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g NEW THE GOSPEL. Spiritual Advice from Prominent Pastors. THE SAVIOUR’S LOVE Relations and Duties of Chris- tians to Society. CONTEST AND REWARD. The Charge of Shiftlessness in the Public Schools. DISCIPLES. | BY CHURCH OF HEROD AND JOHN THE BAPTIST iT GEORGE H. HEPWORTH A verse in the narrative in St. Mark’s Gospel of the relations of John the Baptist to Herod was chosen by Mr. Hepworth yesterday morning as the text of a ser- mon on religious influences. It reads as tollows:— “For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man, and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him he did many things, and heard him ‘ourse Mr, Hepworth to linger here THE SERMON his dis brethren, for us the attitude of these two bare acters toward each other—Herod, the ‘Letrareh of Galilee, and John, the enthusiast and devotee. Herod master in’ the physical realm, but John was master in the realm of spirit. ‘The physical feared the spiritual. A lie always feared the truth. It was not the man, but what the man represented, that Herod feared. He could, by a word, have had John removed from his side; but from his heart, never. He might flourish the sword and pre- sent the prophet’s head in a charger to his favorite, but though the lips were sealed the voice would speak. Thave often been terrified by the autocracy of truth, The despot will have his own way, and yet successful resistance is ont of the question. Truth will prevail at last, in spite of all opponents. The one only thing that lasts long and remains stead- fast is truth; everything else necessarily gives way. No truth that has ever been nittered, no fact that has ever been broached, is lost. ‘They are to be found somewhere in our government, In opening will be well, awhile to note was somewhere in our history, somewhere in our insti- tutions, re in our literature, and somewhere in onr rel There is no falsity in our present time but when it is tested will prove tobe worthless. It isa wonderful fact that truth is stronger than man is, and he must obey its mandates at any hazard. The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceed- ing tine. We have only to turn over the pages of history to find th perience corroborated again and again. The great men of the world have never been judged rightly by their own age, but by a succeeding one. Everything that a rich man did was right to the one who wanted some of his riches. Every public act of a renowned prime minis- ter is right to all those who are willing to bend the pregnant knee to obtain the Minister's favors. The King do no wrong to those who live under the influence of his favors. History judges of men ac- cording to ajuet standard. This is shown in your life as it is in mine. If we speak candidly we are compelled to admit that a lie has never served us well. All experience corroborates the statement of the law of God, that in the long run that success is the most satisfactory which has the strongest foundation in righteousness and purity of character. How cu- rious it ix to the casual observer, but how natural to the believer, that the world always hates the truth- teller. The reason of this is found in the fact that if our Lives were sbove suspicion the truth might be told without a blush, CHRIST CRUCIFIED. I, for one, do not wonder that Christ was crucified. He was crucified becanse he told the trath. He went into the temple and swept the business inen into the He ed at the ecclesiastics) officers of the id pointed the finger of scorn ut them because y professed to be what they w He said to peop! “You can never have od fortune in Jerusalem until you have justice in Hebrew hearts.” Ne did not care that men should seem to be; his am- vition was that men should really be, ‘The business men at Jerusalem said, “This thing won't do,” and a tumult was raised’ against Christ, and’ they cried out “Cracity him! crucify him!” Mr. Hep- worth then went on to explain that if Christ were to come to “our much loved city of New York,” and with the power of omnipotence in his arm were to sweep away onr methods of doing business, to correct the abuses in our churches, it would be a kind of re- form that would not be popular. Some of the wise men wot say that this would never do in this nine- y, and that it was pure fanaticism and Mr. Hepworth said:—I doubt ud has evet in which he wonld he than he did in Jerusale THE WORLD 18 WATCHING. ‘The preacher then proceeded to the second part of We a i, he said, “that Herod observed t was worthy of the attention of church world was watching them as Herod ght to expect certain things from John just as the world has a right to expect ngs from church members. Christianity forming power, and if we really received lives it would ‘transform us, Herod said, eceived # better reception also, that he had observed John gladly, and that he tid many thi That was icablé to men of the world. Christianity had so much good news in it that @il could hear it gladly and listen to its proclama- tion respectfully. Even the infidel hopex that these » and that, somehow or other, the gates rusalem shall swing right open, and bis But it we not tor Christ we were ing notion am: way or anoth not indor taterial things that waa left in xo happy ondditi They wonld repudiate a man who acted a though truthtelling was good for everybody else, nut that be who practised lying should have his as much respected 4 not deceived; God is not mocked.” PLYMOUTH CHURCH. THR RELATIONS AND DUTTES OF CHRISTIANS 'TO HURCH TO SOCIETY—SERMON BY HENRY WARD BEECHER. Paul's remark to the Corinthian Christian ow Je are the body of Christ and members in particular’’— formed t xt of Mr. Beocher’« discourse yester- day. This remark, he suid, applied to Gentile life in t brilliant and most corrapt city of antiquity. tian Church sprang f years ufter Christ thi THE AND REV the was uo Christian Jewish, aud reb as distingui#hed from the Jewish organiza- the Christian Chureh occupied the sume rela- ion to the Jewish that the Wesleyan Episcopacy did the Episcopal Church in England so long as Wesley and his followers belonged to the great Eng- li. When the aposties went outside of Pales- netructed the synagogue, and there has © whether they reconstructed it as a , an episcopacy or # congregational questioned whether it the ow Church was d the people, jecher himself He suppe 0 itwelf and adapted to th therefore unlike any before or since, Churches all necessarily change or they would perish, Paul's ides of a Christian Church was wny body of ten oyether in r to help one enother and th ier view of Christ, and of a Christian Chureb, first tection of 1, through their Collectively the r, acting upon the of a divine life is e lamt in ten thous tion of 8 church there were tw follow ing he methodical language of the Seripture, regards the Church as a kingdom, and the other regards it as a | Bonsehold. ‘The first wax untenable except by a form | of theoeracy which swallowed up every occupation | aud industrial pursuit, and made the Chureh take | sure of the whole community. This was the first Jewish idea, and that there wax no staw outside of the Chareh, This form failed, although tried unde tiost favorable circumstances, and could never be re- How: ver, this idea of sd theoermey still newed EXTENT OF THE CFERCH'S INPLUENCE | it wow 1 sd’s idea that the time would come when the h would sw other form of external hh to this idea was made Many pros parts « formed outeide of the Church influences ip the housebold at Tho formation of one's entire inside the Church was only possible in # monastery or # con- | vent. Many good rm fused to act outside of the Choreh and rep wked to join in any charitable under “This is a work for the cChaveh: the Charch should do thie.” Mr. Beecher ail this wax entirely contrary to the spirit of the Sew Testa aud God snuffe at it--langhs at @ coutinued, cannot provide fox the i& 6A Chureb, | when they social wants of men, and it is preposterous to at it. It is a good thing, howe to bring poop! together: anything which brought them togettier did xcept Whiskey, which was not un evangelizing ». Yet while churches should have parlors and give entertainments, it should be understood that | this was only a part of the interior economy of the ebureh for its Own members, and not for the com- munity at large. Men ask me, continued Mr. Beecher, if they may play cards. I say if at home, in the pres- ence of their mothers, yes; if coming down the Mis- sissippi in @ flatboat, no, May «man dance? Cer- tainly, but not at a funeral. Tul outioor quae, sib letic sports, rowing, ball matches, &c., ought to be encouraged for the sake of the health they promote, and the Chureh ought to favor them, bat not provide them, THE “HOUSEHOLD” FORM, The second idea of the Church was that of the household—men brought together, animated by a common idea of life in Jesus Christ. That was the anic centre and germ-form of Church life upon the New Testament basis. A church should be like a stove, radiating heat to those out f it, or like a light whose beams are shed abroad, “If there is an electric light on the Heap building.” said the preacher, “I can see my way half the length of Broad- way. Itix not necessary for me to be within the building to obtain the benetit of the light.” Men come into a church under an implied obligation to work for the good of their fellow members and of the commu- nity around them, contributing to that end of the gifts which God has given to them. But there are men that enter churches as they do hotels. They re- gard the church a sort of Lord's hotel, where they eu- joy the nusic and think there is nothing to pay except when the basket is passed around, aud then they drop in a ten-cent pieece—it they don't happen to have any pennies about them, Such men often go to church three times on Sunday and half a dozen times during the week, hey become like fine camellias, very showy and very odoriess. They enjoy the music and the preac ve great receptivity, ing and ee and but no projectivity: they are like sponges, they suck continually and then squirt out, leaving themselves empty and dry, whereas the command ot the Master “Freely ye bh: ‘ived; freely give.” SG PRAYERS '” the long and artistically prayers so often made, nd condemne: as not only useless, but positively miseh: as discouraging those who « ‘The best prayer he knew U's Pr: after that the publica: Lord be merciful to me, & The man who by his conversation, his actions, bis example, influenced those around him for good, prayed m stually, though fmeajmble of composing a sentenee grammatically, There were thousands of men like sacks—all of a heap when lett alone, but able to stand when filled—and there should be fillers of these. In conclusion Mr. Beecher in- dicated the in which professional men of various kinds could exert an elevating intluence upon their fellow men, MASONIC TEMPLE. THE FAITH OF" JESUS—SERMON BY MR. 0. B. FROTHINGHAM. Mr. 0. B. Frothingham preached in the Masonic Temple on ‘The Faith of Jesus.” Among other things the preacher said that an obvious distinction must be made between faith and belief. Belief belongs to the region of rational criticism; faith to conscience and conviction alone. Many may be great believers, but lack the inward consciousness of faith and fail in it. Many may possess a Quixotic faith that would enable them to project an image on generations after their death and yet be indifferent believers. The essence of power goes with faith, and the men who have moved the world have not always been wise or of profound understanding, but of unshakable faith, Jesus was one of these, and His immediate disciples, as well as the Apostle Paul, were thrilled all over with the force of His per- sonal magnetism. Yet 150 years after He lived there was in Christianity hardly a trace of the personal character of Jesus. All the interests of Christendom were concentrated to the building ap of a dogma and the establishing of a church, The Roman Chureh put a ban upon the acquisition of scriptural knowledge, and the Reformation unclasped the covers of the Bible, showing to the world the revelations of the New Testament. Thus all Christendom came to learn the scriptural idea of Jesus, and to speak of Him in the same terms, while differing in opinion as to the offices and attributes of the Christ. The eminent advocate of ethical culture in this city, while not himself a Chrisgian, in one of his remarkable public discourses, paid the noblest possible tribute to the character of Jesus, showing Him to be a singularly felicitous and unapproachable noble ¢haracter. CHRIST'S SIMPLICITY. Hir/character was simple and sincere, without spot or bldmish. He did not preach one gospel and live an- other, There was an entire agreement throughout between the man’s character and ideas. As a contrast with the actions of Christ the speaker related an an- ecedote of a well kuown Massachusetts social- ist, who «aid that it was all well enough to yo among the poor if it were not so offensive to the nostrils. The preacher claimed that Jesus never said such a thing aa this. ‘The great Muster sat among the poor with the same dignity and composure as though He were with ings. ‘He took the leper by the hand and the degraded woman was not insulted by Him. So complaint was ever addressed to Him in vain. All His iuvectives were against those who kept men down: inst the Pharisees who robbed them, so that t rulers in Israel turned their backs upon Him. Mr. Frothingham here related the story of the wealthy Pharisee who had invited Jesus to dinner, and how the noto- rious woman went to the house, threw herself at His feet, washed them with her tears, dried them with her hair and anointed Him with precious oil; how the master of the ceremonies regarded her actions with scorn, and bow Jesus cast no unkind look at the fallen creature. He said to the wealthy Pharisee:—{ came to your house a guest, and you have given me & place at’ your banquet; but this woman, whom you all scorn, has given me more than you would, for she has given me all she poss therefore her sins, for she is @ sinner, are forgiven.” The Jesus who could do that is infinitely greater than the thousands of persons who think themselves capable of criticising Him. The meek yet majestic bearing of Jesus before Pilate was next dwelt upon in glowing terms by the speaker, who continued to point out by quotations trom Scripture that hardly a word or an idea dropped from the mouth of Jesus that was not borrowed from the Old ‘Testament, even to the very words of the Lord's Prayer. If He was the Messiah, and He believed firmly that He was, He was greatest in the world of the gods, not as agod merely, but ax the God of the He- brew people. It is often said that I lared God to be a Father, a declaration which coincides with what Malachi said four hundred years before the time of Jesus, Christ’ looked” upon the world through its heart, aud He was a tremendous lover of its kind. He pitied the sorrow of the world that His father in Heaven might pity it the more. The moment Jesus tarned away from those who were sinned against to those who sinned, the lightnings broke from His Israelitish soul, and’ God was then the stern avenger. ob SPIRITS AND BAD. in good and in bad spirits; in legions Is. In the Talmud it is written os to see the spirits of the dead to tread lest they “sus ascribed epilepsy and cata- » apirits, and believed Jesus believe around them t might harm t) lepay to the influenc that power was over these demons and that He cowld cast them out. He did not believe, as we do, in an ab- solnte God. He’ was no philosopher nor man of science, but a man of heart, and looked upon God through His feelings, but when he looked with His conscience then Jehovah became the awful, angry God of Israel. He would be a restoration of the Jews, but i ne Kueh idea of immortality as we do now. The restoration of the kingdom was to take place then and there in Jerusalem under Him. He did not believe in Chris- tianity as we do; He couid not have been a member of any chureh from the time of Luther till now, for there was no place He could put His foot on. Jesus did not believe in the immortality of the soul ax we believe in it. He believed only in the restoration of the Jews, but that He — believed cited the passage Son of Man is po: the dwellers of t grouped about Hint, the sheep on the right hand and the goats on the left. The speaker contended that no such terrible words had ever fallen from the lips of when He uttered the sentence cursed, int his angel cognized and suc Christ Hinwelf said NOT SCLENTIVIC Mr. Frothingham contended that no present be- liever would dare to speak such words now, and he thought that the belief of Jesus with regard to a fu- ture state was narrow and cirenmecribed by the preju dices of His Hebrew education. He wax aman of tremendous power of personality; uot an authority in any of the » but only indixputably great in the grand quest own age, whe disposition ix YORK HERALD, M veund heart de ortal person Jesus, and we head in | ence to the universality of His 1 We can | er cease to reverence and love this being who has | pened to all men the kingde heaven, where everything js pure and unselfieh, “Lam,” conchided the «peaker, “far from believing that Jesus cau ever be forgotten or snperseder HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. THE SAVIOUR'S GREAT LOVE FOR CHILDREN— SEKMON BY REV, Dit. §, BH. TYNG, BR, Tam here, not in the ordinary way, said the elder Dr, Tyny in his son's church in the afternoon, but for the special purpose of addressing the youth of this flock, His remarks to the young folk of the flock were, he said, suggested by the words of Jesus unto Simon Peter, whieh St. 4 twenty-first chapter, fifteenth ver had dined, Simon son of Jonus, love He saith unto him, Yea, Lord love th, He saith unto iim, ‘The reverend Doctor said that it was bis y) hn nerrates in th , as follows : swith to Simon P ime tore than the thou knowest that ure to find so many both young and old in the church notwithstanding that it had been announced that he Would address his remarks particularly to the young. What he might haye to say would in a degree relate to both classes of his listeners, Human life, he said, was like a ring, and inthe pty of its ities, as in the present instance, it found its development. When after the dinner referred to in the text Jesus said to Peter, “Feed my lambs,” he = is- sued an injunction whith is binding to this day op his Gospel servants. It was not literally meant that Peter and | those who were afterward to be advanced to do the work and bidding of the Lord should feed flocks; but that they should preach and give to the young the Word and the Life. To tell them that the Saviour was born for them, that He wept for them; that He thought and yet thinks of them; to tell them that He said ‘Suffer little children to come unto me and for- bid them not.’ The duty of the clergy to-day is to instruct the on concerning the Saviour, and by uereasing the know ace ot mag! their love and prepare them for the great trial of life which lies before. Dn pg al aa t is the great and happy privilege o! stor’s life to, be intimate with the young; 3 hear an them little Contidences that are youchsafed to no one else; to early discover the bent of the mind and give it a good inclination; to encourage it in the proper way, und when it is perverse lead it into proper channels. It is not sufficient for a pastor to be willing to die for his charge, for that effort, after all, would only be a brief one; he must be willing to live his life for it and grumble not when weary. He must forever keep on telling the " doubt- ing, the downeast and the hopeless that there is one ear that is ever open to hear complaints, one hand ever ready to protect, one heart always full of sympathy and one power to answer prayer. The young cannot too highly appreciute the privilege of being eminent in the love of the Saviour. He has or- dained the youth of man to be full of enjoyment and void of care. The happy homes, the ly joys, the pleasures, the very ease of life in its morning ure due to the special love of the Saviour, More precious far than the ins of this world and this life is the love of the Lord and Saviour. It is never too soon for the child to love Jesus, I think that they are capable of loving Him quite us early as they learn to love any human thing. ‘There is no special privilege in this regard for mature peo- ple, tor the young are capable of as great and as dis- interested ous any of them. No great revival of religious feeling in the Church passes over the heads of the young. So sure as it comes it reaches them, and they respond. What, at this moment, prevents any youth in the congregation from announcing that he belongs to Jesus, and that he will xpend bis ite in His service ? Nothing but the native rebelliousness of the human nature that is in them, THOUGH ADVERSITY. "The doctor declared that in his fifty-nine years’ ex- perience us a minister he had seen many instances of children professing a love for Jesus Christ without the slightest home inducement. Many times, in fact, he had heard the professions from children who at home had adverse examples and influences. If these things were frequent and possible, why should not those with happy homes and good examples on all sides profess at once for Jesus ? FIFTH AV. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST—SERMON BY REV. JOHN HALL. The Rey. John Hall, at the Fifth Avenue Presby- terian Church, yesterday morning, preached from the well known text, “Tho grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, amen;” and expounded the re- lations between Divine “grace” and human forgive- ness. In his introductory remarks he touched closely upon what his congregation’ evidently under- stood to be an allusion to the Stewart grave robbery, for he said there were crimes so vile, so infamous, 60 desecrating that the eseape of the criminals and their immunity from punishment was to be looked upon as an outrage upon our civilization and a shame to ‘our people. Dr. Hall defined the true quality of grace. There was such a thing as real and ubstract justic A wise ruler, for instance, would never step between a crimi- nal and his punishment from a mere impulse of the heart, from good nature or amiable pity. but only when he thought that the dignity of the law and the interests of justice could be sustained without the in- fliction of further punishment. A wise ruler would only interpose for good and sufficient reasons in- telligible to the mass of reasonable men. It was so with God, who, though He was omnipotent, did not save men merely from amiable pity and good nature, but, like a wise ruler, knew how to combine mercy with justice. QUALITY OF DIVINE GRACE. It was therefore that He was called the God of Grace and of Salvation, and Jesus Christ was His free and voluntary agent of salvation. His grace was not the impulse,of the heart, it ,was not fickle or changeable. He did not take up His work hurriedly; but He who became incarnate in_ His love for us re- tained His deep) and steadfast affection when those whom He had loved became His murderers and exccutioners, In the text the word “grace” implied knowledge of and sympathy with the condition of His disciples and ability to give them relief. Sup- pose a young man driving past the churches on Fifth avenue was stopped on Sunday and asked to step inand receive the grace of Jesus Christ. He, full of the buoyancy of physical enjoyment, would probably laugh at ‘the idea, for there were men not receptive to this grace, who felt no need of it. His disciples only felt need of it. said some, “though we may not be His disciples, we do not dislike Him, and rather reverence Him. Why should we then be excluded from the divine grace ?” Not because He lacks grace, but because you lack meckness, Suppose a man sought a church only from social or commercial purposes. The Chureh or the minister could not search his heart, but God could. Hoe knew everybody's true belief and desire, and accord- ing to their beliefs and desires it would be unto them. ‘Lhe reverend preacher quoted many well-known say: ings from the Bible to demonstrate the truth of this proposition, SPIRITUAL HELP IN DISTRESS. But how did the grace operat ciples receive it? Suppose and distress and a true friend degrade or humiliate you, but to lift y: vate you, would you not feel an attach; How’ cordially you would be appreciative of his services! Suppose you are in a position of ap- parently inextricable difficulty and a friend comes and by calmly talking over your situation suggests means of relief and sets your mind to work, how grateful you would be to him. So it was with the Lord when He came close to the believer's heart, and brought His sympathy and love and inspiration with Him to confer His grace in the saddest distress, in sickness, in bereavement, in pain and even in the hours of death, THIRD REFORMED PRES. CHURCH. FIRSE SERVICE SINCE ITS DESTRUCTION BY FIRE—TRUE CHRISTIAN WORSHIP SERMON BY REV, DAVID GREGG, The Third Reformed Presbyterian Church, in ‘Twenty-third street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, Which was destroyed by fire on February 17 last, has been rebuilt and was reopened yesterday, The Rev. David Gregg, for mauy years the pastor, oceupied the pulpit. Before the sermon Mr. Gregg hastily sketched the history of the congregation. It took its present name March 16, 1848, having sep- arated from the Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, A regular organization was perfected a few months later, and the Rey, John Little was installed as the first regular pas- tor in June, 1849. Me remained until February, 185%, and in Angust, 1865, the 1K D. Williams wes called and had charge of the church for a while, 1a May, 1856, the Rev. J. R. W. Sloane, D. D., was in- pastor, when the present site of the edifice was i. On the first Sabbath in February, 1860, the church wax opened, and the Goxpel was preached therein from that time watil its destruction last win- ter. Dr, Sloane remained pastor until October 29, 1868, when he resigned to accept the professorship of theology iu the seminary at Allegheny, Pa. On Feb 7, 187, the present pastor wae installed and hed his first sermon. Up to this time Mr. Gre; eived 220 new members into the chureh, and ists the whole number of members reaches #14, The congregation has worshipped as a body every Sabbath since the building was destroyed in the lee- ture rooms of sister churches, WORSHIP IN SPNTUT AND ‘The preacher selected a= his py a in worship the Fat hour cometh, and now . But the worshippers sh worship the Father in spirit in truth; for the Father seeketh # to worship him. God is a spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in id that once more ned which ebus- es, he could not think of rhe Christian Worship’ ideration. At the opening of at Sumaria the Lord treated of although His audience was uot ‘ sermon, to the woman, referred in text, and her conversion aroused the simubering Samaritans to thought from which flowed great ant gratifying results, God recognizes in men the only creature endowed with ine tellect and the powers of reason, and the chief glory of human nature is to reason with onr Maker, Mental fellowship with God is the greatest of b jugs. Man is responsible to God for his thonghts and aetions and itis taken for granted that mau is a worshipper. “h, continued the pi the underlying nts in human virt is ws old as th spirit aud in trath.” Mr. Gregg within the walls of thetr ¢ tered ao many prec a more fitting th for the morning’ the the spiritual Chareh sure subject, His the: ry, wiped away umnlating for # © that the Christians of to-day see more clearly than did those of the past. HARMONY WITH it, but, on. the cont lust that has been ac D. of worship Jesus In treating of the subject always adapted himself to His hearers, He told the woman that the day for ceremony had passed and simplicity in worship was to take its place. Wherever the true soul lirts itself up to God there would be foand the holy of holies, Trae worship wnust be in harmony with God aod come from # ue knowledge of Him, True worshippers must God as a person, must a tual ality Cf Hine had know Mules e tadhee father. This fact of the fatherhood of God makes worship attractive, Josus teaches us that true worship is independent of locality. ‘This church is opened for the worship of God, just as we worship at our Public worship is com- ended and required, that the prayer, praise and song: of Christians may drown the impious mutterings o1 the ungodly without. God must be worshipped with both soul and body, The action of one is the action of the other, Jesus teaches that worship is of divine appointment and will serve the highest ends of man. ' have received everything from God—the privilege to pray, preach, sing and to give. All are absolutely necessary for our spiritual healthiulness and our spir- itual upbuilding, CHURCH OF 'THE MESSIAH. GODLESSNESS AND SHIFTLESSNESS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS-—SERMON BY REY. A. D, MAYO. Last evening Rev. “A. D, Mayo, of Springfield, preached on the charge of “Godlessness and Shiftless- ness in the Public Schools” at the Church of the Messiah, The speaker first referred to the establish ment of the school system forty years ago. Any na- tional system of education, said the lecturer, how- ever excellent, 80 variedly developed over an area so vast and chiefly conducted by local intelligence and zeal, will exhibit great inequalities and be open to forcible criticism, A thousand evils will be charged to it for which the system itself is not responsible, but which are failings in certain schools, Many peo- ple are astounded by the vast proportions education ; has now assumed, and oppose it because it is so much greater and more powerful than they ev conceived it possible for any public scho system to be. It is obvious that a large class of propric- tors and teachers of private seminaries will oppose the full development of free higher education on grounds | of interest, although the wisest public school men are the best friends of good private schools, The large class of municipal reformers whose sole acea for public ills is to cut down public appropriations and tax public officials, strike at the public school becantse it often represents the largest single item of expen- diture. In each and all of these criticisms which now swarm im the parlor and the press there is some grain of truth, And we believe nobody is now so open to fair presentation of truth as the men and women who are ut the head of our public schools, The wisest kind of national legislation in years is the act establishing the Bureau of Education in the Department of the Interior at Washington and placing John Eaton at its head. ‘The mosi assiduous and dangerous assault on the American syst of public education comes in the name of good morals and pure religion. Two classes of people now seem ‘# have formed an unnatural league to impeach the character of the schools, First comes the solid army of bishops of the Roman Catho- lie Church, led by their Cardinal, who, in obedience to their orders trom Rome, assail the common school as Godless and immoral and command their followers to remove their children from it as from a spiritual pest house, PAROCHIAL EDUCATION. ‘This charge has been taken up by the bishops of the Episcopal Church, notably by the bishops ot New York city and Indiana, and a pressure is brought to bear upon the people to establish in the United States the old-time English system of church parochial schools. All the clerical critics virtually demand that the people of the United States shall deliver over their children to the clergy for secular educa- tion—an experiment that never yet was tried in an; country without disastrous results. From the opposite quarter of society comes up an- other charge aguinst the schools as the nurserics of idleness, conceit and inefticiency—what the New Eng- land people would call shiftlessness. ‘This is a serious charge, Now, if the schools are ‘‘Godless’’ or breed- ers of idleness, educating the children of the people beyond’ their position in life and thus exposing them to failure inthis world, then the malady is incurable. What is the system of American public schools? ‘The speaker went on to give an interesting description of national system, and continued by saying that he was not dete ing the schools against the efforts of wise and conscientious people who are working in good faith to improve them. He was simply putting in a general disclaimer against the large and influential class, clerical and lay, who make these wholesale charges of Godlessness and shiftlessness a basis for the virtnal destruction of the most characteristic fea- ture of American life. The speaker then went on to consider the school system in detail and showed the advantages and merits it possessed. He also took up the charges against the schools and disposed of them one by one. In conclusion, he suid the people who believe in the Ameri- can system of government have a eat battle to fight in defence of the public school. ‘There are plenty of interested enemies who confidently pre- dict its downfall at no distant time. It will not be de- stroyed, ae it will be greatly improved, The people will be found all ready whet the day of battle comes. They will give the foe the choice of ground, wind and sun, with all the prestige of the remainder of the world to back him. Then they will beat him so completely that in half a century the common school will be as common as the sun and the air. CORNELL MEMORIAL M. E. CHURCH. THE INFLUENCE OF CHARACTER—SERMON BY REY. B. K. PIEBUE. Nev. B. K. Pierve, of Boston, preached in the Cor- nell Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church on the “Influence of Moral Character,” and cited as an ex- ample of what incalculable evil may be wrought by misdirected genius, the instance of Tom Paine and his book, “The Age of Reason;” while, on the other hand, he referred to the good that had been accom- plished, the thousands of lives that had been turned to the paths of salvation by Bunyan’s book, “The Pilgrim's Progress.” Especially on the minds of children did he consider the influence of character and teaching to have its most potent effect; for whatever of good or evil ik set before them is sure to bear fruit in one way or another. Parents, le said, ip gee, say this thing or that in fhe hearing of their children and it becomes a part of thein—grows with their growth and strength- ens with their strength. People are responsible for the involuntary influence they exercise, and it be- hooves m to guard weil the words they utter and the actions they perform; above all things, men should be prepared for self-sacrifice, to give up hab- its and relinquish purposes that are calculated to have a bad example, Wherever the Gospel has its true operation in human hearts there is sacrifice and consecration. The preacher wat weary of revivals of religion, They are at best but a flash in the t and people return to their old courses of living when they are over. What he wanted to see was 4 reformation—a genuine reform of life and character, What would be thought of a man who should go into public places and into private families wearing gar- iments that hud been infected by the plague, and y how many men there are who go about in the socie of their fellow men covered with « moral lepros; bundred-fold more disastrous in its consequences than any mere physical contagion. Of all the bril- liant gifts that God has bestowed on man there is none equal to the capacity He gives to every human ng to form for himself a character for true manhood, Phe preacher said that he would not feel unhappy be- cause he could not sing or paint or carve a statue; but he knew it was within his power, as it was within very man's pores, to carve out a character for him- self that would bring him joy and peace of’mind and be pleasing to God. “AMAZING PO x People who stand by the Fal Ningara and gaze on that mighty avalan f water are claim, “There ix power;" bat what power of water, air or fire can equal the power of God-directed charac: ter? What amazing power is that which lifts a man out of the gutter who has lost his manhood and bis all, that kisses him with the kiss of peace and sends him back a joy and blessing to his weeping wife and children *? The tage ot Christian character. The stn melts iron, but the influenes of yood character melts the hardest human hearts, and there is no man so ignorant or depraved that he eaunot be melted and saved by the influence of the Holy Spirit operating through hun In the af chureh was ¢ children, who HK many songs and recitations, Bishop Harris presid and addrestes w made by Drs, Tiffany, Pierce, Bishop Harris and J. B. Cornell, CECILIVS CHURCH, RENDER UNTO CRSAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE CESAR'S--SERMON BY FATHER FLATTERY. Before beginning his morning sermon the Rev. Father Flattery, of St. Cecilia's Church, at 105th street, paid a graceful compliment to Colonel Maple- son, Who has donated the services of his artists for a concert in wid of this church at Steinway Hall on the evening of St. Cecilia's day, Sun- day, the 2th inet, He paid «a glowing tribute to the gry iberality and boundless generosity ‘on in helping to promote religious ent interests. Jt is no new thing, served, to learn of Colonel Mapleson being the nificent benefactor of religion, On the other side of the Atlantic his services were always freely given’ to the clergy, Thousands of dollars have been obtained by the co-operation of churches, schools and hospitals. Indeed, no member of his profession ix better known aud more beloved by the dignitaries of the Church in Great Britain and fre- land, with many of whom he is on terms of friendly intimacy and frou whora he has received substantial tokens of regard, Since they change their skies, but not their hearts, who come across the seas, nobody will wonder that ¢ leson should be as open ere as he has ever been ert will be an honor to art treat to the masses . therefore, said the reverend sense of gratitude b han enthusiastic r handed and as open at home, This con people, 1 tr that we will wiving the M. ception as th that + if with sole in Ligh mass and appropriate mus: ‘THE SERMON. Rather Flattery preached from the te unto Cowar the things which are Cesar’ mon was directe ainest Communism, Jongs to # man,” sald he, “which he hes honestly, and that does not belong to # man which he has dishonestly acquired.” He spoke against the love of money for méney’s sake, but urged the necessity of —- and saving money for charitable works and times of necessity and old age. He spoke, alxo, on the subject of Church and politics, saying that auy vouflict between the wovern- ONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1878.—TRIPLE SHEET. | to place Him in a false ment and the Church was always a cause of disaster, and that it was a heresy to say that religion and politics should be separated. By politics he did not mean those petty local and personal issues which in- duced the hawking of tickets even at the door of the Church, The Church has never surrendered her right to legislation. He closed his remarks by urging loyalty tothe country which protects us, and to which we owe our bre: ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S CHURCH. WHAT 18 DUE TO GOD AND TO MAN—-SERMON BY THE KEV. FATHER WHITE. Services are still being held in the old Church of St. Francis Xavier, in Sixteenth street; but the new | structure, adjoining, is rapidly approaching comple- tion, High mass was celebrated at halt-past ten in | the morning by Rey, Father McQuade, Rev, Father White preaching the sermon. The subject of the dis- course was from the gospel of the day, Matthew, xxii., 15, 22, showing how Pharisees went about consulting among themselves as to how they could best ensnare Him in His speech, ‘The question which they chose to propound to Him was:—'Tell us, therefore, what thou dost think; is Nit law? to give tribute to Cwsar or not?” Jesus, however, through the exercise of His divine power, could see the wickedness of their hearts, and knew that the question was put, not for the pur- pose of obtaining truth, or knowledge, or light, but sition, either before the Emperor or the people. ‘The tax was very obnoxious to the latter. Should He devide that it was not proper to pay it, He would be brought into conflict with the authorities ; whereas, if He decided that it was lawful, His questioners hoped that the wrath of the people would destroy Him, But what did Jesus reply ? “Why tempt me, ye hypocrites? Show me the coin of the tribute,” and they offered Him a penny. He then asked whose image and inscription it bore, and they answered Cwsar's. ‘Render, therefore, to Cesar tho things which are Cwsar’s, and to God the things which are God’s.”’ Cwsar had caused to be struck from the imperial mint a special coin to be used in the pay- ment of tribute and the Pharisees went away very much disheartened, because Jesus had not in His an- swer said anything by which He could be entrappe ‘TEMPTERS STILL. as been from that day even to the pri rites propound questions to the Church, not So Hy | for the noble purpose of being enlightened, not in endeavors to find the narrow path which leads to sal- vation, but for the purposo of bringing her into con- tumely and disgrace. “And now, my Christian friends, said the preacher, ‘turn ye from the coin stamped and engraved with the imiage of a temporal Ciesar and look npon yourselves, Ye are made in the image of the Lord God Almighty, Ye bear His likeness. He is your creator, You belong to Him, and you should not rob Him of His just due. You should con- secrate not only yourselves but your bodies to His service. There are, of course, secular duties to per- form; but even in the performance of these you can 0 act as to make them redound to the glory of God.”” Father White closed with an appeal to his hearers to so liye that when brought before the bar of God they would haye for their portion a life of everlasting bliss and not be cast into outer darkness, where there is forever wailing and gnashing of tee FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. CONTEST AND REWARD—SERMON BY THE REV. DR. ARMITAGE, Rev. Dr. Armitage preached in the morning on the subject of “Contest and Reward,” taking his text from Revelation, ii,, 7—“'To him that overcometh Will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.’’ In this letter to the Church at | Ephesus, said the reverend speaker, we have Christ's approval of what He discovered to be right and His re- proof of what was wrong in her conduct, and in the text itself we have His gracious promise of reward on the condition that we shall finally persevere in the right and overcome the wrong. ‘The words of the text incite us, not by what the creed or the council say, the pastor or the bishop, the pres- bytery or the convocation, but by what the Spir ways to the Church. Their injunctions are nothing, excepting as they echo the expressions of the Spirit, and it is an equal consolation to know that the Spirit is direct and personal in this address, He does not way ‘he that is a professor shall eat of the tree of lite in the paradise of God,” nor ‘the that is connected with this body of Christians or that,”” nor ‘the that is circumcised or contirmed or baptized,” but ‘the that overcometh.”’ No matter what struggles we have with early prejudices or later doubt in the meshes of this doxy’’ or that; no matter whether we may have been compelled to cast overboard the better of the religious freightage with which we began the voy- age of life, or even to have abandoned the ship itself, taking to lifeboat, raft or plank, the only question is whether we haye had the manliness to cling to truth, the self-denial which eta us under the government of unswerving conviction and the bravery which counts nothing gained till the last foe, the last em- barrassment is swept away and the last aim of a noble life is consummated, SHUMKENG. ‘THR FRAY. Wo are all aware that Christian men, even, would much rather consider the spark! splendors of vic- tory than the sweut and toil and bleod of vi us warfare. Victory appeals to ambition, pride, honor. It makes the springs of our heart vibrate with new melody. Itgives deeper toned hurmony to the notes of the bugle. Its enthusiastic thrill fires the most inert. But how fearfully li'tle those who raise the chant of victory the highest know about the sufferings of the camp, the clash of arms and the sickening visions of the batt eld. Consequently they know as little of the real sweetsot conquest. The emaciated troops can only taste the real sweets of victory, becuuse they only have drunk the real gall of warfare. And is this not a bitter sarcasm of truth upon all Christians who think and sing and dream only of a poetic heaven without putting forth one thorough life struggle to reach it? We forget that life is 4 battle, and that none but the warrior who fights the battle man- fully can enter heaven. We ure deluded with the conception that those shoulders can be clothed in white robes which never buckled on the whole armor of God. Brethren, if it were possible for yon to get to heaven without “fighting the good fight,” how could you appreciate it when you got there? ‘The first note in its song is this, “He has brought us out of great tribulations.” How could you feel the secret charm of that song if you were car- ried to heaven on a luxurious palauquin, without thorn in your foot or a gash in your forehead or a sear on your breast—how could you share the jc victory? It is better to enter into life with on or one eye or one foot than without a glorious wound to ally you with the great Captain of your salvation. THE “POR REWARDED, 3 this passage ix perfect. It is drawn rden of Eden, in which stood the tree of life for man’s natural immortality. As Paradise was the habitation of Adam in his holy state, so it is here used figuratively for that celestial condition which vie- torious saintsare to enjoy in heaven. ‘These words de- note that this reward shall be perfect in satisfaction. ‘The Spirit intended to convey the idea, not of a literal feast, but of # sanctified sociality, hospitality and content, In other words, that all the powers of the victor will meet with perfect satisfaction, and that sutixfaction will be perpetual. It will be bestowed from the tree of life itself, Tho tinge of death never passed over the fruit of that tree; the poisog of death never yet tainted its sap; the breathings of death never yet sighed through its limbs. Its wood is im- mortality, ite leaves heal the nations, it grows in the paradise of the living God, aud the victor who eats of its fruit shall live forever, CARDINAL CULLEN'S SUCCESSOR. {From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) The telegrams the English papers publish’ from their Roman correspondents are at all times amusing in their ridiculous absurdity. One of the most rid jous we have ever secu ix that from the Roman ¢ respondent of the Jul Mall Gazette, which we els where reproduce, and in which it is gravely an- nounced that the Pope has offered the Archbishoprie of Dublin to Cardinal Howard, Phat Cardinal Howard has declined to take the See; that the Pope will send a Nuncio to London without requiring an ambaswa- dor to be xent from London to Kome. The story. of the Holy Pather disposing of the See of Dublin be- fore the grave hax closed over its late illustrious occupa is ludicrous enough, but it is moth ing to the statement that the Pope is about to send an ambassador to London, and it he is to sue humbly the Kari of Beaconsfield for sanction to the appoiutment of an Archbishop of We need w that there are no chapters prion at ¢ Ireland and the Holy Sev offered to the efforts of sueceseive Ping ments to control in slightest deyrew the choiee of Catholic Bishops in ni, CHANCES OF AN ENGLISH SELECTION, [From the London Globe.} Now that the catacombs of the Pro-Cathedral of the Irish metropolis have received the ashes of the Irish Cardinal it may not be inappropriate to call attention to the question of his successor, This is a subject euseeptible of consideration from two distinet points of view. The election of @ successor to Cardinal Cul- Jen is of importance in @ political as well as in @ re- ligious kense, With regard to the latter, the choice of the Holy See affects almost exclusivel: the Rowan Cath ‘hi- epise: ry desirable that selection shoul q xlerate a& opposed to the ultramon- party. It ix to be hoped the when the cause of good govern- Will have to regret the loss of the de- From him the ty of action,” rbing political element in the sister uo support, On the contrary, he was the of Violent measures, and’ the govern- of the day, whatever might be ite com- plexion, was always able to calculate that his power- rl inthue and example would be thrown into the seale in favor of law and order, Several names are mentioned as of persons whose claiins are Likely to be favorably entertained as can- didates for the vacant see. That a selection will be nade from the Irish prelates Is moat probable; but an opinion prevails in quarters to which respect is dine that an extension of the area of selection might be desirable under present circumatances, aud that the mvt fitting successor to the deceased Cardinal may be found among the dignitaries of the Roman Uatho- ic Church in Eawland. in the time of our Lord the | ST OUR LADY OF GRACE. THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HOBOKEN DEDI- CATED BY BISHOP CORKIGAN-—-SERMON BY ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS, OF BALTIMORE, ‘The latest addition to the Catholic churches of New Jersey is the magnificent edifice of Our Lady of Grace, corner of Fourth and Willow streets, Hoboken, of which the Rey. Patrick Corrigan is pastor. The new church was dedicated yesterday by Bishop Corrigas in presence of a large number of priests and a congre gution numbering nearly six thousand persona. The length of the church is 200 feet; width of chancel, 102 feet, with a frontage of 92 feet on Willow street. The height of the centre nave is 70 feet, and of each of the side aisles 42 feet, the aisles being divided by rows of heavy columns, ‘The gitar, which is 25 feet in height, and constructed of French walnut, polished and carved, with heavy gilding, is of elaborate design. Under the cross which forms the apex is a statue of Christ, revealing His Sacred Heart. Underneath, in the centre, is a statue of the Virgin and Child, with a statue of St, Peter holding the keys, on the right, and 8t. Paul with a sword on the left. On each side of the tabernacle were two floral columns, underneath which rested pillows of tuberoses, with the device in violets— “Domum Dei decet sanctificari,” The furniture, wainscoting and pews are of light French walnut ‘The cost of the editice will be nearly $250,000, SLERGY AND LAITY PRESENT. In the dedicatory services a procession of girls, at tired in white, and boys with white gloves and rec ashes, preceded the cleruy. After the usual anthems celebrated, were intoned, a pontifical mass was Bishop Corrigan being celebrant, with the Rev. P. Cody, deacon; Rev. P. KE, Smyth, sub-dea- con; Fathers Killeen and Downs, deacons of honor; Father De Concilio, assistant priest, and Fathers Bourke and Ceci, masters of cere- monies. On the epistle side of the altar sat Arch- bishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, attended by the Very Rey, Father Gockeln, 8. J. resident of St. John’s College, Fordham, and Rey. Father Salaun, Among the other clergy prosent were the Right Rev. Mgr. Seton, Very Rev. Father Chareaux, provincial of the Jesuit Order; Very Rev. Father Hudon, 8. J., rector of St. Francis Xavier's College, in this city; Very Rev. karts Kenny, 8. , rector of St." Peter's College, Jersey City; | Fathers McQuade, 8. J., and Renaud, 8.J.; Rey. James M. Corrigan, president of Seton Hall College; phcs a! Y Father Albinus, provincial of the Passionist ler; Father John, of the West Hoboken Monastery, and Father Molloy, of Baltimore, From this city were Vicar General Quinn and Fathers Drumgoole, Healy, McDowall and Burtsell, and from Brooklyn, Fathers Malone, Keiley, Riordan, Corcoran, Taaffe, O'Beirne, McNamee and roe. From the diocese of Newark there attended Fathers J. P. Smyth, Hogan, Leonard, P. W. Connolly, Bettoni, Fitzsimmons, Smith (Trenton) and Zoeller (Hoboken). Among the laity were Mayor Besson, Surrogate McCague, Colonels Lewis and Hart, Coroner Wiggins, Professor J. A. Going, Register Cleveland, Dr. J. B. Going and mane prominent citizens from this city and New jersey. A notable feature of the ceremonies was the music, the orchestra being conducted by Adolph Neuendorf, who treated the co: ation to Mozart's No. 12 Mass, omitting a portion of the “Gloria” in the “Quoniam." ‘The congregation filed out while the band struck up the march from the “Midsummer Night's Dream.” ‘After the gospel was sung by Father Cody Arch. bishop Gibbons quietly stepped down from his seat, politely declining the attention of the master of coremonies, and prostrated himself in silent prayer at the epistle side of the altar, The “Invocation of th Holy Spirit” was played by the band, after which the Primate arose and, accompanied by Father Bourke, passed out of the sanctuary to the pulpit, which is situated at a distance of about forty feet from the sanctuary railing, in the centre aisle. ARCHIMISHOP GIBBONS’ SERMON. The Archbishop announced as his text, ‘I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice that my eyes and my heart may remain there for ever.” “He then proceeded as follows:—I contem- plate with delight this grand spectacle. So many people assembled, without regard to nationality, in a temple so magnificant, so majestic in its proportions, so elegant and costly a structure, is enough to fill the soul, I recognize your devotion to your faith and see that you felt you were impelled by a sense of honor as well as dut; to erect this temple to the living God. This ix the groatest of honors. King David projected the building which Solomon carried into execution. In, the Christian dispensation, from the days of Con stantine the Great, the princes and p: of high rauk had the exclusive privilege of erec temples to God. The arets of Scotland, the Henrys of France, the Canutes of Denmark and many othes monarchs made their reigns historical by erecting it basilicas. But times are c! and the to the worship ot nobility to the people. my who now hear my voice, do not posscss any royal wealth. But I would have yon remember that if the erection of a house for your father here on earth were a duty, how much more that of erecting one to your Father who is in heaven! THE AMERICAN SYSTEM PREVERRED. And here let me say and impress it upon you that I prefer very much the system in this country, where our churches are sappoeted by the voluntary contri- butions of the people, to that of European ions. In Catholic countries of Europe the churches and the clergy are supported by the government, and this tends too often to mw the efforts of the one, in dealing — wit! their = con- gregations. is is a policy which marks out churches for spoliation and confiscatton. In travelling through Europe some years ago in cow: pany with my distinguished predecéssor, Archbishop 4s] ig, we happened to pass Le a@country where we desired to callon acertain bishop. What was our astonishment when we saw a sentinel march- ing backward and forward in front of the episcopal residence! We took occasion to remark the tact ta the venerable Bishop, and he replied nificantly, “Ah! you do not see it; ull that glitters is not gold, Why, you may not perhaps be able to understand, but it is a fact, that I cannot build a sacristy in this place without permission of the government.” May the day never come in this, our favored country, when the clergy or the Church shall be dependent on the government. Should it come to that pass the govern: ment might next dictate what religion we should preach. In erecting this church we must remember that we are but doing our duty; for all we have is not ours, but belot to God. ‘The earth is the Lord's aud the fulness thereof.’ Our Lord received offerings of gold, frankincense and myrrh, although He had no necd of these. His desire is to dwell among the children of men that He may scatter bless around Him. You have not oply paid a debt to God but ta religion, In this worl’you have made # sublime act of faith in the existence of God, in His omnipotent power and His overruling Providence. In this church will be taught the same faith that was given us from Mount Sinai, that was taught by Peter ut Rome, by John at Ephesus, by Chrysostom at Con- stantinople, by Augustine in England, by Patrick in Treland, and which Columbus brought to this coun- try. It is brietly summed up in the words, ‘Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day and forever. FORTY DAYS’ INDULGENCE. After the Archbishop had concluded the assistant priest announced—firet in Latin and then in Eng- lish—that an indulgence of forty days was granted by Bishop Corrigan, through special dispensation from the Holy See, to’ all present who should pray for His Holiness Pope Leo TIL, and the welfare of the Univer- sal Church. The Bishop then pronouncéd the bene- diction. After the mass there was @ benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and in the evening vespers was conducted by Archbishop Gibbons. Very Rev. George Keuny, 8. J., preached, Y. M. ©, A. MEETING. ADDRESSES BY MESSKS. JESUP, WETMORE AND M'BURNEY—GERMAN UNBELIEP, As yesterday was the first day of the week of prayer for young men, set apart by vote of the Gen« eral Convention of the Young Men's Christian Associa tions, held in Geneva last August, a public meeting was held last evening at the Fourth Avenue Presbyte- rian Church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty« second street, at which Dr. Howard Crosby presided, Mr. Morris K. Jesup was the first to address the assem- blage. He dwelt particularly on the work that had been done by the Christian associations throughout the country among railroad men. He said there were 800,000 railroad men in the United States, and until the Young Men’s Christian Association took hold of the matter their spiritual wants bad pever been at- tended to, Attention was first drawn to them one who hal three — times mh dine from his position on account of mess, and having become converted to Jesus at one of the meetings gotten up by the Young Men's Christian Association i) become an apostle among the men of his class, and was such an enthusi- ast on the subject that he almoat forced the Conven- tion of Young Men's Christian Association to send a number of other Christian workers among them. Mr. Jesup was followed by Mr. Benjamin ©, Wetmore, who spoke of the work amon, the German ‘oung men of this city, Me said that this was the bird eget rea city in the world, and if any one dow it all he or she had to do was to take a walk through the great east side. The German brought to this country @ love of home life, a lov law and a love of order, and were, on that ace our best citizens; but, unfortunately vailed the disbeliet delity among the Germans, th Hable however, to yet bee nd Christian work at soon, Anarmy of y springing wp every i lay, who will become steady Rropeastore of iniidelity if not reached im time, he rubject was a most serious one, and demanded the earnest attention of the Young Men's Christian Association, “We must meet them half way,” said Mr. Wetmore; “build gymnasiums, estab- lish singing classes, for the German loves musiom—lo auything to bring them back to Jesus. If their hearts could be reached once no would have ‘etmore, Mi short address, and Dr. Crosb: varnest appeal to all to support, in every Eeest, the goud work inst