The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-06
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1859.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Rev DE- Gardner Spring, Of the .sOd Brick church -
taW YORK, preached sermon al HnmpdeD Sidney Col.
see' va 90 sunday, the 10Th ult DIR. S. aocoapa
neo y s"o elders o. hIs church who for par
pose o. inducing the Rev ". j. Hoge TO accept The
..ssant psttofsp Of bis church This the second call
Mr. hoge has received flom Ne~ York
Csmmond Kennedy sometimes called the .sAmericaa
spureeon and the "Boy Preacher" Southern
Tor hrsi'h hnd VAS recently IN Atlanta, Ga
The Board OF Directors OF Baptist Coportage in vir-
Dr. Manly presiding. report Of the isbors OF the COL
porters fof the past three months read by the Gene
RAJ superintendent, OF which the following il summary
whole number OF Gays employed, 1882; number Of FAM
lies visited II 1888 with $40 OF whom they prayed or
covered on personal religion found 306 families dest
ue OF the ole and ass destitute of all religious books
except tho bible delivered 5y7 sermons and addresses
gave away 500 20 worth of Bibles and S4S 90 of other
religious BOOKS, and cold s3657 Is worth Of Bibles and
other religious publications This work which has been
commenced within the last two years. has been rapidly
progressing until now these self denying 10 be
found IN every portion Of Commonwealth. The Beard
nave determined TO enlarge their operations with the
opening Of the spring They aiming 10 send Bioles
and good books into every destitute family in tine State
At pro re.nata meeting Of the PresbysEy Of Cincinnati
o. s., on Tuesday the 22d ut Rev. j. NJ Drake was, at
his own request dismissed 70 unite with the Presbytery
Of Zanesvle and Rev. VIM II. Van Doren, of tho Chassis
Of New York Protestant Reformed Dutch church, who
at present aboring in the Presbyterian church at Col
eee Hill, N s., was received member Of Presbytery
The Prcsbyery Of Puget Sound in connection with the
Synod OF the Pacific, o. S. constituted at Olympia in
september last II TX composed Of three ministers ard
three churches viz REV. G. f. Whtworh OF the Pres
bytery Of New Albany; Rev j. W. Goodel OF the Presby
tery OF oregon; Rev g. W. Sloan of the Presbyery OF
Ohio and the First Presbyterian church of Olympia First
Presbyterian church Of Sellacoon, and Presbyterian
church Of Grand Mound This Presbytery embraces an
Of than 80 600 square miles and bounded on
the east by the Cascade mountains the south by the
Columbia river, on the west by the Pacific and on the
north by the Straits OF De Fuca and the British
Rev i. lockwood Rocky Hill, Conn, who has been the
pastor OF the Congregational church in that place for
eight years has accepted the appointment of District
Secretary Of the American Tract Society for Connecticut
and Rhode !siaad. in the place OF Rev. Amos Savage,
deceased.
Over SIS 600 was subscribed in Louisiana in one week
TO erect q Southern Methodist University.
The following story will DO for iustration-A
respondent Of the Baltimore Chian Advocat relates 1t
OF New York moister, who desired to make scusston
in preaching on the cruchcton. dc instructed the
on when ne got TO nat part Of the discourse he
describes the darkness overspreadiDg the heavens
draw doso the gas giving isht only enough to make the
darkness visible The sexton, however, awkwasdy put
the gas out altogether, which COMPOUNDED the preacher
hat he was unable to proceed. Some OF the trustees Of
the church hurried 10 the sexton tue lobby ana nqur
ed what the matter. Greatly his ohagrip NOR
nhcaton, as wei as that OF the preacher, ne Obliged
to explain.
LENT--CATHoLIC REGULATIONS IN THE new YORK
DiOCEss.
To-day is Quinquagesma or Shrove Sunday, and Lent
commences on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on the
9th Of March,
The festival days Of the Episcopal church after the
mencement OF Lent areFrst Sunday in Lent March l3
Palm Sunday, April II; Easter Sunday, April "a Low
Sunday May l. Rogution Sunday. May 90 Ascension Day
or holy Thursday, June 2; Whit Sunday or Pentecost
June ~ Trinity sunday June 49, Corpus Christi Day or
ftte Diu June 49, and the LIST Sunday in Advent Nov.
81 These all The movable festivals Of he Episcopal
church in 1852 except septuagesma Sunday which came
On Feb. 20.
The regulations in the Catholic docess Of New York
for the observance OF Lent are as follows for the present
year
l. All the "week days of Lent, from Ash Wednesday
ill Easter Sunday, fast days precept
with the allowance Of a moderate collation..
2. The prccept Of fasting implies also that OF absti
nence from the of flesh meat But By dispensaton,
the of flesh allowed this diocess at prin
cpa meal on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays Of Lent
from the first Sunday until Palm Sunday.
next after Aeh Wednesday
A. The abstinence from flesh meat on Palm Sunday
which has hitherto been observed in this dlooess is ds
pensed with also on the following Tuesday although in
Holy Week the faithful are allowed by dspensation, 10
use flesh meat at the principal meal.
There is neither fast abstinence to be observed
Sundays OF Lent.
8. 1t not allowed to use fish with flesh meat the
game meal.
There no prohibition TO use eggs butter cheese
provided the rules Of quantity prescribed ny Tue a Dc
complied with.
out not OF abstinence FROM flesh meat except specia
cases Of sickness the le) the following classes of per
s-Frst the inrm second, those whose duties
an exhausiDg or aboous character third whC
only attaining their growth fourth. women in preg
nancy or nursing inians tn, those VINO are eneebled
by old age.
But these persons should be persuaded Just grounds
that they are entitled TO exemption from precep-so
That their not observing IL may give offence TO their
own consciences scandal to their neghbor For this
purpose, they have any doubt they will do well
suit their spiritual director their physician. They
should however, cherish the interior spirit Of this holy
season, the II they able to comply with the
exterior observance Of fasting ana mortidcaona spirit
Of sorrow and computation for SIM spirit of prayer and
recollection This is the duty of all and without this the
act itself would be rejected by God.
The public religious exercises during Lent, in the
churches Of the city, to commence each evening at
O'Clock, will be:
On Monday in the Church of the Nativity and Assump-
ton Germany.
On Tuesday, in st. James st. Joscph's, St. Vincent de
Paus (French) and Holy Cross.
On Wednesday, at St. Peters, Most Holy Redeemer'
(German, St. Francis Assissum, st. Francis Xavier's
St Annes, St. Michael's and Annuncatlon, Manhattan
vile.
On Thursday in the Cathedral, St. Andrews st. Ste
phens, 81. Coumbas, st. Brdgets St. Alphonsus, aud
st. Laurence, Yorkvilie.
On Friday, in st. Marys, TRANSFORMATION, St. Nicholas
Most Holy Redeemcr, Immaculate Conception, D. v NJ.
and st. Bonace Germany.
BY order of the Most Rev. Archbishop
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lis Third avenue, near Fourteenth street..