The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1877, Page 8

PULPIT SAYINGS Religious Discourses in New York and Brooklyn Yesterday. DUTY AND DREAMS. Talmage Talke to the “ Royal Fam- ily of Merchants.” FACTORS OF HUMAN PROGRESS. Professor Adler on the Modern Priesthood. BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. MERCHANTS, THEIR TRIALS AND TEMPTA~ DEWITT TIONS—SERMON BY THE REV. 1. TALMAGE. Mr, Talmage yesterday announced as the subject of bis sermon, “Merchants, thelr Triais and Temp! tions.’ His text was taken from Isaiah, xxii, “Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants w princes, whose traffickers aro the honorable of the earth.’ It is wealth and splendor and power, said Mr. Tal- mage, made Tyre the crowning city of that land, ‘What Tyre was to that land New York, with its sur- roundings, 1s to this country—the crowning city. Philadelphia has a more genial climate and less super- ficiality of society, and Boston has the reputation of higher culture; but, taking 1 all in all, New York is the crowning city of the United States. ‘Ihe question im Boston is, ‘How much docs he know?” The question in Philadelphia 1s, “Who was his father?” The question in New York is, “How much is ho worth ?”” Iv {3 to the royal family of merchants that I speak to-day. 1 call them royal family becal they a higher in authority and power than congresses and parliaments. How often has it been the case thatthe parliaments of Europe have adjourned the considera- tion of importaxt questions in order that they might find ous what some Jewish banker had to say in the matter, Within this last week men of this country tried to thwart the man that their own party had put Into power and break the force of bis administration, but ove clap of thuuder from Wall street sent all tue troukers back to their places. 1 speak to merchants in all circumstances of their trials, their annoyances and thoir offlictions, In the first piaco, 1 know that many of our merchants are very much tried by a limited capital im business. It sakes three or four times as much capital for business Bow as it once did, Some immediately succumb. Uthers trudgeon. The cratt of their business 1s pushed beyund the lighthouse into the great sea of speculation. ‘A man borrows a few thousand dollars from trienda who don’t like to rotuse Lin He saya, “If I succeed with this borrowed money i will give $10,000 to tho Bibie Socioty und $10,000 ‘to the Tract Society, 11 1 tui, why, I will be no worse olf than T am now, lor 000 Subtracted from nothing nothing remains.’? e creditors rush ip and tho law clatcbes, but finds nothing tn its grasp. 1 would not want tocnain lawiul euterprise. I believe there’s such 4 thing as lawtul speculation, but when I see so many wen, with their Limited capital, tempted into reckless speculation, I toiuk it 13 time for ministers to raise u protest. It is tbrough these processes that there are so many mer- chants whu go down into perdition, HAPFINESS NOT DEPENDING ON SUCCESS, Again, 1um altaid a great many of our merchants are lempted to overcare aud anxiety. With tue love of quick gain nen rush into the cities resolved to get rich at all hazards; the money must come; they don’t care bow !t comes, Our honest merchants are thrown foto competition with men ol larger meaus and less conscience, ‘This strife pushes many of our best Merchants into the grave. ‘They fipd that Wall street doesn’t end in the East Kiver; it ends iv Greenwood, If any clus of men has my sympathy it is these men. 13 it uot time, my brother, for you to take things a fittie easier? ‘I will tell you, my brother, what gives you tuo tnuch worruneot—you have au idea that your bappiness’ depeuds va your commercial succoss. It gon't, You are building on a very poor foundation if you build your happiness va that Uuly two succeed our of every hundred. Then, it you did succeed, you wouldn’t be avle io take these fortunes with you even if you could keep them up to the last moment of life, Suppose 1m that inoment you bad all your estate round bout you, would t comfort you’ When Astor upd A. I. Stewart and Vanderbilt died all the people were discussing the question of how much they left, 1 can Jeil you—every dollar. ‘Again, I notice that our merchants are tempted some- Humes w neglect their home duties. There ure mer- chants im this city who are merely the cashiery of their families. They are the agents to provide dry goods apd es tor them, ‘Ihey have nothing to do with the discipline or education of their children, God bave mercy on the man who hasn’t any home! ‘Again, | remark that a good many of our merchants are temprcd tu make Mnuncial gain of more import. ance than their souls It 18 a grand thing to have plenty of money. ‘The more you get the better, it it comes Louestly. But there are men who act as though | they thought that puckuges of bonds aod mortgaues would puy their ferry pussage to the next world, where th: y have so inuch gold that they make paving ones of it, I suppose sou all bave ciphered in arith- etic as lar as loss and gain. Thon | will give you a sum, What shail it profits inan if be gain the Whole word and lose bis soul? THE SHIPWRECK OF THE WORLD. Some day you go through au street uod find a store with tbe windows closed and a card pasted up on t door, sayin; josed on account of the death ot o ofthe tirm.’? That day, all through business cucle they say that a goud man has gone. Boards of trade meet and pass resolutions of sympatby. The good man has sustained bis last loss and gathered bis ast gain, Some of you nay remember the shipwreck of the steam- ship Ceutral America, She had about 500 passengers, 1 think. She bad a@ prosperous voyage at first, but a orm struck her, and there went up a ive hundred- iced death shrick. There was the 1oan on the top of the wave, the pitching of the winer as though it would leap from the water, the long cough of the smoke pipes, the hiss of the extinguished furnaces, the walking of God through the storm. That vessel didn’t go down without a great struggle, They put out a boat and a tew got off. But suddeviy the wounded steamer gave a great lurch and went ‘So there are some men who are sailing on in down, lite prosperousty ; but alter a while a financial storm | strikes them—a cyclone comes und they perish. On, ty brothers! don’t lose your souls because you lose ‘our property. This great ship of the world, which Goud launched more than 6,000 years ago, bearing a | Hog on; but | Ireight of mountains and mortals, gues gome day iv will be startled with the cry ot ‘*Firel’’ fhe mountains will flame and the clouds be like sails iu the hurricane. But God will take His children (rom that wreck and from their berths those who are asleep In Jesus. How many will go cown vever will vo known Uil at last in heaven it will be announced—the Shipwreck of the world; 80 many millions saved, ¥0 many millions drowned. Though your house go, Ahough your government securities go, may God, shrough the blood of the everlasting covenant, save | your souls. What is the thing of gre ‘The whole creation ‘That which was ‘That whieh in ol wits tuund, CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES, WHERE TO SEEK ADVICE—SERMON BY REV. MR, HEPWORTH. ‘The Church of the Disciples was crowded to excess yesterday morning, Mr. Hepworth preached w very earnest and cloquent sermon, taking tor bis text Su John xii., 27 and 28:—“‘Now !# my soul troubled, aud what shall 1 sa; Father, save me trom this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glority thy name, glorify it again.’ ‘Thore is, the worth, in the midst of which we need advice as wo need ft in the experience of trouble. There is no one who ‘ever trod the globe who has had more trouble in bis ‘own life than the Lord, and no one who is more will to give us advice concerning the proper course to pursue. Theroisno one who will be more patient ith our frivolities and /ailur We have all hved Jong enough to know that this is roubled world and that in our lives wo must needs puss through Samaria betore we cau got to Jerusalem. We dv not live loog amid the hard tasks sot and the ill fortune that bes 1p ambusb and which pounces upon us trom fis biaden covert without learning thata man ought te be prepared for avy aud every emergency. THE BURDENS OF LIVE. Svery one that lives bas 4 burden of some kind Phere ss pot a heart io free, There is a chain, tf adamant, ng of which we would ve rid. Thero bi tea longing wm every heart unanswered, u desire in woul ungratiticd. it may be of attenuated but stil a chalu that ‘We aro aiways Bowing toward than what we now possess. No man has all ss wishes to Laos Bol man can sit down at the importany sy We can tnd matior than Jesus, Look A t a ewan — EEE ee" rr ~~ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1877.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. ba enn r it was at a moment whea with clearly defined outli saw the future. The cross, with ils agony, was just betore Him; it threw its shadow across His “What shall I say? Fathor, save me trom this hour?’? I think the empbatic word im that sentence is the word **me,” the personal pronoun, the exponent of seltigbness always, He would nave done no more than was natural if He bad uttered that prayer. It would bave been susirely in accordance with His buman nature, at least, if He had cried out to God that it was tuo much; but He reasoned with logic and profound phi- said, “For this came I intoabe world,” and then added, ‘If it is right, then I do not want to be saved from this hour.” Af we have a religion for ourselves aione then our re- ligion is a counterteit. To nave religion is to give to apother; to be truly saved oneself is in itsel! an im- pee driving one to save those without the ark of safety. 1 do not believe that God has any respect for the con vorsion of a man who, afer his conversion, sits on his own hearthstone and suys, “1 am saved, tet the world take care of jtselt,’”? So long as there is eritne in the community our influence should bo exercised to stay It, IX AND OUT OF CHURCHES. loriously on our Loloved city to-day, but what does 1 ine upon? Oue-tenth of the people of New York are listening to the Word of God at this moment, und of the otber nine-tenths how many are revglling in tniquity and sin? Christianity 16 work or it 18 nothing, and we cannot too strongly uppreciacc the fact that of ull the young men and Women on the broad road to destruction some of them may be drawn back by our persuasion: It isa gremt comiort in the midst of trouvies and afflictions to know that it is really God's will that they should come, and would that | could impress you with the consciousness that whatever comes m your hie mes right out of the loving hand of the Master. ‘There is sweet peace and great happiness in trusting our Guide, Since God bas done so much for us why cannot we breathe the prayer of Jesus and say, “Father, glonly ‘Thyself? How cun we be so luke- Vhy are we not all ablaze with enthusiasm? but let us r jauk, God grant tbat we inay think more of the cross, and that we may 1c our troubles look toward its re wood and find comfort and joy in the promises ot Him whose hands and fect were nailed there, MASONIC TEMPLE, THE DISCORD BETWEEN DUTY AND DREAMS— SERMON BY REV. 0. B. FROTHINGHAM, The subject of my discourse, said Mr. Frothingham yesterday morning, is the discord between dreams and duty. One of the greatest pictures in the world, by many considered the greatest picturo in the world, is the “Transfiguration,” by Raphael, in the Vatican, in Rome. 1t represents a scene in the life of Jesus, de- scribed in the New T ment, It is there recorded that Jesus, taking with Him His throe eminent iriends and personal disciples, Peter, James and Joho, went up into a high mountain to be alone by themselves, While there he was in the ecstacy of devotion, aud during the ecstacy he was transfigured and glori- fied, ‘The vision passed, and the little company cume down from tbe mountain and at the foot met a very Giffercat sceno—that of a poor lunatic brought by bis father to be cured by Jesus or by His disciples. The artist seized the moment of inspiration and painted both scenes, Critics have always said this was a fault of the artist—that there was wo connection between the two scenes, But the artist was right. fe saw that the final cause of the gioritication op the mountain top ‘was the cure of the lunatic at the foot of the bil, The sane critics who tind fault with Raphael bocause he de~ picted on canvas these opposite scenes would tiud fault with the story of the evangelist—with the juxtuposi- tion in Iie in these opposite extremes. “They say, “Worship and work can uever be found together—the gloritied man and the grovelling man can uever mect,”” MUSINKSS AND RKLIGION. Religion is religion; business is busiwess, The Ser- mon on the Sount is very beautitul, but it was preached long ago, aud was the sermou on the mount, not the sermon on the pila We don’t mean to cheat or steal ay more thun is necessary, but the machinery must be kept in order, and it the wheels need to ve lubricated with the oil ot hypocrisy a tew drops of 10 will not be missed, Thero must bo some mi ie avout thia, No reasonable man can entertain the prop- osition that truth, Justice and goodness will pot work in the world; that unless injustice be © the heavens will fall. [tis true that oa the one hand the worship- pers do stay by themselves; on the otuer hand it is true that the people who are mimersed in worldly utfairs dis claim the obligation of living a glorified Iie, One rea- sou tor this is the extravagauco of theirdreams, Peo- plo mistake notions—airy fictions of the imagination— for principles, visions for ideas, aud then insist upon 14 that the world 1s ull out of tune because these utterly impracticable abstractions ure not left out on tue sure face of the globe, These dreams of the better time coming have been entertained 10 all uations aud at all times. The most eminent to us porbaps 1s Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, iu which be depicts the condition of the world as it would be if rational principles were carried out in all departments, 101s a beautitul dream, and it 18 good for us to read such books, for they emancipate us from the limitations of our lot. lt 1s only whey we forget that these dreams ure entirely ignoring the actuul relations’ of society that we use them amisa Mr, Frotuingham spoke at some length of the slow process of relorm—of the great distunce between the mountain top ana the vulley—between the glorided saint on the summit and the grovelling made Man at the base. If, be continued, the am of ile is to get money, for instance, in some form or other—by lying, cheating, spoculuting—it is tdle to suppose that any idea of principle will help us. The politician bas no right to say that principle will not work ; that ideas are Visionary abstractions because they wou’t serve bim in his effort to get olfice by cni- cavery and to use it for plunder. The member ot u ring bus no right to ask that av angel snull come down and help bim to rob the government on a whiskey trick. There must be some approximation between dreams and duty. They must be brought sowewhere within reach of each other and the probiei is solved. THR MILLENNIUM. Mr. Frothingbom concluded by saying that the law of kindness and love would make the individual invul- hergble against temptation, vanity, bate aud other sins, It would regulate bis home, and, going outside, would regulate the allairs of society. Prisons would be abolished, policomen dismissed, gallows taken down and penitentiarics removed. Let this law pre- vuil, he said, and your portect republic will be realized, ST, STEPHEN'S (R. C.) CHURCH. SERMON BY THE REV. DR. E. M’GLYNN-—-THE LOAVES AND FISHES. The Rey. Dr. Edward McGlynn preached at the above church yesterday morning. The text was taken from Jobn vi, 1, wherein it 1s related that Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee. The reverend preacher said in substance that the restoration of the palsied man to health by the word of Jesus was typical of the curing of siniul souls by the same holy means. The lepers that He had cleansed were in like manner an example of the bealing effects of His blood, which bad been shed for mankind. We need not stretch our smagination far to find au appli. cation of this day’s text. The history of the miracle of the loaves und fishes, which is from the beginning of St. John’s Gospel, shows the wonderful things that Jesus bad performed for the people who followed His footsteps; and we are goon furnished with a good explanation of the true meaning of this wonJertul multiplication of the barley loaves and the small fishes, Tho people had followed Him in large numbers because of the admiration which His miracles had worked witbin them; some of them were also at- tracted by curiosity only, while others came near tor the sake of those temporal benetits which they natu- rally expected to reap trom this new King of the Jews, Jesus is solicitous for tho welfare of the multitude, and has compassion upon those who have left the towns and cities to bo near Him, He would not send them away buogry lest they might faint on the road, He exeried His divine péwer for the benefit of their souls a8 Well as for their bodies. His care for their ‘The sun shin | bodies teaches us the example that through und by the weaus of men’s moral bodies ther immortal souls muy be reached. Tne restoring of the blind | inan’s sight at Jericno was typical of the heavenly Then came there a voice | Jrom heaven, saying, 1 have both glorified it, and will | | should be theirs; Me should forgive them their sing no buman experionce, sald Mr. Hep- | | something very different trom what their worldiy | daily. all this congregation that is gruce to ve received in the soul through the blessing of Jesus Christ. THKY THOUGHT MIM AN EARTHLY KING, ‘The multitude who followed His jootsteps believed | that He was the promised Messiah, and they tattered themselves thut 1 60 He would be at one and the sume time a Warrior as well as a preacher; a power that could break the reigu of the Romuns over them; that He would give all the world’s kingdoms to the Jews, ‘They believed that as He came ucvording to the Strip. tures the Messiah was to make ull kings and princes pay Him tribute, and that the spoils of other hations and take away ule penaity of in, When tie, m com. passion fur their bodily sufferings, tod them in the wilderness, they uuderstvod not the spiritual import of His dot ‘They thought that in future there would be vo work for their hands to do, and did not compres lend that He bad come lor no such purpose as that of abolishing the law, but to establish it; Bot to abolish | labor, but to consecrate abd savetily it, This was wishes bad led them to expect The carnal mind of the Jews would have wade Hin a king over men by force of arms; therefore He withdrew to tne wilderness, They came to Him again, hoping that He might at lust prove to be the Messiwh woon they bad painted in their yard Concerts, and were an- gry with Him because He would not work tniracies 1o sbow them that He came not into the world feed them He tells the people that He bas a rend to give ther than Moses had given their when the clidren of Israel left the land of 1 went forth out of the house of bondage, The bread that Moses had given was to feed th nly only, and now they again asked this bread always and sought Him to be king after their bearte, so that Kayne they might be pleased. But He said unto them that He was thar beter oread of lite ang that He would give them His flesh to enlighten the world. Then they began to taunt aodrevile Him, Those men who velore would ve mauve Him king of the Jews now asked, ove of the other, “Who is this man, and can be give us his flesh to eav?” He bad, 1m giving them the loaves and fishes, shown His power from the Father who Him to enlighten and redeem the world, He . “Amen, Ameo, | say goto you that unless ye eat of tue flesh and drimk of the vlood of the Son of Man, yo ig meat indeed, and that eateth my flesh aod me, and | in Lim, and he the multitude murmured and said, “How can be give this bread which is his flesh ?? We may well imagine that now His dis- ciples began to waver and doubt among themselves, as many of those who were with Him on the mountain did already, remarking one to the other, ‘+18 not this a bard saying?) Who can it?” We read that man; of His disciples went back and walked no more wi Him. These unbelievers became the most active of His opponents, They helped to swell the mob that went upto the Roman Governor crying, ‘Away witn Him. Let Him be cracitied.’? But the Father’s word of promise was ringing in His ear, and in spite of the ingratitude of the men and their preference to sit by the flesh pots und to enjoy the loaves and fishes that pene which the Father bad sworn would uever be ro) have no life 1p you; for my Seah my blood is drink indeed drinketh my blood al liveth forever.” 5 , when ho was deserted by the multitude, turned to His uposties and leit i; to them whether they would not also gu back and leave Him. They declined, saying, “Lord, whither would we go??? and then He promised to call them not followers, but Inends, He was prepared to let even them go, know- ing that he could raise up of the stones by the way- er and better children of Israel to serve the When hard-hearted men ask, “How can He give us His flesh to eat and His blood to drink?" the answer ts very easy. He is the Lord. Creatur ot all things; all things ure His, and He can dispose of them according to His will, His Word became incarnate. dt was made flesh and dw among us. Shall, then, Divine wisdom incarnate permit these doubtings to siand in the way of the fultiimenut of His Word? Everything on earth shat! pass away, but His Word shall never pass away, THE MODERN PRIESTHOOD, ITS OFFICE DEFINED—LECTUBE BY PROFESSOR FELIX ADLER. Professor Folix Adicr’s subject yesterday morning was tho office of the modern pricat, 1 have spoken, aid be, in my last lecture of the priesthood as it was, aud in part still is; but where is the mysterious sanc- tity of Godship now? It isa trick of the fancy, a bar- ren delusion, 1tis not, however, to the man, but tho office to which the blame belongs. The pages of history depict the fauatic priest who believes in all the dogmas of his creed, butthey are also black with the wnuals of the faithless priest who believes not, but derides in his heart the superstition which his heart teaches. I say it with uplifted soul, there shall be a pew ideal to attract men’s souls, a new service of the infinite and a new priesthood to do its ministry. Iti of this modern priesthood that I propose to speak to-day. IDEAL PRIBSTS, Priests we shall have, but they are not of the cassock and surplice, ‘They will have no altars, and least of all shail they have dogmas. They shall not be more than buman; they can be human only, We have priests of science, of art, of literature. Socrates was an ideal priest; be held nd office; he ministered ut no shrine; but he was in a true sense a priest, He was the reverse of dogmatic. In comparison with the vastuess of tho unknown, he was woot to say, all human knowledge was litte in comparison with the intiunte, To thoso who wore still copceruing themselves with questions of religion he said, ‘Are ye then masters of the hutap- ities, thut ye seek to pry into uivinity t”” He was con- domed to suder death, and met bis tute as became nap, It death 13 only the procession of the soul to u tried spheres, bo said, then welcume ueath; uf sleep only, tuen also welcome death, He was a suu to which the World turned aud wus thereby enlightcnoed, So, alter all, this thing which we desire ts not a pew thing, ‘Yhere bus been u priesthood of the ideal in all ages, A teacher of the ideal is @ priest, What ts the ideal? 1s ut lesa than realY 11 60, then, who would teach the uu- real? Isit more than realf What cun be more than realy Art is the idealism of forms and that whieh dwells Lebind the tutyre; the intellect also ex- hibits these two teatures—tne real uod the ideal. Our real lie 1s twotuld, but deep duwn in the basic struc- turo of the mind there ure true laws, Logic expresses them—tnat is the idealism of the intellect, Then there 1s the reatisin of the passions, Beneath these ayain there aro true laws of feeling. ‘The laws of ethics w call thew, Character is the root trom which springs every virtue, every gruce, ‘There has arisen 1p these days a morality based on a certain kind of commonplace utility. We are virtuous becuuse it is tu our interest, We ure honest because it ig the best policy, ‘The true morulity scorns mtel- Jectual utility, ‘Tue ideal life is Where We express the moral in our actions, Morality is not sour ur glum, Iv does not mope im corners. It ts social aud loves genius. By pleasant converse the mere unimal enjoy- iment of food and drink 1s raised into sometning beyoud iuself. There are two rules of good manners, of which the lirst 18 ease and pertect sell-possession, Ifa public speuker loses his selt-contidence bis uudieuce becomes Mnpatieut, So im tho social world, Society says it 1 trust you you mast trust yourself, Lhe quality of sell-posseasion 18 self-respect, Delerence 13 the second quality, Delerence 13 the acme of politeness, ine sume claim which you desire for yourself, you ara willing to allow to all others, From 4 simple morul quality can be deduced all the rules of a new Chester. ueld, The word manuers invans the same as morals. When we shall have beter morals, then also we shail bave truer and sweeter manners. he. real, is the transitory avd transient; the ideal alon dures, Protessor Adler tere gave the ideal views v1 business, politics, government, wad the professions, He shall be, he said, called a priest of the ideal, who draws wen away trom'the ubsorbing pursuit of the realitice. We have that ouly wuich we are, but common judgment reasons differently; it tells you, you ure what you have. od things are the scales on tue ladder to hile; but life is more than acres, equipage, &c. We spend too much time in seeming to be; we are governed by the rule of ** They say.” This corrupts the state, and has made the churches sick, and by its evil po- tency men have rushed to their ruin, aud women waste their precious lives on the Vaiuest shows. Give ine ove who is content to be him- seif and not to seem what he is not, und J will show you u priest of the ideal, Happy ye will be it you labor through life and seek po recompense save the ar- tist’s recompense—the joy in bis work—and that shuil be your reward, Marriage is the foundation of ull ethics. ts celebration does not end with the weu- ding day. 1t ts a perpetual celebration and intercom. munication of two souls. It 1s the supreme festival of humanity. 1 use the term priest in no narrow or arti- ficial seuse. We shall all be priests, There 13 no order. ‘Ihe slumbering echo wituin you shail wuken to the music of humanity. A priest of the ideal must have the gilt of tongues and kingly words to utter kingly thoughts, His password is freedom, bis creed 1s boundless, The multitude would seek to compass the intlnite and tho boundless. They would have pames even though they understood them oot, but the jdeal 1s mfloity, ST. STEPHEN’S (P. E.) CHURCH. SERMON ON THE VIRTUE OF GOOD EXAMPLE— CONFIRMATION BY BISHOP POTTER. ‘The unique little editice in West Ferty-sixth stroet known as St. Stephen's Church was well flilea yester- day morning. The speaker’s text may be found in Philippians, 1, 6—"‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.’ Here, my brethren, the speaker said, in the very forefront of the Gospel we see the foundation of Christianity—the fitness of virtue ‘and power to influence the mind of the milion, Turn- ing away from the world, the Gospel leads you at once up toa divine person. The Gospel shows the apostio what he never dreamed of before—a perfectly good aud true man, Christ’s great humility, His strict accordance to God’s will, His devotions by night, His washing of His disciples’ feet, His obedience toto death—yes, even unto His own death on tne cross—I say, | prove to us the fitness of humility and virtue to influence the mind of tho people, Behoid tue taulticss mun, the perfectly faustless inan, the image of God! He 1s a fountain of new Ite. He will enable us to be united to God i! by keeping our eyes fixed on Him we toullow the supreme rule of His life. We neca no far-letchea learning or deep penctration to enable us, for there aro some perceptious common to ull men, and though many proud men muy set themselves up us judges, they will still remain ignoraut because they Will not “Let this mind be in them which was also in Christ Jesus.’? Christ did pot send aposties into the world untit He had determined, by a correct estimate, that they were doing good for tho sako of everlasting bappi- ness, Now, my brethren, we all know how personal example intiucnees the desire lor imitation, and as Christ suffered and gave Hiwself for us, 60 the holy apostles put aside all cise, and making Christ Jesus an cxanple, said, “Let lis mind be in you.” Aud bow, my brethren, consider for a moment the popularity of this religion—not popular im the lower sense, us the world’s popularity, sensuous aud of carnal things, but popular in the abstruse, Christ suid, in His own deep Way, Wisdom is justified in the eyes of the Lord,’ and J um not intending to say that an excellent disposition will enuble you to determing your relation to God, but there are external facts which Cannot tail t@prove our relation, and any truly sincere searcher will have to read buta little distance to une derstand the simpie distinction between the wiliin of unwillingvess to obey the truth, To understa Christ as He 14, the Wise and simple must bon come in the same way; but the so-culled inteliectual and suientitic are not, many mes, of the mind of Christ Jesaz; hence, the simple and lowly receive the truth more readily as it 8, Alter the sermon seventeen candidates were con- firmed by Bishop Potter, SWEDENBORGIAN CHURCH. THE FACTORS OF HUMAN PROGRESS—SERMON BY REV, CHAUNCEY GILES. Rov. Chauncey Giles preached yesterday at the Swee denbvorgian Church, taking bis text from Isaiah, Iviit, 10-11-12— “And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, sutisty the aillicted soul, then shall thy ligut rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday. ‘And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and sausty thy soul in drought and muke fat thy bow and thou shalt be hke a watered garden, and like « epring of water whose waters fuil aot, And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shult raise up the foundations of many generations, and thou shalt be culled the repairer of the breach, the resiorer of paths to dwell in,” He expounded the text by pointing out that it was the law of tho Divine Author of things that all bumag progress should be made by transmitting to others what we received from the Lord, Meu, ne id, were but me: | the promise of the two tactors in the progress of which they were made the modium. One was reception, the other transmis- slou, Theso were essential to all progress, whether in individuals, in soctety or in humanity, They were the only conditions on which men’s minds could rise out of obscurity, It was vy drawing out the soul to the bungry and stisfying the afllicted sou! that what was good aud true could ve propagated, In this was defined the exercise of charity toward one’s neighbor and it was the more necessary to know that, imasmuch ‘fag there was no lack of the hungry and the afflicted at the present time, ‘There was, in truth, a famine in the land, not of bread, but a spiritual famine, People ked for bread, but they received instead words of such lifeless form that their spirits were not nour- ished, their afflictions were not developed, and the truths of religion did not dispel their doubis nor re- lieve their wants, Men’s spiritual wants had incressed in thé same ratio as their material ne sities. Their souls hungered tor new sustenance and for higher light, and the mere appearances of truth no jonger contented them. Humanity was shaking jiself free of the theologic dust of ages, questioning the present und looking with keen scrutiny into the juture, Men, said the preacher, were too much con- teat with looking at the truth, and feeling that it was theirs without actual possersion, But the tact was that, og looking at the piles of gold in the government treasury would not buy a loaf of bread, so truth was not ours until it had entered the affections aod bad been decanted through and drawn out fr he soul. ‘This exercise of the affections was ess 1 to all progress, and without it the light of truth would bo but cold and wintry, It was only when we opened our souls to others that our spiritual natures would rise out of thetr obscurity, and on such conditions we had ord that he would guide us cone tinuully, When our affections went out to others we were in the currents of the divine order, and were ucting according to the laws of our bemg. Therefore, we should remember that the reception of trath from the Lord was not sufficient, and that the trausmission of that truth to others was an essential fuctor i ull human progress. ST, ANN’S THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES— SERMON BY REV, FATHER HAYES, ‘The sermon was delivered yesterday at bigh mass, av Chancellor Preston's Church, an Twellth street, by the Rey. Father Haves. After the ‘Veni Creator” was sung the reverend preacher read the Gospel of the fourth Sunday in Lent—Joln, vi, 1to 15. ‘Tho sub- ject vas the miracle of the loaves and fishes, ‘The sal- vation of our souls, he said, should bo the uppermost idea m our minds, To this everything should tend, no matter what worldly affuirs may engage our atten- tioa—business, mundane duties, domestic and public ties, Salvation is the most important subject that every Christian can think of, The things of this world should be regurded simply aa means by which to attain the ultimate object—suying one’s soul. The infallibie guide proposed by the Cath- colic Vhurch ts to follow in the footsteps of her Divine Founder as the multitude followed tim into the desert, Tho spouso of Christ carnestly calls upon her children to-day to weigh weil the lessons inculcated by the Gospel written by St. John. The desert means the hurrow way that leads to eternal life, Almighty God pever fails to enlighten all who seck Hin us to the course they should pursue, Tho multitude followed the Saviour ito the desert, regardless whither they. ( ©) CHURCH. wero going, but only ‘confident of His abil ity to bring them salely through, They nad no provisions, no means whatsoover; it was sufficient for them that they knew that they were in the footsteps of the Redeemer. They sought Him, as we nowadays should do it we desire salvation, Let us forget the world, forget everyshing; only think that the Saviour of mankind fs before us and that wo are seeking Him, Howotten, nay, how constantly, the broad path, ease, pleasure, luxury, entice gur tovtsteps from that thorny, difficult road that Jvads to eternal happiness, We must totl, labor and struggle in the tuotsteps of our Divine Guide, whose last journey was over the via dolorosa, The end of our Journey will Dring us to Him, who will say, ‘Well done, thou good and faithtul servant.” ‘The preacher ended with an eloquent exhortation to his hearers to take advantage of this acceptable time and to seck rest in the iriendship and fuvor of Jesus Christ, At the offertory Miles, Henriette Corradi and Octavie Gomien sang the lovely duet ‘*Recordare,’? trom Verdi’s Requiem, aud Mr, Bialla, the organist, gave seluctions from musses by Dietsch, Gounod and Rossini, Chancellor Preston preached a Lenten ser- mon in the evening, and Madame de Grandval’s **:ta+ but Mater’? was sung. ry CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. God's GREAT POWER--SERMON BY THE RLV. DR. CHAPIN. The Rev. Dr. E. H. Chapin announced as his text yesterday morning, Psalins exxxix., 12, in part, “The darkness and the light ure both alike to thee”? The freshness of any great work, whether of art or nature, is tts chiet charucteristic. The mountain, the sea or the little flowers are never the same, but presont re- freshing phases, This test applies with equal force to the Bible. Tho Psalms, for instance, never grow dull. They are not only of great literary merit, but aro moral and human. They bring one in contact with God, In religion fact 1s worth more than theory, The Bible, notwithstanding the few conflicting passages it contains, bas educated man to the highest conception ot God and the noblest realities of himself, Tho Pealins are alive with the thought of God; the Book of Psalms ts the biography of the soul, and while it never seems like an old book, 1t is the book of to-day, and its contents are as applicable to the men of the nineteenth century in New York as they were to the men ol Juaea, The theme suggested all through the book 1s the omnipresence, omuiscienee und omnipo- tence of God, ‘he text suggests one of the practical elements of the experience of the human thought. We tive in a worid of appearances, ina worid of show, Many of our emotions ure excited by color, We are subjects of sensution and controlled by phenomena; our spirits rise and fall with the barometer. Much of the daily Infe of the soul is influenced by surroundings. Men are ever sbilting and changing, but not so with God. He is love, and there ts great consolation that amid all changes He is the same, Durknevs and light are the game with Hin God is pot only above all phenomena, but there 1s inuch that leads uy to the supposition that darkuess und hight aro the sume to Him. God is the game 10 spirit as in matter. [3 the worid of matter dife ferent in its plan to the world of spirit? God is one in the body and in the soul; the coaditions ere only dilfer- ent, Morally and spiritually darkness and lignt are working out the same result in God’s plan, good and evil Istherea difference’ Yes, God hates evil, yet He can overcome it for His own good, The man that fights well the buttle of truth within Limsell has the angels on his side and God neur him, ‘the mau that suys he cannot light this battle speaks falsely. God overcomes darkuess for His own truth. Many of its forms, such as surrow, sullering and death, are unpleasant aspects; but with them God ts working out His plan, We have a horror of ideal darkuess. There 18 much which this material darkness typ'fies, 1n God's way this darkness 1s transiorined toto hight. Our trials are necessary for us; but from them comes a serenity ‘of body and soul thut never could exist without the orueal bad been passed througo, Lignt grows oat of darkness, Think of thoso thut are swept out of this ruin of darkness into another world, There 1s no night there, ‘The practical allusion that bere submits itself {s, that nothing be hid from God, Secret sin, which fs the worst kind, 18 as surely found out as any ether, God cannot be deceived, He strips all our social errors from us and lavs bare the skelcton behind, God is not only cognizant of all our secret acts, but all our motives. We want more than restraint trom such temptations; wo want to be delivered trom them. By putting our trust in God we may be led to the everlast- ing world beyond. BLIND THEOLOGICAL . ‘An interesting feature of the exercises at Dr, Mar- tyn’s Reformed Church, Thirty-fourth street, 1s the instruction in theology of a class of bimd students from the asylum, K. W. Foster, of Lebanon, Tenn, conducts the clas& in answering certum questions just evening u colored student was the most ready 1p Trophies, STUDENTS, THE LOST STEAMSHIPS. New York, March 9, 1877. To Tux Eprrorn or THe Henalp:— lu your article of to-day relating to the probablo cause ot the destruction of the steamers George Wash- ington and George Cromwell you quote an extract trom the Morning Chronicle ot St. Jobn’s, N. K., which saya:—"The two captains were experienced seamen, had been up and down the coast repeatedly and made remarkably successtul voyages.” Now, I would like to say a word here. Captain Bacon, of tho George Cromwell, and also Captain Whitehead, of the George Washington, were both experienced soumnen on cousts between New York and Southern ports, but neither bad ever sailed on the coast between Halifax, N.S., und 5e John’s, NF, Tho dense aud lusting fogs und the strong littoral cur- rents that prevail on the latter coast ju tue winter und early spring months make it, or should make it, neces- sury for thom to have bod a coast pilot, whieh neither vessel had, Although their trips Were usual'y pune Taal in good seasons, it does not justify them in run- ning there as they aid in winter seasons. In regard to the seaworthy cubdition of the rye Wushington, ery recently uuderwent a thorousu overbauting, ovided with new boilers and plankiug, aod Tregret that asm Mer boilers was considered pertect! not be said lor the George Cromwell. woodwork gouerally nevuod repuiring budly, expecially sale. can the former, Thirty pounds of steam Was all her botlerg were abie to bear, but her inspector allowed her to curry as much us forty, at the discretion of the engineer, She was to have been placed on the dry- docks veveral trips ugo, but her owners, thinking that the season for carryibg ireigot woud soon be over, postponed the matter trip alter trip, alas! once wo olten. T havo given you tho frets us I know them, and they can be substuntiated by any Who have worked in her forme created to receive lio, aud there were as much us 1 have, MACHINIST, betore late last spring. | A NEW REVIVAL. CONVERTS AND COMMUNICANTS OF THE EIGH- TEENTH STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH--IMPRESSIVE SERVICES YESTERDAY. A remarkable revival work has been going on quietly of late. About two mouths ago a special series of vival services was undertaken, On nearly all the evenings of the week class and conference meetings were held in the Jecture room of the church, Soon the lecture room proved too small to contain the grow. ing numbers, and the meetings overflowed into the ad. joing class rooms. For the past two weeks these ac- commodations even have been found insuflicient, and the nightly meetings would be held io the church proper were it not apprehended that the change of place might detract trom the frecdom and spirit of the meetings, The Sunday cveuing service in the church has proved specially attractive, ‘The influence of the movement is not confined tothe iminediate neighvorbood, Members of other churches ja the city and many who have been members of no | church are taking part im it, From Brooklyn und Jersey City numbers have attended the services, und it is Del.eved that the elfects of the revival Lave been widely spread, CONVERSION OF ACTORS, One class mm purticulur has seemed to be strongly drawo tu the pew movement. Members ol several of the city theatres buve beon frequently present, und sume WhO OCLUpy a promiment positivn vn the stage ure kuown to have been converted during the meet- ings) Mr. De Forest, who bas recently severed bis cenuection Wb tue stage, has taken un uctive interest in the revival, and his services tp the cause have been very ellective, The work bus been curried ou very quietly, without parade or flourish of trum- pets, Dut au undeuIuble cuLhusiasm hus been and 13 Thauitest, The untiring labor of weeks bas been re- warded, the pastor thinks, with a barvest the fruits of Wuich are undecayiny, Wituin the last two invaths: moro than 200 new communicants have been received mio the chureh, Yesterday titty were received upon probation and twenty were bapuized. Thirteen were received into the chureb by letters trom other churches aud profession of lath, IMPRESSIVE SERVICES, ‘The services at the church yesterday morning wero of a particuurly impressive character, ‘The church ‘wus completely llled, the proportion of young people tn the congrogation being noticeably large, ‘ihe pastor read the opening services with marked expressiveaess, und the Choir and congregation jomed in singing tue hymns, On the conclusion ot the preliminary services tle pastor called upon all who desired to ve admitted to the church upon provation to eome forward to tho cbancel rail, and univers rose tn all parts of the church and Went lorward at the invitation. The space belore the chancel was crowded in 4 lew momouts and the pastor then addressed the circle briefly. Ho spoke to them of the responsibilities and duties of their preseut undertaking, as well us of its privileges and compensatious. He warned tuem of the triais to which they wouid be suljected, and as- sured them also of the support of the church and the cortain reward of their cunstancy. He commended them to the care of God und the brothorly assistance of the church memvers, and painted in vivid co.ors the triumph of fuith und the hope of the lite everlust- ing. After dismissing them he calied upon those who desired to unite themselves to the church and bud presented letters from other churches to come tor ward, iu order that he might extend to then the right hand’ot fellowship, m accordance with the usages of the church, A number guthered about him, to whom ho spoke a few words of greeting and welcomed them to the fellowship of the church, ‘The rite of baptisin was then solemnly administered to twenty or more who kuelt at the chaucel, utter which the communion service of the Church was read and communicants were invited to partuke of the 5: rament, The whole body in attendance 1n the crowded cbarch, with scarcely an exception, received the con- secrated bread and wino, Successive groups knelt about the rail, received the sacrament at the tunds of the pastor and “his assistants, and retired The cere emony was necessarily long, but the uevotions of the Congrogation continued undiminished, aud few, it any, Jeft the churen till the last communicant bad retired to bis place, Tne concluding bymu sung and the benediction pronounced by the pastor, after which the large congregation slowly dispersed. EVANGELIZATION. PROGRESS OP THE MOVEMENT FOR THE LAST YEAR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CITY MISSION AND TRACT SOCIETY, There were special services yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, at the Fifth Avenuo Presbyterian Church, worner 0: Fifty-fifth street, in commemoration of the completion of the fiftieth year of the existence of the City Mission and Tract Society, and in the interest of the city evangelization movement now in active progreas in Water street and other purlicus, THR WORK OP OUR CITY MISSIONARIKS, From tho report of the society, distributed to the vast congregation that packed the body and galleries of the church, it appears that the organization em- ploys thirty missionaries, hay dye mission stations, holds one hundred meetings weekly im destitate quarters of tho city, and assists in sus- taining a» large number of Sabbath schools and readiwg rooms, 4t hus during the lust year erected a ucw iission statioa at No. 63 Second street, at 4 cost of $20,000, ana effected the permanent organization of two lodg- ing houses and rosding rooms, one at the Five Points and the other in Water street, at both of which meals ure furnished to the unfortunate and deserving. The foundation of a Helping Hand Association on the east side similar to that on the west side; of temperance societies in connection with the several mission sta- tions, with a membersbip of 6,000; of a large mission station, coffee room, lodging house and reading room combined, in the Bowery near Grand street, and of monthly inion prayer mectings at the City M:ssion Rooms, must be mentioned as the more important features of last year’s work, ‘Their Sabvath schools have ulsu gathered fo 1,280 children, while 3,214 prayer meetings, with an aggregate attendance ot 108,141 persons, have been held; 750,000 tracts have been distributed; 2,500 families aided by the disiribu- tion of money, clothing, food, fuel, medicines, &c., aud 981 persons induced to take temperance pledges, OUR OBLIGATIONS TO THK POOR. ‘The services yesterday were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Jona Hail, pastor, assisted by the Rev. br. Will- jain Ormiston, one of the most active promoters or the evangelizing movement, who delivered un eloquent sermon from the text, “Unto the poor the gospel is preached.”? In the initial part of bis plea tor the lib- ¢ral support of city missions Dr. Ormiston re- cited the work of the association during the last year, and called uttention to the practical recognition of the brotherhood of man, that gave motive to the buman aspect of the Saviour’s work in this world, His dis- ciples were recruited from the ranks of the poor, ot the lowly and downtrodden classes of Judew, ibe great work of regenerating the world commenced with the lower strata of society, ana of humble fishermen and others equally humble, not fr the ranks of the ruling classes, the first organization tor the propa- ution of the Gospel was compored. He did not Suppose that there was any material difference be- tween the mbubitants of the cities of Syria at that day and at this, ‘That quarter of the world had substan- tally retained socially the same that it was tn those days, He did not suppose either that the populations of dissolute Corinth, elegant and lettered Athens or corrupt aud tyrannical Rome were materially different the populations of modern Cities, Lt was clumed ne thut the world had made some progress in elovation. If sv, it was uli the better tor bis argument in favor of vigorously prosecuting the Husvent evangehiziug movement that had been set on foot in this city, und was HOw promising an extraordi- nary success. For himself, he delighted to assist tho ety tmissionar.es im their’ work, so thoroughly cou. tagious and sympathetic was the spirit in wuich they contended against sin aud suffering, He believed, without entering into any dogmatic discussion of the nature of piu, that the fall of nun essentially consisted in the Withdrawal of the communion with God, that otedienve. It was an awiul thing to live without God in the world; as baghting us it Was for a plant to exist without sunshine, bere could be no true spiritual growth, no real moral prog ress, Without the Vitalizing and bumanizing tuilues of religion, The conception of bumun brotherhood was pre-eminently one of the leading principles of our Suviour’s fluence upon gociety, und by it the world had been mouided to true views ol social hie aud of the relauions of men to eacn other, “All are the children of one Father,” cried the preaches, the porception of this truth that redectned the poor and lowly, the sorrowmg und downtrodden from utter degradation and serfdom; this that emancipated their spirits from grovelling and anxious surroundings, und maue them free men, With consciences tbat could Le outreged, ‘The preacter proceeded to dwell elo- quently upon the duty) of tho wealthy and the powerful to assist the work of evangenz- ing the poor, the errimyg and the erninal, With Goud there wos neither bond nor tree; all wero the offspring of ove Father; not in the thvorotical sense in Which that doctrine was taught by (he pagan philosophers, but in a real, hying wud vital accepta- tion of fatherhood, They who knew what it was to have a home had thereby an obligation to full to the homeless; they who knew the comforts of w fire ih the grate of a winter's might thereby coutracted an obliqution to pul coals upon the grate of a suffering neighbor. But above all, and beyond all this practical Venevulence, was the duty of carrying the biessed comfort aud the consoling and tuniuating power of the Gospel to the poor und needy. The New York City Mission aud Tract Society i, it should be added, the oldest ursectarian evangelizing association in the cliy, ts mission churches having & tow! evrolied membership of nearly 1,500, A NEW JESUIT COLLEGE. ‘The Jesuit Fathers are about to commence the erec- tion of a building to be used as a college, adjoining their church in York street, Jersey City. The plot of ground for the purpose extends from York to Grand streets, Fronting on Grand stroct will be the new parochial residence, which will be crected at the ex. pense of the parish, while the cost of erecting the col- jege wilt be detrayea by the Fathers themselves, A House Lo this eff ct Was given at ull Che masses in Bt. Peter's Chureh yesteraay. ‘The first intimation of the intention of the Jesuits to erect a colicye at this place followed the Lrst di was published ia the Useaty tour yours ago, It was | ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S CIORCHL Fathers Merrick and Langpake on the Late Disaster.) FUNERALS OF THE REMAININGVICTIMS —_+—_<—— ‘The mission for women which bas been f prosrest at St. Francis Xavier's Church closed wits the cele bration of high mass yesterday, and a simllir series O services for inen began in the evening and vill be con tinued throughout the week, beginning each day with aservice at five o'clock im the morning asd ending with a sermon by one of the missionarids and the benediction of the blessed eacrament in the evening. Father Merrick, pastor of the church, after making the dsual announcements before the sermon yester- day, alluded: to the crowds which had attended the ¢ mission, and said that now, with the memory of the great sorrow which had come upon pastor and people in the terrible occurrence of Thursday might last, he realized moro thun ever the necessity of obtain larger accommodations for tho congregation, The times were not vropitious for the erection of a new edifice, but hoe felt that God would provide means. In the meantime hoe exhorted his congregation not to be unnecessarily timid, as it was scarcely possible there could be apy roul cause for panic in that church, Tho building, be thought had been well tested by the pressure of the excited crowd struggling to get away, and no break or strain had resulted, The edifice was strong. In ret- erence to the time at which the catastropho occurred Father Merrick stated that there was on Thursday night a fire extinguisher behind the altar and another in the gallery, ‘There was also a dozen buckets of water, each marked “Fire,” kept constantly on hand, and reserved oxclusively for an émergency. If the whole altar, he suid, had been in a blazo it would have been extinguished in two minutes, All these prepa rations bad been made by Father Pelletier, whose duty it wasto attend to that matter, In view of all these facts Father Merrick said there was no occasion for alarm, It was unnecessary, he said, for him to re+ peut that each one should accustom himself to pre- Serve lis presence of mind in moments ot danger by thinking of the matter belorehund, and that, above ery one should keep still until be knew what ho ought to do, THE MEN'S MISSION, At the opening of the Men’s Mission in the evening the church was crowded, the lower part of the editice and the gallory being completely filled. Father Lang- cake, previous to the commencement ol the regular Services, said:—'Belore we proceod further I stiould like to aay a few words to you on the subject of koe! ing quiet and cool, ‘The sad alfuir of lust week should be warning sufficient to prevent the recurrence of such acalamiy. it 18 the saddest part of the affair to think that there was no need for alarm, This church is large, aud its means of exit are as periect as can be expectea, ‘The way to do in all cases of fire and the like 1s to preserve order, wnd there cannot be the least danger touny body. Wehave complied with the requir ments of thelaw, and our church isdeemed safe by the Fire Departnent. Solt-possession 1s the great saleguurd against and pre- ventive of accidents. 1 emer, When quite a tad, attending a crowded mecting. Suddenly tuere was an alarm of fire aud the people rushed tor the doors, There would have been many injured but for te pres- enco of mind of a Unitarian minister, who commanded the excited people to bequict. A punic was stayed and the feura of tne people subdued, Go out quivily, do not push; the only way to get out of any crowded building is by 1eaving it in an orderly manner,” FUNERALS OF THR VICTIMS, The funerals of the tive remarning victims of the tere rible panic in the Church of St. Francts Xavier, Six- teenth strect, took place yesterday, and the romaina of cach were conveyed to Calvary Cometery for iuter- ment, followed by it large concourse of mourners, Mix, SPENCER. From an carly bour in the morning the corner of Ninth avenues and Sixteenth stroet, where ‘Anna Spencer and her young: son, Michael Spencer, aged pix years, resided, was crowded with people, . ‘The remains of Mrs. Spencer lay in the front parior of No. 89 Ninth avenue, on a catafalque, and at the foot of her coffin was placed the one contaiuing tho body of her young son, Throughout Saturday night candles burned around the caskets aud mourners filled the rooms. By balf-past one o'clock yesterday the streets in the neighborhood were Dlocked with carriages and people. Thousands viewed the remains, and yet great numbers were unablo to get into the house £0 great was the crowd. Hoth cas- kels were ladeu down with rare and beautitul flowers sent: in by friends and Leuring touching and appro~ priate inscriptions. ‘The funeral started at half past two for the cemetery, und sixty-five carriages were counted iv the proces- sion, ‘The juoeral services were held at the house, but funeral services were celebrated in the small chapel in the Calvary Cemetery. MES ANNA FORBES, ‘Tho funeral of dirs. Auua Forbes was arranged to take place at ono o'clock, trom 419 Eust Nineteenth street, aod, as in the previous cake, xreat crowds of persons assembled in and arouad ‘the house, and discussed ove again the terribio calamity in all ita bearings. ‘There were no funeral services until the re- muins arrived at Calvary Cemetery, Mrs. Forbes was a widow of forty, aud leaves no children, Her rematua were evciosed ina handsome stiver mounted walnut casket and flowers were strewn pleatifully around tha Toum in which the body lay. 1t was three o’clock be- fore tho luneral procession started tor the burial ground, A solemn high requiem mass for the repose of her soul will be celebrated on Taesday morning in tho Church of the Epiphany, Second avenue~ und Twenty-tirst street, MRS, COUGHLIN’S. The same sad scenes were met with at No, 203 West Twenty-iitth street, where tho body of Mrs. Mary Coughlin was laid out preparatory to vurial. She was sixty-eight years of age when the met bez death, and wus the muther ef alarge fumily, all of whom are grown up aad marriod, There were many frieuds und Felutives present, among them being Colonel Demp- sey, of the Sixty-pinth regiment, whose eldest sou was burned in the Brooklyn Theatre fire. In the case of Mrs, Coughlin also the funeral services were held at i grave. The tuneral cortége was 4 quarter of » mile jong. ELIZA MASTERSON. Tho remains of Eliza Masterson were laid out ine rosewoou casket, and were surrounded throughout the night, at No, 403 Seventh avenue, by sorrowing friends, Wreaths of tube roses and several crosses of tea roset and lilies were laid on the casket. The funeral started at three o'clock tor Calvary Cemetery.) The Juneral services wero performed in the chapel, TRAGEDY IN THE BLACK HILLS, [From the St, Louls Globe-Demoerat, March 8 ] A letter received at East St, Louis, yesterday, trom Mr. John McCarthy, who is now at work in the Black Hills, gives the details of the row which ended in the shooting of Captain W. H. Tumblin by Jack Barnett, a miner. The letter 18 dated Iron Creek, Dakota, Febru. ary 20, Captain Timblin was Recorder of Clams, and from the /act that be would not aliow applicants to ex+ amine or look into his books, the report was spread abroad that he was manipulating the affairs of the dise trict ina manner not consistent with the miners’ uns derstanding of yustice. A petition, numerously signed by the miners un Battle Creek, demanding a meeting for the purpose of investigating matters and seelog Mf anything Was Wrong, was posted up about the dis trict. It) was chimed by many that — parti who hud never seen or been in the Hill coune try owned romo of {ts most valuable property, and of course the oTners turned ous pretty strong tw look intw the truth or tulsehood 1 the report, The mecung was held m Spooner’s store, at Harney City, and the 160 or more miners present were called to order by the chosen chairman, who used the butt end of his navy revolver tor a yavel lor tue occasion, Thore was plenty of muste on both sides of the house, and the result of it all was that Timblin’s olfice was de- clared Vacant and about forty of the recorued claims decided as illegally entered, ‘Then there was a scrai bie for the Vacant oflice, to which a nan oamed Turaer was elected, and another scramble for the vacant claims. Mep were on band with stakes and batchets, and when the number of cach claim was called 4 dozen Or wore teu Would start out to stake and locate it, the man arriving fest on the ground claming tt, The meote ing broke up iu a rough and tumbte figbt between three or tour ieilows who got drank on Spooner’s whiskey, Captain Timblin felt bi used up from the ab- rupt and unexpected mauaer in which he bad been bounced, and Wrote u lewer to the Black Mills 1% ry crimeising Barnett and’ others wko took lead'ng parts Jn the meeting, wad this riled Barveu, why, meeting Tinblin at Hayward a day oe two alter, called him to uccount for it, demanding an apology inetat Timbiin, who was'on horseback, deciined tw comply, and angry Words passed, when Timblin wheeled his horse around und, drawing bis revolver, tired at Barnett, but neissed hint, Tho latter, more expert, got vul his shooting iron and fired at Timblia; the bail suruck hin 1 tue leit breast, knock. ing him oft Lis horse, Wile he lay uu the ground be bred again, without effet, aod received anotuer vullet hip. A crowd collected, and the wounded to the store of Charles Hayward neat by, and Dr, White, of Custer, summoned, but uunubte to doanything, Both were mortal woun he died (hat evening, A coroner's jury exoneruted Barnett, us he acted tn set-defence. Timblin waa buried next day va the bill above the town, He was a fine looking man, abuut lorty yours of age, a native of Penpgylvauia, where be bas u wife living, Bargett became remorsetul, aud has gone back to nis pust as gutekeeper at the Nuional Park, in the Yellowstone country. A MILKMAN's FATE. A NEW YORKER ROBBED AND sHOT AT THE ERLE DEPOT IN JERSEY CITY, ‘Tho milk depot of the Erie Railway in Jersey City is situated on Tenth street, between Grove and Hender> son streets, Thi fice is tuickly irequented trom eleven o’cluck ut tight til five in the mormpy, Atiwo {CONTINULD ON NINTH PAGE] ~ Seeicetererwreerse