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Ministerial Movements
Chat By the Way.
Synagogue Worship?A Clerical
Sportsman.
PROGRAMME OF SERVICES.
r?i. J. 8. Dodge, Jr., wtll prescb la the Church of
Our Saviour this morotng on "The Ground* of Faith"
Md la the evening on "Our Father la Heaven."
Or. ltia?c Wescott will tell thu Baptist Church In
Weal Forty-eighth street ibia morning why -Ever?
Man Stood in Hit Place." and in the evening will leo
lore lo young men.
Dr. David IngMa, of Brooklyn, wtll preach IB the
Collegiate Reformed Church in Fifth avenue aod Forty
Whit street thin morning and Dr. Vermilyea tbla
waning. Dr. M. is. Hiriton will deliver tba usual
Wednesday evening lecture.
la elxlh Avenao Reformed Church the Rev. W. &
Merrill will preach tt the usual boura to-day. #
In Spring Street Presbyterian Church the Rev. W. D.
Nicholas will preach this morning and evening.
Bishop Potior will admlnnter tba rite of confirma
tion In Si Mark's Protestant Kpiacopal Church this
afternoon, and Rev. K. 1. fc. Pratt wtil preach there In
the morning.
Dr. Ewer will officiate at the usual hoar* to-day la
81 Ignatiu*' Protestant Episcopal Cliurrb.
Dr. D. H. Wheeler will preach Ibis morning and
?vening In St. John's Metbodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. W. U. Lea veil wtll take his tarcwoll to-day of
Ibo Stanton .Street Hapusi Cburcb. Rev. 8. J. Knapp
will tako chlirgo there next Sabbath.
The Rev. G. S. Plumley will discuss "God With Cs"
Ibis morning In the Fulton Street Reformed Dutch
Church, una in thu evening will consider some thing!
?bout "Abraham ibo Western Emigrant."
"The Mediator," "Breaking Hedges," are the
themes that will be discussed to-day in the Tabernacle
Baptist Church by Rev. R. B. Hull.
The annual rernion lor the Home for Old Men and
Aged Couples will be preached In Calvary Protestant
Episcopal Church this evening by Rev. Frederick
Courtney.
In Triuilv Baptist Church the Rev. 8. Alman will
prcach tins morning, aud in the evening G. W. Hill
mun will conduct a song service.
At ibe Harvard Rooms the Spiritualist* will bold
their usual services to-day; also atRcpubllcau Hall, In
West Thirty-third street.
At Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church the
Rev. John E. Searlcs wifftcll the people this evening
"How to Make Money aud tbe Right Us* of Money.''
Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church will
be ininifeturcd to to-ilay at tbe usual hours by Rev. J,
U. King.
"Contrary Winds" and "Saved" will bo considered
by Rev. S. Coluord in Cbickering Hall to-day.
"The Coldest Word in the English Language" will be
ipokcn this morning by Rev. Fred Bell, in the Acad
tmy or Music, Brooklyn, and in tbe evening "A Great
Dccciver" will be expo sod.
In the American Froo Church the Rev. C. P. McCarthy
will discuss "The Being and Unity of God" this morn
ing aud "The Trinity" this evening.
Dr. Armitage preaches In Fifth Avonue Baptist
Church this morning on "Infiuenco" and In the even
ing on "Upbuilding."
Kev. Edmund R. Sanborn will preach before the
Church of Ail souls' Newark, at Park Chapel, thli
niorninc and evening.
The Rov. J. Johns will preach In the Free Tabernacle
Methodist Episcopal Church this morning, and In the
evening will lecture on "Orange Peel on the Pave
mcni."
In Bleocker Street Universalis! Church the Rov. E.
C. Sweeiscr will speak about "Ilouso Cleaning and
Heart Cleaning" this evening. A Sunday school con
con win bo given in the evening.
Rev. S. H. Tyng, Jr., D. 1)., will preach In the Church
of tbe Holy Trinity this morning and evening, and in
the afternoon the Sunday scnool anniversary will be
bell
Rev. R. B. Clia pin will preach In Canal Street Pres
byterian Church this morning and afternoon.
Rev R. S. MacArthur preaches this morning and
evening In Calvary Baptist Church.
Dr. J. 11. Flagg will ofllciato and preach this morning
In tho Church of the Advent.
"The Blessedness of tho Forgiven" will be discussed
by Rev. Dr. Deems this evening in the Church of tho
Strangers.
?'The,Great Promise" and "The Female Warrior"
will serve Rev. W, F. Hatfield lor lessons to-dajr In tbe
Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
"Overcoming" and "Remembering uod" are the
themes on which Rev. N. L. Howell will proach to-day
In the Frew Uaptist Church.
In the First Reformed Episcopal Church Rev. W. T.
Sabine will ofllciato and preacn to-day at tbe usual
bours.
"Friendship" and "The Death of Mosea"wlll convey
lessons through Hot. J. S. Kcnnard in Grace Baptist
Church.
In Madison Avonue Reformed Church, this morning,
the Hot. William I.loyd will encourago his people to
go "From Strength to Strength," and in the evening
will discuss the first of a series of vital questions con
cerning Christ:?"Who Is Jesus Christ?"
A meeting in behalf of Italiau evangelization will b?
held this evening ai tho South Relormod Church. Rev.
Ma Mllllngen, of Constantinople, and Dr. Van Nest
will deliver addressee
In the Pilgrim Baptist Churcb the Rot. C. P. Farn
hnm, ol Rochester Seminary, will preach this morning
and evening.
l)r. 11. W. Knnpp will preaeb In Lalght Street Baptist
Church this morning and evening as usunl.
Rov. L>. II. Jutten will preach lu (Sixteenth Street
Baptist Church this morning on "The Law of Activ
ity?Do What You Can," and in the evening on "Sin
Leprosv and lis Cure.' Tina church and Sunday
school have just lost the efficient superintendent of tho
latter, Deacon S. D. ntirdlclc, who has removod out of
the city. He was fourteen years superintendent ol the
school.
To day being tho birthday of the Czar Alexandor
titer the usu.il service in tho Russian Chapel this
morning a Tt Deum will be sung in bis honor. Rev.
N. Bjerring will officiate.
A service ol welcotno will be given to-morrow even
ing to Rev. James M. Gray, pastor in tho Reformed
Episcopal Churcn, Java street, Ureenpoint, L. 1. Dap
tlsia, Methodists and others will be repreaented la the
?emce.
In tbo Church of the Heavenly Rett the Rev. Dr.
Beer will preach this afternoon. Services also in the
morning.
"War and Trade" will be diaeuased by Re*. R. Heber
/fewton this eTenir.g lu Anthon Memorial Church. Mr.
Newton will preach in the morning also.
"Kphralm Is a Cake Cnturued" will be proved by
Rev. W. R. Algor this mornicg to the sans [action of
the Church of the Messiah, lu the evening Mr. Alger
will discus* the "Immortality of the Sou I."
In the Church ol the Disciples of Christ the Iter. D.
B. Van Bnsklrk will preach this morning snd evenln*.
A public Kible class lecture is gtTen by L>r. Van Bus
kirk on Tuesday evening
The 'Society lor Kthiral Cn!turo in Standard Hall
this morning will be entertsinwd by Professor Adlorta
d'scussion of "Or,r Consolations."
Mr. 0. H. ?r<>thin;-,ham will speak In Masonic Temple
tbn morning on "Self Culture, ibo Aim uf Life." and
lu the afternoon on "The Doctrino of Atonement"
"The Chief Corner Stone" will be discussed in the
Church o: the Disciples (tils morning by Hot. (ieorge
H lief worth. In the evening tbr snnlvcrsary exer
cises ol Iho American Congregational loion will lie
held, when Dr. Dana, ol Norwich. Conn., will preach.
Cii Thursday evening aa Old folks' concert will he
given in tho cburctt at which ovsr one hundred singers
will appear In the costumes and Ine seegsof auld lang
**9*.
IIm- Kov. (Joorgo B. Vo/burg will supersede the
preaching ol Christ In the Bergen Bsptin Churcb ihls
evening with a talk about "The Ideal Wife."
CHAT BY THE WAJf.
The troth ctn always bear us own weight, but a lie
fl-jrt have something, generally soother lie, to lean oa.
ciieerlulncea la o?? ef the cardial rlftwc A mas
can walk mriher with a song than with a wall. Moth
lag trie* aa ao much ai grum-Ung.
if we Join la happr ebonu
Toe dail highway wtll much !ea? bora aa
Obituary notices have become a distinct department
of current literature. Hera ta one which ecoBomiaea
! worts scflcienily:?"Led by curiosity be peeped Into
toe mutxla of bit father's gua Tba funeral waa well
ai leaded.
We have Juit beard el a man who ba* wr'.ttaB a
boo* on "Half Hour* with Intecia." Hi mult bavi
had a sad time of it Poor man, ho found It quite im
possible to tall lo one volume ail be did and al! be laid
id that perilous "Half Hour. "
Dr. Howard Crosby aajri tbat If a man w*.!l arlnk he
will drink, and that all the lawi la Christendom can't
atop hint. Tba total absilnenoe societies say, on the
contrary, thai whether a mao will drink or will not
driaa, nevertheless he ahall not drink, and that's the
end of iv Dr. Crosby baa the tense and the othera
have the lentlmenv.
A theological student declared that tba reason why
the Good Samaritan promised to psy the innkeeper
more when be came again was thai he had a letter In
bis pocket which mada It necessary tor hsm to start lor
the East the next day, and be nevar proposed to put
up at that hotel again
Poor luck, who waa lately execated In Georgia,
I looked about on the crowd assembled to aee him die,
and aaid naively:?"It was rum and bad company. " |
Wendell Phillips has never had a moment's unalloyed
bappinesa It has been the work of hu Ilia to exam- ,
ine the machinery of government and the doctrlncs of
the Cburch, Ic ordor to Ond a scrow loose sotnewboro.
When he finds It he grows wildly eloquent, and with a
magnificent command of al) the superlatives of the
language demands that the whole ooncern be torn
down aa worthless. If vou ask mm to put something
better in Hi place be shakos his bead and tells you that
avcry man has bis million anil that bis owa mission
is, first, not to do anything himself, and, second, to
find fault with overytning that anybody eisc does, j
!l this ba really ao then no man in the country has j
fulfilled bis destiny so completely as Wendell Phillips, j
His statue ought to be placed on Boston Common with
this inscription under It:?"The only man in the
world who nevar onoe lorgot that 11 was mi mission to
grumble."
a colored minister in Georgia having received a call
to a larger field ol usefulness sent to New Englnnd lor
a pair of ihoei twenty inches long. Hli reason was |
tbat hn ncvy parishioners demanded a man of enor- i
motis understandings.
A great deai ol the popular religion li Illustrated by |
the story of the little girl who, when she wanted to :
atsy up a little longer, lorced horself to gel into bed j
by crying "Rats!" which frightened her so that she
got between the shoots as quickly as possible.
Nothing so lascinuies the ordinary clerical mind ns ;
the story of the second advent. >lett are constantly |
fixing the date of ibat event and as constantly I
making mistakes. Wi remember the great Hillerue
excitement. Everybody, at least tbuso who had
more imagination than Judgment, gave awav their
worldly possessions, put oa their whito robes auil
ilther climbed into tho branches of trees or went up
lo the roof tops, assured that this world's affairs would
be closod up and that the explosion would occur at
or about half-past ten In tbe morning. News came,
however, Vbut the prophet in reckoning up the figures
had forgotton to dot und carry one, so there was a
flash in tho pan. It Is well enough lo get ready lor
the second coming, but quite unnecessary lo fix tbe
?xact date or It
We have great reaped for the colored sceptic who
said, "You Jess get a blue glass sasser, and see tho
'feet when you go ter raise de colieoksbuii. II dat suc
ceed I'm ready to b'leeve In de science of blue glass,
and not befo."
Tbe reason why Eve was persuaded to oat the apple
bsi at last been discovered by a Frenchman Satan
?aid to the listening couple, "E(T Mous. Adam eat re
apple, ba will become like our Dieu; but you, Mme.
Iv, cannot bocome more of a goddess than you aro
now." This compliment olosed tbi question with
??Mme. Iv.," and she determined to accept tbe fruit
which tho gentlemanly aovil ofTored her, even though
?he ruined tho universe by doing so.
The clergy are divided as to St Paul's meaning
when ho lightly and vaguely touched on tbe subject of
women preachers. Hut St Paul exhibits no ambiguity
when he says that womon who "prologs godliness"
have no right to wear "broldored hair, or gold, or
poarls, or costly array." Vou may read that text In
English. Hebrew or Chaldalc, yot yon canuot misun
derstand II. Now, then, gentlemen of the pulpit,
yonr work Is beiore you. This springtime, just as ibo
ladies aro about to blossom in all tho gorgeous varloty
of new costumes aud to robe themselves In such in.
describable fascinations ol color tbat they mako a con
servative flower garden hide its head In very shame,
will aflonl you an opportunity to open tbo campaign.
You bad belter, however, mako your wills and prsvido
lor your families beroro you go into the contest, lor no
man, lay or clerical, can hope to live through tbe sum
mer who dares to tell a woman that she really ought
not to bo so fearlully and wonderfully made up
We are always ready to laugh when some ono tells
u* tbat al the touch ol the Popo'B fingers a certain
dls-case waa cured. Tbat is, of course, all Romish
fanaticism, as (or us, we have got beyond ill tbat sort
of thing, liut the other day tbe Bishop or Ely told
tbe people who ramc lor confirmation thai wheu they
were sprlnklod In their Infancy they were regenerated,
although tbey were able to sea only Indistinctly,
?'But," he added, "as I now lay my hand upon your
boads Jesus wtll touch your souls a accond time, and
then you will see perfectly." There may be only one
real Pope, and he is at Home, but there are a great
uiany other people wbo would be Tory glad to think
themselves popes. Now pieaso don't say anything
against Romanism, because tt Is id very bad taste to
deny to otbors tbe rights^* hlch you yourselves claim.
The Froe Religious Association Is not so very iroo |
sftor all. Colonel Hieglnson said something which j
Th* Index did not like, and on the Instant tbe Colonel !
was put Into tbe editorial mortar and pounded with
the editorial pestle until be was nearly reduced to his
original elements and dust bad almost got back to
dust. Tbo lonny part of It all Is that tbo quarrel was
between those wbo insist that everybody sbull think "
! Just as he has a mind to. A profound knowledge ol
human nature has led us lo believe that unless every
body thinks as he ban a nund to ho should l>o com
pelled to do so; and, lurtbor, that nobody can potuiitily
thin* Just as he has a mln<l to unless be thinks exactly
as we do. It's a queer world.
Kov. Or. Duryea has lately developed n degreo of
muscio and exhibited a pugnacious tendency wbicb
ciu,pes no little alarm In pacitlc clerical circles. While
i speaking of the wuy lc wlncb the inmates of Insane
j asylums are treated ho taid that if any inmate ol his
iniuily were stricken and the health officer* wore to
attempt a removal to * so-called aryltim be would
staod at the Irout Jour with a revolver In each hand,
and probably end the controversy by becoming an in
mate ol I'otter's Field himself. This is the strong ex
pression of a strong man, who kno*s what he is talk
ing about. It bar long been a question with us whether
the Keepers of the insane would not be benefited by
ac exchange ol place with tlio lunatics lor a little
while. Just to see how their humane metnods would
work II applied to themselves. Tney would at least
| acquire some wholesome information on a very im
I portant subject.
I he Bishop of Manchester has been hiring ?otne ol
, the theatres of England and delivering addresses to
! aclors and actrosses. This is a move in the right dt
j rection. A great many ministers talk about the evrts
; of theatre-going to audiences who know more about
| the subject than the speakers do Aclors and ac
! tres>es are not the me.arnato fiends winch they ore
| painted, and It does little good to make extravagant
! assertion* from tbe pulpit which tbe pows know sre
I not true. Facts are Ucts. and though ono-hal/ of the
: assertions on this subject made by the clergy may be
I true, yet they (all without influence because tbe other
[ half of their assertions arc manifestly false. Half a
truth Is sometimes equivalent to no truth at all.
A CLERICAL ORNITHOLOGIST AND
SPORTSMAN.
The I'resbyisry of Rochester his 43 churches,
U6 of which own parsoti.iges. Tbey have con
tributed during tbe last occlosinstlcal year flUO.iiOO
for local expenses snd IJU.OOO lor benevolent
purposes The average benevolent contributions per
member is 12 22, and the membership u 8,000. The
: I'resbytery has 6$ ministers and 4 licentiate* within
I Its bound*. It ba? the honor also of a tportlng par
I sou, A 11 Katnborton, living in its Jurisdiction. He is
| a member of the i'resbytery ol lirooklvn, according
I to Presbyterian polity and usage A year and s ball
I ago he asked this Presbytery to drop bis name from
j Its rolls because be bad given op the ministry and
I takes up secalar work, otherwise field sports. Tbe
| Presbytery, however, look opon the ministry as some
tbtD| that can never be wholly demiued, and by tha
| eoostiiouon of lb* Cbareb they in prohibited irom
| disposing of a minister lo that free and eaay way.
There are three doors tnrough which a Presbyterian J
' m'.mster can pari company with his clerical brethren? i
; death, deposition and dismisaton to another corra
I spending boay. Mr. Latnbertoc has foaiid a back door
I ol tii? own and (one out. Hut the Presbvtery of
i Brooklyn wished bim to no by ona of tna conaiuo
1 uoua: cx;u. and tbereiore sent htm 1 lotter
: ol dismission and good standing to ba pre
| sented to the Presbytery of Rochester. That body
wa* also ootin-U ol the :?ct aud ni members wrote to
| bim and sought interview* wttb turn, out never sue
I ceedeu In getting a word or a line irom bim. So that
j he mil remain# nominally uuder the jurisdiction of
b:a Brooktyu brethren, who have twice cited b:u: to
! appear belore thrm on<: give un account ol himself. j
! Tins ihe constitution ol tha church require*, and if Wr j
| L.<mberioa :ni.? tc make return before the tali meeting '
, of Uie Presbytery hi- will be *u*lionded and alterward 1
I deposed :rom the ministry. But moantime Mr Lain. 1
uenou If busted w.tb the (tody of ornithology and !
lot live yeart ne lis* kepi a record of tbt migrationa of !
birdi il ibal latitude. !(, 1872ihe Qrtt robin* were '
observed by him there on Marcf. 28. Wnc geese were !
going north March 26 and enipc were tound- April 17. j
Thai wua a backward year. In 1875 robins came March
13. sparrows 17th, bluebirds 18ih. pigeons luu,. Snitie :
' and woodcock were found at victor March 38. In j
1*74 bluebirds arrived March 18 and snipe wore (hot *
March 21. li. 187.* the first room* were seet March <
11 and anlpc were tound April 7. It n tound by |
ornithologists tha; the male song birds migrate North I
aoout a week betore the hens, and when not disturbed j
1 in a nesting ground will return to the same place lor :
I years. Evergreen swamp* are the localities sr. which j
i the birds arc generally to ba tound Ural, as they ars j
! warmer than other regions, and thorn are toiue in- j
: stances of robtu* reinaiuing all winter in this latitude .
in denae swamps. Oriotes and bobolinks are the laat j
birds to arrive, and do not greet us with tbeir songs
until about May 6.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Tbe world movea, and with It also move* Italy. The |
latest surprise in Rome whs a parlor entertainment |
given by Kmc. Kistori for the benefit of the Gould j
Memorial. Tbo audienco, which was very select, and !
consisted of English and American tourists and tl:?-j
itiu of Home, crowdcd the parlor* of Mme. Gajanl. j
Bistort recited lo English, Krcnch and Italian. Mrs. i
Gould, an American lady, bad spent timo and money !
for several years educating tho poor children of Rome.
It wus hor purposo also to found a homo for the aged
and orphano i, bat uoath cut her life and her
worn short, and now others are prMecutins it in
her stead. The boys of the school bavo been admitted
lo the gymnasium by a special permit ot the Mayor, j
and on terms of equality with others.
Twenty yearn and more ago the F roe-Will Baptists
erected a heaiitilul and commodious church edifice
adjoining Broauwa.v and twenty-eighth sireot. The
neighborhood was at that time one of the most defer
able in the city. The church had varying lortunes,
aud Dually gave up the struggle. Ti.c building was
sold some ten years since to me Disciples ot Christ
(Cainpballiics). It was refilled aud decorated, and is
now one of the most elegant and couveuieni i
church e'lttlces in the city. The march of
improvement (?) has utterly destroyed the
neighborhood. Directly opposite if a theatre. '
adjoining which is ihe monster poo! room, in J
toe rear a inin?irnl hall, and next door to the church a j
great hotel aud restaurant, the headquarters ol ibo >
tportlug men of the city. To approach the place in {
the evcutng Is to run tlio gannliet ol rowdyism and .
shameless vlco. The church ret used fllO.uoo tor the j
property a lew years ago. It wits o fie red for tale at j
auction a few days ago and #74..VJU offered. But it was ?
protected by a tud ot $76,000 by thu owners, and thero !
was no sale. When the property is told it is proposed j
lo go higher up iowii. This is the church in which i
logorsoll and other "Ring" inen worshipped and held j
office.
Dr. Theodore L Cuvler. of Brooklyn, has been thlr- I
ty-ooe years in itio ministry aud seventeen years pas- j
lorot the Lafayette Avenue 1'resbyterian Church, oue ;
of the live largest churches in the entire denomina- :
lion. The Doctor began ins ministry in or near Wilkes- .
barro, l'a., but made his mark aany enough tobecalied i
to New York, and trom this city he went to Brooklyn. A I
couplo ot .-'undays ago he commemorated his eutr.inco ;
into the ministry by a review ot Ins work. During his ;
ministry he lias preached 4,eOU seriuons. received Into |
the ciiurciies of winch lie has been pastor 3,83.) mem
bers (1,700 ot the in on prolcssion of faith), aud pub
lished about 70,000,000 copies of religious articles.
?w pastors can show a record like this, and we should
like to hear of the oue who has done more work in a
similar time. Dr. Cuylor is well kpown nsa successful
pastor, a sound and offcctivo preacher and a prolific
writer for tbe religious press.
CONSECRATION OF UISHOP SPAULD- j
ING.
The consecration of the Right Rev. John Lancaster
Spalding as Bishop of Peoria, 111., is settled for Tues
day next. May 1, being tho KeaBt of rits. Philip and
James, Apostles. The solemnity will take place at ML
Patrick's Cathedral, Now York, Cardinal McCloskey,
Archbishop of Now York, being the expoctod conse
crator. Bishop Spalding was born June 2, 1840, at
Lebanon, Ky. He was ordained prlost December 10,
1663. He will lack thirty-two days ol being tbirty
soven years old on tbo day of his consecration.
The'following programme of music will bo per
formed under tbo direction of tho orgunlst ol 8k l'o
tor's Church, Mr. William T. Pecher:?Grand mass.
No. 10. B Mat (Haydn), solo, chorus, orchestra and or
gan; Gradual, "fu est I'etrus" (Dosvlgnes), chorus,
orcticsira and organ; Offertory, Laudato doratnum,
alletuja chorus (Handel), chorus, orchestra and organ;
To Deam (Anton Andre), chorus, orchestra aud organ.
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.
rRKHnVTKRIAM.
Tho Presbyterian press uro a Utile troubled last now
to Know whether me Churcb has too many ministers
or too low. They aro on both sl<lcs of this question,
lomo maintaining tbat the ministerial market Is
glutted, whllo others Insist thut churches are multi
plied laster than ministers. A correspondent o( tho
Observer shows from the Assembly minutes that last
year there was a net gain of seventy-eight ministers
and ofQIty-two churches, though the contrary appears
to be tho rosult.
Hot. Dr. Thatcher Thayer, of Newport, R. I., has
recelvod a bequest or $10,000 from the late John
Alston, ol Brooklyn, N. Y. v
Rev. Dr. K. W. BIydon, of the Prosbytsry or West
Africa, has been appointed Consul at Monrovia, In the
Republic ol Liberia, by the King of Swodcn and Nor
way.
The minutes of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church show 1.239 ministers, 203 licentiates and 101
candidates, malting a total ol' 1,01)3 at work or In prep
aration lor the ministry. An approximate estlmato
gives 2,000 congregations, 100,000 communicants,
65,000 persons in Sunday schools; voluo of church
properly, 250,000; contributions d\iring the past
your, $350,uOO; twenty-eight ministers bavo died
during tho past year.
ilev. Norman leaver, D. D., Into of Brooklyn, has
accepted tho call ol tho Kourtli Presbyterian Cuurcli of
Syracuse. The llev. W. S. Stiles has accepted a call to
the Second Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, i'a.
BAPTIST.
Mr. Carl Danun, who has labored earnestly and
efliciontly among tne Germans nl South Brook'lyu.and
gathered a church thero, was last week ordained ind
installed pastor of the same.
Dr. Kitiniiaui, pastor of the Taborr.acie Charch,
Brooklyn, has baptized forty-throe persons into in
fellowship linca January 1. Dr. Kambaiil u to be one
ol the prcacher* in the National Mjinln/ .School lleot
Ing, to be held in Boston next month, and also one (if
the oriftors 'it the next commencement oi the Wuliain
Jewell College, in Missouri, of whlco bo wns at one
time president.
1 lie Kcv. J. snencvr Konnard was installed pastor of
tirace Baptist Church iu this city last Tuesday. The
Kcv. William Hay no Lcavell, ol stunton Street Church,
New York, lias accepted a call to the Kirst Bat>tist
Church, ol Manchester, N. II. He preacho* hit lure.
well sermon here to-day an.! will begin bis ministry
there next Sunday
Tne Kcv C. 1.. Van Alen, of New Marlborough, Ma?s.,
has accepted a call to Pawling, S. V. Kev. Mr. Bald
win, ol Albany, uas accepted a call to Oxford, N. Y.,
and Kcv. James Kaincv begins his pastorate with Hie
church at Mehoopany, Pa., lo-da> I'hc Kev. J. 6.
Carr has flo-ed hi* pastoral work at PiermoDi. N. Y.
I'hc Kev. D. Mncgregor, who recently returned from
Ohio to Great Britain, has settled as paMor at Kbyl,
North Wales.
A movement Is on foot in Philadelphia to have a
Baptist orphanage.
I iie levtvai in the Baptist Church st Cazeuovio has
beet. -?u? or great power. Pony-four have been re
ceived ?itioe the li^ol February. Kev. K. l.ucas, pas
tor oi the Kirst Church at Trenton, N. J., baa baptized
seventy-two since January 1.
roma.v catholics.
Kev. Thomas Kemiug, D. L)., pastor of St. Mary'i
Church, Hudson. N. V., died lust Monday morning.
Bishop Currigan, ol Newark, N. J., * returnee from
Europe last wiok. He *>,i? welcomed by his brother,
I lie* 11. W. Corrigan, of r>eton Hall College, and other
j clergymen, who sccotnpinned him home.
The Pop* hns deionnmcd to tend a special delegation
' to C'Hbad l Dr. Uoorgs Conroy, ihe Bishop of Ardngh,
I Ireland, has been chosen lor this Important office. Ho
wns for some timo .secretary to I animal Cuium. H:s
1 Jurisdiction will include Hie whole of British North
| Amenro. He :s now n; Home receiving Instructions
1 from the Propaganda. He nmy be expected here to
j ward ihe latter part of May, and In the ialt be will re
. turn to his own diocese, whic.b during his absence will
| be placed in the hands ol an administrator.
I The Kev. Stephen Hubcr, of Wheeling, W. Va., haa
| recently commemorated hi* 'Stiver Jubilee"?the
1 twenty-flllh year of Ins entrance into tho Catholic
priesthood.
M KfKOPIST.
The Methodists nt Payette, Iowa, recently dedicated
a no? cir.iren eat flea wiiich cost them f\000.
Mis- Mary Porti-r, who went out to Japan nnder tha
auspice- or the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
live yi-.ir- iio, has returned to her borne in Davenport,
iu'.vn Her heuith rapidly improved daring the home
ward voi sue.
St. Paul's Methodist Kplicopal Chcreh In this city
oonirioiiied to benevolent objects during the confer
ence year Juit closed the sum <>f $14,774 bi, besides ita
current expenses about $8,00< morn. i ho lienarn;
Misitonary Society received flfyiltS 4R ol this sate,
and the City Churcb Kxtanaion and Missionary society
91,47c 11
Daring tba tares years' psavorate of B*r, W. 0.
I Steel#, Juat elosee ai Fleet Street Cboreh, Brooklyn,
: there waa a net lucrease ot iJS members and of fitly
i probationers Mr. Steele la a hard worker to any
I pariah be goes la
Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
i Brook lm, added 124 oonvert* during tbt past month.
[ The Methodists ut ('obi. New Yurie, dedicated a new I
| church editire there last Thursday.
Bishop* aimp-oo, Harris and Haven were In tlJfs 1
city last week. Risnop Harris n sitii bore, and next '
month will probably nettle here permanently.
1 The Koutn Carolina Conference of tbe Methodist ,
Episcopal Church baa voted in tavor ol reducing the i
representation in tbe General Conference and against 1
any modification or ct.aniis of the liluiTunt cnarai tor
of the episcopacy. The statistics ibow n gain of 707
mcuari ic lull, but :? io?s of 1.007 probationers,
making a net Iom* of 300. There ix a net cam of 44
local prennl.cn, 2U cuurchee, it parsonages. 34 Sunday
scuooij. lob officers and teaeuers and l,ti72 scholar*.
meofuuK
The He*. Emerson Jessup baa laktn charge of Cal
rary Church, Saffield. Conu.
Rev. 1'hlliipa Brooks, of Boston. !k going to Europe
In June tor a tow months' needed real.
Hishop .-mini, ol Kentucky, will reside Ic New York
after M.ty I He lias ltv..o ir. Hobokes, N. J., lor sevo
rul yearn past.
i'?>torai resignations are reportel ot Rev. K. & !
Burforu. o: Calvarv Church, New OrlOun*, of Rev. |
Geor.'e H. Hlbbard, ut .St. John's Church. Uhacu. N Y.. ;
to take effect October 1, ot Rev. J. T. Hu ctieson. at |
M. Andrew'* Church, Sequin, Texas; of Rev f. W.
Mitchell, ut Christ Church. Sprnghcld. Ma, ami ol |
Kov. W. O. J.irvts, at I nutty Cnuruh. Kredoma, N. Y.
Acceptances o; pastor.it<*s arc also announced n? fol- '
lows:?My the Rev. a. Morun, Trinity Church, Bristol,
R. L ?, oy Her. W. Y. Nichols. Christ Cliurcri, rlaruord.
Conn , t>> Rev. C Mcilvsia Nichoiaoh. Trinity Church,
Seneca Kails, S. V.. and tjy Rev. R. T. Thorne. Trinity |
Chapel. New Haven. Conn.
I he Rov. i it Watson bus accepted tbe rectorship of !
tbe Church of the Good Shepbofd, Hartlurii, Conn., to ;
take vitrei next Sabbath; ami Rov. George a. Teller |
that o: St. Joun's Church. Mount Morris N. Y. l'ne ?
Rev. C. Duwc, has accepted tn? call to St. Mary's ;
Church. Kranklln, l/?., Rov. W. L. Githens, ol SC I
1,0 ma, Mo., goes to Kureka. Cal.. next mouth and Rev. j
S. 11. Greene tost. Matthew's Church, Dallas, Texas.
The Kev. (,'. 1- Kisciier has accepted the rectorship of :
8L Paul's Church, Cuillicothe, Ohio; Rev. J. W. Dunn
that of Cmvary Church, aeuaila. Mo., and Rev. M. V, .
Averl!l that ol St. James' Church, Manitowoc, Mich.
KKVOfttt l-.i) (Pl'TCII).
The Reformed Church at ilabylou, 1* 1., is In great
?trait* It has a big ueut and a small congregation and
no pastor. The atimlay school li?? IM pupt.s aud the
tielu in a growing one, where a good man might build
up a strong church, a factory is sbortlv io be built
there that wilt give employment to 400 persona.
The Rev. Mr. Garrison, of Laurel Hill, 1. 1., bos
tendered his resignation to tne Reformed Church tn
that placo. Reason oh his part, cbil.* And fever con
tracted there; on the church'* part, inability to pay up
salary over due. The North Long Island Class is re
fused' to dissolve the paatorul relation and ur;od
brother Garrison to hold the fort a little longer.
The Koiorined Church at Newtown, I., has been
donated lour lots in the heart of that village, a most
eligible location. The pastor. Rev. Mr. Warnsch would
liko either to movo tlio old editlce to the now lots or
sell it and rebuild. Hut mis will call lor money, and
as neither his church nor the classia to which they.be
long has that arncio to spare he and tliey must slay
where they ure. Tbe church ilnds difficulty In paying
$3u0 toward the brother's saury, and ihc Hoard ol Do
mestic Missions which promised birn (400 fell short
$100, and thu classis which paid him $100 tinds ItsoK
u uablo now to do that. The poverty ot the cuurchoa
Is a universal cry. Urothor Wcrnsch, too. would like
to reugn and uet a butter Held.
The Reformed Church at Kallsburg, N. Y., will cele
brute the seventy.tilth anutveroary ot lis organization
May 16. The church at New Ctrecht, L. 1., will cotn
memorato iho 200th year ol its toundlng about the
sauie tune.
iho Rev. N. I'earse, of Now Salom, N. Y., has ac
ceptc't a call to the church at Now l.ous, L. I.
The missionary receipts lor March amounted to
TV. anil lor Iho llscal year iroin Jli)' 1< 1870,
$4o,0T2 14. Iho treasury needs (20,000 be I or.: Mny 1,
but is not likely to get it and the missions must sutler
In consciitifiice.
Dr. J. Halstead Carroll, lato ol Brooklyn, Is suoooed
ing admiraoiy tn Nuwburg. The American Rotormed
Church at that place, at us lust communion, received
sixteen now members.
The l'rusbyicriaii Woman's Board ot Foreign Mis
sions for Hie Nortnwoai met ou Thursday tn Chicago.
Mrs. Kumlcr, ol Cincinnati, conducted u model mils
?louary meeting lor tuc ueni-bt ot the large audience
present; Mrs. Youug, of Iowa, read a putier on "Con
secration;" Mrs. Kerry aud Mrs. Robinson, ol Michi
gan, read napers ou "Christian .Steudiani ness.Other
iiriet papers wore read, oltlcers wero elected and the so
ciety decided to meet next year at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
An enthusiastic temperance revival is going on at .
Mlddletowu, N. Y. It ts led by Rev. Charles M. Win
chester, ol lirockton, Mass. Aootu eight hundred per
sons have already taken the pledge. Hundreds nightly
are tinahlo to gam admission to the hall ;n which the
exercises arc held.
Kev. iC. l'ayson Hammond is holding dally meetings
lo Seneca Kails, N. Y., and tbe whole region is moved.
Over tour hundred persons proioss to tiavo been con
verted, and among the uumtier are some of tho lead
ing men ot iho place. Anout two hundred persons
have accompanied Mr. Hutntnond twice to Waterloo
and crowded meetings have boon held there. That
locality was never so deeply moved.
The Rev. Dr. Sunderland, a uoted Unitarian minis
ter, of Chicago, resigns ms pastorato to-day, having
embraced more evangelical views.
The Church of All Souis, Newark, N. J. (Unitarian),
bavo removed to Park Chapel and iltred up a very
pretty placo of worship. The society Is without a pat
tor, but regular lay services are held by various mem
bers, with occasional original discoursen
rilOFANATION OF GOD'S NAME.
BEBMON BY THE REV. DB. MS.XDE8 AT THE JEW
ISH SYNAGOGUE?"THE GATES OF PBAYEB."
The Rev. Or. Frederic Oe Sols Mendcs, Rabbi of the
Jewish Synagogue In Forty-iourth direct, csllod ??The
Gates of I'ravor," delivered a sermon yesterday loro
noon on iho subject 01 the profanation of God's name,
talcing as his text?irotn Kzcktel, ixxvl., 20? "^'non
they over came among tbo nations whither they went
they prolaned tbo name of My Holiness." Tbe Rev.
Doctor commenced by alluding to the depreciation of
biblical commands by modern Bible reader?, who, lor
gotting their'prosetit advantages, looked down upon
ancient legislation. Thwy think it unnecessary that
such Injunctions as tboso concerning lying and theft
snould be formally pnt into syllable* and words
when they already exist In Iho unspoken language of
tbo mind. But this feeling is an artificial one
brought by education, handed down until It becomes
a portion of every ono's intuiltvo knowledge. Of all
the large amounts of this received instruction, said
tbe lecturer, thcro is no sentiment more universjl
among civilized and uncivilized mankind and in every
phase ot religion or superstition than that of vcuera
non for the Deity. No matter under what shape the
j people thought of God, whether as the invisible
Adonai of Judaism, or as a Deity who commanded tiro
aud sword for luhdcls?or whether the uativos made *
biock a god, ? stono their protective genius. iho
I person ol (he Deity was always held in tbo
| nigncst venoraliou. To iliat sentiment, rape*
i ciaily poweriul among Israel, a certain Hebrew,
i 1,300 years ago, owed hit condemnation, and Judaism
j in a depreciated form Ha spread among half humanity.
! Universal and poweriul ?? this abhorrence ol bias
phemv was, we rend lo-<lay, a?id the Doctor, of an
I instance ol ilie en rue's commission wherein Moses
| wan not prepared to uct. The Doctor then road Irotu
. Lcviiicus. xxiv.. the account ol a mat. who wi.i con
I vicud ol blasphemy. The lecturer based his remarks
upon tlim iiici'ient, and spoke, tlisi, o! the man, ami,
| second, of hw crime. Scripture did not hatnl down
! lUt' name ol the man, but certainly nol to i-|>aro his
J reputation with posterity; (or various malefactors lire
I therein, as in ?>! trt:e histories, held up lor our con
tempt and warnmc The reason was, probably, that
tie w.ii uol a lull Israelite. b?iog 11.it sun ol an K.ayp
i Dsn man. His heat ben origin bore wretched iruit.
lie blasphemed and w.m put to death. Ihe lesson whs
thai Gentile views und Goniile training cannot bo
eradicated.
?IJ\KI> XARRlAOtS.
Tbe question of mixed man luges is one of interest.
That such is tltscouutunHUCed by divtae law every one
know*, transgressors prtsuiiie'upon their strength.
"Hear not lor l?ie," says sucti a one, "I am loo good
a lie ore w tu be swaveJ by my wile It. religions ni'it
lets slid she loo good a woman tu attempt tu utter
? lere." Ever the same vaunt ol strength 'tnd power
| over temptation. the world has seen the rent:it *
> thousand limes. A little trtzle, light air, arises, a
1 dillerotice j| opinion, slender as u spider's thread,
which constant traversing makes stout aS the wagon s
rope; "a tin; rilt within the lute, that ?preading
makes iho music mutethe gap wuleuh, und words
are spoken that slug forever, burn ilu-mselve.- intc
the bruit, end lorrn lestering wounds no time c?n beuL
P.?0f.tMTV
While we condemn '.lie man and acquiesce in his
! punishment, said the lecturer, we must or careful we
? are not guilty ol Ms iiltne >3 s less degree. There
I were lure* varieties ol kxiiei.'ianhim <,proianuy)?ol the
| tongue, the baud aud of the mine!. IS many in uses
' God's name is tued in trivia, conversation te round a
j sentence, to give impeliiclo a statement l? ll.u a 111
use lor the name oi si, that is holy ? in ancient Jew.
| isb courts a: justice, il the parties flatly contradicted
j each other no out It wai io be admailsterod? evidently
' one would swear to 4 falsehood And yet we con
| alantly drug God's name Ir. on the slightest occasion
j and "pardon strong language" becausi' It is thoughtless.
! ought we not to .onuemii it because it is thoughtless r
Teach our chiUircr. lit.it gentlemen neve Use tl, truth
uovef requires It, language may be lirm without It, and
Its uso is a mark oi inlamy or irreverence. 1'rofnna
tion by ihe hand was committed by those who wore
taithloss to the mission lor wuich God ?et them upon
earth?the welfare of mntikmd. livery act ol wroug,
of violence, :s a hillrihtuhim. Though other nations
walk in comparative darkness Israelites who boast ol
this distinction must ici up lo the plain iighl Ihey
have, setting the example in litmily hie, it: business
und other intercourse o the sancilllcatiori oi God's
name. The third specie? oi p>o unity is hap
pily rare among 'Israel. The insanity of sine
philosopher! would deny the cxisiencc o' God.
Is it not strange that those whose occupation
bids them trace tlie imprints of iltu creator m physi
ology, geology and astronomy yet deny ibe hnno it,at
I niadv the tu)1 ManKind nrc like children in the dark
j room of h camera?through the shutter come* the
? beam of light loal paints the O'.tlslde landscape ou the
' wall opposite, showing siutug Clouds, wavma trees
and filling birds. Phliosopheri now seem to be there
who persistently turn their Hacks to me shadow ?na
deny that the origin of that beautiful picture Is oul
siue. I/ei us endeavor to polni out lo men the rotirco
whence all that is besuiilui eometh bv a liberal and
reverential education ol tho young. "Fear God and
Keep bis eommsndmeutej nils I* ihe whole dutv el
man."
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.
omt v? cnoqrjtT obcujtcm.
To w? Editor of tbs Heralo:
1 would join your enfterers of to-day to tbe request
for il>? opening of croquet grounds In tfce Park. end
at 'be tame time would suggest that "tbe power* that
a little more llberai ibar. heretofore, and allow
10 croquet tOKether. In Hie
nrookiyo raric . believe it is done, and wbv should
our CotnraiMionera thow such an Illiberal spirtl?
WICKET.
A SOT7BCE OF DISEASE*
To tob Editor of tub Hxkald:?
I would like to call the attention of the Board of
Health, through your valuable columns, to tbe condi
tion ol Jicth street, betwocn svenuee Band C. with
filth. It ta no wonder that the soanet fever and dlpfi.
ihcrta were *o contagious '.bis winter in th:s neighbor
hood and lamilie* losing their children. If our legis
lature cannot nelp us what will tbe people ol me
neighborhood do 4 SCB.SCRIBKR.
BOOT THEM OCT.
To tbb Editor or tbb Ukrald-?
A sang of small lontera congregate from four to
eight o'clock id Seventh street, between avenue* 0
and render tbe block a perfect noleance. Will
the captain ol that ward please seo to It and oblige I
TAXPAYERSI I
To tk? Editor or tii Hkhald:?
Wur "Complaint Book," which really does so much i
good, inducer me to draw your attention to a very J
dangorous, boisterous lot of men and women gathering
oighily between one and t^ree o'clock In Sixth avenue,
between twenty-eighth And Twenty-ninth streets. If
Captain W illiams will look te iqid nuisance he will I
do a good work and prevent a goon doa; of iinscuiet.
AN 01.1) RESIDENT OF SIXTH AVENUE. |
To tub Editor of tkh Herald:?
The attention of tbe Park Commissioners Is callee
to the indecent conduct of the male snd female char
acters who occupy ihe bonclies at night in Washing,
ton square. itespeciable parties who pass tbroncb the
Park are shocked to ob^crvo action* ol a doubttui kind
pas* between tlie sexes. l^ii rlre gate* be placed
around the musical stand so that su?!> persons may
be kept out. 01,0 RESIDENT.
To thh Editor of tub Hkrald:?
I write in bebalf of the residents of Thirtieth street,
between Eighth and Ninth avenues. There Is a gang
ol well dressed loafers, who continually baug around
the oornor of Eigntb avenue, insulting most every
passer of The samo corner is also blocked up with a
lot ol children's carriages F. M. L
STREET OB8TBUCTION&
To the Editor of Tn? Herald:?
East Fourteenth street and the south side of Union
square, near Fourth avenue, aro still obstructed by
carts and trucks belonging to the livery stable there.
Mr. Douglass, repeatodly informed of this flagrant
uuisance through your valuablo paper, has either no
will or no authority to act in the matter, snd all com
plaints meet with tbe utmost fndlflorence.
UNION SQUARE.
DtBTT BTBEETS.
To the Editor of thk Ukrald:?
The residents ol East Eighteenth street, between
First ami Second avenues, are troubled with an ac
cumulation of tilth and dust on our block, which 1 am
sure has not beou swept as long as I can remember this
year. It is really a libame. What an imnionbe lot of
menoy wc pay tor taxes every year, and in tbe bargain
we get dirty streute and aro obliged to swallow tbo
dust wo pay to get rid of 1 L. H.
To the Editor of tub Herald:?
Forty-fifth street, between Broadway and Eighth
avenue, has not beon visited lor so long a time by the
city scavengers that It has got to be a nuisance and a
danger lo the neighborhood. Wo aro taxed a bleb
enough valuation, and pMy, too, und 1 ask this boon of
cur '-masters";?Do <tave it cleuued at once; an v how
?*?h end ol the block. OI.D SUBSCRIBER. '
ILL-PAVED KTBEET8.
To tbb Editor of thb Herald:?
I deslro to draw attention to tbe condition of tbe
pavement on tbo south side of West Fifty-fourtb
street, between Seventh avenue and Broadway like
wise to tho pavement in some parts between Broadway
and higtith avenue, a glauce at bail sidewalks uear
Seventh avonuo abio calls for an early remedy.
KaIR TREATMENT.
To thb Editor of the Herald:?
I would like to call tbe attention or the Street Com
missioners to the condition of the pavemont m Perry
street, near Waverley place. It Is in a horrible condi
tion?full of ruts snd the cobble stonos so loose that
the ooys have pulled out a good many# I have been a
resident ol that block lor tantvo years, and never, to
my knowledge, have there boen sny repairs made, and
I think It is time that something was done
PROPERTY OWNER.
FEDE8TBIANS* BIGHTS.
To the Editor of tbb Ukrald:?
I noticed in your "Complaint" column of Saturday
14th insL, an allusion to the blocking on H. K. Thur
bor's sidewalk, Kiade street, and desire to add my
testimony, seasoned with a just and righteous Indig
nation, respecting the eleven entrances belore which
wag9ns ore ovor backed. Francis 11. I,eggott and Fitts
ft Austin should be added, lor there ts scarcely egress
between boxes, ba.es and skids during business hours
early and into. Dunne street, oelow tludsou bemn
ning at (ieortfo F. G.intx Ac Co., L. Schell, Bear fc
Cottrell, ending at Georgo i'. Trigg ? Co. is always
more or lose impeded and annoying to travellers I
pum thro'jgu Ruade and Duaue si'reots twice every day
and ou Friday, tho 13th inst, ijanu h?d a heavy
wagon, horses also, ou :he WB.k; achell, two boavy
lumber wagons; Bear & Cottrell one, so that 1
was compellod to bass out lu tho middle ol the
street in the mud. Is there no law insuring pedestri
ans tlie llrst right and bring redress lor wronc? if
one civilly protests a saucy and lusultlng rupiy i>
given in return A LaDY PEDESTttlAN.
CREMATION OF GAltUAUE.
To thk Editor or tiik IIkhalu:?
You enn get rid of tbe "Garbage Nuisance" very
readily through tbe agency ol your Board of Health
and Pollco Department. Let mem direct every pa
trolman to notlly every housekoepor to ourn It In their
stove* and lunges ss last am it is made. I'hou there
will be uo accumulation, no stench, uc rate, mice or
other vermin. This is a very easy nud ch.-ap met nod.
PHILADELPHIA.
TWO HIX18 FOB TIIK PAl'.K CG'<1 MISSIONEnd.
To tiik Kditoh or ths Hkuald:?
1 wish to call the attcntiou of tbe Park Commix*
i slonere to the large ilmlid on the tree staudlng dlrcctly
t ba.-K ol lb* Latayette statue; tney obstruct tne view
I and beauty til tlio statue very much, and should ba
cut ofT; tno trto would also'look much better. It
| would ulso b.- a iplenaid idea If the commission wonld
| either iltu?li the louumin in Madison Park or nil it op.
i as it i>u* bvee a nuisance lor the last live or H.x vi-ars.
OBfKKVEa
I THE OBAXD l-TUEET CAIlft.
I To thk KniTnu or t:ik
I'ermit m? 10 cotnplatu of tun urand street Cross
towii line car. Tney are supposed to run from
Williamsburg lerrv to Jersey Ciiy terry, but instead
tney slop a long uiruuce from tbe terry on Oriud
street. ?iid passengers aic compelled to wa,K, run.
djiijn jr wado (a* ctrcuci-t? require] i he rem of
the way. sLMl-DAiLY l'A?:;LNGiCrt.
rnn wnx sr. n*xcbola&
To THK K.DtTOk or Tuh HsraLU
Allow in? through your vniuahie paper to ask the
Department of Public SVurU* how it is that ill tin Ku;>.
he ir'.ves leading iroia tne upper part o. Central I'ark
are kept wen watered aud no aticutioi: paid to tlu>
musi popular dr.vu on Manhattan i.-lanU (the jvenue
61. Nicholas). The dust ou iht u.'Mriii^on ol the -5;I)
was no dense that I found it almost impossible to mo
the ears Oi my norso. iiy Inserting this :n "?)ur Com*
plaint Hook'* you will bis uoiiiii a proa; :avor to many
OLD KIM Jd1 KK.S,
A ORIlirOCS" WIIONO.
To tks Epito# or thk Hkhald:?
: uDlortunstely belong or did boiong te that class
considered outcasts. My objoct in troubling you Is to
find out whether a policeman has the right to point
Die out to others as a tnlcf when he knows that I am
earning au honest living. ? can give tlio highest testi
monials irom my employers. For tbe last year I have
struggled to win back the contideuco of men, but !
find mat II is uphill work when the police take pleas
ure iu pointing tne out as s thief. 1 can get (.moral
well known business mou to testify that while ! have
befti In their employ 1 nave been intrusted with large
sums of money, and tbat 1 have never while in their
employ actcd dishonestly. NK.UU.
PETEH DWYEB'B ftlON. 4
Nkw York, April 2(5, 1877.
To Titn Editor or TftK Hskai.d:?
Your succors in abating nuisances has bcon so great
| that 1 wtsb you would turn your attention to s lar*
j cloth sign stretchod across the front of the buildliin
| occupied by I'eter Dwyer and used by him to hold
meetings In. The sign, bearing Itie word* "Dwycr's
Mission House; everybody come up and 2nd Josus:
open every night," Is a source of real annoyance to
the Ood-lcarlog people wbo live aboot narrow street
and the vicinity. Mr. Dwyer'i meetings aro looked
, upon kindly even by tboM who do not agree with bis
[ manor of eondnetm# than, bat lb If fUHva
I almost blaspnemoua la iU familiarity wlin hi
| saviour. ii fait causing indignation u> HI; tbe brtuu
I of hi* menu*, aud !o' tha good of the mum bo repre
I sent* ? change {5 the wording of tbia banner thoa!<l
? b* mnda. ! dc not writ# in a spirit of antagonism, bui
| rattier :rom ? ?:tfrora desire 10 re mot# frow Mr.
Dwyer's patti one (tumbling block and if promote tb?
good wil! which up 10 this lima bat been S:? ia '.ba
: Ntuih ward V. L~ V. U.
A BE.lL sctsasct.
To thb Editob or tbs Hkrai.d:?
Seeing every morning the mauy con.plalnta recordaa
under the brad of your "Complaint Boole,'' ! thought
1 would fpeak 0; a nuisance frequently occurring 10
our streets?ttiat of beating and shaking out door and
office mala. Knocking them against lampposts. boxes,
&c., on Hie ?:dtwaik, creating * cloud of dirty dnsi
tliat literal!* covers ?i! pt-dcatrians who lumpen to
pas* that way, Ctl:ng stores whore doors are epotu
Only tbis moruing a party tu our street near us neat
out two Urge mat* that created a cloud o! Just almo?t
enough to write one's name tn Canuot i'a:.? nuisance
be stopped' I mink by the ;ompiaiuu appear.n in
your paper tome uot.ee or the proper iiflcialii may be
iaken of .1. Hoping that thu tnay i>e me means ?|
stopping the nuisance, 1 aui yours, fce..
C. M. UOSEMa.M
HELP THE BLIND.
To tbb Editob of tub Bebai.o:?
By giving a place to the lollowing In yoar "Complaint
Book" you wiji confer a iavor on a great number of
our unfortunate citizens?the bilnd By Laws 1874,
chapter 404, the Commissioners oi Charities and Cor
rection are authorized and Inatructod to pay tba earn
of (AO to oaoh oStbU person who has been a resident c/
tb:s oily lor a period ol at least two years and who Ii not
an Inmate of any Institution, either publlo or private.
It is not exaggeration to stale that no class of our citi
zen* fullered mor?i Irotrj the rllects of the late bard
winter than the blind, but they looked confidently Ion
ward to receive ihis money sarly in the spring- which
would enable thum 10 replenish their exhausted Block
tn trade, consisting of aruclo* tor peddling, bot tn tbla
they were uoomod 10 disappointment. They have
called irotn time tu time at (ho oitlce ol the courteous
ano polished Superintendent 01 Outdoor Poor and inva
riably received an answer to the effect that "the press
ure ol business woum not permit attending to it Jual
now ; call again In ihe course of u week or so.*' Cannot
the Commissioner* bo persuaded to attend to this affair
immediately and thereby relieves considerable amount
of suffering' By giving this immediate publicity you
will earn ihe gratitude of these afflicted people. Very
respect fully. A. E. TICK,
Chairman Executive Committee. Adult Blind Aid Asso
ciation, No. 65O Eleventh avenu*
A boy's love FOB TBB OLD FLAflt
To tbb Editor or thb Hkiiald:?
Many thanks are duo the "Complaint Book" for b?
inn the medium through which "wrong Aidks have
been made right." and through which many things
have hud attention which otherwise would have re
mained dead to tlio interest ol the public, and 1 think
another drop would willingly be added oould you au<v
ceed In showing sotno of our citizens (?) the shame of
ustng our country's flag for advertisements. Soma
few men wrote to me ''Complaint Book" about tbla
mattor, seemingly without efleet. Now, tlr. Kditor,
don't you tUluk any American citizen ought 10 ba
ashamed to use the American (lag to advertise on I
Why can't they use a plain white banner! Surely,
the words would show clearer on It than 00 s colored
one, A certain lumitur'e house tn Twenty-third
street, between Sixth and Seventli avenues,
have a large American flag with the word
"Furniture" on it :n larga black letter*,
utterly spoiling mo looks ol our Hag, and using 11 in a
way very much opposite to the way "Yankee Doodle"
used it. J.el the manager ol that house (or any one
who has no more uouor than to use his country's Hag
that way) walk up Broadway aud look only onco 00
the picturo ol "Yuukeo Doodle," aud see the old whits
headed patriot marching, leading on. aud our flag by the
stdeol him, and men let those purties wbodo not b'onoi
our fiag be nskc.1 tf they think It ought to be used loi
such purpose- alter so victoriously carrying us through
our wars. Our lorelathers would not have done It.
Why should we, who ought to love our flag f Will not
some loyal American men help me keop the ball roll
tug and shamo those who apparently have no shame
In themt l'lcuso publish this it> your valuable "Com
plaint Book" 11 not trespassing too much on spaco,
and oblige, BOY PATRIOT
/iANCTITY OP THE FABK.
To thb Editor of thk Hkrald:?
I took a stroll in Cenirai Park last Sunday, and no
ticed the uncivil manner in whicn our citizens wert
treated by the Park police. A poor woman, accom
panied by her child, was taking a walk In the uppei
part of tbo Park, when she was suddonly accosted by
a policeman, who grossly Insulted bcr and threatened
to lock her up becuuso her child, having been attracted
by something In tbo grass and in stooping to pick tf
up, had pic*ed with 11 a handlui of grass. On cotnin|
homo 1 kiw one ol the keepers having tn custody twa
respectable young tnon. 1 learned that they bad beea
Insulted by some rowdies and had attempted to cbaa
tisu ihcm lor tnu Insult, out when partly successful
tbu keeper stepped up and look them to the head,
quarters, letting the guilty oscape. Is Ibis proper,
and are we to have no rodross? This is not tne brat
time 1 bavo witnessed these acts, lor I have also been
A SUFFERER.
OAMHLJNO IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
To Tns Editor ow tux Herald:?
I bo# leave to call the attention ot the lubllo,
through tho motimm of your excellent "Complaint
Book," to a disgraceful system ot gambling taught antf
practised in our public schools. At the end of eacfc
wuclc tbo cnildren of tbe primary department who
bave distinguished themselves by tbelr good
behavior, prompt attendance, kc., have tbeli
narnos inscribed upon ? "roll ol honor,"
Raid Inscription entitling tliom to "draw toi
the medal." Should (here bo. say, ten "good
boys," or as many "good girls," whoso names
aro thus Inscribed, all of ihom ?ro thereby doomed
worthy of receiving "the medal;" but instead ol each
ouo of them receiving this recotnponao they are it*
vited by their toucher to gumble for it, und the r?
cipient of the much coveted prizo is tilmply tbe oni
whotu ihn wheel 01 lortune m u game of cnance design
nmes. The modus operandi ol this peculiar method n
as follows i?The teacher writes * number, not Keen by
thu children. on a slate?it there are ten children com
peting he chooses ? number iroin one to leu?and then
calls upon the huh: ones, one niter the oilier, to nam*
* number. One lour, uuotber' exclaims six, tli?
third eijjht, tic. . the ctilld who is lucky ciioul'Ii
to puces the number written on the slate by th?
teacher wins, and, consequently, receives it llltl?
snvnr medtei with "Rood g.rl" or "good boy" engraved
u|>on it, which the recipient may wear a certain num
ber of days us a mark o: honor. 1 have taken tue
trouble to investigate this matter, and have spoken on
tbe subject to one ol the teachers of one of ourpublM
schools. I asked thu young lady why, if a cerlaii
numbor ol children were designated us' being worthy
ot "the modal,?' they did not eucl, .mo of them roceiv?
one? The answer wan mat the medal, being furnished
at the expense of ilie could not Milord
to supply a sufllment number of them for all ol
the pupus designated as worthy recipients of tbe
same, und therefore, irmu necessity, dispo-cd of oua
tneiinl by lottery, thus giving each ".wood boy" or
??good girl" a chance. Now, I submit that this sye>
tr 1:1 is simply a contemptible policy shop, faro ban*
arrangement, and I as It it such ? practice should b?
allowed to exist tfl an institution tor the reirtng of (b?
young, where anything having the odor of tho "tapu
t*rt." the "pool room" or the lottery scheme should
certainly be excluded ? Would it not bo well for tbd
i!oard ul Education to g:vo thu matter their attention I
J OS. POZNAXSKl.
FRIENDLY COLLEGIANS.
ORGANIZATION OF THE *LCMXI ASSOCIATION O*
THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY.
A meeting was hold yesterday afteruoon at tbe ofBc*
of L ulled slates District Attorney Stewart L. Wood*
lord, in th? 1'ost Olllce building, lor the purpose of or>
(urnr-iog an alumni association of the Phi Beta Kappa
society. Among those present were Proiessor Clarke,
luion; I'roiessor Adolph Werner, College City ol
New li'ork ; Stewart I,. Woodlord, Columbia; L W,
Havj, Harvard, Thouins Sultra, Harvard; Edward
D Delicti*, Harvard j >V. J. Washburn, Atnlierst;
Krne?? U. Orosoy, .New York University: Lefferts
Muieigh, Columbia, Frederick W. Hinrich, Columbia;
James Godwin, College City New York; Wlliium
Richmond. Harvard; Horace K. > Dmmng, Harvard)
John 1'. (irons, Howuolu; C. C. .Skiltoii, College City
New Vor?; K. W Kisher, College City New York;
Samuel C. (iros<, liuwdoln: Willard Bartlett, Co
lunibia; Mr Strauss, Columbia. Mr. Hoot, Ham*
Dion, Genera. Foster, Howdoin, and Will,
lain U. Daviet. Trinity. Tbe meeting was called to
order by Mr. Woodlord und Proiessor Clarke wai
cmllod upon to occupy tbe cuair. Mr Willard Bartlotl
re a?. llie constitution, which was approved and signed
by the members. The following olllceri were elected:?
S L Wooulord, president, General Wntib (Coiiegt
City of New York), vice prcsidcut; H. Crosby, trou*
urer and secretary; General foster, William P.icl>
mono (Harvard), Mr. Hoot. W. 0. Oavles and Willard
bartlett the Gxocutlvo t'ommtliea.
A resolution was adopted Instructing the committee
to arrange lor a social imeitng ol tho members at an
early date.
SALE OF ORIENTAL GOODS.
The ssio of Mr. Sato's collection ?' Oriental gooda
was concluded at their auctiou room* yeiiorday alter
noon by the Messrs. Losriu Owing to tbe rain the
attendance was small and the prircs were very low.
AC old bronze openwork c'.udlesliolc so!;', ior 113; a
line pairol Ola v.i-e.i. |:4 each, an old bronze vaie. o?
Buddb'.at design, tin. a bronze chariot drawn by a 'ittll,
#14, 4 bronze figure ol ahoki attacking an imp, JIT, ?
Clr.r.cso bruti/.o vu?c, flaring top, ilj, .n old lacquered
daimio lunoh box, i U. 50, a Kioto porcelain vase wttb
rich dosigu ol dowers, i2i. s hanging silk ecrull,
$14 50; suit Japanese armor, silver bronzo inlaid with
gold, ill, old bronze an.i lirsse tire box, $10; daimlc
lacquer despatch box, decorated with poonles ol hoavllf
etntiosse.l gold and sliver, 110 SO) pair owsri owrcelMa
Vases, 111; porodlatn sUippo teapot, %ii.