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2 THE LADDER OF FAITH. Pastors Promulgating the Ways of Christian Life, | JACOB'S VISION AND THE ANGELS. The Importance of Watchfulness and Prayer. DISCIPLES, LADDER AND GEORGE H, THE THE REV. CHURCH OF JACOB'S VISION OF ANGELS —-SERMON BY THE HEP- WORTH. "The scene which is recorded in the chapter which I our morning lesson, said Mr, Hep- , forms an important part of the The passayy uth chapter of the Book of sis, aud the p ed for the text the twelfth verse:—‘Aud he dreamed, and be- hold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.” ‘The incident, con- tinuod Mr. Hepworth, is instructive, because it issym- | It is nothing more than an episode | in the lite of agiven man, but it illustrates a pos: Die episode in the life of every man in every ag Jacob lett his father’s flock with his father’s prayers and blessings. He had nothing by which to achieve success except the strength of his arm, the clearness of his mind and the opulence of his heart. He was not at all discourged at the fact that he must face the | world tor himself, Jacob deemed it no hardship to use mother eurth fora couch and astone for his pillow. His previous life had fitted him for the en- joyment of such an experience, as he had for years attended his tather’s flock. During his sleep he was Visited “by what we call Was as though the magician’s finger tips had touche his eye; he sow what has not been permitted for mor- tal thought to see—a ladder resting on the ground and resting also on the ns, and up and down its stairs White-robed angels bearing me and bringing their golden burdens down. mir yuched not only his eyes but his ears also, and the song that way sung sounded itself through his heart 5 It was @ song not to be forgotten; it was a rev not to be obliterated by any pos- sible human expericnce. The voice of old came to hi distinct and clear promise of a natural E ne God ussured him that he elt guide his servant and give him rownh his efforts with success, so that { sojourned in the north he should and rule over his own lund, not as a king, : jest. When Jacob lay down that night lis only ¢ i was his arm and its strength; when he arose iu the morning his capital had more than doubled, tor he had added to the strength of his arm the omuipotence of God, A TRUE STORY. You ask me now, brethren, is this story, which is recorded in the Book of Genesis, literally true? Let me st that question first, because it is of great im- p 5 assuredly it is exactly true. We have no doubt of that whatever. ‘Those events oc- curred just as they are related. ‘The Old Testament is tullof such startling pictures as that. It is very natural for men to draw a contrast ot their expei cuce in this age with that of earlier ages, It is very natural for them to say we do not have such experi- now, and theretore there must be some mis- It is scarcely fair to contrast our age with ayes. We ought to recognize the tact that the ages are different in their complications, in their sus- ceptibility of light, and that, if thore is a God at all, there must be a difference in the manifestation of God, have read for worth 3 panorama of Old ‘Testament revelation, dd to is the twenty-ei ste of Scripture rete se z HOW G God speaks t cS TO MEN. viding tw their condition and the voice has varied trom the infancy of the race to its majority to-day. We teach the child with pic- tures, but the grown man with philosophy. God spoke to Moses and to Jacob through the eye and through the umagination. One of these pictures we have been reading. How distinet and clear the out- line! Jacob carried the sony that he then heard in his heart for years and years, and even in his old age it was acomforting strain. ‘To-day that song goes to ourears und our hearts. You say that we have no visions now; 1 am not so sure of that. There are just 8s many miracles in our century as in any other, only they are diferent in kind. They may not be so startling, but they are just as real and just as sure, ‘There is hardly a family that has not had its vision of some kind; hardly « litle group of tatner, mother and children that have not felt that God was present with them, at some time, and at some moment have seemed to hear his voice, gud have heard it in tones of un unmistakable char- acter. Those who havo been close to the bounds of Jordan have seen visions Lard to describe, and heard things difficult to tell. Let me find th won that the story teaches, Jet us look at the ladder, The ladder had two resting places. Pirst, it ted firmly ou the earth, and 1 am glad of that. ‘People who believe in Christianity with all their heart have an abiding taith in the laws that govern this world. We must not forget the com- mand to holy living. Worldly plaus are, I believe, Tighteous in tne sight of God, It is our duty to be of service to our fellow man, and we can do this by means of commercial en- terprixe, Without the instinct of trade man would lapse into barbarism. A farmer does not work seif- ishly though he works for his own interest, for all reap the benefit of his toil and his labor. ‘he huge manuta anning the river is not solely the rep- entalive of ameau use of grain. It represents thing higher and has a muassion that is unpar- alleled in hunmn history. It represents the genius of the country, tho iutelligeuce aud moral develop- ment of societ CONSIDER THE OTHER WORLD. F man’s plans are coutined to tits world then isa waste, He becomes so enthasiastic about this world that he forgets the other. It is absolutely necessary that when you build your plans for this world you should take” the other into consideration. Eternity must touch cirele ot human life or your days are Sorrow, disappointment, bereay nnot understand thent ur something th: phies because the philosophy of life de ond the circumference of time. Ther Dlessed significance in them, but we cannot under- stand a single letter, ‘Uherefore I say that we must rest the other end of the ladder iv the heavens, aud that rest is justas firm and just as real as this. hax two cads, but it is only one laade mplete lite has two ends, but it is one life—one end ou the quate motive k ‘tion of the higher quali- forded by miraculous Christianity, PLY MOUTH CHURCH. THE IMPou NCK OF WATCILFCULNESS AND iON DY HENEY WARD DRECHER, was aloud buzz and flutter of conversation yest morning tor the quarter of an hour preceding the services. The had oceasioned many us sale of seats on last changes in the location of the members of the g@regation, and there was, of course, a great deal of Tuesday comment on the part of the ladies att sconced in their new quarters. Mr. unusually well, and he went through the infliction of reading a score of more of announcements with com- mendable patience and good humor, The subject of his sermon was the substance of the passage in St. Mark's —Lake ye heed, watch and they were en- ospel, xiii, 33-2 pray; for ye know not wh MOKAL nthe time is.” GRAVITATION, If the importance of this command were to i. mated by its frequency and emphasis and its peculiar und in different parts of the t, nothing could be greater, We were not exhoried to wateh ogainst anything which would detract from our pleasu but those bodily condi- tions which might tend, uuless wnder good adiminis- tration, io impede and obscure the higher ends of life and the development of that manhood which death cannot effuee or disso’ Why then is this so ularly organized, since their fanetions now #0 household is itself a fortress, upation is in general regular and normal ? ge nearly well, since th Bitwe oC ‘The first reason was beea the attraction of moral vitalion never lets yo upon men, but seta steadily impervepti producing, unless perpetually rod against, hole tone and ¢ tual working downward of the per of their minds, We resist it by Various ciforts, but our resistance i# voluntary. The | atten ary. [tis an uneonseious tens | « day aud night, a# does the ma. | gravitation ature, and Uuless We possess @ | act conception of Our ti aud an untiring vigi- lane we are ve oun tell in the to yield to it unawares. Wao | lays of summer where the | live well, more glorious than the oth Leecher looked | point is at wh. iny the glory of t v begins to grow haay, chang | ay into @ paler light until the | vapors, by @ gradual asceut, shut out the sun and leave the storm to rule the uts in its power? It is wo with men, ‘They day that there has | been an impercey © great purpose | efforts of li us f tten, aud th i ground and reason for watcnfulness arthly attraction rings no bell of waruing, it sowuds | no trumpet, it Maunt iuet, it ives itselt no Voice nor sigh, Lut it is stowlily working. SELP-DRCD | ideas to aetion, wi Avian seldom deceives bis iricnds as greatly aa le | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET, deceives himself, If we were such liars to our neish- Lors a we are to ourselves we could find no one in the world to believe us. ‘Lo know exactly what is going on Within Us 18 & matter of transcendent im- portance. Many a man considers which mses in his Losom as a sense of It is in fact the lion or the wolf or the bear him, and while he may think it a tokea of his { manhood it is really the development of auummalism, gold ore whi California, There is more stone in it than there is motal. It is the justice that has crocodile’s teeth, the dost pitiless thing that is known to men. Some men mistake obstinacy for fidelity to one conyietions. and grinding, hardened and hardening, a yreat distinction between Ungracious obstinacy and cruel harshness and cal, noble and quiet fidelity duty—a distinction which ought to be made, but is not made, by thousands, So, too, men make sad work of the expression of their consciences, own self-sense 18 erected into conscience, and they use itasarod of iron to scourge other men, instead of constituting ita mentor for their own conduct. Th passions and sins that cluster about imen and women have the peculiar property of explosiveness. Apetite: and lusts, suid Mr, Beecher, if caretully watched, be- fore Uiey reach their climax of uncontrollable excite- | iuout and if we preserve morally and physically « cool ud normal condition of health, could be disciplined nd kept im check, but if we are heedless ot the danger and suffer temptation to fall all ripened into our laps, there is no help tor us until the red ruin has completed its task. Keep away trom the temptation; pass not nigh it; avoid it; wateh or you are ruined!’ ‘Phe overtluw of anger is often thus sud- den, aud you might us well attempt to suuit the cap off Vesuvius as to try to stop it. Repress it before- and, while you yet Liuve the means, THE DANGERS OF REACTION, * Mr. Beecher dwelt on the dangers of moral reaction which imust also be guarded against. One reason why tue lower animals did not sin so much as man was because they had fewer faculties to sin with, Again, the organization of society and the mfuences around Us have much to do with keeping us in order. Scnd a mau to Washington who has been decorous and devout at home. How does Washington sepd him bi How do men who are deyout in Brooklyn wander When they are in foreign lauds? How almost invariably is the water bad Which they have drunk ubroaa? (Seusation.) Change of piace often leaves one nothing but the force of his own conscience to sup- port Lim in moral rectitude, We are nomads seeking & country that hath foundations, the builder of which d, How many are there who dare look around ir blooming households and say, “1 defy death?” ‘Not even the bat flies with such inaudible wing but that Death waits for him at noonday wud at mght. Jonsider whether if you die to-inorrow your lite will De ragged aud untainted, or Whether, so far as it has youe, it will be a garment well knit and durable, MASONIC ‘TEMPLE, THE NEW IDEAS OF EVOLUTION—SERMON BY MR. O. B, FROTHINGHAM, In the course of @ learned and moving sermon at Masonic Temple Mr. O. B, Frothinguam said that what is calied gravitation, with its accompanying momentum, is due to the cohesion of its parts. A body is heavy whose atoms are strongly drawn together, and the mass is susceptible of being resolved into particles or invisible mole- cules. The universe we live in is practically light; for although the carth and planetary bodies of the solar system are heavy in proportion to their volume, yet the universe, taken as a whole, is light Decause of the immenso spaces or breathing holes be- tween the planets, What is individual identity but agglomerations of ideas and actions of more or less weight and cohesiveness, according to the more or less impressivencss of persons to whom they may be- long? In some they are as chains of sand that fall to pieces in the bands that create them, while m others, as inthe case of mep of powerful identities, they are of such adamantine force as leave an impress upon the times. ‘The characterless man may know a thousand things, but what of it if they lie dormant as unused facts? The man of character, op thet on- trary, using the knowledge that is his, does things in sequence that tall naturally into their places; tor ny that he does stands for something. "Lhe y of the ocean comes up for comparison; it is selt-existent, vast, restless, mighty, but is con- fined to its bed by an unchangeable law; it has no willot itsown. So, too, is it with the life of a great city; it ebbs and flows, hot, feverish, impetuous in the aveuuer, streets and tenemeuts. Why does it do so? Who knows? Is it wealth that is the end? What is the wealth for? How many men can tell what they will do with it? WHAT EVOLUTION TEACHES, ‘The one principle in evolution is that it says you are what you ure made. There is no such thing as self-will or individuality. Every man is carried on in spite of himself with his vices and virtues, his merits and demerits, toward the common goal of human destiny. The law of evolution has been turning out models piece by piece ever since the firat atom was projected into space. But in civiliza- tion of every kind there has m more progress during the last 300 years than in millions and mil- lions of equal periods before, because since then man has become truly man, ‘The philosopher well says that the individual is as nothing hen considered by the rules of general average. ‘rue, no individual can have more than belongs to his generat but, on the other side, it is suid that a Moses, a ‘ist, Martin Luther, Hilde- Urand, Savonsrola, are the centres of creation, It is acknowledged that Jesus had no new thought, pur- pose or idea in His heart or soul that did not come to thousands of others in His generation, but He summed up all these things and made them tell by the force of His own character. His age, through Him, left its mark on the succeeding cycles of the world’s existence, Paul was also an immense per- sonality. He began his strong career by putting down Christianity and ended by try- mg to put it bat his character YP betore and after conversion were the same, only the direction of his action was different, yet he was the same vigorous Paul all the time. Mazzini became the hero of fis time and brought in manhood the qualities of his youth to the crusade of Italian autonomy. So it was With our own Garrison, whose inoxorable con- science for doing that which is right itapelied him to live for the emauerpation of the siave; it was his pur pose Which iumortalized the man. An artist who wants to paint his very best aims at Raphael and has the fransiguration in his mind; but he will never reach that sublime conception. architect will try to equal Michael Ai have the unsurpassable living monuments of the dead genius in his thoughts, but will never come near them. So also ia literature and sei as itis in art, every one tries to do his best. Religion has, in this way, great advantages; it speaks of Christ, heaven and hell; of an infinite soul, and says that you are here but for # short time, to go speedily mito the realms of immortality, No wonder that the man whe takes it in should have a noble life. What end or wim shall man take to be lieve in Christ? Looktag that a new series of inducements to do good and to conies Up. It is not now to Save lis owa soul that the enlight- ened man works, but to that in his own period he does his part knowingly, courageously, usefully toward his fellows and himself. ‘“heresore, every day shoutd have its purpose, and we ought to do the whole will of the Great Muster. We, ax Americans, have all Uke opportunities worthy of pursuit open to he government, it is ours to mould and i up or pull down, Here, then, is the id take his place to do his assigned work in puild: ip the universal eocial inind of the Grand Architect of waterml, however Lumbile, that i all things. obeys the thought of the Master obeys the purpose of Any uitkth, BIFTH AY. JE BAPTIST CHURCH. THE BENELITS OY YOUTHFUL PRAISE—SERMON BY KEY. DR. ARMITAGE, ‘The Rev. Dr. Armitage delivered his annual sermon last evening to young women, his subject being “Lue Benetits of Youthful Praise.” He took his text from praise the name of the Lord.” In the census of the world, said the reverend doc- tor, woman numbers pretty fully half of the human race, while her iutluence in forming character and developing mind brings the entire race under her em- pire, it is, therefore, difficult elther to exaggerate the greatness of power or to overestimate the im- portance of her own right training. These facts not only justify but demand special instruction in each department of her being, that she may sway this quecnly sceptre which God has put into her hauds in the wisest and most healthy manner, In harmony With this necessity the Word of God has made special provisions of the amplest kind for the education ot her entire moral and spiritual vature. For the most part it is too late in the day to raise the question of superiority and inferiority between the sexes, in any department of soul-life, whether mental, moral or emotional, WOMAN'S PHILOSOPHY OF THOUGITT, Among women We have an endless list of names who have mastered all the operations of mind in the philosophy of thought and who rank as man's equal in the eamue intellectual pursuits, They have taken the highest position in inquiring after ideas, in the apprehension or the laying hold of ideas, in intellect ov the examining of ideas, in consciousness or the power of supplying us with the knowiedge of the mind, in memory or the recoliection of ideas, in wisdom or the right use of ideas, im emotion or the fecling produced by ideas, in will or the reduction of Lin conscience or the moral cog Which the soul takes both of its idews aud » woe fol ot study for which ical Leture of tau better qualifies hin, as, . sphere of experimental But in Whatever relates to humanity itech! and that with witich the inteliect and the heart have to do she stands side by #ide witht wv brother, Not only ler constitution but her positon in the bum family bave raived How much of what is culled justice by | jen is nothing but the bubbling up of their hard | | and cruel animal natures! Justice in this world is as crude as the | 1 is blown out ot the quartz mines of | ‘They yo through the world bruising | But there is | alms exiiii., 12, 13—"And maidens, let them | her emotions to a higher standard than his an the pathetic and sympathetic as well is the whole list of the benevolent affections. | Hence, you have wonderful displays of her power in soug, music, cloeution, languages, metaphysics, botany, poetry, the classics and theology, while in | the range of her spiritual life she has ‘reached the | very highest grades of devotion. No thoughtful oting woman can look at Christianity long without discovering its power to endow her nature with sin- gular attributes of spiritual nobility. With this in View she comes to understand why she is specially called upon to praise the Lord, ‘The psalimist takes | it as a matter of course that her song should be dic- tated and executed in the fuiness ot her life, making that life ascend to God as a sweet hymn. No choris- ter has greater or grander reasons for this joy, and none can discharge it better than her young lips and heart. The beauty of praise is never so lovely as | when yon see it pure in the life of a young girl. It inspires great pleasure to see the light sparkle in her in her hour of joy, but to see 1t when sorrow at- tacks her argues something divine. Spiritual | power in a young life is @ winning force; it sottens the hardest heart, it charms the weariest lite and attracts the wandering thoughts to God. ‘The young maiden is not to check her flowing num- bers of praise, but is to throw out her joy in all its heart thrill. Sometimes a spirit that would be cruel, | if it were not thoughtless, demands that young, praiseful piety should be restrained til deeper self. consciousness and reflection have enforced the sterner realities of life, Not only is praise to God the most fitting thing in a young woman's circumstances, but itis also the most strengthening. Young teet will wade in troubled waters soon enough. The noise of life's conflict will blend with the ery for help quite ax soon as young souls are ready to meet them." While they are free let them act as becomes the free, Why should the young maiden try to peer through the mist and listen tor phantom voices to break upon her ear from the bosom of her coming journey? When the fluttering wing of the lark bears her up and up she floods the air with her praise at every stro! having reached her full altitude she poises on thd sky as if she were beating the lattice of Heaven that she might vie with seraphim there, so exuberant is her song. She seers to be inspired with a conscientious feeling that all is safe while she lingers about the gates of paradixe, HE LARK SAFE IN HER HIGH SPHERE. No archer waits to pierce her there, no snare can be set for her captivity by an angel's hand. But when she returns carthward her yoice is hushed, her very ath is suppressed, She seems to ask ‘with care, Where am 1 going? Whom shall I meet on the way ? What foe lies in wait forme below?” And she feels her way downward cautiously without a song. ‘There is a time to sing and a time to be silent; therefore allow the young Christian girl to learn this as Well as the lark, and as the time to praise is while she is young let her fill her youth with praise. Arter dwelling at some length on ‘his subject, which, aside from its religious aspect, is poetically beautiful, the Doctor said:—Praise to God will give you @ truer, more lasting and jubilant lite than any Other form of disinterestednces can mould. You are entitled to a happy life, to peace, tranquillity, buoyancy and bliss, and I commend to you the exhortation of’ the psalm- ist, “Young maidens, praise ye the Lord,” because no other employment of life is 80 well qualified to yield you so sure 4 foundation on which to build a blissful pstiny. My text then puts into your hands a motive power, which, as you accept or Teject it, will influ- ‘ence and color your whole existence on earth, be it a8 Jong or as short as it may. CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH. HOME RELIGION AND ITS RELATION TO CHURCH AND STATE—SERMON BY REY. DR, NEWMAN. The Rev. Dr. Newman preached on the subject of “Home Religion and Its Relation to Church and State,” tuking his text from Mark x., 14—*Snuiffer the little chil- dren tocome unto meand forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.” ‘The Doctor congratulated the country on the fact that during the past year the Chief Justice of the United States had rendered a de_ cision wherein he declared that Mormon polygamy is destructive of social 1tife, that it cannot be prgc- tised under the guise of religious liberty, and that it is a crime against the laws of the land. The people of this country now look to President Hayes for the faithful and energetic execution of the law and wiil hold him responsible, Primarily, home is a place of dbode. It may be u place adorned with all the elegance that art can lend and all the luxury which wealth can procure or it may be a place where happiness waits on honest industry, where comfort comes from com- petency rather than from affluence; or it may be a place where wretchedness and want hold their ghastly revels. From one or the other of these thre homes children come forth into active life. Itis at home we learn to feel, to think and to speak. Home is the model room of life, where children copy living types. The sensitive, trusting nature of childhood is exposed to all transforming influences, and the un, conscious power of home is greater than the con- scious power in its relation to ultimate effects. God manifests the deepest interest in childhood. The books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are devoted to the web of the Scriptures, is Heaven's intercst for childhood. “How enviable is the position of parents, especially ‘of mothers! When Napoleon was asked, What is the great want of the French nation? his reply was, “Mothers,” and he stated a great fact in history, Byron's mother was proud, ill tempered and violent; and we know what her son was. Napo- leon’s mother was beautiful and ambitious. The mother of Sir Walter Scott loved poctry and paiut- ing, and no maryel that her son is Scotia’s greatest bard, Patrick Henry's mother was remarkable tor her conversational powers and her son was the American Demosthenes, FAMILY INFLUENCES. ‘The family is the seminary of social affections and the cradle of sensibility, where the first elements are acquired of that tenderness and humanity which cement mankind together, and were they entirely ¢: tinguished the whole family of social institutions would be dissolved, It is not true that the children of the religious are worse than the children of the ir- religious; nor is it true that the parson's children are the worst in the parish. By actual count it was ascertained that in the families of 35 minis ters there were 14) children over fifteen years of age, 1 of whom were ministers of the “Gospel, 8 ‘were worthy church members, only 4 were intemperate, while the remaining 29 were citizens of high moral character. ‘This speaks well for the parson’s children. In 172 Christian fame ilies there were 796 children over fifteen years of age, of whom 50 were professors of religion, 46 were pious but not professors, 17 were ministers, 244 were respectable extizens, not church members, and of the whole number of 796 only 16 were intemperate, Such ashowimg cannot be made in connection with irre- ligious families. ‘The great men in State and Church wio have lett their uupress upon their age were con- verted im youth, Jonathan salwards was couverted at the age of seven, Watts at nine, Matthew Henry at eleven and Robert Hall at twelve. CHILDREN IX THE CHURCH, All children that have not reached tue age of actual members o¢ weh and i Christian baptism. ‘bristian lite is the development of the spiritaal grace imparted to them in answer to the prayers of their parents and of the Church. ‘This Would not fill the church with unconverted, formal Christiaus, for the percentage oc formal Christians trom their ranks would be less than tuat from those who are converted in mature years. it is a shocking fullacy for parents to say that they will allow their children to grow up and choose for themsetves, Would you allow them to choose whether they will obey you us a tather or some other man or love you as # mother or some other woinan? Would you al- low them to choose between honesty and dishonesty? Would the government allow them to choose be- tween loyalty and disioyalty? Why, then, should you perniit then to choose between truth aud error, between Christ and infidelity? You should train them for the Lord, for out of our home life flows the life of the Republic. Children are homes exposed to public view, Soctety is the aggregation of families. As is the home so is the Republic. Solon, Draco aud yeurgus composed their laws in verse and mothers my tuem to their children, apd had Greece hades divine religion she would be in her giory to-day. ‘The great battle fleid of our country is the eradie; the | great question, Who shall ave the child? Were Lan tint 1 would painta picture of acradlo wherein is Youny America, and on one sid Which is die in fidel, holding in his hand Paine’s “Age of Keason,”* and on the otuer side the Christian minister, reading trom the Seriptures, “All thy cuildren shall be taught vf the Lord.” CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, THE USK OF CHRISTIAN PERPLEXITINS—sRRMON BY THE REV, WARREN H. CUDWoRTII, The Kev. Warren H. Cudworth, of Boston, Mass, occupied the pulpit of the Church of the Messiah, Park avenue and ‘Thirty-fourth street, yesterday morning. “Che Use of Christian Perplexities’ was the subject of the reverend gentleman's discourse, his text being Il. Corinthians, iv., % in part—"We are perplexed, but not in | despair.” Everybody in life has his perplex+ ities, They begin with the Little child, and fol- low one through life, Whether wo be rich or poor, they seldom forsake us, Every human being dies surrounded by perpiexities. From all our trials, however, all our disappointments, all our distractions, there is # beaus tiful result, if we do the bidding of Christ, If you, as a Christian people, expect to reach your Christian destiny without some ot the trials turcugh which Paw passed, and through whieh Christ passed, you are sadly in error. Christ's life on earth was beset with numerous perplexities, aud His prayer immediately answered, as those of this ehure! not to be; there was no repining. Llook in vain on the pages of history, continued the preacher, for the name of any illustrious person who wus not hedged about with difficulties. ‘The Charch of the Messiah has descended from rare and consecrated souls, Though you may be per- plexed at this time, yet you aro not i though cast down, you are not ov Through the provide of God this ¢ merge from ler perplexity, Wherever there is honest effort God sees it” Knock, and it eho opened unto you.” ‘This promise is til of encour agement, Ged can wd you, aud will heip all who es His assistance. wee these noe vena ave passed, and prosperity again smiles chureh, all of you vin be much the better tor the ¢: periences of the present. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR. REPENTANCE AFTER DEATH—SERMON BY THE REV. JAMES M, PULLMAN. ‘The Rey. James M. Pullman, pastor of the Church of Our Saviour, replied to a recent lecture by Mr. Joseph Cook in his evening sermon, The lec- ture was entitled “Repentance After Death.” The preacher said:—Eternal hope or oternal despair is the core of the question we shall review to-night. Mr. Cook replied to Canon Farrar'’s “Eternal Hope, and I had a phonographic report made. Mr, Cook seemed to say that he could get along with- out the Bible, but I prefer to open it. My moral pur- pose is to urge yon to discard sin and adopt the law br God as the law of your life, Your will cannot be coerced, but it may be’ persuaded by prospects of re- ward or punishment, God's will is superior to yours and favorable to you. Turge you not to postpone your obedience, for you only do ko under the sharpest penalties.” An “aualysi8 of Mr. Cook’s argument hows the centre of it to be, “Evil exists here. It will, therefore, exist forever.” He says God is ax good and wise and powerful as He ever will be. Kvil is consistent with His existence now, therefore it always will be. Does that strike you fairly? According to Mr. Cook there is no repentance after death. ‘Then only a very amall part of God’s creatures will attain salvation, There are 1,400,000,000 persons on the earth, and, by the most liberal estimate, seven-tenths do not fill the conditions of repentance, Then, if there be no repentance after death, it had been better if the human race had never been created. WHAT IT ALL MEANS. If Joseph Cook is right it costs the eternal ruin of seven ona to secure the happiness of three. Either God has done His best or He has not, I say it rever- ently, But if this be true there is either a defect in His power or in His character, The audience ap- plauded Mr. Cook. The applause meant this, and only this, ‘Some souls are doomed to eternal rnin, Hurrah!" Now, if sels one soul had. been doomed to ruin, we might have looked for some tears from the audience. But it was ® partisan audience to hear a deience of a dogma which the world is ing a Now this, doctrine needs commanding evidence if it is to be maintained. Mr. Cook sees this and takes such natural luws as suit his purpose, and goes into the unseen unl- verse and builds an adamantine wall to shut out souls from happiness, According to his view God is pitiful up to the moment when the bandaged criminal is placed on the §scaffold; but when the sheriff's foot presses the fatal spring God hides His tace. Man is apt to turn away from sin when he receives more light, and it would seem consistent that with the light which he will receive after death he will turn from sin. No matter how poor your chance may have been here, ing to Mr. Cook, you shall never have another. Un- atherod t the young, and, like a golden thread running through | der the laws laid down by Mr, Cook the next world fixes all the evils of this world endlessly. ‘The preacher then quoted passages of the lecture, and suid that all they proved, if they proved any: thing, was that some hardened sinners might forever remain unrepentant. He claimed that Mr. Cook was disingenuous and had not even reached Canon Farrar’s argument. Mr. Cook’s argument was the old one of the materialistic pessimists. There was no God, no Christ, no love in it, and it was open to many logical criticisme, which the preacher ap- plied one by one. ‘The law of tendency to perma- nency in evil, on which Mr. Cook relied mainly, he claimed, was counteracted by the law of retribution, which Mr. Cook did not mention. Burr and Tweed were quoted by Mr. Cook, but both had been broken by the law of retribution. Good will grow greater and evil less forever. DESTRUCTIVELY IMMORAL. Mr. Cook’s argument is destructively immoral. It means that couscience is finally deadened, Then the sinner is lost; but it doesn’t hurt him. The worm does die and the fire is quenched, This is immoral. If the freedom of the will is taken away the sinner is no longer a sinner, If itis not he is never beyond repentance. Mr. Cook has the shrewdness of a ‘Tombs lawyer and the Chile of the middle-age school man, Mr, Cook terms Milton a psychologist; but when Milton's Satan announce. in hell his plan tor the ruin of humanity, the devils did not applaud. Devils as they were, they were silent. They were not brought up in Association Hall, Mr. Cook says evil is hopeless. So does Robert Ingersoll. Mr. Inger- soll says evil is hopeless, therefore there is no God, Mr. Cook degrades his God to tit his premises, STANDARD HALL, OF CULTURE--LECTURE BY PRO- FESSOR FELIX ADLER. The spirit of the ages is in the direction of ideal- ism, began Professor Adler, in his lecture at Standard Hall, and continued :—A cry for reform is a cry tor larger truth. That cause will prosper which gives utterance to men’s aspirations toward the best and the highest. We have, heretofore, spoken of the physical duties man owes to himself. We desire to- day to speak of certain intellectual and moral duties belonging to the same general class, Some hold the intellect to be higher than morals, Far from accepting this view, we believe that the moral standard determines the value of all mental acquirements. There.are three distin- guishing marks of genuine culture—honesty, broad- ness and disinterestedness. It is possible to possess a great deal of learning and yet to latk culture. Some of the most erudite men—nay, whole generations of scholars—have spent their time in grinding chaff. Witness the scholastic literature of the Jews, Chris- tians Mobammedans. What think you of the state of literature when schoolmen could soberly dis- cuss such questions as these:—Whether it is permis- sibie to use sand or beer in baptism instead of water? In what language the snake spoke to Eve? How many angels can sit on the point of a needle? Whether the doctrine of transubstantiation would hold good in case the consecrated water was swallowed by a dog or @ pig? Witness also the many philological and theological works of our own day. The press teema with useless books, Culture does not consist in amassing knowledge, but in organizing it. The first principle of true self-culture ix to do one thing excellently well—to be # thorough specialist it you pursue the study of science; to. be « thorough business man if you be a business man; to be a thorough carpenter if you be « carpenter. Professional — thoroughness” imparts solidity to the character, gives the sense of being body and worth somewhat in the world; it is nucleus of self-respect. But thoroughness in one direction, though it be the pivot of cuiture, ls not suflicient. Cuiture must always be broad; the rays of interest must not burn on one point only but go out liberally in divers directions. ‘There is too httle inteliect in many occupations to satisfy those en gaged therein. ‘Look reading offers to these a valu- able means tor broadening their culture, HasTY KEADING, "Lis pity there should be so much newspaper read- ing at this time, The whole life of meu is hasty; | so, also, they wish to read in haste. They demand the news of the world within the compass of a fow sheets, brief items, condensed parugraphs: they take tu this intellectual Inenvon cagerly, rapidly, | and then plunge anew into the whirlpool Of their at- fairs, But the modern newspaper, with all its con- fessed faults, has so many counterbalanciug advan- tages, and has become so indispensable, expecially in & Lree State and to a free peopie, that we shail rether t than the decline of its tuflu- ence, tetted than the overgrowth of journalism is the extravagant development of period. jeal literature. We are borne down by the weight of mayazines, monthlies and revie They contribute to make’ knowledge slight, sketehy, traymen- tary, and spoil the taste for svlid book reading. They should be regarded as a supplement to bo: reading. Instead of that, they are ming to be lovked upon more and more a» a substitate for it. It is better, in the interest of a browd culture, to con- fine one’s selt to standard works, to read slowly, but steadily, and to ponder intently, Culture should be disinterested, Practical persons will object that knowledge is acquired for seliieh ends; but wr should not, in order to . but rather receive money in order that we may render our serviee. The human race builds on carth a teriple of virtue, and whether We afe arehitects or master masons or merely hod carriers all our work is directed to one end and is sanctified by that end. In the commercial and indus- trial world this view will loug be considered utopian, ADVANTAGES Dut in the professions it is already recognized, A PASTOR'S FAREWELL, Tt was rather an affecting scene, the parting of the pastor with his flock at the First Baptist Church, corner of Thirty-uinth strect and Park ayenue, yes. terday, Rev. Dr. Anderson has been officiating for seventeen years and has become cndeared to the jarge congregation in attendance at the church. The mituister chose for the text of his farewell sermon Genesis xviii, W—"Kor L know him that he will command his children and his household after hin, d they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice aud judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he las spoken of ‘i The reverend Doctor spoke of the delights and charms of the yodly house, aud eloquently exhorted his congregation to take care of the spiritual welfare of their chudren, His sermon was divided logically into three paris: — 1, ‘The revealed will of God is the law of the home, ‘The providence of God is the condition of home. The presence of God the joy of home. ‘ollow ing ont these themes Lr. Anderson was very eloguent. At the close of his discourse a good man, ot iis parishioners bade Lit an affectionate farewell, 'S SUCCESSOR. GENERAL DAKL Guard circles in Brooklyn as to who will be the sue- cessor of the late Major General Thomas 8. Dakin, who commanded the Second division N.G.3.N.¥, ‘The appointment will be made, it is believed, in afew My ‘Yhe candidates whose claims are being for qposition are:—Brigadicr General James Jourdan (who: is at present in temporary command of the division), Lrigadier General ra L, Beebo, of the Eleventh brig- wie, and Major Alfred A. Barnes, of the wenty-third stis so warmly waged between the frie two brigadiers, that there is suid be a strong possibility of the regimental stat oftiver uawed being tiken Up as @ eumprumise Considerable interest is manifested in’ National | TALMAGE'S CRITICS. The Oracle of the Tabernacle Pauses for Vindication. BUT DECLARES HE IS NOL HURY. The Drowning of His First Wife in the Schuylkill River. Of all the sensational sermons the Rev. Dr, Talmage has ever preached, and they are certainly not a few, that which he delivered yesterday morning was by far the most sensational and startling, It was a sermon in reply to his critics and in defence of himself against their frequent and not over-delicate attacks. It was the only reply Mr. ‘Talmage ever has made, and he himself announced that it was the only reply he ever would make, It is to be continued, however, on next Sunday in a sermon entitled “Sensational- ism ys, Stupidity,” after which Mr, Talmage will resume his interrupted series of sermons on the “Moral Condition of the Country, as Inferred from the Condition of the Cities.” Yesterday's sermon began with an account of tho preacher's early life, his legal studies and his entrance into the ministry. He then dwelt upon the criticisms to which he had been subjected and the lies that have been told about ministers of all ages. ‘This part of the sermon was exceedingly humorous, and the Tabernacle rang again and again with laughter in spite of Mr. Tal- mage’s request to the audience to keep quiet. ‘Then the preacher showed how his enemies had done more for him than his friends, by telling such lies about him that they made every one curious to hear what he had to say. Then tha news- papers, to gratify this curiosity of their readers, be- gan to publish his sermons and gave him a wide popularity. At the close Mr, Talmage spoke of the death of his first wife and the story that he had let her drown in order to marry her sister. He gave the true version of the drowning accident and then threatened with the terrors of the law any one who should again repeat the libel. The text was taken from Mark xiii., 34—‘Zo overy man his work.” THE SERMON. This is a double anniversary, said Mr. Talmage. It is nearly ten years since I became the pastor of your church, and, besides that, last Wednesday, Jan, uary 7, I was forty-seven years of age. You will not be surprised, therefore, that my sermon is some- what autobiographical. I started life in an old fashioned Christian family. I began to study for the legal profession, but God converted my soul and put me into the ministry. Iam proud to have my name on the roll of ministers, It has been the chief am- bition of my ministry to apply a gospel six thou- sand years old to the present day. I searched in the Bible for the oldest religion I could find, and I found it in the Garden of Eden, where the serpent’ head was promised a bruising by the heel of Chrit I said, ‘That is the religion I want to preach—the Edenic religion that bruised the serpent’s head,” I never see his head but Ithrow something at it. Every time I bruised him he hissed. I have only trod on him with one foot. Before I get through I shall tread on him with both feet. Come now! God help- ing me, I declare a war of twenty-five years against Shiga and for Christ, if God will let me live so long. ‘Yo this conflict I deyote every muscle of my ody, every faculty of my mind, every passion of my soul, THE DEAR CRITICS, My style of preaching and my work in general has been sometimes severely criticised by some of my clerical brethren, It has come to be understood that at installations or dedications I shall be assailed, Sometimes when audiences get dull the pastor points toward Brooklyn Tabernacle and says something. That will wake all the people up and they nudge each other und say, “That's Talmage.” (Laughter.) There are some ministers who want me to do just the way they do, and as I can't see my duty in that direction some of them call me one thing and some another, the three words most glibly used in this connection being ‘‘mountebank,” “‘sensationaliam,”’ ‘“buftoon- ery”’—(laughter)—and variety of phrases that show they are unhappy. (Laughter.) Now, I have one ad- vantage over them in the fact that while they attack me I never attack them. The dear souls! I wish them all the good I can think of —large audiences, $15,000 salarics—(laughter)—a house full of chil- dren—(laughter)—and heaven to boot, (Groat laugh- ter and applause.) You never heard me say one word against any Christian worker, and you never will. I have no time to stab oue of my own regiment in the back. ‘There are two ways I may answer them. First, by the same bitterness and acrimony, But would that advance the cause of our holy religion ? It takes two to make a battle, and so I let them go on. It relieves them and don’t hurt me. (Laughter.) I supy that in the war of words 1 would be their equal, for no one has ever charged me with lack of vocabulary, (Laughter.) ‘There is another way to reply—that is by giving them some brotherly advice, That is the Christian way. Then I advise my critical brethren to remem- ber what every layman, whether in the Church or in the world, kuows—that you never can build yourself up by trying to pull anybody else down. (Applause.) Lhope the audience will make no response, broke in Mr. Talmage, to what I may have to say. You fail, he continued, in two respects, in trying to do that— first, you dou't build yourselves up; and second, you don't puil anybody else down, We have an iim: duense membership iu this cRurch, Why assail all their home: When you assail me you asswil them, “Every man to his work.” T wish you to prosper. Your style is metaphysical. May you succeed in driving people into heaven by raising « great fog on carth, You are severely logical. Hook the people into glory by the horns of adilemma. Your work is not 80 much in the pulpit as from house to house, The Lord 4 with you when you go to take tea with the old ladies—(laughter)— and hold the children on your lap and tell them how much they look like their mother. (Langhter.) Spend the afternoon and evening, and, if its damp, stay all night—(laughter)—and bring that whole tam- ily into the kingdoin of God, Let us all work in our own way. I wil help you all 1 can, Every time you throw a brickbat at me I will pour oil on your head Lill it runs down on your coat collar, (Laughter.) A VICLIM OF UNTRUTH. Lhave not only received the criticism of the world Dut its misrepreseutation, Ido not think any man of any age escapes if he is trying to do a particular work for God and the Church, Lt is said that White- fold Was preaching one summer day and a tly buzzed around his head, and that he said, The sinner will be destroyed as certainly as I catch that fly!" Clutching for the fly, he missed it—(laughter)—and then drew the moral that there was, after all, a chance for the sinner’s escape. Mr. Spurgeon was represented by the pictorials of England as getting astride the railing of the pulpit in presence of his audience and sliding down to illus® trate the case with which a man goes into sin and then crawling up the railing.to show how hard it was for 4 man to ascend into heaven, (Laughter.) Lies! lies! all of them lies! No tmiuister of the Gospel escapes, and certainly 1 have not escaped, (Groat laughter.) A few years ago I was said to have performed a” marriage ceremony in a balloon above the clouds, (Laughter.) Eight or onine = years, got Chrixcmas festival one week night, and six or eight hundred children roaring, happy with candies aud oranges, aud with the representation of w star in Christinas utecus right before ie, 1 said, “1 feel like # morning Le so happened that phrase was ina negro ys afterward at appeared over the haus of & man who said that on the previous Sab- bath night I had, in the @ verse from ‘the ney don't bother 1m ‘and xehool was in the ' habit of Sunday, (Prolonged our winging it aud Uproarious laughter.) ‘A popular magazine said that I preached every Sab- every bath in kid gloves and swallow-tailed coat. (Laugh- ter.) In a religious paper ot Maine there ix a letter from a clergyman who says that I came into this pulpit one ‘Sabbath morning in Indian dreas— (Laughter)—feathers ou my head and sealping-knite in my hand, aud that the pulpit was appropriately decorated with Indian blankets buffalo robes and the clergyman plaintively asks, “What is the world coming to?” (Laughter, THINGS MADE “SPICY, Why do I say these things? ‘To stop them? Oh, no! but for public information, Idou't want to stop them, They make things spicy. Besides that, ‘enemies have done inore for me than my best friends could, ‘They have told such moustrous lies about me that all the people are carious to hear what I say. “Then the newspapers supply their readers with What they are so curious to hear, Lhad loug been desirous of preaching through the secular press, My enemies opened the way for ime everywhere, Here Mr. ‘Lalinage read alist of the papers, seat tered all over the world, that are publishing ‘ils wor- mivks. ’ Wuen I was called to this church, he continued, I received the call from nineteen people. Now my ee mies have given me an ez every week of prenching the Gospel to between seven and eight million souls, Go on, iny enemies! If you ean afford it, Lean, But while ‘the falsehoods to whieh I have referred may somewhat have stirred your humor there is a talschood which strikes # different key, for it invades the sanctity of my home. When 1 tell the story the fair-minded men, women and chile dren of the land will be indignant. Lread it so that if any may want to copy it they ean “AN INFAMOUS Titi.” Mr. ‘Talmaye then read from man aa fol- Jows "it has been stated over and over in pri- yale circles, wud in newspapers hinted, tens of thousands of people have heard the report, that six teen or seventeen years ago I went siuhng on the Schuylkill River with my wife and her sister, wha was Iny sister-in-law; that the boat capsized, and that, having the opportunity to save either imy wife or her sister, I’ tet my wife drown and saved her sister, I marrying her sixty days, 1 propose to nail that infamous lie on the forehead of every Villain, man or woman, who shall utter it again, and to invoke the Inw to help me. (Great applause.) One beautiful morning my sister by blood relation, Sarah Talmage Whitenack, and her daughter, Mary, being on # visit to us in Philadelphia, I proposed that we go to Fairmount Park and make it pleasant for them, With my wite and my only daughter, she @ little child, “and | my — sister Surah and her daughter, I st tor Fairmount. Having just moved to Philadelphia was ignorant of the topography of the suburbs, Pass- ing along by the river [saw a boat and proposed 4 row. I hired the boat and we got in, and not know: ing bat mae eg the dun across the river and un- warned by the keeper of the boat of any danger, I pulled straight for the brink, suspecting nothing, until we saw some one wildly waving on shor as though there were danger, I looked back, and lo! we were already in the current of the dam. With a terror that you cannot imagine I tried to back the boat, but in vain, fe went over; the boat capsized; my wife instantly disappeared and was drawn under the dam, from which her body waa not brought out until days after, 1, not able to swim a stroke, was hanging tothe bottom of the boat; my niece was hanging on to me; my sister Sarah was clinging to the other side of the boat. A boat from shore rescued us. After an hour of effort to resusci- tate my child, who was nine-tenths dead—and T can see her blackened form yet rolling over the barrel such as is used for restoring the drowned--she breathed again. A carriage came up, and, leaving my wite in the bottom of the Schuylkill River, and with my little girl in a semi-uncouscious condition, the blood issuing from nostril and lip, wrapped in a shawl, on my lap, and with my sister Sarah and her child in the carriage, we rode to our desolate home. SPORT OF CALAMITY, “Since the world was created a more ghastly and agonizing calamity never happened. And that is the scene of which some ministers of the Gospel and men and women pretending to be decent havé made sport! My present wife was not within a hundred miles of the place. So far from being sisters the two were entire strangers, They never heard of each other, and not until nine months after that tragedy on the Schuylkill did L ever know of the existence of my present wife. Nine months after that calamity on the Schuylkill she was introduced ta me by my brother, her pastor, the Key. Goyn Tal- mage, now of Paramus, N. J. My first wife's name was Mary R. Avery, a member of the Reformed Church on Harrison street, South Brooklyn. My present wite’s name was Susie Whittemore and she was a member of the church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and multitudes there could tell the story. With multi- tudes of people on the bank of the Schuylkill to wit- ness my landing on that awful day of calamity, and hundreds of people within half ‘an hour’s walk of this place who knew Mary Avery, and hundreds of people in Greenpoint, rooklyn, — who knew my present wife, Susie ‘hittemore, what do you think, husbends and _ wives, fathers mothers, editors and_ reporters, of a lie like that manufactured out of whole cloth? I never have spoken of this subject before and I never shall again, but I give fair notice that it two respon- sible witnesses will give me the name of any responsi- ble person after this affirming this slander I will pay the informant $100 reward, and I will put upon the criminal vagabond, the loathsome and accursed wretch who utters it, the full force of the law. (Immense applause.) Mr. Talmage closed his sermon by speaking of the future work he would try to do in the way of bringing souls to Christ. A VOICE FROM THE CAPITAL. TALMAGE TAKEN TO TASK BY A WASHINGTON CLERGYMAN—CONGRESSMEN NOT SO BAD AS ARE PAINTED BY THE BROOKLYN [By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] 4 ‘Wasuixoton, Jan. 12, 1879. The Rey. Dr. Wilson, pastor of the Ninth Street (Methodist Protestant) Church, preached a sermon to-day, in which Mr. Talmage was taken in hand for his denunciations of Waskingtow and its alleged gen- eral badness. After stating that it was rather o thankless duty to assail tha pulpit he said:— We will consider first the general charge of social degeneracy and corruption. Mr. Talmage’s charge Eat socially Washington is always bad, but “titty per cent better when Congress is away, Now, is it true? It is not, and taking the census made to do duty’ in a hypothetical — deseri tion of demoralization which does not _ exist, If Washington is not the better it is assuredly not perceptibly the worse for the annual assembling of the nation’s chosen representatives, whom it assumes to be, in its many honored members, the social representatives. of the communities whence thay come—men of honor at home and abroad. These gentlemen, it is known, are the prominent frofessional and business members of the communi- ties whence they come. Theg are the fathers and gons of reputable homes, members of Christian con- regations, some of them, and whose presence here fe hailed with unfeigned pleasure in other reputable Christian homes where they temporarily abide, ‘A DEFENCE OF CONGRESSIONAL VIRTUE, Are these men social monsters, leprous fungii, ake Washington fifty per cent worse iy tole ‘comin, 2 Xbsurd! It is eign giving Mr. Talmage undue credit to suppose him capa- this suggestion. This is the old myth which pruricut minds have seen fitting before their lecherous gaze, lo! these many years, It is not and we must deprive tle reverend gen+ the much coveted honor of origi- natin this scandal, = It a mere ignis Jatuus, which the ambidextrous Tabernacle reacher cannot hold securely in his hands. Yo blame Mr. Talmage for giving currency to ainyth, for standing before his lange congregation and asserting as truth what he inight know was false, for not saying it was alie, ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” is, we re- mark, a suggestive text. It ought to be good morale in the “City of Homes,” tor lying in the “family circle ix the most contemptible and despicable of all pro- varications. We make bold to assert that the ver homes in which these Congressmen and their fami- reside are models bon wan kind; that very many of them are, in the proper use ot 4 that Teor, Christian families; that their tuorals are irreproachable, and that the dwellings of our Congressmen, from glimpses we have had withia are well ordered households, where intelligence and sobriety and social order reign, Would any ioving father debauch his famil for the Senatorial toga ? Would Congressional honors be accepted as an equivalent for a child’s dishonor? Now not These “conscript fathers,” gathered from the whole land, are large hearted men, competent guardians of their own households, and men who, as a class, are the peers of any, of any pro- fession, inthe land. A fair percentage we hope are Christains “in deed and in truth,” and a still larger proportion are the husbands of Christian mothers and wives, while others are men of the world, no better and no worse than the class to which they belong. But does this fact justify the assertion that Washington's social morality improves fifty per cent when they stay at home ? We brand the assertion as a cruel and malicious slander, 18 THERE POLITICAL CORRUPTION AT THE CAPITAL ? Mr. image's assertion that Washington is the theatre of itical corruption is based upon the idea that government is only ® base scramble for oficial oluments and honors, and that ot than selfish motives never oceur to those wha are charyed with the grave responsibilities administering the affairs of a great nation, In nature of things there ix really less Cer reagiy if cor ruption at the capital than in other cities. ere all sections and all iuteyests meet and combine, or else meet in anutagohistie competition. In the former instance corruption is absurd, in the latter case impossible. That corrupt men find their way hither none can doubt, But corrupt poli- ticigns are most mischievous when their influence is greatest, not when it is weakest, and that must be t sent these mischievous projectiles into oar Cou sional assemblies. We have faith in the intelli- gence and integrity of the people, cannot, receive, but with large discount, those that, ‘for partisan purposes, brand nearly e other Congressman as ® corrupt a1 yonal sycophaut, or, worse still, a traitor to those high and honorable trusts confided to his care. Mr. ‘Talmage knows very well that it is simply impossi- bie for such men to become atterly debauched and bie’ of originating a new chal tleman ¢ long retain the contidence aud respect the 1 who have upon them their undeserved honors, ‘There is asstiredly an end of imperfection as well as of perfection “ander tho sun.” ‘There is no place on earth where @ man’e power of mischief is more fully controlled than in the Congress of the United States. The reverend gentleman warmly defended Mont. yomery Blair, who Mr, Talmage had said was “worse 5 vd that Washi mn was & rie inken ity,” ail clabnodt that, while “there te m intemperance in Washi it is not more intemperate than maby other cities, pacts ‘A fire was discovered early yesterday morning in the stable of Clark & Lewis’ kindling wood yard at No. 69 Tenth avenue. The flames spread rapidly and the inflammable material of which the building and its contents were composed, quickly burst into a Diaze, Just after three o'clock an alurm was rang, cl ut the fire force to the scene, but the rote Metbetlames betokene! warm Work aud snothor pny folluwed, ‘The flames gained me ye gen Chycloped Keugerman’s kindling wood factory, aud tocined likely to sweep the block, ‘The red gine of the conflagration was thrown over all the west sido of the city, After halt an hours third alarm was rung, and engines trom other sections were called vo the scene, With this assistance the fire was got under control, and in another half hour it was ex! guished, ‘The first effort of the firemen had been to remove trom the stables the horses which were fas- tened there, but five of the poor beasts perished in their stalls. ‘The following are the losses as reported by tho pliew Clark & Lewis, on stock, $2,500; on building, 1,000; Rengerman & Webaye, $100 worth of kind ling wood; Kxiwin H. Lord, a hundred-dollar horse; N. . Cotrell, two horses valued at $200; J, W. Lewis, 4 horse worth €100 and $50 worth of stock; Clark & Lewis lost a horse valved at glu, Tue cause of the fire bas uot been ascertained,