The New York herald., 1868-05-25
RELIGIOUS SERVICES YESTERDAY.


DR.. Chapin's Church.
rsa,e was a very large congregation present at
,ne sabbath services In the church corner oi FOR
nfth street and Fifth avenue yesterday rr.ofnng.
The occasion was marked by very tcSdching allu-
s,on by the PASTOR the Rev. DR.. Gnhpin to his ap-
prosching departure on tour to Europe and his
taking pastoral leave Of Ills flock for some three
months. After the gsnai services the preacher took
for his text that passage in the Old Testament
where Jacob having left his fathers house. was
journeysng to Padan-aram to the house OF Bethuel
and which in to be found In the twenty
eighth chapter OF Genesis eleventh ana
twelfth yerses:-"And he lighted upon certaH
place and tarried there all night, becauSe the sun
was vet and ne took Of the stones Of that place and
put them for his pillows and lay down In that place
to sleep. And ne dreamed dream, and behold
ladder setup on earth and the top Of 1t reached to
heaven, and behold the angels Of God ascending and
descending on it." What Jacob saw In hts dream
has been revealed to us. The Christian believing In
the God made man, discems the ladder upon which
We are ascending to the Father Through the merits
and saegs 9 acoh Christ des the wnsR s, was
limited in Jacobs destiny through the a.,
vine providence and love Christ has secured n,a
to us our promised inleritanoe. iHe
vision Of angels ascending and descending Is ~; aie
Father himself descending TO oil men, anu a tnde
tion OF the divine assurance that there Is Joy In Laa
ven over one sinner that repentotn Inc nd "a no
but the promise OF the great dtohoncno a"Ns
God is always descending and the Chrislah ascehu.
ing to the home prepared for 's from tile p9ss & Is
Of the world Every spot on ne EARN here tge Christian
soul will ind the ladder reaching up To- heaven ana
the angels ascending and descending on y. God
with ~ the e" devdut out worsnippeY as Ne is
IN the temple raised By ss mans ar cod hands. "a ,
true Christian. God is present wherever he is Ia.
voked and every man can raiscA ladder Tor himself
ana verify the vision el Jacob il the wilderness But
:
Gated to His worship. in the hodseS where three Or
more are gathered togetherfh communion with God,
years known and icltf me reverend preacher III
m very "a he woua ass ihs
tunity now of thankiIx tle members of his cengre-
gation for the evideyE OF their kindness and gene
rosity te him in peyhhtiDg him to leave them for
time Ther CO. /ent, was given promptly, but
he wss aware hat they still parted with him
with reluctance. .ond the same reluctance he felt in
bodsslg them aleu for time; whatever pleasures
he light anticipate, there were still shadows that
Whaeyer pSroved experience he may return With
would be gevoted to their mutualbenet and in that
hinself If this should be he would be reJoced at
the hojght OF making some return to them for their
exceeJhg kindness to him. lie would ask one more
act o&lndness from them. While he was gone the
pulIf would be occupied by different preach
erY' and 1t would be source of extreme
u come alter would receive kindly welcome
ma that they would he heard with faithful
be sometimes different teachers. IL is good thing
to have the truth put before the mind in fresh
This house Is IA bethel house OF God, not because
OF the preacher but because of the words spoken
and the communion OF Christian minds and hearts
1t was, nevertheless with sadness that he left the
pulpit TO others, but still with confidence that the
divine work will go on. Time and distance could
not dissolve the union of faith and love that had
grown up here and the same God who blessed his
labors would also bless the efforts OF those who
would temporarily succeed him. No telegraph can
carry so far or 10 swiftly the messages OF kindness
and love as the pulpit. It's words and teaching
Ike the heart running to the sea. Al ma
remains. shall carry the faces Of this congregation
with me. The countries OF Europe may be pleasant,
but they can never be to me like my own noble land
The splendOr OF cathedral services abroad would
never shut out from his mind and heart the faces OF
this congregation from whom he was going forth.
GOD IN his own good time VIII reunile us and we
shall have fresh consciousness of being again with
In this bethel, with ladder reaching from this
spot 10 neaven with the angels ascending and de-
scending on it.
The reverend preacher was listened to with
wrapt attention. many OF the congregation being
deeply afIested by his aiusion TO hs coming depar
TUE from among them.
Plymouth Cburcli-Mr. Beccher on the Love
Of God.
At the morning service yesterday Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher mentioned that the anniversary
parade OF the Sunday school children would take
place In the ensuing week, when 1t was expected
about 5000 children would be present. He hoped
they would have fine day. If the day turned out
to be bright and cheerful there could he no doub.
that the sight would be most interesting. He never
saw children TO more advantage with greater
satisfaction than when they grouped
together, like a little army, with flags and
banners and parading in all the innocence
Of youth. The reverend gentleman then preached an
eloquent sermon from Second Thessalonians-.'The
Lord direct your hearls into the lQyeof God and into
the patient waiting for Christ.p He spoke OF those
who leaned on The world and It's friendships and found
themselves disappointed The soul had varying con-
ficts. Amid the rushing OF worldly things the soul
that which IT dies for lack Off Did any man who
ever had soul ind satisfaction in am-
ambition. II it gave rest it was only like lurid
flash. II was not In fame ambition TO reach To the
rest OF the soul, as those knew who had most OF ts
expectations and disappointments. In the love OF
God the soul finds that which It finds nowhere else
Though II may be hidden aud masked, this was one
OF the deepest wants-a refuge rom that imperfec-
tion and guilt springing from sin. The love OF God
stood separate and distinct from all other works. 1t
was blessed above all other works and unlike all
Others. The outward man perishing day by day
while the inward man was being renewed. in
every Christian lie there ought to be wait
ing for Christ His work went on slowly
and was not completed suddenly NJ 9 blow. Christ
to be u Christian without aspiration was not a Chris
uan, or very little Christian. VINO that ever loved
dd not Know that love worked like the circle OF
water on lake. struggling to swing out In common
sphere. That love was restless and growing, and
strengthened Itself out for higher attainment he
who waited for Christ IN the love OF God was filed
win bdelty and knowledge. lie throbs with his
whole desire after The saviour; yet he waits, he
peaIs, ne enuures Inc hiRhest Roou came from
being In the love OF God. Yet there were
home who, In q mere pcrfunctory manner,
performed the outward duties OF Christianity. SUCH
persons could not be said 60 be impatient waiting for
Christ Mr.. Beecher concluded his eloquent dis
course by prayer, In which he invoked the Divine
ways OF God
III. Patrick's Cathedral.
Although the weather yesterday was exceedingly
unpropitious and undoubtedly served 10 strengthen
the murmurs OF the entire community, the attend
ance at the Cathedral was very large there being
SCARCELY any noticeable hncrnn.n In ~ i,nr,o,,.o