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NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. TREORTS 10 SAVE How Prominent Divines Addressed Their Congregations. THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Naturalists and Supernaturalists— Why People Doubt. TWOFOLD BASES OF FAITH. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. THE IMITATION OF CHRIST—SERMON BY THE BEV. GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. “The Poor and Our Duty Toward Them’ was the subject announced to be discoursed by Mr. Hepworth yesterday morning. Previous to the delivery of his sermon the reverend gentleman stated that he had changed both his subject and the text. This was, doubtless, attributable to the storm, which had the effect of diminishing the attendance at the service. The text selected was—“‘Now is my soul troubled; what shall say? Father, save me from this hour, but for this cause came I into the world; Father glorify Thy name,” I think you will agree with me, brethren, said Mr. Hepworth, that this is one of the grand sen- tences of our literature. Within the narrow limits of these few words we discover the origin, pur- pose and grand consummation of Christianity. Here we may rest in the assurance that Christ is our exemplar in all possible expe- riences, Man is not an originator, large as is his brain; his ideas are not large enough for that. He is. however, exceedingly successful as an imitator. He may find it impossible to explore new roads, but he walks in the old ones without becoming weary. Jesus is our high example, to be followed in every particular, without derogation and without any fear. ‘Think that as you walk in His footsteps a smile may rest on your lips and a deep and inexpressible calm on your heart. No real danger will ever come to you and you will not be overcome of temptation. In all the galleries of art the visitor sees before him copies of most of the celebrated pictures. They differ con- siderably in their characteristics. Some are of a lofty ambition, and some of these productions touch the very edge of genius, and, in fact, you can dis- cover something of that topper which painted the original. The whole world is trying to imitate the Master, in different ware and with vary- ing de of success. me feel that the Lord is close “Yo them, and that they can take Him the hand; ’ others are only feeble imitators of wondrous spirit. There is an infinite difference in the value of the two productions; but it is easy to see that the copyist is a worshipper; that in his finger tips is a spark of that divine flame which we call Jesus of Nazareth. Others imitate this life but poorly. There are many bunglers in the world. They bungle, not so much because of their inability to follow Christ, as because of their unwillingness to bestow a proper amount of labor upon the work in hand, There is no man so poorly gifted in all this wide world of ours that he cannot live close to the world if he so wills it. Brethren, there are certain Sperone in which we need an example; need it th special force, When # man takes a teacher when lessons are peculiarly hard, he is as a man who needs a friend when the world presses him hard. ‘When his experience is such that he feels that he is ground in the upper and lower millstones of this earthly life his need of a friend is felt. There are periods in the life of aman when he feel< that he cannot live without # revelation from God. THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF LIFE. We know what todo with our joys, but we do not know what to do with our sorrows or with our hard- ships. Every man has his sorrow or his burden in this world. There is no sky without its cloud—no gold without its alloy. It seems to be one of the Ordinances of God that every man should suffer in some direction, What can be the meaning of it all? God, who is all wise everywhere else, cannot be other than wise here. God, who has loved us, cannot all at once change his love to hate. We are still permitted to call Him “Our Father,” and when we are in the Faces ay trouble we want most of all to call Him “Our ."* This is very wonderful. Every man must ‘use this burden of life either to help him on the road bo heaven orto help him downward to the road to perdition. great sorrows of life are either a curse or 4 blessing to us. Even the open grave may be a doorway into the heaven of a larger faith or the open way into a life of solemn despair. I thank God, en, brethren, that there is a place in human life for every sorrow; s Christianity that tells me how to use affliction as a stepping stone to higher things. Mr. Hepworth here called the attention of his hearers to the text, and said Christ appeared to have reasoned with Himself and said, “What shall I say ?” That was a question that Christ put to His own soul, and upon its answer the fate of the world de- pended. decided for man and Calvary was the ‘consequence. CHRIST OUR LIFE. Mr. Hepworth concluded by saying:—It is our privilege to sit before that picture of Christ and to in- rate it in our lives, and to take hold of some of the grandeur of His character, and transform some of these features into personal motives. Take His on ah pr rmpeelaagy 2 to the poor and afflicted, His stern sense of justice, His utter scorn of hypocrisy. Put those into acopy and miniature of yourown days and into you own years, He isa colossal statue, but we can qualify ourselves for statuettes. He lives the life of God, but if we look at Him steadfastly we can live the lives of men. He trod the earth, but He was #0 tall of stature that He could put His hand at will upon the white throne of God. I think that there is 8 greater rie of Christ than the plaintive criti- cism of the world would admit. I think that in all ranks and classes of society men and women are to be found who view this life ina far off way, truly, but still with a steadfastness of purpose that will in- sure victory at last. These are the men and women who know what the Bible means when it speaks of a peace that passeth all understanding. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. & GOOD WORD FOR CATHOLICS—WHY PEOPLE DOUBT—-SERMON BY HENRY WARD BEECHER. “Be with Thy ministers everywhere,” said Mr. Beecher in his opening prayer yesterday, “and if any of them are under the shadow” [here the speaker's voice became thick with emotion, tears started from his eyes and he was choked for a moment. Drawing out his handkerchief he wiped away the moisture and proceeded] “be Thon their light and their guide and their exceeding great reward.” The sensation pro- duced by this outburst on the part of the preacher ‘was not dissipated until he read among the usual an- Bouncementa that precede the sermon & newspaper Blip to the effect that the Rev. Mr. Mitchell would in the evening discuss “The Twenty Points of Infidelity In the System of Mr. Beecher.” ‘‘He has not sent me an invitation,” continued the Plymouth pastor, “but Zgive this notice of my own accord in order that those of you who thought that I was s Christian man end had the faith of a Christian may be un- Geceived.” This produced smiles from many of the congregation. The longest notice read by Mr. Beecher was in relation to a fair to be held in order to raiso money to build a new hospital in Brooklyn to be managed by Sisters of Charity, to be non-sectarian like tho institution now in the hands of the same parties, and to have a ward for incurables. Mr. Beocher spoke very warmly in praise of the enterprise. “The time has passed,” ho said, “or at least I think is passing, when we thought it necessary to bristle at the name of Roman Catholic. ‘This ponderous system of forms and religious or dinances may not be to our taste, but they develop om: them as earnest Christians and as conscion- tions wa ascan be found anywhere else; and I have no question that good souls are aa largely found smong that communion as can be found in any other communion. I know of no way of winning Christians bombarding them or by hw walls between mand you higher and higher. You are not called upon to ay ve of their ordinances; but when they [ogg themselves to you with a work of true Chris. charity there is an opportunity to show your cordial sympathy with them. Therefore I commend to you this enterprise and I trust that by your pres- ence and your liberality you will show them that you fre not merely blind haters.”” THE KEAMON. Mr. Beecher'’s sermon was upon doubting and its causes. He began by discussing the philosophy of doubt and of certainty. He said this was an age of doubt, and went on to discuss the reasons for it. Many persons who were in a sort of vaporous inde- cision in religious matters took credit unto them- selves therefor, as if it were a virtuc; but Mr. Beecher assured them that it was an infirmity, A pragmati- cal and practical man, he said, doesn’t want “hifalu- tin” truths to come out of the air. Then there was the man of povtical temperament, who was the re- verse of this, Kach of these classes needed truth with evidence suited to their respective capacities to re- ceive it. Some men were too self-willed to aecept wything; and the more obstinate a man was the more firmly he declared it was on principle, Some men had strong evidences in the lower sphere and faint appreciation of truths in the higher sphere. ‘Then, too, evidence was often refracted through the lower pas: sions like a beam of light passing through a medium, When evidences of truth were Presented in the great sphere of moral principles to men whose tastes and favorite mode of living would be affected by it, their instinct of self-preservation, the foresight of self- condemnation is such that their minds shrink and shut ap like the fs of a rpaoere plant. _ quently it ned that a man’s passions rose tween im cate perception of truth just as clouds obscure the face of the sun to him who gazes toward it. In regard to the great realm of outward truth @ man might be, as an investigator, much benefited by doubt if it leads him not to indolence, but to serut- iny; but in that much more important realm of | truth concerning the character and conduct of men toward themselves, their neighbors and their God there was no such excuse, If men did not understand the more pregnant truths of life and time it was because they lived in such & way that they could not see them when pointed out tothem. They were in the condition referred to by the Saviour when He said, ‘The light shineth in dark- ness, and the darkness comprehended it not A man might by a wrong life bring his mind into such a morbid condition that it was not susceptible of right judgment, and in such # case the man was to blame. It was said’a man could not control his belief. This, Mr. Beecher held, was true in certain cases; and it was true that when a man’s mind was brought into & morbid condition he could not control his belief, but he could control the things that led to that result. ‘The preacher went on to discuss the differing ox- pecences of men, and deprecated the holding ne of o high an ideal as apt to lead to despair. There were geniuses in religion, a8 well as in art, and a man should not think himself lost because he cannot have the experience of # Taylor or a Martin. FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. TWOFOLD BASIS OF FAITH--SERMON BY REV. DR. ARMITAGE. The Rev. Dr. Armitage preached last evening on the subject of the twofold basis of faith, taking his text from II. Timothy, i., 12—"I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him unto that day.” There can be no real faith in tho atheist, said the reverend Doctor, and in the speculative, All real faith stands upon fact—the faith of acknowledged truth. So here, Paul says, ‘I am persuaded, Iknow.” His faith, then, was a persuasion, endowing him with all the vital assurance of knowledge. His faith rested upon a living personality, designated in the text by the threefold pronoun, “‘whom,” “he” and “him,” and upon the perpetual ability, “he is able to keep.” It is a delightful thought that the words ‘what’ and “which” were not substituted by the apostle for the personal pronouns “the” and “him.” This per- sonality of faith in its object distinguishes the reli- gion of Christ from all others. It shows that the object of Christian faith is a being and nota senti- ment, a life and not a dogma. Man's faith feels the indispensable need of a sympathetic vitality. He needs not an historical but a living Saviour. Christ is our life, and as a personal Christ Jesus is not a myth, but an embodiment of all that faith can em- brace. The object of our faith, therefore, is invested with infinite freshness and eternal newness. “I know whom I have believed” in the boundless varieties of His life. These are all living truths, facts, living themselves over again, in every age and in every man who cleaves to them. This was the thought which stimulated the shone Paul in his work, and he wished it to stimulate his son Timothy with the same nerve. ‘THE SECOND BASIS OF FAITH. Faith rests upon a perpetual ability ape out of this living personality. “(He whom Ihave believed is able to keep that which I have committed to him unto that day.” Here we see that faith reposes » ractical trust to the keeping of this living ability. ‘he apostle means that he had deposited everything with Christ for safe keeping. The danger was too reat for his own guardianship. It must be kept. ‘is Redeemer knew all the patie and all the foes to which that trust was exposed. Therefore the deposit which He received from His servant was not an ex- perimental trial. The apostle says that the ability of Christ to keep this trust is illimitable and absolute. He looked upon Christ as the creator of all life and as the upholder of ull who confide in Him, and there- fore as having pledged His eternal fidelity to keep what His saints have committed to Him, and He has ratified that pledge not only by His creative processes and miraculous works, but by His native power and life. Christ had alrezdy magnified this pledge in the fae experience of the apostle. Hoe had already kept im through perils of every sort, so that, like the oung boy of whom we read in the Gospel of John, he could say, “I know.” His faith then had crystsl- lized to knowledge—a knowledge that was now inter- woven with and enwrap| in his self-consciousness. That is to say, ho now knew the ability which kept, as well as he know himself, in his own inability, and he was an intelligent judge both of his own weakness ana Christ's power. So, then, we sum all up in the thought that his past faith and present knowledge had wrought out for full persuasion concerning the future. I am per- suaded, he ssys—that is, he was convinced, prevailed upon, allured and won over to the conviction—that the same saving ability which had secured his safety in the past would now insure the future. ‘He is able to keep that which I have committed to him.” He be- Heved that that ability never could be impaired. Its perpetuity of exercine was ony be measured by the continuance of the thing, to kept. ‘That which I have committed to him.” Here is an unmeasured age of intervening necessity, and here is a keeping ability which runs parallel therewith. ‘‘He shall keep me un- til that day.” Itis a singular thing that the phrase “that day” has no antecedent in the composi- tion of this epistle. But the ‘apostle’s mind was so intensely fixed upon the day in which the Mediator should give up His charge, be- cause the apostle should be threatened with Snot no longer, that the thought absorbs him, and he speaks of that day without an antecedent. He felt assured that the keeping of his soul by Christ till the day of the Redeemer’s comit linked up his eternal vation commensurately with the Redeemer’s life. With the double flukes of this anchor fastened into the very rock of ages itself there was no power in man or devil to make his faith falter. A blush never tinged his cheek when he spoke of Christ's glory, for, he suid, “Iam not ashamed of the Gospel ot Clirist,” and a misgiving of his own salvation never seized his breast with this twofold basis of faith beneath his feet. In life and death he was steadfast and immov- able, because he could say in both, “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to TD, that which I have committed to him unto that MASONIC TEMPLE, NATURALISTS AND SUPERNATURALISTS—SERMON BY MR. O. B. FROTHINGHAM. Mr. O. B. Frothingham discoursed in Masonic Tem- ple on the subject of “Naturalists and Supernatural, ists.” In the course of his reasonings he said that faith must rest on some basis, ground or foundation; otherwise it is an illusion. The substance of Christ's belief was faith in Himsclf as « person sent—tho lect Messiah, the chosen of the Lord—for special purpose. He had faith that through Him was to be re-estab- lished the kingdom of Israel. By the aid of His own faith He was able to lay down His life in the assur- ance of itto the world. But the basis of His belief has crumbled to dust beneath the foot of time. His faith was not true; He was not the Messiah through whom the race of Israel was to be again built up. In less then one hundred years after His death Jerusa- lem was in ruins. Yet, while literally untrue, the substance of His faith has left behind a belief which marks strongly the progress of the age. Th: Fubstance of Hin faith was that the perfectly just and pure God had chosen Him for His representative on earth. But the setting of the gem of belief, as fur- nished by Jesus, was valueless; yet it was noble, ad- mirable, all but universal, a sentiment to which good. and noble men and women could respond. It waa a something belonging to the heart, but not resting on fact. THE OLD FAITH AND THR NEW. ‘Lhe difference between the oldjand the new faiths is that while the former rests on sentiment the latter Teposes on arial The former is a feeling; the latter an indestructible faith. The new and cardinal articles of faith go down to the very root of things, The fi foagicew le is faith in nature. The word “nature” E peed often in the most vague and con- flicting senses. By faith in nature the speaker meant faith in bse! Sen natural, as op) dt the supernatural, Faith in nature is opposed to a faith that wants to beat nature down—to oppress her—and to have faith in something above nature. The Chris- tians denounce faith in nature as being no faith at all; as being faith in the devil. The late plague in the Seta Hines weet cate to be chanted by believers , HONESTY OF BELIEF. Let it be so, Recite no creed, have no religion that the heart does not believe in. It is better to say that ere is no God than to say “yes, we believe,” when we jo not. Here the speaker further illustrated what he meant by affectation, citing how a decade ago the people affected to believe that they had money in their pockets, when paper rags were all their riches. Now we are at the bottom of it all—poor, but we must be honestly poor. He wished the’ people had hard times in religion, so that honest men might be seen streaming in and dishonest ones streaming out of it. He would like to see a faith that honest men and women might respect. The second cardinal int of faith of the natural- ists is faith in man. ‘The faith of the Christians rests on contempt for man, on a belief in the alleged de- pravity of human nature. Man, they say, must be regenerated by the agency of the Holy Ghost. Faith in the simple, bare man was an immense gospel, but it has not regenerated the world, Now, the natural- ists’ faith is not in man as he is, but in what he may become; not as ho has shown himself, but as he may show himself; in that man as we seo him now has power to rise above his bestial passions, to become self-controlled, noble and humane. This is what faith in the future of the race, country or in- dividual man leads us to. The preacher showed, ac- cording to his views, that training in the new belief must kill the coward’s disposition to lie, and con- cluded by saying that the people of this generation who have faith in men, and build upon it, are the prophets; they put their lower selves under their fect, knowing that they work for a good cause—that of humanity—a cause that will go on gaining ground from strength to strength, and from glory to glory, through ages to come, ST. LUKE'S M. E. CHURCH. THE MILLENNIUM-—-SERMON BY THE REY. DB. ©. H. FOWLER. The Rev. Dr. Fowler preached in St. Luke’s Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Forty-first street, last even- ing, taking his text from Revelation xx.,2—‘‘And he took hold of the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and buried him a thousand years.”” The millennium, said the Doctor, as indicating a thousand years of the reign of Christ on earth, has many attractive elements, Just at this time the pub- lic attention has been turned toward the subject in a special manner by the prophetic conference in which able and learned and devout men have presented their views for their own purpose—that of emphasizing this, to them “great doctrine.” This of itself indicates unusual interest in the theme, The subject touches almost every side of human nature, The idea is older than the Christian era. Many of the Jews looked upon the! six days of creation as containing great lessons about the divine administra- tions of a world so created. They believed that these days represented each 1,000 years; that as the Church had continued 2,000 years’ before the giving of the law and 2,000 under the law, before the coming of the Messiah, it would continue under the Messiah in its gospel dispensation 2,000 years, then it would rise up into the glory of the eternal Sabbath, or as some thought, into a Sabbatical day, or 1,000 years of rest from fears and foes. Christ was to reign in Jerusalem, All nations were to bow to the Jews. ‘The early Jewish Christians, such as Barnabas and Hermes, adopted this view. The Epistles of Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, and the great Epistles of Diagnetus are all silent on the subject. The idea was confined in the first centnry to the Jewish side of the Church. millennium is entirely distinct from the doctrine of the second coming of Christ. When the second coming is made to precede the millennium then its advocates are the millenniumites. Ifthe second com- ing follows the millennium with no temporal reign, but with judgment, then the doctrine loses all its peculiar power and becomes the common faith of the Church. The question understood and held by its modern teachers involves the personal physical Bio of Christin Jerusalem for 1,000 years as the millennium, and it involves many difficulties. SOME SIMPLE TRUTHS, A fow simple truths may safely be applied to the interpretation of the prophecies concerning the fu- ture of the Church. We may expect Christ to make the salvation of all men possible. This He has long ‘go accomplished. We may expect Christ to adjust accountability to the light of each individual. This He has always done. It must continue. Woe may also expect the triumph of Christian principles. Chris- tianity shall conquer all forms of idolatry and of false religion, ‘The Gospel shall be preached to all nations. It shall be heard by all men. Not all will obey, but all shall hear. Society will be delivered from organ- ized wrongs. Injustice shall cease. The habits and economies and industries of the Bible shall make life a manifest blessing for all. Men will continue to toil and acquire, but not for selflish purposes. The sick and weak will be thus for. ‘To-day, said the Doctor in conclusion, the world is full of inventions and of Bibles., These shall multi- ply. The world is open before us. The triumphs of the Gospel depends upon the faiths and efforts of the church. What is called the millennium will come when we introduce or bring it. It waits our action. FIFTH AY. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE PEACE—8ERMON BY REY. JOHN HALL. The Rey. John Hall took his text from Isaiah, xxxil. 17, 18—‘And the work of righteougness shall be peace; and the effoct of righteousness quictness and assurance forever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.”, After alluding to the danger of war now threatening in the East Indian pos- sessions of Great Britain, and the recent peace con- cluded between Russia and Turkey, the reverend gentleman said he would address himself more especially to-day to the peace of the family and the peace of the spirit. What a great blessing peace was! In the Middle Ages, when might was right and war and bloodshed were rife everywhere, there were many gentle and mild spirits which, to secure peace, even sought seclusion from the entire outer world. Peace was to the human soul the earnest of the future in store for the people of God; it was the consciousness of the pres- ence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he who possessed it could bear the pain of illness and suffering and the weight of grief and distress, Since the world began the great disturbing cause,,the barrier between God and man, was Satan, was sin. Hence it was only righteousness that could remove this barrier. Men all felt this sometimes and tried to attain this right- cousness, HOW TO ATTAIN IT. This righteousness came to the flock of Jesus by the Divine grace. In the first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans the character of this righteousness was expressly proclaimed and identified with the Gospel as the wer and wisdom of God. “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” The process of acceptance of this righteousness was that regeneration which was the renouncement of Satan and the reconciliation with God, “He that believes is born of God,” &e. “His seed remaineth in him.” That meant that the word of righteousness would have the effect of instilling into the soul peace and rest forever. This was the salvation and glory of the Gospel. This was the safe resting place from which they could say to every sin- ner, “Come to God, and you shall be safe,’ ‘And now, continued Dr. Hall, when there are so many churches who still do not bring their flock to God, let every one here, L h you, do his work earnestly in order that this church at least may become an agency of salvation. You cannot haye this righteousness ac- cepted by any very large number of peo- ie without effecting a great salutary chan fn'ine community. ople when they look at the world, with its deceptions and frauds and murders, say that the Church after all is only a slender thread in the framework of society, But people do not know how the world would be without any church at all, for no such experiment had ever been tried. If the world is as bad as it is, and with all that is done by the Church, what would it be without any church at all? CRITICISMS ON NEW YORK LIFE, Referring to the various manifestations of Satan, the reverend preacher took up, by of example, the love of money, whose evils he ‘ted by many striking illustrations, The inordinate desire for money led to recklessness, defalcations, dishonesty, restlessness in the community, the feeling that at ngs was unstable and insecure; and = church ife and family life must fecl its malignant effects. ‘Take inordinate South had no for ms or conditions, yet the Christians explain that it all came throngh the fault of the dwellers in the afflicted districts, while the naturalists show that the disease came on through want of sanitary precautions and on account of bad drainage, or i ularities in living. The Christians attribute the Chinese famine and other afflictions of the human race to ese, While the naturalists attribute them to over population and bad crops. MURPHY'S INSPIRATION, There is @ man preaching # crusade among us against intemperance. God bless it, The super- naturalists aay it is the Lord’s doings that have moved him; he is raised by God and works through the Holy Spirit. The naturalists merely remark that new powers have been awakened in him by perfectly accountable means, Nature causes the desolating flood and at the same time supplies materials to build « bridge on which to cross it; nature makes the tide to flow and the Tiber to overrun ite banks; nature sends the miasma and the cure that baniahes it; uature is atonce the “bane and antidote” of all our troubles, Everything we have acquired or gained through faith in the capacity of nature to recover men and women trom the error of ignorance is 80 mitch saved from the misconcep- fions of the supernaturaliats, Let, therefore, men rely upon nature, and the triumphs of the past shall be as defeats when compared with what shall be done in the future new heaven and new earth, new society, and habits whose beauties shall seem to put this age of ours into sackcloth, By faith in nature, the preacher went on to say, he meant that which is op- posed to affectation, a deception which may be inno- cent, but which nevertheless ia demoralizing. People say that we must be affected; for to tell what we think would be to aplit the world into pieces. The temple would be rent in twain from bottom to top ambition—what a great disturbing cause that was! All the sweet aroma of life was nothing to the man whose spirit burned for greater power and position. These were manifestations of evil prevalent even among Christian men who claimed to live under the influence of the Gospel. But give us men truly im- bued with the faith in Jesus and we shall see them in ‘eable habitations, and in their career, be it brill- jant or humble, we shall see spiritual rest and peace and happiness of the soul, Such, my brethren, would Tike to seu my OW: id your carver. Nothing is said to me so often as that there is no we ith the life of New York; and there cannot be until there is more righteousness—that is, rectitude; that is, doing right. What is sue worth down town, what are jv ions in money and land worth, if there is no pe love at home, no sym- pathy or kindness in the family circle? Keep down and curb ali your evil and unholy passions, Let the whole weight of God's word press down upon them so that you may be able to do God's work in peace, What a joy it should be to man, after a week's vaca- tion, suspicion and warfare, to come to this temple of God on the Sabbath | No need of looking at every heighbor with suspicion, rivalry or enmity, but only with @ feeling which wraps Up all in love and peace, LENESS AND STARVATION, One of the greatest disturbing forces in any com- munity was the presence of large number ‘of idle men, Therefore do not allow yourselves to be idle; let every man in this church do his best. These two things let us keep away—idleness and starvation—for the tood which L administer to you will not nourish you nless you properly digest it, God grant that this place be one of peace and that every one in com- ing here on the Sabbath may know he is coming to a spot where he shall feel that peaco and rest “which Passeth all understanding,” and which the Gospel proclaimed was the surest token of salvation. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. PRAYERS FOR SOULS IN PURGATORY--SERMON BY REV, FATHER FARLEY. Solemn high mass was celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral, in Mott street, at half-past ten o’clock-by Rey. Father Lynch. In addition to the regular quar- tet choir, led by the organist, Mr. John White, there was a volunteer choir ot upward of a hundred voices, who are practising for a grand concert to be given in aid of the Cathedral. Rey. Father Farley preached, the subject being the duty of praying for souls in purgatory. He called attention to the fuet that the Ast of the month was Ail Saints’ Day and the 2d All Souls’ Day, and then went on to say that it was a pre- cious duty to beg God to hasten the joys of the de- parted of which they af in the end certain, but which can only be attained after long suffering. The Chureh, in her anxiety for the souls of those gone from this life, had in form directed that on that day not only every mass offered up should be for the souls of the departed, but that private prayers should be offered up also. "We are too apt to forget our friends when they are dead. Our memory of them is, ax a rule, too short lived. Even those for whoin we were wane to make every sacrifice and every self-denial while living, when the grave closes over them too often memory of them is buried in the same tomb. ‘The Church knows this, and she knows also that we need to be reminded that the Saviour is still ready and able to save from worse than death, as He was when He brought to life again the daughter of the ruler mentioned in the gospel of the day. There are other reasons even more tender than this invitation of the Church. Are we not bound to these souls either by ties of friendship, of kindred, of justice or of charity? Many of th have shared our past joys and our’ past sorrows—parents, perhaps, who wept with us in our sorrows and rejoiced with us in our joys. And now-all that they ask for their toilings and anxieties for us is the sacrifice of a few minutes daily of that life whieh they were the instruments of bringing us into. Perhaps when they were on earth | we did not love them as tenderly, as dearly, as we should have loved them, aud, in consequence, we have been stricken with remorse, But remember that in death we can aid them more effectually than while in | lite, for our prayers for their souls can assist in hastening them to that joy which surpasseth under- standing. BOUND IN JU#TICE AND IN CHARITY. We are bound in justice to those souls in purg- atory, because many of them may be suffering for sins caused by our own evil example. ‘Chere are more lives affected by example, more good or evil hangs paras upon # single word, than we have any idea of, It may bo that some soul is suffering the pains of purgatory because of some words of ours thoughtlessly spoken or some uction carelessly performed. We are bound in charity, for while we know of deaths of many whose lives and the manner of their dying leave no doubt of their salvation, yet we know of many whose lives were not what they should haye been, and whose death came so sudden that there was not a moment left to sigh out for mercy. To these we are bound in charity. ‘Their sufferings may be long and their agony intense. Why should we not listen to their cry of distress? Ifa ship in distress is seen from the shore the question does not arise whether those on board are triends or foes. The lifeboats are mann and lives are risked to rescue those in peril. Shall we, then, stand on the shore of life and look out upon the souls tossing on the ocean of eternity and remain stolid and indifferent? This is our faith, and if we would not have ita dead faith we must act upon it. Itis the meaning of that article of the creed—the com- qunion of saints. Father Farley quoted from several of the saints in proof of the existence of purgatory, and that the sufferings of souls confined there could be benefited by the prayers of those on earth. He also quoted from the words of the Council of ‘Trent, which held that not only the sacrifice of the mass, but prayers, numerous devotions, to many of which indulgences’ were attached, and even alms giving, were efficacious, Think, he concluded, what a sweet thought it is that the trifle of alms which you may give here to appease the hungry may purchase for some soul in purgatory an admittance to the celestial banquet of God. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. “MAN AND THE HEAVENS”—SEBMON BY THE REY. 8. A. CALTHROP. The Rev. 8. A. Calthrop, of Syracuse, N. ¥., ocen- pied the pulpit of the Church of the Messiah, the sub- ject of his discourse being “Man and the Heavens.’ His text was Psalms viii., 3 and 4:—“When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and stars, which Thou hast ordained, what is man that Thou art mindful of him?” ‘The sack of the city of Antwerp, said the preacher, is the most awful in the history of Felix of Spain, when he attempted to crush out Protestantism. The gutters were filled with blood, and the dead lay about every- where in countless numbers, The Spaniards for the time seemed to cast off the appearance of human beings, and old and young suffered in the indiscriminate massacre. But above all this slaughter, the bell of the Cathedral was tolling out in sweet tones, “Peace on earth, good willto men.” This leads us to think of the great contrast always between the peace that is above and the passions that are below. It scems hard to think that this earth on which we live is among the sister- hood of worlds, Yet it is within our knowledge that there is a strange community of nature between our world and the others we see about us. This com- munity of nature goes very deep. The very dust shows us the kinship between this and other worlds, The moon, which shines down mn us so placidly, is convulsed with volcanic action more terrible than we can conceive of. You dislike an earthquake or volcanos h you dislike the worlds about the sun. Afew days ago ® hurri- cane was observed in Jupiter travelling at the rate of one hundred mies an_hour, If the wind should travel here a) this rate. New York would know it. It is sad that this is a toreaken world, because of somebody's xin, We are governedin the matter of our lite lows, just as the whole galaxy of worlds about us. We cannot discern or tree life in the latter, but we can assume with much reason that the life is the same in those worlds as with us. In every round planet like ours it is probable that the laws of life are the same. If death did not oceur here you couldn't walk the strects without stepping upon some living being. In fifty-five years it would be #0. ‘There are two alternatives only in such planets as this, death or no standing-room. If we can solve this problem of life in one of these planets it can be solved in the others. * HEAVEN ALL AROUND US. .. Incidentally this leads us to the subject of immor- tality, continued the preacher. And God does not mean that man in his eternal state should be shut in a chest. I am jealous of thiv world, this particula: heaven, and of the many angels that are here. any one suppose that a guardian is in a particular ge and has wings? Do you suppose that heaven is in one particular spot? No, Heaven is where there is a company of believing souls. ‘The lesson of Christ is that when the eternal gets into a mau he is near to heaven. God makes heaven in New York as well as elsewhere. People think that heaven is going toa certain place, It you were to conduct your ity ‘buni- ness as you do the business of going to heaven, no one would trast you. The preacher loved the lessons of science, because they tell him that he is in the midst of the laws of eternity. Take justice, truth and mercy to your room and see what they do. It justice, trnth and mercy win the battle here, they will win it everywhere. ‘The moment a good man leads off this planet he leaps into the arms of God, When you are about to die Zou can caslly be- | they only know their side of the question. Lieve; it is cheap then to believe; but here now, in the midst of doubt, where God is weak, you are asked to be honest and true. If you are so, you are on the right side; if you wait until you go where God is strong, you may be on the wrong side. Don’t put off this question until to-morrow any longer. Go to heaven now. Make your life so that there will always be @ heaven around yo * DEDICATING A CONVENT. The new Academy and Convent of St. Dominic, con- nected with Stg Boniface Church, on First stroet, Jersey City, was dedicated yesterday with appropriate ceremonies by Rev. Mgr. Seton, acting by authority of, Bishop Corrigan, in the presence of several hundred people. Solemn high mass was celebrated in the chapel by Rey, Father Bonaventura, of St. John’s Church, this city, with Rey. Father Marechal, of St. Peter's, Jersey City, as deacon; Rev, Father Schadler, of 8t. Michael's, this city, sub<deacon, and Rev, Father Kraus, of St. Boniface Church, Jersey City, master of ceremonies, assisted by Rey. Father Lilly, of St, Vin- de Paul's, of this city, The acting Bishop reached an ay ite sermon from Philippians, ti, 17, “Be followers of me, brethron, and observe them who walk so as you have our model,” &, ‘The new structure ix 100 feet front by 56 feet deep and a chapel extension of 96 feet, and is built of brick, with Belleville freestone trimmings. It is divided into a cellar basement and four stories. The east wing has been set apart as an academy for girls, and the eentre and west wing is for. the convent people, The cornet stone was laid in April, and the entire structure cost $36,000. The furniture and stalle of the chapel are of butternut, and very handsomely arranged. Over the altar is a painting representing the Virgin, with her child, be- stowing the ros@ry upon St, Domin’ ‘The institu. tion with be unde: management of the Sisters of St, Dominie . 3W CATHOLIC CHURCH, ‘The Church of the Sacred Heart, the first Catholic chureh in Bloomfield, N. J., was dedicated yesterday forenoon by Right Rey, Bishop Corrigan, assisted by Rev. Fathers Cody, Callan, Brennan and Steclo, and Kev, Father Flyin acted aa chaplain. Mozart's Twellth Mase was rendered by St. James’ Choir, of Newark. Bishop Corrigan preached the hrs 4 sermon. The church was filled to overtlowing. It will seat about six hundred persons, STANDARD HALL. LECTURE BY PROFESSOR ADLER ON THE DUCT OF LIFE. Under the general head of the “Conduct of Life,”* said Professor Adler, we propose to-day to discuss the utilitarian theory of ethics, The tendency of the modern age is toward equality, both in the Church and in the State, The term “republican religion” would express, perhaps, as aptly as any other, what we desire, But equality is often misunderstood; no- where so much so as in America, The genuine de- mocracy seeks to level all fictitious distinctions, such as are founded on accident, pretence and fraud, but only with a view of bringing the real distine- tious into fuller and more prominent relief; those, namely, which are founded on intellec- tual merit and moral excellence, The levelling of distinctions indiscriminately must lead to barbar- ism and national downfall, In the intellectual sphere we notice the same surly preference for medi- ocrity—the man who believes himself fully the equal of his neighbor will claim to utter opinions on the highest problems. If an easy explanation for @ difficult question is offered it is received with ap- plause and speedily becomes popular, It is proper to distrust easy explanations of difficult problems. The utilitarian theory owes a large share of its popu- larity to its seeming simplicity; it is not more ac- ceptable to us on that account, Utilitarianism makes pleasure the standard of virtue, a variety of pleasures, and ‘how judge? Some persons give themselves over to the pleasures of the table with unseemly eagerness; others forget the restraints of home- bred morality in the pursuit of the beautiful; others, again, grow hardhearted and cold m the cold atmos- phere of thought. ‘THE CHOICE OF PLEASURES. ‘On what plea can we condemn them ? John Stuart Mill says, “It is better to be a human being dis- satixfled than a pig or a fool satisfied; and if the pig and the fool are of the contrary opinion it is because So itis maintained that a choice between pleasures is neces- sary, but an adequate reason is not given, Mr. Mill says, “The majority of competent judges decide in favor of the higher pleasures, but the opinion of the majority is of no importance in a mat- ter which concerns my own personal enjoyment;” and what, moreover, can “higher” and “lower” mean, in this connection, except more pleasure giving and less pleasure giving? But as a matter of fact it is not true that the higher life is always the more pleasurable. The way of knowledge is hard; the art- ist passes through fearful struggles (think only of Michael Angelo), and the most virtuous man, on his part, is often most unhappy. But even if it could be proved, as it cannot, that the surplus of pleasure is on the side of the higher life, the sensuous may ask, “Why should I choose the higher in peop to the lower? Iwill be modest; I will allow you to take the greater pleasures, such as wasting your life in study, denying yourself every comfort and going to prison for your principles, while I—see how humble Lam—will content myself with the lesser goods, such as living in tine houses, in driving costly equipages and feasting without en I will also rob a little and murder a little, for these are still lesser pleasures, merely to show how modest I am.” Do you not see that the pleasure theory takes away the word “ought” out of the language ? ‘That if it be adopted there is no more any such thing as guilt in the world, and only imprudence and lack of perception on the part of those we are wont to call sinners ? ORIGIN OF VIRTUE, Professor Adler then went on to argue that utili- tarianism fails to explain the origin of virtue, since the true policy of the strong would be not to de- velop, but to root out conscience and to gag the in- ward monitor instead of respecting him, Further- more, that utilitarianiqm fails to cover the deepest facts of moral experience, fails to account for the cON- but there are shall we culpability of secret sins and for the glory and enthusiasm which accompany actions of great self-sucrifice. - He separated — between the theory and its adherents, many of whom, like Mill himself, are deserving of the most profound ad- miration. He concluded by describing the word “utility” as the label of the theory as unfortunate and dangerous. The people at large would draw from it only an additional warrant for selfishness; that selfishness is the Satanic power against which all re- ligions must combine to contend. In conclusion Professor Adler called attention to the fact that sev- eral prominent preachers in the Christian pulpit, no- tably one, had recently spoken in great earnestness on behalf of deed as superior to creed. With a fervent tribute to these fellow workers in the same cause, whatever might be their doctrines and beliefs, the lecture closed. . PROTESTANT CITY MISSION, THE WORK OF THE FAST YEAR AND BRIGHT HOPES FOR THE FUTURE--ADDRESSES BY CLERGYMEN AND LAYMEN, Calvary Church, at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street, sheltered only a small number of people last evening from the per- sistent rain, It was the forty-cighth anniversary of the New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society, and the Right Rev. Bishop H. H. Neely, of Maine; the Rev. Dr. Woodruff and the Rev, F. Courtney, of St. Thomas Church, were pres- ent. Bishop Potter’ had been expected to preside and the Rev. Dr. H. ©. Potter was to have delivered an address, but both were confined to their homes by illness. Bishop Neely therefore presided. The Rev. Dr. Woodruff read the report of the Executive Committee for the year just concluded. It opened with the statement that the works had been conducted on 4 plan somewhat differ- ent from that which had before been adopted. For several years past there has been a deficit at each anniversary, but it had now been concluded that hereafter the affairs of the society must be managed on strict business principles. A budget would be prepared for the expenditures of cach de- partment, and beyond certain limits they would no longer trust alone to the goodness of their cause to fulfil obligations contracted without apparent means to sanction them. It had been deter- mined to mase a strong effort to establish a “guaranty club,” the members of which should pledge themselves to assume a portion of each year's deficit pro rata, The following statistical facts were then recited:—Women and children admitted to St. Barnabas’ Home, 1,002; orphans taken care of, 16; children in the Day Nursery, 169. ‘otal, 1,187. There were 1,639 free ‘lodgings _ furnished and = 105,381 free meals, There been 1,930 public and 130 private religious services, and the aggregate attendance at these was 110,170, Holy communion had been administered 3,649 times, 26 adults and 345 children had beon baptized and 1,320 families and 27,882 ns been visited, relieved and instruc in tenement houses and institutions, Books in the libraries on Blackwell's Island had been used 26,491 times ; 2,917 books had been drawn by the missionary Pcie ty the Gilbert Library for prisoners in the Tombs and 20,840 papers and 3,200 magazines had been distributed in the Tombs and clsewhere. During the past six years the society had paid its running expenses, Cleared off a floating debt of $14,000 and reduced the mortgages on the St. Barnabas proper.y trom $16,000 to $2,000, The expenses last year were $23,000, and the receipts were $21,000, The deficiency was sup- plied by a loan, which would have to be paid out of the income of the current year, The work now in hand requires $30,000, taf EPtopeiate resolutions were adopted, chiefly directed to the ue- cessity of copaiaing @ permanent source of income for the society, The event Rev. M. Doi an Bishop Neely, Rev. F. Tracy and Mr. Stephen P. was male to the completion of the free Chapel of St, Augustine, in East Houston street, and the building of a new St. Barnabas’ Home as mat- ters for great gratulation, and it was #1 ited that the 01 jon of a cathedral system charities would the best solution of the great work which the society finds before it growing apace. THE JERRY MAULEY MISSION. rtney, parice Cow a cl Nash. Allusion RAISING MONEY TO PAY OFF THE DEBT—AN EN- THUSIASTIC SERVICE, The Jerry M’Aulcy Mission House in Wator street was crowded yesterday afternoon with an audience that had been gathered from all parts of the city. Five coaches stood in front of the doors during the service, showing that the friends of the mission were well to do in worldly possessions, and though the rain fell in torrenta during the latter part of the service, still the house became moro and more crowded, The service was presided over by General Fisk, and among the more prominent gentlemen pres- ent were Rey, Mr. Hepworth, Rev. Dr. Ormiston, Thur- low Weed, Mr. James Faleot and Mr. Pendleton, of Cleveland, Jerry M’Auley, who usually conducts the meeting, coutented himself on this occasion with 4 position in front of the desk but still prominent to observers, and officiated as- manager of the meeting, expecially directing his attention to the proper selec: tion of the verte” who made profession of their faith and acknowledged the errors of their former mode of living before “finding the Lord Jesus.” The reason wi #0) =omany = promi- nent gentlemen were present yesterday was to lend “a helping hand in the effort. being made at the present time to pay off the debt hanging over the institution, After the opening of the service Rev. Mr. Hepworth made a brief address in which he oO ulated the audience on coming together in suck large numbers to Assist in a work 80 meritorious as that in which they were engaged and trusted that the efforts of this inission to do good would bear abundant fruit and that the special object to be obtained would receive in the tulness of its bearing upon this downtown district the blessing of Provi- dence, Subsequently Rev. Dr, Ormiston made a briet address in a similar strain, and meanwhile Missionary M'Auley had brought before the audience at different tines several men and afew ladies, who made the ‘usual style of open confession of the peace they found in conversion, Hymne were sung and the audience became again and In enthusiastic in religious ox- pressions, “Amen!” “Glory be to God!” and “Hallelujah!” being the favorite utterances mado nl aloud with evident deep feeling. When the audience was thus aroused to the highest point of excitement, it was always deemed advisable to make an announce: ment from the desk that money was needed for the ment of the debt, and so liberal were the responses » these appeuls that } probably $1,400 was col before the service had concluded. In the event there was another service held, which was also attended, and at which liberal contributions were made, OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. (Nore.—Letters intended for this column must be accompanied by the writer's full name and address to insure attention, Complainants who are unwilling to comply with this rule simply waste time in writing. Write only on one side of the paper.—Ep, Huma.) WHEN WILL HE SETTLE? To THe Eprror or THe HxeRanp:— Can you inform the depositors of the Bowling Green Savings Bank when the receiver of said bank will set tle up its affairs? DEPOSITOR. ADMISSION TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, To THe Eprror or THe Heratp:— Will you please inform me how I can get into Belle vue Hospital? I received a permit from Commis sioner Blake, but was refused admission and referred to Blackwell's Island, I contracted my disease while in the army during the war, and am not able to ate tend to any business, Iam a man of family and une able to pay for proper medical services, W. 8 A RAPID TRANSIT COMPLAINT, To Tux Eprror or THE HERALD:— Will the Superintendent of the Metropolitan Ele vated Railroad kindly inform me why a ticket cannot be purchased at the Forty-second street station, on the west side, after 11:15 P.M.? I have occasion to get on their trains at that station every night on my way home, and am told by the gatekeeper to Py getting off. Whed I come to my destination should not have the proper change I am obliged to wait until the gentleman in blue and brass hunts up the change in some neighboring saloon. Ww. EAST SIDE HOODLUMISM, To THE Eprron o¥ THE HERALD:— The patrons of the Grand street and Forty-second street ferry car line are very frequently exposed not only to annoyance but also to positive danger. Boys in the vicinity of Fourteenth street and avenue A ob struct the track almost daily by putting stones and other obstacles on it. A few days ago, while riding in car No, 38, a lad threw a big piece of lead pipe the platform with such force that it injured my toot and those of two other passengers. On remonstrat with the conductor I was advised to jump off hunt the young rowdy. I would like to know why nothing is done to puuish these young rowdies that infest this part of the city. A PASSENGER, ‘THROWING IN A STORE, To THE Eprron or THE HERALD:— My attention was attracted a few days ago to a very handsome pin set ina fine black scarf in a store be twe-n Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets, on Broad- way. I went in and asked the price, not of the pinalone nor of the scarf alone, but holding both up in my hand desired to know the price of both. The question wag put in this wi Holding up the two arcicles together, asked, *W! steko of this?” The answer a “$1 85. ‘ll take it,” and the attendant, a big, ol Frenchman, took the scarf and pin to the other end of the store, removed the pin and handed me the scarf alone, wrapped up in paper. When I got home I disc: ove! the deception and called back. The burly Frenchman said, ‘I suppose you willexpect my whole store the next scarf you buy.” A VICTIM, ANSWER. THE ‘BROOKLYN ANNEX” LINE, DEPor AND OFFICE o¥ THE ‘‘BROOKLYS ), Annex,” Foor FuLTON STREET, Bnooxtrn, Nov. 15, 1878. To THe Eprtor or THE HERALD:— A complaint, headed ‘Behind Time,” in your col- umns states that our boats running to the New Jer- sey Central missed connection and were behind time. Please state that the “Brooklyn Annex" does not run said boats to the New Jersey Central and has no ccne nection whatever with them. The “Brooklyn An nex" is an organized corporation, running boats on time to the Pennsylvania Railroad, Je tity; the Fall River boats, to Boston; the Albany ts (Peo- ple’s line and Day hne), and the Mary Powell in her season. There are boats running from Jewell’s whart, chartered by Captain Dey, Mr. Burt and par- ties connected with the Erie road, that run to the Central Jersey road. They have assumed as a portion of their designation our corporate name, but have no connection with us in any way whatever, The com- laint should have been against Captain Dey's Erie Eaass and not against our line. Will you give us the benefit of the explanation and relieve us from com: plaint for their failures? FRED. SANSEN, Superintendent, MISSING MERCHANT WHEATLEY. Mr. Silas M. Giddings, superintendent of St. Pe ter’s Protestant Episcopal Church, State street, Brook- lyn, who is trustee of the estate of the son of James H. Wheatley, the missing Brooklynite, took occasion, yesterday afternoon, during the exercises, to allude to that gentleman. Mr. Giddings said it was his duty to refer to the absence of their friend, Mr, Wheatley, whe for upward of twenty years had been known to them, and who had been beloved by every one connected with St. Peter's parish. He had been generous and liberal when successful in his business, an@ they were largely indebted to him, not only for his contributions toward the church building, but also for the erection of the parochial residence. In. sinuations had been thrown out by a portion of the press that he had disappeared on account of wrong doing. While it was well known that he had been unfortunate in his business and must have lost funds placed in his hands, it was alag true that the investment of the money had been left to his discretion. His investments were regular, and if they failed it was not in his power to have avoided it. Up to the present time not a particle of proof had been adduced that he had done saying ek It was, the speaker thought, but fitting that friends should say something in his defence. Mr. Giddings subsequently stated toa HemanD re porter that he had been appointed by the Supreme Court as guardian of Mr. Wheatley’s son end a trustee, and to-day he would open and examine the contents of the tin box left by the missing gentlemar with the Brooklyn Safe Deposit Company. Not the slightest clew has been obtained as to Mr. W! since August 29, when he left Brooklyn for hia on business. The next day a tek was received’ From Washington, enone | he wot home that same night. The original of the h was subse nently examined in Washington, but Mr. dia not learn whether it was in Mr. Wheatley's writing. Mr. Wheatley was a retired failed in business as a sugar refiner about two ago, His wife and son reside in Remsen Brooklyn. FUNERAL OF A CUBAN PATRIOT, ‘Tho remains of the late Sofior Don José G. Angarica, ‘a native of Cuba and a trusted patriot, were yesterday committed to rest in Greenwood Cemetery. The body was interred with all the rites and ceremonies of a Free Spanish military authorities in Cuba, but from the island and came here. iT f Eminent Commander Stillman; the Star Laolie turned out under Roome, “ M.F. and A. M., 8 ON. ¥., and fy numbers of Cuban and American friends of the were present, The casket, an ©’ wert 4 “4 of rosewood, heavily and approp mounted with i aments, was covered with floral onions Pie moet delicate and tasteful description. The = “« sword and hat worn by the departed the head of the Re ye 5 whit wan oor bye of the first long line extended of sides of the street along to Eighth avenno, Baldwin the jemn service for the according to the rights of the Knights and General Roome, on behalf Star Lodge, eulogized the life their | late” bi The Sefiores J. M. Mestre, Arturo Seriol, Mr. Jacob Rosenfeld, G. Foacano, F. Gonzalez and L. Foscano. Owing to character of the lengthy Masonic service and if ye waa in motion. 5 he eae the he Loi members of ne Star Lodge, accot and the remains to Greenwood Cemetery. BLEW OUT THE GAS. Louis Maneuse, a boarder at the Hotel Repafiol, Ne, 21 East Fourth street, retired to his room early Satun day night, He blew out the gas instead of turning tt off, and went to bed. His room door was forced opes by @ policeman morning, who found Pyn® Piug"on tho bed deed, "having “test suffocated by the gas. The Coroner was oO his decease and ordered the removal of hia te the Morgte, Maneuse arrived in this city on Satan day from Spain, of which country he was ‘a native, He was an upholsterer by but on learning that business was very di in city he said that he would return home by the next steamer, \