The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1878, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1878--TRIPLE SHEET. THE SEVEN DAV. Sermons by Prominestt Divines in this City and Brooklyn. THE BUILDING UP OF ‘MAN. Progressive Conversion—Use of Repeated Afflictions. HOW TO DEAL WITH POVERTY. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. POVERTY AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT--SERMON BY REV. GEORGE H, HEPWORTH. “The Problem of the Poor,” was the subject dealt with by the Lev. George H. Hepworth yesterday morning, and the text selected was Deuteronomy xv., 11—For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy in thy land.” The prevalence of @ tonstantly increasing poverty, said Mr. Hepworth, is the oppression of the political economist. Why is it the dictum of the inspired sage that the poor sball never cease out of the land. The Christian, at least, acknowledges the duty of umelioration and feels himself respogsible for the recognition of certain movements which shall better the condition of those who are oppressed and down- trodden by adverse and despotic circumstances. It is true that according to his thonght society has not reached that high-water mark of possibility when every man within it who is honest and willing shall have an opportunity afforded him for a competent sup- port, It is true that inequalities exist, and probably always will exist to a greater or less ex tent. if all the money which is at present in circulation throughout the world shoald be evenly distributed to all the men and women who compose the world the inequalities complained of would not lessen. Within a few hours man's ean- ning, man’s prejudices aud man’s vices would chang? the whole current of affairs. Those who are paupers would lay by their portion; those who are reckless would spend theirs, Onr vices stand in the way of » possible equality, Now, the question that is rest- ing on mavy thoughtful minds is, What are some of the causes of this tidal wave of poverty that “has act- tied all over this country, and what are some of the remedies that will check it if not altogether stay its progress. Poverty is generally caused by & want of thrift in the individual or a want of ability or a want of morality. In ordinary circumstances you may count on these as the causes of nine-tenths of the poverty. In these days we are obliged to take another factor into account, and which has stances of affairs and which presents this enigma in quite a different light, It is am alarming fact that the pov of to-day is simply the ulcer si Y res d that the difficulty of dealing with it is coused by our progress, wnd the only hope that is loft us is the belief that still farther progress will ef- tect a change and a change for the better. For years there has been a fight between machinery on the one hand and manual labor on the other. It has been a fight for lite ou the side of labor anda fight for hu- man progress on the side of ihe people. The sewing machine does in one hour what a score of poor girls could scarcely achieve by a whole day’s persistent toil. One child by means of a machine throws a score of grown people out of work. INDIFFERENCE OF THR WEALTHY. We are struck by the fact that all the better classes of society, who are in reality as much interested as any one, are utterly indifferent to the whole question of the solution of the trouble that all have so un- fortunstely been brought into. hoy have left this question in the hands of the discontents themaclves, aud who are trying to compel a settlement in their own way. A large section of this immense number of tha unemployed have become tramps, as they are called. 'Lhey Lave increased largely lately, ‘they may be called a class of Anu soviety, That as a class they are dangerous; that they contr.bate nothing to the wealth of the country; that it is the business and object of their lives to tuke rather than give is said Mr. Hepworth then denounced indis- criminate giving, and gaid that the charitably dis- posed had far better yive their contributions to organized charitable institutions whose business it was to investigate. As the result of his experience he had Ween compelled to come sorrowfully to the con- clusion that ninety-nine cases out of every bundred of those that came before him personally for relief were impostors. The upper part of this class of un- employed had taken the name of communists and socialists, If their plaus were applied to society it would result not in progress, but in utter anarchy. It is absurd on face of it that the man of wealth, who has earned his own living while these ‘men have becn in idloness, or perhaps jilaging sball give his wealth to be distributed yy them. That is not the way God distributes, nor is 4 sound political economy. The plan of the Com- munist is to threaten all who have money, and next to put their threat into execution. That muy be called phuosophy, but common seuse ¢: cry, and that is what it is. s. That is a kind of movement that cannot pressed with too vigorons a hand. In America vrate almost anything, but that onght not to be toleraved. You may talk of tree speech, but you must not allow man wo e for himself what ‘Hust negard, ‘Whore ane" certain would do in in which ‘iety has a right to say shalt no I have a right to do @uything and everything that if within ny power to protect myself, my wife and my family ayuinet the effect of such theories, All men thas would uproot society must be coufined. If violent ineans are taken against such men and this violence causes the loss of the life of this disturber of society the responsibility rests upon the disturber and not upon the slayer. One thing is certeia the sovialiam of America nrust be rooted out by argument, and if that fails, by force, and that force must go far enough to put out of sight the philosophy of anarchy ‘and the threats of the incendiary. WHAT Is THE RELIEF? Men are trying to solve the enigma from the stand- point of sound social economy and also from the stand- point of the Christian religion. Shall you be surprised if I tell yon that I think the remedy lies in larger ine uleacion of our daties, one toward the other We, as Ani , have largely considered our rig. but have given very little consideration to our duties. Teannot be considered too radical when I say that business should be conducted in the interests of all classes. Lam speak: f the way in which business isdone. Business should not be s gaine of . We have made it so that ne is only able to come off best rs who has the longest arm and the largest band. The tendency in American is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, All that as fundamentally wrong—and it must be righted by juster views of political economy, or in America there must come @ social revolution. After 4 wan has provided for himself and ail the pos- rible wants of lis family, he is bound, by his obliga tioms to society, who protected him in his position, to give and to give largely, It is an incalculable evil When # man heaps up riches, not only far beyond his necessities, but r # which rise higher aud tugher, until be becomes a despot. This over-luxury, this overweening love of show which characterizes ali nires of America, is also an unspeakable , and mugt be eradicated by # higher public opinion, if We are to solve the problem as it toust be solved. It i# what aman is worth that has come to be looked upon test of his merit. ‘The consequence of this uw that our young men are willing to make money hones@y, bat when the time comes to make it dishoncetly the temptation is found to Le too #trong. It is the coinmon ambition of New York society either to have money or to make people believe they have. We must all learn to live within our mecomes. Mr. Hepworth concluded by showing how expensive to the poor were their vices and that ninetenthe of thew misery sprang from that; urged the adoption of compulsory education laws and the obligations of New ‘Testament admouitions of our du- ties toward our usighbors. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. PROGRESSIVE CONVERSION—-THR Uses OF RE- PEATED AVFLICTIONS--GKERMON BY LENKY WARD BECHER. Mr. Beechor’s text was the passage of St. Mark, viii., Aoveriptive of the healing of the blind man at Pethsalda, The Master in His teachings acted, he suid, upon a double principle. He produced excite- ment in order to break up the lethargy of the soul, but he suppressed it when it rah so fur as to su flocate the spiritual power. Mr. Beecher alluded to abandon- meut of one’s grosser vices as the indication having been once touched. Yet if @ man were not Jouched ayain this step would be compavatively in- valid, Lf wo a field that is chocked with rank weed ibe scythe is applied aud % is cleanly mowed the re- nuit is very good, But nothing else grows in their pluwe, no fruit, uo Hower, no grain, Iti only good proparatorily, Some men are quickened to this extent wid they will be 4 great deal better than they were be- tore if they know how to avail themselves of the change. Mr. oecher deseribed Lis boyish conception of the delights of conversion, but he suid that ft had never puime to bisa because the experonces of which it is constituted had grown npon him gradually before- | hand. To other people they were new because ordi- | narily they do uot see more than oné-millionth part | of the things about them. I supposed, be continued, | that the man who had been converted had nothing to do but to turn the key at any time and look into heaven and though he shut it up occasionally for other purposes, yet there it was in readiness for him whenever he wanted to enter. Some men had the gift of senanous manda glowing utterance in deserbing their religious experiences, but in his own observation sudden conversions into spiritual lite which were full of aurprisé and joy were excep- tional. The beginning of the Christion lite is as the light that shines brighter and brighter unto the per- foct day. MANY CONVERSIONS NEEDFUL. Men are touched, not twice only, but many times, before they see clearly with a spiritual vision. The old imethod of twaching presented every man as utterly and bro God before him asa hateful who ordained hell for the very purpose of creating men to suflur in it, with toresight of their everlasting reprobation. When men in the uncon- scious spirit of the New Testament resisted such a conception they were told that the hidden hatred within their hearts hud been brought out. All the pressure of the old time belief was brought to bear Upon them to cause them to submit. Aud they did subinit. Some went crazy; some went to the devil, aud some were saved, After absolute subinission Christ was preached us # Saviour, Why did they not do this before they preached Him ds oue of the dynasty of tyranny. Bat this was ouly a beginning. Conversion had touched his will, but not his dispo- sition. Others come into the kingdom not by battle royal, but by # consciousness of. their weakuess. So far they axe right, but still theirs is but the first step. They do uot know yet the whole range of their own imperfoctions, ‘Yhey have had a great and dramatic experience, but the gradual and perfecting experience comes later. in after life those to whom Christ has revealed His graciousness and love are apt to feel that the first | toueh gave them such joy as they never hud betore and never will have afterward. ‘he love which the sonl first has for Jesus Christ is 4 novelty and a sur- rise. Itis like the early dawn of the human love Between soul and soul, the most radiant and beautiful experience that it was possible to have up to that ». But after they are wedded and pass through wales and sorrows and joys down to the Indian summer of lite they tind that the later love is as much richer, deeper, more voluminous, more exquisite than its first Mash and dawn as the ripeness of the autumn is superior to the grecnness of the young fruit, PERSONAR EXPERUENCES, In the first touch ot His hand God gives us that edu- cation which He endured on earth in His sou. It is not an agreeable sensation to feel one’s self the football of the vulgar and au outlaw from society, to muct those who had before come to you with an open hand and find that they puss you by in scorn. But let a man haying done all wait till the hand of God touches him again, He will ihen look down trom a higher level and, with its sorrows and wrangling, the -world will seem like so many babbling chilaren. You have paid a cheap price tor that which you have aitained to when you come into a state in which you | can hold all things with an easy supremacy. Bat you don’t know what you are doing when yeu are pray- ing for sueh thingy. Mr. Beecher here almost stopped, apparently im- peded in utterance by painful emotions, aud he passed atrembling hwnd rapidly across his tace. The au- dience bobs in hushed suspense. A moment and eded :— a know what inward anguish, what crucifix- ion, What rending of the heart is needful in this over coming of the physical world? Yet the higher love is worth it all, How many men who have had this itrst touch have beid themselves up and have suid, “Lord, lay thy hand again upon me,” and have found & household #t last although they have lost afortune? iow many have known themselves in aiftic- tion who never knew themselyes before? Many a man been converted to faith, but not to generosity. I was lately informed by the man who has charge of that great ice. house of the world which Mr. Seward obtained for us, Alaska, that you can always tind ico in the middle of summer at a certain depth below the sur- tace. In multitudes of men there is a good solid foundation of ice. The summer never gets down there, What we want is 4 tropical heat which pene- trates to the very’centre of the earth and grows hot- ter as we go down. Have you been thoroughly con- verted? Is not your ideal merely social, necular, very low? Have you not those aspirations which amount every day to a rebuking of your luck? I pray God to touch even once the hearts of multi- tudes, to touch again those who have taken some steps toward uw higher development, and I pray God not to take His hand off of those who are going for- ward until they shall stand in perfection of the everiasting iife. CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION. DEDICATORY SERVICES—CONFIRMATION BY THU CARDINAL AND PON‘IFICAL HIGH 2488. ‘The Church of the Assumption, West Forty-ninth strovt, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, has just been enlarged and repainted, and xpocial services were held on the reopening of the saered editice for worship. In the morning, at half-past nine o'clock, His Eminence the Cardinal administered confirmation to about two hypdred boys and girls and thirty adults. A pontifical high mass was then celebrated, Rev. Father Shadler, of the Church cf St. Nicholas, being celebrant; Rev. Father Weber, deacon; Rev. Father Bruder, sub-deacon; Rev. Pather Farley and | Rey. Father Brophy, deacons of houor; Rev. Father Kuhnan, master of ceremonica, ‘he pastor, Kev. Father Schwenniger, his arm still invalidated | from his recent serious accident; Rev. Father | McDowell, pasior of the Church of St. Agnes; Rev. Father Coonan and Rev. Futher Weber oceupied in the sanctuary. [he church was crowded in part. Members of the St. Joseph's, St. Vimcent’s St. Lawrence's societies, attached to the church, were present during the service, wearing the insignia of their respective orders. ‘The music of the mass was Weber's inG, the choir being reinforced by the Man- nerchor Society. - ‘The sermon was presched by the Rev. Father ‘Wirth, rector of the Bedemptorist Church, in Third street, but, a6 the service was so lengthy, the preacher did not make un elaborate discourse, speaking chietly of the new edifice dedicated to God and then of need there was to seck to make beautiful also the temple of the soul. He said he was delighted with the beauty of this house which was being someeceeeee and dedicated ‘E wor- ship and congratu the congregation on the sacri- rm 4 they hed made; but they should not forget that the most valuable teyple of God was the soul. The beauty of # soul was of higher importance than any decoration of a temple of stone, and tius beauty was to be gained through good education and virtue. The cougregation had shown through the sacrifices they had made and the large dttendance at this service that they appreciated the importance of an edifice like this, and he had no doubt that the indications thus presented were expressive of the piety and devotion tw religion which prevailed among them. He hoped , they would continue to persevere in faituful adhereuce the Chureb and follow the advice and carry out in practice the doctrines expounded to them by'their spiritual teachers. “By so doing they would not only be good children of the Church, but at the same time be good members of society. FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. THE SAVIOUR IN THE UNDEBWORLD--SERMON BY REV. DR, ARMITAGE, Rev. Dr. Armitage preached yesterday morning on the subject, “Jesus in Hades,” taking his text from Palms xvi., 10—“Thou wilt not leave my soul in Lell | (the underworld, Hades), neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” The question arises here, said the reverend gentleman, What became of Christ’s body and spirit as the result of His (leath ? Clearly His body was interred in the tomb of Joueph, and rose from the dead ou the third doy. But what Decaine of His soul while His body Jay in the grave ? ‘The text gives an answer to this inquiry. It will be necessary to exantine what is meant by the word “hell” in thetext. There are several words in the Seriptures that are used to denote the state into which the spirits of meu enter after death. The first is the Hebrew word which the Psalmist uses in the text, “Shel,” which our version unfortunately trang latea by the word “heli.”’ Now, wo waderstand in common English by tho word “hell” a plaee of tor- ment, but this is not what “Sheb!" means in the He: | brew; there it means that which is hidden, or the | invisible world. So that David is not speaking here he speaks of the rogard to its place of happinos#, or its ment, ‘Then there is the Groek word ‘‘Hades,”’ w w Testament is generally rendered by the | “hell,” bat it also means that which ix hid- | den, or invisible, or in darkness. Both these words in revised versions, are rendered—“‘the underworld’ '— that is, the work! which man reaches by passing through death and the grave. Theu we have the ides without of tor- | whieh distinguished the place of torment and the place of happiness in the world of departed spirits, | expressed by the words paradise and yehenna or he as that terrible word is generally and us jerstood. i now. For the word “hell” in ¥ nally meant not so much to suffer, 7 or to conceal, so that to this the west of England to “hell’ anything ts to hones a mechanic Who pute late or auy othe roof upon @ house i called a “hellier”—that is, w coverer. The goneral idea is that whon Jesus died upon the cross his human spirit went suiong the dis- embodied into the world of spirits—the invisible abodes of the departed—wand was concealed in Hades, or in the underworld. DIVISIONS OF THK ENVINILE WORLD, But beyond the ale of dowth in that ““Shedt,’” that Hades, there laces of Paradise and | ‘acadive wud Gehenna, or hell proper. wo there isa great gulf fixed, It is ble work! that the Apostle Peal refers to when he says of Jesus, “Now that He ascended, what in it but that He deweended frst into the lower’ purta of the earth?’ He must obey ail the laws of His | mortality. Wh law of the dixembodied | He must submit w it. fhe spirits of the wo thieves | were about to accompany His own soul tu the under | world, aud they must yo with Him, either to the dee this jay portment of plosanze or Bain, And hence He promised ‘he penitent malefactor that they two would go to- ether that day into the blessed division of Hades, into paradise; while we suppose that the impenitent thicf weut into the cursed regions of . ‘heir bodies were alike to go into the grave, their spirits into the invisible world, Whats solemn aspect this thought gives to the tact that Jesus im His human spirit, dis- embodied, held near relationships to. other disem- bodied human spirits, while body also held as near relationships to other human dust the interval between His death on the cross His resurrection! How perfectly human our Lord was in all His relationships before His death and in His death and after His death! His life is the history of human fluctustions from the mi to the grave. And in death, being cut off out of the land ot the living, He entered the paradise of God, Whatever paradise is, or wherever it may be, it is, Christ's kingdom. The reply of the Redeemer to th thief implies that paradise is a place of conscious, so- cial eatstepce. He and the thief were to go there in company. When the text says, ‘Thou shalt not leave my soul in Hades” it throws light upon the Re- deemer’s dy’ act in commending His spirit to the keeping of His and is an amy comment upon the prophetic words, ‘Thou didst make known to me the ways of life, Thou wilt make me full of joy with Thy presence,” MASONIC TEMPLE. THE BUILDING UP OF MAN-—SERMON BY ME. O. B. YROTHINGHAM, A very large audience listened to Mr. O. B Froth- ingham’s discourse in Masonic Temple on the subject of ‘The Building Up of Man.” Among other things the speaker said that the subjoct meant the regencra- tion, the spiritual life of man. He touched the ques- tion of how ian became a human being, saying that nature makes no provision for an individual becom- ing this, that or the other character. How the embryo being shall provide for itself is the question of questions, The germs in childhood come to their growth, but there is nothing in the man that may not be found in the boy. Obser- vation teaches that men and women in our days will be the same as thove who have preceded them in ages gone by. Ourselves must be taken as we were made. In this way fatalism becomes a creed. But philosophy says that men’s condition only ex- presses a certain state of the blood and the nervous system, while the truth is thet the surroundings and social position of the individual determine what he shall become. Here is the creed of determination, which is an idle, vague impression that men are what they are and can never become anything else. Is the remedy to be found in education? Assuredly. Send children to school and the world shall see what they will become. Education, however, assumes the ab- solnte integrity of human nature. ‘There must be move thin education; the good in iman must be « couraged and the bad in him crushed out—exti gilishea, ‘Chen after education is the evungelical idea of overcoming this loper of animalism by 4 new revolution; a coming down of the Christ in lightuix; and flames. This is the idea of Moody and Sunkey anc men of their turn of mind, who belicve that evil doers must be cvercei to do good. This method of building men up presumes thut the individual is strong enough to bear the tremendous strain that is Drought upon him in the effort of arraying one pas- sion against another. In this cate, if the man is not strong, the strain is more than he can stand, and vices and virtues are alike beaten out of him—he is squeezed dry, and drags out a useless existence, for the man cannot, efter such handling, take a regular, easy, normal course on either side. NECKSSABY RAINING. Since the method of education is insufficient and that of revolution dangerous, what remains? That of the proper training of little children when they are open to good impressions, It is the business of parents and guardians (for no other powers can reach them) to look out for the mental and moral welfare of their tender charges. It is only parents uad triends who know childrens’ weaknesses and strength, and it is for them to draw ont aud divert youth so that evil will be suppressed and good allowed to take firm root. Sunday schools, which originated in the Roman Catholic Church, have a different office from this—their office being to_make Christians, not to make men and women. Their only object is to keep boys and girls orthodox, and for this reason the duty of training young People comes back to parents and guardians. It is an office that causes much tears and heart sicknesses; but yet it is one that must be done. Society, too, has something to say in the premises, Still the principal necessity is that fathers and mothers should hold their. children by the heart-strings and lead them right. Doing this education goes unconsciously on. When boys and girls are no longer under tuition the ining of the institutious steps in. ‘These institutions are simply social habits built into the forms of laws—such as the arts of archi- tecture, sculpture and others. ‘They tell us what men have thought to be right; but are not, from the nature of caav, pertect. The institutions that prevail now were inade yenerations ago, therefore they are not up to the level of knowledge in the pres- ent time, for there are men of this period wiser than those who have gone before and who ure able to criti- cise the institutions left behind. Think of the re- straiuing, disciplinary power there is in those institu- tions! Aman says, “I wes born and made what I am, a chiid of destiny—the devil’s child, if you will—and can oaly do his work.” Society says, “Yes; but if | you were born to kill { was born to shut you up in a prison or take your life away.”" Thus, fatalism is as good # plea for one ua tor the other side of the ques- tion, dometiqes the terror of death or imprixou- ment, which means justice, subdues men and makis the criminal to walk straight w.thin the rules of the institutions. Some men rant against institutions, which may be imperfect, barbarous, but yet ure bet- ter than none; for the saving power is in their ability to restrain the passions within their turbulent limits. « thing outside It is @ question if there be such as natural justice, or justice at all, the pale af the institutions. those who obey or disobey the il training and discipline of the institu going on and affecting every creature in society, all people have at certain periods felt the necessity of acquiting new tastes and aptitudes, such as litera- ture, seience, the arts, usefulness, of bata new worlds of thought—in short, culture, When the de- sire for fame, reputation, power ceases to be # motive te move men, then how valuable it is to have this invaluable idea of the world on which to retreat! Institutions which may prevent as from injuring our acighbors will not protect us from harming outvelves. It iv, therefore, an impera tive duty wita men and women, before lite goes into the sere, the yellow leaf, before desire becomes tame, to cultivate in some direction that power of thought which opens the golden gate of the ideal world. It one has not the aptitude that compels him to go into the kingdom of higher culture, whether he will or not, it is his duty to do agers | to acquire it. “1 beseech you young people,” concluded the preacher, “before the adamantine doors of satisfaction are closed, to leave for yourselves safe passage into that world of happiness, the ideal world of culture, where there is uo disappointment, and where con- temtment never fades.” — ZION (P. E.) CHURCH. Gob Was IN CHEWT—SERMON BY THE REV. DR. a. N. GALLEHER, ‘The Rev. Dr. J. N. Galleher preached in Zion Chureh, corner of Thirty-eighth street and Madison avegue. His text was “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.” In the opening portion of the discourse he said:—We are brought by this Serip- ture to a third stage on # line of thought which has alroady been partially developed in your hearing. You were firat asked to consider the question which was addressed by one of old to our Lord, ‘What shall Ido to inherit eternal life?” ang along with it this simple but significant answer, “Come, follow me.” After briefly going over the grounds of two former ‘iscoarses the preacher's Jine of argument was in substance ag follows:--That Christ care on earth to savy is recognized even by those who are not ready to be called. We must notice the fact that serious, thoughtful beings, perpioxed or misled by the existing unbelicfs, are nevertheless interested in an@ concerned mentally about the life and homey od of the Christian Master, If any one shouid say, “ pyilosdphy of Christian living is worthy enough, its ideal human character dererves approbation, bat the whole matter is far from the reign of practical aflairs,”” the anewer is, on our part, “Notso; itdecply concerns every man that co: into the world, for it i# not gucrely a theory, it 1s a vast world fact.” It was not, therefore, theological obstinacy which kept Chris tianity faithful to the truth and doctrine of the Cross—it was & consciousness that without it the religion of Christ would be unsuited to the very de- mand of thooe who object to some statements of ity theology. That was our second step, It is proposed now to say that “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself,” with this meaning and thought fu the words, that in the whole manifestation of the Son of Man in the moral life which He ex- hibits, in the truth whieh He communicates, in the priestly mediation which he carried on, making peace and reconeiliation, there i# ® revelation, an appearin, ‘cof God to 1s, so that we can take note of it and reapond with heart and mind, Lam not now insisting upon the statement that mighty and superhuman works | were #uown forth in Christ, that He comiuanded as o king {n the realm of nature and flashed the signals of divinity upon an astonished world. L am rather asking you to look upon the Master as taking hold ot our homanity by » certain and acknowledged power residing im Him and bringing it to @ place where ite deepest end can be satiated. it would be an impossibility to give in # limited de- gree of space a proper ideu of the force of the many points made by the preacher, He claimed that in- titively men recognised the difference between good and evil, and be said, “the good are the sveptred kings of earth, reigning in human hearts by right divine.’ If, then, t be the intuitive perceptions men controlling and regulating their moral judge their regard for why the Church was simply bidden to yo aud preach Christ erucitied, for in Him was exhibited an uusullied boli- # which could boldly confront the hosts of euanity and aek, “Whieh of you convieteth me of #in?’”’ There was no single fanit found in Him. His life wae utterly wholly pure and His death the outpouring of innocent blood, In conclustou Dr. Gallbos said:—Thus, my friends, reason iw the | baye to do ‘ / bus “quiescence. guide to faith, 1 it up by the way of fact and nature to the Cross and placing it on that beiylit from which the whole Christ) creed is seen unfolding itself as light and help to the mind, as the one and needful statement of evangelic tr Ob, spirit 02 truth, teach the bewildered, doubting soul to the “Surely the ritied as He is, and seeing Him, to #23 Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. ST. CECILIA’S CHURCH. A MUSICAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF THE FEAST OF ST, CECILIA, The Feast of St. Cecilin was most appropri- ately celebrated at St. Cecilia's church, Har- lem, yesterday morning, Seldom, if * ever a New York chureh enjoyed finer music than that heard in Father Flattery's little church at 105th street and Second avenue. Not only did the eflicient choir of the church do its best, but many of the choicest members of Colonel Mapicson’s Italian opera company volunteered their services in honor of musie’s patron saint. ‘There was no charge for admission, but Colonel Mapleson held the basket at the door and those who entered gave according to their means or inclination, and » handsome sum was thus collected. The programme, which was selected with great taste and care, was interpreted by Mile. Lido, soprano; Mine. Pisani, contralto; Signor I'ra- polli, tenor; Signor Del Puente, baritone, and Signor Pyatt, basso, Signor Bisaceia accompanied the soloists on the organ and piano with equal skill, and to his excellent conductorship belongs a great dewl of the snecess of the musical arrange- ments. After the singing of the ‘“Kysie” and the “(loria’ Mlle. 'Etao sang Gow “Ave Maria.” This imuy be looked upon as the début of this prima donna in America, tor she will not sppear in opera watil Friday evening. she pos- resses a clear and sympathetic soprano voice, aud Gounod’s beautiful song, with its Buch accompani- ment, lost nothing by her interpretat Signor Del Puente sang Rossini’s “Pro Peccatis,"’ and filled every nook and corner of the little church with his-beauti- ful voice, and proved that he is as mu sacred music as in the music ot est Homo,” from Rossini’s * sung by Mlle. Lido feeling and delicacy. tralto was perhaps tage in the “Fae with great tas tl und Marne. Mue.. Pisani’s rich con- heard to the best advan- ut Portem,” which she sng li selected that in- spiring solo, ribution to the programme, and his tine teuor voi never sounded clearer nor sweeter than it did in the bursts of melody that go to make up that famous morceau, Siguor Pyatt sang the “Kja Mater” artistically, and was ably assisted by the choir of the church and the members of the opera company in the chorus. .'Lhis well called ‘musical treat’? was brought to a close with the “Suncta Mater,” sung by Mile. Lido, Mine. Pisani, Signor PFrapolli and Signor Dei Puente, Mr. Charles Wells, the regular organist of St. Cecilia’s, accompanied thechoir, which was on its mettle and sang its best. 4 service was conducted by Father Peyten, of St. Ag- nes’ Church. Vather Flattery did not preach a regu- lar sermon, bttt confined his remarks to the life and character of Cecilia. In yenerating this saint, said he, we it sity our love of ¢ St. Ceciiia stands conspicuous in the noble choir as one ot the typical saints. In studying her life we are carried back to the dark days of the Cwsirs. More than St. Peter himself this noble lady sacriticod when she left all and devoted herself to God. Peter was but a poor fisherman, and left but his nois and boats; she was a noble lady of conspicuous distinction; hers was no common origin, hers no ordinary name, but she relinquished all this social What wonder that ehe sh ‘0 popu Christians when she i recognized as the patroness of the loveliest of arts, an art which lives beyond the bounds of time and can never die! Like the immortal souls of men there is nothing destruc- tive about music. Itis music which illustrates the relation between art and religion. How much the art: of music adds to the profound mystery of religi How in the hour of exalted triumph it chanis its pans! The Festival of St. Cecilia is a festival of music, and miyic becomes more beantiful still where it is emblemized through such a life as that of this saint. Enviable is that professional art which has such a saint for its patron? At the close of his ser- mon Father Flatiery expressed his own and the sin- cere thanks of the ‘congregation to the manager aud his artists, who, in their generosity, had done so much for the cause of religion, and he expressed the wish that when Colonel Mapleson ends his days that St, Cecilia may come down to bear him up to Leaven. MRS. VAN COTT’S MISSION. HER LAOS YESTERDAY IN THE LORD'S VINE- YARD—SERVICES AT THE ELEVENTH STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Mrs. Van Cott continued her labors at the Mleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church during y and was listened to by three large congreg different periods of the day. She commenced her work at the morning service, which took place at hait-past ten o'clock, It was conducted according to the reguler form of the Methodist Church, The congregation joined in siuging the hymns and prayer was offered by Rev. A. E. Morehouse, The lady preached from the text, “Hallow my Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know I am the Lord thy God,” taken from Ezekiel xx., 20. She suid that God in establishing the Sabbath had designed that it should be for a sign and a covenant with men, It is a sign oi the goodness of God, representing Him in most and sympathetic aspect. It is to men, trom the very fuct’ of its establishment, a symbol of the creation, the first great benefit thut God has bestowed. Jt is the day that God rested and the day He bas given mankind wo rest, and it is the day ubove all others when human beings should seek in the bosom of Christ rest and refuge from the troubles and turmoil of this world, God never meant that it should be a day of listiesaness. It should be aday of great activity, but of that peculiar sort of activity that gives move re- pose and relief to the soul than any mere state of ‘The earnest Christian should find on the ouching God, either Sabbath some opportunity of app through prayer or acts of charity. Oa this day we ought, said sho, we can do for the Master, and not devote our, time to the secular reeding and amusements, the light literature, that we may tonch on other days without imperilling our souls. This day is also that oa which Christ © from the tomb,and we should seek to make it our occasion to rise from the blindness, the night, the death of sin and infidelity. The Sunday school annivermary took place at two P.M., when Messrs. J. B, Cornell, A. H. Brummeil and Mrs. Van Cott addressed the children. The church evangelistic corps held a prayer movting at six o'clock, aad, on its conclusion, the evening service took place. Mrs. Van Cott conducted the exercises, which were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. More- house, A collection of $300 was then raised in shares of $10, $5 and $1, Mrs. Van Cott and Mr. Morehouse both canvassed for subscriptions and exhorted the congregation to coutribute liberally. Dr. D. J. Lyster, who preaches at Peter Dwyer's mis- sion, expressed great dissatisfaction at this proceed- ing. He said it was unusual and calculated to give dissatisfaction to those assembled, A member of the eburch expressed the same opinion to the reporter. ‘These geutiemen said that this sum should huve becn raised on a week day, and at a regular business meeting. Mrs. Van Cott preached from the words “What shall it profits mau to gain the whole world if he lose his owa soul?’ She said that, though man seems to value his soul light ally the mov! precious thing he has, vince med to consiter it worth the shedding of His Sou’s blood, She then showed that wealth, plessure, fainc, talent, are all fleeting, and only the grace of God can svail aman at the hour of death, and ended by imviting all to switeh off the path that leads to perdition, and find peace for time and bliss for eter- | in the bosom of Jesus, After some further pray er an singing the meeting came to # close, “THE ANGLO-SAXON IN INDIA.” A DISCOURSE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION AND BRITISH RULE IN INDIA BY REV. DR. TUCKER, Ahuge map of Asia hung behind the pulpit in the Madison Square Church yesterday, and the Rey. Dr. ‘Tucker read as « beginning of the afternoon service the chapter of Seripture beginning “Why do the heathen rage end the people imagine a vain thing ?” The sixth in the course of Sunday alternvon lectures had been announced and & goodly number of people had been attracted at four P. M., by the announcement of the subject, which was, “The Anglo-Saxon in India.” The map was scarcely more than an outline map, ami the preacher could hardly prevent more than an outline of his eubject in the short time at his command, The skete) which he really gave, however, was graphic and powerful, and very interesting to all who have watched the ad- vancement of Western civilization in the cradle of Kastern knowledge, Laying streas, as he did natur- ally, on missionary effort rather than physical im- proverents—on the mazvh of the Church rather than the march of Empire—he pointed out the struggles of the pioneers of Christian faith, and elaimea for them a victory surpassing the foste of arms which had shed glory on the British service. THE RAPPRAN APPUATION. ‘The map that you sce, ssid he,1 have put before you that you may see the relation of India to Asia, We are still in the grasp of the Eastern question. Last Sunday we left Russia in Roumania and kogland in Cyprus. To-day they are in more dangerous prox- imity. An English army in three divisions is push- ing through the mountain passes, while Russia stands waiting, Lhe policy of Peter the Great was tu push for Kastern trade, England is paoshing by the water line protevting the Suez Canal, and always str ing for nearer appronches, Chine, with 64,00 men armed with Krupp cannon, ia watching events. Ido not apologize for mentioning secular matters in the pulpit on the Sabbath, for they all vith the kingdom of Gud. ln | confirmation of the relation bebwens, civilization and Christianity a missionary has said that the progress of Chrisilanity is most rapid in the highest civitiza- tion. God is working by the nations. He sd@ads the natious to us, kugland throush ber colonies cupies one-sixth of the globe. have to tell & story to the glory and the shame of land. Her relations with India involve talking of the convertion of Eng- land and of the conversion of India, I hope to show that God having measurably converted E: |, there is hope of the conversion of India. Englund did not obtain Indiasby conquest, India has always been ruled, Darius, Ale: jor and the Mobamun had conquered the land. In 1600 the Kast Indian Com- } was formed. England went to trade, #8 Por- vigil hacl goue before, Among the stockholders were people of wl classes, In i685 ike stock was 500 per cont premium, ‘The compuny acquired territory and riled by armed force, 1 came the stories of Clive and ot Warren Hastings. There were vast cox ruptions and England's conseience was aroused, In 1iv8 it was said England had erected no churches and no schools, uo bridges or highways. Macaulay said during the five years after Clive’s withdrawal the misgovernment or England was without paral- lel. He denounced the unprincipled eagerness of the company’s servants to be rich. But after Warren Hast ' downfall the yov- ernment took control and there was honesty in the conduct of affairs, In 1813 camo the straggle of Wilberforee for moral and religious enlightenment in India. ‘The lecturer then read extracts showing the opposition of the directors to missionary enort. Every missionary who did not seek the protegtion of tue Danish government was banished. No Ame! uaissio: ‘was allowed to set foot in India. a Kenry rtyn, who was not 4 mission- ury but a chaplain, preached Christianity he wis answered by "another professed — Chris- tian clergyman, who denounced him for trying to convert the heathen. But when even Sydney Stith said bitter things, of which he afterward rc pented, there was pgrewing seatiment of conscience in England, and Wilberfo: ough he fought alone, won a victory for toleration in his second great bat- tle, the first being against s! BRITISH CONTROW. Atterward the British cfiicials were practising a con- ciliatory policy. In 1852 the British were Paying in one dependency over three millions of money « year for the support of idolatry, for the repairs of tempies, the support of dancing women, &c. Brit- ish oMicers saluted idols, Natives were whipped iuto drawing the car of Juggernaut. ‘Between seven sht hundred widows and children were burned ? ‘The fourth period of Enylish rule dates {he mutiny of 1357, 1 shall not speak .of the scenes of ‘the mutiny. You know them ‘well. During that mutiny uot a native Christian was dis- Joyal. Caste was never after this ognized in the a Ma change followed, Sir William ‘Tem- p r General of Beagal, seid that the aatives oil no longer to. mistrust tue missionaries, und thut indeel the missionaries seemed actually popular. his is t y of the conversion of England. First, the struggle of {700 tor honesty ; second, tho struggle of 1813 for toleration, aud last, the struggle following y tor recognition and co-operation wit! effort. You may say the mutiny did it, »svhat broke sluvery in this country ? Na: ot roach great truths often exeept through rent wars. Back of all material crises is the growth OC Christian thonght and feeling @hrough the nation, England now holds the seales evenly between the native und the Anglo-Saxon, She protects the tives and encourages self-government in all except those in which it is vital for Britis power to b: maintuined. After the conversion of sh thought huve we not the right to speak of the conversion of India from idolatry ? Next Sunday wo shall speak of this—the conversion of India and what are the reasons for hoping for it. SERMONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE MOUNTAINS oF I®RAEL— ADDRESS REV, DR, “PyNG, SR., AT HOLY TRINTYY, I wes invited by the young people of the parish of Holy Trinity to address them on these topies, ‘The Mountains of Israel,” suid the elder Dr. Tyng yoster- day afternoon, speaking from his son's pulpit in Holy ‘Trinity, in the second of his course of sermons to young men. ‘The body of the church was crowded and the gallery was sparsely filled with people. As the aged pastor was wheeled forward to the reading desk he noticed many of his former parishioners of St. George's Church among the cougregation. ‘The special text for this mountain—for each of the BY mountains of Isracl hus its lesson—ix, ‘They caine to the desert and there the Israclites encamped.” This mountain here referred to is Mount Sinai. This mountain will be remembered by men as the acene of the giving of God’s commands to His chosen people. It is lofty, three miles in length, and situated in a rocky region of Arabia Pctrwa. It has two elevations, and in one of these was encamped the Israelites, and there they heard the voice of God, ‘There we stand to day in thought, in the valley, with the two lofty summits on our right. ‘Che Israelites were there in Moses’ time to meet the God their fathers knew. In their long bondage in Lgypt they had forsaken their God and set up a golden calf in His stead. Standing, as we do to-day, before this imount, what a lesson for us! How often have we up the golden calf? In our life we look early for idols, und this idolatry clings to us later on, tillit develops into # passion, and then we stand before Sinui in our load of guilt, THE GOD OF SALVATION, ‘The Israclites felt that they could not look upon their God with the weight of this load of their sin, bat it was acknowledged at Sinai that there was one Being who would shieid them. Jesua, the God of Selvation, would take them by the hand. When we nieet him at Sinai it is necessary tor us to throw off our idols, as the Israclites did, and stand before the of Salvation untrammelied. ‘Thus we see the Sa- viour, a4 the God of Sinai, giving us peace and happiness. Asthey stood before the ruck some time previous with their ioud of guilt they were cowerin: im their consciousness of it. They are now ruined on high beneath the shadow of Sinai, and are com- manded to depart in peace, for their faith has made them whole, Dear {riend, what are thy relations to Sinai? Do you stand there cowering? If #0, shake otf the loud of guilt, and be raised up beneath the shadow of Sinai and accept the hand that Jesus holds out to you. Rev. Dr. Tyng, Jr., said that the usual Thanksgiving service will be held on Thursday next, at eleven o'clock, after which the Harvest Home festival will take place. He wished donations sent in during the week for the Peabody Home tor Indigent Women and for the Home at Sing Sing. CORNER STONE OF A MONASTERY. GROWTH AND PROGRESS OF THE FRANCISCAN OR- DER Al’ PATRUBON, N. J. It ix but three years since the province of St. Elizabeth—consisting of the mouasteries of Mohawk Hill and Croghan, ix New York State, and of Patersou, N. J,—was tounded by the Franciscans, ‘Tho monks constituting this province came from the province of St. Hlizsbeth, in Fulda, Germany, where they owned a large amount of property, both real and personal, and whence they were driven by persecution, The inhabitants of the clois- ter at Paterson consist of seven pricsts, eight lay brothers and thrve clerical students, Bishop Corrigan, of the Newark diocese, gladly granted then permission to remain in his diocese, and 4o the monks at once set about accumulating property. At first they purchased a house which had been formerly tired ax a residence, but as this was in @ part of Pater- son at some distance from ny Catholic Chareh tho Franciscans foul large numbers flocking to their religious exercises, and soon organized quite a congregation, ‘Their modest home was, however, too small, and, 60 they erected a large two story building to serve as ® church for the congregation, end alxo to accommo late members of their own society who kept flocking over from Germany. Though hardly three years have passed their buildings at Paterson have again proved inadequate for the uds made upon them, and so the construction of a new builling hae been decided upon, the corner stone of which was laid yesterday, Right Rev. Bishop Corrigan, of the Newark diocese, ouicinting. In the morning, at ten o'clock, a solemn high mass was real, Bishop Corriyan delivering an eloquent sermon on the yospel of thy day, At two o’clogk the rvice of vespers was rewl, and at three o'clock the ceremonies of laying the corner stone began. In the corner tone, besides the wanal quantity of coins, papers and other articles, was pleced an instrument written oa parchment by Bishop Corrigan, in which he declared his willingness to allow the Franciscans to sojourn .in his diocese, and also a revord of the laying of the corner stone. This was all enclosed in @ leaden box and placed in the hollow of the corner stone. After the tnasons had finished their work the requiem, ‘V c r,” Woe suuM, dud the stone blessed, after wh. hove present formed themselves into a procession and inarched tarive about the foundations, the Bishop xprinkling holy water over the ston dnorter, thtts ens tiny them to the service The Bishop then delivered a short address, and the immense throng of people who had witnessed the coremony trom the banks and bridges of the Morris Canai and the side of the Garret Mountain dispersed. ‘The style of the architecture ot the bui is the Byzantine, it will be 10 feet in length, 67 feet in Wilth aud 14 fect in height, It is expected that the baile will be completed by Christmas, when. the consecration will take place, FIRE AT ST. STEPHEN'S OHURCH. A slight fire oceurre’ at 8% Stephen's Romen Catholic Charch, on Kast Twenty-cighth street, yes- terday morning. Before tho congregation began to assemble for high mass a spark from one of the h lighty in the arch directly under the skylight fell upou the altar and set fire w some loose fringe end alter linen. The sexton, who happened to be near the altar at the time, extinguished the flaines before any serious damage resulied, although the altar had to bo re- drewed before high muss. Had the sectdent occurred 4 little later, of while tho nine o’élock mass wae uoing on, & vanic sniabt heve ensued. | | { { | | | WAR ON RUM. THREE RNTHUSIASTIC TEMPERANCE MEBTINGS HELD YESTERDAY BY MR. MURPHY—INTER- ESTING ADDRESSES. "The great temperance lectarer, Francis Murphy, ad- Greased three. large audienees yesterday. In the morning he spoke in the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, in the afternoon in the Seventh Strect Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the evens ing in the large hall of the Cooper Union. In every place he was grote] with the same enthusiastic wel- | come that has marked his prograss ever since he came to New York, and the evidences of the good result of his labors were everywhere made qwanifest by those members who came forward after each service to sign the pledge. In the Seventh Street Church, in the afternoon, Mr Murphy took for the text of his discourse the fifteents chapter of Luke, the story of the “Prodigal Son.” After reading that vivid description of the return of the prodigal and the manner of his reception by his father, how he was lubited in costly gam ments and a gold ring put on his finger, Mr, Murphy said:—*We must put good clothes on the reformed drunkard that he jay stand once more among his fellow mer and not be aahumed to be seen, and I want you to send me all the coats and vests and pants and shirts, and diamond studs, it you please, that yon have to spare, that I can dress these poor men and make them look like the respectable people they ses around them. Muny of these men had good homes, are men of good education and of Sine instincts, and are possibly, after their re form, ashame. to be’ seen among religious people on account of the wretched appearance of their garments, I knowewbat it is to want a coat, and I know how 1 felt when 1 did not have a decent one to put on.” “here ought to be alittle more of the spirit of Christ,” continued Mr. Murphy, “among Christian people, and not so much self-righteousness. A ard is not the worst man in the world, s nota drunkard he might have been some- 0. If people's nosea would get red evel time they told lies there would be a sad lack of cleat complexions in this world. It is noces#ary always ta have a little charity. The man that falls by the wayside is not the worst man, no more than the soldier who falls ont of the ranke: through physical weakness ix the worst soldier. ‘The gentlemen of the pencil who sit here before me know that » mun can take ten drinks and do his work, while another man cannot take two, But the gentlemen of the pencil’ have done grandly for the cause. Were it not for that tremen- dous engine of modern _ civilizatian, the press, the individual work of Francis Murphy would amount to bnt_ little, comparatively, ‘The drunkard needs, more than anything else, ay: pathy—Christion *ympathy—and when he does take the pledge to abstain from intoxicating drink let him always understand that he has the sympathy and good will of al! Christian people, Give hima helping that he may once more hold up his head among BEARING WIZNESS IN THK GOOD CAURE. ° Mr. Murphy then called upon some of his recently made converts to temperance to stand up and testify a their conversion which they did to the number of en. ‘The Rev. Mr. Whitwell was then introduced. He suid if be wae a manager of a theological seminary he would send all the students one week if possible to hear Mr. Murphy and see how he conducted a meeting. ‘The reverend Renileman said that no man he had vecu for years had the seme ability Mr. Murphy had to conduct # revival meeting. He was in hearty sym- puthy with him, with the canse he was advocating and ‘also in hearty sympathy with the drunkard. “Sor it takes « large hearted man,” said Rey, Mr, Whitwell, ‘to be # drunkard, and a’ thoroughly re- formed drunkard is always a noble man.” IN THE COOPER UNION. At half-past seven last evening the hall of the Cooper Union was packed wit) poople, _ and, like ® political assemblage, seemed to [have becn drawn from all classes of - society— imerchgnts, bankers, clerks, mechanics, sporting men—in fact, as miscellaneous a crowd as ever was seen in that well kuown hall. On the platform wera Mr. Tharlow Weed, Mr. William EK. Dodge, Mr, ‘Thomas B. Pittman and several other distinguished zene. ‘The meeting was opened with the hymn, Murphy commenced by saying that he bad just been listening to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson sing that beautiful Gospel hymn, “ ing and wait- ing for me,” and it occurred to him that there were huudreds beforé him who had somebody at home watching and waiting for them and whose hearts would dance with joy if they knew that their hus- bands or brothers or lovers had signed the pledge. “Then, said he, “why not gladden those anxious hearts wt home? Why "not take this pledge? And take it not merely by signing this card, but take it in your heart of hearts and have it engraven indélibly there. upon Christ to help you by His savin grace, Call upon Him to aid you tn this the hour nd Jour grout struggle and be assured if the cry come in turnest the necessary aid will come, ADVOCATING CHRISTIAN frete, Mr. Murpliy then eaed upon Mr. William E, Dodge, who midrvaxed the meeting in his usual man- ner for # short tine, and, after another hymn was sung, Mr. Thornas B. Pittman was introduced to the audience, who came bokily forward and made bis bow to the aasemblage:—I have doen known asa moderate drinking man,” said Mr, Pit man. “i don't wautto be urraigned as a fearful ex- mupie, Lheard of Francis Murphy and I went some days ago with my wife and a prominont ish evan: gelist to the Seventh Street Methodist copal Church. I heard Francis I inade my resolution that night — never to’ touch the intoxicating cup again, But the only salvation for the drinking man, I firmly believe, is through and by the grace of God,” Mr. Pittman, not to be outdone by brother Shatter, - also produced @ quantity of statistics, gath- ered from the life insurance compan rec- ords, from which he claimed that the uveraga of death, among intemperate persons was twenty-five per cont greater than among temperate people. There was another hymn in which the whole con- reyation joined, and Mr. Murphy concluded the mecting with an address on the beauties of a sober life. He was listened to most pecimedype throughout by the large audience and applauded vigorously atthe close. In the course of his addross he said that if the good work of temporance, which had now been fairly inaugurated in this city, would continue, as it promised to do at present, there would not be crape enough in New York to hang on the closed up liquor usloons, aud the bell which would ring out their death knell would be av long lived in the minds of men as tne bell that first rang the cry of liberty to these United States, @ = amenican TRMPRRANCE UNION, The meeting of the American Temperance Union, at Clarendon Hall, in Fast Thirteenth street, yester- day afternoon, was made especially interesting by the presence of the Widow Van Cott. Her address was ou “‘Houesty in Temperance Work :* but frrther than an allusion to sn announcement that she was to speak at another place ut the same time there was nothing of @ personal or mere local interest. In beginning Mrs. Van Cott said she thanked God for the privilege of this hour—that of speaking of onesty. If we had more honesty we would have more success in the temperance work. She then complimented women for the part are taking in the cause and denounced the rumseller in vigorous language. She denied their honor and honesty and i y-nine cases out of a hundred they had not aon) worth saving. She pleaded for the privi+ Epis. Murphy and eT for women of voting on the temperance question, and promised in that case sume mery dealing with the rummakers sand rameellers, But, said 2 it is = not men only who proffer the intoxicating eup—women alo exert a like influence, Nearly everywhere is too much rum power and two litte courage and honesty inopposition. In illustrating the determina tion and carnestness which ought to characterize temperance workers she deseribel a scene at the Board of Er, where everybody waa shoutin; at once, these gentlemen she asked, “Gentlemen, yes; high toned “Ver high toned,” was = her — comment; but their earnestness she commended to temperance people. Her remarks were received with great ap- probation, but when she denowneed the use of wine at the eacramental table there was a shaking of heads in dissen ‘The hall was crowded to the doors, ang while many persona could not find seats many others were compelled to go aw e not being abe to get within carehot of the distinguished speaker. HELPING HAND CHURCH, ‘The Rey. W. B. Afflock delivered a discourse in the Helping Hand Temperance Church last evening, take ing for his sabject “The Woman ‘That Buriod Five Husbands.” It appears that some mistake had been mado by Mr, Affleck in out the subject of hie aides to the pre ne fe es been his intention ta 6 of he Women that all the Widows Wept Over, he said that tho best he could = do go om -with the first, After reading # pa ot Seri from John tyv., 14-20, be commenced his re, Which was prin- cipally in relation to the woman that Christ met at Secob'e well and asked for a drink of water. Several timos in the discourse Mr, jock related anecdotes which produced considerable laughter. He yave out several notices, among them one saying that on Mons day ovening, the 2d of December, a series of revival temperance meetings would be commenced at tha church and continued during the weck, and that Dr. Cuyler and Dr, Talinage, of Krooklyn, would be among the speakers. AFTERNOON MEKTING AT COOPER INSTITUTR, ‘Lhe audience at Cooper Institute yesterday after noon numbered about fifteen handred. ‘The services were enlivened by achvir, who seng “The Sweet By and By,” ‘Pull for the Shore’ and other selections from tne Moody and Sankey collection. In her ad+ dress at this plwe, at a quarter past four o'clock, Mrs. Ven Cott seid:—"i wae culled wy te ray the other day at the Eleventh Street ‘here were eight inen at the altar, and the foal fumes of the cup ene from ali of them. What a poeritying apoctacle!'’ Never in her life had she touched @ drop of intoxicating spirits, and if she were dying she aaked that no one would offer to revive her by pre- the lecture about shitty personas only Boye, went rture abou y \ to sian the —" i