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Squa:0re Methodist Episcopal Church on ‘The Fidelity of Serve ants,” and in the morning also. by Rey. -4J. Q. Adams this afternoon in the Berean Baptist CMhurch. Preaching morning and also. “ usual, {In Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. “* The Expansive Power of the Gospel”’ will be illus- p o1.f the Messiah this morning on “‘Show us the Father Pe OOOO a Boi iat #f Episcopal Church by Rev. John F. Richmond. Temperance.” NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1878—-QUADRUPLE SHEET—WITH SUPPLEMENT. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE Programme of Services | To-Day. Ministerial Movements--Chat by the Way. SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP. William Mason Evans will address the National Temperance Institute in Cooper Union this afternoon, snd Mrs. Woodbury will give recitations and Mrs, Diehl readings. At Chickering Hal) this afternoon the Rev. 8. Colcord will give “The Free Invitation.” “Contrasts and Connecting Links between Time snd Eternity” will be illustrated in Lexington Avenue | Methodist Episcopal Church this evening by Rev. W. | H. Mickle. “\wLife in the Apostolic Church” and ‘The Glory of jomon”’ will be presented to-day in Asbury Method- ‘At the Free Taberniicle Methodist Episcopal Church is morning the Kev. W. N. Searles will talk about | ‘Ingathering,” and in the evening about “Gospel The Rev. J. M. Pullman will speak to the Church of Our Saviour this morning on “Abusing our Liberty,” nd this evening will answer the question, “Why Do fe Pray?" “The Witch of Endor’ will be presented to Thirty- ‘fourth Street Reformed Church this evening by Rev. }. Martyn. Rev. M. H. Smith preaches at the usual hours to- iday in Stanton Street Baptist Church. At the Lycoum Theatre this afternoon Rev. J. W. nhain will introduce “God-fearing Women.” In he evening he will lecture on ‘The Wonderful Re-, rival in the Church of England.’ Rev. J. E. Searles will preach this morning in Wil- lett Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Van Cott will take charge in the evening and during the ‘week. ‘: :Dr. J. M. King preaches this evening in Washington “The ( )stentatious Principle” will be condemned evening Dr. (armitage preaches morning «nd evening, ‘ss trated this morning by Rev. A. H. Moment in Spring Street Presbyterian Church. ‘Counsel to the Rescued and Perishing” will be imparted in the evening. At the People’s Church in WestTwenty-ninth street the Rev. C. C. Goss will preach at the usual hours to. day. “A Woman's Camp Meeting Hospitality” will be set forth to-day by the Rev. W. B. Affleck, in the Helping Hand Church. Temperance revival during the week- Preaching in Allen Street Presbyterian Church to. day by Rev. C. H. Gardner, D. D. AGospel temperance meeting will be held in the Sailors’ Exchange this afternoon, to be led by Francis Murphy. Dr. Corey and M:a, Somerby will address the Tem- @in hard cash to give up the lady of their mutual perance Union, in Clarendon Hali, this afternoon. Dr. Talmage will continue his exposures of the “Dark Side of New York Life,” this morning, in the Tabernacle, Brooklyn. Mrs. Brigham will address the Spiritualists this morning and evening in Republican Hall. Dr. J.B. Simmons preaches morning and evening in Trinity Baptist Church. Rev. W. Humpstone preaches during the week in revival services. Mr. Burbank will give readings to-morrow evening in the chapel in West Fifty-fourth street for the benefit of the temperance work carried on there. “The Vinit of the Shepherds” will be described by Rev. E. C. Sweetser, this morning, in Bleecker Street Universalist Church, as one of his series of Advent sermons. 7 ‘The Rev. J. F. W. Ware will preach in the Church nd it Sufficeta,” and in the evening on “The New Work.” Revival meetings during the week. Rev. J. D. Wilson will preach in the Central Presby- terian Church this morning, and Rev. E. P. Rogers this evening will discuss ‘Shall We Know Each Other in Heaven?” Dr. Deems preaches to the Church of the Strangers at the usual hours to~lay. In the Church of the Holy Spirit Rev. E. Guilbert will preach morning and evening. Mrs. Catherine Schertz, in the Christian Israelite Sanctuary, in First street, will talk about her old theme—‘The Ingathering and Redemption of Israel.” Rey. Alexander McKelvey will preach in Canal Street Presbyterian Church this morning, and Rev. Mr. Herrick will address young people this evening. Dr. Herr preaches as usual to-day in the Central Baptist Church. Rev. R. 8. MacArthur preaches morning and evening in Calvary Baptist Church. Dr. Shipman ministers to Christ Church to-day at the usual hours. Dr. Newman will preach in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church this morning and evening, and to- morrow evening will lecture in Attorney Street Methodist Episcopal Church on “Jerusalem and Its Future.” In the Church of the Disciples of Christ the Rev. | D. B. Van Buskirk will preach as usual to-day, “Is There Cause for Joy in New York?” willbe asked and answered by Rev. W. F. Hatficld in the Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church this evening. In the Free Baptist Church the Rev. N. L. Rowell Preaches this morning about ‘Winning Souls,” and this evening about ‘Memory in Eternity.” Rev. W. T. Sabine will minister to the First Re formed Episcopal Church this morning and evening. Joseph Cook lectures in Association Hall on Thurs- day evening on the “Infallibility of Conscience.” Dr. Benjamin preaches in Madison Avenue Baptist Charch this morning and evening. Mrs. Van Cott will speak in Eleventh Street Metho- Gist Episcopal Church this morning and in Attorney Btrect Church this afternoon. Philip Phillips will lead a service of song in Allen Btreet Methodist Episcopal Church this evening. C. W. Sawyer will conduct a Gospel temperance meeting in the Park Theatre this evening. Rev. F. M. Van Slyke will preach for the Pilgrim Baptist Church this morning and evening, Dr. Tyng, Jr., in the Church of the Holy Trinity, this evening will “Miustrate the Scriptures from the Jewish Talmud.” Dr. ‘Tyng, Sr., will address the young people in the same church in the afternoon. “The Good Man's Property" and “The Foundation of the Christian Religion” will be considered in Beek- man Hill Methodist Episcopal Church to-day by Rev. W. P. Corbit. Rev. Wayland Hoyt, D. D., of Brooklyn, will ad- dress the Daptist Sunday school teachers on Thurs- fay evening on ‘The Yellowstone National Park.” Dr. H. W. Knapp will ask Laight Street Baptist Church this morning “Will Christ Come Again?’ Preaching in the evening alse, Rev. W. B. Merritt ministers to-day, as usual, in the Sixth Avenue Reformed Church. Dr. C. H. Fowler preaches this morning, and in the evening also, on “Heaven,” in St. Luko’s Methodist Episcopal Church, Preaching in St. James’ Mothouist Episcopal Church, Harlem, at the usual hours to-day, by Rey, W. BR. Davis, Dr. Rylanee, in St, Mark's Protestant Episcopal | Oburch, will deliver his second lecture on social topics this evening. Subject—Co-operation.” In the Tabernacle Baptist Church the Rev. R. B. Hull will preach this morning on “After Death, What for the Christian?’ and in the evening on “Lessons Vrom the Life of Jezebel.” Dr. Morgan Dix will proach in St. Chrysostom's Chopel this evening. The Yorkville Young Men's Christian {Association | ‘Will be addressed this afternoon by Dr. J, D. Herr. Dr. John Cotton Smith will deliver an advent leo- ture this evening in the Church of the Asconsion on . | says when he gets mad.” “The Second Coming in Prophecy, Preceded by Mo- hammedanism, Romanism and Atheistic Socialism.” Rev. B. H. Busch will administer the Lord's Sup- per this morning in the Twenty-fourth Street Metho- dist Episcopal Church and in the evening will preach, Rev. Dr. A. B. Carter will officiate as usual to-day at Grace Chapel. Rev. ©. C. Lesby, assisted by students from Drew Seminary, will conduct services in Thirty-seveuth street Methodist Episcopal Church this morning aud evening. At the Church of the Divine Paternity this morning the Rev. Dr. E. H. Chap!n will preach on “Christas ® Human Ideal.” Evening service as usual. In the Second Universalist Church this morning (he Rev. A. A. Gunnison, of Brooklyn, will preach on “Lhe Atonement.” In the evening Kev. A. G. Rogers preaches on ‘Self-Deception.” “Difficulties in Scripture” will be considered by Rev. Dr. Howland this morning in the Church of the Heavenly Rest. In the evening ‘A Wasted Life” will be presented. Rev. C. R. Duffie will preach at the usual hours to- day inthe Protestant Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist. Dr. D. J. Lyster will preach in Dwyer's Gospel Mis- sion this evening, and others will deliver addresses commemorative of the third anniversary of the found- ing of this mission, “The Treasury Test” wilf be given to the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church this morning by Rev. William Lloyd. In the evening Mr. Lioyd will inter- pret ‘The Soldier’s Dream of the Barley Cake.” i The Rey. George H. Hepworth will preach this | morning on ‘The Heart's True Ease,” and this even- | ing on “He Giveth His Beloved Sleep.” “The Birth ot | Christ’’ will be discussed in his Bible class, and on Wednesday Mr. Hepworth will describe the Holy ; Land, and on Friday the “Women of the Bible— Sarah.” ‘The Rev. Father Bjerring will conduct services in the Slavonic language to-day in the Russian «apel. CHAT BY THE WAY. It is agood proverb which says that every man hath his cricket in his head and makes it sing as he pleases. He is a good man indeed who does all the good he talks of. It is perfectly safe to have some men owe yous | grudge, for they never pay anything. “What is light ?”’ asked the diminutive professor, ashe looked over his spectacles. “Well,” was the reply, “‘afull grown man who doesn’t weigh over a hundred pounds is light.” That delicious viand known as the sausage resem- bles to a sad degree the commercial condition of New York. All that is needed to make it what it ought to be is confidence. Tt does not follow that a blacksmith has no virtues because he is always to be found at his vice. “Tam glad,” said an illiterate preacher, “that the Lord has opened my mouth to speak,” “And well you may be,” was the rejoinder, “for he nover did such a thing but once before.” “And when was that ?” asked the preacher. ‘In Balaam’s time,” was the conclusive answer. It is possible for a man to know his own mind and yet know very little. The vain man is, after all, the happiest. While the rest of us are trying to please others he is perfectly satisfied if he only pleases himself. It may save you a great deal of trouble to commit this verse to memory and to take warning thereby :— Across the world The wind did blow; She ketched a cold W’at laid her low. The young man who offered his poorer rival $1,000 affections, and argued, further, that the girl wasn’t able “to stand the trials of life and do the washing besidex,” had the sad truth on his side. If he had taken @ broader view of the subject, and added that the theological science of the world has tried to under- stand why there should be a washing day at all, and given it up in despair, he would have told a sadder truth still. A Methodist paper beseeches its readers to abstain from playing croquet, because it ‘detracts from the glory of God and the salvation of souls.” It is a timely warning. It is wrong to play croquet after the frost sets in and snow begins to fall. That it is at all sesions of the year an immoral play unless you have a good eye and can hit the ball instead of your own foot we have strong personal evidence. The sun was bright, the sky was blue, the grass was green and so were we. It was a lignum-vitw mallet; the foot was flesh and bone. Our stalwart arm was lifted high in air, and down came lignum on the Wrong spot, For an instant we wondered why the world was made and why we were born into it. There were cheery voices round about us, but our own voice was low and deep. Others were uttering compliments to each other, while we said something to the mallet and the ball and the foot and the rest of creation in general, which could not be construed into a compliment by the most in- genious mind. We left the fleld disheartened and dis- couraged, wondering how any one could see the fun of croquet, and with the firm conviction that it is game with very immoral tendencies. Logic is logic the whole world over. It is some- times used, however, in very queer fashion. Here is a German—and the Germans are a philosophic peo- ple—who says that he can dissipate a fog, however thick it may be, at will. All of us may not be able to see the clear connection between cause and effect, but that is certainly not his fault. When asked to ex- plain his novel theory he replied:—‘‘Well, I will tell you, Itakeatram and goes out and feeds te pigs, and if te fog don’t go off pretty soon I fake another tram, and den I goes out and fodders te cattle, and if te fog ain’t gone by dis time I takes another tram, and den I goes out and chops wood, and if te fog don't go py dis time I takes another tram, and so on I keep a doin’ till the fog all goes away.”’ When you say that boys will be boys you mean that there is a certain amount of diabolism in human nature which shows itself at a very early age, with- out intimating that in later years it wholly vanishes. What a wicked boy that was who slyly put a chest- nut burr under tho saddle of the parson’s horse! Up to that moment the animal had never played him a single trick; but all at once he became a very spir- ited brute and pranced along with a kind of military enthusiasm. For a single moment the parson thought of selling him at a high price to a showy colonel of the army. After that his attention was so concentrated on the means of holding on that he had, only time to wish that he had sold him the day be- fore, and to the highest bidder. The little boy stood on the roadside with his thumb in his mouth and tears of sympathy in his eyes. The parson thought the boy had « very tender heart, but when he took the saddle off and saw the burr he grasped his riding whip and looked around, but the boy was gone. There is such s thing as taking a too practical view of things. A certain amount of imagination helps us along amazingly. A man was talking to a Scotchman who had been married four times and was so little dis- heartened that he contemplated running a fifth risk. His friend intimated that he must have made some money as the lawful heir ofs0 many wives, but he resented the soft impeachment, and said in a tone of disgust, “Na, na, they cam’ t’ me wi’ empty chests, an’ Isent them hame in full ones.” Dean Ramsey, who tells this story, adds another of the same sort. A man lost his wife and a cow on the same day, His neighbors naturally thinking that the greater loss of the two was the loss of his wife sympathized with him very deeply, and intimated the possibility of a new partner who could be had for the asking. “Ou ay,” he answered in contemptuous tones; “you're a’ keen enough to get mo anither wife, but no one o' yo offers to gie me anither coo,"" It is the peculiarity of men to say more than they mean, while children sometimes mean more than they say, The infant mind will once in a while give utterance to a thought that is bigger than ite own comprehension, A four-year-old was wrestling with the difficulties of words of one syllable and wiving definitions as she went along. ‘‘Beo-y, boy; that means Johnny. O-at, cat; that means pussy, D-a-m, dam. Mother, what does that mean?’ and she looked at her mother in wonderment. “Oh, I know,” she said at length. “D-em, dam; that’s what fathor A man seldom finds out that the Bible is not trno until he discovers that his course of life is condemned by it. After that the Bible becomes a book that will not bear the tests of the scientific method. Biamarck seems to havo been # somewhat con. vivial youth. Even.now in his age he has his mo-. ‘taxed directly and indirect! ments of good humor, and in this respect contrasts with Disraeli who is always a sphinx. On one occa- sion, when Bismarck was enjoying his lonely glass of beer in a café, his attention was called to a man who used disrespectful language toward the royal family. He immediately rose to his full height, turned to the speuker and said, “Out of the house ! If you are not off when Ihave drunk this beer, I will break the glass on your head.” Bismarck quietly drunk off his beer, and finding the stranger still there stepped up to him, and with a force which made him howl with pain, smashed the glass on his head. Then turning to the waiter he said, “Waiter, what is to pay for this broken glass ?’ Since that time he has broken another glass on the head of France, with this difference, however, that he made France pay for the glass. An educated paganism presents peculiar features. A daily paper is being published in Japan in which some rather free criticisms are offered on the Chris- tian religion, It wants to know whether the general adulteration of food, which prevails in Christian countries, is the legitimate result of their religion, or only incidental? Whether ail our bank defaulters belong to the Church, and if so, whether an honest paganism hasn’ta little the advantage? Whether a Christianity that allows rum to be sold at every street corner and licenses gambling houses is any better than a heathenism which simply tolerates these things ang asks no impertinent questions? “O wad some power the giftie gie us, to sce oursels as others see us.”” It is utterly impossible to have a real good quar- rel, with bushels of ill temper and scores of redhot adjectives, unless number two is as willing as num- ber one. The little boy had more moral philosophy in him than Whateley ever dreamed of, who said to his mother:—If I wait for the other boy to begin I'm afraid there won't be any fight.” If number one says what he oughtn’t to say, and you supplement it by doing what you oughtn’t to do, you will both find it necessary to seek out the drawer where the court plaster is kept, and get some one to mend the rent in your clothes and comb out your hair. ROUGH ON TALMAGE, The New York correspondent of the Christian Leader writes that rumors pretty well authenticated are afloat in Brooklyn that there is considerable uneasi- ness in some of Brother Talmage’s orthodox ueigh- bors’ churches. ‘The people flock to see the Sunday circus, and wise men speak to empty pews, while the clowns posture before large and admiring audiences. Dr. Duryea, a few Sundays ago, took his people severely to task for run- ning after strange idols, and the severely dignified Dr. Cuyler indulged in a downright good scold to his people for running away to hear his yood orthodox rother. He even went sv fur as to say that he wished they would take their letters and leave for good. An amusing story is told by a gentleman connected with a New York commercial house. A ‘Texan-gentle- man was in the city to purchase goods, and was curious to visit some of the notorious haunts of the great city. Some ofthe young men in the store volunteered as escorts. In personal appearance he resembled the great Brooklyn investigator, and so, unbeknown to himself, was introduced. invariably as Mr. Talmage. He smoked with the boys, stood treat for the crowd, drank with the visitors and generally conducted himself in a way which no doubt greatly scandalized the good name of the Brooklyn pastor, who never visits such places except with “high Police officials.’ A SUGGESTION TO PASTORS. Dr. Thomas 8. Hastings, the pastor of the Presby- terian Church in West Forty-second street, mn this city, has a large and interested audience in hisehurch every Sunday afternoon. He does not attempt to preach a formal sermon, but talks familiarly on topics suggested by the people themselves. Any ono of his congregation wishing light on a passage of Scripture, a Scripture doctrine or @ question of prac- tical duty sends in a request in writing for the dis- cussion of the topic. ‘These requests are taken np by the pastor in turn, and this close relation of the themes to the congregation insures a practical and interesting treatment of the themes. ‘his plan of work may be worth the consideration of those pas- tors who find it ditlicult to secure the attendance of their people at the second service. It has worked excellently in this case. MONASTICISM IN FRANCE. The number of those who are “under vows” in Catholic countries is simply immense. In France there are 200,000, not including the 45,000 regular pastors who are in receipt of pay from the State. Of these 200,000 only a little over 30,000 are men, aud of them only 2,418 are engaged in “purely religious” duties. About 40,000 of the women are engaged in teaching, the rest being devoted to “‘purely religious” ances nunneries. Nearly 30,000 establishments are req to accommodate this immense number of devotees, all but about 900 of which are “authorized,” which means subsidized by the State. All ot this 200,000 are of course non-producers. Yet France is Y for their support. That she can bear this immense burden without even feel- ing it to be burden simply proves her to be one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Few countries could be subjected to so steady a drain upon their Yai strength and not become evidently weaker tor MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. METHODINT. The Rev. Hooper Jolley, of Delaware, has been ap- pointed by Bishop Simpson to the charge of St. John’s Church (colored) of Newark, N. J. The church is greatly embarrassed with debt. Rev. W. F. Butler, D. D., its late pastor, has been transferred. Rev. J. K. Burr, D. D., of the Newark Conference, has been obliged by ill health to retire temporarily from the ministry. He has settled in Trenton, N. J. Rev. J. B. Vanmeter, chaplain in the United States Navy, has been appointed, temporarily, pastor of Mount Vernon Pisce Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore—the charge recently left by Dr. Peck, now of St. John’s Church, Brooklyn, E. D. kev. W. R. Jones has been transferred from Wis- consin Conference to Nebraska Conference, and sta tioned at Fairmount, Neb. The Rey. Selah W. Brown, of Troy, N. Y., having tried evangelizing long enough, has gone to Peoria, ILL, to take charge of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of that city. Rev. W. K. Beans has been transferred from Rock River to Nebraska Conference, and made pastor at Eighteenth Street Church, Omaha, EPISCOPALIAN. Dr. Henry C. Potter, of this city, makes an appeal to American churchmen for $1,750 to supply an organ for the church at Hursley, England, ae a memorial to Keble, the author of the “Christian Year,” who ministered in that church, and whose work has proved so beneficial to the Episcopal Church here as well as there. About two years ago the Rev. Jonn R. Jones, of Belleville, Ont., while studying and preaching against scepticism became a sceptic himself. He resigned the ministry and studied law in Detroit, Mich. ‘Through the labors of Dr. Pearson, of that city, his doubts have been removed and he now returns to the ministry. ‘The only Episcopal mission for colored people in Brooklyn is in charge of the Rev. Mr. Edgerton, who has just moved his little flock into the chapel of the Church of the Redeemer and arranged for a series of mectings at which different clergymen of tho city will preach or make addresses, Through tho instrumentality of the Episcopal Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts, another un- | worthy candidate for clerical office and duty has been exposed. This is R. M. Neill, who since 1873 has served Congregational, Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyterian churches in four or five States between Vermont and Iowa, He has made use of forged papers, and had ot so far as to obtain candidateship for orders in the piscopal Church in Massachusetts when his charac- ter was discovered aud his career in this direction bronght to an end. The lev. Phillips Brooks, of Boston, continues on his liberal way, regardless of rubrics and canons. The other Sunday evening he preached at the Shep- ard Con jonal Church, Cambridge, using no part of the Episcopal service, wearing ouly the black gown, and making ® fervent though brief extqm- porancous prayer after sermon. why not? The Rev. Mr. Pelletreau, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, of Unadilla, preached his farewell sermon to his people last Sunday. To-day he com- mences his labors in his new parish at Paterson, NJ. BAPTIST. The Rey, J. W. Hatpence, formerly a Methodist minister of New et having become a Baptist, has been reordained and installed over the chitreh at Easton, N. J. Herr, pastor of the Central Church, in this br. J. D. city, has completed three years of successful labor with that church. All its interests have been well cared for and its debt of $30,000 lifted. Dr. Herr waa forinerly & Methodist, and has carried over with him to bis new denomination the best and most ef- | ficient methods of the old one. The Rev, Johu H. Eager has resigned his pastoral charge at Midway, I he Rev. De. Woolfolk, hav- ing been injured in 4 collis:on on the Loniaville aud | Nashville Rallroad, has resigned at Ashiand, Ky., and | removed to Minnesota to recover health and strength, Rev. A. G. Laweon a ot t oS od ape om pastors in Brooklyn. ing the vight years 8 ministry with the Urconwood Church have built, | school, besides 125 more in a branch school. | human self-tortures of the Fakirs and the utter | days of change and yacillation we necd a little ateadi- and dodicated a house of worship, increased the mem- bership by baptisms, nearly every month, to 547, and gathered 600 scholars and teachers into their Sunday The Rev. G. W. Slater has resigned at New Balti- more and gone to Grapeville, N. ¥. ‘The Rey. P. Gros- veuor has left Grosvenor Corners, N. Y., and gone to Council Blutts, Iowa, and Key. A. H, Stearns has changed his pastorate from South Butler to Wolcott, Rev. W. D. Hires resigns at Imbaystown and accepts acallto Frenchtown, N.J., and Rev. H.C. Leavitt closes his pastorate at Newport, N. H. ‘The Rev. & A. Gardner rosie his pastorate at e ve . Gardner resigns his Peoria, Iil. The Rey. W. Sisson, formerly of Tecumseh, Mi has resumed the charge of the parish at Perry, The Rev, G. J. Porter, of Pennsylvania, has accepted the pastorate of the First Universalist Church of Watertown, N. Y., and began his labors there last Sunday, The parish contemplates purchasing a par- sonage, and is very hopeful of success hereafter. The Rev. A. Titus, Jr., has accepted a call from the two parishes at Weymouth and North Weymouth, The Rev. A. Vedder has closed his labors at Mitchel- ville, Iowa, During his pastorate he has raised $5,000 for the seminary and organized a church of twenty- six members, The Rev. H. A. Wales has received a call to the par- ishes of Saco and Biddeford. Mr. Wales was for- merly an “orthodox” minister, but embracing Uni- versalism received a letter of fellowship trom the Massachusetts Convention, and his settlement in Biddeford is his first over « Universalist parish, The Rev. E. W. Fuller has just ended his pastorate with the Universalist Church at Fort Plain, N. Y. The Rev. 8. A. Gardner has resigned his charg: Peoria, IL, from January 1, 1879. ‘The Rey. L. Haynes has also resigned his pastorate at Marlboro, Mass., from | the same date. The Rev. J. H. Amies, of New Haven, has been ap- pointed general missionary of the Universalist Church for Connecticut, New Haven will be his centre. The Rev. Hamilton Squires, of New York, has been called w the pastorate of the church at Reading, Pa., vice | Rev. B. Peters. resigned. | The Rev. 8. G. Fay has terminated his pastoral re- lations with the parish of Elizabeth, N. J., after preaching there a year, The Rev. Joseph Crehore, who has resided in Can- ton, N. Y., for five years as pastor, has removed to Malone and entered upon dis duties as pastor of the arish there. For several years the parish has been rinant, but has now taken @ fresh start, raised a thousand dollars, secured a parsonage and engaged in active work, PRESBYTERIAN. The pastoral relation between the Rev. Dr. C. L. bina one and the Fitth Church, Chicago, Ill., has been dissolved, and Dr. Thompson comes to be pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg. Pa. ee Erie, Pa., the Kev. Dr. Kimball goes to Kansas ity. | Rev. Charles B. Newton left Philadelphia a few days | ago for work on the great missionary field of North- ern India. He is an esteemed minister of the Re- formed Presbyterian Church. The Rev. S. F. Farmer has resigned at Hiawatha and removed to Concordia, Kan. Revs. F. E. Shel- don, J. A. Griffes and 8. H. St. John have also re- signed their pastorates respectively at Troy, Marys- ville and Effingham, in the same State. Rev. J. C. Bruce. of Oakdale, Pa., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church, a ill., and entered on his duties there last Sab- Rev. W. W. Campbell has changed from Hunting- | don, Pa., to Fleming, Centre county, Pa, Rev. of Woodstock, 1ll., has taken charge of the Presbyterian Church at De Pere, Wis. Rev. E. Smith Barnes has resigned his charge of the churches at Poynette and Louisville and accepted @ unanimous call to the First Presbyterian Church at Columbus, Wis. The Rev. J. Osmond has been installed pastor of | the Presbyterian Church at Russell, lowa. Rav. H. T. Smith has removed from Waukeon, Iows, to Galena, Ill., and Rev. W. Granby, of Detroit, will go to Tecumech, Mich, : Dr, John Hall’s Church has bought for its East Side Mission the Chapel of the Bread of Life, in Four- teenth street, between First avenue and avenue A. ‘The price paid was $27,000. The chapel was owned by St. George's Church, by whom it was built some years ago at an expense of $100,000. _ Dr. Musgrave, of Philadelphia, has ‘described a cir- cle of fifty years as & preacher of the Gospel of Christ. A few Sabbaths ago he preached in the pulpit of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Phi ‘iphis, and recisely fifty years before he had rendered the same service in the same place. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. Dr. A. C. Wedekind has resigned the pas- | torate of St. James’ Lutheran Church, New York, and accepted acall from St. John’s Gerinan Church on Christopher street. This is a large congregation, and Dr. Wedekind will preach in English as well as German, Last Tuesday H. A. Hendrickson was ordained to the ministry of the Reformed Church at Colt’s Neck, N.J., by the classis of Monmouth. Kev. E. A. Enos, of Asbury Park, preached the sermon. The American Board has lost ten missionaries by death during this year, eighteen others retired from its service because of ill health, eighteen returned to the United States for rest, nineteen new names have been added tothe missionary roll and twenty-one veterans have returned to their respective fields, hav- recruited their health here. v. J. G. Van Slyke, pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, N. ¥., returned trom Eu- rope last woek. ‘The Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, N. J., has extended a call to the Rev. Aitred H. Brush, of Nassau, N.Y. The Rev. James H. Hoyt hus resigned his charge of the Reformed Church at Greenburg, N. Y., to take effect January 1, 1879. Rey. Dr. Sears, who has been pastor of the Six-mile Run (N. J.) Reformed Church for forty-five years, has offered his resignation. His con; ion has voted to secure a new pastor, but not to sever Dr. Sears’ re- lation to the church. Rev. David N. Beach, who was the ciass poet of the class of 1872 at Yale College, has just closed # suc- cessful pastorate of the Congregational Church at Westerley, R. I., and accepted 4 call of the Free Con- gregational Church at Providence. Dr. Samuel Adler, the venerable Jewish Rabbi, of this city, has almost recovered trom the effects ot the recent assault committed upon him by some un- known ruffian. M. l’Abbe Denechau, Vicar General of Tours, has been nominated Roman Catholic Bishop of Tulle, in succession to . Berteaud, retired. ‘Lhe new prel- ate was born in } and has been Vicar General of Tours since 1875. FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE. THE OLD AND THE NEW FASHIONS—SEBMON BY REY, DR. MENDES, Dr. de Sola Mendes preached yesterday in the Forty-fourth Street Synagogue upon religion as dis- tinguished from morality, and adverted to the recent discussions among his people of questions referring to reforms in synagogue observances. He pointed out that morality, which has for its subject the laws affecting the conduct of man to man, being of 80 con- crete a nature, has always been materially the same in principle, although, perhaps, varying in details. When the Spartan youths, he said, were encouraged in what we would call downright theft, it was with the object of making them able soldiers by their adroitness and audacity. Though a harsh word spoken in anger could only be effaced by blood not a handred years ago, yet nowadays duelling has fallen into abeyance. With such minor deviations the code of morality is always the same. Debts must be paid under every sound system of legislation, crime atoned for, virtue encouraged, and the right of aman to enjoy without dispute what he or his father has carned must be recognized. In religion, however, with its intangible objects, the diversity is great. From the obacene rites of Syrian worship to the in® absence of every ceremony among the Rationalista, we have every variety. If we look upon the store. house of religion's implements, containing the sword, the lash, the hermit’s coll, the fagot and the rack, we lift our hands in amazement at the tools men have employed to fabricate devotion. hing to our own nation, in morality we are substantially as one with our neighbors, although the progressive world might learn # leason or two from ourcode, perhaps. When we turn to the field of religious observance we have hero, too, a vast diver- sified field, from the ultra pietists of Poland to the very liberal worshippers of culture who would give away in their free spirit the last distinctive feature of the Judaism they yet claim. This multifarionsness of observance has always obtained. How are we to guide ourselves? To select a feature from this direction, another from that, one more from a third, were to increase the different phases by yet another. We may find an indication in another field. Germans are held in common parlance to be the most friendly and honest | people, Frenchmen the most polished, Italians the most gifted artistically. Would a German deplore the mixfortune of birth that deprives him of the pli- aucy of the Gaul the musical gift of the Italian ? He can remain a steady, practical son of his ow country, and yet reach the ideal of esteem. It is as | unnatural as if the sphere were to mourn that itis | not a cylinder. 5 DUTY TO PREKEAVE JUDAISM, So, I conceive, said Dr. Mendes, it is our duty to reserve Judaism as it has been handed down to us— ‘0 scrutinize it, to study it and maintain it. 'n these and conservatism, We are no proselytizers among other faiths or among otrselves; we let cach walk inthe name of his God. We, our fathers and foreiathers, have been conservative Hebrews. We | have been happy under our enstoms, felt that we Worshipped God acceptably and sincerely, and | saw the fruits of our religious observance | in the morality of our households and the | dutitulness of ont sons and daughters, Lf these | apostics of a new order of things come to me and say, “This is antiquated and that is obsolete; this in- vention is conducive to greater devotion.” I would reply, “Get you hence with your new order; our could olden institutions have worked benefically. you show us some that would actually produ benefit we would adopt them—none sooner sincere; but we honvstly fail to see that y improvements have maile better Israeli servant Sabbath keepers, wiser or hap] women. Pardon us, therefore, if we ate eo anpro- Teasive as to cling feat to that we have seen to be | Beneficial and fear to try upon our poor selves what we behold has failed to it such ardent advocates a8 you,” . EAST BAPTIST CHURCH FAIR. | For some days past the ladies of the Hast Baptist Church have been holding a fair at No. 398 Grand street, The church lately contracted a considerable debt in removing the dead from its cemetery tn Brook- lyn to another resting place, and the fair was started for the purpose of liquidating this liability. ‘The la dies of the congregation, without suggestion from the trustees, generously volunteered their services and promised to open a fair for the purpose of helping to pay off the debt, Though the church is @ very old one, it has never before resorted to the ex- pedient of a fair, and while no particular stress is laid on the fact, the ladies are confident that the mem- bers of the congregation will generously respond to this first appeal. The articles exhibited are almost exclusively holiday goods and are all for sale, raffling being discountenanced by the ladies in charge. Those who are willing to further a good cause can here pur- chase toys, household goods, fancy articles, Yankee notions and stationery as cheaply as at. any store on Grand street. A large and curious assortment of cake is offered at the table of Miss Brown. One of these cakes contains a golden ring and is marked off into fifty slices, whieh were sold last night. | In addition to these attractions substantial and inedible things are sold trom six tables in charge of the following ladies, all well known in east side social circles :—Table No, 1, Misses Samson, Chapman, Hen- nett, Pettingill and Whiteheart; table No. 2, Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. Griffith, Misses Miles and Hansow; table No, 3, Mrs, Starr, Misses Harris and King; table No. ‘4, Mrs. Leonard snd daughters; _ ta- ble No. 65, Mrs. Gaylor, Misses | Rig- gins, Miller, Darrow, Kenney and — Miller; table No, 6, the Misses MeClelian. That indispensa- ble adjunct of achurch fair, the post office, is here in full operation, and the sweetest kind of billets- doux from very pretty misses can be had for areason- able postage. Edison’s phonograph, without which no church entertainment is now perfect, talks, sings and whistles for those who pay to hear, ‘The tair will continue open to-morrow and Tuesday evenings. POSTAL CAR SERVICE. Considerable anxiety was expressed at the Post Office yesterday on account of the despatch from Washington, published yesterday morning, of the probable abolisthnent of the postal car system in case Congress failsto make an sppropriation before the end of the year 1878. Assistant Postmaster Henry G. Pearson expressed himself to the effect that if the Postmaster General is compelled to dispense with the postal car system or reduce it to any great extent, great confusion, delay and inconvenience must necessarily follow. The business community of the entire country has been greatly benefited by its «adoption and the bysiness of the Post Office increased about 100 per cent, although very little additional clerical help has been needed, us the extra labor was performed on the roud. There seems to be no hope that the railroad com- panies will reduce their rates, which have already been cut down ten per cent; consequently the limited appropriations made by Congress will not suffice to continue the system, unless wore money is voted for this purpose. Not only will bankers and merchants be greatly inconvenienced should the ital cars be ubolished, but every individual who as correspondence and is a subscriber to a news- paper will be compelled to receive mail mat- ter hours after it is due at its destination. Under the postal-car system letters placed in lamp- post boxes and in the drops of the Post Office are sent in bulk to the postal cars, there to be assorted and despatched to their destination. Registered letters would also be greatly retarded in forwarding if sent by ordinary means outside the postal cars. ‘The en- tire postal service would suffer demoralization unless the department is sustained by Congress with the small appropriation of $500,000. 'THIEVES’ CONFIDENCES. Dominique Thomassen was arraigned at the Tombs Police Court yesterday and held in default of $1,000 bail to angwer a charge of swindling a Mrs. Parder- dli, of Clifton, S. I., out of $600 in January, 1875, Thomassen was convicted of grand larceny later in the same year and sent to Auburn Prison. His term expired on Friday last, and as he | passed out of the prison gate he was ar- rested by Roundsman Fawcett, of the Tombs Court squad, who had gone on armed with a warrant for him. It appears that while in Auburn Thomassen made a confidant of another prisoner named Baduero. ‘They quarrelled about two months ago, and Thomea- | sen, to injure his former friend, wrote the followmg lett Dirgcror or Potice, New York :-— There is in this oa noted Italian swindler, named Joseph Baducro, who in the spring of 1876 robbed M. Charles Gorise, a shoemaker of the Rue Houston, of 3,000 franes. is time expires on Friday, November22 Accept, sir, the assurances, &e. Accordingly, on November 22, when Baduero’s term expired, he was rearrested.oo the information furnished by Thomassen. To revenge himself Badu- ero wrote the following, which led to the arrest of Thomassen :— Dear Dinecton oF Pouce, New York City:— I pray of 1 have wn officer here on the morning of to arrest Dominico Thomatis, incorrigible Italian swindler, who will be discharged on that day. He ix the man who, in the apring of 1875, robbed a poor widow woman, named ‘Adele Parderdli, resident of Staten Inland, of $000. Arrest him, dear sir, ‘and be ever assured of the esteem of your devoted servant, &c., &c, REAL ESTATE. The following sales were made on the Real Estate Exchange December 7:— BY J. ¥. D. WYCKOFF, Assignee’s sale of the two five story brick tenements ‘and stable, with lot 46.2x90.6, Nos. 324 and 326 Cherry st., to Ci Norwood... . $11,000 Similar sale of the two story brown stone stable, 22x40.5, with extension 25x19.3, No. 4 East 39th st, 8, to John 8. ¥ v b Sanford Potter, referoo— ‘story brick building and two story frame shop, with lot 25x100, No. O43 6th av., w. &, 50.2 ft. 5. of 53d at., 10 J. A. Hard; % ure sale of the four 14,900 ft. ¢. of Sth ra Thomas G. Barry, referee—Foreclosure sale of the two story frame and three story frame buildings and two story, trame stable, with lot 25x100, 2,025 3d ow corner of (Nos. 203 and'205) OFFICIAL REM ESTATE TRANSFERS, The following is a statement showing the real estate transactions recorded in the Register’s office Decem- ber 7, 1878:— Pearl at., 5. s., 100.6 ft. &. of corner Peck slip; Will iam R. Brown (referee) to Caroline L. Macy... 190th st. nm. 8, 246 ft. eof Sth av. 16x90, drews Soher to John Nob meen A hae Sth ay,, a. 6 cornerof 109th st., 50.544x100; Wiliam to Lloyd Aspinwall and others (executors) Nom. G0.54y ft. n. of LOOth st., 25.24 x100; ‘ost 2 iam H. Browning. 25, s West vt rage 2 Corporation to 13,500 12,500 5,009 ft. 0 s 8, 127.4 ft. ife to Charles F. Crenoy and wi O ft. 8. ©. corner of Dey # 3 Co ‘oxnanaki to John N. Hayward. -. Nom. Same property, John N. Hayward and wile to Abram wae eittentoe 9,000 jurray at. (No. 2 others (execu 81,800 n no, . corner of Church st., 25, Lith av., wea, 711 ft. nh. of TO6th at, B5xi0 Chet wood (referee) to Thomas Hag 1,490 490H wt, 8, 250 ft. i GOAN At, 8, 8, OO Et, T. Ruggles (referee) LR ARKS. (lots Nos, 157 and 15%), 21 yeas Elisa Rosenstein... 3d st, beth Urayes. 'y Ot Bd av. Oyenrs... Walabe amtilbe! Hibbert. Margaret, to G. Young, n. sof 1200H et, wiof 3 : 3d av; 5 yours rene " Kock, &. 5. of wie. Hoth 0 of ae at Mare. Same to same, sof 115th youre ssargesy Later, Harrivt and husband, t of 2int t.. w. of Oth ay. : Morton, » Agnes Rennes, n. s of 2 years KDitiei ” 5.000 | Y Neill, } Margnret A. O'Neill, No. 3 seals: ‘ 1.0% O'Reilly, M) 10 Phasbe Poaresall, n. s. of 440th at, w, Of Lexington a: 4,000 Rosenblatt, A., and wile to Tie lank for Savings, w. 8. of Thompson st. n, of Broome st, 1 Slevin, John, to 1D, Alicia) Charet’ and Warren ony, to G. Fountain, a. av. V year KRCORDED Gottron, Gustav, to Gew Rosonstuin, Frederick Rothschild, Jacob, to Het | inadequate to the occasion. THE COURTS. Trouble in a German Be- nevolent Society. LANDLORD AND TENANT. Re Ae Attempt to Set Aside the “Have. meyer” Verdict. John Fischer was a member of a German benevo- lent society known as the Kranken Unterstiitzungs Verein—Deutsche, Treu und Einigkeit, which, being translated means, “Sick Benevolent Society German Truth and Unity.” He became dissatisfied and brought suit in the Court of Common Pleas for an injunction against the officers of the society, the ap- pointment of a receiver and the dissolution of the society. On the motion to continue the injunc- tion and for the appointment of a receiver forty-two of the defendants (the Society being unin- corporated, having no charter), and who were repre- sented by J. C. Julius Langbein in opposition to the motion, produced an aflidayit in which they swore that the plaintiff made a motion in the society to dis- solve the society, and then at a subsequent meeting made & motion to overth: and cancel his former motion “and that the society continue as before.” ‘This affidavit was impeached by the plaintiff, who contended that the forty-two defendants did not understand what they had sworn to, and that the fact was that the plaintiff did not make the second motion, but that the same was made by one of the members. Judge Daly, being in doubt, referred this question of fact as to whether the plaintiff was present at the meeting. Judge Dinkel, who was appointed referee, after hearing testimony tor nearly three months, made his report in favor of the defendants, and reported that, under the order of reference, the plaintiff, who had been represented by Henry Wehle, must pay the referee's fees, amounting to the sum of $130. Upon this fact being shown to Judge Daly an order was made that the plaintiff pay the fees of the referee within three days or show cause why he should not becommitted for comtempt. The fees not being paid, Judge Daly made an order that a commitment issue, and the plaintiff was locked up in Ludlow Street Jail, where he is now confined. The plaintiff, through his attorney, then obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Brady, in the Supreme Court, alleging that Judge Daly had no jurisdiction to issue the commitment; that he was not charged before the Judge with the commis- sion of any contempt of court or any act for which a commitment can issue, and that he prayed for a writ of certiorari to issue to the Court of Common Pleas to produce the papers upon which the commitment is based ape filed. The matter came up esterday be- fore Judge Brady, Mr. Wehle, Mr. Goldzier and Mr. Grosse appearing for the plaintiff and Messrs, J.C. Julius Langbein and George F. Langbein for the de- fendant. After ment of counsel Judge Brady took the papers, reserving his decision. “LANDLORD AND TENANT CASE. Charles M. Portman sued Jacob Weeks, in the Marine Court, to recover back one month's rent paid by him for the hire of a house of which he failed to get Possession at the agreed time by reason of the refusal of the former tenant to remove on the day his term ex- pired. Judge McAdam, in an opinion filed yesterday, denies the tenant's right to recover. As the question is one of importance to persons hiring and renting houses, it is given in full. The Judge says:—‘“It is conceded that the plaintiff, as tenant, hired from the defendant, as landlord, the tenement known as No. 265 Elizabeth street, in the city of New York, for one month, from May 1, 1874, and that he paid upon the making of the agreement $55 rent in advance; that the tenant was to have posseasion of the premises de- | mised on the first day of the term at noon, and that he did not receive possession at the agreed time be- cause a former tenant, then in possession but whose term had expired, wrongfully refused to remove oud 80 as to permit the plaintiff to move in. The plaintiff therefore sues to recover back the $55 which he paid at the time of the hiring, and the question presented is, whether the defendant, under the circumstances, is liable to refund the money so paid. As the plaintiff was prevented from taking possession of the premises demised by the wrongful act of a third | person and not by any act of the defendant who owned the property, he is not liable to the plaintiff for the consequences of the wrong. The covenant to give the plaintiff possession imported no more than that the lessor had at the time such a title to the de- mised premises as ype him to ie te Saar * legal right of entry an joyment during the term. (Gardiner vs. Keteltas, ane 330; The Mechanics and Traders’ Fire Insurance Company vs. Scott, 2 Hilton, 550.) The evidence shows that the da- fendant had such ao title, and that no one was in possession by his consent or with title paramount. Such a covenant imports vo warranty, express or implied, as respects the acts of strangers, and the plaintiff's remedy was continued to the overholding tenant who wrongfully kept him out of possession. (See the cases above cited.) In Trull ve. Granger (8 N. Y., 115), relied upon by the plaintiff, the tenant was kept oe of roomed be asin at case, by a stranger without title, but e wrongful act of The landlord himeelf, who in that case denied the plaintiff's right and refused to permit him to oc« cupy in accordance with his lease, That case is dis- similar to this and is therefore inapplicable. It fol- lows that the defendant is entitled to judgment.” THE “HAVEMEYER” SUIT. Immediately following the verdict for the plaintif in the suit of Henrietta E. Havenieyer vs. John C, Havemeyer, the facta of which were published in yesterday's Hxnatp, a motion was argued at con- siderable length, before Judge Van Vorst, yesterday, to set aside the verdict on the ground that the same was excessive in amount. The suit, as will be re- membered, grew out of an alleged violation by the defendant of a contract not to sell certain stock of the Long Island Railroad Company and the jury on Thursday assessed the damages at $30,505 10, being the full amount claimed, with interest. In the argument ey Mr. John E. Parsons appeared for the plaintiff and Messrs. Porter, Waterbury and for the defendants. It was contended on be- half of the motion in speeches made by the various counsel that the damages were far beyond any reason- able compensation forthe breach, if any, and that the verdict should therefore be set aside. Argument wag made in opposition by Mr. John E. Parsons, after which Judge Van Vorst took the papers, reserving his dec! CIRCUS TRIBULATIONS. William H. Moran is a vaulter and hurdle rider, whose fame is confined to the sawdust arena, Last spring he became engaged at P. T. Barnum’s Circus, and, as the veteran showman makes it his inflexible practice to retain none but strictly moral employés, whose continual sobriety must be their recommen- dation, a contract was entered into between him and Moran by which the latter wax to receive a salary de- dant on his abstaining from intoxicating eM 4 Terug the * ing season.’ Moran, it appears, the circus, and assi & claim for $166, which, he insists, is due him, to N. Hubbard Miller, who brought suit in the said District Court against jum and his partuers for the recovery of this amount. Mesers, Howe and Hummel, who no gm Soceereae as counsel for the defence, den the validity the claim, and assert that Moran violated his agreement with their clients. After issue was joined Judge Parker, at the request of counsel, adjourned the pro- ceedings until the 14th inst., and inthe meantime the case will be transferred to the Court of Common Pleas for that tribunal to pass on the questions in- v SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. In the case of Oliver Ferguson, proprietor of the Libby House, who was arrested on a charge of keep- ing a disorderly house by the Society for the Preven. tion of Vice, motion was yesterday made before Judge Brady, in Supreme Court, Chambers, for a writ of certiorari, requiring the District Attorney to re- turn th rs to the Police Justice, and directin: the exam ation before him to proceed. Decision was reserved, In the matter of the Attorney General ve. The Con- tinental Life Insurance Company an order has been entered by Judge Westbrook granting leave to Mr, John P, O'Neill, the receiver of the company, to pub- lish # notice requiring all persons to exhibit and pre- sent their claims to him on or before the 16th of June next. Mr. Morgan A. Dayton, Jr., is appointed sole referee to determine the validity of the claims. ENGLAND'S AFRICAN WAR. (From the London World.) The government have ordered reinforcements to go to Natal, and not a moment too svon, for inuch valu- able time has been lost since Lord Chelmsford’s de+ spatches urging the necessity of teinforcements ar- rived in Pall Mall; the forces out in Natal are utterly The few regulars, about one thousand in all, are composed chiefly of young, unseasoned soldiers, and what are much wanted are some good, steady non-commissioned officers to “leaven the lump.” The Zulus are hard fighters, are well armed, have an excels | lent commissariat, and are gathering — their tack ; need aud to forces together at various points favorable for at their spies are very zealons, and in fact it will all General Lord Chelmstord's proved sagactt the ability of his gallant and experienced avert a possibly overpowering disaster to out and important Mewes Nations as well as should learn that gold coffers must be prot bars, and the emall size of our force in Natal ril, and that of the settlement, is a dis to ly learned to fe an