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THE PULPITS.
Beecher on the Organization of
Household Affairs.
TEE CREAM Of RATIONAL RELIGION
The Power of Faith Explained
by Mr. Hepworth.
Talmage on Temptations of Sea
side Resorts.
PLYMOUTH CHlIKCH.
ON TIIE DUTY Of MAN TO OKGAKXZK UX3 HOUBK
HOLD AyVA 1KB AM) A( QOXttK I'BOPEBTI IrOB
BIB CHXLDiiXN? BEKMON BY ItLV. H. W.
BKXCHXS.
Standing amid the iragrauce or the tloral decorations
that wore distributed tu prolusion about the pulpit Mr.
neccber yesterday read as bis text the word):?"The
night coiuetli when uo man cau work."?John 9, lv.
Mr. Beecher said thul although '.ho ministration of our
Lord was beguu late IB lite, when it was begun it was
characterized by excessive uctivity. He labored so in
Mssanily that lie rarely had tune to eat or drink uud
His overtaxed body often yielded to sleep, and His
disciples marvelled at His activity. Our Lord had
much to do and but little tlino 10 do it. His declara
tion, "The mgbt cotuoih when no man can work,"
is worthy of our consideration. Mr. Beecher
proceeded to speak of the general terror with
shich wo are accustomed to look upon death, tho
(loomy thoughts that are wrapped up In It, and dopre
laled tho Idea that wo should attempt to dull the
brightness of tho proper joys of this hie by dwelllug
upou the gloomy thoughts of death. It was neither
usolul uor wholesome. Lit* was given to man tor cer.
lain purposes, uud It is
WISH FUR CS TO KKKi' UKVOKK
as tho fact that lilo does uol go ou forever. I wish
that every Christian man who has endoavorod to live a
|ttu reconciled to niorul principle would refresh his
mind with tho truth that ho Is put hero to accomplish
certain spociltc things, and that (hey must ho douc.
Mr. Booclier said be wished ilrsl to address those who
teem to have no purpose in lilo or uny special prosauro
luiu upon th??m. Life, my lrieuds, is not a mere passage
horn the cradle to the grave. It is a period when you
bavo urgent duties to perform, and but little lube to do
them. You aro not to live long, and yet tbero aro in
tuiuhenl upou you great duties. Thera Is a
gnat wrong douo to every man who thinks
mat hie has no purpose except to lluat out of one day
into unuthur. for in all those neginuiug lile thero
ought to he sonio vein of thaukiulncss?a looking for
ward and saying, "What whs 1 Lorn lorf What are
the things that must be done helore my sun goua
flown T" 1 wish to uusuude you Iroiu a coinuiou mis
take?tho mistake of being about to do all the good
tliiugs vcu uuviso, uiid then uot doing theui. How
noble the purposes ot tho young.' Iluw noble the
dreauis tbe.v boue of the good they resolve to accom
plish; what beautiful visions thoy have of good;
WHAT CASIl.ttS T1IKY Bl'll.t
Hi tho air! Out how lew ot these dreams arc realized;
tow rarely are tlio young resolvts curried out! llow
taxy it is to put theui oil to a luoro convenient seasou
tuu say "Oh ! l?y aut by it is my purpose to do ibis or
ll^aL. ^' No mail, coutrjuvii tlio pa*tor, is wise wlio
does not say. "What I am to do I tnust do qntckly,
lor lilo is short." Brolhren, whatever you
mean to do there la no lliuo to
I pare, lu ibo spirit of tins passage one should measure
hia social duties, his duty to his latuily, his kindred
and his triend. It is particularly the Christian man s
duty to make provision lor his liouselioid on the basis
l>( a prudont louDdation. II ouo is shut up with tbo
necessity ol poverty it is a misiortune truly; but nev
ertheless it is his dutv so to organize Uls aflsirs as to
muko uiorebouiitilul'lho Utile property ho lias in his
hands, tlr. Boecher proceeded to speak of tho value
ol acquiring property and buildiuft a louudatiou Mith it
lor one's lanuly. You never can bring mau up from
burn irons conditions except by that leisure that tho
acquisition of property gives one.
UCDVUTKY JdXAI'US SttX.
Poverty as vour master is oppressive, property as a |
lervsiit Is benedclal I'ho daily necessity ol providing
lor the care ol your lumny is a things that should uhl
bo lightly looked at. It is the duty of mau
to lav up lor his children. Ho should
not leave couiusion and chanco behind him.
Ibo brightness ol home when tho lather goes
nil is alas! loo often succeeded by poverty and separ
ation of children. There is Uugqdy in It. lite most
cuuningly wovon tragedies sre those happening every
day in the household when taurines are broken uii,
mother and children separated and scattered, owing to
the neglect ol the lather to lay the foundation or au
?rgauised housenold, that when wo I save this world
Be Will leave something. A m tn has a wile, who Is
rery beuutilul; ho does not desire to see her below her
nation. Another has pielly chtldreu; they must hate
ill that will make them happy, lie lives lar beyoud
his tneaus, and when ho dies a crash
tunics and Hie home eircle is broken up. Mr.
tlaccbor uexl considered the social aspect
?f the subject and earnestly pointed out the necessity
lor tbe lather to bear his share ol the burden or tbo
household by devoting luoro of his itioruiugs and
lis evenings to his children. They should so shape
heir business that II u siiddcu caluunty came upou
ilieni tbo children would have something lelt. lu
prosperity a man should settle a eutUcieuey upon lus
,'siuily, and under no exigency luierioro with u.
Every mau should so shu|>o his allairs that be would be
UtH OWN BXSCl'TOK
end avoid the lioubio that lullows tho death of tho
bead ol the house. Mr. Hcceher urged u]Hin his con
gregation tho value or lilo insurunco uud the
necessity lor every man making u will oven if
he only had 1100 worth ol property,
liltcu, owing to neglect on tuo part of the lather, a
man's enure prooerty has been swept away, uud tho
children lelt like whelps ill tho wilderness Mr.
Hcceher next spoke or posthumous beuevolencc, and
itrougiv approved the propriety ol every man being
the dispenser ol his own U nelUouce. Ho oulogised
Mr. Vassar, ol l'ougbkeepsie; 1'oter Cooper. Comnio
lorc Vanderbill, and Mr Sergeant, ol Massachusetts,
by name, lor the institutions ttiey bad endnwo.t during
. Iheir lives. The man who coins money. Mr. Uoecher
thought, is more likely to dispense it properly than
those who have not participated iu mo
accumulation. Mr. Heccher closed by rclorring
to tho atlectional bearing ol the text, and
took occasion to denotiuce those wlio argue that wheu
Inlelieitles occur iu the marriage stale lho parties
thuiild separate und wander up and down the earth in
search ol an atllnliy. Marriage is not unity, he said,
hut a school III which to learn to love, lie grapuically
portrayed the licuuty ol unity in Hie home circle and
pointed out how husband aud wile should bear with
one audito r Ho com lude.l by urging Ins hearers to
begin at ones to so arrange (heir business and domestic
allairs that they would be ready lo go wlien called
hence, Book at your purposes; there is little time to
execute theiu. By and by ono ol you will go; then
mother. What you h rvo to do Jo quickly, lor "lho
night coinein when no matt cau work."
CIIUUCII OF TIIE DISCIPLES.
TBS POWiU Of FAITH? 8EBMON B* RKV. MR.
11KP WORT II.
Mr. ilepworth preached a very earnest sermon, tas
Ing his text Irotu Msrk, x., 40? "And they caine to
Jericho; and as he went out of Jernho with his
liscip'.os and s great number of people, Ulwl
ltartlmeiis, the sou of TlmatUf, tat by tho
highwuy aide bogglug." It has seemed to me that
the incident which the text Indicates has in It a great
deal of suggestion ami helplulucss. Jesus had Just
tomo Irom Jerusalem, where He bad been ongaged Hi
a heated controversy with the Pharisees-healed, at
lewsl, on their side. They carno lo the argument with
tbo determination to trip Him if possible. Hut ol
tbls uusatlsiactory experience Ho entered into tbo city
or Jericho, and there preached His good
word io the peoplo iu tlio market
place, In tho syui goguo and In the streets.
He seems to have excited an unusual interest in lhal
city. The people's hearts must have been greatly
moved, lor no sooner did Clirul utter His revealing
words, wtvwh came liko light into darkness, than a r?
vivsl, immense tu extent and inteu?e in anxiety, t>e
|sn. lb# people gathered in crowds to hear Him and
they teem to have received what lie said with unlaller
Ins laitb and unilaggiug attention Ho could not woary
with the length ot His dtecoaise. They were like a
thirsty land upon which the ram jKiurs itself. l'ut the
time came when He must leave them. I would we bad
the history ol lbo*e days I would that some man who
had lho ability to take llis utterances word lor word
had stood iu that audience and given us an exact
record. That whole experience in the lilo ot Christ is
s sealed book lo us. We have only ibis liUls brilliant
stone, nil tbe rest of the diadeiu is lost
llartlmeu* was a uian well kuowu for years; they
had it en bun daily on tho highway tn his own piteous
lash ion begging alms, and that which appealed to tbe
m if or the people waa the fact that he could not see.
Ot what a pililul thing to be born blind ! It seems lo
ik we sre not grwteiui euougii lor tin- ordinary senses
?eerV man possess. *. <",d ha* given us so n.auy things
.a.. H? lias actually covered up by
TltK WKIOMT or III*
U.0 soul's gratitude. Here was bund BarIImeus.
Every body knew him. Uut bark, brother, put your
I.atid to your Mr for a moment; there le a crowd com
iug out ol the gnu- yonder. What does it meuu f
Jetu> h?b been there lor eome daw, and uow tie Hods
it necessary to lea re. lie trie* in vain to say good in
to the people; hundreds' follow Hun to the gate And
llarllineu* has heard of this stranger utnt ot the uon
derlul thing* He ha* done. Why, only yesterday lie
touched a blind man * eyes and lie saw, and
Haritmeu* thought. "Cannot I ho cured too?"
mid he cried out, "Jesus, tbou Hon of
li.ivid, have uiercy on uie." He is at the other cud of
the crowd and lie thinks it la necessary to ill Ins voice
In order to reach Christ And so uiou think when they
pray, hut Jesus can hear the slightest win-per n it
< uun-s trom au earnest heart. Well, irteuds. It art (mens
had I nih, *lid Jesus looked at bnn and said?"lie of
good cheer, thy laith hath made thee whole." 'there
seems to be an intimate relationship between a man's
stats of mind and a man's state of health. U is a
curious statement, ts U cotr It Is a subject tlpon which
we have thought very little. Bartimcus bad lutlh.
Jesus saw it and gave to him according to his luilh.
It seems to me we are living )u an ago of taith. 1
know sclenco has scattered its doubts broadcast over
the world, 1 know philosophers have asked questions
difficult to answer, and yet I believe the one character
istic of the nmeteouth century is Christian lalth, though
even in thia century there is
A TKKK1MUC UACK
of Implicit confidence in the Word of (tod. Yon and I
might tlnd it easy, theoretically, to trast In the provt
ueuci) ol the Almighty, but you and I might find it
difficult to slake a great Interest on that laith. Wo
want to walk by sight, we wuut to see our path beforo
us, and Cod says, "If you trust me you shall com a out
right." Wo ucaept It theoretically, and yet when you
bring that atuieuient down to u man's heart he is un
willing or uuablo to yield lit* practical usseut to It.
When 1 read litis event In the Scriptures It occurs to
tnc to ask this question:?suppose (Jurist should come
to Now York and you and 1 should bo In Ills presence
and lie should say to us?botng blind, or deal, or
lame?"It shall be done to you according to your laith:
if you ure pei lectly sure 1 can do it It shall bo done;"
how tuanv of you would gel up trow your beds and
walk 1 How many ot us would listen and catch the
sound of mo Master's voice ? How many of us, sigbt
lo-s hitherto, would look out into the beautllul world ?
Ah, well, alter all it won't do to measure
us by our lalth. Somehow we are fur oU
irorn God, nnd our one lacking element Is
trust in Cud's Hon. Hut you say, "I have not seen
Him; if I could only look upon 11 Im ihuul could trust
illin; II I could ouly seo the dead man get up from the
bier then I would ho suro. " That ts another Illusion
with which we deceive ourselves. 1 do not believe a
word ol it; I don't believe a man can walk more satoly
by sight than lalth. Why, If I havo the promise of
Cod and believe it to be a promise, what more do 1
want? Am 1 to say "I want further proof?" And .vol
that is what we say when wo take that position, oh,
brethren, this is a strange mistake wo make. - II Christ
should eotuo to New Yurk this mornlug lie would nut
Uud any more followers than he did 1,800 years
ago. A man docs not believe what Ho sees. 1 know a
man who can put his finger on a table and lilt it up. I
don't lieliovo a word of It. 1 seo it with Toy eyes, 1
know It tan bo done. The man says?
TICK Bl'IIUTS no IT.
I cannot see the spirits, but 1 see the table move.
Tbore is sn eOect, but 1 cannot tlnd any cause. 1 don't
believe it. And II Jesus Christ should come Irorn
licaveu aud stand In New York to-day olid oppose us,
as Ho opposed all the legends and tradition* in tbo
synagogue ol that oluen city?ll lie opposed us In the
same way, 11c would have a small following.
that Is not tho way to believe. The Scriptures havo
opened tho way. "luiih comet by hearing, and hear
ing by the word of God." 1 don't earo because I havo
not seen Christ with my eyes. To seo with lAo eve is
one thing; to believe with tbo heart Is nuothcr. I
know by experience ihut Jesus Christ Is the i.urd; that
lie baa coulrol over heaven and earth, und that it Is
my business not to waste tnue In rcpiuiug because I
did not livo 1,800 years sgo.
That Is the wsy Uurtuneus had faith, and It Is a
little curious that wo should have uu example of that
kind of faith in those days. i'Uero ure a groat many
people who are blind in our day, alter alL There are
men who havo not scon lor many years
auyihiug ol tbo providence of Cod, uud
a man must be blind iudeod who does uot
recognize the linger of God ill ins llle. There are oilier
men whose eyes are diseased in a peculiarway, men who
boast ol cyesiitUt und yet who look und do not see, who
listen uud do Dot hear. Xuihiug goes right; they are
at cross purposes with God; they are always trying to
swim against the stream.
An, lrtends, it seems to mo this is all wrong. Tho
one thing necessary is to go to the Lord Jesus Christ
and lot lllm touch our eyes, and then we shall not only
sec that there is a providence, but tbut we are a pari of
II. We must con less that wo aro blind uud go to Him
lor sight; then we shall sue. I want to implore you to
do what Barutneus did?lollow Him who is willing to
loach you, willing to lead you aud willing to heal you.
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
TBI TEMPTATIONS OF W ATE BIN Q PLACES CON
BID Eli ED SERMON OF BEV. T. DB WITT TAL
MA OE.
The Tabernacle was crowded, as usual, at tho fore
noon services yesterday. He v. T. De Witt Taltnago
?preached, taking bis text from St. John, v., 2. 3?"A
pool, wkicb is called In the Hobrow tongue Heihcsda,
having live porches. In these lay a great inultitudo ot
impotent folk, of blind, bait, wlthorod, waiting for
tbo moving of tho wator." Ho said just outside of the
city of Jerusalem tbero was a watt ring place, tho
popular resort tor invalids. To this day thure is a dry
basin Of rock, which shows tbat tbero must
bare been a pool there 300 loot long, 130
feet wldo and 75 feet deep So lar us
reinvlgoration was concerned it must hnvo been u Sara
toga and a I.oug Branch on a small scale, a Learning-,
ton and a Brighton combined?medical and therapeu
tic. That angel ot Cod that stirred up tbo Judcan
watering place had his counterpart tu tho angel of
healing that in our day steps into the nnnoral waters
of Congress or Shurou or Sulphur Springs, or tulo the
salt sea at Capo May and Nahant, where multitudes who
are worn out with commercial and professional anxie
ties, as woll us those who ure atllicted with rheumatic,
neuralgic aud splenetic diseases, go uutl are cured by
thousands We uro at a season of the year when our
rail trains are being ludeu with passengers and bugga.ee
on their way to the mountains and tbo lukes and the
sea shore. Tho city heats are pursuing tho people
with torch and lear of sunstroke. Clad am I ttiat
VAUUSli OCT AMCK1CAX CIVIC,
tor the most pari, will have un opportunity to rest,
and that nerves rucked uud destroyi d will tlud a Billh
eads. Let not the commercial tlrm begrudge the clerk,
or tne employer ino journeyman, or tbe patient the
physician, or tho church its pastor, a season ot nioccu
paiiou. 1 have observed that those who do uot know
bow to rest do not know how to work.
But I lmve to declare this truth, thut our fiishionublo
waterlog places are the tompural aud eternal destruc
tion of "a great multitude that no man cau number,"
aud annd the cougraluluiiuu* of this season, uud the
prospect of tbo dcpartuie of many of you lor the
country, I must utter a warning, plain, earnest find un
mistakable. Tho first temptation that Is apt to hover
in this direction Is to leave your piety all at homo.
There ts
so scirtn or nktt at tuk watkkixg i-lacks.
1 1 never know any one to grow very rapidly in graco
' at the Calsmll Mouuluiu ilouso or Sbnrou .Springs or
tbo tails of Montmorency, it is generally the case that
I llie Sabbath is more ot u carousal than any other day,
; aud there are Sunday walks, rides and excursions.
I Elders, deacons and mm.slurs, who are entirely cou
[ sistcut at noine, sometimes when the subbuih dawns
I upon them at Niagara Kails or tbo Wlnto Moun
tains, lake the day lo themselves. (1-aughter.) If
tbey go lo church it is apt to be lor the sake ot parade,
Krom the way tne Polios bold their lana you know that j
they are not so much impressed with the heat as with i
the ptclurciqucucss of hall disclosed lea tu res. Four j
puny souls stand in tbe organ loll uud squall u tune that '
| nobody knows, and worshippers with $3,(100 worth ol I
. di iinouds on tne right baud drop a cent m tbo poor
| box?laughter)?and llieii tne boiicdicltoa is pronounced
aud tbo lane is ended. I he toughest Itnug 1 ever tried 10
I do was to he good at a watering pla< c. flit Mr is be
. witched with ilic world, tho llcsli and thu devil. But.
' luy dear mends, take your liibic along wlm yon, and
lake uu hour lor secret prayer every day. 'tins tuay lie
! your last summer. If so, make it u lit vestibule of
I heaven. Home racing business is another temptatlou
hovering rouud our watering places. I'he horse race is
! Ml ol such importance as the min.au ruce Horse
! race- in ?.|.|en nines were under thu turn ot Christian
, people, and ill our day Ibu -ame lUslllUllou tins coiue
] up under llctltious names, and it la culled a
j summer meeting, almost suggestive of positive re
: iigiuus exorcises?and it is called un ''agricultural
: tui?,'' suggestive ol everything mat i- Improving In
i tuc- art ol farming; but under these deccpt.ve titles are
l tne same chcatiug and belling and drunkenness and
j vagabondage, auu the Same abomiuatiuu that were
| lo be loui.d under he old iiorse racing Kvsietn. I
, never knew a tnau who could give himaell to the pleas
ures (U lb* turf tor a ioug teauu of iimu and not bo
< baiterad iu mora IA They hook up their spunking
team, aud put un their sporting cap. aud light tnu.r
I cigar, and lake the relus and about "g'Ung!" and dart
du?u at
Two-goaTT us tiia road to hki.l.
The great day at nearly all the watering places m the
day ol tho races. Three w ?ks P.-iorv thu nice takes
pia io tho struggle is decided, and the men u the secret
know os which stuid to bet their money, Au! my
Iricud-, have nothing to do Willi horse racing decep
tions ilus summer. H nit the hiiilligids of Spain and
the beiir-haitiiig ol the pit may the laird Uud annihilate
the inlaiuous and accursed horse raving -ysiiiu of
England and Amcrca. (Applause.) New York and
Urooalyn idiots, boasliug id baVii.g imbibed twenty
Uvo glasses ol Congrvsa water belore broaklaat;
laiiillns accustomed to going to bed ai ten
{ o'ciock at night gossiping until one and two
| o'clock, iu thu morning, dyspeptics, usually very
I cautious about their health, mingling ice creams and
! Icuioua and lobster salads alul v." oauuls, until Ibo gas
tric juices lilt up their voices ot laiiu uiation and pro
1 test, Mails women aud hraintes* young men
' clia'atilng iin-ma- elves into vertigo and catalepsy-?
{ tlo-u.-auds ot men slid women coining buck Horn our
Water.sg places in autumn with the louiidallous laid
lur aiimvliis thai will last Hum ah their llletime. A
fragment of M, haul's charge to the Jailers would lie
an appropriate inscription ,or the louet register In
every watering p.ace, "Ho thyself no harm 1"
And the U'liipwiiou uatiging around ine watering
(daces is the fouutaili ot tia-ly and Hlelong alltaiioer.
1 ue watering places are responsible for tnoic of the do
mestic imeliciiics ol ih>8 country than ad oilier things
combined. Society is so aruQ-ial there ibal iio .-uro
judgmeut of character caw be loiuied. They who Ions
companionships amid auch circumstance- no Into s lot
tery Where there are iweuty clanks loose pr.sr, In
llie severe tug ol Ills )'H want more than glitter and
npia-li. Lite i- lid a ballrvs m, win mine mus-c de
cides tho step, and tow and nrauco and gr.ioolul
awmg of ioug trail caa make up tor strung
| common tenia Too might as well go among the gayly
paiiiifil yachts of a Wnwr regatta to tlud war TtUM
a* to go among the light spray of the aumuier watering
places to Uu<l a cbuructcr that can stand the teal of the
great at niggle ol human hie. Ah! in the battle of
hie you waul a sliougor weapon than a lady's Ian or a
I croquet mallet f I he load ol life ia mo heavy that In
! order lo draw it you want a team stronger than one
' made up of a masculine grasshopper and a teulntne
' butterfly. [ laughter.) II there is any man in the
! community that excites my contempt It .la the aolt
1 handed, aolt beaded, lop who, perfumed
uutil the air is absolutely sick. apeuila his
Mummer lu taking killing attituucH. and waving een
timcntal udnua, and talking lnhuilesimul notlunga,
' and tludiug his heaven lit a sot of lavender kid gloves;
' boutsai tight as ail luqulsillon; two hours of coosum
; male skill exhibited in tbe tie ot a flaming cravat; bis
| couversatiou inudo up of "ab'sl" aud "ob'a!" and
I "he-ho's!" It would tako live hundred of tbem
I stewou down to make a toaspoonful of call's-loot
| Jelly, (laiugbter.) There is only one counterfeit to
j such a man, and lliut Is the fretting young
| woman of tho watering place; ber conversation made
upol K reach mourn hi n us ; vvluit she has on her beud
only equalled by ^hat she has ou her back; useless
over since she was born, and to be usoless until she is
dead, and what tbey will do with her in the next world,
except to set hsr u|xiu the bauks of the river ot hie
for otemtty lo look sweet. (Laugh.or.) Beware bow
you make lifelong covenants. The reverend gentleman
then warned bis bearers agalust reading worthless
literature and drinking Intoxicating liquors while
passing their vacation at watering places.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.
THE BLKBSJCD KUCHA HIST?SBBMOH BY THX
REV. EATBZB EDWARDS.
At St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday morning tho
high mass was celebrated by the lie v. Father Colton,
one of the recently ordained priostR. This waa the
first time the reverend gentleman officiated aa cele
brant of a high mass.
TUB SKAMOS.
The sennon, a brlof one, was preached by the Rev.
Falhor Edwards, pastor ol the Church of tbe Immacu
late Conception. The preacher read the Gospel of tbo
least ol Corpus Chrlstl, which was taken from tho
sixth chapter of Jobu, beginning with tho tllty-second
verse. "The wonderful love," said the preachor,
"which prompted our blessed Redeemer to come dowu
from heaven and die for opr sakes prompted lliut also
to humble Himself still more and remain wilh us in
tho cvor adorable sacratnunt of tho altar. The night
before Ills passion, when surrounded by Hia apostles,
He performed that great act which was to bo con
tinued by Ills Church throughout all tltno, and which
wus commemorated ou tbo feast of Corpus Christ!.
But what wus it that could have Induced our blossed
Lord to thus shroud Himself In this sacrament,
to annihilate Himself, as U were, and re
main with us uudcr tho appearances of
bread and wine. Tho saute infinite love
did this that prompted H tin to leavo all the glory of
heaven und come upon earth lor tbe salvation of tbo
souls of men. And what a gift Ho bestowed upon us
uud what a treasure He left us! What would this
world be without tins sacrament of the uucbaristf
The world wus cold uud dreary beloro tho Redeemers
coming. True, God hud spoken ut times to tho people
through tbo prophets, hut It is equally truo that men
soou forgot the warnings they received, hearkened not
to the voice that tiiey hoard and ouly coutiuucd lo dtvo
deeper Into sin und misery. ?,od became incensed at
this heedlessness and lugrutitudc, and the oousequeuuo
wast he destruction ol the human raco by the deluge.
But even this proved not to be warning enough. Again
tho descendants of those that wore leu forgot tho warn
ing, and the name of Cod was ignored throughout al
most tho enliro World. Even the few who protended to
worship Cod did so with their lips more than with 'heir
hearts. This was the state ot thiugs when the Re
deemer cume and lilted uway tbe clouds of darkness,
bringing the light with llis Gospel. For thirty-three
years lie lived upon earth to ttcuoutulish His mission,
and lie was not then going to depart, leaving the world
aguiu cold and desoluio, llis Church alouo, und thoso
who professed Him iu alter times to sigh und lament
that they did not live when he wus upon tho earth that
they might have purtukeu of the food ol llle und im
mortality. Our, Lord foresaw ull our wants, the trials
that would surround us aud the temptations that would
beset us.
Tim sob-urn or otn stkkxutu.
He left us us tho source of our strouglh and support
nono other than Utuisolf. Ami II tho world Is nut to
day worse thuu it is. II tho Church is But more perse
cuted than It is, the reason lies iu tho cumiori, eonsolu
tiou uud strength which wo receive trout His prescuce
among us in the euchurisL The biessod sacrament is
tho pivot on which turns tbe whole Christian dispeu
sutlon: It is the essouce of Catholic worship. Take it
awuy and wo urc btlud aud naked und poor. With it vro
Mro strong in thugrueeol God, coinlorted lu the hopo
oi a glorious lioreuiter, suro ot tut immortal lilo us
sharers iu tho bliss of His latlliful servants "Ho that
enteth this breud shall live forever." But wo should
approach this lio'y sucramcni ss betils us lor such a
solemn duty. Look urouud and you will see men
thinking or everything hut their immortal souls. No
euro or thought is given to preparation for the grout
moans ueccssury tor sulvutiou. And if wo come homo
to uuruelvcs we shall Dud that our dovollou is too cold
aud teoblc, not wurtn aud generous us it should ho iu
the presence of Him who Iclt us Himself that our lives
luigul have the uomlort, and help uud hope which tho
tusiilutlun of tho blessed sHcramcnt wus mount to
atlord us. It docs not need laborious elTort to ruulixu
to ourselves bow remiss wo may havo been, so that if
wo reflect upon how much we uro God's debtors wo
shall havo our hearts excited to devotion lowurd Him.
In every wuut und misery, uud even lu sin, tho
blessed sacrament is on every altar, to ho approached
lor help uud assistance. From tho saving waters oi
Uls presence there is cleansing. lit Him Is tuo purill
catioa tho soul needs. Tbo timo must come ut lust
when wc shall ull wish lo have Him near us as
otir friend?when wo shall crave lor the peace of
Uod. Wo should live now so that when we uro about
to inako tho last jouruoy we shall not call tor His
tuercy either as strangers or.us enemies, but as trieuds
whom this sacrament ol His love has united to Ulin by
its gruces and us numberless helps In tho cousiant
struggle of our lives.
CHUJRCH OF THE DIVINE PATER
NITY.
"AND HE SAID UNTO Til KM, TAKE HEED WHAT
YE HEAB"?SEBMON BY THE BEY. Z. H.
CHAPIN, D. V.
At tbo Church o( the Dlviuo Paternity, Fifth avenue
anil Kurty-linh street, tho sermon was preached yester
day uioruing by the pastor. Iter. Edwin 11. Cbapin,
Tito test was the tvventy-lourlh and the twenty-tilth
vci .ics of the fourth chapter of St. Marc:?"And he
said unto them, Take heod what yo hour; with
what measure yo mcto, it shall be measured to you:
and unto you that hear shall tnoro bo givou. For be
that hath, to liim shall bo given; nud ho that hath not
lroni bun shall bo taken, oveu that which ho bath."
This declaration, or ut least tho latter part ol it, is
repealed several times in tho Bible. It Is found In the
thirteenth, and again In the twenty-Qflh chapters of St,
Matthew, and in tho eighth nnd ninetccuih chap
tors of St. Luko. In the latter with al
most tho same application as In the first
text enforcing tho necessity of atteutiun to tho di
vine law. lho apparent contradiction of the state
ment?"For ho that hath, to him shah bo giveu; and ho
that hath not, irom him shall be lakeu even that which
he hath"?relent to two different things?tho capacity
to hear and lho power to improve. Land has different
capacities. Some ol it can be Improved, wbile some
remains a barren waste. Man has certain capacities or
talents, and the use or disuse ol thein depends upon tho
cspauly or disposition to improve thorn, lie who does
not use tho laculty or uleut he hit* will lo.-o it. To
lnm that has the Jisposil.on shall the power be
given to improve, lho tnau who takes ho heed
liow he hears tho divine word, hut will not thiuk
or realize their meaning, soon loses tho lucully ol
bearing litem, uud their sounds come to his esrs as the
rustle of leuves or the rumbling wheels ou tho street,
liul tho oilier uiau, who hears and heeds, will take tho
truth with a clearer grasp. The deeper we siuk the
plummet ol thought luto tho uilnd of Jesus the more
truth will we hud, more that is new and bright to us.
What a new light, ns of utoiuing, breaks over the man
whose soul Is groping In the durkuct-s for saicty when
he roads, "I am the resurrection and the lile.'' What
an assurunco ol rebel to the mau slung with a sense of
sin us he reads that "Joy shall be In heaven over one
sinner that rvpcnieth more than over ninety nud nine
Just persons w Iiicii ueed no repvniam e." The lilblc,
to he rightly understood, should not oe read as a Sun
day contract, hut as it applies to our espertence*.
Strike beneath the surface. Where ihcro is uo uesn e
to no ol Use lho (acuity to do so Is lakeu uwav; "for ha
that hath ntfl, trooi hi in siiull oe taken even that which
; he hath." The essential doclimo is uot contradictory.
It is not arbitrary; It is a law that
AS CAI'Al'lTV IS VSKD IT IXITIKASKS.
In physical rustier it is well known that some
llinhs or organs will shrivel and wither by inaction.
| 'lho pruci.svc eye oi tho sailor can svo ir.ore on the
ocean than a landau.au, discerning In narrow strip ol
lar oil blue the watt lieu lor haver. The Indian bunler
grows more and mofo acute ol tight and bearing by
practise; lbs tuusd ? or the sibioc grow larger and
stronger by use. ho. in studying literature and art,
the man will discover new beauty. Nature, to lho eye
that sees and the ear that hours, has ever sotnclbiug
tewer, greater, grander to revcaL 1o this ever ex
ploring mind of mini itio more It seeks mid listens tbo
mure it gives Is tins miud destined to annihilation 1
l'ues it mount too high T Is it lo vanish here iu tho
weeds ol the churt hyurd ? Shall it be dashed and
shattered like u glas.- upon the stony ridge of Death ?
M)inr quote the text with a bitterness of spirit as
though there was snuie Injustice In It, 1 hey suv such
a uiau is rich, and, ol course, wealth keeps rolling in
uponbim; but we arc poor, aud what lntlc wo have
will be taken away. There is something wrong with
[ such people. I'hey have omitted some opportunity;
I thev have not inane Use ol the laic Ills; they have lost
the* vantage ground by some lack ol exertion that
oil.era MVe made. I hoe laws are tutense, indexible.
Everybody has tome power that cat oe of use, by
wlncb lie or snuto one around bim can no
beueuied. We aro responsible lor the disposi
tion. aud II It Is not used the power Is lost
tncro is uioru danger ol neglecting small dunes aud <
rvs|H>nkibditlvs thai, largo ones. I lie small ones are
Hct'Marjr lor great one*. The reason there Is so much
corruption in h.gb places Is bemuse there Is so much in
the low places. sou* thiuk It wtU do no bona to toll
a little lie. God has bo measure for 11m ; a lie Is a lie.
All of us have power. It may bo used Tor right or
wrong, or it may be lost. A man ol (treat intellect
who makes uo into of it is a more icicle of intellectual
splendor. Another man who does not know so tuuch,
but uses what ho does know, enjoys tar greater bless
ings than the iormer. 1'owcr becomes available in ac
cordance with the disposition to use. The preacher
closed with an urgent appeal to iho concrugalion to
use their powers lor right, lor truth, lor religion.
MASONIC TEMPLE.
"MB IDEAL, THE HOPES AMD THE DBBAlf OP
RATIONAL BBUOIOM"?SERMON BX KB. a B.
FBOTHINOHAM.
Mr. a D. Krotbingbam coadacted the morning ser
vices at the above place of worship. As It was known
that this was to be the preacher's last sermon previous
to his departure for Europe there was n largo at
tendance. After the usual prayer sad singing of
by inns the preacher addressed himself to the subject
of the "Ideal, the Hopes aud the Dream of Rational
Religion." lie began by n lucid summary of iho vari
ous religious systems which have obtained In the
world, traced their origin, their working and their re
sults. The two prominent creeda of the prerent day?
Uotnon Catholicism and Protestantism?were specially
reviewed. The spoaker next dwelt upou iho weakness
sDd delects of those and various other forms of relig
ious belief, insisting upon the flict that inasmuch as
they demanded what is called faith without Inquiry,
far froin being productive of reasonable religion they
tended to ronder such unattainable.
TUB NSW. NATIONAL BKUCUON,
on the contrary, took nothing for granted, demanded
no slavish obedience of the understanding, bat, taking
oil the ascertained facts of science, allowed the mind
iho Ireest scope for inquiry in every direction. It
would l>o Impossible to deQno their ideal, because if
circumscribed by detinilioiis n would uu longer be en
ideal; nut It comprehended every possible aspiration
ol man allor the good, the true, the pure and the bcau
lilul. The criticisms of those who supposod tbey un
derstood the uew religion and opposed it were an
swerod. The main reply was that iho old religions en
slaved iho mind, and when the substructure ou which
tbey were built was knocked away they came to tbo
ground. Tbey could not guarauleo auy more excel
lence, any higher virtue or any greater puritv thsu
the uew religion. Tbo development of this Ides in
detail occupied the preacher tor some time.
The con trust beiwoen tho old religions aud the now,
in what thoy demanded oftbeir adherents, was strongly
drawn. The former required mcu to bend the knee,
the latter made him stiflen it 10 walk moro as becomes
a man; Iho iormer made him raise lite bond In suppli
cation to uu unknown Supromo Being, and cast hie oyes
demurely to tho ground; the latier mane htm
strengthen his hands to work out his own destiny by
his own will, and cast his eyes around in order the bet
ter to understand tbe nature that surrounded him.
Prayer was
THE OUTOUOWTU OF SCCKKSTITION,
aspiratlou wus the preJucl of tbo free exeroise of the
iuteliuctuai (acuities, aud however much tbe old re
ligious claimed ior prayer se su influence upou the
mural and inteiloctnal life, they oouid chum nothing
which could not bo equally claimed lor tbe aspiration
oi the now rollgion. Tbe preacher then asked whether
oven tbe most vigorous and superstitious or tho old
systems of religion ever produced any greater vtrtuo,
auy higher uobility of character tu man or purity in
wuman than could be produced by tbo aspiration of
tbo new religion. Tho answer was a negative one. In
conclusion,
BIDDING GOODBT.
Mr. Frothlngham took leave of his hearers for tbe
summer, saying that there wero three things which he
wished ior them?Fust, that they might not miM bis
ministrations. The uso of churches, he said, was to
teach people to do without them. Second, ho hoped
that in the meantime his hearers would visit other
churches, sons to examine into the olhor systems of re
ligion, maintaining thut uo one could firmly bold bis
own belicl until he had beard what other peoplo had to
say tor theirs and against bis. Third, he trusted
that this period of rest would bo used by them to
Dervo themselves for the long and arduous struzglo
which wus before them, that upon his return they
would bo found more earnest end moro solidly grounded
in those convictions which ho was endoavortog to Im
press upon the world, and thus prepare themselves
ior tbo grcut day when they would enter into that
Great l'reseuco whore all was light.
TRINITY CHURCH.
THE PARABLE OP DIVES AND LAZARUS?SERMON
BT REV. HORACE B. UITCUINOS.
Trinity church was well tilled st tho half-past ten
service yesterday morning, iter. Horace B. Hltchings
preached, ukiug as his subject tho parable of tbo rich
man and l-azarug tho beggar. In commencing his dis
course tho proacber said:?
TUB SKUMON.
This parable sf the rich man and Lazarus Is
peculiar In this respect:?Tbe scenes are laid
iu tho beginning in this life and si the end in
tho uoxl, so that ior a moment tbe veil Is lifted
which bides tho spirit land and the region beyond this
earth. By this wo are taught that disembodied spirits
not only exist but sro conscious of and susceptible to
tho emolious of sorrow and pain. U shows also the dtf
Icrent disposition made of uflairs in this world and the
next. While the rich man lived he was surrounded by
all the luxuries, tho oaso and comlorl that wealth couhl
command, but again bo is described as being utterly
bereft and In each destitution tbst ho begs lor just s
drop of cold water to cool his tongue. And then In tcr.
rible contrast Is tho sight or tho poor outcast and do.
spiscd beggar retting in pcuce and comlorl in Abra
ham's bosum. The doctrine of tho Church agrees en
tirely w ith lb" lessons taught by this parable lu tbo
Ides that alter death there Is no intermediate
state, no probationary period. Tho good remain lor
ever happy, but not iu such on iutenso dogroe as alter
Judgmcul. aud the bud are forever miserable under a
liao condition. When death seals up iho book of life
there can Uo uo change lorever after, aud as the grim
messenger takes us into the next world so must we re
main. II we go luio It guilty, guilty must wo remain.
If wo go luto it holy, happiness must be our porilou.
There aro no purgatorial tiros to cleatiso and purity, and
even prayer can lie of uo uvaiL It Is not in ignorance
of the consequences that wo mako our choice in this
lite. It is not w ithout shutting our eyes that wo remain
blind to tho light The eud ol the path is scou trom
tho vory beginning, and if wo choose the world It is
with the liili kuowlo igo that the friendship of the
world.sud uu alhuuco with Maiumon is enmity to God.
"LIKIi HKAD MXA rillJIT."
We know full well, when wo ebooee money or
fame or ptsitiou. that these things are like
tlie apples of Sodom?of lair oxlcrior, bat In
side lull of woe and bitterness. How awfully
responsible, then, is life! for bour by bour, yes,
moment by moment, we tottlo our destiny; and this
should teach us tbe import nice of every ibongbt and
word and deod. Again, in tbe story of my subject It Is
shown that when Uio rich nun found it was impossible
to alleviate bis own condition he bocutne solicitous lor
his trlends and broihrcn and wauled Laxaru* to he son!
to them as a warning against their danger. From this
wo argue that the spiriis ol the departed have the priv
ilege ol watching over the livos ol mortals, abd, if ibis
bo so. with what eager interest must tbey
scan tbe doings of lovod ones left behind !
All ot us have near and dear ones in
tbo spirit laud, and If wo bring this
thought right home to our hearts the question
presents Had! whether they can rejoiee at our mode of
hie; are tbey Joyous as tbev see us Journey upward or
do tbev sorrow thai our leet are treading the down
ward course f l or their sakes, tor our own sake, and
most ot all lor the sake of Christ, let us lake heed to
our ways. Tho desire of the rich uiuu lor tbo safety of
his brethren could uot bo grunted, because If tbey had
believed not Hoses or the prophcis neither would they
behove though one were sunt them trom tbo dead.
Mr. Hllrhiiigs then wont ou to say that the llolv
Scriptures were aii Inlalliblo guide to heaven; that
tbo world, in regard to tbo way to heaven, had
all tho light it would ever have. Some people
were In the habit of deluding themselves by
tbe ?|>ei:lous argument thul if iboy bad but
more light ibey would certainly become Christians. If
they could ouly hear the voice ol God ae Moeoa did in
the'buriuug bush, or have the nclpof angola, or if only
some one could return Iroiu the dead, tlieu tboy would
ho couvlnrcd una satisfied, but this was uot ihc cu-o; It
thoy had angels 10 converse wllh every day tbey would
still ask lor something more, t he Word of God was all
sufficient, and It was hut a folly tor theui to claiuor lor
more light while deliberately closing their cyoa. to sigh
lor more wisdom wbllo persistently refusing
to he taught. In conclusion be exhorted
Ins bearers in tbe lollowlng terms:?l'uko
the Scriptures, learn your dntv and do
tbat duly without delay. All baa beeu done for you
that ever will he done except what you perform your
self. flie light ol God's word shines on the atraignt
and narrow path, and If you will but walk in and cou
tmuo therein it will Isad you tlnnlly not to a plaes of
torinent, but to tho peace and Joy ol eternal commu
nion with God the father, God the Son and God tbe
Holy Ghost,
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Christ's prophecy concerning bis words?
A SERMON BY BET. WILLIAM BBADEN.
At the Central Congregational church (Rev. Dr.
Scudder's), Brooklyn, yesterday morning, Kov. William
liradon, of l-oodon, preachod a sermon on tbe lasting
vaiuo of Christ's words, taking as a text tho thirty
tbird verso of the tweutyflrsl chapter of tbe Gospel of
Luke?"Heaven und earth shall pass away, but my
word shall not pass away." The preacher held tbat
man's words, in the sense in which tbe term Is used lu
the text, bod a proverbially briol existence;
that tbey were beard and then passed away.
Tbe melancholy truth ot the declaration was apparent
In tbe loci that multitudes of words, even when in letter
press volumes, wera beard and seen only to pass away.
Of the truth of the remark, even when words were
presented by the press to the world, It was only neces
sary, In order to liud abeolute proot, to think of how
low of tbo great multitude of books whieh bsve been
Issued from tbe press during the many yearn now
passed were now before any reading people. And lie
would add further to tbe strength ot his declaration by
asking simply, Mow many of tho books row found or
th.tkrfVe.of ?*? llbr.rie* of th.
far ft- tbeir g.ueral usefulness w" col u
equally dead with ?ucb us we? M " \bougbl,
wm a pardonable ambition, ?? b(.hiud
for an author to |cneo on earth, tu
him a worthy memcuio ol bl? exigence wuUm iho
the lortn of a book. And declare that
author bo deemed who should veuture ,uro reue
bo wrote not only for hi* own but a to .vondfrlully
rutiour. Oould any one luiats ?o ovt n ho thitl
ureal but merely human writer* or < d *?> ol"um,?
thotr book. would live oven unto .. .rlb shall
Aud yet Christ oald. "The beovous and 1 ,lul ,t
pas* away, but my word shall uot pass away.
mlKht besaid that liltI word. Wand
leaves from a book. Aud yet they ha>o ? d((1 uol
not panned awuy. It was nppareul hat Clin
mean that His worda. ? " Py " co?nCfi.oo.
particular words In a particular con.,
would remalndur.ua all utae |to <*me'?rlolm* lor
tbut tboro were many other language* JJ1? us'iic
the expression ol eternal trulhthaijlhote ^
| What He meant to oouvey wa. c carl)^tbat in *
I truth, to which lie ?w giving ?tura.ee "o Goip-U
through all time; lor even the lKJdk'w th0 lru,u
make a small volume, as books go. Uu look
u'Uicb H# uruacbod ibut ww ^ hve. Au y ..
seemingly do special simply bamjUic*
word, should live even lu .lpLdimcult
*P*?ch of Jesus was ao'netmos tory
. u. Ji
us aud had lull promise of continuance. II . b
as when Peter a^Uredtliatihe grass wltaerwd but
the word of Christ would remain. And wneo. ^
knowledge wo bsd of tho heavens and the earn,
obtained, to a fuller degree, the meaning ol HU dec
the end ol time. Tho great truths Ho g , fro(dl
?S ?A.
AMERICAN FREE CHURCH.
TH? NECESSITY of BXPKNTAKCE-MUUIO* ?*
BltV. C. P. M'CABTUY.
Rov C. P. McCarthy, pastor of a new congregation
called tno American Free Church, preached
morning In tho University building. Uctorc delivering
bia wrtuon ho announced that a social meeting would
be hold thoro next Friday evening to practise congro
national singing end to dov.so u.e.us to
keep Utla now church afloat. A subscription
7 $30 a month had already been started,
and ho expected within a short time to raise
the subscription to at leust $100. K'?h "
were al.ko called w contribute, according to their re
spective means
The subject of hit seriuou yesterday wu
anco a Divine Necessity in a Corrupt Aim. Uo umk
his text from Matthew, third chapter and M~nd Ve^
??liepout ye, for tho kingdom of heaven is at ban
He said:?These are very solemn words, coming; to
u. from one wno was himself living In the wilder
ness. They were no uucerUin words, and they
Chrtot wl. ta Nsrarctn. John was in the
of hoavon. Christ warn '? lo UDOther. Bvcry
for the service of lho 'k ?lhl, .irougost language
them to repent b?i .pokei ini tne sir ^ abowod
s^ociatad' with a great op^rtitalty. in-The kingdom
?Sr?pT ? SSi'b
succcm In Kpm preacher ol ropotitanco Is a lul
understood. EY?r3\ *,?-.much as he expresses and
tXrolZked^ though ?u^rvh^m?. depj^tag^^
honest man. John . inilivlduaU y**t
march is hko that or an y lwoluld-proaching and
u. look at hm wont, iv j t ^ ke,lt
baptUing^i^thlstwoloMworx^ cy preachmg
up permanently dun g baptislug symbolises
calls to the truth aim v prcpHration
Its acceptance, or a moral signiilcatiou
lor its was rotarmatlon, change
ol chara&wr.^TSark th#'oKlm^arl
tcoV'aiid^ddueMS couie to his^warnod^ou
?;2jss-as;
r?o It.""of II,. mmuirr,'<
wordx. but 1 thinaa by ihclr proper namaa. il?o
repentance is w^ad things p^co; but there
^l.nlore uTm a man whose voice Is thunder and
couies bolorc uim u "j No genllo word es
wUoso glance Is as fler^ man Tbe stormy
whlMwtnd has ^ a*3di, ^?grc"at nre we?re
ablo tire." The^great thougut in my nlance., ,g lU?t
,,1? ""^ve^frreclalmablc, because tlio soul's rccuper
W.?a "?r^ V? moxhiuslibie. Aud as man con
ntfl fs always redeemable tho ministry of
soi|iiontly is aiway mat are redeemable
! ol all couttagencies, until the most
and independent s ^ moat vicious reformed,
abandoned *l"Bi/*v V .u;cll|U,dj and humanity In its
ja.a fits
Director.
ST. THOMAS' CHURCH.
THB LOVE OF OOD? SEBMON BY BET. FBED
EB1CK COtJETNEY.
This boautlfui edlllco. at tbo corner of Fifth avenue
and Fifty-third street, was thronged yesterday, while
the Borvlees were, a" usual, Interesting and impressive.
The Ilev. Frederick Courtney preached an eloquont
sermon, taking his text lroiu the Gospel according to
St. John, I., 4-19. The reverend gentleman dilated at
considerable length on tho love of tbo Almighty for
mankind. Be bad given substantial proof of it when
Bo sent Bis only beloved Son irom heaven for tbo re
demption of the world. Mau could never comprehend
or appreciate the extent and intensity of God's lovei
The reverend preacher proceeded to poiut out the va
rious ways In which God manifested His love for us,
even in the arrangement of the allulrs of life, and it us
totnshod mauv how God. au iutinilo being, could attend
to lliu miliulo details ot tliiilc beings; jot He knew ull
things. Ho allowed how God was known and dwell on
tho necessity oi believing in Hie lovo o( God, who bad
doue so much for us. Many did not realise tho tact
that God loved them and did not pause to consider
what a blessing it was to be beloved by God. The
preacher adverted to the manner in which the love of
God was generated by tho recognition of His arrangu
nienis and the recognition 01 His salvation of us. tt'o
proved our love of God by keeping His commandments
and ob J'lng the mandates He lias issued fur our guid
ance through life, lie earnestly be ought the congre
gation to moJitate upon the lave ol God, and this would
load to unr loving linn with all our lieurig. The more
we thought of God's love lor us the umrc would we
love linn in return, and It was in this way our lovo lor
Him would be maintained. The sermon was listened
to with deep attention, lho choral arrangements were
excellent.
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
THE BYES OF THB LOUD ABE IN EYEBY PLACE?
BXBMOK BY TUB BKV. JOSEPH B. KERB.
The Rev. Joseph K. Kerr chose the text lor his
morning sermon from Proverbs, xv., 3?"The eyes of
tho Lord aro In every place, beholding the evil and the
gooik " In worldly affairs it is proverbial that the eye
of the master makes a diligent servant. In all branches
of business the knowledge that a superior lulelligenco
is overlooking tho work performed causes the cmployd
to put forth his best cflorts to acquit bimsolf honorably
in tho tstiinntion of tbo employer. The laborer on
contractor's work, the shop boy, and even those who
fill our most important offices, leel the eye and the
pretence of their superior, and ars rendered more
punctual and efficient in the dtscbsrgo of their dutiea
We may sav that it ought not to be so; that conscience
should be to us a sufficient monitor, but stern expe
rience proves 10 us that It is not a sufficient check upon
ourselves. It would seem that wa must he watched;
that the human heart ts doceitlul, and that it is neces
sary that wo be kept in the straight and narrow path
by the conviction that the All-seeing cyo is
ever upon us. When this conviction Is lorgotieu, stu
comes upon us sua the barriers of virtue are swept
away. Stubborn natures uveu flatter themaelves that
God baa lorgotten ibem and that they may pursue their
?Vil c?<uraes unmatched; but the ga/.o of God Is always
upon them, and the interests ol religion and virtue
need that the text should Bud Its exemplar. When i
am conscious. alter si net self-exam inailuu, that II God
?ssaa v'unwivws. setvv? on i?i owii vaeiiiititiiitiu, ssssae is uvu
looked sway I might yield to my boteiling am?and
Mod knows my peril?can It be supposed tnal He would
avert His gasef Souiutmen appear to think that God
created the world and eeot It spinning into spaoe, as s
child launches forth his toy, nod lakes as lorther
thought of the nlaytning; but sacred tad profane Ml
lory amply piove tint Me ha* never ceased to watoi
over It siuce tut creation; and without HI* ateadfuel
22? where would It >>? now? The OW?J
uaturc and being mate this doeiriuo one ol absoluw
nocessiiy. His omniscience la an necessary as His oi?
u,presence; if wo could ascend to heaven we ahouM
find Him Ibero; lu tho abyss below He Is oquallj
nrescui, and if we take the wing* or tho morning ani
ilee 10 tho uttermost jtaria of tho eurth wo cannot avow
llitu In the barroom, where the slave to drink aneakt
in through the wren door. In gilded palaces wbert
ertaiocratic sin runs riot. Hi prisons wnero the dazoe
convict wniches through the monotonous days au4
uj.-hU 111 the noisome alleyways of groat cities whore
tho cry of murder breaks in upou the stillness of the
night, out upon the ocean where tho silent ships now
sail calmly on and now rcdl before the tempest?Me la
everywhere, beholding all actions, knowing all thoughts,
not onlv lor evil but for good. Ho seos the cup of oold
water lield to the lips of"tno fainting, the relier given
to the actuate, lie hears the kInd word.pok.nlo the
denpouavnt. nor will He lorgot when on theliset dty Hl
tits in judgment and distributes Justice alike to all wh?
come bcloro His scat
CHUBCH 01' THE MESSIAH.
IltMOBTALITX OF THE SOUL?BKBMOM BX BET.
W. CHADWICK.
Yesterday the pulpit of I>r. Alger, in the abovd
church, was nilcd by Rov. J. W. Cbadwick, of Brock,
lyn. llolore tho sermon the b?autUul hymn Ha Z2i
of the collection wes sung, commencing:?
O shadow in a sultry land!
Wo gather to thy breast,
Whoso love eulolding like the night
Brings quietude and rest.
Tne test of the sermon was found In Job, xiv., M?
"If a man die, shall he live again f All tho daya of mf
appointed lime will I wait, till my change come" Some
men, said the preacher, are alUtcted with a doubt in re
yard to tboir porsoual continuance, but the very
tnought8 thus engendered are a proof of the fact of It?*
mortality ; yet not, perhaps, or tho exact kind dreamed
of. A man lives again In many waya in
tho world, if bo has done anything to
perpetuate his nnine. In the Roman Empire
the thinkers uiid philosophers talkod of Immortality an
but th.to? Taum of fame left behind and ?o?ne?u?
pl-a or this philosophic tendency arc found jn tbe ora
tiuus of Cicero. Tho Christians ask for ua immortality
ol bliss, but tho Romans asked for a continuance of
conscious personality, that tbelr virtues and Iterole
deeds might go on and bo perpetuated. But
vauk is vor tu* vkw
and iufluenco for mo uiauy; the greatest of names ls ne
measure of Its iuQuouco, and how low of the really
great names of pools, dreamers, philosopher*. histo
rians have been banded down to posterity ? AU*1 but
very low. The most lamous liion aro the lighters, tnt
meu of actiou, roforu:ora, inventors and warriors; yet
how many of them can we now recall without great ra
search in almost forgotten libraries? Some books lire,
but most are dead as deud cau be: thev are children,
indeed that almost always die be lore their oaronta.
Our thoughts ol immortality, too, aro almoat aiwaye
connected with tho affections. "In my lather ?
house there are many mansions," and they ere inoel
of ihtin tilled with beloved ones who have gone 0*
fore us. As we think of them how tho fountains of
love lu our hearts bubblo and moisten our hard na
tures. A wile's longing Tor her husbaud, a husband ?
veurningfor his wife, sister love, mother lovo?an !
how beautiful tho last. Now 1 bel.eve that conscioua
immortality ie swootenod by cartbly remonihraucee,
ind I believe the future life will bo better in proportion
us wo show our unselfish lovo on earth. Who would
not rather havo a generation of the immortally of the
ajtoctiona than whole centuries ol a colder life? Then
there is wbai I would call the immortality of organic
perpetuity, and this will have something to do with
the grout problem of human dcstuiy. Tho GrooM
taught the doctrine of Nemesis, but the tcacntnga ol
scienco through such men as Horhert Spencer and
George Henry Lewes have dono more to elucidalo these
profounn mysteries than Greeks. Hebrews or all the
philosophers who sue ecu Jed thorn. \\ o spouk ol 'he
miracles of tlio Blblu us being strange but wo are la
ourselves tho greatest miracle ol God and natura
THE GOSPEL TENT.
Last night tho Gospol Tout, in Thirty-fourth street,
was crowded to Its utmost capacity as early as halt
past seven o'clock, and as there seomed to be no ce*.
nation of tho throng which streamed along tho sidewalk
and swarmed about the entranco, arrangements were
made to accommodate thorn in the Presbyterian church
across the stroot. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr.,
presided lust night, and announced at the oDenio|
ol the services tiie reception of various letter!
suggesting the propriety of having a collection takee
up to lather the work of evangelisation. He stated
that tho expenses of litis undertaking hud been other
wise provided lor. but II any of those present chose te
facilitate it by contributions bo would not huvo them
denied the opportunity. Altor the usual by inn ?lb?
lntr l)r. Tyng caino to the stand again and prosobod
tlio' sermon of tho evening. In Italy, he said,
tboro is now a sovereign called \ ictor EmtnanueL
lio- bears a great nam* tlio name of the -K*?
deeraer himself, and it has become endeared
to the people of Italy as being assoclAtod
with tho atttainmont ol their Irocdom.
We. loo, hove cause to look with gratitude the mo.il
fervent upon our Victor Emmauuel who bos rescued ul
tnun the slavery of sin. For is not that the worst ol
slavery which degrades the mmd and depraves the
heart, which hedges in all gemd Impulses by an evil
disposition, which destroys the yearnings for liberty
and chokes the noblest aspirations of the BOUU TM
soirit of sin, whatever its lorm inay be, is downright
tvrannv It enlorces an ouious constraint and con
demns to a servile admission of Its power ain i. bond
ago and tbe Gospel is lor liberty, lho tlrst word In II
Is Ireedoin tbe last is freedom and Ireedom breathes 1?
every line and aounus in every uitcrauca i roni its alpM
to omega it is pervaded by tho spirit of "berty, the
siiini ol the air we breathe and of all that ennoble* and
beautilh s tbe world The one scheme of tho Gospol ll
to nut iuau upon his feet in the character ol a Ireeman.
Jesus Christ despises a lawner. Ho w.<nl* the homage
ol a man. Some toek Ircodom In rorgeilulness ol stn.
Thev tlnuk that callousness allords emancipation, thai
because they havo lost the memory ol eln God him
sell has forgot ten Ik Bocauso judgement* are slow ill
our days because Heaven's lire does not coino down
heioro their eyes to consume, aud the earth does no.t
swallow up tho erring, they think that they cau shut
themselves up in their own indifference and so attain
freedom from sin and Us consequences They have
a philosophy of soll-coucelt which doltcs God and
dUAhS buttbero will bo a tlmo when memory will re
assert itself, a tlnio when a sonse ?r their i*,^!50ti!rmVf2
will occur to thom wuh force enough. Could lho eyi
be indifferent to light, tho tongue to tasto? As weB
might tho soul or men ho tudifferent to the creator.
And does Ibis callousness endure, is It at all lasting?
No the mind Is over and anon tortured by that inwaro
monitor whose voice may be unhcoded but cuunol be
hu-bed. The speaker then went on to paint the hor
rors or tho unbeliever's deathbed, and concluded hv a
forcible npjieal to his hearers to seok salvation la the
Gospol and the application ot its maxims.
DEATH IN THE OIL REGIONS.
A MAN AND WOMAN MUBDXBKD.
[From tho Titusvillo Coarior, Juno lft.]
As anuouucod by spoci&l telegram la yesterday
morning's Courier, u terrible tragedy took place on the
Columbia farm, ou Wednesday evening, between the
hours of six and seven on that day. A reporter of tbe
Courier visited the sceno early yesterday morning and
gathered the following facts from eyo-wltnoases of UM
tragic ovent ns it occurred at tbe time:?
T1IX BC'KSK or TUB TRAGIDT.
Tbo boose where the toarlol scenes took place In
about a quarter of a milo lrom the railroad depot at
Columbia farm, in a northeasterly direction, slightly
Uuiated, but near by Bevcral residences. A ravine,
tbrougb winch water ruus in the spring and fall, taken
Its course in that way, and ou the bank, a little to the
r>ght as you go up, tho bouso Is situated. The bouse
is one story, with several rooms, on tbo east
side of which Is a neat littlo garden, enclosed
with a picket letico, extending ucross tbe iroot and
tho ends of the house. In the rear is a small barn and
outbuildings. nn the south end of the house Ian
small shed used lor storing household ntenslls, with a
door opening to tho wosi, through which tbe fload
entered and tbe woman passed out during the struggle
winch took place, when uo eyes except those engaged
in it saw, except the little boy whose tender yeara
gave him no conception of what was taking place.
This side or back door is In plain view from several
wells located across tbe ruvntc some little distance,
and trom this point somu of ifie witnesses saw what
took pluco outside the house.
As beioro stated tho cry of murder was heard, fol
lowed in rapid succession by several sbota lrom a small
revolver, winch startled lhosu near enough to hear the
sounds. Mr. John McCool, the secoud victim, Wei
going to the iiouee of Mr. Dougherty for the pur
pose ol borrowing a churn, and was within a lew
rous of tbo house at tho time. Mrs. Dougherty
ran out, loilowod by Baker. He hurried forward,
exclaiming, "My God! Nick, what are you doing?"
wtiou linker in lite irony turned unoti him, Oring the
tctuaiinus charges lrom tbo pistol without effect.
Thrusting the pistol in his pocket Uo drew a dagger and
ran lor McCooi, who, seeing ms danger, tumeu to dee,
but too laic, us the murderer was upon him and eut
and subbed him in a terrible manner. They now
reached a small gutter caused by tbe rains washing oat
tho earth ;u&i away lrom the roadway that passes by
the house at ihceud where the parties came out. Here
the struggle look place, both fulling into the gully, and
as Mr. McCool describes the poaitiou, Baker was Urat*
on top, and in the strugglo he i McCool) turned btm and
seised btm by tbo wrists to prevent lh? turtber use ot
the knlie. All ibis wasdonn in a very abort space of
time and before others could got to the place where this
terrific struggle was going ou. By this time several
tucn had reached the spot and separated tho men, when
Mr. McUool was found 10 be bleeding badly lrom several
wounds. His son-in-law, James Cemcy, with whoa
he liv es, and others conveyed him home. In the mean
timo Mr. Jones and Mr. Guthrie passed around a bush
and lound Mrs. Dougherty iying on her foe# la
tho road leading down the hill from tho house and
about one hundred feet lrom tbo same. Supposing aba
was in a (uniting fit Mr. Jones ran to the house, pro*
cured some w ater and endeavored to restore her to
consciousness, but without avail. As there was no
blood ou or about her person they hnd no Idea eha wea
mortally woundod uutll they bad carried her to the
house and mode an examination, when they found a
?mall bullet hole in hor lott breast, lrom whtak Irttkhd
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