The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-08
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


church Of Gustavus Adolphus will hold Divine service at
three O'Clock this afternoon the Evangelical Lutheran
church OF 81 James, Fifteenth street. between Second
and Third avenues
At the Union Reformed Dutch church. Sixth avenue,
opposite Amty street. the Row Isaac 8 Hartley pastor
there will DO services this morning at half past ten
O'Clock and in the evening at halfpast O'Clock
At st. AIMS church, Eighteenth street, Fifth
avenue. the Rev. e. Benjamin will preach at half past
seven A. NJ and three and half past r. NJ. the
afternoon service being for deaf mutes and the Rev.
Samuel Cox, D. D., 1t half past ten An.
At tho South Baptist church, West Twenty NTH street,
near Eighth avenuo-Bethcsda Baptist church, late Of
East Twenty street. meeting with them-scrvces
will be held morning and evening the usual hours
Preaching by the Rev. w. II. Pcndleton.
At the Pilgrim Baptist church, at hafpast ten A. NJ.
the eighth annual will DO preached by the pastor
the Rev. G. A. Petx At half-past seven r. NJ he viii
preach his farewell sermon
The Rev. g. A. Corey, D. D., will preach in the Murray
Hill Baptist church, corner OF Lexington and
Thirty street. half past A. NJ and half past
seven p M 4 tsa gtY
The Rev. Mr.. Raed rector OF st. Georges church. wiz
preach in the morning. and tho Rev. Samuel Coke, d. D.
Of Cincinnati Ohio In the afternoon and evening at the
Memorial church, Hammond street. corner OF waveriey
place Services at halfpas ten halfpast three and half
! past seven.
Tho Rev. Henry Blanchard will preach the subject
Of Jesus Words concerning He'll and Everlasting Pun.
ishment," in further reply TO the Rev. Mr. Beechers
"Remarks He'll" in the Church Of the Restoration,
Of Monroe place and Clark street. Brooklyn this
| evening
Aubiee service will be held at tho Baptist Mariners
Temple, OF Oliver and Henry streets to-day.
There will be preaching by tho Rev. J. Sares D. d. at
half past ten A. Commemovasion by tho pas
tor the Rev. J. L. Hodge, d. D., at hafpast three r.
Dtvtu half
also be delivered by the Rev. Ira r. Steward Rev p.
Stowe Of Boston, and Rev. J. Perry OF Philadelphia.
At the Canal street Presbyterian church. Greene street,
near Canal the Rev. Dr. Wines will preach at hafpast
ten and halfpast three O'Clock Sabbath school nine
| and half.past two O'Clock
Az the French Church du st. Esprit, Twenty second
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues the Rev. Dr.
yorren rector there will be Divine service tho morn
| ing, at half past ten o'clock.
At the Blocker street Unvcrsast church. corner OF
Downing street. the Rev. Day X. Ice pastor, services
will commence at quarter before A. n. half
past seven p. NJ
At the Church OF the Mediator, corner OF Lexington
avenue and Thireth street, the Rev Theodore Irving
LID rector Divine service will be held at half past
| ten A. M. and at half past seven p NJ
At the Church OF the Resurrection Thirty fifth street.
Sixth avenue the Rev. Edward Fagg will preach
in tho morning at fpast ten O'Clock, and the Rev
Henry A. Nicely assistant minister Of Trinity church.
| half. past in the evening.
Bishop Snow will preach the "Signs of the Coming
One" at three o'clock T. NJ, in Jones' Hall, No $50
| Broadway.
| new Mission Sunday school has been opened In Can.
non street. Of Rivngton. Sunday school will
meet ut nine A. M. and at two r. NJ There will bc
preaching at three NJ The society invite all interested
in city evangeization TO come and labor with them
At Metropolitan Hail. No 95 Sixth avenue at half.
past o'clock in the evening, Mrs H H. Hoffman
will discourse upon "The THEATRE Its Influence upon
Manners Morals and Civilization" To DO followed BY
discussion At three o'clock the afternoon there will
| be discussion upon spiritualism and the Bible.
H. b. Sorer, Esq, will speak for the First Society Of
Spirtuasts, in Hope Chapel at hafpast ten O'Clock in
the morning and half past O'Clock in the evening
Organization will be considered and delegates chosen for
the National Convention OF Spir,tuaist to be held
Philadelphia There will also DO conference at three
F,oclook In the afternoon
J. L. Bishop will preach this evening al haIfpast seven
o'clock, at the Sanctuary No los First street,
| 'Chriss Second Coming" 'the Millennium sc.
The Jewish Foast or TabernacIes.
SERVICES IN THE sYSAGooUEs.
The festival of Succoth, OF the three most import
ant holidays OF the Jewish year, commenced at
down Wednesday last and will be observed Thursday
and Friday of this week The origin Of the feast ia
planned IN LeviticuS xxiii:-
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying Speak unto
the children or Israel saying The 18th dag of this
seventh month shall be the feast OF tabernrces for
DAYS unto the Lord On the first day there shall be holy
conversation We shall do srviic work therein Seven
days We shall offer an offering made by FIRE unto the
Lord on the eighth day shall be holy conversation unto
you and ye shall offer Offering made by fire unto the
Lord II is solemn assembly, and yc shall do seryiIc
work theron These the casis Of tho Lord which yc
shall proclaim to be holy conversations TO offer Offering
made by fire the Lord. burnt offering, and meat
offering, sacrifice and drink offerings, everything upon
this day besides the slbbaths Of the Lord, and besides
your gifts, and besides all your vows and besides all
your tree will offerings which yc give unto the Lord
have gathered in the iru Of the land, ye shall keep
feast unto the Lord seven days the irs day shall
be sabbath aud ON the eighth day shall be Sabbath
And ye shal take you on the irs day the boughs Of
gooily trees branches OF palm trees and willows of the
brook and We shall rejoice before the Lord your God
days. And ye shall keep feast unto the Lord
days IN the year II shalt be statute forever
your gener~cus; ye shall celebrate in the seventh
month"; ye shall dwell in the booths days: all
that 1sraelitcs born shall dwell in booths that your
generations may know that made tho children Of Israel
dwell in booths when brought them out Of the land
or Egypt am the Lord your God
Here 10 be found the two distinct commandments
given for the observance OF the festival First the
dwelling ia booths and secondly. the using flor the
purpose OF prayer and commemoration four species OF
the vegetable kingdom Tradition requires the OF tho
fruit the Haday of the cron and Of palm leaves
myrtles and brook willows, The first comman dment,
ordering the nation dwell booths gives the name to
tho festival The saccah, booth, must b. erected
under the open sky II must not be completely rooted
in or covered with any solid material, but II TO be
arched IN such manner to admit view OF the frma
and During the continuation Of the festival
IL imperative dwell in the aeoah aud take
all meals under it, shelter but the strict observance OF
this Law has long since been ignored and, although
some few Israelites erect booths IN the rear OF
their dwellings, the majority simply attend the
services NJ the synagogucs, Mt the conclusion
Of the ceremonies tbs congregation leaving the main
building and paraking OF fruits and eonsccracd bread
In the ephemera cd6ces erected outside The general
intention OF the law being 20 berate man from the
slavery Of his earthly passions, and 20 transform tho
bondage into obedience TO the will OF Hsaven the
msndments given and destined 10 remind him al
harvest time and smid the greatest prosperity, that he
In but sojourner - this world He therefore taught
70 abandon the rood OF his abode with all lie riches
comforts and incentives to terrestrial passions and
sign himself TO contemplation. His booth admits tho
view q the sky and stars through It's fra covering that
M he tenant ma be reminded of his creator