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] —- - ) ] 4 : “— E E J t ’ ' ] ! PULPIT TEACHINGS. Why Death Should Have No Ter- rors for the Christian. FORM AND SUBSTANCE IN RELIGION. Love the Spirit of all Life and Reflex of God's Goodness, DUTY AND DREAMS. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. ‘THR LAST DAY THE BEST DAY—WHY WE SHOULD NOT FEAR DEATH. ‘The attendance at the Church of the Disciples yes- terday morning was not quito so large as usual, After the sermon the ordinance of the Lord’s Sapper was ad- ministered. Mr. Hepworth selected his text from Ecclesiastes, vit, 1—"tA good name is better than precious oint- ment and the day of death than tho day of one's Dirth.”” 1 have never read this verse, said the speaker, without a certain amount of surprise. Kecogaizing the wisdom of Solomon, we cannot fallin the belief that his assertion was true, and yet wo do not dis- over the truth of this verse at once, but only after a lengthened meditation upon tho words, I bave sometimes wondered whether, in the mind of the writer, thero was not a certain logical con- nection between the first clause and the last, Perhaps 1 may paraphrase the sentence by rendering it:— “When a man bas a good name, which is better than pecious ointment, then the day of his death is bet- ter than the day of his birth.” In my general I have, more than once, come across entence somewhat similar to this, and yet 1 hi found after a little that although tho words are the same, the spirit in which they are ule tered and their profoundest signification are very dif- ferent Among the Greeks there was a familiar saying tbat “It 19 11 fortune to be born and good foriune todie.’”? Life seemed to be regardod as u ca- Jamity, and the sooner life ended tho better it was tor him who lost bis possession. If you put the two sen- ences side by side they are apparently alike, but if you examine them with unusual cure you will find them exceedingly dissimilar, ‘The Epicureaas regarded Hie as on enormous sarcasm, and they busied them- selves with multiplying pleasures, excitements and Fratifications in ull its branches, ‘Their motto was, “Let ie end when and how it pleases, so long »8 we havo it we will laugh the bours uway.’? The Stoics wore « class of rival think- ers, Life was to them an enormous blander, They regarded themselves ue misused and tosulted in their birth, and at the same time they did net proclaim that fustice was done them in their death, Their motto was, ‘We will bear these inevitable ills as best wo cun, and tke sooner the necessity of endurance is passed the better for all concerned.” It is in this J,” “A child 1s a misfortune, but a To become 18 & calamity, to lapse is a boon. ’? TUK SCRIPTURAL MEANING. When I turn, however, to the words of Solomen I find a new signilication to one that exalts and clevates the soul, Why was the bour of a man’s death better than tbe hour of his birth in the mind of one of the greatest philosophers that ever lived? Simply because afler tho pbysical pang 1s past the reward beg simply because Iife is a primary school, and that raduate into the bigber college of God, where novier lessons aro taught by passing through the sbadow ‘bat bangs over tho valley of death, Death was a wel- tome guest to Solomon, because he was God’s mes- senger to bring His servant into His preseuce, that ho might be crowned with the crown ol everlasting glory; and when St. Paul said hoe longed tor the hour of his oath ho explained his meaning by adding that after death he should be present with tho Lord, he would sit at the feet of tbe Master and look up into His divine and glorious face. You see, thero- fore, brethren, said the reverend preacher, tho dit- ference between the language of the highest schools of bilosophy in Greece and the logic of Christianity. ‘be one is on the low plane of materialisi ho otber Boars with eagles’ pinions and touches the stars. The one stirs us to gratitude, the other depresses us to despair. Scriptures are to the pnilosopbies of man- kind star is toastoic. We all have fear of death, and at first sight it scems unnatural, but on closer view ‘we discover it is one of God’s benediction, The soul patarally shrinks, with a certain kind of terror, from the crucial hour whon the strings that have bound the Bpirit and the body together for many y are sud- aenly snapped. It is quite natural to look forwara with something like dread to death; wechng withan Instinctive tenacity to life, That is a God given } Btinct, to my mind; we ought not to di sire to have it otherwise, It is tho means $n tho economy of the Almighty by which the race 38 perpetuated, Our horror is entirely physical, but God has dulled the mind also to a certain dogrec, lest the minu rise triumphant over the body and spurn it and thugpif to heaven ere the clock of heaven had struck the hour. If the curtain between you and the future were once hifted up, that we might catch a glimpse of the glories of tue other lifo, the present time would seem so unsatistactury and wretched that we should become unfitted for our duties and rcepon: Dilities, It is by fuith that we discover the tuture, Let us Dave no fear but accept the promises of God, MASONIC TEMPLE. DUTIES AND DREAMS—SERMON BY MB. 0, B, FROTHINGHAM, I announce as my theme this morning, said Mr. Frothingham yesterday before his congregation, uties and Dreams, I am aware that tbe expres- sion oes not convey fully the idea which I wish to present, but no other form of words seems to express the thought more compacily. 1 wish to say a good word Jor dreams; to exalt the mission of feeling and of smagipation; to create, if 1 can, an impression of the power and closeness of that invisbie world which 18 recognized—not by science, not by intellect, but by faith, hope, aspiration—by what we call the imagination, Porhaps 1 cannot introduce my thought better than by ailusion to a recent socicty tormed for the purpose of epeouraging ethical culture, it I bave been rightly intormed it will have nothing to do with theology; no concern with probiems, with God, of Providence, of the scul, of tho hereafter, of the higher relations of the Supreme Being, but will deal entirely with those Questions which ure open and patent. Naturally enough this movement comes from the Israelites, A PRACTICAL RELIGION, ‘The religion of the Isrweites -has always been prac- tical, It nas made'little of tueology. In tact has had no theology t the sense Christians appreciate the word. Its eyes have clung to the ground, its visions of the kinguom hav heaven on the earih, been vistons of the kingdom of A most important movement is Ahis #ociely; a more important mission was never uudertaken, We give 1 our heart speed. If it can have ten times the success m is likely to have the deeper will be ~ our — satisiaction. And yet, is there pot something Contrast ‘the services at Standard Hail with the ser- Yices thatare held in tue diflerent churches. The: ure opposite extremes, Standard Hall has « plattorm more wanting? elsewhere there is an altar; in the one place be talk of theology, 1n the other no talk of anything else; im one pluco ail the discussions turn on daty, in the other on Epeculutions and dreams; in ove plice tue thought Bcarcely sours above the Other 1 scarcely toucli with any human relation: the upper reaiins. We c: With all humility, to discuss scientitic questions, not to discuss sucial questions We come tere to seo it we cannot get a Closer sight Of the secret of existence, level of the ground, in the the ground—-carcely deals but sours continually into her, let me say 1 to see If We cannot feel with our latch and hope these final lines of jaw which the coarser ngers of science fail yeu to reach. The scientific man searches the | depths of the ocean. His concern is to lad ous what the ocean is mude of; he would know what sort of creas tures live beneath the deep—whether large or stall, Beautiful or this Is bis whole task; with all con- to do, Lions respecting the ocean be bus nowning The inerchont, taking a commercial view of the sea, Fegards it simply r nore, He Js not concerned jn What goes on boneaih the surtace; he is only interestea to know how he can the imnost Swiitly pass from one continent to the other. The poet « SiundA OD the margin of the same ocean, To him it is & matier of pure indifference how the voean is. Neither cows be cure merchant’s venture, He surveys Wt by his tnagination, ‘Which 1s the correct view of the ocean, tne view of the man of science, who ches its depths; the view of the business man, who explores its surtace, or the view of the poet, who looks into the heart? the eye of the iinagination sce as inuch, sce ay clearly a6 either. of the others? Take two authors who describe society in buman arge or how deep churacters, One jooks at men and women as they are m the relations whieh they sustain to & other. He vers aod groups all human creatures as a naturalist ‘athers wud asgurts the leaves from trees, avi say hot chi ave wi “Let us see what we haye here.”? He do their relations or fancy how they might be Other relations, He paints the pioture ot bhutan beings ag itis. We say be is an idealist. No | | ee Hie business. Isto ubscrve and depict them | on a subject suggested vy a verse from the gospel of as they actually are ot this prevent moment. The | the day, Luke, x1, 28—sAnd it came to pass, as He other man does not deal with thiggs asthey are. He | spoke these things, a ecrtain woman from the crowd, tries to picture how mea and women would bvebave if | iiting ap her Force, said to bim, Blessed is the womb exposed to other ciroumstances, He lvoks bepeathihe | that bore theo und the paps that gave thee suck." Saiteo and sees other capabilives whieh, under | From this text the preacher spoke long and eloquently other circumstances, would display = different | on the devouien of Catholics toward the Blessed Virgin, aspects. fe, ‘theretore Winkes & Composition | It tsa iavorite arguiwent with those outside the pale picture, We cali bim a 8 pimentalet, Nv, be ts as | of the Cabos Ghorch much # realist vs the other, [have drawn a compar | Virgin Mary honors ¥ y ‘son in this presentation, between Willian Makepeace | cali al the prayers tes offered to her Fhackeray and Charles Dickens Thucketuy te wa we- | iaviatrous Now, Catholics ure vers Ine trum doing | tuatist, Dickens an idealet—both artists, Diekens has | anything of the kind Thy do not regara her as geen more of ite than Thackeray; but his idea isto | having the power to conier eternal salvaiion on any gay what might theso ‘and women become if ex- | human being, People outside the pale of the Church to different circumstances, & paints bis pice | know nuthing about tne subject. If a witness 18 ex. vy ‘as the other, but it is @ composition | amined in 4 court of justice concerning a case the first e at all about the | 5 | evening every Sunday. NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY. MARCH 5, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT. pom they eray puts in ugly things just aa they are, Dickens puts them in if they serve his purpose, and leaves them out it they do now He them im when their contrast to beautitul tou creases beauty, as usician puts in discords to enhance tne beauty of bis harmonies. CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATER- NITY, LOVE THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE, CHARITY THE ATTRIBUTE OF GOD—SEBMON BY BEV. DB. CHAPIN. “That ye may be the children of your father which 18 in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust’”’—Matthew v., 45—was the toxt chosen by Dr. Chapin for his discourse yesterday, and, in consid- ering the words of the selection, be said the passage at once lifts us up to tht highest truth and carries us into the very heart of religion, The great principle of charity given in the gospel of Matthew ts inculeated by our Saviour, peculiarly in the New Testament senso, its largest and tenderest sense meaning kindness, long suffering, forgiveness for persecution, and, in one word, love, even for enemies and persecutors, In the verse before us Jesus presents the ground or sanction upon which the divine principle of law, that we strive to imitate our Heavenly Father by assimilating that principle, mainly reste. It is the very natureof God; it is God himself; it is the su- preme sanotton of human life and conduct, “hat ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven”’—the standard of buman perfection so far as man may attain it, Striving under this direct injanc- tion in trying to be perfect, as God himself is perfect, our aspirations are not limited to any singlo character- istic of the Divino Being. if we may not really know anything of God as Ho 1s, 80 far asthe finite and ing- nite conditions are, there are conditions beyond which we may not go; we may, in all degree, know what He 1, Curt bas set belore us 4 revelatiun of what God is; He gives us God im paturo and in its abundant blessings, and shows us His goodness in the words, “He maketh his sun ww rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeto rain on the just and om the unjust.” We bave a nature similar to Gud’s, tor are bidden by the toxt to become like Him, to’ be Hig childrou in spirit as we aro in reality; not as God, but like God; and the prin- ciple of the text is a setting forth of the consumma- tion of all efforts, of the true stanuard of human per- fection, so far as we can attum it, so Jar as a nwo being may hope to approach the Infinite. THE PURPOSE OF LIFE, Love, as shown in God’s goodness and in his char- ity, 18 the spirit of all Itfe; tt pervades all conditions and alltbings, As we love so we truly live; aud yet, in the swift revolution of the events of ilfe, but tow top to consider what it really is—what its purpose actually is. Lite is not the mere record or the were sequence of observances; it docs not consist nor is it to be measured by the abundance of what we pos- sess, 1b is mot the mero show of dross or arapory, bor does it consist in loud professions, Many wen are content with mere seoming; content to appeur well before their neighbors; anxious about their social standing, the proper appreciation of their uccomplish- ments; always bebave up to the tashiouat le barometer, and judging of their lives merely as they would havo them estimated by others, from what they seem to be, ‘Aud yet, such men arc not, in reality, to be called hypocrites. Real, downright, shameless hypocrisy 1s Tarcly seen; but such men adopt a standard of lite which is lalse, They do pot grasp at its realities; everything bas, to them, a ictitious valuation, aod they set a correspondingly fictitious valuation upon themscives. ‘be one thing which causes their heart- strings’ pulsations 1s appearance, and in this they con- found reputation with character. ‘The mau who knows what knowledge 1, and eks for it, 18 vot content unless ho strives with his whole beurt. Life, 10 118 noblest state, does not consist in mere action. What man dues 18 volta test Of what he is, Many contend tout the proper Judgment of a man is by what he dues; but this is not so, A man may, ab heart, be moved by truly seltisn motives, yet bi: tuons may not show it, and in this instance ich ac- tions ure by no means w fair test of whut he really is, Life ts a great factory. 1t is of the utmost imporianco what it turns out, what it produces, We take tne fruit from tbe tree, aud often judgo the tree by the fruit; but the great care must be with the tree itsell and its real condition, Judging mankind by the standard of tbeir actions alone, some men do pot know what they are, and yot such men as thes» are alluded io by the Saviour when He spoke of those who mocked, insulted and crucified Him, und suid, “Futher, forgive them, for they know not what they do,’ Men who sink their bumanity into the lowest depths, who trampie upon their highor natures and crush it ito the dust, know not what they do, aud tho love of Goa, the charity and the mersy shown at Calvary, 1s jor such men as these, ‘The iinpulses bebind the actior { men aro the stand- ardtor judgmeut; and when wo fiod men impatient for action, wanting everything at ouce, measuring ac- tions only by quick results, tuey aro unfair, So with nations; men may contend that a republic founded upon the biood of patriots should, in their quick, im- patient judgment, cyem after a hi years of na- tional oxistence, reach perfection. “But they err in this estimate, Not in a thousand years 1s periection to be reached; and because of errors committed at times the republic so jormed is nota failure. Impa- tient judgment ip alike hfe pursuit of happiness, but that estimato depends upon the kind of happinoss. 1f1t be mercly in the sensual view, then mun is to live as the animals, and there are mon who soem to live according to this principle Men who live so are continually satisfied, but they do not seo life as it is;the principle of love tor follow men, of charity of heart and purpose, as given by God himself, does not enter into their routine of existence, and it were far better to boa human being dissatistied than to become as an animal satistied—better to be a Socrates dissatistied than a fool coutented. The miser, senled up in his money bags, 18 net contented; his lifo is shadowed by suspicion; he casts out all love but the love of shining gold, una yet God’s charity and love show itself upon bim, for he gives him the rain and tho sunshine, even though he does not thank God tor it. The charity and love of God come in the brightness of the sunshine, which calls nature into being, bids the buds como forth, gilds the wps of the mountains, brightens up the valleys, shines out upon the of vessels far at sea and turns the create of tho waves with molten gold. It sbines@like upon the jast and upon tho unjust; it is His charity to men, as shown in the nature which sar- rounds them, and we are the children of God. While we are tempted, even when we sip wnd when He seeks to draw us back from its commission, He is with us in His Jove and in His charity everywhere, at all times, in all places and in every condition of lite; and the great principle of charity, which comes to us with Gou’s blessing in the lessons drawn frgm the Saviour’s Ite, is that of love, which 18 God himsell, that we may be in reality His children in the spirit and It nto the “Father which is in Heaven.” ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, THE WORD OF GOD—SERMON BY REV. FATHER KANE. In consequence of the inclement weather yesterday morning St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral was not as crowded as usual at tho Iate services, The ser- mon was preached by Rev. Father Kane, Preceding’ the discourse the speaker read a circular irom Rev. Father Preston, Chancellor of the diovere, cating atten- to tbe general collection which is to be takon up at ali the Catholic churches next Sunday for tho benefit of Pope Pius This money will Bo presented to the venerable Pontiffon the occasion of the fiftieth an- niversary of his episcopate, on the 2st of May next. Rev. Fatner Kano read the gos- pel of the day, St Luke, xi., 14-29, commencing— “And He was casting ont a devil and the same was dumb, And when Ife bad cast out the devil the dumb spoke and the multitude wondered. But some of them sid, He casteth out dovils through Beelzebub, the prines of devils.’ ‘Ibe preacher discussed the preva- lent curciessness with which people of the present day reoeived the Word of God. In the gospel ho bad just read was the narrative of how Curist performed cere tain miracles, yet many were found among the multi- tude witnessing them who doubted His divine mission, They contended that He was acting under the power oi the evilone. A certain class of persons who heard the Word of God read and aiscoursed to them fow measured its truth and philosophy turough their own holiow reasoutng, They wlso doubted its divine origin. But it had been written im the guspel, ‘Blessed are they who hear the Word of God and who keep it” We should venerate and practice thé Divine mandato iu this particular, It was easy to recognize the tno source from which such teactiing came, 1's features were as faiintully inscribed upon the Church as tho mother’s upon the child which she bore. Christ hud promised that the gates of hell should never prevait against this Charcu, It had the apostolic sanction and authority. Ine Master had directed the poor fish- ermen to go forth and teach wil nations, ana hud sent the Holy Ghost to educute and enlighten them for their great mission, Nothing was left for as, there- fore, but to bow im submission to this sacred word, and we should reap our reward In the world to come, ST. ANN’S CHURCH. THE DEVOTION OF CATHOLICS TOWARD THE MOTHER OF GCD—SERMON BY REV. FATHER WALTER ELLIOTT. The Church of St. Ann in Twelfth street Is eminently distinguished during the Lenten season for the sermons which are preached there ot high mass and in the Father Walter Eliott, one of day at bigh mass an or to the national estimate, 13 0 There are the Paniist Fathers, preached yoste question put, natarally, is, ‘What do you know about i?” The best evidevce must come from Catholics themselves, Among the intelligent classes no reason- able person will ever dream of Onding idolatrous feel- ings toward the B: Virgin. But then, they oye How about the ignorant classes? The preacher said ‘that he had long and varied experience with the hum- bier classes of Catholics, those who were not supposed to be capable of making nice th ca) distinctions, The result of his experience was, that under no cir- cu did he find one who kuew not the dif ence between the worship of God and honor to Mat as the mother of God. lower classes among Cath- alics adore but one God and reverence His mother. ,, The honors paid by Cal olics to the mother of God ‘are founded upon a sound basis, That sbe is the mother of God cannot be weil disputed. When the angel announced to her that she was selected amon; women for the grontest of all honors, he said, **Hail! full of grace, the Lord ts with thee. Blossed are thou among wom 4 blessed is the fruit of thy womb,’” Altbough in the mystery of the incarnation we find a divine and human nature mmunes, yet the perso! ality is solely divine. The Blessed Virgin ts not alone the mother of the map Christ, but is the motber of A during His life. Intl at the age of twelve years disputing with doctors, at the marriago feast of Cana and on the cross, the Son ot showed that the mo- ther was ever in His mind, He testified to the right of ber title by a constant and tender obedience during lite, and in the last agony on the cross He en- trusted her to the care of the beloved disciples. The choir, consisting of Mile, He Mile. Octayie Gomien, Mr. Legy Dounay’s mass, and at the offertory gave an exquisite rondering of the unaccumpanicd quarte' Quando corpus” from Rossin: ‘Stabat Mater.” Mr. Bial officiated at the organ. In the evening Coeci: “Stabat Mater” was sung, and Rev. Father Preston, the pastor, delivered a lenten sermon, SWEDENBOKGIAN CHUROH. UNION OF SUBSTANCE AND FOBM IN RELIGION— SERMON BY BEV. CHAUNCEY GILES, At morning service yesterday in the Swedenborgian church, Thirty-Ofth street, between Fourth and Lex- ington avenues, the sermon was preached by tho pas- tor, Rev. Chauncey Giics, Tho subject was ‘Practi- cal Religion,” the preacher taking bis text from Matthew vil, 21, 22, 23. jot every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my father whois in heaven, Many will say unto mo in that day, Lord, Lord, have wo not prophesied in thy namet and in thy name havo cast out dovils ? aud tn thy namo done many wonderlul works? And thon will 1 profess unto them, Lnever knew you; depart from moe, yo that work iniquity.” Religion, said the preacher, was not belief, nor yet was it protession, nor impulse, nor sentiment, nor emotion, The mind could possess the greatest amount of spiritual knowledge without any religion, aud 80, too, without it, there mignt be tho most devout observance of worship. Roligion was a union of the affection and understanding, and lovo and wisdom, motivo and knowledge were ite essential factors. Law and order, said tho preacher, were tno same 10 Spiritual as in pétural affairs, and truth was but as a path, of no use if one did not walk in it. Be- cause one knew how to build ships it did not follow thut be had flects at sea, and a perfect knowledge of physical laws was quite compativic with most misera- ble health, Tnereforo, he urged that practice and theory must go together. This, said he, was common sense in natural things, but niost uncommon in spir- itual afairs, In material concerns men svugit alter knowledge, and Qnding it acted upon it, at once, So ip spiritual affairs it was not truo that there was svourity for man in faith alone, Life, not form—work, not ritual—was what the Lord demauded, very one was to be judged by the works done in big body, and long prayers had no power with the Lord, Men ‘were apt to suppose that when they had gone through a pre- scribed torm of worship they were better than betore, but there was no warrant for this belief in the nuiure of man or in the sucred Scriptures. Tho-e only wbo did the will of the Father would bo accepted, God Himself had set us a perfect example of the union of precept and practice, of form and substance. The man who worshipped Mammon was not content witha knowledge of finance or the theories of trade. He put thoso theories into practice, and in fact did heroic work, measured from this stand- point. So when we began to think mors of doing the will of the Father than of offering Him the mere de- votion of words, we would begin to movo tho world. But, said the preacher, there was another view of re- ligion in which men wero very lable to err, and that was in relying altogether on their deeds.) Now, there was no spiritual value to the door unless spiritual in- telligence and love were in his deeds. The man who labored that he bimeel! might gain admittance into the heavenly kingdom war pot working for the Lord, and bis deeds would not a’ him to salvation, Tho spirit- ual value of every deed was according to the spiritual Jove and intelligence put into it Without the true principle of Jove of God and one’s neighbor thero wat great gulf fixed between the deed and the heavenly motive, In conclusion, said Dr. Giles, the great dae- fect in our work and worship was their incompetence and fragmentary character. Without the proper biend- ing of deod and motive truth would bo asa shining crystal of ice and lov: blind impulse, PLYMOUTH CHURCH, CHBIST’S TEMPTATION ON THE MOUNT—DI5- CouRSE BY BEV. DR. EZ. P PARKER, OF HABTFORD. Rev. Dr. E. P. Parker, of the Central Congregational church, Hartford, yesterday occupicd Mr. Beocher’s pulpit, He took for bis text Matthew, 1v., 1—"Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” The minister stated that a rigid interpretation of the narrative of Christ’s tempta- tion empties it of its severity and its powor. It seomed to be symbolical of a struggle Jesus had that was cal- culated to prepare Him for the mission Ho was soon to be called to. It was one thing to feel the power of temptation, another thing to endure it. This temptation was an important part ot the oducation necessary to fit Him for His Fatber’s work. In that feariul school of temptation Jesus learned the lesson that He was not toemploy the divine power given Him for personal ends, He was never found supplying His own wants. ‘Tho preacher here drew a graphic picture of Christ’s ting and prayer for forty duys and forty nighte; called ottenticn to the fact that when persons havo passed through @ sexson of great mentul strain they are more susceptible to temptation, and dwelt upon the firmness with which Jesus resisted the dcvil’s sug- gestion 10 prociaim Himeelt king. 11, he continued, wo go back to Christ’s baptisin we see His holy conse- cration to the work of His Father when the Spirit de- scended upon Him like a dove. CHRIST'S FIRMNKNB UNDER TEMPTATION, Our Lord stood steadfast by the power of the holy character which had been growing up into invincibility during His thirty years of study. Not in vain had He jearned of Mary; not in vain bad He so wrought in childhood tvat he gained the love of God and man. Thus did Be gain His strength to resist. Thus was Ho, barit up in the fear of God, sent like the weil built ship that withstands the hurricanes and shocks of the ocean. He resisted the power of the adversary—tho devil. It is our fauit, my friends, if we are notable to withstand temptation. What better can you teach yvur children than to show them how the atrength of Carwt was devclopeu? When bungry the tempter asked, “Why not exert your power and command these stonos to be made bread?” Had Jesus yiolded, He would buve broken through the limita. tions which were upun Him, and made of salvation & pertect failure, The minister next referred to the promise of the devil to give Him all the kingdoms of the world if He would fall down and worship bim, and said this was tho last and greatest temptation, This picture of an earthly kingdom was well calculated to tempt Jesus irom His aliegiance to God; but His power to resist was all sufficient, and He said, ‘Get thee be- hind me, Satan.’? Jesus resisted, and proceeded to jound the kingdom of God in joving and loyal hearts. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S CHURCH. THE TRUE OFFICE OF OUR LORD--SERMON BY REY, FATHER MERBICK. Father Merrick addressed the congregation at the above church yesterday morning. ‘The speaker said:—Christ’s will was to do the work of Him who sent Him, Christ said Himself, “I bi finished the work of Him who sent me; I have finished the work my Fathor has willed mo to do.” Christ was she Redeemor, This word “redeemer” means charity—also mediator, ‘I was modiator,’”? said Moses to the Jewish people— meaning that the Law was given on Mount Sinai, Thero is one God and only one mediator between man and God, And how was Christ mediator? He came down from heaven, there- tore He is the mediator of the New Testament. title of mediator explains tho true office of our Lord, and tho name o! Jesus, £0 sweet to us, explains Christ, the anointed, because Christ moans the anointed, The kings and priests and prophets were mediators chosen of God from the Old Testament, and st. Paul is proof of tts prophecy, aud tn the jarger and dceper sense of the word Christ fululled His office by dying aa much a8 betig born of a virgin, Christ was not only mediator and prophet, but king of kings, according 10 the words of St John. Ieaias foretold there would be one who should have all power, for “JLis reign shall be an everiasung reign and His kingdom sball last torever.’” As priest Christ tule filled His office of mediator far better than Moses, because Moses proclaimed his priesthood only by nis lips and Christ by His acts, And now, my friends, whatisa@ priest? A priest is a divinely appointed mao, sanctified by God, and this was what Christ was, and the cating ol the bread and wine 18 but a repeti- tion of His priesthood, because as Ho offered His vouy He willed it as God witied it What wax tne death of Christ in the sight of God? fe knew Adam’s children were bot made to die, bat it became afterward neces- sary, And why it became necessary for aGod man to die has been explained time and again. When an insult 18 giver, you know Urst is the offence, then the anger, out when repentance tor the insult given 18 oflered it becomes a satisfaction, In hike manner our repentance through Christ’s death was a satistaction to God, and it was also a recompense per. fectly litting for the insuit given, You are not bought with gold and silver, but with the precious blood of Corist, There 1s an equality beuween God and Christ, lor St. Paul said, “lf any wan shall lay down nis life jor Christ he will be received by God”? “If thou didst but know tho gift ot God,” said Christ to the Barmariten woman, “bow great must that gift be in thy sight, This | PILGRIMS TO ROME. THE PROGRAMME OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS OF CANADA WHO ABE TO ATTEND THE ANXIVER- SARY CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH YEAB OF THE POPE'S ELEVATION TO THE EPISCOPACY. On the 2ist of May next the Catholic world intends to celebrate in @ becoming manner the fittieth anniver- sary of the elevation to the episcopacy of Pope Pius the Ninth, Pilgrimages are to be made to Rome from yarious parts of the globe, and the Irish Catholics of Canada have made extensive preparations to organ- jzem pilgrimage, The programme 18 as follows:— nniversary ceiebration takes place in Rome tl st of next May. In consequence the pilgrim- e will leaye Montreal on or about the 17th ap visiting our Lady of Loardes on the way, and og Rome a few days before the celevration. 2 {t ts desirable that all the members of the pilgrim- who can do so conveniently, should meet in Mou- treal on the day before starting and prepare them- selves to receive the holy communion at a mass which will be said ip St. Patrick’s charch the morning starting. The pilgrims who will take the direct rot jor New York trom Toronto, Kingston, Hamilon and London will make a general communion belore leaving ‘bing places. is! will proceed, on a day to be deter- , from Montreal, aod {rom tho place: mined Jat amed in preceeding Raragraph, to New York, wh ina iri of great kindness and of religion, a committee by’Paris and Bordeaux to Lourdes, and, after two days’ stay at Lourdes, they will resume their route by rail to Rome by Marsetiles, Genoa, Legtora and Pisa, 6. The prigrit 6 will be at an end so soon as {t shall have obtained an audience and received the benediction of the Holy Father; till then no member of the pu- rimage shall bo at liberty to separate jrom the body. 'p to 4hi8 point all expenses are paid by the commutes out of the common fund, 6 On the return from Reme the committee will fur- nish each member of the Pierinese, with a ticket to Liverpool, via Florence, Verona, Bologna, Veuice, Milan, Turia, Mont Cents Tunnel, l'aris, Dieppe, London and Liverpool This ticket will cover travelling, but hot hotel expenses, so that each one may hasten or prolong his journey je may desire, The commities also furnishes a ticket—first class—to return to New York by any one ot the Inman or White Star mail steamers, embarking at Liverpool or Queenstown, as may suit'the convenience of ouch. This tucket will be good for one year, 7. To carry out these arrangoments each pt/grim will pay tho sum of $300 in the maoner pointed out In para. graph 11. 1cis clearly understood that hotel expenses on the return from Rome to Liverpool, as also all trav- clling alter the close of tho pilgrimage, except what 1s expressly provided for ia tbo proceding paragraph, will be at tho personal churge of each. & The pilgrimag® ts limited to 100, 9, All Catholics speaking the English language are cordiuily invited to join tnis pilgrimage of the Irish Catholics of Canada, accompunied by their husbands or fathers are admissible, This rule in ro- gard to ladies cannot be doparted from, except for rea- sons which will be unanimously accepted by the Ex- ecutive Committee in Moutreal, 10, Applications to join the pilgrimage will be ad- dressed to the Kxecutive Committee at Montreal, {rom Montreal and from all places in the province of Quebec, In Ontario application wilt be made to the sub-commit- tee of each diocese by ail who reside in the diocese. A list of those committees is appended tc this programme. In each diocose the admission or rejection of the appli- cations made will belong to the cummittee of the dio- cese, 11. When an application to join the pilgrimage has been accepted information will be given to the sppli- cant without delay. As a guarantee the applicant will be required to pay $100 on or belore the 1st of Mareh, the balance to be paid by tho 1st of April In the province of Quebec payment will be made to the surer ot the Executive Committee in Montreal; in g 10 to the treasurer of the sub-committee of the loges 2. The offerings collected for our Holy Father in ch diocese will be presented to His Holinoss by the representatives of the diocose. 13, The control and airection of the pilgrimage during its jobrney to Kome will bo in the hands of a committee, composed of the Montreal Executive Com- mittee and of one member from each of the Ontario sub-committees, COMMITTENS OF ORGANIZAT:ON. MonTRRAL —T'ho Central Committee to make all pre- liminary arrangements and to draw np the programme of the’ piigrimage:—Rev. P. Dowd, Messrx. W. H. Hingston, Mayor of Montreal; M. C. Mullarky, 0, Mo- Garvey, J. Hatchette, E, Murphy, James O'Neill, M. Donovan, T. F. O.Brien, William O’Brien, William Brennan, M. Farmer, P. Donovan, J. P. Sexton, R, Carrick, John Cuddy, T, J. Donovan and M. Guerin, ‘To carry out the decisions of the Central Committee the following were appointed an Executive Commit- tee:—Rev. P. Dowd, Chaplain of the Pilgrimage, President; Mr. 0, McGarvey, Treasurer; Mr. M. Gue- S rin, Secrotary; Messrs. W. Hingston, M. Mul- larky, J. Haichette ana E. Murphy. Ancupiocese of Toronto.—the following are a sub- committee to organize tho pilgrimage within the dio- cese:—His Grace Archbishop Lynch, President; Messrs. Hon. Frank Suith, Eugene O’Koete, J. Walls and P. Hughes, Kixestox.—Tho following are a sub-committee to organize tbe pilgrimage within the diocese :—His lord- ship Bishop O’Brien, President; Messrs. Dr. Sullivan, Fabel Browne, James Switt, Patrick Harty, William arty Ortawa.—Theo following are a sub-committeo to or- ganizo the pilgrimage within tne dioceso:—Rev. John L. O'Connor, D. D., President; Messra, W. H. Waller, Mayor of Ottawa; Daniel J. O’Donohue, M. P.; Alderman Hency, Patrick Baskerville, Daniel 0’Con- nor, Richard Devitn. Hamittox.—The following are a sub-committee to organize the pilgrimage within the dioves His lord- ship Bishop Crinuon, President; Messrs, M.D. Healy. D. Smith, James F, Egan, Alderman Fitzpatrick, J. H, Hogan. Loxpon.—The following aro a sub-committee to organize the pilgrimage within the diocese:—Vory Rey. J. M, Bruyere, President; Messrs. Hugh Mac- Maton, @ ©. ; Daniel Regan, Jobn ¥. Mahon. ew Yor CoumrtrEx.—The following gentlemen have kindly volunteered to act as a commitico:—Rev, M. J. O’Farrell, pastor of St. Peter's; Messrs. Eugope ‘J. D. Kelly, Jr., President ot St, Michael's So- ciety; P, Farrelly, James Lynch, President of St Vin- cent de Paul Society of the United States; W. J. Hughes. A limited number of persons, residents of the United States and accoptable to the resident committee, will be perinitted tu avail thomsolves of the opportunity t, accompany the pilgrimage on the same terms, THE SOCIETY OF SPIRITUALISTS, CONVEBSING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THE WAY OF ALL FLESH. Mrs. Nellie Brigham, who is advertised as ‘‘an in- spirational speaker,”’ lectured to the Society of Spirit- ualists on West Thirty-third street yesterday morning. Tho lecture was preceded by a prayer pronounced by Mrs, Brigham, After prayer a bymn was sung, and then Mrs. Brigham stepped to tho desk on the rostrum and read the following questions which had been submitted to her for answers:— 1, “When the brighter spirits return to sco those they have left bebind in a lower sphere aro they invisible to them as our friends ere to us when they como back to the world?” 2 “Can you tell me if tho spirits in progressing from sphere to sphere und aby change similar to whut we call death | ete 3 ‘we traco the genealogy of our family in the spirit, will we be able to recognize them?”’ 4, “If death is an almost painicss throwing off the mortal coil to enter into # better and happier state, why 18 such a horror of death implanted in our nearts?’? 5 “How are calamities foreseen, as in the case of the Brooklyn Gro, and some are warned from the danger whiio others ure Jost 2?” ANSWERS EX-CATHEDRA, In answering those questions Mrs, Brigham occupied Nitule over an Lour, To question 1 the answer was « qualified yes, If the spiritual state of the mortal was not too low the spirits can see him, ‘Jo the second question sbe answered that thero is a progress in the spirit world but yhat no species of death is there. Yo the next question she gave an allirmative answer, and stated im explanation that individualities would be lost und anoidjlated unless they bad relative mothods the samo as exist hero for establishing their identity, To the fourth question sne gave an claburate answer, and, in a very ingenious argument, endeavored to show that love of lite and not horror of death was strongly tmplanted in the human beart, Virtually these two sentiments were Identical ag to the end, but in an exquisite mota- physical argument the difference was wide. Sho souunt In nature a figure to illustrate her meaning and give weight to her conclusion. She spoke ot a plant lo which light was a vital necessity baving been nut Into shade and youchsaied but one golden gleam of ight, She then toid how the plant, with reaching and yearning, sought the golden light and straggicd tor exisience in its Warmth and glow, Her auswer to the fifth question was strained and unsatistactory. THE ETHICS OF ALCOHOL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION AT COOPER INSTITUTE—ADDRESS BY EX-GOVERNOR FRANK FULLER, FORMERLY or UTAH. Tho largo hall of tne Cooper Institute was filled yes. torday afternoon by a highly respectable class of peoplo, gathored together at the call of the American Temperance Union, At tho appointed hoar Mr, J, B, Gibbs, president of tho union, announced that the programme of the exercises for the afternoon was un- usually brilliant, and so it proved, Besides an ad- dress by Colonel Frank Fuller, at one timo acting Governor of Utah, there were temperance and other appropriate songs by Miss Arabella M, Root, who is rapidly winning her way into popular favor; recitations by Mme, Mitchell and Miss Perkins, while Miss Kelly avd Miss Hammond presided at the organ, Mr. Cable, organist of Grace chureb, being theprincipal aceompa- nist of the temparance prima donna, Miss Root, GOVERNOR FULLER'S REMARKS. consistent blows as all (n' ce, of whatever name or nature. He would not watished by merely at- tacking the use of this fluid or that substance as { or drink or medicine, He could not rest content while eighing against the misuse of a single appetite to the exclusion of a consideration of others, nor retire from bis labor with any sense of satisfaction if he failed to point out the two always diverging paths of lile—the one leading through dark wa, of recklessness, passion and sensualism to tho moras: of disease and untimely death; the other through floods of glad suniight up to the table land of a more pertect life. While he would not admit that all the ‘crimes and miseries of civilization were chargeablo to alcohol, yet he would confess that» Jarge proportion of them were chargeable to this tremendous engine of Gestruction, An analysis of certain fooas and medi- cines would show that alcohol daily reached all classes through a multitude of unsuspected paths, LANDLORD AND TENANT. GREAT BEDUCTION IN CITY BENTS FOR THE COMING YEAB—BEAL ESTATE OWNERS SUB- MITTING TO THE INEVITABLE. The murked reduction in rents tn this city last year, despite the determined resistance of landlords, will be continued this season toa still greater oxtent, as the indications of the last week show. As tho time ap- proaches for the annual breaking up of homes, the rent question looms up as one of vital importance, Hard times have brought even real estate agents and owners to terms, and the tenant need not fear the con- tinnance of rents disproportionate to individual means, Tho experience of last year, when the refusal of soine landlords to abate ir terms led to thetr being left severcly alone, has not been without effect, Even at ‘bhi rly date, two months beture moving day, the revolution in favor of low rents is of the most pronounced kind, The Dbattlo between land- Jord and tenant bas already beguu, with tho chances Jargely in favor of the latter. On every side may be seen the significant announcement, ‘To let,” aud the number of dweiling houses and apartments entered on the books of the real estate agents tn this city exceed thoze of Inst year nearly fifty por cent, Funcy rates seem to be entirely abandoned, as it would be a waste of time to expect any one to entertain them 4m a soason like the present one, ON THE KAST BIDE, A visit of a Human reporter yosterday to agents and Jandiorda in different quarters of tho city, in search of information regarding the prospects for the coming year on the rent question, revealed some interesting particulars, On the east side, from the vicinity of Central Park down as far as the Bowery, tho iudica- tions ure all in favor of a considerable reduction. All the house agonts on Third avenue und adjoining streets who wero visited ununimously expressed the opinion that the fall in rents would be greater than ever known betore. One landlord said that he offered a house in Forty-sixth strect, pear Second avenue, io its present occupaut for $800 for the next year, beginning in May, the previous terms being $900. ‘The tenant refused the offer, and the landlord found himselt obliged to make a stil turtber reduction of $60, and considered be was very fortunate when bis terms were agreed to. An agent up town on bird avena id that he was authorized by those who bad intrusted the letting of their buuses to him to mark a reduction of from ten to fifteen per cent on tho rates of last year, and, if anything like a tair offer was made near the reduced tering, to use bis own judgment as to acceptance. Another gentiemun asserted that the experience ol Jast summer, whea tho obstiuacy of landlords caused them to lose more thao five months’ rent through their houses being unoccu- pied, has taught thom discrevion thistime, Accoruing to the same authority there aro numerous conferences held daily between landiord aod agent, the former ex- hibiting evident sigus Ol uneasiness us to the resuls which the next lew weeks will bring forth, Those who invested heavily in putting up expensive build- ings on the east side, above Fitty-ninth street, seem to have little hope this year of realizing even a small Percentage on their outlay. The rents oftered would not pay the interest on the mortgagea. Entire blocks of elegant houses remained unoccupied for months pust, and there is lutle hikelinood of any change in their condition for a loug period to come. ON THE WEST SIDE. On tho west side the prospects for the landlords are even moro gloomy. A prominent ugent on Sixth ave- hue assured the writer that tho Jollowing raves of ro- duction in rents in bis vicinity migat be considered as a fuir average estimate of the present state of the imarket:—Dwelling houses, twenty-five per cont; stores, forty per cent; fats, lorty per cent, “why,? said tue agent, “landiurds are compelled to submit to the present state of things Everything is down, and reat estate is in such a condition that you cannot Und purchaser even if you offer to sell at a great sacri+ fice. As for flats, when ouce tho Elevated Railroad makes it way to the upper districts of this islaud you will bear no more about flats, They will drop out of existence a6 suddenly as they came. Among my cus- tomers I find that necessity alono compels those of gentcel stations but moderate incomo to resort to flats, Mind, 1 speak oniy of Jow-priced flats. They regard thein ag no better than respectable tenemout houses, The Jall in the rents ol fluts this year is considerable, aud will be much greater 10 a woek or two.”? ‘he dwelling uouse property on the cxtreme west side of town, above Fourteenth street, is begianing to attract more attention than ever betore, and blocks which were formerly allowed to fall into decay and ruin are being dwwed up for a better class of tenants, The proximity of the Elcvaied Railroad has had much to do with this change, There is a considerable de- mand for houses at $1,000 # year, and as the supply tor such on the west side is rather limited ut present there will be Iitthe change in previous rates, although a re- duction of $100 is asked in many cases, The improve- ments going on ia the district alluded to may, however, make some alterations in the plans of landlords and their agents. ‘THE FASHIONABLE QUARTER, Tho most desirable part of the or tenants li between Fourth und sixth avenues, and here ther duction in rent is less than elsewbers, Of course, high prices are commanded in the vicinity of Filth and dladison avenues, but they are by no means up to tne standard ot former years, An agent in Pine streot, who transacis a vast amount of business in the rent- ing of houses located in the abeve district, was of tho opinion that there would be a startling change there betore a month was over, as the owners of sucu prop- erty would bo compelled to make any sucrifice rather than have it on their hands, taxes and all, without any returns coming in. He used the expressive phraso that before May “tho bottom would full out of tue real estate market,” Many tenants seem to have made up thoir minds to wait until April and to waton the prog- Tess of the revolution in rents uutil thoy can securo suitable houses at their own terms. The demand for unfurnished apartments is very large this season; but of course the rates will be cn- urely governed by those decided upon itor whole dweilings, Ou the east sides parior floor and base- iment is much sought after by small families, and it is likely that the supply will not eqaal the demand in desirable neighborhoods. Everywhere the feeling on the part of tenants tor lower rents is strongly ox- pressed, and the agents themselves, at least those who wero visited yestorday, acquiesce in the decision of desire to induce the land- table, A week or two will bring forth many new foatures in the contest between Jaadiord and tenant, A BRIDAL PRESENT, There were charges proicrred against Samuel H. Elhott, aged eighteon, of No. 142 East Sixty-iiith street, yesterday morning, at the Fitty-seventh Street Court, by Stephen McFarland, a dry goods merchant, residing at No, 643 Kighth avenue, McFarland states that young Eliott, who has recentty been married to a young aud estimablo laay, camo to bia store on the 24th of Feb- ruary, and, by representing thut he was a co-partner in aconl yard in Kast Tnirty-seventh street and that there was property of his in Sixty-iirat street, obtained goods, consisting of # silk dress and laces, of the valuo of $216, Lt appenrs that Kilts recently married tho young bride, und he sought tue goods ior the purpuse ot making bera present. He says he gave wdrait to McFarland on a relative in Philadelphia, He claimed that he could pay che money, and intended to do Bo, not doubting tho rightiuiness of tne draft, The young man’s wile came into court and sat beside him during his oxamination. Elliott asked to be released on parole untila bondsman could be found, This request Judge Bixby refused, and be was sent below, A FATHER'S DESPAIR, AN OLD MAN DRIVEN TO BUICIDE BY CHILDREN. vohnG. Koch, aged sevonty-five, lived at No, 614 Kast Fourteenth streot until yesterday morning, nominally supported by his two eons, but really left destitute, almost, by thom. The place isa tenements house, and old Jonn occupied very bumble apartments tn it, Ho was unable to work and was dependent upon negiccttul, if not absolutely bad, sons. .They drank, and sometimes abused him, until hts life became a burden, Seoing, theretoro, nothing but the poorhouse and tho Potter's Field in store for nim, aged Mr, Koch yesterday morn- ing resolved to make an end of himself and his miseries, So, atter shaving carelully, he bared his Jett arm and severed the arteries at the elbow. It was a tearful gash, aod the man _ would havo bled to death immediately but for the arrival of a Deighbor who heard him jall, The blecding was ar- rested by the ald of acloth bound tightly above the wound, and the police were tummoned, They voro the wretched old man to the Seventeenth precinct, where surgical aid was procured, While he was at the railing, supported by the ofllcers, another staggering wreich Was brought in and placed betore the desk. “What's thie?” said Sergeant Rooney to the offi- CRUEL cers, “A drunken man,” was tho response, Meanwhile old John, haif fainting, with closed eyes, swayed to and fro, and his blood, drop by drop, fell on the floor. “What's your name?’’ said the sergeant to the new ar navies (hic) Koch (hiccup) ejaculated the drunk. ard, Tho words had scarcely passed his lips when the ambulance arrived, and old John Koch was taken to Bellevue, apparently in a dying condition, The drunk- On being introduced Governor Faller said if he wore consulted in ard to what a tomperance lecture should be ‘would way, let it bea series of sturdy, | dissoluve som ard was taken below, He Was (be would-be suicides sree Reet tc le pin A sr a BD De LCM “CRUISING YACHTS.” The second monthly meeting of the Seawanbeke Yacht Ciub was held on Saturday evening at Delmop- ico’s, Commodore Colgate in the chair. The occasion was mado interesting by Rear Commodore Ceater read- ing paper on “Cruising Yachts.” The subjoct was old with bim, and he had no doubt that the © time 1s not far distant when cruising yachts would come to be built in this country as they are in England. So soon as the rich men of the great ‘West come to the seaboard, as they will, for recreation, such boats must spring into favor. At present there ‘are but few yachts nere worthy the name of cruisi vessels, In Engiand two classes of yachts oxiss, the racing and cruising, Each is distinct and kept so, the owner of the latter never entering bis boatin racea and the former keeping his craft for contests only. Fast boats are in demand in America, and the yacht that bas no speed has no commercial value, A craft with us that does not win ‘mugs’* now and then is set down as a failure and of npaceount, After describing the difference be- tween the racing and cruising orafts of Evgland and those in this country Commodore Conter advocated less beam, greater depth, smaller masts snd longer top. masts for tho cruising yachts, It was his idea that the Idicr and Palmer were nearer the English cruising crafts than any we have io American waters, More Biatereoms and less room in one largo space was recommended. In the matter of model and Shape, (bere must be more depth to the cruising yuchts than is now given American boats. More arti- jicta! and less natural stability is demanded, The Mo- huwk bas enormous baturai stubility, tho Dauntless much artificial and the Idler combines botn, The Mohawk is nota safe craft, neithor is the Columbia; but no more vessels of this kiod and sizo will ever be built, Tho class of boats tnat will mako good cruisers must be of the stamp of the Dauntiess and Idler. ‘There isno known way of making a boat with large beam and small draught to steer well. 1t 18 possible to build crujeing vessels with centrobourds, but tnore is no use in doing it. Approaching the most important point, that of cons struction, the speaker said that most of American yachts are too hight, the sloops particularly so, A sin- glo gale generally s0 straing the latter that there 1s danger of their going apart, ree can Duilt—wood, iron and composite, The first named cau be coppered, and thus the bottom does not foul, Tho disadvantages of wooden bouts are that they have less rocm, they rot and soak water, They don’t ct dirty, however, and aro less expensive, ron yuchts are mach lighter, stronger and very dry, but it ts difficult to keep them clean, Sheathing iron with copper produces & galvanic action that 1s ovjectionable. In the matter ot rig, there may be adopted either the sloop, cutter, yawl, schooner or brigantine, Tho sloop can be batlt up to 40 tor The cutter rig will be safoup to 100 tons, The advantages of the cutter embrace less sutl, shorter boom, and baving the masts more amuid- ships. This class of craft is safer at sea than the sloop, The English yawis can be constructed up te tons, The sails are more in- the cutter. In schooners 20) tons is about the limit, and above that wo must look for vessels rigged like the Idler. ‘Tho brigantine rig was the spoaker’s ides of apertect cruising yacht, and he believed that the timo would come when gome rich and well-balancei lever of sail- ing would construct such a craft, something of the nature of a small man-of-wa! ing great advan- tages for comfort. Discipline on board a yacht next demanded attention. For crews, good men should be procured, ana these paid good wages. Tno disciphne of @ boat should be 1n the cabin. Rear Commodore Center has dosigned and laid down the pluns of a cruising cutter, English 1, everything except beam, Which will soon be built bh 5 Co of Brooklyn. This boat is intended for’ Hitchcock, Sr., and will be 40 teet keel, 45 teet on deck, 12 feet beam and 6 foet 10 1nches draught of water, Her mast will be 82 feet, topmast 20 teet, boom 32 feet, gulf 21 feet 6 inches, and the ranning wiv a outboard, 18 feet. There will bo 6 tect 8 inches room 1h the cabin, It isexpected that tnis yacht will be ready ior delivery by the first week in June. THE COLLEGE REGATTA, REPRESENTATIVES FROM COLUMBIA, CORNELL, AND PBINCETON COLLEGES AT GBEENWOOD LAKE. At the annual Convention of the Rowing Association of American Colleges, which waa held in this city in January last, a communication was received from the Greenwood Lake Sportsman’s Club, inviting the students to row the regatta of 1877 on Groenwood Lake. No definite action was then taken in the matter beyond the decision to hold a regatta and appointing tho llth of July as the day on which it should beheld. Betore deciding on any course the representatives of the col- Jeges which are sure to enter the lists this year resolved to inspect the Greenwood Lake course. Accordingly, on Saturday morning, a party of college oarsmen, consisting of Jasper T. Goodwin, Captain of the Columbia” College” Boat Club, accompanied vy Messrs, Boyd, President of the club, and Sage, Cok gate and Pryor; Mr. Clarke, Captain of the Princeton College Boat Club; Mr. Thompson, of Cornell Coltege, with Albert H. Vernon, of the Greenwood LakeSports- men’s; Lindsay Watson, of tho Nassaus, and a fow other gentlemen took the carsifor the lake. None of the college oarsmen had seen Greenwood lake, and, heartog 80 much in praise of tts waters as a regatta course, they availed themselves of the opportunity of satisfying their curiosity. AT THE LAKE, Since last summer about seven fect of water have been drawn off the luke jor the purpose ot removing & jurge number of old stumps of cedar trees which ap- peared above water, All those are now cleared away, go that the oarsmen sm futare regattas may have their choice of two courses, The lake is still covered with ice sufficiently strong to admit of travel onit. TI collegians availed themselves of this means of getting to the point where the graud stand was erected last year for the amateur regatta, From this point a tull view of the entire course can be had, and the ground at tho finish fs also admirably adapted for spectators. The reproseptatives of the three colleges present were favorably impressed with what they saw of the Greenwood Lake cuurse; Shel- tered ag it is on three sides by the wooded hills, which slope ubruptly down to the water’s edge, it 18 well pro- tected from every wind, It was not the intention of the gentlemon when they visited Greenwood Luke to decide there and then upog {ts merits or demerits as arcgatta course, but from the unanimous expression of the students yesterday there is good reason to doubt that the intercollegiate regatta will bo rowed anywhero wu. Columbia College and Princeton College almost to a certainty will be lav of Greenwoou Lake, und thero is no reason to think otherwise thap that Cornell will coincide with the older colleges. RUTGERS AND PENNSYLVANIA. There aro strong probabilities too that Rutgers Cole lege and the University of Pennsylvania will bo repres sented in the next inter-collegiute regatta, and it is not unlikely that one or two of the Southern colleges will also put in crews, The advantage of reducing the crews from six to four men affords ba isha nnd to tho smaller colleges to coter tho lists, From present indications the next regatta of tho Association of American Coileges promises to bo very exciting, even it the only competitors in tho race be tho students of Columbia, Cornell and Princeton. “JOE” COBURN IN JAIL, WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT HIS CONVICTION—@ HIS OPINION OF THE JUDGE AND THE NEWSq PAPER PRESS—THE JURY DESCRIBED ad “gUChING TURKEYS.” The prisoners had just been dismissed from the chapel in the Tombs when a Hekatp reporter, with Cizzerone Finley, saunterod into the male prison to seo Jve Coburn, Joo had just returned from prayers, and when accosted by the HegaLp reporter he scemed to be serene in mind and quite himself. From ordinary topics the conversation gradually centred on the late trial and conviction, and Joo was decidedly torcible ia his criticisms of the “twelve good men and true” whe rendered a vordict against him on Saturday night, While he bad Jor each of the dozen something charac. teristic to he generalized tho whole by stating that they had no more intellect than “sucking turkeys,” Gradually Coburn seemed to load his formality, and ran on talking of the assault and allthe subsequent misfortaucs that befell him, He thinks that ono argument against him was that his trado was too good, and for that reason ho was incon. venient to certain parties close by. ‘That, of course,’? said be, “wouldn't havo amounted to much if the po lice hadn’t been employed to get the inconvenience out of the way. Now, if I had allowed those officers to batter me tuto a jelly and bring mo to the station house, like nine out of ten of the poor aevils who come into this place, it would have beon all right; ‘they'd have given me ton days, and toat would ha’ $ been an end of tt, The worst they could sey abo me Was that I'd fight And what kind of a sucker ao you think aman is that stands still and lets a tot of loafers club him just becuase they’ve got brass but tons? 1 never olfered them any insult’ or broke the peace antil I thought my lite was in danger, ; CONVICTED BY THR PARSE, “The papers, you know, convicted me before I was indicted, 1t wasn’t enough for them to make up rece ords tor me, but they compared me to a wolf and to a dog, and when everything else gave out they began to blackguard my looks. Everybody in New York read these things, and recollections and impressions of the reading were brought into the jury box, Any sensible man who looks into the facts of tho case can’t fail te see that they pever paid a bitot attontion to the eve dence I submitted. The Disvrict Attorney made them believa tho whole” case was a kina of gibe When thoy got into the jary room they took a ballot, and, on the first ballot they ood eleven to one for convict without ever having discussed the evidence, ‘tmees LOONTINUED ON NINTH PAG, '