The New York herald., 1868-03-02


each should quietly work his own appointed field
There is immense and irresistible power good in
steady, persistent, solid work for Christ and HIS
Gospel The men who are noisy and bring themselves
into public notice may seek their reward the shape Of
popular applause; but those who work quietly will
Almighty God And - God 10 said be the side OF
the strongest battaons, 20 IL will be found that me
fully and lovingly study 10 be quiet and do their own
burinesa
Zion Church, Madison Avenue.
The frst OF series Of under the auspices OF
tho American Church Union, TO be preached In the
Episcopal churches Of this city Sunday evenings
during Lent delivered at Zion church. Madison
nue., last evening, by tho Rev. George seymour d.
The subject was "The oblig alton OF observing Lent
stronger than that which ustnes Christians in keeping
holy the first DAY Of the week instead OF the seventh"
The reverend gentleman took for his text the nth
verse Of the sixth chapter Of the Epste Of Paul to tho
Corinthans:-' I'm stripes, in imprsonments, In tu-
mults, In abors, in wachngs, in fastings" &c. The
speaker commended that there was more obligation
ON the part OF Christians to observe the lenten
season than there for them to observe the
hrst day as sacred instead Of the seventh. BY
tulcd as the day to be kept hoy instead Of the seventh
Simply because 1t was warranted by the acts OF tho
apostles and their successors and yet there was no COM
mand to observe the first day in the Bible To be sure
St Paul had advised the Christians to take up coec
tons for the poor and tho needy the first day yet
written by the finger Of God in the Old Testament, to
keep the seventh day holy. and no command in the
| New Testament having superseded that command,
Christians observed the first day and not the seventh
The practice of the apostles and thor successors from
generation generation down to the present time was
tho warrant Tor this observance. The authority
that warranted Sunday instead of Saturday as the day
to be kept holy day OF rest, also commanded Chris
tians TO keep the lcnten seasOnthat is oil Christians
who acknowledge the authority OF the Church and do
not strive to enter into conflict with its practices and
| observances. Even those persons who contended
observed sanctioned
manded by the Bible observed the first day as holy,
thereby perhaps unconscously acknowledging an ecce
siastca austerty. II the first day observed for
this reason then why not the lenten season Tor the
Of Lent stronger than those that changed
the observance OF the seventh day to tho r for there
command of God to observe the first day whereas
| the observance Of Lent was commanded by His high
| authority. II one command of the Bible was ackrow-
ledged and obeyed all commands therein should be &C.
knowledged and Obeyed Christians should accept all
nothing, thing or the ohor. The Jew might ask
the Christian by what biblical authority he observed the
orders tho Bible to observe Lent clear
and plain. II Christians went by no fixed prin-
ssples they were children Q! caprice liable to 70
instigation Of mere whms Jonah spent long
tlmc 'in fasting. weeping and mourning" In tho
Sermon the Mount The Saviour sad, When fast be
not as hypocrtcs OF sad countenance &C. and surely
the Lord would not have given specific directions to
observe a duty which he did not expect his disciples
and their TO observe Tn The fifth chapter Of
ST. Lake aud in tho parallel one OF ST. Mark is recorded
INA. ino saviour hau u. 'ne aays VIII come when the
shall they fast in those days" The Saviour meant
by 'lbose day tho days the years that would follow
after lIe the bridegroom, had been taken "Ihose
days Of fasting wero the weeks preceding
Easter. The Saviour had intended his words pro.
phecy and command telling his disciples what would
come to pass and what might DO done. Noses tasted
forty days and Elijah the samo time and both,
on The mount Of TRANSPORTATION with Him who
tasted forty days and forty nights-they re-
ns S ,ss the p rss T
was lin fastings'' often. In the tenth chapter Of
Danie II is recorded: I'm those DAYS /, Daniel.
mourning three full weeks; alto no pleasant bread,
neither came flesh nor wine IN my mouth neither did
anont myself at all, till three whoo weeks were full
filed" the city or Nneveh about be destroyed,
but tho people proclaimed and observed FAST and the
reward was that Nineveh spared. Cornelius, the
centurion tasted until the ninth hour when angel
came TO him and told hin wna, he snoud do 10 become
Christian. Fasting was always rewarded when d0no
in true spirit OF repentance The speaker closed by
referring to the TACT that fasting taught us by our
very in times Of calamity OF sorrow Of sickness
When in sorrow man refused his usual bread; when
plentiful board when sickness befcl member OF il,
and days and nigns OF watching was done, their hum
ger forgotten, and exhortng Christians to be sorry
for their sins and in repcnting for tnem be like ST.
Paul, "in fasting loficn."
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
Yesterday morning the services In Plymouth church
wcrc conducted by tho Rev. Henry Ward Bee,hor.
After receiving several members into his congre
CATION and administering baptism to some adults tho
reverend gentleman having adverted to local matters
commended to tho consideration OF his audience an
ophanage ia Brooklyn which Is under the care Of the
Right Rev. Dr. Loughlin the Catholic Diocesan OF Long
Island Mr. Beccher road the fifteenth chapter OF
the First Corinthians tho lesson OF the day, and
preached from the second Of the third chapter
FRS, Epste OF John. Combining tho mysterious affinity
these two passages In tho sacred scriptures, tho
reverend preacher. In brilliant discourse which lasted
hour, was listened 10. as he always is, amid the
Dreathess attention OF his audience.
In the evening Mr.. Beccher preached to q fu au.
dence the hatefulness and abomnatIon OF sin. He
treated the subject in novel and interesting manner
In the Of his he said that in Canada and
other countries where lumber grew q great many per-
sons were engaged IN cutting The timber to a proper
length stripping of tho bark and rolling the lumber to
the streams and rivers, whore II remained piled up until
the rains came and the resetp sent down TO its des'
nation There were too many who IN the course
OF their lives, pling sin SIM hoping that
ultimately some freshet would the case Of the
lumber, come and sweep away tho accumulated heap OF
their trausgressions That good for lumber,
but would not do for human souls THIS
EXPRESSION caused a movement OF merrimen, ,
by the reverend gentleman that they must be always
endeavorng TO do Gods work. ani waiting for
chance to wipe out their sins II man werea liar,
drunkard or thief and resolved 10 reform HIMSELF he
would not have done his work unless he ceased not only
To lie to drink to steal but TO tell the truth at ali times
TO be temperate and strictly honest il was impossible
for any man TO 1.-Two negative KIND OF existence. Gam
bers liars drunkards plunged into their vicos not
up to their elbows merely. but up TO their nccks II
set all their sails TO the devil thev ought nj
sn % %nsd M G o ana r sorry m ,h lGs hs her
must not only TO do wrong but act right by act
ing rghs they would put down wrong In this strain
the reverend gentleman continued for hour aud at
the close OF his discourse offered up an oxicmpore
prayer after which the audience separatsd.
Services mt fhe Church Of the Redeemer
(UuivcrsuiiSt), Brooklyn.
There q numerous congregation, despite the snow
Storm assembled at this church last evening drawn
thiiher by the announcement that the Rcv. George H.
Hopkins, OF Boston, woali preach upon the occasion
The reverend gentleman took for his text tho words
found in the sixteenth verse, third chapter OF the second
Corinthians :s'Neyeriheess when II shall turn to tho
Lord the veil shall he taken away lie BEGAN by say
ing that he about to talk in simple way or sim
pie truths, and asserted that has reached tho
full status OF manhood. There two forces
In each soul-ono the carnal and the oihor
the spiritual. The one drags him down
and deosses while the other clcvates and
ennohles Sti wc persist in giving preference to tho
baser element REJECTING the Truths which will make NJ
happy Tho speaker argued that though might