The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-28

The Sixth A.Aiversary Of the Protestant Episcopal
Brotherhood Of Nov York wss celebrated last night IN
st. Bsrfholonew's church. on the corner Of Lafayette
place and Great Jones street hs pas. seven
the hour Tor tho commencement Of the serces-therc
were but very few persons present owing, perhaps
inclemency of the weather.
Divine service commenced by . voluntary apon tn b
organ after which Bishop Potter and other cisrgymsa
entered the pulpA and .he Iitsny was resa sna
prayers were offered up An anthem was then ctasaute
by the choir -
rbe First Epstle of Pau, TO the Cor;otb;.ns wa sne
Eeaa, followed by another anthem by the choir.
The annuai report OF the Brotherhood was then ysad
hom which 1t appears that eighteen siuitac
ral members Of the church have been assisted BY IA
Brotherhood The charity fund of she Brotherhood il
to the assstance If those who are not members Of t
society. Cases which tho Brotherhood would pI.ifv
assist were passed. over during the isst year
rccoupt OF the limited Of the society. The
Brotherhood cares for the widows and orphans of Ia.
church, and for those needing assistance among the men,
GERS The report ended with s1hnrtation mera
bers to connect themselves with the Brothsrhood.
The Goth hymn was then SUNG
The bean z ihAa shine from zOn's hin
The n; k;ns !; TSe r. ssss. i s.,.n,s towers
Among mo- l.. The nations . he shal Judge;
AND crush No sinners pride.
History the General Theological Seminary. preacnsa
the annual sermon. He said:-
of the FIRST Epstle sf Paul to the Conshans 18th
verse.
Charity was not q. empty sound. 1t was thssymso of
true liberty, although much abused For what, tnen is
band Ss S 11i'n ali yp
oe sac Of us-el in one brothsxhoodq To see one
n TO see the other and bsothery affection and the love
81 Goo becomes hame that all tne evil OF the worlt
not quench But is this a me pic lure Of fancyY-can-
not this be realized earhP IL ia the tendor our
s s.r Then s thy will
Is heard even the devil turns from it., for he knows
there il q good time coming And 40, brethren we be
prey for, what we hope for and what live for. The
world Is fun of hope. KDo ~sdgs is increasing every
sent state Of things however much necessity there may
70 for wa ness. Hope is good thing what
may be asked Is our hope in such state Of thngss 1t
is that the rod Of true religious knowledge shall swallow
up al the her rods of partial knowledge We are now
in the bread Of Christian owedgs yet W. are to
aud hope cheers During all trials OF the church tae
sunshine Of charity, regret to say has always been
sadly deficient True love, believe, win come in the
uure An age shall come whom love shall be great
est powernot that kind OF love that sacrifices the head
upon tbeatar Of the but that love which exercises
been coended for through ages by people of all creeds
and times Love toe principle Of increase and
daton OF all solid growth. But she has yet had time
to do her work There was time when the heathsns
sald "Bebold how those Christians love anothe!"
AND in those times the church gained great numer
cal strength. the church IL that time had ceen as
marked by charity she by faith we should not
have witnessed Christian civilization with want
snd misery in It, and heathensm set up within is very
tnple All this Is ohe result of one-sided develope
ment OF Christian Ee. Because it is sided we took
Tor better sgs to come when the spirit Of Christ shall
be more fully eevsOped when the tongue Of strife shall
cease and that knowledge which only pufsth up shall
yan1n tha nor sn0 pass away Let u.s. then appreciate
foundation OF al faternities societies and brother
hooos which has in all ages entered largely into the
spirit Of the Christian church These works Of charity
belong to no rne particularly, yet ali acknowledge
work that should be done by somebody To whom eoss
this work belongY The clergy y overworked by thar
nspires few individuals to work for Chris. as he ha
worked for them But love inspires few 10 oversev
the mere letter Of their calling it also inspires them o.
ban6 together And although the soldier cares out ts
10, his ccmsde in the camp the march vet in tn
midst Of battle be inspired and urged on oy the ores
sure OF shoulder against his In accordance with
this we find tnst the principle Of brotherhood led
all sges, to Christian associations In the rst hree
ages, these associations took hold of every aud wo
man snd made them the special agents for advancing h
WORK OF the church, and the church was at that ms
great hive IN which the working bees decidedly in
the majority. Since that tne heresy, hypocri es an
dronet have crept into the church and ba
nothing but Christianity could successfully resist The
church resored to system and love organized
matte charities and worked efectusiy or the church.
All these associations regard simply efforts Some of
them rise and some Of them not but the and wheat
must grow up together and II proper caution be used
great coed shall of them. In working for the good
Of the church. let those Who love the sword cling to it.
and these who prefer the rowe take this also In repair
ing and building up the waste places Of the church. Bat
In conclusion the best societies to abuse
and should be cautious Of the principle upon which
they based. To make all brotherhoods useful mutual
comfort and aerna equality necessary and should
be ct the foundation Of them all. nothing has
been admitted ino the brotherhood that now address
which initiates sganst their spiritual fathers and in the
name ofCh1ist bid you on In the good work you
begun.
collection in aid of the brotherhood was then taken
up, after which the audience dispersed