The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-01 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS NEW CHURCH.

Yesterday the Rev. T. Dale, Vicar of St. Pancras,
preached a sermon at St. Pancras New Church on behalf
of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who fell in
the recent attack and capture of Sebastopol, taking his
text. from Judges, c. 5, V. 12--" 4wake, awake,;De-
barah : awake, awake, utter a song : arise, Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam." The
rev. gentlernan,then referred to the present struggle-iu
the East, and described the efforts of the Czar of ItUssia
as an at Edriipt 'Ur eatztlish-might over right, and to' crush
the progress of freedom. A liberal contribution was
madi at the doors.

HER MAITESTY'S CHAPEL OF THE SAVOY
1-2 (STRAND).
The Reir. John Forster, M.A., delivered a discourse
from isaigh, c. 213, v. 4 and Trust ye in the Lord
for evei , for inthekL6rd Jehovah is evdtlasting.streogth.
For He 'hringeth down them that dwell on high : the
lofty nit/ He layeth it low, even to the ground ; HO

bringeth it even to the dust." Our church, he said, in
her daily prayer, teaches us ever to pray, "Give us peace
in our time, 0 Lord ;" and such is the appropriate spirit
of the prayer which is offered up throughout the land to-
day. Indeed we can scarcely too much magnify the inesti-
mable blessings of peace ; and, opposed as a state of war-
fare is to the spirit and to the leading precepts of our
holy faith, assuredly its continuance could only be jus-
tified by a necessity of the most pressing kind, while upon
the head of him who commenced the conflict in which we
are still engaged must rest the grievous sin.

ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.
Yesterday the Rev. Dr. troly preached a sermon on
the subject of the present war, but especially with re-
spect to the recent success of the allied armies in the
capture of Sebastopol, taking for his text the 144th
Psalm, verses 1 and 2—" Blessed be the Lord my
strength, which teacheth my hands to war and my
fingers to fight ; my goodness and my fortress, my
high tower and my deliverer ; my shield, aid He in whom
I trust ; who subdueth my people under me." The rev.
preacher gave a vivid history of the present war—the
" bloody business " of Sinope, the destruction of Sebas-
topol and the Russian fleet—and said that, unless Rus-
sia was stopped in her career of tyranny and aggression,
and her power destroyed in the Black Sea and the
Baltic, the peace of Europe, but particularly that of
England, would always be menaced and in danger ; but,
while all must deplore the losses of our armies in battle
and by disease, they must all feel congratulation in the
success of our arms. At the conclusion of the sermon
he made an appeal to the congregation on behalf of the
London Orphan Asylum, when 10/. 16s. was subscribed.

ST. MARY'S, LAMBETH.
The sermon at this church was preached by the Rev.
Mr. Langham, who took for his text the 32d chapter of
Genesis, and the 10th verse I am not worthy of the
least of all the mercies and of all the truth which thou
Nast showed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands."
The rev. gentleman noticed briefly the victories achieved
by our arms, and concluded an appropriate discourse by
some reflections on our successes over the Russians,
and the probable result of the war.