of flowers thereaiter say you Hope to be forgiven; you bave al- | hae Before bi ‘ Teady the furgiveness of God in your heart, and your | Was not quite so fine as has before been seen al Sins und transgressions that have soiled your soul are | Plymouth, buta number of beautiful ferns tastefully all forgotten on bigh, and the page ot God's remem- | arranged decorated the platiorm. The musical por- branve on which it Was Written is Lorn out of the book | b ina etZendel Of fife and thrown away aud a new account with your | ton of the service opened with she singing of Zundel’s soul fs begun, and, ike one who 1s born agaln and who you come out of y sees life tor the first tim and stand amid the flow of Goa, p hold of God's promises has always in bis heart a peaco which 18 not easy to describe, Un, the joy of te you ure not alone, but that you have One with you yherever you go ready to help and succor you it you Hi, and ready to briny you back to lite should cempta. tions cover you with the pall of death! You read that Jacob hesitated about going down into Egypt to see his son Joseph, and the Lord said:—*Jacob, tear not; Awill go with’ thee.” [tis a sorry journey which we tuke without God, but "a joyful one | when the spirit of ‘the Father’ walks by our sige ‘to be happy one must not be alone; solitude is misery, aud yet we don't stand ii need of ‘hu:wan companionship. “The higher compan. Jonshup of the invisibie satisties every want 1n our na. | ture, No man cun beasiravger to this tnet. Tuero | fro men in the world who take @ sort of intellectual pride in asserting that they do not beticve in a present God, that they beliove in iaw and nothing But on! woata cold belief it must be, the heart wita its Tlow it must freeze CHILLING LOGIC, und how it must congeal every warm impulse! No God except law. Then there 13 no more mercy m tne spiritual Wan in the phyeical world. {break iy arm Nature does not sympathize with me; 4 new ‘set o jaws have taken possession of my broken limb; I may get well and 1 may not. Naturo does not care. Nature moves along in her jaw, and digs and cuts’ ber way, ail uomind{ul wat my heart is breaking, I hai Nature and she dates me. We can get along well together so long us I | drift with the current, but the minute she gets her Yrou grasp on me then Woe beude me, There is no let- Up to her; there i8 not an atom of warmth in her whole system ; ste is made of ice and iron. God save me from failivg into thas bopper oi tue laws of nature With potbing to prevent the turing of the whee. taat rinds men to, pieces. I think | would be an atheist fore I would accept such a theory as that, The docirine of the Bivle is iar different, b! different trom that, Hero we bave a revelation ot A PRESENT GoD, “1 will go with you, and I r “and ye shali be m edly ain with you,” says Jebovab; chiluren, and I | shall spit upon him, and the third day ho shall rise will be your fatber.’” And before Jesus wen? up to | again.” ie His reward He said to the discipie {| All of theso sorrows, Mr, Beecher continued, were am with you alway, even unto the end of | real to Christ, in expectation of them, and yes He the world.”” God present with us, | de not kuow how | evoted Hunselt solely at that time to preparing His | ie isor why, and yet 1t 18 acurious fact that compan- | “iserples for that which was before them. tt scurcely lonship helps me to dear the ilis of life wonderiully, | Would have been within the compass of human nature Did you ever tuink of it—if you were to have a dange dus operation periormed you would scarcely go alone Yo the surgeon? Why! Tuere seems tobe no parucular Toason in it, and yet i your mother wero sitting there tbe kmile is not so sharp; somebow tile Lact that she 18 shere makes the pain seom leas od. We cannot see Him, o18 just behind, and Ho »” Aad whatever od whenever Wo are in any da I know not how itis with you, but (he of that kind of c nionship in my hfe is nearly all Lbave. It ts the founiain trom which gushes up ull the joy that tecds the meadows of my years, and I ‘Would not give up that thought that the Invisible Ono mhispers, “fe ask He gives ar ng, 46 keeping His promises, anu that in the present tine | He is not far off, but, with sweet paternal solicitude, is hero tu my life ind yours, governing and controlling according to His w 4 Have you ever looked tuto the faco*of the fact that ‘ou must die? Do you know where you are goingy I | Standing, no cobesion, no help from any class to Eball eave my boay behind with veare ai ia no | Which they belonsed. '1 think the evidence ot the | ry jor the tim to come wher I shali | divinity of Christ to those who are sufficiently reflec- @ay ‘to the body, “Goodby.” And then the | tive on this subject is the universal method by which pain and trouble of dying. Ab, mo! it isan | He treated men. Christ always aseumed that men enigma Weil, | wart to look beyond it and feel inat | Were spiritual beings 1 cannot in any other way God's promise says, “Although you go down toro the | Mterpret the Sermon on tbe Mount, But if you look valley you necd iear no evil: ivy rod aud my staf | 1t literaiy in this life-sphere, uot to have ‘foresight | sbali be a comiort to you.’ Ani when I have this faith I seem to myseli like ove who hus deen litted up dh amountain top and who sees half way between Qimsei{ aud heaven—this narrow guich, this ragged track in nature, this dark and thorny crevice on the turlace of the world which we call death, and there is bo way (o bridgo it. It is necessary that every tra eller shall go down the narrow steps intu the darkness | YOU have with you,” which he never heard without | Of the deiile But he sees not only the passage down, | thinking of the last charge at the battle of Gettysburg, Dut the passage up on the other side, aud thep, | When im the midst of the tron haii a little sparrow flew | far beyond, the ciernal world stretches in | ito the toprol a tree on Cemetery Hill and sung there | its glory and beauty. Those who come down from the Mountain of tatih bring this vision with them. God's promises grasp the past and bury it and take hold of the present and point to the everiasting future. We are told in this verse that they uot only received these promises of God, but were persuaded. Ah! yes; then & wan ought to be persuaded that he is past his | evil, Then bere is tac great realm for our mtellectual Sctivity ; bere is (he dominion of logic and reason, A man is persuaded partly by appealing to his renson, pa en is experience. We cannot bat [relthet there is « governing force ia our lives, and that there is a right and « wrong. The old prophets not only saw tbe promises ond were aling is persuaded, but iney emuraced them, A great many bave a good theory of religion and avery baa prac- Mee of it. What we want is a consecrotion of the will to God. Let us not delay any longer. Religion is not | pf the head—it 1s of (ke will. Last of all, having seen d about it and having then comes the last great scone in the @hese things alar off, then having rease and said to our own hearts, “It is sale,” embraced it, Sragerly—the scene of death, and then faith comes up | triumphant. Oh, it is ove thing to live and another to | ay You vo live that when you come to dic you go forth with the consciousness tha come to you, but that through the a no harm can Kness lies the devious pathway that leads us ail to our Father's buuse | on high. hs INDEPENDENT RAL «=CHURCH. INSTITUTED AND iDKAL RELIGION—SBRMON BY MR. 0, B, FROTHINGHAM. The retorn of Mr. Frothingham trom his trip dur. Mg the summer months in Europe, and the conse. | ing the last two years the collections had not been quent resumption of his ral labors, drew a Jarge | suficieut to support this institution, He did not ‘end intelectual cong egation to the Masonic Temple, k % vecessary to do any moro than {a Twenty-third street, yesterday morning. The con. | simply announce the collection, The archdiocese | progation was unlike that which might be seen in avy | was continually growing, and a larger nw Other piace of worship in this city, embracing, as it did, many of the best known pames in art, literature, geience and the profesion wh; suspiration of Mr. Frothingham as tne chiof ex- pounder of the religion of humanity, ‘Tho gentleman was warmly Welcomed by bs | flock, and was listened to with deep attention vy all present. dlr. Frothingnam broached the sabject of bis discourse in a manner which showed the speaker's knowledgo of the various religions sys: of the world. He compared the instituted re- which have for their basis establishments, hier- preiates, poms and Jormulas, whether Catho- Protestant, with ihe ideul religion whieh should see We end sought by mau, This ideal religion ML aed of sincerity and ct truth, and 1 ex- ciuded gaperstinons, dogmas and shams of ail kinds, ‘At was to be regretted that people of education, retive- and. culture stould encourage and re- he is writing | Can you say that im your | | | | | Lasar ana A. R. Camp, sopranos; Misses Cranch and 8 | Denithorne, contraltos; Mr. Jules G, Lumbara, basso, | |‘and Mr. George Werrenrath, tenor. | | main and join with the members of the church in par- | | taking of the “4 | vite,” said he, “outside of all ecclesiastical forms, any | man dare to shut him off from the shadow of Christy” | foreseen the whole ana had attempted to break the | tidings to His disciples, but without success, He had | told them im the tenth of | rand which took him | member that without seeing the present He had re- | perience of suffering, and Peter rebuked Him and de- | clared that it could not be sa. | that they were on their last march to Jerusalem. | “And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, | ‘They saw the grandeur of His countenance overbung | | and they susil mock him, and shall scourgo him, and | which He was going without some expression of His | Himself wholly to the weil being of His disciples. | | ‘The charm of ipexpressible tenderness thore ts in this | | thought! | and the animating | divine love for inen as imperiect, as rude, almost unlet- | or ent | body everything im tndiscrimnate charity, they would | utterly destroy society and produce universal immo. | | lt | during all the terrible scenes that followed, | you.” | 01 the soul quite independent of the moral faculties, | There 1s an ailiuence of the human soul that goes forth | | passion and feeling; ‘tis the soul or its eura, whieh- | ever it nay be, | they feel it. | on to tHinstratg tho | tho New and | he ended by praying that the Divine | the seek the cultured | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. proper or laudable to encourage these systems and theologies. 1n domg so they were acting the parts of hypocrites and dissembiers. These dead faiths and formulas were pot believed by those who bad intelli- Tegarded them us lifeless shams. dral now erecting on Fifth avenue was iu ite weak and feeble imitation $o the noble temples of relicion scat- Wwred ail over the Continent of Europe, whose rose win- dows wore the aplendors of declining sunsets im all | their glorious tnagnificence of what had been a fervid faith, so was the system boro o! formutas, ecciesias- Ucal precedents and lustituted esiablishments to ‘he ideal religion which acknowledged only tor its founder above us in the firmament the Supreme Reason, tbe | Architect of the eternal world, It was painful to thiuk | of the deep apt earnest fecling manifested by bun- dreds and thousands of buman beingé tor superatitions | shams and for blind formul whether cre- | ated by the Protestant or Catholic systems | of belief; yet all this deep teeing lacked | | the necessary itelligence which was foundonly in those who despised bypocrisy and would not degrade | | their reason to the insincerity of ecclesiastical shams. | The speaker eloquently referred to the millions of money contributed to and collected for the support of lustituted or formal religion, and appealed to his hear- | ers not to contribute to apy theory or system of reli- | gion which depended on’ outward show und cold | symbolism if they valued their honor as hon- | men and women. The gentleman, after beautiful and skillal panegyric on 1 and ideal re- | hgion, the belief of individuals pst theogracies | and vain symbolism under the guise of instituted and | established forms of religion, delivered the benediction to bis congregation, who were then dismissed. At tho conclusion o/ the services Mr. Frothingham received | the various members of the congregation, who paid | | ther respects to him in a sinail parlor off the main hall, Me. Frothingham spoke of his tour in Europe, | and st that he was very glad to return to his | | charge, as he did not feel’ that he should be absent { long ffom bis work, PLYMOUTH CHURCH. | RETURN OF MR, BEECHER—HIS SERMON YESTER- DAY ON THE COMFORTER. Mr. Beecher has returned from the mountains and | | yesterday he preached in Plymouth church toa con- gregation which is said by the ushers to have been the largest ever crowded within the walls of that edifice. Not less tuan 3,000 persons were present, und they filled the very jobbies and many even stood upon the | sidewalk outside where they could occasionally catch a few words of the sermon through the doors which beings crowded aguinst them. Halt an hour before the door were opened the street in front of the church was blocked up by amultitude large enough to have filled the building twice, and when one-hal! of them | were turned away many who saw the throngs moving | homeward through the adjacent streets fancied that | there was no service. A great many of those in at- tondance were strangers now stopping in this city on their way to or from the Centennial Exhibition at “Te Deum’? by the choir, Several changes have been made if the latter body by Mr. H. R. Camp, its di- rector. It was composed yesterday of Misses ©. V. | | Alter the sermon all present were invited to re- | mbols of the broken body.” * “I in- one who feels that he can draw spiritual strength {rom this; and [javite them simply because Christ says to every weary one, ‘Come to ine and f will give you rest.’ And this is the image of Him, Shall every suui on eurth have liberty to come to Christ himself and any THE BKRMON. “1 will not leave you comfortiess; 1 will come to you.” This, said Mr. Beecher, was the remarkabie discourse of Chr st on the eve of His passion. He had Mark what was the er- to Jerusalem. You may re- vealed as far as they could understand His coming ex- And then not long alter And Jesus went belore them, and they were amazed, das they followed they were airaid.” These two | signal sentences are like a dasb of Kembrandt’s brusi. He eviuently Was as absorbed in the thougot of that tremendous drama toward woich he was going that His whole appearance was altered, and the: worthless and helpless, came stumbling behind Him. the coming sorrow, and they were amazed and | airaid. And He said, ‘Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, | and the Son of Man 'shail be delivered unto the cn priests and uato the scribes, and they shall condemn | him to death and shail deliver him to the Genules, to have stood on the brink of that vast abyss toward But there is nothing. Ho devotes tis 4ed of Him that He loved them unto the end. own suffering. NE LOVED THEM, genius of this Inst discourse was the tered, as these men were, and the power of divine love | is shown more in the twelve disciples than if He had | exerted it upoa’the Plat s, the Socrateses or even the | Nicodemuees of the world and made them a band of disciples. They were, however, Lke little children, and Very imporfectly understood the words, Carist said, “I will not leave you comiortless,” and, as sum- ming up the whole argument of comiort, He ‘said, “I | will come to you.” Ho knew their future; He knew | their helplessness. They had no culture, no under- prise, not to lay up any property, to lend every: rality. It wonld seem that Ho always had in His thought when He spoke that higher life the spiritual fe of mankind. Mr. Beecher went on to speak of the words “My peace Tc was thas tn the midst of the world’s turmoil that Christ seemed to stand saying to his people, My peace you have with “There ts," adaed the preacher, “an affluence to otners. Men feel the power of men—not tho mere | power of ratiocmation, not merely the outbursts of | goes Out upon Fensitive souls, and | It 18 happiness to look upon some peopl and I think upon them rests the tulness of Gud. “Blessed are the peacemakers.”” The preacher went dea at some length, claiming that 1 Testaments were both fuil of it, and peace might be | ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, | THE BLESSINGS OF CHARITY—-SERMON BY REY, FATHFR HoGaN, A largo congrogation attended high mass yasterday | morning at St, Patrick's Roman Catholic cathedral, in | Mulberry street, The miusic and choir of the burch, | under the direction of Mr. Gustavus Schmits, attracts Yesterduy was | no exception to tho rule. | Rev. Father Hogan delivered a brief and forcible dis. course. He commenced by calling attention to tho | collection which will be taken up on Octover 16 for the benefit of the Provincia Seminary in Troy. Dur. assessor of each of his hearers, | anumber of strangers cach Sunday, of students should be prepared jor the priestio in order to mect the inereased burdens. The rev- | erend gentieman then read the twenty-fifth verse of the twenty-second chapter of St, Matthew, which mainly dwels wiih the principles of charity laid down | by the Redeemer as to “loving your neighbor as your- selt.”” Christ had come upou earth through love for us, lor the purpose of pointing out tne road to heaven. He came that He might bea pattern to all tie fatbim; that when Wo considered our burdens too heavy to beat we might bave Him as a divine example and as a | model whou we seit that all was lost. Hrs love encour. | mgod ns to persevere in good resolutions. He came to | teach as by word of mouth tho path which we were | bound to follow—to teach us orally the will of His | Heavenly Father, All was-contained i the direction, “1 honor and obey God and keep his command ts” in this was also implied the necessity tor ng Our neighbors as ourselves, The command moenis Were thus divided and writin u two tables, no pointed out the duties which we owe to God and | the other the duties which we owed to our neignbors, We shonid at all times exercise this fraternal lore toward our nei. hbvors. God loved us He loved the nd who in the depths of their conscious souls | As the marble cathe- | God consented to let His own Son como upon earth to | 1s the animating principle of all the other virtues, over | Morris K. Jesup, James Lorimer Graham, FE, 2. Ja- were neid open by the tightly packed mass of human | } Hell Gate the other day, but | Christ wishes us to waik we will walk safely. * suffer and die for our sing He was willing to forgive the committed by our first ample of Divine cl bieod upea the cross of Calvary in atonement for all Oar sing, without distinction, should think often of those things, and let potour idle pai | betier of ourjadgment. Christ had insti burch, and we sbould five up to its {instructed us to “love one another,” consideration could step in as an family of the teachings. Hi and no earthy apology jor dist the Divine mandate. The one great prayer wie the Redeemer had taught us re- minded us ferciviy ef this precept, “Forgive us our | tresspasses as we iorgive them who trosspass against us? ‘The reverend centile: course upon those poi 1p preached au interesting dis- and was attentively listened | to by the large congregation, CHICKERING HALL. BEVIVAL SERVICES—SERMON OF Rev. SAMUEL COLCORD, ; With a view to continue the meetings which became 0 popular alter the departure of Moody and Sankey the Young Men’s Christian Association took measures to secure Chickering Hall, and the first meeting took place there yesterday morning, the Rev, Samuel Col- cord preaching the initial sermon, The following no {ice was conspicuously placed before the congre; tion:—‘Ali the seats are free, but in order to procure a home fecling and mutval acquaintance families or individuals proposing to attend these services regularly may have personal sittings assigned to them, bt no seat will be assigned for the alternoon services, No payment will be received for these seats, and they will not be reserved after the commencemrut of the ser. vice of song. Only in every alternate row will be assigned, and others are to be kept entirely open.’ ‘The services commenced by hymns from the Muody and Sankey col , the choir of nearly 200 persons of both sexes on the stage being ably led by Mr. Guan, | formerly of Rev. George H. Hopworth’s church, sr. | Wiliam C. Prime was on the platform and led in rayer, after which Mr. Colcord preached from the text |, Coripthiang, 1., 28—"But we preach Christ erucitied, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness."? For 1,800 years, the pastor said, this text bas been preached, and has deen the solemn theme tnat has enlightened the world. He came with 4 mission to save mankind, which tho wisdom of men exercised for thousands of had no power to do Ho wi tect of a new plan, the organi moral 5; Himself was, ‘‘I have come to save. mightiest as well as the purest and holiest Churen, and [ am in the service of that Saviour to pre- sent to you Christ and Him crucified, 1 know do it with much weakness, at | ask that your prayers may go up to God that the word preached will not bo in Fain, I caunot expect to present my Saviour fitly before you, because no man can present the King in ail bis glory, and you must have some experience of the Master before you kuow all His love and power and wondrous goodness, Tho world gave no answor to mau’s cry for help uotil Christ camo. Heury More. houso, the ovangelist of Engiand, told the beautiful story of his experience of a conversion to God, He said he knew of a meeting 10 a rude mining town | which attracted to it a bad man, one who was | a cruel busband, ao bad tather, a sot aod afaithicss friend, When he listened to the preacher something attracted him and he came agiin and again until the spirit of God touched his soul, and he went bome in light and buoyant spirits, tor he telt that he wasamap. As he placed bis hand on tho latch he felt that he had never been a husband, in the true sense of the word, before, nor a father. He entered h.s humble abode and his children shrunk away from him, fearing abuse; but he took one up in his arms, saying, “Come, my darling, God has sent your father home !"? and he took up an jofant in the cradlo and kissed it, and he said to his wile, “God has given you years archi- r of a new Christ built the back your husband,’ And this was what Christ did tor it hambie man—transforined his life from brutality to love; and that is what He can do for you—make you a better husband and father, a nobler twrother and a more dutiful sister; and, my dear friends, if | can only present my Mast as He presente Himecif to every soul that receiv Him none will reject His mercitul love and tl ace He offers, If you map out on the face of the earth the greatest and noblest nations you will map out the places where the Dible prevails, and no place or country that denies Christ as the Saviour of mankind can be civilized or truly prosperous. It was the hand of a little child that secomplished the great resalt at it was the skill of ton’s Channel, the love of Christ transforms the wicked heart and hope gives way to despair, BEDFORD AV. REFORMED CHURCH. "HE ZEAL AKD COURAGE OF THE PULPITS— SERMON BY THE REV. EB. S. PORTER. The services at the Bediord avenue Reformed church, of Brooklyn, were specially interesting yesterday morning, the church having completed the seventh year since the opening of its new, capacious and deuntifal editice, The pastor, Rev. Elbert 8, Porter, presented a brief review of the progress of the Church, taking as bis text tne words of the Prophet Isaiab, il., 5-0, hou light of the Lord.”? spouking of the zeal, courage and self-sacrificing spirit of the prophets, said:—The Church has not yot at- tained perfection, and it is still fiable to suffer | trom evii surrounding influences. Tho spirit of world. Mness may enter the Church, and, although it may re- tain all the forms of godiiness 1t may loso the power thercol, But, whatever may be its defects or its ults, still the Christian Church remains the pillar «tthe crown of truth, There 1s no such thing as a Siationary condition in a -Christian Iie. We must either go up or down. Nothing in the untverse re- mains stauionary. You cannot be to-day where you were yesterday. You are either advancing toward the Cross or you are retreating trom it. If we walk as Dia any man ever come to harm by taking tho Bibie as his guide? Did Christ’s advico ever bring aman to sor- Tow or shame? If we walk in the light of tho Lord we noed fear nothing. No dismay, uo cowardice shall overtake thoge who trust in Jesus Christ. This light gives belp, and which of us is able to fight the battle of ilie without Divine help? There is no humat imsurance company that can help as in the hour of our greatest need, How shall a Chareh live if it does not walk in the ligut o: the Lora? The Church can only live, thrive and prosper, do its work and rise highor and higher when it does walk in the light of the Lord. Alter continuing in this strain for some time the revorend gentieman spoke of the progress of his vourch, which he represented as having veen emi- nentiy satisfactory and encouraging. Unity aud con- cord bad always prevailed, aud 'he past seven years bad been indeed b.essed. The church was organized in August, 1829, and in three years more, thereiore, it will have completed its semi-centepnial, being the old- est religious organization in that part of the city. The ministry of the present pastor commenced in 1849, and for the Urst seven years he found that there was an 1m- mense amount of very hard work to be done. In 1957 the church suifered a great desl {rom the business de- pression, but the congregation did not lose courage. In 1860 seven lots on the site of the present church were purchased, Then came the war, und, toa certain ex- tent, it brought desolation to the chureh. The Forty- seventh regiment carried with it many members of tho church, ‘among whom were its colonel and two captarms, In 1865 $10,000 was raised to complete payment for the lots and the old church building was soid for a.moderate sum. In 1869, having been three years without a building, the congre:ation entered the acious editice, which has a seating capacity of over 1,200, There aronow 600 children in the Sunday school of the church, 250 inthe mission school and 350 in (he sewing school, a total ot 1,200 children in the three schools attached to the church. The Young Feople’s Association has done a great work, aud it 1s Welicved that it will be even more useful in tho tu- ture than it has beenin the past. In regard to some prevsient rumors that thetr financial condition was #0 bad as to imperil the existence of the church, Torter said that all such rumors were malicious Dr and tals the aud that ebureh spects ‘better year, and there has been an increase in the pew rental, And now as to thé fature, concluded Dr, Porter, it scems to we I pever had so much heart as I hav Although I have met with groat hindrances in my work, they have is full of promise, The year to come will be a yenr full of spiritual Inbor and religious progress. If we take for our motto the words of the text and walk in tho light of the Lord He wiil surely bless ns and our works will prosper more and more. Let us aim to be united. Let us pot our Wearts amd hands into the service of the Master and He will give us peace and prosperity in thi deantitul edifice, The reverend genileman conoinded by exhorting | his hearers to work hard for the poor during tho com. Ing winter. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. THE GREATEST AND FIRST COMMANDMENT OF THE SAVIOUR—SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER COSTIGAN, ‘The largest congregation that has attended St, Ste- phen’s church, #0 far thii jon, WAS present at tho high mass yesterday. The mags was celebrated by the Rey. Father Colton. After tho first gospel the Rev, Father Costigan preached the sormon for the Sanday, taking his text from Matthew, xxil., 37, 39—“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mina,” and “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” The Jewish ductor, tompting our Lord, asked him which was the greatest commandment tn the law, Crist answered in the words of tho text, giving us thereby one of the most important loseons that ever | | issued from His lipe, As God made man for Himescit } He impianted tn his hearts Jonging after happiness, | which nothing on this earth could satisty, whien — lifted him above Haman nature, directed his aspira- tions toward heaven and found its object alone e@siablisuments merely beenase thelr weigh | work cl His own hands as evidenced on each day of § what are called respeciable people | the creation. On the last day He made man to His a Such professous were not | own Image and likeness. He loved this work } ‘war mournfal to think that mankind | especially. W! mab gave way to the promptings of ‘Christianity should deem it neceSsary, | the evil spirit wished to raise bimsel! to Heaven | wy God. This Virtue, by which’ we love God above all things, ‘is charity, and st. Paul, jn recountin, the = theological virtues, say: “the greatest of these ts charity.” With this Ife faith ‘end bope shall cease, b charity jureth torever, Is tem, and the statement of Mis mission by | of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the | Tho reverend gentleman, afer | ® doctrine could eyor have arisen, and it never could aciive, ever operative, ever laborious. It is, as St Paul says, the plenitude.of the law and the “He that loveth bas fulfilled the law. ’? the, love we should and necessariiy inciuues all Charity does not consist in certain transien' ate emotions, which sometimes warm the spirit weetness and sensible devotion. Vere in the service of God without find: cousolation in it is of @ generous and di 1 Infinitely exalted above all other beings in good- ness, and He deserves to be loved with the most emi- nent, the most sublime and the most intense degreo ot love, were it possible for us te arrive at such periec- tion; but it 1s only in heaven that the actual periec- tion of charity will be acquired, when the cloud sball be removed that hides God.from us at present. lt is not expected of us, weak, impertect mortals that we are, that our minds should be constantly apited to God by an actual and uureienting fervor; but, though we cannot pretend to this, still, we are indispensably bound, a8 far as our condition will permit, to love the Lord our God with our whole soui, with our whole mind and with our whole strength, This vbat con- | stitutes the essence of Divine charity, the first and greatest of all the Commandmen:s, ‘To love God in the manner enjoined in this precep: 1s to give Him the first piace in our hearts and affections, to make Him the priacipal object of our thoughts, the centre of our afleciion- desires, the beginning and last end of all our pursuits, Nothing is more con‘ormable to right reason than the performance of this duty. Christ seems to have no object cioser to His divine heart than to inspire His foliowers with this love for one another, From the beginning to the | end of His mission Ho labored 10 this id ny pointed it to be the distinguishing chara | disciples, “It 1s hereby,” be says, “that all men know that ye aro my diserples, if ye love one another.” | And even the pagans who bated the religion of Christ, stiiladmtred the charity of Chrisi’s followers, and were accustomed to say With astonisbment, ‘see how the Christians love cach other.” — As al! the members ot the natural body jointly and harmoniourly con- tribute to produce one common effect, 80 all the members of the mystic bedy of Christ's Church should bo -biended into a holy union by fraternal love, But while | we exercise this virtue one to another we must ever bear in mind the model by which wo are to mcasuie She chartty which we exercise. Christ has not : | “Love each other as father loves son or brother | brother,” but, “Love your nelguhor as yoursell,’? making this love of ourselves the criterion of fraternal | charity, We must not mi fe what the world calls | love of one’s sell, which is rather a hatred o! oue’s self, for the genuine friendship indicated by Christ, With St. John, when enteebled by his Jabors and sufferin and obilged to be carried before his bis sole and earnest exhortation, “4 another.” ST. MAKK’S CHURCH. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME—SERMON BY REY, J. H. RYLANCE. Atthis church yesterday morning communion ser~ vice was solemnized, the rector, Rev. J. H. Rylance, officiating. Ihe text for the sermon was trom first epistie of Paul to the Corinthians, xi., 25 and 26— “This do ye in remembrance of me; for as often as ye oat this bread, and drink this cup, yo do show the Lord's death till he come,’’ After referring to the past season of recreation and the regathering of his congregation in the city the preacher said:—Above all other duties and obligations of the Christian religion the feast of communion isimportant, It is the express Ingtitution of Jesus Himself, to bo solemnly observed by all who profess His name Yet the Lord’s Supper 1g not an arbitrary rito; it is given a8 boon to those who would bo near the Master. It 18 provided to stimulate the mind to a more vivid appreciation of the death of Christ, an act whoso magnitude of mercy and love we aro liable in a measure to forget. The Saviour ordained in bis religion two institutions which are to be observed above ail others, These wore the rite of baptism and the eucharistic feast, soth are syuony- mous—baptism of the begruning of a lifo of grace and tho feast of the sustenance and growth of the same. It was bot enough that the truth of the latter should be proclaimed, with others, to the people, but it was also to be embodied in one institution, so that the memory. of Christ’s death was ever toremain. Preachers may toll the story of the crucifixion, but itis wnen wo kneel belore the sacred table that we feel most strongly toe sacredness of the event and know ‘that it was more than the death of amartyr, Jesus said, “fhis do to remembrance of me.” And,st, Paul has further interpreted, ‘For as ovten as ye cat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's death." We might as well re- fuse to believe the doctrines of Jesus as to dectine to honor the communion. How much ot our time do we spend in vain pursuit How important are to many of the secular works we have to periorm? How deadening to spiritual Jile ts the effect of th grossments, and how necessary is our Sunday worsbr to keep alive within us the feeble flame of religion ? We are stimulated to dormant affection as wo tore the symbols that tell us of the death of Christ. if ‘we come, however, with dull souls orgpathotic feelings, then the feast tv us is barren of these resulta, * ‘The preacher then spoke at some length upon the doctrine of transubstantiation, saying it was opposed to reason, anid that the perversion arose ina time | when men were cxiremeiy credulous and the word of the priest was law. He said:—Itis strange that such eople, let us echo Brethren, love one ave done so had men gone back to the origin of tho institution of communion. The bread and wine were nothing in themselves to suggest Christ; no more w: itthe simple touch of His garment that gave tho he: ing virtue to the sinful woman; bat it was the faith and thought that inspred touch, Corist Himself said, as if to rebuke the supersti- tion, ‘It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing.’ We might even seo anu handle the genuine flesh and body of Christ with- out benefit. To deily the sensual is to go back trom the spiritual, Sach an idea of a Saviour would not | satisly mo. 1, myself, in my proper personality, am not a body, buta spirit, and my wants are spiritual, Yet through his iaith the Christian who sacredly partakes of communion tastes a divine love. and strengthened by a divine joy. There 18a real presen here—the presence of tha Holy Comforter. The trae Christian draws pear to Him and reccives Him un! himecit as the bread of li'e, The Holy Supper is not mere show nor the commemoration of an historical fact. It1s something to bring us near to Him, which He docs not gemuna, buiin a tone of entreaty asks, “This do ye M remembrance of me.” THE CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS, COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S GIFT TO THE BEV. DR. DEEMB. The anniversary of the occupancy of the members of the Chureh of the Strangers of its present quariers, ‘which occurred yesterday, was rendered more inter- esting {rom the fact of the protracted iliness of Com- modore Vanderbilt, by whose generosity the edifice ‘was presented to the Rev. Dr. Charles F, Deoms, the pastor of the church. A brief history of the churen will, therelore, not be out of place. In 1866 the Rey. Dr, Deems visited this city, and ‘was induced to preach a few times in the small chapel of the University, which he hired for the purpose, to fulfil a promise made at the urgent solicitation of a lady who had heard him proach in Jersey City. At the end of a month the congregation had increased un- til the chapel was crowded by persons, mostly strangers, and some nine or ten gentlemen of different denominations formed themselves into an executive commitice to keep the place open for worship ander the name of * The Strangers’ Sunday Home.”” Before the end ol the year Dr. Deems was offered the residency of a college, Tho business that originally ought him to New York was ended, there was no pian tor life work suggest and the little flock of strangers collected aroun strange pastor were'an- abie to support bim; but they entreatcd that he woud continue with thei, and, m the face of all these diltl- culties, Dr, Deems, whose heart had become knit to litle band of worsuippers, consented to remain as their pastor. Tu May, 1867, the large chapel Dr. Deems and his people occupied of the University, where the accom- modation was fourfold greater. But it was stil an assemblage without church organization, The resuit much deliberation was tha: it was decided to or- ganizo a free and independent church, receiving as memvers such persons as presented leticrs showing their good slapdivg in avy other orthovox church; such a8 declared that they bad so beeo and desired to be, but by reason of circumsances which a, could mem- ontrol were not able to | resent letters nol bership, and such as desired to join, upon a sincere and hearty proiession of faith in that statement of Christian doctrines commenty known as the Aposties’ creed, in accordance with this pian on Sanday, the Sth of January, 1868, vbirty-two person’ enrolled them- | solves, thus formeng the Church of the strangers, ta | the city of New York. During the romamder of the year tbiriy other persous became members. The chapel of the University wad found to be entirely too small to accommodate the immense congregations which every Sabbath assembied to boar the popul: and eloquent pastor. ‘as, therefore, determined to rocure anotb better place. Consequently Dr. cums entered into negotia the proper rues.ior the purchase of the old Morcer street Pros- ‘terian church, situated in Neilson place, between | ‘averley place and Clinton place. Fifty thousand dol lars was the amount asked for the structure, and this Dr. Deems agreed to pay, and in the meantime named aday for the closing of the agreement and the trans- fer of the propery. But imagine bis surprise and gratification when, a short time vetore this auspicious day = arti le was called upon by Com- modoro Vanderbilt’s private secretary, woo presented him with a check for $50,000, remarking at the same timo that Mr. Vanderbilt, having heard of the proposea purchase, wished Dr. Deoms to accept the amsunt as a gift from himself, to be paid to the owners of the wr street Ge ig whenever th the proper papers jransferring property the” Uhuee of the Strengers should be ‘out. As soon as the purchase of property was made repairs of a very extensive nature Were at once commeuced, and what was previously an old fasbtoned, antiquated looking a was 3000 to present a handsome #] ance. The charch opened on first Sunday in October, 1870. Among tho many notables present were Commodore Vanderbilt, Tuurtow Weed, Deore, jorace Grecley, Daniel Drew, William M. Evarts, William F. Havenisser, Stewart L, Woodford, Wiliam E. Dodge, * | made tor us, fray, besides nearly every prominent clergymen ip the city and vicinity. MADISON AV REFORMED CHURCH. THE PLAN OF SALVATION—SERMON BY REV. DR. G, W. F. BIRCH. The pulpit of the above charch was occapied yester- day morning by the Rov. Or. Birch, of Indianapolis, Ind. Tho text of the sermon was taken from the Gospel according to St. Jonn, fii., 16—"For God se loved | the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him shou'd not perish, but have everlasting life.” The preacher said these very words of Jesus in resporse to. Nicodemis form a part of our discourse and answer every question which the Jewish doctrine propounds. How is it, we ask, that the sinner is not lett to the punishment due to bis own re- bellion? It ts because of the great love which God bas for us and our salvation through Christ 49 the direct result of the Divine plan for its accom- | plishinment. It is the great declaration of the Physician of our souls—the Divine prescription. It is the decreo of the High Judge and shows His earnest desire that every sinner shall accept that decree. A creature can- | not become entirely separated from bis Creator. ‘the Laweiver, it He does not save, must cestroy him. 8) it is true, may separate us from our Creator, vut are never in reach, Is there no way which we may avoid the doom which our sins bri down upon us? Y He who gave His only begotten Son has shown us the way. Then let us study the plan He has established, In the Grat piace it is the outgrowth of the love of Gcd; His good will, compassion and be- | nevolenee toward us. His compassion is pity for) us and His benevolence the highest wish for our hap- | piness; tho highest, for He sacrificed His Son that we Shrough Him might know God. The bighest marks of affection bestowed by @ father on a son are not to be compared witb the great gift of God to man. To man who ia 60 unworthy of 1t; who daily figh inst and | despises it That love which is deeper that oceans and so broad that it embraces all that is and ail that+ has been is despised and discarded by the creature of | an hour, But our text tells us that God so loves the world that He gave us His only begotien Son, It was the greatest gift even a God could give, for it was Hi It was expending a Deity on man, but so great was His | love that nothing could bold it back. He instances in tho monrning of a mother for the loss of hor only son, What, then, must havo been His love that gave to us His only Son which was Himaeif. God alone knows the sacrifice Ho But the sacrifice of His great love nei- ther ignores gor interferes with Divine justice, for He further says that He gave His oniy begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. In His love He exacts justice, for love without it is weak and wi ing. The plan of salvation requires tho fu'filment of all its conditions; for le¢ man reiuse to do his part and he cannot expect God to do His. Tho link counecting earthly life and love is faith, 2nd when you have that you possess the means of eternal saivation. It 1* the means of grasp- ing the great my: ies of God’s Word. Believe, then, and you shall taste the pleasure of knowing Him, and ere long ascend to that {air tomple where angels pro- claim that God so loved the orld that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everiasting life, THE DOMINICAN FATHERS. COMMENCEMENT OF A MISSION AT ST, JOSEPH'S CHURCH, BROOKLYN. The commencement of a mission of the Dominican Fathers opened yesterday morning at St. Joseph’s began at eleven o'clock with the impressive ceremony of solema high mass, celebrated by Father Turner, as- sisted by Fathers Daly and Hoben, After the ‘Gloria’ Father Byrnes delivered the opening sermon of the mission, prefacing his remarks with the announce- ment of the regulations of the mission for tne coming two weeks. The reverend Father seiected his text from the Prophesies* of Isaiah, “Is all the earth made desolate?’ and said:—My dear brethren, these words were meant in the days whon they were spoken by the prophet, and what makes it moro lamentable is that they we ken with a reference to the Saviour of mankind. . It is nigaly probable that you will see our holy religion spreading all over the earth, and although in its onward march you see barriers breaking down by the teaching of the Christian nation wherever it has taken root, — still words of the prophet may be applied as well now as then. I ao not suppose that it applies to your individual condition, for i be. lieve you have given serious thought to the subject of religion, but you are beleaguered and surrounded by poople whose chief aim iambition, wealth and warldly Pleaeure, or politics. These pursuits mako the intel- jects of men weaker and weaker, on the part of those who turn against God to iollow thoir passions and pleasures. We have come here to spoak to you about a doctrine that is 1,900 yearsold; that can never change. The revelation of Jesus Christ is the same. Lake the sun it 1s unchangeable; the same yestervay, to-day and fore We coe to speak to you of Peter, who, becau: poke the trfth suffered igno- mipious death, me to you ciad in the garb differing in our order somewhat, but we not new doctring, although we may ha of life as priests. Wo come to bring to your mind more thoroughly the word of God, that you may con- form your lives to the blessed truth. Our prayer to- day tothe Holy Mary, Mother of God, is that we may present it to your minds {u the way it shall do you the most good. Pray for us that we may be successful, My dear brethren, let us look into this great work. Like Zaccheus, there is such a crowd between you and God that it 18 difficult for you to seo the blessed thoughts of God’s holy trath. Do as Zaccnens did, leave the crowd. Go where there will be no obstacle between you and the blessed Saviour. Examine your consciences and seo if there is anything there displeasing to God; any sign of forgot- fulness toward God, Regulate th mattors now, in the time of thts boly mission, and pray that Go: give you His grace to receivo the Holy Eucharist i! your soul. Let it not be a mere transient affair, but lot it make you better men and women while you are in the world, and atterward, when Death knacks at the We of the old monasteries ay to | door, you will come to receive the reward that is given to all true men and women, and which, brighter than the suo, shall sbine upon your brow forever and for- ever. At the conclusion of Father Byrnes’ remarks the solemn high mass was continued and closed tho exer- cises, The mission will continue two weeks. A PRIEST'S FIRST HIGH MASS. Rev. Philip Kenny, who was ordained on September 23 by Bishop Loughlin, for the diocese of Brooklyn, yesterday celebrated his first grand high mass at St. Mary's Star of the Sea, Court street, He was assisted by Rev. Fathers Toner and Hand, as deacon and sub- deacon, respectively. The sermon was preached by Rev. Father McGuire, who took for his subject the dignity, responsivility and trials of the priest. Ho re. ferred to the fact that the newly ordained celebrant had served on tuat same altar as a toy, and there, too, he bad received his first communion. It was, thero- fore, fitting that he should to-day enjoy the realization 01 big hopes im the celebration of the great sacrifice of tho mass before the congregation which ho had com- mingled with in boyhood. PEW RENTS, To tHe Epitor or tHe HERALD:— The remarks of Bishop Potter (in his sermon at the consecration ot Grace chapel) om the pew system seems. to have attracted considerable attention, There are, doubtless, many persons who desire to see the pow em abolished, but who donot see any other way by which the Church can be supported. Now there ig a way, and itis the right way, too—the offertory sys. tem. I know it will be argued that it fails to realize sufficient for the support of a church, and is not reli- able. But why so? I answer, because tho ministers themse:ves fail to impress ‘upon their congrega- tions the obligation we are under to give the “tenth,” substance to Goa. Our duty im this forth in the Bibie, and the respect is so usages and customs of nations ip bygone tim been go clearly defined how that “tenth’? or “titl to be assessed an ledicated to God's «1 that ministers would hi litule trouble in pomting out that duty and way it can be carriéd out. The ap- propriation of this offortory, after its dedication to God's servic, ts specified in ‘*Pridearx Church War- den’s Guide,” and other books on church ritual. It i: One-third to tho ministers, one-third for the poor and the remaining third for tho expenses of the charch | edifice, her services, &c. Thoso lati more acceptable, im the sight of God, are Vices performed through Jove for Him than those of a mere hireling. Are we not drifting back, in this par- ticular, to the time When our Saviour said, “Sy house use of prayer; but yo have mado | Tam, sr, yours traly, . it aden of thieves? THE CATHEDRAL BUILERS, Yesterday the two new boilers for the Catholic Ca- thedral wore transferred from the Now York Iron Works, the blishment of Messrs, Cobanks & Thoail, foot of Bethune street, to the great structure, Fifty-rst street and Filth a , where they wi!l be placed in position. They w fteon tons each, and guaranteed to pressare of 100 pounds steam to the equat HONORABLY DISCHARGED. Poter Connell, of No. 269 Ninth avenue, implicated in receiving stolen goods, was honorably discharged betore Judge Bixby on the 28th uit, ROBBING A CHILD. Griffin, agea tour years, while at play on the sidewalk in front of the residence of her parents, No. G41 Bedtord avenue, Brooklyn, was induced by a 0 et then abandoned her. inch, church (Father Corcoran’s), in Brooklyn. The services | TT | THE IRISH ADDRESS TO AMERICA - CENTENNIAL GREETING FROM IRELAND TO THR UNITED STATES. On the Fourth of Jaly last an address to the President of the United States was adopted at a large meeting held at Haroid’s Cross, Dublia, Ireland, in honor of the Centennial of American independence. Shortly after the meeting the address was engrossed and beautifully illuminated tn the highest etyle of art and set an elegant gilt frame. When the work was done the ad- dress was placed in the chargo of Mr. O'Connor Power, M. P., who jointly with Mr. C, S. Parnell, M. P., wes puted to present it to President Grant. Mr. Power and Mr. Parnell are now in this city, stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. A Hexatp reporter, who called upon them yesterday, was shown tho address. Mr Power stated, on the reporter's expressing a desire to take a verbatim copy of it for publication, that he pre- ferred that it shouid not be published m full until tt bad been presented to the President. ‘The address proper ison white parchment, a neat golden border, about which shamrocks are entwined 1m profusion, setting off the written words to great eifeok On the top of the parchment is tho American shield, surmounted by the eaglo, and gracctully arranged about these are war tropbies and a group of American flags. At the bottem emblems are picturesquely grouped, rep resenting the gure of Erin, the round tower, the ‘ag hound, the old Irish cross and crown, with tNe sun just rising above the horizon in the distance, At each of the four corners of the border that encloses the writing is ashield bearing the arms of one of the four Irisu provinces. THE ADDRESS, Tte address opéns with a congratulation to the United states on their reaching the centennial of their existence as a nation, aad recapituiates, at some length, the great deeds periormed by Irishmen in the pust,’and alludes, among otaer things, to the “officers of the Irish Brigade, Whose inviucibie Iront Struck terror ito the foo ou ihe slopes vt Foutenoy, und rushed again to victory on tie plains of America.”’ Alter speaking of the warmth o! the tr:enughip that has always existed between the Irish and tho Amert- cans, and to the address seut to the Irish by the Culourl Assembly, in 1744, it reeites the fact that twenty-seven members of #n Irish associa. tion, called the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, in thia city, contriuted over £100,000 for the American | army at Valley Forge, ana the turther tact that Gene- ral Washingtou was a member of that assvciativn, who, says. the addrese, in> accepting -memberabip Bald ecept with gular pleasure tho enaign of so worthy a fraternity as that of the Friondly Sons of St. Patrick in this city, a society disiimguished for tho firm adhusion of its members to the cause 10 waich we ure al! embarked.” The address then aads;—“lt has veen a consolation to our country in her darkest sufferings, 1t has been and it shail be throughout all time one ‘of the greatest glories of our nation. that George Washington, » ho rejecteu the honors of Britan repuuiated her titles aud cust down her yoke, wccep! an Irish ensign and became the tirst adopird citizen of Ireland. Since that ime,’ the address goes on to say, “no fraternal bond beiwceu Ireland ond America ha ever been broken; cominon suffering had, on the con- trary, drawn the two closer to,other, apd when tI rebellion came, and Heaven secured tho Union's safety by the.hand of Genera! Grant the Irish race renewed the memory of their fathers’ deeds, the testimony of the trust of which wag inscribed on the tombs oi the battle flela.” ‘ ‘Tho address closes as follows :— “We recall not these evidences of history 1m order to formulate a chain upon American sympathy. That is @ freo will offering, too lofty to bear control, too abounding to evoke in our hearts one other feeling than that of manly gratuude. Throughout our sufferings its vivilylng rays have never failed to fall upon our souls, quickening into speedior life tho undying germs of bope. America bes stuad by us like tho Samaritan by the wounded man, not only during an artificial iamine of food, but likewise during aa artificial famine of freedom. If her intervention bely ed w preserve a beautiful land from that privation which destroys the body her ministeriug band also guarded a liberty-loving nation againat that privation which would slay the spirit il the providence of God were not superior to the malico of her focs. Life and liberty constitute the birthright of man- kind, and doth are oonsecrated by religion, which ,teaches justice in loving kindness, Because you who would tot be tenants at will of your indeteasi- die rights have declared liverty to be the fee simple of all men, because you have gencrously our treasure with all who stood in need, because you have magnanimously ministered unto ail who have suf fered, thereiore the God of liberty bas exalted your name, enlarged your inheritance, augmented your property and invoked upon your heads the benedic- tion of the earth. Whorelore we approach the august presence of your majestic nation i order that the voice of suffering Ireland may re-echo the Te Deum of victorious America, and that the commingied an- them may ascend to the altar and the Father of maa+ kind—the Lord and giver of iife and, liberty.”” It is probable that the address will be presented ta the President some day this week. MARRIED OR SINGLE TEACHERS. fo rux Epitor or Tae Heraip:— In your valuable paper of the 30th I observed an article headed ‘‘Married Female Teacuers,”” The Board soem to be in favor of retaining these ladies as teach- ers, Now tho question naturally sugcosts itself, How are the great number “that graduate annually trom the college to obtain positions? At least twelve years of our lives are devoted to hard study, with the intention and dependent upon becoming teachers at the end of that timo. If teachers marry and stilt retain their positions how ean a vacancy over offer itself? Tam one of inst June’s craduaics, and find it utterly impossible to obtain a pesition and am without the Jeast hope. My idea, together with several other graduates, is to expel all married womon, and give the young lad:es whose lifelong intention it to become teachers a chance to have their brightest hopes rea- hzed, mot dashed to pieces. T hope the Board will take this matter mto careful consideration, and decide in favorot the majority, and not the minority. By inserting this article in your most meritorious paper you will confer a favor upon A NORMAL COLLEGE GRADUATE, To tae Ep:tor or THR HERALD:— 1 read your editorial on *‘Married Women as Teach- ers,” but I don’t think you have gone far enough in the matter, I find there is a deep feoling on the sub- ject among thoso who tako an Interest in such mat- ters; but it is not because they are married women, That, certainly, to any reasonable person would bo ne objection. But the trouble {s here, For instance, in the New York Coliego there is a profeasor who gets s salary of $5,000 a y his wite (who has a baby at home, where she ought to stay and take care of it} is a teacher in the New York Normal Colloge, witha Jarge salary. Now, ho 1s well abie to take-care of her and her baby without her working as she does, Now we claim that there are juat as competent teach. ers, who bave no husbands, who would giadly accept the position; many who bave aged parents, or, tt may be, little brothers and sisters, depending upon them for support, and we sxy let them have a chance, and let the married women who have husbasds who are gew ting goed salaries stay at home and tako care of their homes and babies. But you may ask, “How about those who do not get good salaries ?”" Well, then, I re- ply, let them do as thousands of our clerks, mechantes and others do; do the best they can, the same as lam doing ona very “LIMITED INCOME." DEATH OF MRS. WHITING, Coroner Simms heid an inquest yesterday on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, who died on Sunday last at the residence of her husband, No. 1,034 De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, under circumstances which led to the supposition that sie had been’a victim of violence, It was stated at the time that she had been founda few days previous to her death lying insonsible in hor sleeping apartment, in which was ono Joseph FE. Chamberlin, The husband of deceased ca the arrest of Chamberlin on charges of assault tit larceny. A post-mortem examination ot iv showed thatthe cause of death was heart clot and eumonia, The jury rendered a verdict in accord- oe with fac NEW JERSEY CATHOLIC PROTEO- TORY. Bishop Corrigan, of New Jorsoy, te taking active measures, for the support of the Catholic Protectory, at Denville, and House of the Good Shephord, at Nowark. He has appointed the Rev. P. Connolly, of Perth Am- boy, to canvass the different parishes, Father Cou. foliy vesterday made an appeal to t congrogarion of St. Peter's church, in Jersey City, anda collection was taken. All the other parishes will be expected to re spond in turn to the call, POLICE CHANGES IN JERSEY, Tho recent sweeping changes of polite captains in Jersey City are to be followed by wholesale changes of sergeants and patrolmen, The changes thus far have caused great inconvenience to the officers concerned, but it is contended by Mr. Brigham, President of tho Police Commissioners, that the move is @ good one tor the more efficient discipline of the force, A GERMAN STEAMER. LIBELLED. Doputy United States Marshal Bailey, of Jersey City, yesterday seized tho steamer Lessing, lying at the Hoboken Dock, on an order from Judgo Nixon, of the United States Cireait Court, The steamer is lbelied to satisty a claim brought by Gustave Magintskey, KILLED WITH A SHOVEL, Patrick Lyons, of No, 103 Bayard atroet, who was strack witha shovel by Daniel Sullivan, of No. 70 7