The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-24

prepared to hear al he had to say They had beea - II
were all the week In preparation, and they came with
alo induced study Of the Bible which . different
thing from the cursory manner Of reading IT, in which
on. a no H a' .9O s bs
Sunday Schools alone had worked many conversons
but they had prepared the minds Of the people
who had attended were much more likely 70 become
vertsd
The Rev. Or BrTHusR next came forward, and sup
ported most eoquently and ut considerable length the
Of the last speaker He urged . further
for maintaining the Sabbath School system, the i'm
portance Of educating youth in this country where,
pendenco ready 10 take more important part In
the government than they were in other countries He
Of eIpounding tho Scriptures, not encouraged in
this country and that the audiences craved rather after
rhetorical effect than the reading and exposition Of
Gods word; and this again made the maintenance of
Sabbath schools moro necessary than In abiding
TO the difference between this and other countries the
reverend gentleman said that the many who had gone
TO Europe would return the delighted with their
privileges and prepared to sie In its very BIRTH any
thing that would tend to rive this great moderation
This produced a spontaneous burst Of appreciation,
which. Notwithstanding the time and place with
difficulty quelled At the conclusion of this address,
collection taken up in aid OF tho Sabbath School
causc, and benedction concluded the exercises con-
siderably after ten o'clock
DEDICATION or NEW CHURCH.
The Methodist Episcopal Church (the Rev. DR. Kenne
day, pastor recently erected the Of Pacific
and Clinton streets, opened for Divine service on
sunday is an extremely tasty and commodious place
Of worship bnt in modern style Of architecture the
exterior being Of brown stone 1t Is capable Of accom-
modatne zoo persona tho seats being free and those in
the body cf the church all uniform with comfortable
cushions By the statement read by the President Of the
Trustees, it appeared that the cost had beeAcf the
building 0o0 the lot $4,000; furniture and fittings
s.o00:-totsi s2aooo The contributions had amounted
TO $4,000 and they hnd raised upon bond and mortgage
$40 oOo thus showing deficiency Of 5000, to meet
which subscription was proposed to BIO taken up. And
ut the mornings meeting alone names given 10 for
different from $500 20 Slo amounting in the aggre
gate TO upwards Of 50 600 The Rev bishop Waugh de-
vered the dedication discourse selecting his text
Holiness becomes thy house, oh Lord for ever" While
he repuaated certain forms and ceremo nies he upheld
the manifest propriety Of consgning by conservation
and use, building sanctuary To the worship Of God
He alluded to the two instances Of tho conservation Of
the Tabernacle. and that of Solomon's Temple In the
first. when he had fnishcd the work "Moes was not
able to enter into the tent Of the congregation
the cloud abode thereon md the glory Of the Lord filled
the tabt rnacle." (Exod xl. 3i) uore was o visible
manifestation Of the Divine approval In the second
when tho Temple was consecrated to God, we End
striking evidence Of Gods approval We gather con.
clusyey from these two instances enough show that
such CONSIDERATIONS arc acceptable to aod when
in the true spirit of pety they set apart
There nothing supcrstitious in the setting apart
houses for tho worship of God Though must not
under the dspensatlon 1t was our privilege to en-
JOY expect sgns and tokens in the days when tho
Temple and ;be Tabernacle secrated. But 1t
was necessary likewise. to consecrate whole bodies
and souls and all that We had to the service OF God
The first consideration he would offer TO them tho
infinite condei ccnson Of God in accepting and having
ahouse earth This had struck the royal dedcator
Solomon and in the midst or the conservation, he had
paused and exclaimed But will God indeed dwell upon
tho earth ~ God, who aloue could such
ton had done most gloriousy, through his prophet
Isaiah Who thus saith The Holy One, who inhabits
and dwels in holy places also dwls with them who
humble and contrte in spirit" Tho point the
kind Of holiness that became his house, and 1t
holiness arising from the Of IT. and under this por-
ton Of his discourse the Rev Bishop took occasion to
point out the proper demeanor and conduc. 90 b. OBJ
served within It's walls both by preachers aud hearers
and rcrrimsnded practices too common to both. The
dedication that they were about to cner, in
pray and aithe only one which now,acceptabc-
the burnt offerings under the Mosaiac dspcnsaton being
typical Of the things TO come He then congratulated
them on the commcdlousness Of the building which
offered facility to his brother ministers 70 preach the
word Of God 10 three times tho number OF the former
congregation; snd particularly the fact Of the pews
being fee to AL ~ he hoped to geo thom In
oueon. he exhofted his hearers to cra.o their
hearts to the service Of God and 10 their
ergstion BY every dgcnt exerion not by going about
in the spirit Of secaranisn to prosyts those who
houed in other religious housesthat he repudated "A
too mean for the Christian oharactcrbut by bringing
tho-s who into church At ALL and there
OF such more In this city than would III al the ohurohs
numerous IS they were. The Row Bishop then offered
appropriate prayer, and the DoaooFy chsu by
the choir, concluded the mornings services.