New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-03

2S,h ohapter of Geress: And ne dreamed, and be-
hold, ladder re. upon the earth, and the t'p OF
reached TO besveu: and behold, the snges 81 oSu as
cendiug and deicepdipg on it, Tine sn9ect OF Dr:
Chapns discourse was Gods providence, ara the e.
feet of living faith therein. He began by saying that
Jacob asleep on his stony pillow, saw more IN ms
DIRE am than in his wakefal hour; LOT tns wGh ne pe
held WAS not decetfu and empty vision of the night
but revelation of heavenly reality. The vision OF
the far reaching ladder revealed the influence which
subssts between God AID man. jacob saw in his
dream what the keen-eyed man OF SCIENCE sometimes
fails TO recognize when wide awAke-the Divine aud
spiritual reality beyond and behind all things The pro-
undest nductiOns of science end in the primitive
truths Of religion If. by the vison of the ladder
ming from earth 10 heaven, and the ascending and de-
scendDg angels, God signied q the weary ira veer
Of Bersheba His care for him, is not this still the
sweetest and most needed tru b. that God cares for
man IA Truth which distinguishes religion from mere
philosophy, gives meaning 10 PRAYER, and sustalns all
those Influences which evolved by the doctrine oil
Divite Providerc e for amount of philosophy ever
made man religious man. There is something IN
religious life snd influence which stands by ITSELF aud
this ests on the idea OF the close communion OF H1u
with man. Ii is very significant truth but how lttie
realized that God is not far from every one OF us'
The heaiben nations with all their philosophy, never
rived at il. That the infinite God throned on hlsa
beyO nd all space, whose glory all things prochn t,'
he re members us continually with his love- anu Is al
wsvs near 10 u.s. This is truth that ia -lt the more
the more the religious life is developed wlnln as nf
plain it may, man, standing on ths ~ 40 11i -
earth with decay and change ali arOunu ms sum p,
ceiv.d O reatiorshp with the Divine and has reached
out as if he dmly and vaguely felt that that inuhte
Coptrolltr cared for him, aud would resPou 70 s ~
lifted PRAYER This truth of Gods providence "hlen
Jacob saw as applicable 10 individual ana race ts
Christian sees as Applicable 10 all meu and all mankind
The intercommunon of God with man Is the great
trpth of Christianity Not read by the lgnt OF tnls
t,utb history is like sboreess ocean, ana all that
A. ais upon t. ats without ru9der, without compass,
xyhont rlot The text indicates that the relation be-
tween heaven and earth is not distant or a strange
relation. We speak OF earth and heaven as OF the
timing Of page-as one very much Ike thls-as In
dioating only space and time. But the differ
ence between the two worlds is difference
of essence and quality and living our lie a.
God requires to live we may be continual tenants OF
Heaven. Dr. Chaplin next ehoTed that the law OF
true growth from above and from 6eneatn, was re-
veaed in the vision of ascending and descending angels
In all spiritual growth from God came the help and
blessing; from the effort and aspiration Was not
all Irsyer Jacobs neutrality-suspicious. going up ana
blessings coming down-God and man mlnghng'
How doe truth come into the world Generally soil
taIy, To men who stand on the upward round OF tue
ladder who zee the consultations rise before they are
seen by the great of the people; TO elevated lofty
minds, G. sends his trutho class high IN thought
rich in their rec-ptvity and mpuses ard they STAND
and catch its in tu nces that they may transmit them
downward. In tbis way the results Of humanity have
been achieved. The s"urse was Gle sed by refer
euce 10 wtat should be the Influences of the sanctuary
A mysiic ladder is in the house of God by viii n we
cGb TO him and by viii III he comes do "n 10 u.s. TOD
grant said DIR. Chaplin that may eIper nee this;
and # we 90 we shall saw as Jacob did: " The Lord
is here this is other than the gate OF Heaven
The BleecEer-strcet Uairersa1ia Church. corner Of
Downing street, was reopened yesterday for morning
and evening services. The attendance in the morning
was rather slim, bat the edifce well filed in the
evening In the morning. the Rev. Moses Balou
preached from 18th Psalm, 7th verse; and in the
ing from Matthew 10th chapter 2Sth verse his subject
being Destruction Of soul and body in he'll.
Christ Church, Mirray HU, corner of Fifth sve-
nue. and Thirty fifth street, was reopened for divine
service yesterday morning, the Rev. F. L. Wiley,
Rector, officiating. Services were also held in tie
evening.
The Rev. Urban C. Brewer having returned from
tour through the Western country resumed services in
his pulpit, Christian Chapel, in Seventeenth street,
west of the Sixth avenue. The attendance in the
morning was not 80 large as usual, but there was
very large congregation in the evening.
Church of the Puritons IN Union sguare-The
usua services were resumed in this church yesterday
services being held morning and evening. The pulpit
was occupied by the Rev. Theodore Frelinghuysen
Wbire who will preside over the congregation until
the return of the Rev. DR.. Cheever from Earope
Many members Of the congregation being still absent
in the country, the attendance was not very large.
Mr.. White, in the morning, delivered an excellent
discourse on The subject Of Faith" which he said
God would always give when man used the means
thai rad Deen afforded. Blessing, affection, prayer,
and practice, were all shown by the speaker, in the
course Of his argument, to be means Of faith
The Mettodtst Protes,aat Church, in Attorney
street, having been painted, cleansed, and put in
thorough repair, reopened yesterday, divine GER
vice being had morning. afternoon, and evening The
seats in this church are free, and the congregation is
pretty large.
The Rev. Mr.. rockingham having returned fromhis
tour preached yesterday morning and evening in the
Hail. on the northeast corner Of Broadway and thirty
secona street, to large congregation.
81. Georges Church, Stuyoesont Square.-After a
rest from pastoral labors fora month OF more the Rev.
DR.. Typg resumed bis labors yesterday morning, and
wss greeted by q large congregation, among whom
were many etra gers. lie was assisted in the moroing
ard afternoon service by the Rev. Mr.. Holman. DIR.
Tying delivered discourse in the morning taking for
bis theme the words Looking INTO Jesus" Com.
munion was administered TO upwards of two hundred
persons.
The SiTteenh Baptist Church. in Sixteenth street,
near the Eighth avenue, having been thoroughly re-
painted was repened for divine service yesterday, the
Rev. w. S. Mikes, pastor, being greeted morning and
evening by large congregation.
On tie occasion Of u reOpening Of the Church Of
The Mediator, corner Of Lexington avenue and Thir-
tieth street. yesterday morning. the edifce was filed
with large congregation Services were held morn
ing aftern on ard evening. Morning P layers were
faid by the Rector, the Rev. Mr.. HerTick, and the
sermon delivered by the Rev. DIR. Taylor Of Grace
Church, who quoted his text from Deuteronomy, 9th
chapter and 2lst " 1t shall be for the strangers
the widows and the fatherless."
The Ccatral Presbyterian Church in Broome street,
L., ~. n;ntnI rnnnired nnh thrnn