The New York herald., 1867-03-11
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.


on garments embIemac OF pentencs and at the
customary services for Sundays and holidays but she
prescrbes rules for her children by which the entire
Lenten season made Of remembrance Of the Re-
deemers passion and OF penitence for their ransgres
sons during the previous year Not alone In the |
churches are the services indicative OF the feelings OF the
faithful but in their family CIRCLES the itanies are
rected and the mysteries the life of our Saviour are
read and Commented and medated upon, and in various
other the passion and death OF Christ ned up
to inspire with hope and to noite to renewed exeruons
TO merit His favor.
The frst four Sundays in Lent however, are not |
reckoned as belonging wholly TO the penentiai season
and the services are therefore, not generally diHerent
from those Of other Sundays throughout the year, ex-
cept that the purple vestments are worn, appropriate
prayers are inserted in the mass ana .ne S s'
course, appropriate to the season In THIS country un
Fortunately, religion Is generally maue seoonay - sh;
matt and many people have not time enough o' .ne
religious matters so that certain even
ngs during each week been set aside in the various
churches for the especial services appropriate 10 Lem,
These services consist of the recitation or the ntanes
and mysteries singing of hymns, sermon ana 'ne
benedction of the roy Sacrament
Yesterday the Catholic churches throughout this city
largely attended and in each church sermon on
the gospel Of the day tNat v, 1-l2 was delivered py
the officiating clergyman.
Sermon by the Rev. George w. Bacon ON
''Society in it's Different Grades
An interesting discourse delivered yesterday AFTER
noon by the Rev. George W. Bacon at the Protestant
Episcopal Church OF st. John the Baptist Murray Hill
The subject chosen as tho theme of his remarks was
''SOcety
ptious state OF the weather rather small congregation
was in attendance.
The speaker took his text from the third chapter Of
Coossans 25h verse; There is respect of persons
and said that the Scriptures very emphatic upon this
question respect OF persons Far back in Chronicles
we read there is respect of persons with God and
again the same principle is cnunciated in the Book of
Proverbs but through all these passages there Is nothing
that initiates against grades in society These grades in
society exist, and are allowed, and there Is no such
pictured, where all the feelings and sentiments
are blended together SO that all are equal
as the Bible; read in caechism duty
toward our neghbor without understanding It, II IS a,
universal law that there Is glory OF the sun, another
glory the and another glory of the sars Among
there grades OF state and station ia England
and there grades Of brain power Take the brain Of
q Cuvier and the brain OF idiot and one will weigh
three times much the other. The teacher finds
that there grades OF brain power for he cannot take
two pupils and instruct them for certain time and say
they have each proGed as we'll by ns instruction. There
are grades of military power ana strength, aud this was
more particularly so in the earlier days Homer fu
Of IT, SO also there grades In wealth, and this more
particularly among commercial circles. Again, IN
this city there circles where proficiency IN theo-
o2y is the crerion others where scientific attanments
the standard of excccnce: but by far the higher
grade in the cs imaton Of the masses of mankind IS
wealth II. the great desideratum and its acqii-
sition sometimes calls forth good traits in
maas character. Wealth 10 to such an extent the chief
clan tomorrow it would bene, him more to have in his
hand certificate from some millionaire than To have
endorsement from DR. Parker Neither is the effect OF
the gOdly mans good works seen to those who look
and say that he works and prays aud fights his battles
with the world for bread But his is grade of
perority, and his traits are those that Will meet and
receive their reward At the lowest level OF all there
refuse in n6deli'y; nddelity has hight to throw
upon IT, 1t is like the Cretan labyrinth There must BE-
grades II you take this city, and divide al its wealth
among its inhabitants, in years time you will lind
which produces things will prod ace them
again. Now down the and all its different grades
will reappear in due season. The causes that pro-
xl,xraA sIa, t1,i
year. The French revolutonists tried to cast down
distinction but they failed. Difference in rank Is for
the worldly good. poor man who lives down town
may pass the residence of his employer in upper
portion of the city and feel that he is nothins That
particular locality in which he lives hts neghbcrs will
look 10 to him. Both classes absolutely necessary,
aud there are lessons 70 bc learned from them. Tn,
poor should not rate the ch or as many do, consider
the rich their only enemies There may be as much
tyranny in mob as In Nero Again, the rich man ia
no, going to heaven throu.h his riches On the con-
trary tod that the acquisition Of wealth may
provo cloud that viii darken the vistas Of the realm Of
bliss Bacon says, ''we did the Romans call the bag
gage OF army impedimen'o." 1t necessary, but
nevertheless it was an impairment II has been said of
a rich that IL at fly he possessed millions at
sixty-fve his millions possessed him. Well shall
IL be for him at the last day II he shall
stand forth to receive the reward that awa,teh all those
that have done we'll Neither shall man obtain heaven
through his poverty. There will be efficacy in the
plea .hat because he has suffered 50 deeply surely he
man 10 endure the greatest hardshps and yet be lost
Let all remember especially those who young those
swerved from the true OF virtue and nobleness Of
purpose that there Is no respect OF persons with God.
We are all alike before Christ aud each irrespective
Of worldly rank and attainment render his
before his Maker-where the only question will be,
Are your sins washed away through the blood Of the
Lamb?"
The Duty Of the Church Ia Worlingncn.
This the subject of discourse delivered last
evening BY the Rev. Henry Blanchard pastor of the
Church Of the Restoration, Of Clarke and
Monroe place, Brooklyn. There was very small con.
grega,ion in attendance at the church, fact owing to
the inclcmency Of the weather. In his Introductory
remarks the reverend gentlemen stated that ere was
very large portion Of the people who were in way
connected with the church. and these the working
mennen ENGAGED IN manual labor Therefore he folt IL
incumbent upon the ministers to induce them to enter
1t tue that the Roman Catholic Church had 4
large proportion OF work ngmen but there thew
members Of lie CaiLcc Church Save The Cs,bois -
Church. the Meth 7dist had the largest number In H. and
<he Episcopal Ustarian and Univcrsalist seemed to
stand at one side, though, perhaps the Unversast
Church had done moe than the Episcopal and Unitarian
for the wclkingmen Nearly every Un'arsn outside Of
the Church, however, was doing something for them.
The Church a Church, the liberal party had not
done iis duty in seeing tive workingmcn around It, Thc
second duty Of the Church sards this class
was to hau thcm as brother members or ,ha
Church. Mr.. Blanchard then went to speak
the Church as arsiocra the wealthy and there.
Church OF England iu. Sration and finally por-
raylng that spirit which preva led In the churches OF
tho churches In this country ed to exciusiveicss
20 that when workingmen entered them they felt as IL
they did not belong there and this ccrscd spirit Of The
Church OF keeping aloof from these the very
cause Of their remaining outside OF ilS influence He
conceived u As important that the Chut should be pa
ent with the workinRmeD just because oSths hostility
which they bear towards IT. and proceeded IA the
oppression Of these classes earlier days by Church
as one "f the leading causes Of this hostility e Church
ought also to DO patient with them because OF their
sclshocss which caused BY their thinking Of their
wants incrsased by the many demands their wages
y ousnt 20 oe patent with them because OF their savage
them ss thsy were unablc 70 help themselves In tho
work oI ssssunS ne working men the ministers Of the
churches must bear mind that the former ara
mo% ola dogmsS o. the Church and not supply them
win tracts or talk to them about their sous ,t thc.
should 80 to them phianthropsls Of phansrcr,yS
Organizations shQvld be formed 10 ali
cnvSs,hs C'''es maintained by the members of our
= cOuse Icc.s and reading rooms, with newspapers,
cards, billiards, &C., whore they could be visited by
earnest minded men. Mr. Blanchard referred 10 tho |
necessity Of education among tho working classes and
the necessity OF checking ntemperance which prevails
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