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TESTERDAT'S SERMONS.
PRIDE AND HUMILITY.
The Condition of Woman Previous To
and Since the Christian Era.
GRATITUDE TO CHRIST.
The Interior Life of the Christian
a Growth.
CHRISTIAN REST.
TRINITY CHURCH.
fSEDB A?D UP MI LIT 1"?8?UUON DT THB BEV.
BOfUCJt B. HnVHINO*.
The Episcopal Cathedral was thronged with worshippars
yesterday tnurniug. Many of lhe laces that have
been missed at grand old Trinity lor mouths were
present. It was com in union Sunday and the choral
service was very beautitul. The Kev. Horace 11.
Hitching* selected Tor his text tho last verse ol the
gospel lor the day, the fourteenth verse ol the eighteenth
chapter of the Uoepol according to St. Luke?
">'or every one that oxaiieth tnuiself shall he abased;
and he that humhieth himself shall he exalted." In
presenting his ideas ol the lesson ot the text the reverend
geuliennu said that one ol the great sins
of the world was pride; lis great virtue
humility. All through the lile ot the
Saviour in all His words and actions lie sought to
teach humility. I'ride was caused by the sell exaltation
of muu. He was proud ol his high hlrtn uud
lordly ancestry, yet they came not by his will, but of
Uou. I'ruud ol his wealth that g.ves him tne indulgence
ol every uesuc; yet iu a ouy his wealth may
vunisu. Man is proud ot his strength uud ol his lisallh,
lorgelliug that < on gives them and iu a moment they
may lie gutie. Kui getting tho terrors that brood over
the darkness ul tne night lie cxaiis hiuisell, uud the
bod whom he lias insulted lays him iu the dusk I'ride
Is lypined in the parable ol the gospel 01 ilie da.v. t he
Pharisee stood in the temple ol his Creator, luukiug on
the uieu gathered around him and prayed?"(?od, 1
thuuk thee that I ain not us other mcu are, extortioners,
uuju-t, adulterers. 1 .ast twioo u the week.
I give tithes u! ull lual 1 possess." Hut mere, at
the dour o? the temple, conscious ol and overwhelmed
by his sins, uot daring iu his humility to cross the
threshold ol his Maker's house, thu publican stood
Hid siuolc his breast, s..yiug. "bod, be tucrcilul to
Uc, u sinner.'' "1 tell you tins inuti went down to his
bouse justiUed rather loan the utl.e: : tor every one
thai t'Xalluth hiuisell shall be aoased, and ho that
Uuinblelh hiiu.sew Shall be exalted."
The preacher cold uga.n the story of King Nebuchadnezzar,
who was glorny lug uiutsoll lor tun greatness of
his ktnguOin and Works that au had wrought, lurgellul
ul tho Uod Iroiu whom his gteaiueas emus. Hut bod
heard, and the kingdom passed iruiu the proud man's
hands, aud lie s.ept Willi thu asses in tho hold uud
the dew lcll upou his body. Then, with ilie
coming ol humility, cuino tho blex.-i.jg ol bud,
an i his kingdom was restored to mm. I ride draws the
luv. ill man uw.iy ir?ui Uoi uua to him.-ell; )o who
"by taking thought can aiu: one eubtl unto his stature?"
ilie sigul uiay vanish, (bo hearing bo 1 *t, (bo
Voice grow dumb. and ricoes tly away; whore, thou, is
thu pride ot Ulan V Those w ho are largely blessed should
pour u portion on I huso who aro le?s loriunato. ThOM
who receive irooiy should give Iroolv, lorol (born mush
Is expected The speaker closed by urehig his hearers
to walk in tbu ways ol Christ, minute His character,
ana in bumilliy render (hanks to Hod tor tho blessings
ol li 10 and its eternity.
CHUliCH UF THE KEFOltMATION.
FAITH?ANNIVEKSA1IY SKUA OX BY THE UKV.
YHk HES1U JONES.
At the Church late ot the Kplpliuny now of the
Rolormatlon, Stanton street, yesterday's services
were conducted and tho sermon preached by the Ilev.
Henry Jones, ot Wilkesburre, I'a. The occasion was
the forty-third anniversary ol the laying ol the corner
tone of the church cdilice. The reverend gentleman
choso his text lrotn tho tilth chapter of Second
Corinthians, seventh verse?"For we walk by lailh,
not by sight." He said this verse lias always been a
puzzle to many. For tho heathen it was necessary to
Bee sod make manliest. Human nature is the same lo-day
M It was eighteen hundred years ugo. Empires have
crumbled away, countries have disappeared irom tho
fkee of the earth, but human nature remains tho same.
M'e must have lailh. All saints that go to glory c..n go
out} oy one way?tuai 01 laitu. mere are not two
ways. Hy only ouc way can we reach itio beatitudes
D( heaven, whi re our lailh shall be turned to
light. faith la tbe prime mover in all this
aor.d'i atlairs. The ugricunurisl has la11la when be
plants his crops, or he would not plant tliein. Tbe
tnatinlacturer ua.? laiitiwben be makes bis wares, or be
would not make them, ll u man liave genuine lulib in
bis business we expect bim to uo every thing required
by thai laitb. So in the laitb ol everlasting lllc. \Ve
must have faith in Hod. We must not rc:y too much
upon our own strength, but look to our father In
heaven lor aid. !>oiue say the upostles had la'.lh Ik>eauxe
they aaw Jesus. Is llod unseen to day ? Do we
not see Una in every flower and in every ical f Our
minds we do not eeg, yet we believe we have
lhrm. The things seen aio hut the shadows ol the
nseen. Look at the lighthouse in the ocean, towering
il-ove (be angry waves (but dash unceasingly at Ua
ease. We do uni see upon what it stand.-, hut nevertheless
hencath the crested waves is its foundation of
olid rock?a louuduimn helving the might of tlic sea
I ho tact ol my not seeing uiy .-saviour noes not shake
my lailh any more luau the violence ol me sea shakes
the rock it beats against. Tho believer walks by lailh
to another world. Columbus had latin, and alter days
ol paiieut watching ana Wailing bis lailh was rewarded.
We must look to Hud , we ntuat turn our t yes to boaveu,
win re wc hope one day to join our loved ones who have
goue heiore.
Mr. Junes then reterred to tbe llrst meeting, in January,
ISih, when six ad vl*? and a low ragged children
lormed the church sue '1/. They had lanli, said the
to earlier, hut could the. see that ti IWentt lies vcars
there wuuul lie over S,-?* baptisi l.eou cotnmuuirunts
entered and lb fly young tr.cu seut lorth to the
tniu.slryT Hiey ii.nl faith and wool steadily on.
boa uluue can My what ?liall th? harvest be, but IT
you uro isuhiui, when you reach that aiming shore
the word# 01 your retool,on ve > I i bo, "Weil Uouo, goo a
and faniiiui servant." I bo preacher closed 1 n Hunting
Jrom ibe address <>l the lamented tliabop Moore, ol Virginia,
wlio laid ilie turner rtoue iorty three year* ago,
alluding to the luture worshipper# in the new edib'-e,
who said, "Wh II the top alone ol this building alia.I he
laiu, when you enter the sacred temple now coiiinienced
to woiaulp and adore the Aim ghiy. remember thai it is
tbo bouse ol Uoil and the gale 01 beaten, lie member
(bit the eye ol Jrhovuli will be upon you aud it la Ills
revealed word to winch you win be culled to listen.
Hav not to-morrow you w ill think ol Hod and eternity,
ol heaven and of heil; but to-uay, while it is called today,
embrace ih> invnalioo, tetlrct upon tne uncertainty
ol nic and r member Hint the apostle has declared,
'Iteloved, Dow is the accepted time; beloved.
How Is the day ut aaivatiuit ' "
CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS.
THE CONDITION Of WOMAN A8 CHANGED BT
CMRIXTIAMTT? SEKMON ItY DU. DhKMH.
Tbe tastclul little Church ol tlio Strangers was yesterday
occupied by tlio Urgent congregation ever
crowded within tts walla Despite tlio Urge attendancc
tlio rulu o! keeping tbe aisles clear ku cniorced,
aud wi.cn tbe pulpit pluih>rin aiul the lobbies bad been
filled many were turned away. Tlio pastor, H,v. l?r.
Deems, preached a sermon, w hich, as it trauspired at
the cioso. wan tbe anniversary serin, u ol u society of
ladies connected witb tba church, and known us tbo
"Platers ol tbeMranger." Tbo objector tins assoc.a
lion, as explained by the pastor, is to assist strung!rs
> In tbe city wbo are in want 01 guidance, money or adricc.
Much good, be said, bad a ready been done by
Ita members, wbo work in sueccc. Although organised
hair a dozen years ago, tliey never bc( -re bad
cyan a seru.ua preached tor them. The collection
taaen up at tbe close ut tbe service was (or their benefit,
and Dr. Deeuis made -in earnest appeal to those
present to contribute liberally.
The text was rum J'uui to tbe I'btlipp-uus. "And 1
tuireal iliec also, trio, yoke Know. t.elp those Woineu
an.cb labor with mo in the i.o-pei " Kvrrttbing in
the world, lliu preacher sa'd. ban been changed by iho
oirtb ol Christ, nut in no.n ng was tno iiiange more
apparent than in tno condition ol woman. lie pro
c. cdcd to contrast her cotidUion and standing in itgp
various relations ol virgin, wile and widow before the
Christian era and since. He did not cbot so Iter position
.u tbe civilisation of power in Kerne, or thai of
culture in Greece, bill tier position In too civilizai.oii
ol religion among the lieuiew* to set over against bvr
standing iu Christian times, l'as.ng the Did aim New
lestauients respoilively us guides to bur standing, toe
preacher slioweo irom the loriuor thai a virg 11 unuer
ibe Did losUinent was simpiy our lust was.
as tbe word In ihu Hebrew language lliipl.es,
abut up. A.I lU.tl seemed So be cured lor
was tliut sbe -hou.d prcso.vo her bodily chastity.
' How is it now * ' l.o asked. Our virgins go abroad
mubtlly, some of (lioin, lii.glltlly. Our I...id Jesus
Christ has lauglii us that cbsst.tt is | urely ..I lliuush.
YVoat were Did I e.-iuaioiit wives'- A woman married
ii man There was no partnership ol love ..r Interest.
Mie . ould never giori.y her lni.-i.uuu. lucre is no
brilliant, bravo and placid wou.au mmilotted lh the
Old hkiriptures who g.or.tied ana sup|H>rted her inmliauu.
Now ami men .. . iiso.hiu lovod Ins wile, bul u
waa not a necessary factor ol marriage. All Una baa
been charged, and yet tbo respective relations of n.au
and woman bare not been varied. Tbo husband la j
NEW TOR]
at ill tli* bend oT tho house. Yes, and be always will be
uud uil tile '-woman's rights' " people may storm
atHiiil it us tbey please, hut until Jesus C hrist leaves
the llirobo the bbshuid Will lie the head of the
wile. The more sublimely and beaulllully a matt
rules his wile the less she knows about it,
and the more she rules bun. The reverend gentle
man went on to mention instances In wbicb wives had
Inspired husbands to noble and great deeds, doing on
to rouirast the widows of the two eras under discuscussion,
lie quoted Irom the sixth chapter of Acts
wherein the Grecians are said to have murmured
against the Hebrews because tbetr widows were neglected
in i he daily minuiratlou. Then he read Irom
the New Testament. Paul, he said, is not much iu
favor with advauceil tcmule* o( I he present day.
SO MICH Til K UKTTSB t oll PAt L !
I suppose that the care ol all the i Lurches uud his
advanced age and his bodily ailments look a good deal
of the gallantry out of the man and yet the woman
that Murs Paul shows herself to Im> ignorant. There is
one passage in his lotter to Timothy for which womeu
should kiss his picture every time tlity sec it:?"Entreat
the elder women as mothers anil the youueer
us sisters, with all purity. lienor widows
that are widows indeed." 1 challenge tho scholarship
ol this congregation to point out in
Henrow. Greek. Latin or .Sunacril literature a sentence
lise mat about w.dows. It could not have been made
until Christ was born ol woman The preacher called
I'.llchlion to the luct that Christianity is the oniy religion
which was brought into the world by a woman.
To n woman ol Ssmuria who was uot altogether Ireo
from taiiit Christ declared H:s mission. Then when
He re?o the tirst eyes winch rested upou the glorided
lot in were a woman's, and she went and told the men
that He had risen Irom the dead. Jesus was sur
' tut routed iu the New Testament, ami the Apostles up
i | rerialod women. Raul's Kptttio to the Romans was
worth its weight in gold. Nay, more, it was worth us
weight in the slur dust oi the universe.
In conclusion, the preacher tlvvclt. upon the wondertill
|>owor and influence of Europe which had peopled
this country and Australia Irorn its population
, auU had swayed the world by its knowledge Tin-, he
said, whs ali owing to Christianity, und Christianity
had been Introduced to It and afterward fostered by
women. There is, he said, it pecuffctr adaptability in
women for religion. No love was so strong and no influence
so poweriul as a mother's. The old nursery
rhyme has It:?
llusb s by l.shy bantlnir.
I I'ttpa has gone a Punting.
Ab, fathers do go hunting, hut the mother remains
at In iu - with her children, und her influence is all
powerful. A man may ouild au ark, as Noah did, tu
protect hltnselt against the tlood, hut how shall he escape
the dew? That is woman's iDlloencc. gentle, but
permeating. Men might escape its inUuouco lor a time,
win n excited by business or other occupations, but
when they returned, weary and disgusted, the mot tier's,
stater's or wlie's arms surrounded them and hor inllu:
cdco was again ad poweriul.
FIRST PLACE M. E. CHURCH.
GROWTH?SERMON IIY LEY. MISS ANNA OLIVER.
Miss Oliver preached ton large congregation yesterday
morning irotu the text Ephesians iv., 16:? 'Grow
ujt into httn In all things which is the head, eveu
Christ." Tho interior lite of the Christian, began M iss
Oliver, is represented as a growth. Many of the illustrations
used in lh? Scriptures tend to this. Wo aro
exhorted to grow in gruce aud in the knowledge of the
Lord. David said, "He shall grow ns n cedar of Lebanon."
What a glorious comparison I Travellers,
even iu our day, spouk of ihoso trees as wouderlul iu
diamoicr und circumlcrence, and their durability is
marvellous. It is like these specimens David says tho
Christian shall grow. But how to attain to this stale
U; IllXUIIUIlt O IB UIU pel pitAlll* quUNIIUIl. Ik IN I1UI
enough that we plant iho seed. We must see that It
1 lives, and 1101 ouly lives but that it grows. So let us
inquire into tbe growth of the Christian character.
First there must be something to grow. Nothing
grows until the germ is planted. We cuunul bring
I something out of nothing. Ouly Cod can do
j thai. We may say, when we are born
spiritually. Cod Is our Father. We Inherit our spiritI
nul lite Iroin Him us we inherit our physical lite lrotii
] our earthly parents. We must tirst tie burn into the
' kingdom ol Cod. and then wo can grow up vigorous y.
I '1 he second coud.tiou ol growth is nourishment. Now,
i it is impossible to suv on how small an amount oi
j spiritual lood a soul can exist. We cuuuol delermino
I on the smallest quantity our physical natures can subj
sist on. A prisoner, coutlctuued to starve to dealn, lived
' thirty days on noilung hut water, ltie authorities
; thought ne was aided by sonm supernatural power and
I liberated him. We know Unit invalids can live a very
; long liiue on little or no nourishment, hut none ol tlieso
; persons arc vigorous, ll is a dangerous experiment.
! so it is dangerous lor us to try an experiment in our
spiritual hie uud gauge the smallest uniou'Jt on which
we cau subsist. Have you not noticed what a peculiar
; cry a hungry child has 1 1 hero is something so sad and
. puilul in iL So there are many persons who go hungry
: in iho spiritual lilc halt their days. Iho
husks of this world cannot sutisly Cod's children.
They require something more substantial. We mav
! notice, too, mat poisons who lake their physical loud
ui night .-outiei or later become dyspeptics. How is it
wtili us spiritually? l'ersous who ko torth to their
daily work with no spiritual lood ana dupcnu upou a
Uriel, hurried c?uiuiuuio3 Willi God at night for their
, soui strength, is it any wonder we have so mauy dyspeptics
in the Cliurch ? 1 ho Wordol Uod Is a never
lauiug source lor our souls ut all timet. Two ilttlo
newsboys were converted once, and alter a tune they
tnei aud inquirod alter each other's spiritual progress:?
"How do you gel along, Hilly ?" said one. "Oh, not
very well,'' said lilliy; "1 have a lernble tune, lor
Naian tempts mo constantly and I can't get rid ef
him." "1 know how to tlx him," replied his companion;
"you just try hun with texts next time." If
every Christian was ready with uxts how soou could
wo quench the darts of our adversary. Sincere, pure
religion, siraiued through no creed or doctrine
or human interpretation, but interpreted to
every human soal by God, Is what we
waui. Sincerity Is ol the utmost importance to the
i soul. Insincerity Is the worm that destroys the root.
| We must uot deceive ourselves How otteu iu eh irch
| prayer meetings people wuo have a testimony io give
' lor Jesus will be restrained from a false idea of modesty
Go to that same church on an evening ol a soi
cia'tile and you will liesr those who were silent lor God
Hie vary loudest ui their bilunly aud mirth. Now, we
want to lie consistent aud know our hearts. Another
thing in the sowing ot seen Is, that alter we have
pointed It we must let It alone. Children are constantly
picking at it io see if it has sprouted, and in the
si iritual hie we are addicted to noiug the sunn thing.
Let it alone until it develops and bears spiritual Iruits.
God can develop something out of the poorest msteriaL
How is it wnu God's work and our work In the
material world? We see a lake nt muddy water aud it
la ugly io look upon. What cuu man do
with It? Why, we can punly It and
make ot it beautiful crystal water. Whet
cau God do with 11? He cau make a diamond brilliant
' as the sun; He cau make an opal, rosy with the flush
j tiuts ol lilc. a beaiiutul jewel. Wlialislett? A little
water. "01 01 iu? iiu iu?krr lue pretty crystal 01 me
i .slow, thai is (tod's work. Initio southwestern pari
| 01 Missouri there is a region called lirauilc Quarry, unit
on this quarry ibere are many boulders, some thirty or
I lurty leet h'gh. And among these rooks are mag'uiU|
cent trees. Il seems a marvel bow they can grow on
thai tied of granite. They send their roots out in ull
directions over that rook to llio unfailing supplies of
moisture in the valley. They are mueh stronger than
those that are in tlio shelter ot the Int.. So it is with
our growth, an l the I.ord knows tins ntnl makes us
strong when wc would In- perfectly willing to be nothing
hut a mere sapling, tine thing Is necessary, and
that is that wo be rooted ar.d grounded in love. Tins
is one ol the prerequisites ol growth. It Is necessary
tuat we lie wtiole arid period In Christ. We all expect
to be complete; to be sinless and entire when we stand
beloro Uod'i tlirosie in glory. Hilt shall we make no
progress there? Not at all. There will be higher
height* for us lo climb that we never dreamed of here.
II we arc washed Irora sin now shall wo say
it will hinder our growth now? Let us
> lie thoroughly grounded in love, and as this
growth should he deep then nothing can disturb or
hartn us. I.et us remember, above all things, that
' there is no such thing as making up lor lost lime. A
person wfio-e early education has been neglected will
always icel the edicts ol it. We see that many college
educated men ate vary detective in this respect Rederm
the time ua best we may, a lost day is n lost day.
J use extend this thought into eternity and we will see
hoar solemn it is It is possible lor us so to live
that the world shall l<e better because no have
livorI In il It is possible .or u> so to livo Hint
, the standard ot the Churcu shall he better una
purer through our 111lluunce Wc should so lake hold
ol Christ thai we become a |<art of Hnu. We ure to be
members Oi Christ. Aii artist once wished lo model^
statue ol iho faviour. ana to test Ins work he led V
I,tile child to It. Miero was no cross, no thorns, no
1 si mbol by which it could le recognised. Tbc clnld
rov it. tnl.v folded its hands and cxi la lined soltljr,
Tlie bavlour.'' It s possible lor every one of us to
grow into the likeness ol Christ, that all beholding us
shall be reminded ol our isaviour.
OLD JOHN STREET CHURCH.
rEAVEK ANI> ITS t'OSDITIOXS -SttltMOSI B* IET.
W. P. KariH.
Yesterday, at the o'd John street Methodist church, a
largo congregation listened toKev. W. I'. Kstes' discourso
on "Prayer and lis Conditions." Thu sneaker, alter
dcilo.tig the attribntrs or prayer and applying the words
of the apostle Luke to determine lis lunclious. went on
to say that it is natural lor us lo seek what wc require
by petitions to the < rosier. It is an instinct Implanted
in the breast of man to ap|>eul for succor to the ulbpowcrlui
lleiug who presides over human nllairs, aud as
truly ss lliuro is in hurusn nature au aspiration, a hungering
and thirsting, as is were, after righteousness,
every one le?i* within him an inclination to essay its
attainment. The heart moves on ?qd on to explore
tlte bidden ways of God, and then comes a desire to
lit. drawn tourer and nearri to ttiat great repository ot
all pt rieellen.
and il we appeal lo Hini we nave the assurance that
lie will lend a vtol og ear aud stretch His baud 10 succor
aud protect us. II we coutrss our sins He is aide
to forgive as. It we walk the world trembling uuoer
trie burd- n ol < ur iniqui.le.- we sunulo always reiuciuber
tout Chr si's blood will Cleanse us aud haste to imincr-o
ourselves lu that saving llood. llieteuiral dea
in t'nrist * i e is that lie once pronounced himsall,
"No*. Mv w II but 111.he bo done;'' and He has commended
it 10 il" slitu Ho gate instructions to the
apostles lo teach as they had Deep taught. That suotiiissieu
lo llie w.ll <d 11 s l'uih<r chaiaclcr zed every
action ol Ills die, and lie meant to o at h us that Virtue
sin,i io cause us iu our prayers to bear in mind, above all
thing*, our dependence upon the power of the Almiguly.
Hi' won.s cooieuiplaled a degree ol devoiedness
w hich would realise the purpose he had. Aud wnat
?. HERALD, MONDAY, AD
' was this purpose that would draw the Son of God from
His throne In Heaven to tins earth of ours, cause Him
: to lead a lite ol abnegation and suflerio;;, and to end it
by uu ignominious death upon tbe cross at Calvary 1
It was that He might spread His kingdom upon earth,
and that He might secure heirs lor heaven an I p rtakers
of His bounty. He wants men to be converts
to Him ''He puts His grace in your hearts and
nnne," said the speaker, "and He wiinta us to nourish
U so that this grace may have Its fullest truits lu our
souls." He that said, "Ye are the salt of the earth,"
and told us that His mission was to redeem us, gave us
to understand that His work upon oartn was to aid us
In all thiugs that pertained to righteousness; thai such
was His sole and His abiding purpose, and that we
should always had in Him u guide anil a protector.
Now it must l>e borne in luiud that when Christ is
sought it must not tie through mere petitions to which
the lips uiouc give utterance It must be with lie
whole soul, with the whole heart, with ail the buiug.
When l'aul said, "I urn ci m illed with Christ." he
I meant that ho w as so completely wrupt up in Christ
! that he was in a manner u partaker in His suOoring.
He meant to say thai his whole spirit had gone out to
; his U<>d and thai he abided in Hun. So it should be
with us. Kacb one shorn l he able to say, "The life 1
livo in the Uesh 1 uve through tho love of God, who
died lor me, and 1 urn united to Him in spirit, aud I
{ leel that Christ abidelli with me." Dravcr has lor its
; essential ana priuiurv condition, in order lu Uo elllcacious,
sincerity. lu it the spirit of man must go lorib to
I tiis Hod and supplicate tils assistance, and tlie utleri
uncos o tliu lips must be subordinate to and governed
by iIiul spirit, l'aul prayed lor yearn and year*. lie
' was a Pharisee. and lliey were a sent of prayers. llut
j uo petition ?1 Ins ever arose to Heav?n; uo 'mvocaUeu
ol aid was ever Heard tbero until lie tell ibo torrur o
tbe I.ord come upon hint, and, overshadowed by His
majesty, be tell upou Ins knees and callou aloud,
''Lord, what will Tliou bave tne do?" It was men. and
only tbon, that be begau to pr y In tbo spirit, and. behold,
bis prayer was answered, and Saul, the hater of
Christ, became l'aul the Aposite und martyr. That explains
the nuturo of prayer. It must como
Irom the heart to call a response Irom
above. Sometimes a brother or sisier knees
down and prays with an eloquent tongue
' tor tiod's grace. The appeal is beautiful, u Is touching;
aim yqt there is something ih t we leel it lackH. And
at that moment, perbups, some poor, llllleruii- creature
| raises a voice in prayer. Tho eioquenl words are not
j there, the utterances may be leon e and trembling, but
I witliul there is that In the appeal which proves thai it
comes from the heart, and it moves us, it raises our
i thoughts to Hod, and we hear in thul voice an immortal
I soul it' dressing us Creator. Lei your prayers be ot
! this kind. II iho spirit is in aecord with (sod we are
| in liurijiony with Hun, and, at our asking, the light ol
llis inro lulls upon us und wo ure abundantly endowed
with His grace.
FIFTH UNIVERSALIS!' CHURCH.
DISCOUBSB FPOJf THE HUBJKCT Of CHRISTIAN
BEST.
The services at thla churcn were held yesterday
morning in the Plimpton building. Ninth street, near
Third aveuue. Tho text was derived from Matthew,
1 xl., 2i> ? "Como unto mo all ye that labor and are
' heavy laden, and I will give you rest." The preacher
said:?if there is ono thing that man most needs and
1 one tbiDg that ho would supremely eujov it is rest.
; Tho cares, tribulations, distresses and miseries of life
all tend to make rest?a cessation from all theso?most
welcome, and the day ol rest, the period ol ending, ii
hailed In the inmost recesses of the heart with a quiet
but glad toy. There Is u love of rest and recuperation.
Mun, returning Irotu hard toil and exertion, leels how
| blest is roller and rest. The night woos bun to slumber
and In Its peaceful arms new vigor is infused into
bis frame, bis brain is empowered, and be comes forth
from bis sleep like a giant refreshed with wine. The
mind. Jaded and harassed with care, seeks rest iu
communion wiib God. By means of such n change of
ideas and thought coiues peace and rest to
soul and body. In addition to natural mercies
tbut coine from obedience to the laws of God there is
i another mercy vouchsafed that reaches far within that
mysioriou* naiuru ul man and gives a conscious revelation
ol himself. I'uder Ibis he is weary und Ueuvy
laden, and lor tdis there is rest. "f'ake my yoke upon
you and learn ol me, lor I am meok and lowly in heart,
and you shall find rest to your souls. " .
The two principles ol goo.l and evil arc evermore
struggling within us, but God in His goodness lias
given us the power of tho mastery, tf we but strive to
gain it The one great rest thai is offered us is rest
front sin?its burden und us yoke. J.csscr evils are
comprised in great ones, and when sin is removed all
minor troubles are likewise taken away. It is well?
very woll?that we should liavo to struggle and manfully
flgbl our way to perfect rest, llcnven would be
of little value did wo not have to make au effort to obtain
It. In fait, we can believe that things, with all
their drawbacks, arc arranged lor the best, atid it wo ]
had the privilege of ordering and arranging them we
could matte no desirable changes.
There is no rest lor those who do not desire It. The j
Groat Phvsiciau stands ever reauv to heal, but there !
are meu who, though very Kick, would rather die than
! accept relief, lu all the ways of the Gospel and the
| Church, aided by the blessed spirit and power ol Got,
| there is rest lor us Irom the tares ol ibis world. In
Iliiu nloDe Is rest. There Is peuce in the communion
i ol Ills body and blood that brings llim near to us, so
> that we may almost he said to leed upon Hint. There
Is grace always In obedience; and the man distracted
in evory way and Uuding no rest In the turmoil ol tins
I world can have his intellect aud soul freshened gnd
B reserved in Christ. Especially In the communion or
Is body and blood there Is comfort to our souls.
' Como unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy luden,
and I will give you rest,"
ALLEN STREET M. E. CHURCH.
8CBE FOUNDATION?SEBUON BT THE BET.
W. H. KULTZ.
In the absence of tho ltev. Charles Harris, the regular
pastor, the Key. \V. H. Fultz occupied the pulpit at
J the above church yesterday morning. The text of the
; sermon was taken Irom Isaiah, xxvliL, 16?"ThereI
fore thus salth the Lord God, Heboid, I lay in Zlon for
, a loundatton a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner
j stoue, a sure foundation; he that nelieveth shall make
{ make haste." Tho manner oi tho introduction of the
j text, said the preacher, is one which Invites ouratieu|
tion. It Is uttored In the midst of the curses of
i the enemies ol God and serves to remind us
I that His Inevitable Judgment Is tempered
with mercy. Let ns consider the description
herein gtveu of Christ uud learn tho value of union
, with 111in. He Is given to us Ural as a lounduliou
stone, one upou which all others must rest. He is
I presented as Die emblem ol streDgtU, me icoyxtono
| of our wliole existence. a tirm Inundation lor our laith
in Christ. Some tuav say another beliel may oe truo
j and build their laith up n couieclure and Dot reve'atlou.
Hut what if they flml not truth * He is the only
rook upou which we uiav build an edifice of hope that
will never tail. The grass will wither and toe dowers
fade away, out our life and strength in Hint shall he
everlasting. Again we bnvo Him prnsenied to us as a
tried sloue, approved and found strong wnore others
were lourid wanting and cast a way. He is not only the
foundation upon which ?# may build our salvation, hut
a tried and approved means ol u. Others who have
assumed the place have (alien in the wrath ol His displeasure.
He alone sustains us in our structure uud
cements the atones with which we build our hopes lor
the luture. We may come to know H.ui early or it tnuy
be late when at the point ol death we see a bright
vision ol Him in eternity. In the next place wo have
iu Him a sure foundation, one tuut can never lad. and
such as no mau can iay. It is laid for us when we come
to Hun and lohow in His loot-teps, when we come to
His toet wnh our transgressions and the High
Priest lays bauds upon us saying, go and
sin uo more. Then have we a foundation
on which to build the udillce ol a holy lile. Il we look
to any source it is but a couulcrleit ol the reality. The
value ol this privilege which is given to Christians may
i be considered under three brad.-?iiumcly, the past, the
pro-eni aud the luture. ibe arrows ol remorse lor the
psst will uol loriuro the conscience, lur the truo believer
shall not (eel the terrors of mind which haunt i
tlie doubting and unbelieving. These leelings are not
cottoned to mo deeply prolligaic, lor the heart ol tho
believer may be most miserable. U bore then la our
security? Where shail we look lor it hut in the words
ol our text, "He that believeth snail not make
haste?" Iu the present the Christian realise* he
h.is given himself to cod and will ask himsell, how can 1
1 live like Cod and act out the part in liiu Ho would i
havo me. Ilis trust is intiuite aud lie knows no doubts i
nor fear*, lu ihe luture he cannot look lorwaru. unless 1
| thus armed, to the terrors ?i outu.i1 punishment?terrors
more ollcu leuied limn coii leased?but
1 w in i hrist lor liis louudatiou the CUrmi.au
will look lorward wiilioul tear lu iho liour ol deulli,
aud Willi lua eye upon tlie throne ol Hod seek joy lorI
aver in Hia preaeuco. lu conclusion lei ua nsa ourI
telle* II we mvo uuiied with Ctirmi and soured our
I eternal salvation r Ho we relv on Hun? L'ulesswe
I can answer these question* wo are eternally lust If
wo lull 10 learn Irotii (lie text to whom wo ewe every ;
thing. we b.ivo lut ed to lay tbo iound;4.on ol our sal
j Vallou. it wo do realno Hun wo eaunol remain
uukuown as Christians, and uo our paius ever ao
humbie and the dilllru'ties ever so great tome poor
souls who havo liol J el louud me way will no
i beoottted. The reward will be jjrenl, lor He who gave
us His .'on will do ail lb nga .or us. Come iheu to
Hi in iu spirit and in truth and in the beauty ol holiness.
till at laai we are transposed into ibe heavenly
ehurch ol acoralion and glory (or ever and over.
F1KST PKESBYTEHIAN CHUKCH.
ukatiti UK to chbiht?SkKMON Bt doctor J.
O. muhkat.
At ibe Kirat Presbyterian chureh, on the corner ot
Filth avenue and Klovontb street, the Kov. Or. J.
0. Murray, ol Princeton, X. J., preached the sermon,
taking his text from Mark XIV., 3?"And bong lu
Bethany in tbo house ol Simon tbo leper, as he sat at
meal, there came w,>mau hating an alabaster box
ol ointment ol ap kenard. very precious; and she
brake tne box, uud p >ured It on bil head.'' II we
would niako a study ol graticule to Christ, said tbo
speaker, more is no litter place lor It than tbo bouso ol
Simon, the leper, .it Bethany. Il I would goto llie wilderness,
il I would iearu wnal Jesus is aa the victor
over temptation; or to llio mountain top II I would
know what He was as a man o. prayer, so must I go
to lUis evening meal in the bouse ol Siinou rind are
1.uxire au<l Manila, and Mary and Jesus, il 1 would
see beat what is a true gratituuo to Christ.
Beginning on the very jowo-t plane, consider how
Christ but enr.cbed human lile on all aides. Vast and
j terrible eviia still exisi, and il a pic.ure el hutnaa j
GUST 28, 1876.?WITH SI
' society ss Paul saw It Id Athens or Rome were draws
1 up Ijetoro us we should sUuddcr with uorror. The <tll
Icrenre beiween now mid thru is not the absence ol
sucli evils from society, hut ibis, that Christianity is
aggressive ugaiust (hum ; reslraius litem when it doos
not abolish, ami seeks to atooiish when It may succeed
1 only id jiart. Again, Christ iell uo writing. Suppose
we had nothing hut the inspired tccord of His acts,
; omitting His teachings. wc might bavo had Cbristian
Ity lor substance ol doclriuo. Hut bow iiiucn poorer
; were every believer lor tne loss ol one ol Christ's precepts?
Suppose when Tiscl.enuorl louud the Arabic
I manuscripts it bad been found also that the manuscript
contained a new parable ol Christ's, the
whole world would -have rejoiced to know it.
It is, however, llio experiences ol lite;
which bring out iu the soul of man
- this appreciation ol Christ's words. It never occurs to
a Christian soul to think that Christ's words wero
meant for those ouly to whom He tlrsl spoke them.
Thev do not belong lo John or Simon l'eler or I'hilipor
Mury or Martha uuy more than to me. The great
miracles are evidences ol Christ's power, but they arc
also a revelation ol Christ's character, aud in them is a
proluudity ol gratitude. Tbey aro part?a grand part?
oi trial divine disclosure ol Hunsoit which nils our soui*
with the vinon ol tiod. And in wo .iced tome reminders
that Christ i* to be our judge there are miracles to
reveal this ai well as His saving grace. It Is, however,
only wbeo we consider Christ's expiatory sutler.ugs
that gratitude reaches its lull expression. These BUM
be viewed not only in their entirety, omitting none, but
in their nature. Raphaels have painted Hum. What
nukes tbem the sulleriogs they are canuol be painted.
Kuunael could not put the cry, "My Hod! my Hod !
why bust thou forsaken me?'1 upon canvas.
Hut clowning uud completing tbo motivos for gratitude
to Christ la His heavenly ministry lor his disciples.
This is Imparted moro to llicin ihuu any ministry
ol His over was to the publicans and sinuersol
I His dav. An Invisible Christ Is nut an absent Christ.
' We need Him just when He Is at ilie beau ol His kwg1
dum. What Christian suul, thinking of death us wise
' melt think of it. but rejoiees will, u great Joy to think
that Christ, Ills Saviour, is within the veil, beyond the
dark river; thai as ho steps into that slmdowy land In
go< s to uud not Irom (jurist? Cnu we not trust Hit
hand lo lusliion our heavenly hoinu who nus rub.re.I
the skies with such wonderful beauty ? The heavenly
niMiistry and Christ open a glorious view of itntuor
talitv. It invests it with grand proportions and wuti
most biossed attractions.
FIRST VOLUME OF THE NEW YORE
HERALD.
[From tbo XllesfMicu.) Hepublican, August 24.]
We bavo 10 our office a bound copy of the Ursl vol
uiuo of tbo Nkw Yokk Hkiiai.u, beginning with No. t
atid bearing ditto "January JO, isoi" It is a papci
| having but live columns to the page?not half the sun
I of the llcpul>lican. Its make-up ami general appear
| ance dillors "materially from tho nowspapers of the day
I Tina volume la the property ol Mrs. Mury F. l'orier, o
I this city, who lakes great iulorest in its preservation
The Hkiiai.k'm Congressional news is given Irom Wash
Ington under the heading, "Southern Mail." Untie
dale ol December C, 18U2, the mail brings in urmutioi
that tllty-three members only were prevent?not uquo
rum?and the House udjourned till the Till, and thi
Senate doing the same thing lor tho same reason. Tlx
House louud a quorum ou the Tin. It will striko tlx
average reader us raiUcr odd. In view ot the voulunu
nous Congressional rlports ol the present day, to reat
the lollowing proceedings, in lull, tor two days: ?
Washi.notos, Ihtirsday, Dec. 0.
The Scnato lias not yet formed a quorum.' The p'ob
ability is that the Message will not he delivered heiort
Monday. The House ot Keprescniatives mot again ilin
day, and citizen Hregg, being impatieut to do some
thing, moved a resolution that two chaplains ol dllleri
enl denominations l>o appointed, ouo by tbo Senate and
the other by the House ol Representatives. Altei
j some discussion among the democrats it was suggested
i by oue of the republicans that It lias not been usual
| for the House of Representatives to resolve upon what
| snuuiu uc none uv lue neuubf, unu upon uioru maim u
! consideration the democrats concluded to postpone* the
j resolution till Mohduy. The House tlien aJjourned.
There now beginning to be great uneasiness among
tlie democrats lor leur tbal all tlie mutches provided
] by government will be consumed lioloro u quorum will
; bo made by the Senate. In that rase tho Jlessugo ol
I the Pftudml must depend lor its effect upon Us own
! energies, unassisted by tbe report ot cannon and un|
aide < by uny pageantry ot military manoeuvres. In
addition 10 this, ilio ecouonnsts will lose lite expense
' of so much ammunition and to many men as have
i been put up iu requisition for Ibis giorious event.?
I Gaz., C. S.
Friday. Dec. 10.
| No quorum is yet formed in tbe Senate, and the
matches are still consuming with alarming rapidity.
I The House of Kop resentatives met again this moruiug
and disposed of a tow private petitions. Mr. Tlioiupson,
of Virginia, presented a poli'iou from some person
in that State praying lor a grant ot money which
will enable him to go into loreign couutt ies and moke
astronomical observations by which lie hopes to discover
u method of ascertaining the .opgitudo at sea.
As a security to the government, in cuse tlioy should
grant, he promises, belore settiug out. to deposit an
account of his theory with the Secretary ot Slate, so
that any accident which may happen to him shall not
deprive the world ot his scientific discoveries. The petition
was referred to a select committee, t he House
adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock.?Gazette
of United Utate*.
LATEST FROM CUSTER'S BATTLEFIELD.
PLENTY OF AQENCT BLANKETS BUT NO DEAD
INDIANS?A BTOEY TOLD BY A MONTANA
8CODT.
[From tho Butte (Montana) Miner, August 15 ]
Wo bad the pleasure o! a call yesterday (rum Mr.
Andrew McKendry, belter known us "Big Andy, tbe
Scout." Mr. McKendry arrived In town on Friday last,
[ direct lrom General Gibbon's command, which be lelt
on the '.'(Kb July. Mr. McKendry lett Fort Ellis wltb
General Gibbon's commaud on tho 1st of
April and vvaa on* ol the party in advanco
who discovered tbe bodies of General Custer
and bis men. On that day Muggins Taylor, accompanied
by young Logan, a son of Captain Logan, of
tho Seventh infantry, was a few paces in udvance ot the
main body ot the scouts, when they were tired ou by
the Indiius. They loll back, and shortly after Lieutenant
Roe's company came up and a number ot Indiuns
were seen on u hill i.ear ut hand Lieutenant
Hoe twice sent back to General Gibbon 'or lteriuissiou
to charge, which was wisely refused, und wbou
tbe commaud came up tbe ludlans broke lrom cover
on every side, rapidly retreating and throwing away
their packs. A lew iiiouienis later they came in sight
01 Cutser's battle Held und suw at a distance of ubout
two miles what appeared like pieces of w hite spar on a
side li 111. A nearer approach ivtealedlhc sad fact that
these were tbe bodies ot Cosier and his uieu, all
stripped und nearly all horribly mutilated.
Mr. McKendry slates that Custer never reached the
Indian village, but with all bis meu was slaugtered on
tbe bill, tbe bodies lying as tliey Ie 11, in iiue ot buttle.
Major Keno's command was louud. receiving, us lias
been before published, tbeir first knowledge ot Custer's
fate lrom tneir rescuers. A busl> burial was given to
the remains ol tbe ill-fated band, and tbe command foil
back a tsw unleg to cauip. Mr. McKendry started the
| same day lor old Fort C. i. slmtiu, making tbe trip there
and back without seeing any Indians. Ho reports
tbat tho village, by actual measurement
ol tbe engineer corps, was lour and threequarter
miles in length. and many blankets
were lound branded'-Fort l'eck," "t<taud"inK Rock,"
Lower Brule," "Ked Cloud," "Spotted Tail," and
other Indian agencies. Our informant stales that he
scouted in every direction lor ten tunes adjacent to tbe
scene ol battle and only knows seventy-live dead
ludtutis being found; so tbe rc|>orls tbat camo a few
days-since ol 5UU dead Indians being louud are proba
bly untrue.
Mr. McKeudry's estimate of the number ol Indians
eugacei! in :he light is Iroir. live to six ikwnsd, Ud
as he hail previously spent some I lino at the Hed Cloud
and . potted full agencies and seen large bodies of
Indians lie Iceis citiuiu lb it lie ban not over-estimated
Ibe number, especially us bin opinion was continued by
mu'jy others in Ibe command
Ui tbe Huron scouts attached to GoncraL Gibbon's
coinm.in>l ten were killed.
Mr. MrKeuJry has retired Irom government scrvico
and intends taking up Ins quarters in llulle. lie Is a
practical miner, uod Wc liope wul tlud speedy employlurul.
lie reports Ibat (irnerul Gibbon's coinmaud
w hen be left were in good health auu spirit* and anxiously
awa.ung an opportunity to avougo tbctr lalicn
com runes.
A REMINISCENCE OF MRS. CUSTER.
[I'aris Correspondent Cincinnati Commercial.]
At tbe Chatuiel tba dramatic version of "Kound tho
World ui Kighiy Days" it running on to its booth representation,
and 1 iound tbe theatre still very full.
Tnere is one scene wbicb, sinco the piece begau, has
turned to irony?that In which tnreo white tourists
conquer uud exterminate a picturesque and well-armed
troupe ul Sioux. There are about thirty savages to tbe
three whites anil the rod moil are all killed. The
ternc was received with sdence, except when the
moux cluol delivered n harangue concerning the
wrongs which hi* race had endured, and bis eloquence
elicited a round of applause. It is doubllul whether
the Sioux side ul the battle that followed would not
have been represented somewhat dillereutly il Ihe
piece tied been uiouuled since the recent lidiugs (rout
America. I'o tno it bruught back a once picusnol,
now pa.nlui, reiueinbrance ol a dinner table
conversation with General Custer at ?t. I'anl,
in February last, when ho was on It is way to the
frontier. I nuked bis beautilul young wile whether
she did not leei apprehensive or nervous at going 8'?
lar bey end ilio noider* 01 civilization. She replied
cheerfully, "Not in the least,' and seemed to look
lorwaru wiih utmost girlish delight and expectation 10
the new scenes amid which she was about ro reside.
Hut her husband looked grave hs he listened to iter
answer. 1 tic tragedy which lias since occurred hits
awakened a deep and widespread interest in France as
well as KnglaOd.
11 has nuvii lor some lima a prevalent belief among
Ibe geographical and authiopoioginal ssvans ul both
l.oiidon ..tid I'aris that the white Americans have
nnderiutel the diillculties ol their ludiau problem.
'1 he hostile Indians are said to bo only a ivw hundred
i thousaua in number, out even so many are decntred
by some good judge* to ce too numerous lor xtenniuation.
wuen their leroclty exceeds their love ol lite,
and w nen tucy are intrenched in wild regions difficult
of vecesm MuNCt'KK U. CONWAY.
TPPLEMENT. __
! | PISTOLS AND LOVE.
A HTKlNGt fillMANCE?HUNTING IOR A DAU3Hj
TEB?THE MAN WHO STOPPED AN EXPKESH
I THA1N BT Hl'OGING THE CONDUCTOR.
[Krone lbs Toledo Blade, August -5. ]
i Down tho Dayton and Michigan Kaiiroud, about tlf1
teen miles Irom bero, is a little hamlet, put down on
the time schedule* as Koachtoii." There uro ODly
live or six bouses tu the town, besides Ibo freight
bouse, aud oi course the society is very light. Some
! lew days ago all Roachlon was thrown into a (ever ol
' excitement over the arrival of a new family, a gentle|
iiiuu from the South, named Hammond, and bis wife,
1 an apparently very vouug looking woman, but oue of
considerable education and refinement. She was a
very pretty girl, and attracted a great deal of attention
iroin the Koacbionites.
Tho new arrivals rented a bouse near the depot, and
lived togolhcr in a quiet, peaceable wry, having little
to do with their neighbors, and seeing but very little
of them. So much lor tho preaeuu Tho past has just
r.f>nu> to lii/hL AAiI fnriiw thu sAf.nml rliitntAr in t his ill.
j, teresting drama. Some live years ago a mill named
Hammond was marriud to a young woman In Indiana,
i In a small town near the ceniro ol tnc
; Slate. Alter a year or two ol married
| 11 le be becume tired ol bit spouse and
i enamored ol a young woman who was workiug lor
I them. The tceliug ol distaste on one side and desire
on tbe oilier constantly grew until it dually culmiI
uatcd by lluininond's running away with the girl, who
wus but sixteen or seventeen years old. 1 he two went
to Michigan, whero they lived a lew months, utid then
1 Hammond became tired ol Ins new choice. So. one
' Due day, alter they had been living loaetber lor but a
1 short nine, Hammond leu the poor girl and skipped
' { back to Indiana. He told a very plausible story til Ills
wile ubout having bouu called away on business, and
ot knowing nothing ol the whereabouts ot the girl,
1 and lluuliy succeeded in getting buck into her good
graces. Tne -irl, lii.diug herself betrayed and in a bud
condition, went into a bouse ol ill lame, una is to- .ay
leading u Ide ol shuiuu and degradation, Humtnond
' was a model husbauu lor some luue uilor tbe rocoucillutioit,
and bunaved remarkably Well, lor bin. Finally,
about a year ugo lliey moved lr?m Indiana to Ken
i lucgy, Campbell county, wticro they went to work lor a
I very wealthy laruier named Davis. Davis was a wellto-do
laruier who employed a number ol bunds, a d
j was doing a very .ood business. He was married uud
1 bad three children, a baby boy, a daughter lourleou
r years old, and a sou ubout t weuty-tbruo. I hey
a lived there logelhor very happily until this
man Hammond made Ins uppcui unce. From
lbs very llrst this llend set about to
eusnure tbe daughter. Every upportuuity that pref
Bellied itsell Wus t-agorly sei/ed, u.id tho wretch worked
so loug and so cuuuiu.ly that inialiy the inexperienced
girl began to listen to him. Then be plied all his devilish
arts, and soon alter lie began to broach the subject
r i ol a clandestine tunrrlogo. At llrst the girl would not
} bear ol il. Then sho began lu doubt, and linally she
I couseated.
' j One nigbt, she having packed up a few ihiugs during
a the uilornuuu, the two slipped out Irom the house, and
. ! tukiug one ol the horses, took a loug midnight ride to
j lUu river, some llltcen miles away. Arriving there,
lliey luok u boat and went to Cluciuunti, then
I | cauio on the Dayton and Miclugau mud ua
ueur to 'loiedo us Iftiachton, they being the
i new tuinily whose arrival caused such a tlurry
; iu thai small burg. When IQe lurtuur found his only
, ; daughter gone, run aw.iy wltU oue of his lanu hands,
* j a inun, too, who liau loll his owu wilo and children,
| I Ins griel and auger knew no bounds. It ncurl.v drove
J him Iran tic. At times he would give way to tho most
| j violent paroxysms ol rage, and tor hours wuuid know
nobody. Then his grid would overcome him. and he
. j would moan and weep tears ol bitter anguish. It
I ; was a terrible blow, and nearly killed tbo loving
, | father. Ai er the first moments ol sorrow
' wei*e passed a desire to see his daughter again
, and meet the man who liud ruined Ins peace,
| came uppermost in his thoughts, aud by careful
' inquiry ire traced them as lar as Cincinnati,
1 una ihuu leurnea that they had settled at
Koachtou, ou the Dayton and Michigan road,
near Toledo. Accordingly he and his sou started at
oneo lor Koachion to meet the guilty two. Ou the:r
way up lliey becaino acquainted with the conductor
; anu told tho story to him, asking bitn to tell theui when
I Koachton was reached. The train they were in is due
! hi re at 0:3ti A. M. As they drew near Koachtou Mr.
, Davis, who is a lull. raw-boued Kentuckiuu, six loot
three in height, with muscles of steel, and the cocductor
stood on the plalloriu. Koucnton was reached, and
the conductor luiormod Mr. Davis it the fact, The
tram did not stop, bat as it passed a cottage near the
track Davis threw up his hand* and exclaimed, "Oh,
tuy God, there they are iu that door?" Then jumping
up, lie seized the conductor round the neck and begged
him in God's name to stop the train enou.h to allow
them to get oil: The request ccuid not be relused, and
the lather and sou jumped oil' the trnin and made lor
the corn tie d which aojotoed Hammond's farm.
What was done when the lour met lias nut accurately
1 been reported; hut as pistol shots were heard soou
alter thu train moved on. it is ihoughi mat something
j serious was done, perhaps a double murder.
PROBABLE MURDER.
| DEPUTT SHERIFF CAMPBELL STABBED AND MOBTALLY
WOUNDED.
Deputy Sheriff Patrick Campbell, aged forty-seven,
of No. 464 West Seventeenth strool, was fatally subbed
' to two places at an early hour yesterday morning as
he was returning to his house by George Buckland,
aged thirty, of the same residence. The two tueu have
been well acquainted lor'many years. Campbell keeps
a liquor store at the corner of Tenth avenue
and Seventeenth street Knrly yesterday morning
while slightly intoxicated he left bis store with James
l'luiiketi and three other companions. Arriving near
his home he saw Hucttluud standing inside the railing
and offered him his hand to shake. Dockland In an
angrv toue cried out, "Campbell, I don't care a damn
lor you." "And 1 don't care a damn lor you either,"
replied Campbell, raising hia hand as if to strike.
Buckland, seeiug him raise his hand, pulled
out a long knile and stabbed bis as
sailant in the lull side Just above the hip.
; Campbell rau across the street aud Buckland followed
him. stubbing him again with the guho, this time iu
iUu ubuomen. ltuckiand then ran around Ibe corner
tuto a iuger boor saloon, where be was tound Uv Officer
Kttlil, ol ilie Sixteenth precinct, who bad beeu detuned
to arrest liltli. At the slallou house Itucklaud told the
Scrgeum that Campbell bad beeu visiting his bitter
with criminal designs upon her. Ho said tbat on
the luiler's return home be met him at Ibe
gateway and spoke to liirn ol the allair. Campbell, who
wut very drunk, struck him tu tbe lace. He then
used hit kullc 111 sell deleuee. I>r. Wood, ol No 02
West Seventeenth street, dressed the wounded man.
lu the alteruoou Coroner Croker came to the bouse
and look Campbell's utile-mortem statement, ol' wnich
tbe following is a copy: ?
i Between twelve aud ono o'clock this morning, I,
l'atrick Campbell, with several irieuds, among whom
; wus James I'luukett, lull my store, und on ueuritig No.
| 454 West Seventeenth strict, which is tnidwuy between
1 my store aud residence, saw Ueorite Itucklaud stuudiug
! outside ol ibe ruthug. 1 was uboul tu snake tiuuds
Willi bitn when be said:?"Campbell, 1 dun't Cite a
damn lor you." 1 said:?"Nor oo 1 care a damn lor
you." As 1 spoke be stepped undo and stabln d tne.
1 run across tbe slrcoi and was agaiu stabbed by him,
alter wbtch 1 was assisted to my house, being very
weak Irotn loss ol biood. 1 wat under tbe influence of
liquor at the time und admit that 1 was in tbe a^t ol
inking him when bo slabbed me."
SAD CASK OF SUICIDE.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Angelina Puolaggl, aged
eighteen, of No. il'JJ West Sixteenth street, was discovered
by her mother lying dead on the floor of the
room with a bolilo that had couluined oil of bitter
almonds b/ her side, with which ebe had evidently4
commuted suicide. No reason could be assigned lor
thu act.
Miss r.'Ohtggi camo to this country from Iter native
place in Fruuce uoout eigbtei-n mouths ago, in cum|>auy
with her tnoiber. mwh alter her arrival here
she became engaged at a small salary as sopiauo in the
choir oi St. L'oiuiuOu's Kuiinu Catholic church, in
1 West Twcnlv-tiilli slreeL About a week ago she went
out iu thu country Willi nor lumber, hot r turnud nl.er
two nays Tlie case is shruuueo in mystery, but Coroner
Crokcr will m-tko au investigation to-day.
PROBABLY FATAL ASSAULT.
David Williams, colored, residing in Butler street,
near Rochester avenue, Brooklyn, returned to his home
1 at a late hour on Saturday nigni. being under tbe inI
fluenco ot nuuor, and proceeded to abuse his wile, who
! is a whito woman. John Stout, the son ot Mrs Williams
; by nlormcr husband, iiiterlerod to prelect his motbsr,
; ami the inluriaied negro seized a stone and threw it at
Stout, strikiug mm on tlie head and Iractunng ibe
| irouiul bone, i he injured umn wan removed to the l.ong
, Island College Hospital, where he uow lies iu a cr.lical
coudition. Williams, who is a laborer, aged tony
] year a, made Ins escape, but was arrested by Otlicar
| Keby. 01 the Twt'lith prectucl. at an early hour >es,
terday morning. He waa locked up to await the result
ot the injuries luflictod.
A BARROOM FRACAS.
Patrick Coamings, of No. 1,137 Thiru avenue, ana
Frank Callaghan, ot No. 1,131 Tbird avonua, become
; involved Jn u ijuarrel with each other on Saturday
i night while playing cards in a restaurant in Sixty-sixth
1 Street. The result was mat Callagban stabbed C'urn1
uiiugs twice in the back with a pocket anile, uidictiug
severe though not dangerous wounds. Callagban admilled
at the Filly-seventh street Court, yesterday,
that he had stabbed cuinmings ,n sell-deience, and
was held lor trial in deiauit oi $l,oou bail
A CARELESS OFFICER.
Catbarinc Kail, aged thirty-six, of No. 324 Fast
Twenty-sixth street, was accidentally shut in the left
breast while staudiug in the doorway ol her residence
by Officer Smyth, ol the twenty tlrst precinct, wbo
; was in pursuit ot a gang of rougba, and carelessly uis|
cnurgoU hts revolver, iuo wound is considered dangerous.
I
WORKING WOMEN'S WRONGS.
DOW THEY ABE DKFBAUDED OF THEIB JUB* ^
DUES. ^
Women wbo ure compelled to rely upon the labor of
their bands or brain*, and wbo have not the strong
arm of father, brother or nusbuud to protect them, aro
subjected to wrougs and Injustice of which the general
public have little or no knowledge. lbe records of
that very excellent institution, the Working Women's
Protective I'uion, show this only too plainly. This
Union, which wits organized iu 1 Hti'.l "to promote the
interests of women who oblaiu a livelihood by employ1
incuts otbor than household service, and especially to
I provide tbem with legal protection from the frauds
and tinpoiliions of unscrupulous employers," baa
| during the past sixteen years performed a work of aer!
vice to tho working women which is not to bo lightly
| estimated. It is not au uncommon practico for employers,
lindiug that they can dispense with the ser
vices of tbeir employes, to discharge them with a bal1
once still due (hem. Indeed, some make It a eustom to
! retain a portion of the weekly stipend anent the time
! of dischargo.
duo of th* most common frauds practised upon women
is that cow well known us the sewing machmo
swindle. Under the guise of benevolence, too Irei
quonily, unscrupulous agents Induce the seamstress to
purchase a sewing machine, to be ]iaid for in weekly or
| monthly instalments. At least this is the supposition
| of the seamstress. Hut when the arrangement io
| about to be consummated a printed form Is handed her
I for her signature, which is but a lease of a machine to
her at a rental or $o per month, while a verbal piomtao
{ is given thai, when sho has paid $12 or more rent, the
machine is to become her own property.
Kelyiug upon ber credulity and her inability to discriminate
between iho lease and the verbal promise
| the victim is entrapped. She holieves that the money
! she is pacing per month is making the machine
i securedly her own. Tne agent Knows full well that by
I one failure to pay the monthly instalment,
lalnng hack upon the lease which the seamstress
has boeu induced to sign and the character of which
i she does not comprehend, he may seize and repossess
; himself ol that by which snu is to earn her livelihood.
, 'this in iy occur, and iu fuel it has loo frequently been
l be case, mat tile seamstress has nearly paid lor the
I iiiaclnne aud was within only ouo or two months of lis
! actual ownership.
sue has no kkokbns.
If calltd to account tuo agent falls back upon tno
printed torui, and snows that 11 was merely leased at
$ > per mouth. Sue says sho was paying fur the machine
by lusiuloieuts, and that wbou she baU paid the
lull amount u.cWtd lor tfie machine it was to become
her oan property, the wily agent asks her lor written
proof ol her staiemeut, aud presents the written form
signed by burseli. Sho cauaot controvert it- So
ho lakes iho machine, but little worn by less
than a year's use, und her labor and money are gone
beyond recall. Tbo woman is robbed uud the crafty
agent is protected ny the law. Th.s can be called
noiuuig more or less than a systouiutic swindle, and
the meanest kind 01 one at that.
In partially breaking up mis swindle and in present
log mo ra.-call lies 01 ineir agent to tue sewing tua'
chine companies the Union tins done excellent work.
Another (urm ol this swindle is ill luducmg tue poor
woiiiuu lo purchase a machine under iho promise ot
keepiug her iu cobslaul work until 11 Is paid lor. Instead
ol paying her lor the work done all is credited
ugaiusl the machines, and she Is compelled lo work in
tno direst povoriy or see her machine seized and her
previous work go lor nothing. Innumerable instances
ol' this most contemptible swlu .hug could be given
if it were necessary The uhovc is hut one of
the impositions to which working women are
subject. Since mo Ursi of the ycur 443 complaints
against employers have been presented lo tbe Union lor
redress. The majority ol these cases consist of potty
evasions ol just claims. The merest pretext upon
wuich to base dissatisfaction with the work performed
is seized upon tor a retention ol a portion ol the wages.
Generally tne amounts retained aro small in tne eyes
ot the employer, but sadly large in tbo eyes of ths
employe, since necessity increa-esiho wortb ol a penny
beyond its nominal value. Lamentable as tbo fact may
be, yet it is true tbat the most of these complaints ore
mude by womoa against women. Too oiten, uud.r the
highly moral guise ol Indicting an alleged deserved
punishment, these poor women are robbed of their
hardly earned wages. Tbe case of a leading actress
was noticed among the list against a seamstress lor ths
making ol a theatrical robe, (It) 91. Another case Is
that of a tasbioaable milliner on Broadway
against a trimmer, the figures standing at
(70. Then there is a distiugu sued dressmaker, wug
also has her emporium ou Broadway, employing somewhom
in Lho mueliborhoo J ol thirty airls. Mho has
; fully a dozen cases tiled against her on the collection
i book, ibu Oil is covering all sum* Irom $2 up to $30.
I One 01 tbo most suuuieiul lruud* is that ol a lace emj
broiderer lie advertised lu the papers lor pupils who
j wished to learn tbe art ol lacewora, statins that ho
would Hud work Ivr his scholar* us soon aa they were
proUcient. Ouo poor girl gladly responded to the adveruseinent
?nd applied to bun lor instruction. Ha
I agreed to teach her thoroughly iu three or four days
' lor the sum ot $lu, and ibcu Had her work. She paid
j him the money aud begun her course of Instruction,
i He tailed, however, to teach her as perlvctly as hs
j promised bow to operate the machine, alleging thai
j he hud cot time. The result was that at the end Ot a
: week be bad her $10 aud her work, ana *b<
j was no moro competent to run an embroidsring macuiue
ibuu when she took her tlrst lesson. She demanded
her money, but it was reiused her. She asked
: him lor work, but that was also denied. On her comi
plaiul to the l.'nion (bat institution entered a suit for
| her against him, which was decided In her lavor, and
ne wus lurced to pay the bill, costs and abend's lees.
| During tnc nour that the reporter sat tncro twcuiy-Uvo
: complaints were Illed by Mr. 1'arsous (the attorney
; employed by the L'nion) lor prosecutl.u. The piaintllls
] covered all classes ol trade aud conditions. 1 here were
! milliners, dressmakers, nurses, governesses, fur sewi
ers uud corset sewers Some hud largo bills for eol'
lectioD, aud others a "widow's mile," but all cases,
great uud small, were listened to utioutiveiy, carolully
jolted down lor invt-sligniiou, and the clients, each in
turn, dismissed with such words of encouragement as
their case ucmuuded. It will thus be seen that the
Working Women's Protective L'nion is doing a gratu'
ttous work which should commend it to all who are
charitably inclined, to mose who love Justice and who
litii.ifo ilm u'nr.it nf the MaaLur that "the laborer la
worthy of his lure."
BROOKLYN ROBBERIES.
Joseph Hull fell asleep ou his doorsteps, at No. f
Phillips alley, on Saturday night, and was robbod of
his watch and chain.
Detective Koch, of the Third precinct, arrested An*
drew O'Connor, ol No. 104 Wyckoll street, yesterday,
on a charge ot stealing a gold watch end chain from
John Slavy, ot Seventeenth street.
Kilty dollars' worth ol wearing apparel was stoles
from the residence of Mr. Kraucis Barrett, of No. 411
I'uion street, and William McDermolt. of No. 20 Hail
i street, was arrested lor the robbery. He is held foi
examination.
Francisco Janerio was arrested and held to answet
for stealing a pockotbook Irons August Keiche, at iheu
hoarding house. No. 32 Haul.lion avenue.
A quantity ol sans, vaiucd ul $60, waa stolon fron
tho scboouer Sophia Uebrinan, lying at the loot ol
Court airect, on Friday night last, The property was
yesterday louud in an unoccupied building on Van
Brunt street.
T. s. Wood, of No. 45 South Fif'b street, caused tho
errcst ot Ins son, Charles U. Wood, yesterday, ou
cnargc of stealing a watch and oieer jewelry, valued
at $too. The prisoner, wno is nineteoa years of age,
IS ueiu i or court.
The rei-k.enco of Charles (iarlman. Liberty avenue,
was burglariously eulcrcd on Saturday night and $40
, was sioleu Iroiu tlie pockets ol Curlu.un, who waa
1 asleep at the tune. Access was gained to the houae by
. means of a rope ladder, which the rogue attached to ft
second story wiuduw.
VENGEANCE BALKED.
The little son of Thomas Murtagh, of No. 22$ Bug
Fifty-ciphth street, was bitten some daya ago by
Spill dog belonging to James Dempsey, living In the
I same house. Murtagh asked Judge Kasmire to ftve
I him an order to have the dog killod. Judge Kasmla
I related the order, anil Murtagh said be would havo the
i life ol the dog or his master. On Saturday afternoon
Murtagh loaded his revolver by Inserting one cartridge
in the muzzle ol the weapon, the cup helag turned outward.
Oi course it could not he hred oft ibua fixed,
but probably that was the luleolton of Murtagh, who
does nut look by any means a dangerous kind of uao.
He then proceeded 10 Oempsey's rooms and met that
gentleman on the stairwuy. He snapped the revolver
at him tour times uud once at Mrs. Dempsey, who
came to save her husband's lito. Murtagh wua subsequently
arrested uud urraigned before Judge Kasmire,
who held him tor trial in t&ou baiL
| OUTRAGE ON A RAILWAY TRAIN.
At a quarter-past five P. M. yesterday a Hibald reporter
got into the train which leaves Yookers at that
hour for New York by tlio Hudson River RMlroad.
i Shortly after tne train moved out of Yonkera staliea
the conductor commenced collecting the tickets Jk
decently dressed youug tnan, evidently under the ifttluence
ol liquor, was rilliug asleep on one of the seals,
when the conductor demanded Ins ticket, and he replied
that ue uaii already given it. The <onduclv>r Informed
hnu that lie must e.tuor pay his lure or leave the car, but
thu man insisted he had pml his tare. Tne conductor
thereupon pulled ihu bell-rope so violently that he fell
ou Ins back, exciting lliu laughter ol some of the passengers.
The Uughier seemed to irritate him conaideraoly,
and alter collecting the tickets Irom the rest of the
passengers in ihe car nn went up to the Intoxicated
man. took tioid ol him by the collar of his coat with
j boilt h;uul?. pulled him violently up on uia feet and .
! ordered him to leave the car. The man resisted the '
\ pulling and reiuaed to leavo the car, but did uot rata*
1 his baud to strike or use any violence whatever.
On his reiusal the conductor struck hint violently oa
the head with his clenched flat, and then, taking hift
puccb in bis icli har.d, struck the unlorlunate meft
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