The New York herald., 1845-11-17

crowded congregation. The mild precepts of the
gospe were dwell; upon in the spirit Of Christian
charity. with an impressive solemnty characteris-
tic of the phanthropic mind OF this gifted preacher
He took his text from the 18TH chapter Oh Matthew
verses 81, 80, 33, "a and 3D.
The Rev. Gentleman in his remarks, dwelt on the
parable condnsd In the gospel OF the day being the para.
bic in relation to the grain Of mustard seed which was
likened to the Kingdom Of God The fundamentally
through which the gospel was promulgated me humble
position OF those who were selected oy me M
furnished sufficient proof that its early foundation
amongst the Pagans and Tho Jews was the result Of s'
dom OF Heaven is like grain Of mustard seed, whch
man took and sowed in his ieldi which, indeed,
up il is greater than any herb, and becometh tree
$50 that the birds Of the air and dwell in the branch
gel had to encounter originally in Judea from which il
gradually spread until, like the tree in the gospel It
reached and overshadowed the whole universe, over
spreading its branches upon which, like the fowls OF the
air the whole generation of mankind had taken refuge
thereon Such was the Word, which, like tho tree in
the gospel had overspread through Judea Pagan Rome
and nearly the whole Universe who henceforth
worship the Son Of God Many trees had not sprung
from this simple grain OF mustard SEED nor were mere
many birds TO take refuge upon their branches There
could be but tree sprngng from one grain pa
rent stem-and SO with the Gospel Of the Lord The
Hebrews had unearn all they had before learned and
to adopt new form OF worsniPa new code oi morals
They had to believe in the Trinity OF the Godhead as
we'll as in the divinity OF Christ in order to bssoms
the doctrine Of future rewards and punshments They
had believe in the Immortality Of the soul and the
Church of Christ became substituted in place OF the
Synagogue and succeeded the temples OF dolary. The
gospel was then promulgated through Pagan Home
The Jew Pagan was taught to beeys IN the then doc
give up and to follow the commands Of the Church
Love your enemies." says Christ do good to those
so Msc
taught that he who humbled himself would be exalt
% s Il. aus The snd
the Apostles, and St. John who had been selected
by Christ to propagate his gospel were all men Of sim
viour wanted to prove that it required supernatural
agency to promulgats his law, he would have Sc
iected the powerful, the rich the eloquent, who
would have the advantages of using their power,
riches and persuasive arguments to favor the religion oil
God but he went to the lowly and the humble. who
defiance at the Emperors and Kings Of Pagan Rome
vivid soquence, which proved the divine inspiration
under which they had acted until they eventually be,
gospel with their blood The gospel then spread
through Rome, Greece, and Asia. Amongst the other
difficulties that surrounded the Church. the prejudice OF
birth also to be encountered and thcre were to be
found persons who still retain their preudices because
forsooth they happened to be born in them. The Ro.
mans and the Greeks subsequently abandoned their
neurological practices, and stripped their heathenish
temples Of the gorgeous pageantry that surrounded
my beloved brethren take refuge nnder the branches OF
the tree of the Church. There is but tree, and
Of mustard seed whose branches will spread throughout
the universal world until all find refuge under them as
they spread throughout the regions Of the earth The
above but descriptive sketch of the eloquent dis
course Of the Rev. Dr. Pise.
The choir of this church, which is full and effective
performed with much ability during the service and
were well supported by the organ.
DR.. CHEEvER's LEcrURE-We listened to a very en-
tersinng lecture pronounced by the Rev Mr. Cheever
regarding the condition and present situation Of quite
obscure of people, who live in secluded dis
trct of country in the valley of Lucerna known the
Waldenses After very fattering description Of the
great magnfcence and beauty of the country-its AL
nine and subimity-surrounded by glitterinp
regions of eternal proceeded to detail the natu
raj and particular characteristics which Distinguish
this people-their simplicity and rugality-bearing
favorable comparison with other communities more eli
gibly and advantageously situated. They are sober
ing and their habtations are even more comfortesi
than those of the Gypses Their religion is of the
gecal faith nor will they be subdued or inmidatet
in their opinions by the most rigorous exactons OF the
Romsh Church. Their language is French though they
have vernacular made up Of the French, Latin ant
Italian, which it is most difficult to comprehend DR.
Dwight the first Of our clergy who visited them
which in 1926; and he remarked that although per
secuted and oppressed-shut out IRON the world;
They have schools established among them and thei
education is exclusively French. For eighteen centu
for sixteen of which they have been forced to yield to
series of most nhuman tortures and until the period Of
most despotc intolerance and nconsiderate treatmsn
that befel people to endure They are now res
csed in their religions opinSns and m To-
ing under the domination Of the Romish Church
| They dare not disseminate their creed and belle
among the Roman Catholics, (who hold all ofhce o
of civil g under the dreaded penalty of DEATH which
however, is at withheld upon their ability to shoy
proofs of their apostacy from their previous faith
most occurrence The Romish priests require tn
most humating Offices of respect from the Protestan
M aud mot long since young man was ,s%pr
ment the taking of his hat to procession of hosts
who were commemorating a most idoatrous service
Mutual neutrality-suspicious. printing press
and the arts and sciences totally forbidden
them. In the Sandman government, the King himself
evidence of which the Sardnan King placed himself be
hind the Bishop lin token Of his own nferiority at
of their religious festivals Frequent efforts have bee
made to supply them with books and other OF in
formation from this country which have been far i'm
practicable and unavailing and quite recently larg
collection of theological works retained by the po
lice at Turin destined for their use and benefit During
of their festival wee ks and at the time OF the King
first visit to La Tour order was made upon this hum
liatng class to place before their church door
to prevent the possibility of the Catholics mbbng thei
religious Impressions. It is quite impossible
they at present exist They at one time becam
quite extermnated; and from population OF hundred
Of thousands dwndlsd down to the nsignc,nt I numns
and after period of time returned to their abandone
homes repeoped and nov present population Of abou
twentyhree thousand. There other points connect
ed with this subject which ] must defer to some fl
ture period.
Altogether this was one of the most entertaining
deeply interesting lectures have had from the pulp
for many months II beautifully and unpretendine
ly delivered, and attentively observed
The Rev. Dr. TYING preached eloquent sermon las
night at St Thomas' Church. His text may be toun
in the 10th chapter Revelations, l2h verse The Rev
gentleman proceeded to speak OF the high mission q
the Saviour forbeara9ce long suffering and gloriou
triumphs sin and deathhis sacrifice the
and the redemption of sinners He earnestly called
his hearers to repent and attend to the duties Of religion
to support in spirit Of Kindness iberality and love
the Of missions that TIE blessings Of the regio
Of Jesus might be extended to ALI more particularly
asked their aid in support Of the German Episcopa
Church Of St Simon, in this city, which established
in order that the Germans might have the gospel preach
ed to them in their tongue. collection take
! up for this purpose.
The church at the Of Lsight and varick street
was filed last evening with large number Of the Bar
tt persuasion who attended for the purpose Of
the Rev. T.. L. Abbott, who had been for many years
mission nary in India, discourse the subject OF mission
in that part Of the world. After speaking at som
length the subject OF missions, Mr. Abbott said ther
at present, in the Karen country, 26 churches
gulary ordained ministers, 5000 Church members VIII
have been baptized, and about 5000 more no atten
worship, with two regularly ordained pastors, and .
native assistants. Those natives who have been con
verted, appear every Sabbath at church, neat clear
and orderly and the contrast between the unconvertc