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THE PULPIT. Sermons Yesterday in Various Churches in This City. OM nR DUTY TO. GoD. Opening of a Mission by the Do- minican Fathers. THE PERFECT LIFE. Rev. J. W. Kramer on the Nature of Christianity. — Dr. Armitage on Eye-Evidence of the Almighty. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. SERMON BY KEY. ONGE H, HEPWORTH ON VAITH, ‘The Church of the Disciples was crowaed to exeess yesterday morning. Iefore the service several per- wous were baptized. After the sermon the ordinance ¢ the Lord’s Supper was administered ana about y joined the church. Mr, Hepworth preached an sermon, taking for his text Psalms xiii., 11— art thou cast down, my soul, and why Hope thow in God, out “Way art thon disquicted within me? for 1 shall yet pratse Him who is the help of my coun- Th e and my aretome like a kal page Anew color or a new combination of colors is presented. If the Scriptures, takep as a whoie, can Ukened to a body, we can sutely liken David's preacuer said the Psalms Vsalms to the heart, because in them we bave discov- ered to view all the exeitements, all the exalta- tons and all the ~— depressions = to which We on the read to heaven are subje and, better than all, we have presented the revara for every disappoint- ment and misbap. And yet David’s human nature Was so well ballasted with lead that at times it sank to ‘he very bottom of the ocean of life and rested in the mire, instead of floating on the top. We know that people ‘are under the impression that when a man be- cones a Christian be begins to escape all the sorrows ot life and vo walk only in tho sunshine, That Mutement comes only from a nearsightea heart; | t is the result not of vxperience or knowledge | of the plan” of God, it comes simply as the (rutage’ of the imagination and of the upiver- sal desire to yet rid of trouble some way or other. The Cristian religion does not promise that we shall be unburdened when we enter the Church of God, neither does 11 promise that we hall havo none of the sorrows or ills to which flesh is heir. Ie hgion is high up above the pleasures and excitements of this world, 1 offers 10 us a gift of quietness, contentment apa happiness, a gitt so if we possess it this world like a dissoly- 1, while in the for off distance dwg view fades irom the biessedaess grandeur und approaching of the other hie into which we will soon Tho van of the world woen be is aill does kiow the reason w the Christian does, mon of tho workl ‘ts iguorant as io object had in view by ue One who imposes the burden, The Christian knows pot only that there is 1 object, but he knows that when his shoulders are od by the beary Weight he can go to Him who lightens the burden and whose yoke is and by prayer and communion witb one ali power- into bis heart which enables him to smile when another Would groan between the two which no science or philosophy bridge, The man of the World, not knowmg what God really means and haviog no conception ot His plane, is drivem by the force of circumstance inte open rebellion, God's promises do not upply to those who are aliens, lat do apply to (bose, however guilty they may be, Who enter into covenant with Him. When oor jidren die 1 don’t see how we bear it. 1 think we are not quite manly and womanly. We aro either in oper rebeilion or wo steet our bearis toward God. The first thing a mag ought to dois to find a resting place for bis Jeot when he leaves this world. Are we not like the poor dove sent out over the water, which, seeing no place to rest, d into despair and death? Look at the Christian. ab lets out his WHITE DOVE, apd it never goes far, but it can return to perch on tho finger oi the prophet. This igure is a fair one, and every man ought to have a foundation of faith on which to butld, and since we must pass through vari- vs conflicts ia it not right to have on board an un- clor which will bole us w the current is strong? Phe Bible tells how I ought to net: itcheers me apt by telling me what L may expect to-morrow. A great deal of our despondency comes trom lack of lath, We cannot have too much of it. ‘Perfect Jove casteth out fear,’’ and perfect taith doce the same suing. All despondency comes from the fact that we do not ireplicitly trust the Lord, When the disciples were away {rom Jesus they quarrelied and wrangled; ay, more than that, they bad doubts avout the king- dom of God, but the moment Christ appeared their doubts were dispelled. He projected His faith into them and they could not help it. They knew what He Faid was true: it was just the relationship between the ehild and mother. The child cannot understand the tnother, Chiidhood is the type of ignorance leaning pon strength and wisdem, and receiving with unques- ning faith the words the mother ultors. The risen Uurtst is more nearly omnipotent than Christ on earth. Che risen Christ 1s God and the Christ incarnate is God absowute, ‘That wonderiui transmutation took place after the resurrection, We have got a better master than ever Peter and Paul had. Why can’t we have more faith? Ob that] could take hold of the worla and with a giant’s power wrench it irom your grasp. brethren, when we can say, “Thy will ve done” feel that God is our best iriend lite will change itsell into a song, and :nstead of moaning and wailing over this vale of tears we shall walk proudly along the King’s highway and sipz, “Glory Halleiujah’’ over every mountain and every valley, “TEMPLE. MASONIC THE PERFECT LIFE—-SERMON BY REV. 0, B, FROTHINGHAM. nnusually large congregation assembled in Masonic Temple yesterday tmorning. bam announced as his subject, “The Perfect Life,’ and said:—What is a perfect life’ A recent definition of religion calls it the endeavor of man to perfect hi The definition has several advantages. To perfect one’s self is certainly more desirable than to perfect one’s neighbor, which is what religion oiten does. ‘The definition, moreover, b a certain Listorical justifica- won, As a matter of fact religion has boen been becom - ing more and more the effort of man to perfect himself. it is becoming a spiritual thing, assuming form as characser, energy, intelligence, moral and spirital self. advancement. In the oldest forms of religion there is no connection between morality and relig- jon. It consisted jn an apparatus of pious ubservances, contritious and contessions design- ing to be Jnvisible forces. They helped those who pleased th they withheld help from those who displeased them. A man simply tried to find oat the best way of pleasing and the easiost way of dis- pleasing. Aud even now, alter all these thousands of years of spiritual experience, there ts no single spirit- nal religion that hae a home or makes a close connec sion between piety and goodness. Take the Romans, which is, on the whole, tho most complote definition of Christianity in the most dogmatic torm. Nv person who hus ever been in a Roman church will see on every side men una woiven the most abject, the most Uegraded, the most base and vile, going through the fortas of their religion with the atmost constancy and devotion, the robbers’ traa he bas secured there in honor of the V: t to bless tim ia lite occupation. Iteltgion consists of purchusing | favor irom Ghseen power. Protestantism euirred with = the = fdow that Christ be within. That the consoling spirit wes not a for but was in the person, That tho Lord purged every person through the ayenie of His own cons But still we must go outside ot Protestanusm, go among those who are outside of the protessed Churco, hetore we find people who, asa rule, every day iutheir | common speech maintain tbat religion and gootness ure one And the same thing and cannot be divorced. Rehigion is the effort of man to perfect himsclt. ‘Phere aro two words—one of which is repul the other is vague--“Effort’’and “perfection.” “effort” is repulsive. Naturally we dislike ef and m substance. The world is not marked with effort, ‘The processes by which all the glorious things in the warvorse are brought about are ot characterized by efiort They get by these. There ts no wrinkle on the brow of Gol. There isno sign of struggie in yy of the great works of lis hands, = All moves on jor millions and roillions ot years; yet there ix no nove, The son rises every morning a6 it has riven for millions of years, and still is upwearicd. Watch it as it comes owt ct the abyss of night. There ia po sign Of weariness, no dimunition of bis light some aif; and overy evening he goes down, gathering his gorgeous robes about him, not a hae weakened, pot a bow less periect. Yoa cannot hear the grass grow, bot you can hear the grasshopper whir, Tho Suminer comes, but so Noisclessly, the propheoy of 1 bore told in every preceding day; yot we aie pot ware thi y change is taking place, except by the idoscopo; every time I turn a | Mr. Frothing- | See, hanging over the altar implements of | bh NEW YORK 4 HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBEK 6, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. new world in which we are corn. All great things come without apparent effort. The great workers in the world enjoy their efforts if successful, because they feel that behind them a great work is accom- plished. Perfection implies isolation, aggrandizement, Ube attainment aiter great things. The perfect mua is | supposed to be better than any one else; but be 1s per- fect i proportion as he comes down, pot in proportion ag he lifts himseif above his fel low men. The perfection does not consist in bis bulk, though it has sometimes been thought so. ‘The perfection of God does not consist 1 His majesty. How vain people are of exalting God, flattering Him, speaking of Him as above all the world! ‘He sitteth upon the circumference of the earth, and the inhabi- tants of the earth are as grassnoppers,’”’ was the old Hebrew Scripture. This is the sirain of religious b proportion as they are religious. It is pre- 'y the straim that ought not to be used. In speaking of the distinction between ambition and aspiration the speaker said these are two opposite things, not grades of tbe same thing, but contrasting things Ambition comes trom the Latin word which Teans to go ubout, and it means as applied to politi- cians (for it was applied to them at first) a person who goes about to solicit votes for bimself. In the aucient cities 1t was customary for politicians to go about and hold their hands out jor the sutfrages of their fellow citizens. Vhe politician of today does the same thing, He goes about irom street to street, from ‘ward to ward, to registration offices; goes about by the help of circulars and handbills; goes about by tbe help of his adherents, who make speeches with the intention of proving tbat this person deserves wll the suifrages he can get. It 1s a@Shamotul thing to think of. Men go about cajol- ing, flatterine. stiling, wheedling, if se be by any of these unworthy urts they can induce a fellaw being to say he is more worthy of the office than any one else, ‘A tan who does that is uaworthy of any oilice. Am- bition is not confined to politics. “Any man who raises himself above bis lellows goes about to doit, A man who is ambitious of a Wide place in society goes about and leaves his card from door to door, solicits recog- nition in such and such circlos, in the hope that he can get the place he desires. This is bad, but worse than that is the man who goes about to make himself worse or better than his fellow man, The harisee does that. He will go about a long way to avoid the Unitarian; he will go about a whole square not to ineet | an Atheist; be will go many streets out of his way | that be may not be seen in the company of bad men. But worst of all is the saint who goes gbout to secure | @ reputation for saimtiiness; who goes about from | temple to temple, im orger that be may secure himself an entrance into the kingdom of beaven. In speaking of greatuess Mr, Frothingham said: | intellectual sphere, buta man who was utterly in- | diferent to the sorrows of his fellow men. See our Imerson—that beautiful shaft» of polighed marble! | How delicate bis spiritual perceptions! How serene | und self-absorded he Jooks as be comes up the street! And yet Emerson 13 aman who puts his name to any cause, and gives hig strength to any cause that ts the cause of humanity—a man that would not bo ashamed side by side with any man, however illiterate he might be, if he was gomg toward the bamanity com- mon to them both. In closing Mr. most periect religion that ree men; thatcan afford tu dispense with everything that has ‘distinguished religion hitherto in order that it may show low righteousness, humanity and integrity adorn and beautify the world. It is this religion that inaugurates the worship of the spirit. in spirit and in truth, i PLYMOUTH CHURCH. FAITH AND LOVE IN JESUS CHRIST—SERMON BY HENRY WABD BEECHER, Strangers had to take a back seat at Plymouth church yesterday morning. For four Sundays prior Frothingbam said that is the eager aud curious Ceptenpial visitors and stayed at home, while the strangers luxuriated in soft cusbioned seats and the rare theosophic eloquence of the gifted pastor, Still there were x good many unfamiliar faces present, but ag notice was published that the members of the congregation would return, just for once the great mob of visitors that besieged the church on prior Sundays fell off considerably. Before the sermon three men and two women were received into communion with the church. Mr. Beecher looked to be 1m fino hoalth and spirits. He took for nis text:—‘Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, they have taken away my Lord and I know not where they have lald him.” John, xx, ‘The preachor said:—If the gospels had beon con- | structed for purely dramatic purposes they could not have been more successfully done than as they now stand, Christ’s mission was an extraordizary one. As Ho drew toward the end of it a strange, indednable dread overhung it; The scene ut Gettisomane was like a picture of Rombrandt’s, fuli of the intonsest light snd shade, Then when the drama was near its end darkness settled down upon it and it closed in grief and gloom, At that time there were several women who had been identified with Christ more or less in His iifetime, Among these women was one named Mary, but which Mary who figured most wonderfully in t crocifixion scene bas not been made clear, tor there opinion is in favor of Mary of Bethlehom. One thing we know is, that thero was a Mary who had been Jeading a divsoitte lite—one of thote great natures, walking in the lurfd darkness of evil, who had been redeemed, and felt regeneration of soul in the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, She stayed to the | followed the sad proce Josep of Arimathea. Then she went home, and when the Jewish Subbath was over she rose and went into the garden, and when she came to the tomb again she found the stone rolled away. She told the disciples, and they hastened to the sepulchro and found there nothing but the grave clothes, sud Mary came and an- gols appeared, and Jesus himself was among them. She answered the angels, when asked why she wept, “‘Ibey bave taken away my Lord and I know not where they bave laid Lim.”’ In tbe greatness of His Jove for her He had snatcbed ber from the thrall of ignominy to the royalty of life, and she stood in a perpetual consciousness of the love and redeeming power of this man. She festooned Him iu her imag nation with all the at- tributes of beauty, and i the plenitude of this affection, which conveyed with it exaltation ard joy, she tol lowed Him through His ministrauions. In tnat wreck of Caivary and in the discovery of the empty toind faivb and reason had pothing to give bat love; mnextinguished jove shone out with a dazzling radiance. To Mary nothing could be more desolate than the loss of Jesus, but she had listened to and bung upon His words ‘and He bad raised her faith, and she iound Him through that faith atter His death on the cross, We shali see no such drama again, To us, perhups, no such eclipse will bappen as that which occurred to the disc but yet it 1s possible, for im the teachings of the present day there are thousands of men standing in nucertainty and feeling that some great light 18 about bursting on the world; standing where the torrent of scepticisin is sweeping away the old pillars of belief. There are thousands of men and women, from whose hands the Bible has dropped, whose minds have been saturated with the teachings of science, that aim at destroying the very central figure of the CI a behel, and weil may the follower of Christ, doubting and ‘troubled, look around him and excluim with Mary, ‘They have taxen my Lord away and I know not where they have Jaid him.” To those who have passed their lives in Jesus the taking of Him away woula make this world very dreary indeed. Here the preacher drew a pathetic picture of a man returning to bis lonely room after the partner of his bosom bad been taid in the grave, ana all the memories of vanished joy return, but uever again the joy itself, It Christ is to be taken away, and wo have nothing left us by which to interpret God but rocks and fish and fossils, there is reason why the world should mourn. If’ science t rob us of our sympathies and emotions, and give us nothing in revurn but a cer- tain knowledge of this old carcass of a world, then there ject for sorrow. Cne ot the objecte, I think, of God tn allowing this scepticism to sweep over as is to bring us nearer to Himself by brushing away church made doctrines and building up the re. Higicn of the hivingjheart. Reason, as a substinte for faith and love, joy and rest, 1p a personal Christ re- veaiod in us us A personal consciousness by the spirit of the Holy Ghost, is poor indeed. If there be a God He must bea God’ that is reproduced by our highest | love, sympathies and aspirations. What we want is a God who bas a mother’s heart, who knows when we cry and what we cry for, who | watches and develops our unripe excellences and | sympathizes with our crudities and infirmities aud lifts us up outef sin. And if you take away such a God from men they go to an empty sepulchre and exclaim, “You havo taken Him away and we Know not where to fing him.’’ The Christ | preach to you went through a probation of poverty, where poverty was jashed anf excoriated, companioned with poor fishermen, and knew the depth and breadth of buman wants weuknesses, I preuch a living Saviour to all who have bunger of soul and know bot where to expend it. | There are many persous who have nothing to lo | They tove their father and mother and go on, but there | aro outreachings and longings ot the soul that notling on carth can sutsty, and ali such can pour out forever on the Saviour the abundance of their love and receive a hundred toid in retur. ST. EN’ STEPHEN'S CHURCH. (MN OPENING OF A MISSION BY THE DOMINICAN FATHERS—THE PROGRAMME— | SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER BYRNE— LARGE NUMBERS PRESENT. At St, Stephen's charch, Twent terday morning a mission ®as opened by the Pomini- can Fathers, which is to We continued {ora moath. A solemn high mass was celebrated by the Rev, Father McCready, assisted by tho other priests attached to the church, the pastor, Rov. seat im the sanctuary, The mission is under the direc- tion of the Nev. Father byrne, tea by the Rev. Fathers \i!!y, Quinn, Dinahan, Hogan aud Daly. The introductory sermon was preached by the Rev, Father Byrne, who made ‘Faith’ the subject of bis discourse. The reverend Father said that it was | appropriate he should speak to them of this great vir- ‘he at the opening of the mission, It was the first a the foundation of all the virtua 4 without % the mission upon which they wer vajueless. He incutcated the constant exercise o1 acts ‘of faith, espeemily at this time, when they wero de- voling themselves in an especias manner 10 religious exorcises, devised and arranged jor the practice of their duties as good Catholics, The reverend Father read the following order of exercises, then ex- ghth street, yox- Goethe was aman perfectly cultivated—a king in the | guizes the humanity iu | the pewholders generously yielded thoir piaces to the | wore tour Marys thers altogetier, though the “mass of i ma | Dr. Mesiyno occupying a | cpt inen: horting bis bearers to a faithful observance of the rules laid dowa for their guidance:— ‘The first part of the mission will be for women, The mis parish to practise more religion. On week days there will be masses at fy eight xnd nine o'clock. There will be = ‘ter the first mass, vd ‘There wili be another sermon ‘clock mass. Communion will be given d various masses at the rail uf the high altar. No communion will be given In the Dasement chapel. will be a sermon every evening, with benediction of the vievsed sacrament. ‘The entire rosary wiil be xaid every day—the first part be- fore the first muss, the second part before the lust mass and the third part before the eveniug sermon, beginning at half- past seven P.M. On Sundays the masses will be at five, six, seven. eight, nine, igh mans at ten anda halt A.M. ‘bere wil be on at the high mass and the usual evening ser- six, seven, ® se:mon immedi- ly at six o'cloce. the morning. and from three to teu in the evening in the basement chapel. mnbcligious books, de. will be found for sale in the base- ent of 1 ious wish and prayer of the pastor that none of the people of the parish will allow this time of apecint xtace and blessing to pass away unimproved. He would Temind them that many of them may never again have so an Sppereinity. ind hi muld ary i priety of induein < th _ riends who may be seeking alter truth to attend tne exer- jon, The torty hours adoration of the blessed sacra. Il take place daring the mission, beginning at t high mass on sund: 12th ot November. ‘The attendance at this opening service was very large, Every seatin the church was occupied and Bumbers bad to be content with standing room. The mission seemed to open under very favorable auspices for success. Yesterday was the first time that the Rey. Father McCready, the first assistant pastor of the church, appeared belore the congregation at the Sunday services, and after mass he was congratulated by a large number is iriends on bis sate revurn and his restoration to health. Fatner McCready had Deen absent in Europe for several months, whither he had been compelled to go to regain strength oxbausted in years of labor in this city’s mi servediy beloved by the ishiouers of St. Steph: and this was made evident yesterday in the general expression of gladness which his pi cscnce as officiating priest occasioned ameng the congregation, CHICKERING HALL. SERVICE OF SONG—ADDRESS BY THE REV. SAMUEL COLCORD. The congregation of worshippers assembled in the auditorium of Chickering Hall, at Fifth avenue and Fighteenth street, yesterday morning cclebratea their first service of song. Many strangers were present and cordial'y welcomed. The choir, composed of nearly 1U0 volunteers, was earnest and efficient. Tho service was in form similar to that conducted by Moody and Sankey, and was directed by Mr. Charles L. Gunn, After the opening prayer, by the Rev. Samuel Colcord, the congregation joined 1m singing hymn 11 of the Gospel hymn collection, ‘For you 1 am praying,” after which the pastor read the ninety- eighth psalm, commencing, ‘0 sing unto the Lorda new song, for he hath done marvellous things; his right band and his holy arm bath gotten him tie vic- tory.” Then followed the sweet sounds of the ninety- thira hymn, “More holiness give mo;” the eignty- ninth hymu, “Yield not to temptution,’? and tho thirty-ffth byma, “I hear the Saviour sa: Briefly the minister then spoke to the congrogation, saying that the Church makes much of the service of song in its worship, because the psalmist has said, “‘Itisa good thing to give thanks unto the Lord aud to sing praises unto thy, name, © most High; to shew forth thy Joving kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night,” and because it is good. We believe that there is such a thing inging the Gospel into the souls of men, and we know that many, very many of precious souls have been brought to the fect of the Saviour by the sweet influence of the sacred songs. The children learn them in the Sunday schools and carry them home, whore often the name of Jesus has never been heard’ betore except when coupled with profanity, yet az the little oncs sing thom over again tne atrai on listening. wondering, startled ears, an souls are lea back to the bosom of the do not kpow of a surer way to preach the Gospel than to sing it into the hearts of the people We know of the good accomplished through tho me- dium of such men as Moody and Sankey; we know that hardened bearts are ofttimes softeved while list- ening to such bymns as “God loves the world by sin- ners lost.” How inany weary hearts have found com- fort in that grand old hymn of Charles Wesley :— Jesus, lover of my soul, Lot me to thy bosom fly, Whiie the waves of sorrow roll, While the tempest still is nigh, Sing tho songs of Jesus to the people. In the dead ot night you hear a woman’s voice floating out un the hushed stillness of airas s! hour beside the cradie of her suffering child, soothing its ttle heart with the music of the Lord, She knows not that you hear it, that it falls upon other.ears than: of her darlin; ‘but it ‘touches a responsive chord in your heart and influences your actiop. So may tho sounds of our service o! sepg touch the hearts of doubtiul, wavering, wandering men and women end bring them nearer to God and home. Those who carry the Gospel thus to their teilows are Christian heroes Thoy have caught the mspiration of the mee! d lowly Jes d labor for the sick and helpless in soul and body who are dying daily arouna them. Th nv good reason why songs of joy should not be heard in the sanctuary and in all Christian places. Christian lite ix not sad: it ts full of promise and of love. The speaker then drew a word picture of the happiness of the true Christian here and hereafter and closed with urging bis hearers to seck for salvation in Jesus as the only one tn whom it can be found; to heed God’s own message and to “sing unto the Lord a new song.’ ‘The service was then closed with prayer and the sing- tug of the forty-foarth bymn, *‘With harps ana with viols there stands a great throng,’’ and the eighty- cond hymn, ‘Only an armor bearer, proudiy I nd." FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. EYE EVIDENCE OF GOD—SERMON BY REV. DR. ARMITAGE. Yesterday being the first Sunday of the month was communion Sunday at the Fifth avenue Baptist church, in West Forty-sixth street, near Fifth avenue, and the attendance was very large. Rev. Dr. Armitage preached from the text Psalms xxxit., 8:—“I will guide thee with mine cye.” He said every man bas some conception of God’s character, natural or dis- torted. Zhe difference between these two concep- tions of Gud is that the one leads youto run away from Him as hardand harsh, while the other draws you irresistibly toward Him, as full of tender and in- dulgent impuises. But then aman should remember that he himself has» heart before he can unde! id tha: God basa heart, just as he must understand a human being before he can feel as he feels. The watchful, tender, loving God sees that man has a dangerous way to go and knows not the path, therefore He himself undertak: o guide him. Every one of you has need of an infailibie guide, Solomon says, ‘He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.” Solomon means that the man who in all the complex actions of life trusts himself to himself 13 a fool, The highest pitch of folly is for man to assume the responsibility in all tho intricacies of bis ways. man who does that shows ignorance of bimsel! to begin with, He ig BLIND TO HIS OWN WEAKNESSSS. Knowledge of his own constitution asa responsible being would joud him to see that be was not created for himself, consequently that his solf-guidance will present ail his powers and Jead bim to self-worship, The self-deception of this versonal ignorance assists itsel! unperccived. Your labors are miscalculations, and sacri!ices are made independently of God, and suc- cess therein only infatuates you with the feeling, if not the dea, of self-keepiug till your soul becomes swathed in the bonds of a conscious self-existence, which blindfold you tll you stagger into a state which Paul describes when he says, ‘‘Men become worship- pers of themselves.” Swelling words and rebollious deeds must give caim trust and toa steadfast heart. In such a he: all scoptictem will depart with reterence to the over- sight of God in the smallest detwils of everyday lite, Were there no example in the world ot contrivance but the eye it alcne would be sufficient to support the conclus'ons we derive irom it as to the existence of an intelligent Creator. The sense of sight is the most re- fined of all our senses; no part of the human organtza- tion so beautifully represen: THE BRNEVOLENCE OF GoD, ructure is so wonceriul and 1 that it seems worthy of Its rious, 118 functions so minut God ‘to borrow this strangely contrived organ as tho fit sign of His sleepless guardian- ship over us, indicating His incessant protection. There is nothing so expressive as the glance of the ose. [dps fail to express one-baif the power in hours of time that the eye does in a momentary glance. Think of that glance of the fond father toward the wayward daughter or the prodigal son, and you cannot Misuoderstand it, Neither can you misunderstand what meant as He cast his sad, loving gi over these sons of men, and burst into tears because they were as sheep without ashepherd. But when God's sympathy bas full play few words are needed. A soul iu sympathy with Him will catch His meaving in the twinkling of an oye; one look a treasury of wisdom. Oh, jet this eye guidance lead you as docile and loving children to your home; !et it be a perpetual pereeption of His leadership. ok upon God as Cowper when he walked before (> portrait of his mothor, who fixed here he would. ST. PATRICK CATHEDRAL. OUR DUTY TO GOD—SERMON BY THE REV. FATHER FARRELLY. The Cathedral! was thronged yosterday, every avail- able seat being occapied at last mass, The officiating ciergyman was the Rev. Father Mori, and at the con- clusion of the first gospel the Rev, Father Farrelly preached a sermon, taking his text from St. Matthew, xxii, 123—“Render, therefore, unto Cwsar wl things which are Cwsar’s, and unto God tho things that are God's.” In explaining the text the reveren: gentleman took occasion to refer to the Feast of All toils through the midnight | i | | saints we were honoring God Himself in giving Him thanks for the souts that had been saved. Thus there was every possibile motive for gloritying the saints, ag honor paid 1o them redounded to the honor of 4 particular motive for honoring the saints was tho fact that they were pear God and could always intercede for us. In boporimg them we wero simply benetiting ourseives and preparing for the main object of o1 astence. The reverend gentleman answered some of the objections made to this doctrine, citing the case of Tobixs, who was taught by God. In rendering to God the things that we must employ the gilts which He has gr the best advantage and in the service of the giver by seeking the truth, We must not abuse the blessings which are constantly being bestowed upon us. Injustice to God is often practised by those whose education and natoral talents afford them many advantages over their neighbors, and which they ex- ercise iu ridiculing region and’ making use of argu- ments calculated to revile ail those mystcries that were above their comprebension. There were many who made the holy Scriptures the subject of their Jests, giving them such Judicrous interpretation as Might serve to display their wit. The reverend gen- tieman, in the course of an exhaustive sermon, pointed out the necessity of making everything sub- servient to the glory of God and the cause of virtue. ‘The choral arrangements were, as usual, excellent, and reflected much cred: the musical director. IMMORTALITY. THE SUBJECT THEORETICALLY CONSIDERED BY PROFESSOR ADLER--AN ADDBESS AT STANDARD HALL. Professor Adler yesterday continued his series of ad- dresses upon the above subject, He said:—I have heretofore endeavored to show that happiness is not 0 be expected as the reward of virtue. But the subject cannot be so summarily dismissed. Let us attempt to analyze that word so full of meaning—“thappiness.”” Wi isit? Pleasure has been defloed as the satisfac- tion of man’s different needs. ‘There are different needs of desire and pleasure, The mere reception of food and drink into the body isa source of pleasure, though of tho lowest. kind. When tho body js cold the reception of warmth isa pleasure. Let us turn to consider some pleasures of a less material nature. For instance, man loves adornment, and will even goto extreme and outrageous lengths to decorate his person, In Tabiti and Anstralia the cnstom of tattooing the skin is in vogue. Among the Fiji Islanders, we find the chicis are accustomea to spend several hours under the care of the hairdesser. While such things as these exist upon the lower levels of culture in the higher places there ts less tendency to gaud, and too much attention to the adornment ot tne body is considered to be out of tasie. Such is the pleasure we derive from the gratification of our wsthetic tastes, But there are deeper and better pleasures still, Man is essentially a social being. In his absence trom home comforts and happiness he yearus ‘or them sincerely, Sociality is ovo of the strongest demands of human nature, Let ine refer you also to the desire for knowl- edge, the moral desire ior truth, and the pleasureand satisiaction that ‘ieir acquisition confers, Periect happiness does not ca.st. Some of its elements are ever beyond our reach, Does {t mot remain for us, therefore, to make one particular clement our especial care? Can we not find among the constituents of Joy at least one that we can make our grand object in life? All pursuit of happiness is precarious. We cannot always cominand even the necessary abundance of subsistence, and even the thirst for knowledgo :t is uot always within our power to gratify. 1% thus appears that all elements of happiness whicu tulfil the purposes of life are not entirely within our reach. But there is yet one that is attainable by all. 1t ts the satistaction derived from TRE PERVORMANCE OF DUTY. Against difficulties the most stupendous, under cir- cuinstances most depressing, it 1s sll possible for all men to assert and protect tbeir integrity and virtue. We discover that tere ig a material difference between the gatisiaction derived from ordinary pleasures and that derived trom the periormanco of duty. The latior alono is thoroughly atiainable aud is likely to last, ‘The flower of human life is morality, and it dwells in every human breast. Thus we tind that virtue, while it Is one ot the clements of happiness, possesses in itself an intrinsic vaiue. If, then, it is true that some of the elements of joy aro beyond our control, what is plainly our course? Some people look upon every gittas a matter of t, ag {f they had entered into a special compact with This ts falso and insane. Because 4 man wants a thing is no reason at all why he should hi We need something of the vim of we need to cultivate long patience, Let us pursuo ci jully our pathway of duty. Science and art will belp us, and we sball then lovk around us ‘with somotning of the artist's cye, who sees bidden Imes of beauty in the spacious face of nature. Have ‘we not here fallen upon the very cause of the belief in immortality itsell¥ Tho desire tor Lappiness untal- filled below, shapes iiself into u haven of pertection above. Shall we pot assume ‘when the flower lades it will be reuewed in the realms of the infinite? Tt ts luve and virtue. then, that take up the strain and ing of ceaseless progress toward the good. The ques- tion then recurs:—How can the tatellectual forces act except through the agency of the body? Thesame is the case with the virtues. They depend upon a limited society of men. Take justice, for instance. It consists in the respect for the rights of others, Without limitation ther no right Bat the sand of the hereafter is said to be free of limita: tion, How, then, sbuli we think of right and virtue? 1k 1* possible to assume tbat the soul may take on new oruers in place of its present ones. rgument leads to the subject of THE NATURE OF THE SOUT, and as tbis question may be said to be at the root of the whole subject ot immortality, I propose to post- pone its consideration until next week. In conclusion, let me give one caution. Tbe view of happiness woich I have pre-ented to you does not lead to depression. While it kecps us from disappointment it fills us with & certain zest and spirit for the pertormance of our duty, It 18 troe these elements of happiness are not all here, but this is the very essence of joy. We have performed mauy wonders in tho material world, bat the laws which regulate socicty have bardly begun. Hore a higoer work remains to be done. It is taise to suppose tha: ma city like this 500,000 people must live m tenement houses teeming with impurity. It is faise to suppose thet the increase of crime 18 duo to apy laws or influences other than our own peglect, The remodies for these things are within our grasp, but there are also bindrances— stupendous hindrances. Shall I mention oue of them? lt 18 the vast amount spent upon the teaching and the preaching of the only narrow pathway to the great hereatt If one tithe of the foriunes thus expeaded were devoted to the teaching ot love and kindness in the preseutiife bow much misery might Le averted, how much sickness might be cured! We thus perceive that there is a very positive side tothe work of reiorm. Here is a nobie task, full ot swoet solace to the workers. Let the dead bury their dead. Ke it ours to live in the passing preseat and to minister to the living needs. ST. PETER'S CHUKCH, JERSEY CITY. PROTESTANTISM AND CATHOLICISM COMPARED— SERMON BY FATHER ARCHAMBAULT. A sermon was delivered at the last mass in St, Peter’s church, Jersey City, yesterday, by Father Archambault, S.J. Ho is one of the great pioacers of tho Jesuit Fathers, and has teen intrusied with the important mission of orecting a Catholic college to be | conducted by the Jesuit Fathers in Jersey City. After the first gospel he read the gospel of the day, closing with the text, “Render, theretore, to Cesar the things that aro Cwsar’s, and to God the things that belong to God." The preacher then sav AS we are within the octave of the Feast of All Saints I shall sot asiae the text just quoted and consider tho question that the Catholic Church isthe only true church on earth. One of the articles of the Aposties’ Creed de- clares, ‘*1 believe in the holy Catholic Church.” Our Diessed Lord, in establishing His charch, gave it all the necessary means to carry out its divine mission. “As the Father seut Me sosend 1 you. My work, as far as [ am personally concerned, 18 completed; but as far as the world is concerned My work is not yet com- ploted.”. When the Church teaches it 18 Christ | that teaches. ‘Behold, I am with you all days, eveu to tne consummation of the world The Pope, the bishops, the priests, are the visible members of that Church, but Coriet is tne invisivie Head, ‘The Catholic Charch has produced & great many saints, therctore it 1s the Cnurch of Christ, [tis the only Charch that cau prodace saints, The Church presente tor our admiration her millious ol martyrs who Jaid down their livos tor the faith, ste also holds up to us the example of her ponwifs and her bishops who have been eminent tor theit piety, holt ness, learning and zeal. You in modern times the produced many te. We bud a Francie Xavier, the greatest man of his time, who spent years in conyerting the Indians. We bad a Dominick who founded the Order of Preachers, Ignatius who established Order of Jesuits, and many others. And yet we are told thatthe Charch has degenerated in modern times'and that it was necessary to reform it Lt roquires years for tho caaonizatiun of a saint Every miracie periormed belore or attor the death of the sarnt lias to be fully and fairly hier only in the the Catholic Church can produce saints, Protestant Church men may be very hot but they have ovly human virtues, Christian virtues they never rise above rials, = Who were their and Henry the Vili, Calvin, doctrine of predestination, tnat the Al- mighty preordained that certain poople should be damped. Henry VIII. ,was divorced trom his wile, He was & Catholic, but because the Pope would not yield to him in his iustful desires ho broke of trom the Chureh, See how ufvy propagate their doctrines, They usk jor a new supply o! bibles to carry with thei to what they tern iin gente Tho Cathohe 1UB0- saints beca the saints, They Halt the Protos y Protestants, but infidels. They do not beliove in celib- acy, in mortification or fasting. Good works are of no Souls and showed that by honoring the memory of the,| account with them, Christ said, “1 um tbe vine aud | | | ei you are the bramches.” How can the branches dace fruit it they are cut of from the stem? Church must be holy io its members, because 1t ts thy mystical body of Christ The Church is not simply a society of, men banded together for the pur- pose of doing good Christ continues the work ofsalvation ip aud through His Church. [f we would be saints we must reduce to practice the eight beati- tudes contained in the Sermon on the Mount We most, in a word, keep the commandments. We must have ambition to aim more and more at periection 8 were only flesh and blood like every day. The sai us TI had their passions and tbeir temptations. Wo have the same means at our disposal for the saucti- fication of our souls that evabled the saints to arrive at periection, AN ATROCIOUS MURDER. 4 HALF WITTED SON SHOT BY HIS FATHER— STRANGE INDIFFERENCE OF THE NEIGHBORS— TESTIMONY OF THE MOTHER AND GRAND- MOTHER OF THE VICTIM—A VERDICT OF PREMEDITATED MURDER, Povanxxrrsis, Nov. 5, 1876. Incarcerated in the jail in this city 1s an ignorant mountaineer named Stephen Cooper, aged fifty-five years, who is charged with the clearest and most terri- ble case of murder that was ever recorded in Dutchess county. He was not legally committed until late yes- terday afternoon. He is a resident of tho locality in the town of Dover known as Cooperstown, and was the head of a family composed of his wife and his mother, the latter eighty-eight years of age, and a son, Stephen Cooper, Jr., aged about twenty-five. Like many other families inthe mountains of Dutch- ess (bis one Was of a low, ignorant character and the members thereof supported them- selves by doing odd jobs for the farmers thereabouts and by picking berries in their sea- son. Some time ago the son, Stephen, Jr., | became partially insane and was at times abusive to members of the household and in other ways was very annoying and troublesome Last spring ho violently assaulted a man named Duell, a Prominent citizen, and wasarrested and sentenced to the Albany Penitentiary ior three months, being re- leased some time in Aggust last, He had had several quagels with the father, and on Monday had another, tbe result being death to him at the hands of the old map, Who shot him on his own doorstep. For some unaccountable reason the father was not arrested for the crime, and the victim was buried a day or two al- terward without even a post-mortem examination being made, Hearing of all the above facts, Coroncr Richard Bayley, of this city, proceeded to tho scene of the murder on Friday, had the body exhumed and made a post-mortem examination and held a coroner's inquest, and tho following evidence was taken:— wife of Stephen bas been viewed; f $ centeraily unde: the boy aud mysell” lived house? my sop came to the house on Sunday and I was sewing his clothes: something did mot suit him and he struck me on the heademy busband told bin to go ont, and thea clinched with him; the boy then weut out and went off; my husvand told tim to go ou! ul got come back or ho 3 the boy said, “Me won't burt you, but [ to go to:” my ‘boy came back on Monday Thad tixed bis clothes, as he was going so meeting; my and was getting & ladder down at th time, and ho lett and came to where the boy and I wer ing and said to the boy. . You inusn't xo i there; if you do I will take the gun aud dlow you throaz! ‘Oh, bo.” the boy said, “Lam not coming in,” aud T said, ave Lint alone, Stephen, he hax come tor some clothes;" my husband turned house and his mother said to him, “Now, dou't get the gun down, don’t do so,” aud to come in, an ‘d mo xo hard thas [turned to coin; little Steph wascalled, followed me into the house; just as the: xot inside the house the two men clinched, und we two wo- men parted them, and little Stephon left abd went down to jantel Cooper's: while he wax gune Stephen Cooper, the futher, took down the gun in the doorway and then Bwore that be would the boy; will blow him thro id I said we could not live cy asked ine if and went into the id. sat shoot he “1 won't have him aroan I bexged hia not te, for it together; Lsaid, “You would be hung;” he took the gun and fred it off, and bis mosuer suid, “I'am so glad you fired ivof;” ho saig, “Lam zuing to load it again, T was afraid it would not shoot him" then he took and watched for him to come buck, and fT he could shoot hi and loaded it aguin id jus ma he said be wanted to y coming. aud said said, the wout and caught said, Now, ¥o by. and say nothing be would g» right by; the two talked together, and iy bus- band told me to get out ot the wa, tulk with iather; if his fathe ; after awhile he sa amn him, vow will go by,” the waist ‘the vu I jon't, sround iow, voy ought to have died years a ave abot y% of it; don’t be a fool and mourn for him.’? TESTIMONY OF THE GRAXDMOTHER. Abagatl Cooper, the poor old grandmother, totterea to the witness stand and swore :— Tam eighty-eizht yours old; Lam smart and zo about, and do more than others { know of at my age: there has been bad feoling between the two men for four months: the boy came ber» on Morday and wanted some cider and di i get it; his father was sover and knew what he doing; the, boy left phen und his wife ha about the uo till the voy near the house, took off his vest, hung it up and “1 will stamp his old pa ”* neantiny at this time the futher k hol Sh he xaid, Til shoot che boy said, you won't: I'll stamp your old brains out:” didinot see anything in the boy’s hands; there are four steps leading to the house; the boy was on the lower step when shot; he never spake atter, except to say, “Ob, my God, L ; old Stephen and let him do could work. Edgar Denny testified that he heard Stephen Cooper say that he had shot his son and was not sorry. THB VERDICT, The jury returned a vordict of premeditated murder. The murderer was taken from the jail yesterday afternoon to Coroner Bayiey’s office, where the tacts 10 the case were stated to hin. When be was told that the corover’s jury bud returned a verdict of premedi- tated murder he was completely overcome with emo- tion anu sank back helplessiy into bis chair. He re- fused to answer all questions except as to uge and resi- dence and occupation, and was remanded t i to await the action of the Grand Jury. He isa heavy mao, full ix feet in beight, bas gray hair and viue eyes, His countenance ts rather pleasing than other- wise. In the vicinity where the tragedy occurred the people were strangely indifferent to it, as the murderer and bis victim had no social standing whatever. Th charge in the xun was buckshot, and it tore away the victim's groin. COURT CALENDARS THIS DAY. Scpxeme Covrt—Cuauners—Heid by Judge Law- rence.—First Mouday’s motivn calendar. Scrkeme Cocrt—Gayerat Term —Adjourned uatil November 15, 1376. Scpremx Cocrt—Srscia, Term—Held by Judgo Van Vorst.—Demurrer: Fact—Nos. jos. Lto 12 tuclusive, Law and 146, 433, 672, 58, 474, 475, 477, 487, 608, Titolo, 62146, 629, 633; 278, 279, Stprewx CovrtT—Curcvrt—Part 1—Held by Judge Brady. —Nos, 1535, 1563, 157955, 1489, 1703, 1059, 31 2225, 1917, 1148, "2011, 2065, "1611, "2117," 1985 172355, 1820. 1350, 1967, 3663, 1585, 1594, 2087, 7, 1699, 569, 1959, 1047, 2165, 368! 2 218, 3, 303, Part 2—Held by Judge Barrett.—Nos. , 738, 2848, 1318, 1498, 1096, 878, 948, 2593, 1520, 2110, ‘10 " SL, 248," 2983, 2614, 915, | 1834, 1358, | 01s, 1640, 3956. Part 3—Held by Judge Donohue. -—Nos. 4, 1918, 268, 718, 6507, s161, 1735, 15496, 2961. 691 33, 1823, 1825 44, 2205, S163, 1071, 2103, 307 E 3137, 3use, 2207, 2267, 24: 7, $18, 699, 328, 230, 331, 6, 329, 353, 296, 321, B35. by Judge Santord.—Nos. 205, 174, 314, 623, 31045, 171, 850, 206, 133, 222, 192, 186, 17, 283, 289. Surerion Covrt—sreciat lxnu—Hold dj Nos. Lto 14 inclusive. Jucge issues of RAL TrRw—Held by Judge ‘an Hovson.—Nos. 1 to 173 in id 2. Ad- Common Pieas—Triat, Tena—Parts 1 journed for the week, Comox PLras—Equiry Tsxu—Held by Judge Van Brunt.—Nos. | to 36 inelasive, ‘ovkT—TalL, Tera—Part 1—Held b; Sinnott —Nos, 4669, 4005, 4606, 467: , 4856, 4285, 5013, 6036, 5043, USB, Held by Judge Alker—Nos, 4725, 4390, 4903, 5074, 504, 5u86, 4612, 4564, 4906, Part S—Held by Jud hea, S241, a i T714, 7200, 6118, 7522, 4779, Tu44, 8472, ESBRAL Sesgions—Part 1—Hela by Re- corder John K Hackett, —Phe People vs. Daniel McFail, robbery; Sume vs. Oscar Fletcbor, burglary; Samo vs. Rose Marth: larceny; Same vs. Catharine Burns, grand Same vs, William Maber, graud mes F. Hines, grand larceny; | 4 s und Wilimm Farrell, torgery; Michael McCarthy, petit larceny; Same va. Doyle, petit Jarcet art 2—Heid by Judgo we.—Ihe People Patrick Harrill, feloniou: a battery; Same Aired Smith and Mar- rot Stuart, robbery; Same vs, John Lappin, robe ry; Same vs, Jobaana Lendlow, grand larceny; Same vs. Bridget Waish, pesit larceny; Same vs Michael Quinn, tclonious assault and batiery; Same ve. Francis Ryan, mayhem. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. John Hayes, who gave his occupation as a sailor, residing in West Twenty-first street, was ar- raigned before Justice Smith yesterday at the Essex Market Court charged with lighway robbery, The evidence adduced tn the caso showed that while August Stockel, of No. 243 West Fitteenth street, was waiking through East Houston street on bis way home be was attacked by Hayes, who strack nim 4 vivient blow o: the breast and snatched his watch aod chain. Hayes was ofpiured after a long an? by UMcor Benedict, of the Seventeenth precinot, je was hold for trial at Genoral Sessions in default of $2,000 bail, id! gard to the proper | great insufficiency of our Croton water are, unfortu- | fires, would be of incalculablo value, which no one can ! should j Or any inconvenience from the supply of waver when THE WATER AMINE Police Captains Ordered To Repress the Waste of Croton. PENALTY FOR EXTRAVAGANCE. The Region of Town Where the Drought Is Most Felt, PRECAUTIONS OF HOUSEKEEPERS. From the fact that the Commissioner of Public Work bas been compelled to ask the President of the Police Board to issue instructions to patrolmen to use theis utmost diligence im preventing all but a necessary use of Croton water by the citizens, 15 must be inferred that tho anticipated water famine has arrived, and that the department begins to realtze the fact, Yesterday afternoon ull the police captains assembled in Superin- tendent Walling’s room at headquarters in Mulberry Street, andreccived verbal orders to exercise a strict surveillance in their respective precincts over the use of the Croton water, to stop sidewalk and street washe ing with hose, also waste in stables, hotels, dining rooms, saloons, water closets, &c., and to report promptly such persons as are wastelul or extravagant, that their supply may be cut off and that they may learn to ap- preciate the boon of Croton water, This order from the Superintendent is unprecedented, as also 18 the opplication of the Commissioner of Public Works. Of course they are acting wisely and right; but what e pity the Department of Public Works bad not the tore. sight to provide for this omergency, as it could have done by setting to york a few years sooner and com- ploting the new storage reservoir in time to meet thi unparalleled drought. Politics, personal concerns and jealousies were made superior to the public interest, and the result is what we find. The present manage- ment of the department is doing its best to deal with the trouble; and ifthe public attention drawn to thie question of the Croton supply only helps toa more satisfactory solution of the difficulty the labors of the Heratp will not be in vain. THE BALL COCK. In regard to the method of preventing an overflow of water from cisterns situated in the upper parts of houses, the ancient device of the plumber’s craft, a ball cock, is what the Croton Bureau recommends It is used in many cities of the Old World. The ball is a holiow globe of tin, attached to a valve near tue top of the cistern, it hangs suspended iu the ciatern when the water therein is low but when : risos the ball is foated upwards gradually closing the valve aud shutting off the entrance of any more water just about the time when the cistern is full, Itivon ‘admirable though an old fashioned device and it is strange that the Croton Bureau does not make it ita Dusinoss to :nform the public in matters of this kind. If tt should conclude to do so, a word of advice in r ecautions to be adopted in cases where water backs and boilers become suddenly filled with steam might be thrown in. Mr. Johuson, of t! Croton Bureau, expresses ustonizhment that people suffer any accidents irom explosions a plumber fora few dollars cac spare them. A small safety valve attached to the hot water boiler will per- mit a ruch of steam to escape and prevent an explosion, while a small band pamp and a length of rubber hose can be made avuilabic !n working up water from one iloor to another. AN AFFLICTED REGION, The HeRanp reporter made « tour yesterday of the regton most particulariy aitlicted by the drought, and | heard enougu complainte to filla volume. This region is embraced in the square of territory west of Fitth nd | avenge to Tenth avenue and from Forty-ninth to Fifty-ninth street. Saturday night, however, she de- partment put on ao extra pressure and gave reliel to the some time distressed residents on Fifty-sixth, Fitty-seventh and Fiity-eighth streets. Yesterday they bad water in abundance on their top floors, and great rejoicing was the result, the water getting considerably mixed before the testivities were ended. Mr. G. A. Farnsworth, who keeps a livery stable Fifty-tourth street, between Broadway and Eignth ave- nue, said he had had no water tor twelve days, except in tho basement, and this he bad to haul up by the Iial for the uso of bts stable. For several bere is been ho'water-in the watering box for horses on Fighth avenue, between Fifty-eecond and Fifty-third streets, At Cutlet’s Continental stablos, on Seventh avenue, between Fitty-fourth and Fifty-fifth sti where a large number ol borses are lodged, there hag been no water for uino or ten days, except a little in the vasement. The same has been tho caso at the Knickerbocker stables, on Fifty-third street Houses on Ninth avenue above Fifty-second street were ouccored yesterday morming from the big pipe on that thoroughfare to the great cuvy of she eople on the noxt avenue east. Br. Orton, of Fifty- urth stroet, had his water back and connections taken outa few vays ago, and within the past two weeks a Dumber of water backs and boilers were removed trom dwellings on the same street. At Mr. Hammersiaw’s house, corner Eighth avenue and Filty-fourth street, the water back exploded, but, though much re was done, nobody was injured. A multitude of water backs have come together—that is, they have been burned out for want of water, and must re newed. Mr. Robertson, No, 254 Fifty-fourth street, has no water in any part of his house during the day but at night a small quantity finds its way into the basement and is carefully collected. Mr. Ringsoury, of the same street, has a trifling supply, but only is his sub-ccllar. Mr. John M. Masterson, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Stetson, Mr. R. G@. Cor Mr. Dougias, Mr. Dé Perris and Sir. John J. Betts, whose hoases occupy tht high ground on Fifty-fourth street, complain of an utter lack of water for ordinary domestic pur; ip their houses, They say they never remem! water famine like the present, The residents on Fifty. third and Fifty-second streets are in the same predica- ment. Ove block of houses on Fifty-fifth strect received a suppiy on Saturday nighi, while the oppo site block was left to drought ana wretchedness, LET THE POLICE CUT THIS OUT, The following list of places where Croton water it wasted is submitted for the guidance of the police iz the extra duty recently imposed upon them by the Superintendent ikeries, baptistries, barbers, bara, batus, bottling establisnmonts, breweries, distilleries, dyeing establishments, ferries, fish stands, fountains, grcen houses, Hanson rams, horse boxes, hotels, laundries, mapufactories, malt houses, marble yards, milk depots, oyster boats, packing houses, photo- graphic galierios, pickle factories, skin dressing estab- meuts, slaughter houses, smoke houses, soap factories, soda fountains, soda water factories, steam cngines, stone-sawing establishments, street wi tripe cleaning establishme: id wator closets, THEN AND NOW, In the year 1844 every man, woman and child in New York city bad a supply of Croton all the year round sufticient toswim in. The population then wae a third of what it is now and the annual receipts for that year in Croton water rents were ‘he re- coipts now. efter thirty odd years, are neari: solar pa but the supply in proportion has fallen of amaziugly. VIEWS OF THE FIRE UNDERWRITERS, To THE Evitor or Tae Heraty:— Your remarks tn today’s Heratp regarding the nately, too trae, The present failure of supply does not arise from waste. It js that the Croton valley does not nor cannot be relied on for a sufficient supply, as any considerable draught upon the “lakes” will soon exhaust them, as they are mot supplied by any streams, bat by small springs alone, and when once drawn out they do not replenish sufficiently to mect any emergency. Mitiions of doliars may be expended m that direction without providing tor our present wants much less than tor the future. What we now want is a protuse supply, not only for domestic purposes, but for sanitary u: for the cloanwing of tho waste pipes and sewers in our dwell. ings, public buildings streets. ‘e are constantly warned against the free use of the Croton, especially at seasons of the ycar when it is most important that a liberal supply should be had to cleanse the filth thatromaios stagnant in the sewers and drains throughout our city. The only ret for all this is that wo take measures for utilizing our river waters that surround the city, and woieh can be done at a comparatively small ex- pense, particularly iu tho lower partof the city. Na ‘one has ostimated the great saving this would afford for the Croton, even al the present time. Tho introduction of the river water into our prinei- pai streets dowu town, even for the extinguishing of estimate, io the saving of property, which such a sup- ply would afford. At prosent we do not realize the ne- onsaity ot Me ali joase ventilate this subject in your vali paper you view it in same light as the mene best i “FIRE UNDERWRITERS.” THE OUTFLOW AT CENTRAL PARK, Wrst Forty-Sixtn Strent, Nov, 4, 1876. To tHe Eviron or THe HeRALDs— Alter roading your report on the water famine of te day | took a stroll in Central Park and found the Iakes still full to the brim and the outflow at Filty-ningh street suilictent to drive asaw mill, One would think ° in this emergency, wien we are pnt un short allows ance of the now precious fluid, some attention would’ ’ , be given to a wholly unnecessary waste, however ornamental it may be to have brimming lakes in the Park. 1 also noticed a few daysago a prodigal waste American Inst of water atthe fair of ti an Institute, lurge fountain ts kept runuing, Tho sugar rednere (CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE) ;