The New York herald., 1867-02-11

the more sober phases Of life. The young need IT, and
connned TO proper limits gives 10 their affections
larger growth and to their lives a SUMMER complexion
But when gayety encroaches on serious and legitimate
things II becomes reprehensible To his hearers he
would say You should prefer OF one than Of the
other choose the serious II will be, though
eagerly sought for to have perpetual life OF joy and
merment time Of trial 10 In store for every one, for
which IS wise 10 undergo some preparation. He was
afraid the young people OF this city devotng too
much OF their time to the comic not only to their own
but likewise 10 the detriment Of the nations good
There such time in England in the reign of Charles
the First, when serious things laughed at society
went in for the comedy the life OF the whole people
wns boisterous revel but how quickly the
shifted when the rifted clouds in the backened sky
thundered terror and raned blood. He afraid we
were having too much OF the comic here too many light
amusements and too much extravagant indulgence. II
is true the multitude will rush after the comic
tain reverend gentleman whose sermons are amusing
ana sensational. packs bis houses, while preachers
grown gray in learning barely attract handful OF
hearers. Aremus Ward draws thousands TO hear the
very thnnest rinsings Of VIII while the scientific and
accomplished Agassiz is left without audience He
would not take away any rational amuse-
men msnt q. from young people but II they would
might make present existence OF more virtue and OF
JOY The prince who preferred the serious, and won the
go'den crown, sailed upon river OF sorrows 10 sea OF
JOY, where discord turned to harmony, the bitter
fruits to the sweetest honey and the couch OF thorns to
oed OF down. Ho trusted his bearers would choose
the serious II they would prepare for times OF sickness
aad OF grief and, by empering joy with faith and vir-
toe secure the destined crown Of reward Our Saviour
couu not live comic life-he saw too much oil human
tears and sunerDgs-and IL because he was thus
serious he was called the Man Of Sorrows In concu-
sion he would sayove the society Of the pure, the
good and the refined stand for right for honor and for
virtue and IN these things the serious will be changed
to JOY.
The Highways and Byways Of New York.
The Father Matthew U. b. r. A. B. Society, branch
No. 2, held its regular Sunday evening meeting last
night at the OF Grand Clinton streets Al The
opening Of the meeting the President that the
progress OF the society during tho period forma
scarcely six months since with fory-on members and
treasury OF Sal, 1t has increased membership to
four hundred and possesses treasury in properly and
money, of $500 The hall last evening was crowded
to excess with an audience composed of males and
females The principal speaker Of the evening.
was Mr. W. Wood, who read paper
on ''The Highways and Byways of New York. in
which he attempted TO prove that many of the evils and
misfortunes OF the lower classes might be imputed
directly and indirectly TO the evil Influences Of intem
perance The higher classes were not exempt from the
Gin Of intemperance but their facilities for concealing
the effects which ntempcrance engendered were greater
than with the less favored classes. He also alluded
the system Of trash distributed the shape of tracts
and the money begging propenstes of class Of
hypOcrtes who pretend to relieve the necessities OF the
poor After giving vivid description OF the evils Of the
social clubs Of young and boys and picurng the
streets in and around the neghborhood OF the Tombs
the speaker retired, and the meeting end
City EvnugelizntiOn.
public meeting was held last evening in behalf OF
city MISSIONS in the Calvary Baptist church REV J.
w. Buckland, pastor), Twenty-thrd street. between
Fifth and Sixth Addresses were made by Rev.
Dr. Clark, Rev. Mr. Gansc and Rev. Mr. Afingins in the
Of which stated that the City Mission Asso
cation some thirty five years in existence and has
in its employ fortysix salared missionaries twelve OF
whom are females and between six and hundred
Since the establishment Of tie city
thirty one million tracts and seventyfour thousand
Bibles and Testaments have been distributed, eghtysx
thousand children have gathered into the Sunday
Schools seventy three Thousand regular attendants at
church received sixty thousand religious meetings held
ten thousand conversions affected and thousand in
hopeful progress OF the 500 600 being raised for
the erection Of mission stations In this CITY, but 600
remain to be collected The abors Of the Assoc ation
we're reported in satisfactory progress and the coDgrega
tion were encouraged TO continue the good work
The Religion Of Amusement.
A very small congregation assembled last night in the
lecture Of the Historical Society, Of Second
and Eleventh street, listen the discourse of
the Rev. G. l. Demarest upon the Religion of Amuse-
ment The idea OF the reverend gentleman was to
exhibit the necessity of proper recreation order
promote healthful condition of mind well body
without which true religious and moral feeling Is i'm
possible.
Dedication Of New Sabbath School.
The City Sunday School and Missionary Socety opened
Sabbath school yesterday at $40 Broome street.
for the accommodation Of the children who for some
lime past have met in the schoolroom at i90 Mulberry
street. The rooms have been neatly htted up and sup
plied with at expense OF
bout 81 OOO The exercises yesterday were presided
,yer by Mr. W W. Cornell, president OF the society,
nskip who devered brief and appropriate addresses
he iarpc and very respectable audience which had |
sssmblcd on the occasion. The Sunday School children
ome ono hundred in .nnoer sung several very pretty
vas taken up ana $500 collected dclsay the
Expenses incurred in 6tting up the rooma