The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1877, Page 8

HEAVENLY SUNSHINE Light from the Throne on the Powers of Darkness. WHITE ROBES FOR THE TOILERS. | The Great Shepherd’s Farewell to His Flock GOD'S SYMPATITY WITH MAN —— The Tests of Theological, Religious and Social Radicalism. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. PREPARE THE HOUSE FOR GOD'S OCCUPANCY— SERMON BY DR. HEPWORTH, ‘A very large congregation gathered in the Churcn ot the Disciples yesterday. Mr. Hepworth preached an eloquent sermon, taking for his text 11, Timothy, iii,, 17—"'Thoroughly furnished unto al! good works.” St, Poul, said the proacher, was very wise in all pructical concerns, Ho bad a marvellous Knowledge of human nature, and when he gaye advice it consisted of the warnings and the admonitions which he had Jearned » by hard experience. In the epistle from whieb I have taken my text Pau! is endeavoring to prepare his dear and youthiul friend Timothy for some of the inevitable embarassinents and harassments ot life, He begins by telling him perilous times are coming; that he will meet traitors, pleasure, He then speaks of a class of persons per- haps the most dangerous to true progress; men who bave a form of godliness, but who deny the power thereof, He then makes the assertion that all men who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall sufier persecution, and in order to thoroughly furnish nig friend with the weapons necessary to win the victory be tells him 1t 18 neceseary to study the Scriptures with great care, and he ends the chapter by saying it is every man’s duty to see to it that he ts thoroughly furnished with overything he shall need in the journey of life. MAN'S ENEMIES, The enemies we have to encounter are of a peculiar kind, They are uot physical, but spiritual. They are called in the Scriptures the powers of darkness, the powers of the air. They are very subtle enemies, they come in the shape of evil thoughts, they beret us with promises they are not able to pay, they tease us, thoy fret us, they fill us with doubts concern- ing holy things. Now, there i# a certain class of people in the world who say it makes no difference What a man believes; that if his lite 1s right that ig enough. There is no tore plausibie sentence than that in hiterature, and there is no sentence in literature that 18 logically weaker, There 1s no thought in the community that ‘bas a larger influence. It is the vanguard of infidelity; it is on the lips of Satan all the time; it is made up Of velvety words behind which there is a thorn. Let me, if I can, explain nore fully. We are told in the Scriptures that the air is occupied by hosts of angels. We are not only watched by the eves of those who have gone beforo, but we are guided by unseen bunds, Many of us are’ turned away trom our Wouted paths, we know not why, vy those whom God hath seut. The other world is not far trom us; 1b is closer than we think. We are seen by those who are beyond, and many a time angels’ eyes weep over us. We are pot ulgne when we aro most alone. tude is an impossibility jn huinan life. God is with us; the Holy Spirit fills the air with the divinity of His presence, EVIL SPIRITS Did it ever occur to you, brethren, that if there aro good spirita, that there may aiso be bad spirits? Lf there are good ones who are leading us right, there are omissaries also from the other world whoare trying to lead you in the wrong, How otherwise can you account for those strong tendencies to evil sometimes come upon you suddenly? Yes, there are influences i the air for evil as well ag for good. Satan 4s fighting to win the victory over us, and God is using all the angels of Heaven to persuade us to succeas{ully fesist and to lead us away from all shadow of sin Into the blessed sunhght of His’ giory and pbedience to His commands. Now, — brethren, auppose, for instance, that some evil spirit knocked at the dovr of your lie, and be finds your house is empty, that you have no guests at ali, that you have no faith, no Jove toward God, that doubts can be found in every dark corner. Suppose the evil spirit found your heart in such condition, would he noy find stan easy task with his logic, soft as velvet, yet hard as would he not find it easy to persuade you to let ross the threshold, and then ow easy it is to let him increase the doubts of your beart by throwing the shadow of a biting criticism on honor and justice and tratb. Now suppose, on the other nand, when Satan Kuocks at the door of your house, the door 1s open aud sus Christ stands thet There ts not room yo; only one can enter there to reside. The Lord and Satan cannot itve under the same ro the Lord 18 there, your welcome guest, then Satan knocks but once, and leaves you to your bappiness and your peace, Satan has a wondrous power over an Bhoccupied house; Satan has nv power when Jesus 1s your guest, 18 it’ not, then, absolutely necessary to ‘wake certain preparations in order to receive the Lord snd repel Satan 7 Is it not necessary to havea house which God would be giad to enter? “It makes no aif- ference if our life be good?’’ Whose life is good? Are we willing to receive exact justice at the hands of God? Do we make no claim upon God for mercy? No man’s life !s good. Christ said He was not good Him- self; only One 1s good, and that is God. But you say f1a man does the best he can is not that enough, irre: epective of his beliet? Well, brethren, | have lived pow more than forty years, and [ have been a pretty careful observer of buinan nature, and I never yet have seen a man on the footstool who could conscien- tiously say he did bis best all the ume, 1 do not believe there ever was a human being who always even intended to do his best. Our peculiarity is our weakness. Who does the best he can? If there 4g one here who has done it in the last twenty years, let him speak. God knows and you know we do not do our best. We veed constantly to be urged and per- suaded and threatened, in order that we may accom. plish even in our poor way the duties God sets us. Dur best, indeed, and even if we could do it and did do it, what would that ‘best’? ve? Oh, wretched, miserable man, with the seeds of evil in your body, with life teasing and tretting you day and night, Satan lying !n ambuen, pray tell me what your best would be 04 the golden coin with which to buy eternal life? PLYMOUTH CHURCH. MR, BEECHER ON THE SYMPATHY OF GOD FOR MEN—HOW IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN THE NATURAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL WORLD. The subject of Mr. morning was “The Sympathy of God Toward Men,” and the text selected was Psalm cif, 13, 14 ="Like as a father pitieth bis children, so the Lord pitieth them that tear him, For be knoweth our frame; he Temembereth that we are dust.” Pity is to all intents and purposes, said Mr. Beecher, of compassion of sympathy, which two words are precisely tho same, one from the Greek and the other from the Latin tongue, and both of them have manifestly in their structure the idea of suffering with or of being in the same mood with sorrows. in trouble and we are in like trouble with bim, or rather we partake of it, We urein sympathy with a man when we pul ourselves into the same mood with Sieh aman. Compassion for the most part, however, by Gsuge only includes a |ike stato of mind with th that are in trouble. Sympathy, which has precisely the same etymological formation, means far more Widely sorrow, trouble, joy—as the case may be, It takes the whole range of mind. !v 18 to suifer or re- Joice with thy neighbor as thyself. WHAT CURRENT RELIGION REPRESENTS, After speaking of the ‘aments of men, some of whom have their minds open to the ity’ of God and others their minds closed, Mr. eecher suid, the pitying heurt of God, as represented by curront retigion, is thut of absolute and exactness. Heing most pertect, He demanus that man shall be pericct, and stands watching and insist. ing upon that. Men speak of the interior nature of God agit there were no words strong enough Wo bear and intensify the meaning, and as though words must be splicea and compounded, There are no single words in the language that are competent to express the kit 6 of God Lt is kindaess that springs from a jo tain of whieh we have only the very faintest iinpression—it is joving kindness, But the theologies 0! ages past precisely reverse this view of THE WORLD A NETWORK, The divine mind recoxnizes, us we never can, the aystem of physical Jaws uncer which nen were created. ti ole World 18 a NEbWOrk Of plyeical laws, touch. ing ev pum of maw, Gou created man under this ‘universal system ol pnyatcal jaws, and yet they never were revealed. boa fs BO revelation of the origin of . Mon knew p eed the the ox dovs, aud Yet ‘nese laws influenced te a great extent man’s Whole physicol structure, It woud ve avery cruel thing ty siutup a child ip an vthecary’s shop and Bay, ©Whon vou are hungry vip yoursell,”? where tere was vread in one bottle La wesemie «1 the exh flour in one and son mm the o taeae whore it Tecatwaleel buck room, 0 he surgic ae nent * mingled with playthings, x» ome pi Stiould ad ‘usiruments were jaid OUly Soll- | wich | Do | Beecher’s sermon yesterday | We have compassion when a person is | More avout tho laws of the | | | the equivalent | to do is the greatest valeguard against evil. | | | | | | | one man uext to him for stealing another bor: men that aro ‘heady,’ lovers of | | in tive minutes he is {ist asleep, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1877.—TRIPLE SHERT. and the eblid was to eat in the amuse itself at the back of it, at of such a thing as that? And it is precisely the way that mon have beon brought up. One man mu be poisoned that another may not. There is death and iife bidden everywhere, and there 11 no revela- Uon; yet God Knows just exactly In what sort of a world He bas introduced the buman race, through which they have been toiling through numerous ages. LIPE AND ITS PHILOBUPHY, The laws which surround men, that determine bap- Piness, are not alone physical; but mau’ tion to bimself and to Haman society is still inore compli- cated. The relations are superior and inferior-—the rew tation of reason and of anger, of pity and of love, of the fallacies of buznan life apou human life, Thero is 4 philosophy at the bottom of it, but who had at rr vealed to him? There was never yet a system set up, bo book, no message, nor anywhere a dec! jon of that fac, After showing how religion and refinement separated society into classes, Mr, Beecher satd the top of society goes up by intelligence, but the bottom ‘is stagnant from ignorance and depravity.” He then passed on to suy, “Let nob men that undertake to develop the whole obscure and divine nature so that they can divide the God they represent into Father, Son and Holy Ghost; let not these men complain of the introduction of plain and common subje into the pulpit, These themes could not ve discussed in the past, because sctence had not opened the realm of physics as it now has, But now God means everybouy to preach what man is and what bis conditions are, This staie of things is perfectly known to God’s mind; all the things that are going on in this vast, complex state of civilizatiqn, 1 was not asked whether I should lik be born; Neither was I conktlted what sort of a makeup should be given me, I did not ask where I should like to be born, whether in the wigwam, New Holland or New England, particularly the western part of Connecticut, Now, men may say that this doctrine of pity will tend to set aside penalty, but I go buck to our early days, There is ng penally like a mother’s hand. When my father used to punish me (you will be surprised to know that 1 ever was punished), I can tell you when the tears ran down over his face it stung me much more than bis hand petted me, When he put ois arm around me I wanted to comiort bun, Tell me that be- catise men are born in weakness, born into evil, that divine justice is to be like a hon, God isa father and a mother; you have no idea of such alather; be al- ways loves you,”? AUBURN PRISON, Mr. Beecher, in illustrating tue diflerence between the justice of man and that of God, said:—Go with me to Auburn, where 1 stood this week. There are confined 1,400 men, How did I feel about these men? don’t pructice what 1 preach; my first feeling waa one of aversion, but my better nature came and I made excusos for them and said they did not have the same chances of improving their nature as Thad, Ove man, confined tor stealing a horse, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment; and was sentenced to fifteen years by anqther judge. By some secret communication they find this out, and what are their ideas of justice in’ view of these tacts? The greatest misfortune that can wappen to aman isto sin; there is no time when aman needs pity more than when he has sinned. Men are cruel. They are hike crocodiles—-teeth, tevth and enormous mouths, ‘They are ‘clamping in the world, calling — themse Christians, As this the spirit of Christianity—the spirit of love? Have two thousand years rolled over and the tree ot lile brought no other fruit than these apples of Sodom, which when you taste them are found to be filled with ashes? I ouly say, then, that by no engineering of mere law, by no operation of mere physical force, can this great population of our continent be integraied and perfectly harmonized, This wil! be accomplished only When tho Christian feeling nas spread universal sy pathy throughout the Jand, BROOKLYN TABERNACLE, SERMON BY THE REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE T0 THOSE WHO TOIL WITH THE HAND AND FOOT. Mr. Talmage preached yesterday morning a sermon of encouragement to those who toil with the handand foot. Histext wag taken trom Isatah, xli,, 7--"'So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer tim that smote ‘the anvi.’? You bave often seen im factories, said Mr. Talmage, a pieco of mechanism passiug from hand to band and from room to room; one mechanic will smooth it, another batten 11, another chisel it and another polish it until the work is done, So the | prophet describes tho idols of olden times as being made, some by one hand, some by another, Now, if men who were ina bad work encouraged each other, why could not men who are engaged in honest work encourage each other? The peculiarity of a great | many men {8 that in their own particular toil thoy see | bardsbips and trials, while they recognize no bard- ships or trials in any other man’s toi, In other words, every man’s burden is the heaviest and every man’s task ts the hardest. I hear men tn all kinds of toil gay they wish they were doing some- thing else. Now, the beauty of our religion is that we know God looks down upob all the occupations and professions, and while 1 cannot understand your annoyances, and you can’t ‘understand mine, God knows them all. He knows al; about the troubles of those meu mentioned in my text, and He encourages all. The question ts, Is the toil we aro engaged in au honest toil? Lf so we may expecta | blessing trom the Lord God. Now, | thought this morning | would speak of the trials of mechanics and then | would speak some encouragement. Part of the sudject will be somewhat sad and the rest of the sub- ject very cheerful. THE TOILBRS? TRIALS, One great trial that you feel is physical exhaustion. There aro athletes who goto their work at six o'clock in the morning and come home at night as fresh as when they started; that’s the exception. 1 have no- ticed that when the factory bell taps for six o'clock the bard-working man wearily puts his arm into nis cuat sleeve and starts for home. He sits down in his house resolved to muke himself agreeable to his tamily, but He 18 fugged' out. He rises in the morning hall rested from bis toil, Ine dced, he will never have any perfect rest unt he geis into that ofe burrow spot which is tne only periect huinan resting place in this world, 1 think they call ita grave, Let him listen to the voice of an uli-sym- pathetic God, who says:—‘Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I wili give you rest.” Let bim remember also that thero’s a grout holiday coming. I wonder how many tired people there are in this churen, If there are any people in this world who excite my commiuseration it 16 the sewing women of our great cities “Oh,” you say, “they have —Iabor-suving machines | how, and Sewing machines, and the trouble 1s gone.” No, it pn’t. 1 see a great many women wearing them- selves Gut amid the hardships of the sewing macuine, May God comfort all who toll with the needic and have compassion on every broken beart thatis borne down | under the futigues of this life, Another great trial 1s privatiou—privation of taste and sentiment and good Coristian feenng. A great many people of our coun- try are living im cramped abodes and struggling in great hardstips, I don’t know of anything more pain- ful than to have a fine taste for music and painting and | scnipture and not to be able to get a doliar for the oratories or io buy a picture; to have a taste for nice | scenery and never to be able to buy one’s way into the | country to look at the setting sun or the bright heavens, while there are men in great affluence who bave round them every kind of luxury and every beauty of art without being able to uppreciute then. ‘There are multitudes of retined, delicaie women who are born artists, and who shall reign in the kingdom of heaven as artists, who are unable to get ture ora up und see the things God b But I have no time longer to dwell on the hardships and trials of the totlers, [cannot even dwe!! upon tho fact that go often the pay is disproportioned to the amount of work or that thay are subject necessarily 10 the whims of others. I must now go on to offer you some great and glorious encouragements, ‘THK TOILEKS? RNCOURAGRMENTS. ‘Tho first encouragementis that hard work and plenty There are very few men with a character strong enough to endure consecutive idleness, Sin is an old pirate, that bew down on vessels Wuose sails are flapping easily in t wind, ‘tbe arrow ot ain has hard work to puncture the leather of u working apron, Your work isa shelter for you. Thank God that you have plenty to do. Another encouragement for workingmen is that their Jamilies are going to huve the very best opportuvity for development and usefulness, The children of fortune are very apt to turn out poorly. In nine cases out of ton by twelve years of age the child finds oni that there 1# no toil for hit, and he makes no struggle, and a jie without struggle goes into luxury or di There are thousands of men toiling~ Yo get enough money to spoil cbildren, The father was fifty years getting bis property together; bow jong wil it take (the boys to get thataway? About tive years, You see the sons of great fortunes going out of the world lame and dyspeptic, while the son of the porter who kept the gate, learns bis trade, achieves high moral conracter and stands im the front rank of Church and State. Who are the mightiest men in churches and cabinets and logisiatnres? Many of them ate out of an iron spoon, They have lived a ferced march. They never bud any luxuries, until af guve thom affluence and usertlness and renown as a reward for their persistence, Remember that though you may have poor surroundin dq not much means your children are starting out in better condition than those of the rich. The siedge hammer doesn’t burt the iron that it knocks into shape, Trouble is a hone that sharpens very keen razors. The son of every man ol toil may rise to heights of intellectual and tooral power if he will only trust God and keep bus Aguin 4 offer you one very great encouragement you have so many opportunities of gaining knowle ‘ind information, You tay buy more than Benjamin Franklin ever knew tor fifty cents. A bard working tian goes home and sees an elegantly. bound volume in the shop window and says, “On, 1 wish [had that book.” A fow months later and that book, Which cost $5, comes to him ina cheaper torm tor fifty cents. The high wall round the weil of kuowledge is being broken down and is open to all, some come with costly vessels and some with pewter mugs to dip up the waters, ‘lake twenty philusophers of ages ogo and put them on one bench and take twenty childrea from the common schools of Brooklyn and pat them on an- other, and the children could examine the philosophers and the philosophers couldn’s examine the childre In your chuir at home, by the evening lamp, you can Jook over all nations and see the descending morn of @ universal day, One more encouragement, and that is your toils in this world are only intended to be a disol- their pline by which you will be prepared for heaven, Christ, | best reason. the carpenter of Nazareth, is the workingman’s Christ. You get His love im your beart and you cao sing op the in the midst of the storm and in the shop amid the shoving of the plane, or down in the mine amid the plunging of the crowbar, or on ship board, If you belong to the Lora Jesus Christ He counts the drops of sweat on your brow. He knows every ache and paip you have ever suffered in your occupation. Are you weary? He will give you rest Orsick’ He will give you health. Or cold? He will wrap around you the warm mantle of His eternal love, THE TOILERS’ REWARD, Besides that, my triends, you must remember tbat all this 18 only preparatory. Lwee a great multitude before the throne of God, Whoarethey? They must be princes, you say, Youare mistaken, Who ts that bright spirit before the throne? Oh, that was a sewing girl wuo worked as hard as she could and couldn't make but two shillings a day. Who ts that other one? Why that man toiled among the Ezyptan brick kilns. Who is that other? Why ber drunken fatner drove her out of home on a cold night und she froze into heaven, Who are those monarchs im white reber? A great many of them camo from Birmingham mills and Lowel carpet manufactories, Now I hear a sound like the rustling of roves and all the children of tue saw aod the disciples of the shuttie | appear in glorious array, singing a sweet song. Oh, 1 wish you could hear it It would make the pilgrim’s journey very light and tho voyage vory short, | ask ‘them what's the name of that song they sing before the throne, and they tell me it ts the song of the r deemed working people, And that angelic crowd—who are they? Those are they who caine out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, THE LIVE OF 8ST. JOSEPH—DISCOURSE BY RIV. FATHER KEARNEY. ‘A large congregation filled St. Patrick's Roman Cath- olic Cathedral at the last services yesterday morning, High mass was cclebrated and the sermon of the day preached by fev, Father Kearney, pastor ot te cathedral He read the Gospel, St John, xvi, 16— “A little while and pow you shall not see me, and agun a lite while and you ral! see mo, because t go tothe Father,” He also read the text from St. Luke. xii, 42—"'Ana the Lord said, ‘Who, thinkest thou, Is the faithiu! aad wise steward, whom bis Lord setteth | over bis family to give them their measure of wheat in due season?’ The reverend speaker alluded to the fact that yesterday was the feast of St | Joseph, and the Church rejoiced im the celebration. Christ bad conferred a great honor upon the blessed Virgin in sclecting her as Hig mother, The next honor was due to St Joseph, because he bad been chosen us the protector and guide of the infant Saviour, He was also chosen by the Father to prowet His daughter and by tho Son to honor and protect dis mother, He was selected by the Spirit of God to be the protector of Hisspouse, We should, therefore, honor St. Joseph because he nad been made by the three persons of the blessed Trinity the head of thia holy family. He who came down from beaven to save us Yielded in obedience to shia earthly father, We Bhould study the lile of St Joseph so that wo might ascertain why the Father chose him for the honorable position which he had occupied. When Christ came into the worid to save it ho was poor and bumble, St. Joseph was nurtured Lah said and bu- minty and was a man of prayer. I! we wished to please God we should not only study the life of St, Joseph but also endeavor to imitate his virtues, We ghould be lovers of poverty in our hearts, and main- tain genuine sympathy for those who were compelled to struggle through the worid under peculiar ditheul- tes, If we desired to be like Joseph we must: be humble disciples of our Divine Lord, ‘The spirit of pride should be torn from our hearts and the virtues of humility enthroned in its place. Joseph’s hte wos a lite of prayer. He prayed that Gods honor might be increased; prayed for all necessary graces to save bis soul, We must also pray that our souls might be strengthened aad that we might persevere in serving God; that we might be simply permitted to live in order thut God’s honor may be advanced, We should | persevere, even us the woman mentioned 1m the Gos- | pol persevered, until forgiven by the Saviour, Sho had been ignored by the disciples, even compared to a dog by Christ, but sull sie persevered and received her reward in the end. It was not necessary to repeat many prayers, but there must be something on the mind—a desire to obtuin some virtue or overcome sone vice, There must be always some good intention munilested in our prayers. St. Joseph ever prayed to the Father, and we should tollow the good exauwpie, addressing ourselves to “Our Father Who art in H >”? This beautitul prayer bad been handed down to us trom the apostles, Rev, Father Kearney | then pointed out the effictency of this invocation, and igo the merits of the salutation to the Mother of God. He concluaed an eloquent discourse by announcing to the congregation that be was about to leave tor Rome, tn order to be present at the Pontifical ceremonies of the 2lst of May, and asked the congregation to pray for him during his absence, MASONIC” TEMPLE, FOLD RADICALISM—SERMON BY THE | REV. MR, FROTHINGHAM, ‘At the Masonic Temple, yesterday morning, there was a full attendance to hear Mr. Frothinghum. The | congregation was as usual of that itellectual class which desires to hear original thoughts toid in eloquent language, Mr. Frothingham began the gervice by reading some extracts of a scriptural character, and after some singing of hymns by tho choir he gave one of those strong manly utterances in the form of a prayer tor which ne 13 80 famous, Karnestaess In the aaily life of all was the burden of the prayer, ‘ WHAT Is RADICAL? The subject of the sermon was “The Threefold Radi- calism.”? He said that radical truths were tundamental truths, and radical errors were errors that nad deep rootin the mind. Radicals were therefore people who sought the roots of things, They were in contrast THE THRE! | house of bondage, and tort with the superficial The word radical came | mto use among those who in politics did | not want to see anything done except there was a rea- soniorit, They wanted the best thing and for the ‘Yhoy were always in opposition, going to the bottom of the question always. In religion the same was true, Radicalism was one of the oldest things in the world. in the old Jewish religion the prophets were the radicals against the priests. Jon tne Baptist was the radical ot radicals when he said, ove thy neighbor as thyself,’ and that he would | ra ‘The aposties who came after him were | rad@§!s, In the Roman Church there wore always radicals, In Protestantism the radicats were always picking at thecreed. Inthe twellth, thirteenth and | jourteenth centuries in Germuny there wore thorough radicals, Some of them said there was confusion in the Seriptures—that outside of you there was no Chrisy— in yourseli was the Christ, “This was radicalism. All radicals were not alike, DO more than were con - tives. It all depended on Low deep one went down in getiivg at the bottom. There were conservatives of great soul and those among them who wero piccanin- nies 80, too, with radicais, There were radicals foolish enough to know ali about the rose of Jericho, and those who wanted to know about the growth of the oaks in the forest. There were three classes of radicals—the theological, the religious and the social, RADICALS IN THROLOGY. The orthodox churches all contained theological radi These radicals did not relieve the church's | they merely went there because some udven tilious circumstance brought tuem, such as livingin the neighvorhood. Mathew Arnold was perhaps tue best representative of the theoligal radicul, the keonest seeker alter the root. He said that the doctrines of the Church kept away the bible from the people, The radical truth, said Mr, Aroold, was that tuere was a Supreme Beiug working for truth and righteousness among men and all cise Was merely painting. Yet Mr. Arnold was & conservative, He would have the Church of Rome remain intact, ag a pictorial church. But Mr. | Arnold was an aristocrat, moving in the best circles in England, Men iike this were taking away the bliad- nesses from men’s eyes, We could not dispense with such men—not with Voltaire or Rousseau—tuese men { had all answered some questions tuat none but they | could answer. SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS RADICALS, In the religious radical thy motive power was feeling. | He was not satisfied with liturgy, be wanted to feel. | The communion bread was stale to him, and the com | munion wine smelt strongly of alconol. "The religious | radical wanted to feel. ‘The real radical had @ xense ot the mystery of things. It was more worsbiptul for | him to go out to the field, where he coald see the | flowing stream and nuture’s other charms, There was where be could worship without thinking of we doginas, Destroy the piety of some and you would destroy the erced. The religious radical was always @ theological radical, This sort of man sided into the social radical, for he felt tor the poor, had sy mpatheuc | thoughts lor his suvering neighbor, The leaning for | religion brought people to social goodness, for it worked into human sympathy, into justice and the knowledge of the difference’ betwcen right und | | | | | wrong. “The sense of righteousness became outraged im men, and there was then a desire to get at ‘the root of cardival wrongs Pope Pius IX, began his career as a retormer. fife gaid to himself tat if the Church was,a redeemer of men it was his duty as a representative of the Fish- orman to be areformer, But the prests objected aud o could not act as he wished; but for that one tof earnestness which be displayed all Barope looked on with admiration, The abolition movement in this country Was a religious radicalism. ‘Those who believed in abolition left the churches because they would not worship with those who would uphold slavery. They respected the majesty of justice and acted wceordingly. WEXVOK, ‘The radical must not expect to be carried along on the current. He must be ready to bear the bamps and mishaps which might befall him, and to bail out bis boat at tines lest be might sink, He was a believer of the more Vital things and a great worshipper approach+ ing the reality of life. Tho greatest radicals of this gencration—Carlyle and Emerson—were worshippers, full of divine feeling and ecstacy, The radical was really vhe earnest man or woman, 8ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. CHRIST ANNOUNCES TO THE APOSTLES HI8 IN- ‘TENTION OF LEAVING THEM—SERMON BY | sulting of the tempest, as tola in St, Mark, ‘And there | Rev, Father Colton was the celebrant of the mass and Rev. Dr. McGlynn preached the sermon, The rever- end gentleman read the goepel of the day and from the forty-ninth chapter of Genesis, He said that the Church very appropriately appointed tho third Sunday atter Easter to commemorate the patronage of St. Joseph. When the Saviour told she Aposties He was about to leave them they were naturally filled with sadness, They could not bear the deprivation of His visible presence, having been so long in His company ructed, consoled and strongthened by His counsels, They haa been witnesses of his bitt ferings and cruel death, to His triamph over death aod to His transtiguration, The thought of separating from Him was, therefore, termble, But consoled them by saying it was necessary He return to His Father, and that their good required it The Church very fittingly also selected this Sunday for the commemoration of the patronuge of St. Joseph, the man who was selected by Hoaven to be the guar- dian and protector of the Saviour during His tn! ancy, youth and early manhood, She also appiled to St Joseph the words addressed by Jacob to his son Joseph in Genems. St Joseph was titted by nature and grace to be the foster tathor of the Saviour, and the latter according to Scripture, subject to him. her early history, was called upon to defend the divinity of Christ, and iater His humauit) He wad known only as the son of Joseph, the carpe: r, and in His resurrection shonid be supposed as sufli- cient proot of ity, St. Joseph, who bad he consolation of being the protector of the Saviour and of dying in His arms was justly selected as tne patron of the dying, and the present Pope had, by decree, proclaimed him ag patron of the universal Church, Jt was the opinion of theologians that God created and ordained euch one of us for a particulur state of life, for the miniatry, some for the cloister und yet , and by far the largest number, for secular pur. 11, Abd to each One He gave the graces necessary for his ‘respective State: but those graces should not be abused, tron or guardian was needea, No more fitting one could be chosen than St. Joseph, and the faitntui should not fail to avail themselves of his protection and intercession. At the close of the sermon Dr. McGlynn announced to the congregation that be had been appointed by His Eminence the Cardinal as his representative and that of the clergy of the diocese to the coming celebration in Rome, and that he would be absent from them for a few months He asked the prayers of the congrega- tion tor lie protection, and would in turn remomber them when at the sacred places he proposed visiting while away, In thé meantime Rev. Father Mc would take hig place ag pastor, FIFTH AVENUE REFORMED OHURCH. FAREWELL SERMON BY THE BEV. Dk, LUDLOW. The Rov. Dr. Ludlow preached an improi well sermon yesterday morning in the Reformed Dutch Church corner o!f Fifth avenue and Forty- eighth street, The text was taken from Deuteronomy, xxx,, '29—"I call heaven and earth to recora this day against you, that 1 havo set betore you life ana death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose hfe, uh both you and thy seed may live,” ‘The preacher said that this text contains the last sentenco of Moses’ farewel! to the people of Isracl, when the great leader resigned bis immense charge into the bands of God who gave it. This awiul appeal to the children of Israel was at the conclusion of a long and never to be forgotten career. Forty years had Moses spent im growitg up to man’s erfect acquiring a most proiound nowledge o learning and philosophy of his age; Jorty years bad be passed in bringing the chosen peo- ple 01 God out of the Jand of Egypt and up from the more years were devoted ‘o exclusive service of Jehovah, making thus 12 years of a life the richest 1» experience und wisdom imat Was over enjoyed by mun. The foundling of the Nile had become the foremost statesman and the great- ost instructor ol morals and of religion that was known to the ancient world. The reverend preacher gatherod from all bis Vast experience and most profound wisdom thoir ripened fruits, compressed them into the words of the text, and appeated to the congregation, saying, “lca: heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life aud death.” Let uns’ be written across the tablots of your memory, and bear witness to the lessons that have been taught you. Oh! men and Christians, mind forever your __ associations with the Church of Christ. Let the gift of lito through Jesus sbino forever with you and rest always in your hearis, The preacher had fulfilled the Now Testa- ment expressed by the mouth of St, Paul; he got jife before the people for them to choose between life and deata, Unsoivablo as was the divine doctrine of preor- dination the Scripture showed that salvation depends upon our own free will, God counselled us to choose the hght; we wero prayed todo it, He urged tho congregation with all earnestness to mark the blood posts of their hearts with the mark of light. It was ard, he said, to hoar @ person narrate how this or that estate belonged once to some old tamily nearly all of whose members wero gone; but “it was inexpressibly sad to know that some of our members may have left the inberitanee of that hie which was our privilege. ‘The preacher’s heart was carried away with those who have chosen the light and sat with him at the table of his Lord aud Master. ‘lf you remain in the Church,’ suid Dr. Ludlow, ‘stay within its limits; but if you leave {t for another go over heartily to that other Church. ‘The lines of influence and of sympathy be- tween pastor and peoplo bave gone out (rom the hearts of both, and, like the old geographical landmarks, point out the bounds of the preacher’s accomplished work, which shall sever be forgotten. You arc ull now cited, not 1n the preacnér’s name, but fn that of the Creator, who asks you to choose the light, ”” In conclusion, Dr. Ludiow made a moving appeal to his congregation to witness the labors of his eight years’ pastorate among them, He paid an eloquent iribute to their steadfastness In the faith, and called upon God and the good angela to bless them forever MEMORIAL PRESBYLERIAN CHURCH. “OTHER LIITLE SHIPS’—SERMON BY REY. © 8, ROBINSON, D. D. At the Memorial Presbyterian Church, yeeterday, the pastor, Rev. Charles S. Robingon, preached to a large congregation a characteristic sermon, taking as {ts text the remark which occurs in the story of the were also with him other little ships.”?_ The reverend gentieman used the passage in a very quaint and strik- ing manner to enforce the moral of bis sermon, He remarked that preachers and commentators dwell. ing upon the central figure in the story re- erred to had always overlooked the “other lutte ships” mentioned by the evangelist, From the fact that vo words of apy one in those ships bas been tecorded the preacher inferred th: they gave no thanks for the miracle which had saved them as well as the vessel op which were the apostles. in the old symbolism, he guid, the Church was always repre- sented asa ship. The only value the Church possesses, he added, 18 the presence of Christ, and the ouly efll- cacy the ship referred to by the apostle possessed on ‘Vhet occasion was the fact that Christ took passage im it. The reverend gentleman drew a parallel between the ingratitude of those “little sbips” which were bene- fited by the stilling of the sea and the attituae ot worldly persons toward the Church in our day. Ibe Church, he claimed, increased the thrift of people and consequently the productive power of tho world, and promoted every beneticent work. It built hospitals for the sick, reiugos for the reformation of delingdents and homes’ for the indigent. ‘The Sabbath school and the mission chapel established among the outcasts of society, reclaimed thousands and trained little children in the way they should go, who would otherwise be Drought up to lives of intumy. Church edifices and school houses always tncreased the value of property 1p their vicinity ia & material point of view and in count- less ways the Christian Church benefited mankind. The “htuie ships” outside the ship of the Church hi ever never acknowledged the benefits they deri from it and never coutributed anything toward | support, Tho reverend gentlemen contended that these worluly people, if they did not show their grati- tude to the Church by supporting it, should wt least not siander itas they too frequently do. Those who were in the boat with Jesus auring the storm men- Uened inthe filth chapter of 3 Mark, were satest, and so, 1n the storms which arise in this life, those who were by the side of Christ were safest. The preacher ended with an eloquent exhortation to attain to that position. A NEWARK CHUKCH NOVELTY. ‘The pulpit of the Church of the Redeemer, tho Uni- versalist church of Newark, N. J., was occupied last evening by Rev. Dr, B. B. M. Browne, a German Jew- ish rabbi, The apnouncement that be would preach attrneted a very large congregation, After the usual preliminary services, conducted by Dr. Forrester, the pastor of the church, Dr, Browne was introduced by tion of Genesis descriving Jacob's dream and closing with the words, ‘ihis 18 the Lord’s house’? After paying a high compliment to America and Americans the rabbi proceeded to speak upon the gencrai origin and characters of all religions, As in tho beginuing there was but one peopie so in the beginning there was but one religion. The speaker divided religion into three stages—the mythological, the theological, and the ethical, The origin oi the theological stage was duo to the fact that tuere were some men too lazy to work. These started theology, and played apon the credulity of the people. The rabbi, addressing him: self to the Old Testament and the sonsof Levi, w: very sovero on the priests. He spoke of prophets as teaonors, but the priests were mere ‘butchers,’ who “gave the Lord the worst parts of the sweriiice, and let the best go ino the theological stomuch.'’ fiia idea was Uthat theology was merely a business which mea foi- lowed fora living. They divided the people, and so succeeded, each in his own way, — The othical stago, however, was marching down on theology, In that stage the people thought and reasoned, and the result ‘was that all thowghtial and intelligent people were im- ued with the same fundamental principles of religion, The rabbi was listened to throaghout with deep wi tion, Frequently, by his bits at “tue priests,’’ he ox- cited laughter, ALFRED THE The Rev. Dr. Edward U. Fiagg, D. D., will doliver his popular lecture on ‘Alfred the Great’’ to-morrow GREAT, REY. DR. M'GLYNN. ‘'Yhe principal servico at St. Stepbon’s Church, Kast Twenty-elghth street, yesterday, was weil attended, evening, in the Rev, Dr. Wilson's Presbyterian Chureh, on Fitty-sixth street, near Broadway, before the Vab Norman Insitute, ‘This lecture will be tho him, The rabbi on reaching the pulpit read the por. | T LATE DR, MUHLENBERG. MEMORIAL SERMON BY REV. MR. WASHDUBNE. AtCalvary Ghurcb, corner of Fourth avevuo and ‘Twonty-first street, yesterday, Rev. Mr. Washburne preached an interesting memorial sermon on the lato Rev. Dr. Mubtenberg. The preacher said, in begin- ning his discourse, that he did not intend a eulogy of the dead philanthropist. ‘This would scarcely be in keoping in speaking of one the secret of whose power in life had lain mainty tn self-torgetiulness, He would speak of his deeds as they were, because it was well to pause and remember the life labors of sucha man whon he had passed away, ‘To many Dr. Mubien- berg must have seomed » dreamy philanthropist, but those who knew him best knew him for a profound thinker and one of the best representative mon of bis communion. He was, moreover, a man the poetic in, taitton of whose mind brought him beforeband to an tusight into religious truths that slow reasoning must have been at great painusin coming to. His was a deep though simple mind, preserving even in age that childlike freshness that belongs to the poet, His hymn, “1 would not live alway,’ will ever live in the hearts of those who truly love and appreciate the sweet songs of religion. He was im very truth a poet, but such 4 poet as wrought out his conception, not in words, but in living Obristian sweetn Dr. Mubien- berg was aChristian builder, There was nothing parti- gan in bis nature, It was his wish that his communion should bea reconciler of all religion, After dwelling at some Jength on the personality of the late philan- Uhropist Rev. Mr, Washburne went into a review of his life labors, hig many efforts and the measure of bis successes, Hehad named not a church hospital, but # hospital church, in which all Christians receive like attention, He also dwelt upon the good man’s breadih of character and liberaliuy of thought, which were such as to expose him at times.to the censure of the unthinking, aud bring pain to him who to have avoided censure in all Lis courso need only have been better known and more completely understoou. Rev. Mr. Washburne closed with @ high tribute to the memory of the dead philanthropist and Christian worker, whose white hair and genial smilie in his latter days seemed 10 bear about with them a benediction wherever he went. His last great work ts that from which the juture is expected to bring forth the richest barvesi—the Christian sndastrial community of 3st Jobnsland. This was his endeavor to provide cheap and comfortable homes tor ceserving families among the working people, to maintain for uged men in reduced circumstances a Nome, and to care and provide for friendiess children. In the midst of this community he was now sleeping, and as his household grew and strengthoned the future generations would learn to cherish and bless his memory. WOMAN IN FREEDOM. LECTURE BY PROFESSOR FELIX ADLER-—THE FRIEND OF MAN, THE FOE OF REFORM. Professor Felix@Adlor’s lecture before the Society tor Ethical Culture, at Standard Hall, Broudway, above Forty-second street, yesterday morning, was on the “Education of Woman in Freedom.” The ball was filled, and many of tho early male comers passed the waiting moments in reading the morning pupers. ‘These were put away when tho Professor made his ap- pearance, and earnest attention givon bim throughout, The thoughttul person, said Professor Adler, who has the happiness of the human raco at heart, cannot deny that women exercise a vast influence both for good and evil, Whatever charms the heart or appeuls to the sympathies belongs to them, They are te guardians of morality. They aro also the most formi- dable opponents of progress, and from time to time have been the greatest allios of priesteralt and spirit- ual despotism, ‘They have proved a stumbling block in the way of reform, Their subtle power, they know 80 well how to use over husbands, brothers and friends, has placed thom in the front ranks as enemies of aq- vancement in the great issues of the duy. The question of momentous significance, therefore is, Can we make these foes our friends? To measure tho chances of success, the Professor deemed it necessary to refor Nurriedly to the whole social system and its workings, He touched upon the condition of abjoct siavery. in which women were centuries ago, but as civilization advanced the marriago bond became firmer and creuted @ degree of symwpatuy that brought forth gooa fruit, WOMEN AND CHRISTIANITY, Tho influence of Curistianity upon woman has been twotoid and in opposite directions. On the one hand i guve her a position second only to the firmament. They were great alles of Christianity and thetr names are bright among the list of martyrs. It cannot be de- nied, however, that the Church in the early day: looked with contempt upon the marriage bouds, T celibacy of the clergy was established and the shock. ing irreguiarities that followed its institution peed not be referred to, though the deteriorating influence it had upou.the dignity of women was terrible. Tne ae of cnivairy made amends for much of that evil, and tho time came when women were reverenced as the queens of the graces, In all these stages Of progress oue point is conspicucus to the eyo, (hut ts, the miser- able belief in woman’s inferiority to man, WOMAN AND LABOR. The many disabiljties women labor under have made her iu part assume the hostile attitude she bas shown to reform. Remove ther d you will remove the stumbling block they havo erected vo ail liberal ideas, ‘A woman's empire is hor feclings. Tnoy are her weapons. To make headway with the sex you must counterbalance tha feolings by education. She must ‘be no longer inferior, but equal with man. Kquality does not mean similarity; but give her the chance to develop her own, talents, even as mau has wn oppor- tunity to develop bis, It 1 said that her physical woukness stands in the way of this. The lecturor was not aware that such was the case. She is not expected to take part in the more trying branches of manual labor, though it is.a humiliating admission that to-day she has moro than her share of hard work, The idea that a woman’s brain is too small for such education ia also fallacious, What a woman jg no one knows, not even herself. ul we uailow her to enter the tuctory and fleld te it Just that the bigher branches of livelihood are do- nied her? Is itnotcruel? In those institutions with which the lecturer was familiar, where the higher walks of education were open to the female sex, the progress wus very encouraging. Thero 1s no danger that womun will encroach upon the domain of man’s labor, Should she undertake what she is not adapted to perform lure will be the result, The fittest will gurvive, The demand of higher cultare ts necessary for the wile and mother. The usual education of the girl is false, She is trained to becomo the agreoabie Companion and not the partuer. When school lilo is over, in the majority of cases, she stops into a world of pleasure and flattery, 1s it surprising \hat their bar- Fen minds then receive so much (hat is burtiul? Is it surprising that much of their conversation is made up of shreds torn from other reputations? Is it sure prising that they often cast themselves down Leiore valgar idols? REVORM HER EDUCATION. To make woman capable ot ‘uililling all the func- tions of a full pariner of map, aud not only an agree fuble companion, cducational reform 1s rst necded, Woman should understand the age in which she lives and the questions which agitate it, Her knowledge ot bistory aod of her own language, not trom dry text Dooks, but from the living words of the day, should be evlarged, She should be able to pass an intellectual Judgipent upon the political questions of the day which NoW agitate the great majority of men. She should Know something of political science. It behooves her fo become acquamted with) the human body. Mugh sickness and even deat» may be averted by a little knowledge of this kind, This wide scope of instructior will not detract from the sweetness which gives to woman her charm. ier mind will be strengthened, and she will tp the futuro be less Hable to be deceived by fictitious appeals to ner feelings. The great problem of our time ts to cut adrift from authority and to depena more on self-reliance. Now man ts piaced upon his own responsibility, anu to him belongs tbe proviem of working out his own con- dition, As the mass of women have been the great mont in the progress of religion, so they have been the joremost sud etahchest allies and steadiast friends of reform. Great things may be expected tp modern society of wuich we have only a dim concep- tion, Women's views will be sought They will be- come & power, yet still possess all the sweet and lovely qualities which have over veen so charming, The Professor sat down amid applause. WRECKED AT THE BATTERY. 4 SLEEPING PILOT RUNS HIS TUGBOAT AGAINST PIER 1, NORTH RIVER—THB VESSEL SUNK, Mr. Thomas Jackson, attached to the Dock Depart- ment, and a watcbman in the dorrick at new pier No, 1, North River, beard a loud noise yesterday morning at five o’clock, in his immediate neighborhood, and Several men shonting, He ran out of the derrick and Saw that the tugboat Niagara had just siruck tho pew | Bis near its end and about 300 (et from where the ; Inman steamer City of Limerick ran into it some that the tugboat, which was heading up North River when she struck, was driven some forty feet, There was a strong ebb tide running thé time and she continued to drift down toward the attwery, Her Gres were svon pul out and she began king rapidly, ‘I continued close to her,” suid Mr, jackson to M HERALD reporter, “ior | was’ a helping to save the me lives and also get the name of the ¥ | in case she had injurod our pier,” When she very where she is now lying [ helped to make fast her lines, The explanation of the wreck, so the Cap- tain told me, fs that he had beon ap all the night pre- vious and that he bad placed one of the hands in charge of the wheel whils he laid down to rest, and that the man had fallen asieop."” The vessel's hull was utterly rained by the collision, but the machinery was uninjured, She will doubtiess be raised in a few days, 5 To tne Eprrok ov tHe Hera In your report of the gambling case before Judge Morgan, at Harlem, published this Dune, {t 1s stated, testified to having seen me in com- pany with to complainant, Mr. Jordan. I desire to spoken to him, nor have I ever communicated with him, directly of indirectiy, im my life, Neither do I and is spoken of as being most know the defendants, Messrs, Gauge, Daly or Parsons, AvRIt 22, MC, STANLY, years ago. The force of the collision was so great | burning paper threw a ghastly light on tho terrible ous of | for the combat. jank of the Bat- | day, Mr. John | learned that on Saturday afternoon the demented m: state that I do not know Mr, Jordan; have never | money, but Voth strongly protested that they bad no | from the madman. } | SALVATION AT AUCTION. A Wealthy Merchant Goes Med and Stars t Wonderful Religion, = GREENBACKS FOR SAVED SINNERS, A Nightlong Sermon in a Novelty Store Ends in a Fight for hife, _— ooo The last straggling remnauta of the large brigade of Saturday night “drunke’’ were being ranged in front of the judicial bench at the Tombs Polico'Court yestor- day for sentence, when a series of unearthly howls came [rd the prisoners’ pou, causing’ the audience to start in astonishinent. The Judge looked amazed and suspended proceedings, and the police rushed to the pen to ascertain sue source of the extraordinary sounds. Peering through the sliding window Sergoans Woodruff saw « solitary prisoner standing near the wall, Micalating wildly and bowling at the top of bis voice Presently bis yells be came intelligible, Hae appeared to be addressing an imaginary German companion, to whom he ascribed all the vices incident to the most hardened criminal, and on whose head ho called down impreca- tions of the most shocking nature. After each suce cessive imprecation he paused fora reply, ana receiv. ing none, broke forth more violently than vefore against his unseen companion, accusing him of rank cowardice in refusing to answer, This being equally unsuccesstu! in provoking a reply be delivered @ sttnging invective against thg entire Gorman !race, branding one and all as deficient in all the known social, moral and religious virtues. After listening awhile to the strange barangue the Sergeant entered and remonstrated with the prisoner, but it only had the effect of making him more violent than ever, and it was finally found necessary to re- move him: from the pen by force, a taek that proved far Irom ensy owing to the man’s strength, On boing placed at the bar he calmed somewhat, and gave his namo as Martin Higgins, but he quickly grew violent again, and the poiico were ob liged to carry him to the Tombs, whero he was examined by the Prison Surgeon, who pronounced him insane, The unfortunate man presented the appear. ance of @ person of education and means. He was about forty-five years of age and of medium build. His clothing was new and expensive and he carrid @ massive gold watch and chun, He wore a full biack beard and his features were clear and expressive. His black, restless eyes denoted former business acute. ness. The charge on which be had been arrested was that of insanity, Officer M'nk, of the Fourth precinct, wh made the arrest, testitying that when found be was praying aloud in a Chatbam street office tor the con. version of the inmates, One-of the latter, u sr, Powell, handed the magistrate (Judge Flammer) the man’s pocketbook, which contatued $3,106 24, which he (Powell) bad taken from him.the night previous to prevent him from destroying it The money waa taken charge of by the Court to await the finding of the owner’s friends or relatives, THE POLICK AT WORK. Not satistied that the unfortunate man had not deen flecced by some sharpers who might have come across him, Captain Murray personaily took charge of the case and proceeded to investigate, He first learned that the man resided tn Brooklyn, at No. 100 Ryerson sireot, and Was supposed to be possessed of consider- ablo property, naving ut ono time been heavily engaged in the sugar and molasses trade, in which be had ac. cumulated a fortune. Four bank books were found among his effects, representing $160,000, On Monday last he entered the oilice of Rorer & Powell, at No 92 Chatham street. The firm mentioned are announced on their bandbills as agents for novelties. Higgins purchased $13 worth of goods and returned the follows ing day and appeared anxious, according to the firm’s story, to enter into partnership. A few days afterward Mr, Powell states be culled on tho legal adviser of Mr, Higgins, who assured him that while Mr, Higgins had ‘at one time been considered a Iittle deranged he wa: Aroty, competent to look after his business interests, in Friday iast Higging again came to their place of business and proposed to purchase the interest of Mr, Rorer, which that person offered to sell tor $300. Tho money was paid and a receipt given, Higgins slept? their office y night. 4 NOVEL IDBA FOR CLERGYAEY. On Saturduy night, while there were present tn the room Rorer, Powell, a Sir. Carr, Mr. Westiall and ans other man whose oame 18 unknown, Higgins created gome consternation by bolting the door aud advano- ing on the persons present with threatoning gosturea, ‘Their fears, however, were speedily aliayed, tor draw. ing from his pocket & plethoric pocketbook, he laid it onthe counter and slapping it with his hand sald:— “] now propose to preach to you a sermon on Chris- tlanity; but, uulike the ordinary run vf ministers, I do not believe iu the principle that the congregation should pay their preacher. 1 believe that the pi her should pay his congregution for listening to Bim, and ° in proof of my sincerity 1 shall pay to each of you wha listen to me continuously for one hoar*the sum of $10.” The demented: man here emphasizea his sine cerity by taking a-roil of bills trom his pocket book and placing them on the counter, The congrega- tion seemed pleased with the plan, and r 'd quietiy jn their seats to carn thé $10. Thé speaker cleared his throat and commenced by warning thein that they were allon the sure road to perdition, still he had hopes of saving them. He then descanted on the many siuful practices of the present generation, and gradually worked himselt up into a fever of religious enthusiasm, RAISING THR PRICK, After tho impromptu preucher had been speaking congregation grew tired, and yawningly signified bis mtention of retiring and forfeiting his chance of both spiritual and monetary reward, This appeured to greatiy tmoonse the ao mented man, who sharply repued:— “Ab, I see $10 is not enough to keep your sinlui atten:ion. ‘Then, bettold, | make tt $100 a man.” 'he individual who yawned here brushed himsel! up and said that be guessed be would stand it, Twenty minutes more o: indignant deuunctation of sia and another of the congrogation gave it up and quietly slipped out of the door, Whep Higgins discovered his absence he became exceedingly angry, saying:— ‘This is a battle with Satan, but I shall win. Ono hundred dollars, I sce, is not enough. is $200 for cach mana who continues to listen,’ and the speaker counted out four rolls of $200 cach. ‘The congregation now grew interested and for a long time the ublortanate man continued his exhortations uninterruptedly, but at last, while he was in the midst ol a vivid description of Paradise, another sinner made his escape. Higgins looked around on his thinned au- eo und with a smile remarked :— Very good, Thea it shall be $500 to each man,” and he separated the money into three piles of $500 ‘his seemed to satisfy the congregation, ana the preacher continued for two hours longer. At the end of that time another defection took pace through the ollice door, leaving the demented man with Rover and Powell his only auditors, who were pretty well worn out The speaker, however, appeared as tresh as when he bad beguo, and be immediately proceeded to en- courage his ‘remaining hearers by separating the money into two piles of $1,000 each, which ho prom- sed them at the end of his sermon. Powell settled himself on the sofa and shouted “Go ahead,” while Rover pulled his bat over his eyes and Jeuned bis feet on the window sill, apparently deter. mined to see tout, It was pow near midnight, and the wearied auditors looked significantly at the small quantity of oi in the Jamp. LIGHTING THB ROOM WITH GRERNBACKS, Gradually tue light grow dimmer, and the flickering glare told of a speedy end of the misery; but the insa Man was not to be thus thwarted, tor, when at last the lamp ceased to burn, bo gathered up old newsp: aud, placing them on the stove, set them on fire. congregation grew frantic and remonstrated, but the preacher was firm. “Your souls must be saved,” he said, “no matter what the cost”? ‘As he spoke he clutched a bandful of greenbacks, one of which could be distinctly seen to be of the de nomination of and vcore his astonished com papious could interpose Re had set them on fire, They were speedily consutned, “Now,’' he continued in aloud vorce, ‘we aro ready for heaven." A TRRRIDLE STRUGGLE Lying at the further end of the counter wero tw table knives, somewhat dull, but still dangerous pons {b the bands of « desperate inan. The Junatia spied them as he spoke the words, and in a momont they were in bis hands, The dying glimmer of the scone The madman’s eyes glared wildly about bim, He was in dead earnest. Boh men were unarmed. To rosh upon bim was doath, at least to one, Escape was cut of, aa the wily madman stood with his back to the door while he grated the blades together sharpening them Rover seized a chair and converted it into a shield, while Powell lost no time in getting behind the sofa, “Are you read; came in a ghustly underto! he men looked wistfully at tne windows, but the sidewalk was too far below. In @ mument the innatic sprang [rom his place at tbe door and advanced on the man belind the sofa. Rover hurled his chair at him and.botn followed it up by & simultaneous attack and disermed him. They then bound him to the sofa and the danger was past. RELIEVED BY TUK POLICE. At eight o'clock yesterday morning they sent for the pohee and soon Oficer Mink arrived. Tho demented inan had in the meantime become quite caim, and asked the privilege of being allowed to pray. Thi Uhey granted him, wud when tbe oilicer arrived be wi k 4 and praying. | In the myustigation of the ¢ Captain Murray had purchased (wo suits of clothing tor Mr, Carr am ior bimself. The Captain questioned Rover an on | Powell closely with regard to tue unortanate man’ | vaken any advantage of him, Tho friends of the | sane mah were commanicated with yesterday altel noon, and he will probably be committed to-duy to ‘unatic asylum,