The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-18


Of well trained acoytes. Immediately after
the dedicatory services a solemn high mass was
ssy S the pasor asssed fhs
Rev. Fathers Texeira and Champeau. respectively,
as deacon and sub-deacon After the reading OF the
gospel In the mass, his Grace the Archbishop as
cended the altar steps and delivered pleasing, elo-
quent and instructive DISCOURSE taking lot ms text
the seventeenth verse of the tenth cnapter OF St
Paul's Epistle to the Romans:-"Faith comsth by
hearing, and hearing by the word OF Christ" Al
On this s CT e Se @
to the knowledge Of all that must be known md
practised to insure salvation. He claimed Eat as
speak and teach In order that all may hear and that
| these teachers must be divinely commissioned He
claimed that the Bible could not De as con-
ings OF our Saviour and quoted the asertion Of ST.
John that IL he to write all that Christ had said
| and done the world could not cor,lain the books,
At the close OF the mass hS Grace pronounced the
J Episcopal benedictOn, Last evening musical YES
pers with solemn !e6cdiction Of the blessed sacra-
| ment was given and the Rev. William Quinn, pastor
Of ST. Peters church, delivered tasteful and touch
| ing address.
Interesting Services ut SITS. Peter and PauPs
| Church, Brooklyn, Eastern District.
The closing of the four days. annual retreat
for the children Of this church soemnized by the
celebration OF high and the administration Of
the holy communion to about six hundred children,
many OF them approaching the sacrament for the
first time In their lives The retreat, which lasted
Malone, the pastor. About six hundred children at
tended regularly at the religious exercises. Four lee
lures OF religious instructions were given each day
by the pastor These instructions were In style and
manner well adapted to the young minds OF his
hearers who listened with such marked attention as
gave evidence OF the deep impression they made.
The browning act OF the retreat which witnessed
| by crowded congregation, took place yesterday
morning, when the reverend gentleman took occa
sion TO congratulate the children Of his parish upon
the good work they had accomplished briefly re-
viewing the moral lessons they had listened to and
elOquently reminding them or the good resolutions
they had made. At the halfpast ten O'Clock service
Father Malone again reviewed the labors OF the week
70 me adult members OF the congregation, appealing
to the parents to take those children by the hand,
to guide and cheer them In the path OF virtue and,
by good example, to encourage them to persevere to
| the end.
Missionary Labor Among Seamen.
The twenty-fourth anniversary Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church Missionary Society for Seamen in
the City and Port Of New York held last evening
at the chapel OF the Holy Saviour memorial Of Rev.
DR.. Hawks), East Twenty-ffth street, near Madison
avenue. The attendance was inconsiderable. The
services were the usual Episcopal FORM with special
prayers for 'those who go down to the In ships"
the Rev. G. ii. Grove officiating. superior choir;
the regular one attached to the church. under the
direction OF Mr. Moro, organist sang the responses
and hymns with great taste and in effective man.
ner. A report OF the Board Of Managers Of the
society, Of which the following is a summary, was
read
At the outset, says the report the Board cannot
fran from an expression of the opinion that work
so important In its nature and encouraging In its
results that OF the society IL but feebly apprec
afed by those TO whom 1t naturally looks for support
The financial condition during the past year has not
been most encouraging, the treasury being often
without balance, owing to the comparative absence
OF subscriptions and donations which are Its main
Bishop Potter o short time since published an appea
70 tne FAITHFUL solcltlng their aid, In which the
nua expense Of the three missions under the control
of the society is stated to be $4,000 This appeal ac
companies the report The arrangements for the sale
of ST: Georges chapel having been perfected and
completed the Board look forward TO the early ad-
ditOn OF $45 000to to its revenue from this source.
The slip where the ''Foating Chapel of Saviour'
was moored Is likewise to be sod, and the proceeds
added to the treasury Efforts are being made to
obtain proper location near the East river station
for permanent building for purposes Of the mission,
to comprise seamen's bethel, reading ROOM 4 c.
from the estate of the late p. Iorlllard. system
OF personal subscription is suggested as
one OF the most reliable sources OF in
come II properly carried out and sustained.
Comforter the report notes that floating chapes do
not prove any greater attraction sailors and boat
men than buildings on land the latter likewise be-
| Ing more convenient and economic A suitable room
convenient to the river, on the west sde had there
above. The report refers to the increased impor.
lance OF open air services, stating that less tnan
1900 attended the preaching and services at Coentes
slip during the year. and submits the following sum-
mary OF statistics for three stations for period of
twelve months:-Services held Lords days, 1884;
services held on week days, 2Os; baptIsms, adults
10, infants 1850: combinations, 20; marriages ii;
burials, 20. Books Observation-Disclosures, 81; prayer
books, Jos; hymn books, 95; miscellaneous, 3,Oil-
total, 4362 Pages tracts, So 900; religious newspa-
pers, 5000. Observation-Disclosures offerings,
$124 49, box for poor $40 57 private gifts $685. box
for books $50 57-total, $500 90. Sailors, boatmen
and Others supplied with books at the stations 81 49l
OF the effectiveness Of the sailors Home and gives
the following additional statistIcs:-Men received
into the Home since March II 1885, 10; men shipped
In
ed with board and lodging gratuitOusly, A.; money
deposited In Keepers hands, friends or drawn
by seamen, $16,76o; money deposited IN savings
Addresses were delivered by Mr.. Tracy, OF the SO.
cety and the Rev. DIR. Tying, the latter urging with
great force the high claims the sailor has upon all
people and particularly the people Of this continent
The Gospel and modern commerce. he said
were twin sisters. Ii was walking upon the
margin OF a sea that our Saviour found
his first followers whom he took with him to be hence
forth ''fshers OF men," The sacred names OF places
mark the progress Of Columbus, who set up wherever
he landed on the new continent the type, 10 him. Of
the gospel OF Christ taking possession Of the land In
the name Of the Lord. The sailors hard hand came
here interlocked with the soft hand Of the SAVIOUR
DIR. Tying claimed likewise that we are indebted to
sailors for many high examples, and cited the names
OF Dupont, Palmer and Farragut as Of men glorifed
by Christian practice. There special adaptabili-
y he further sald In the simplicity OF the Episcopal
form OF worship and in its directness Of appeal to the
far more capable Of enlsting his attention than II
complicated with more ceremonial, and referring To
the absence OF sufficient interest In the work OF the
mission exhibited In all the churches said, ''Whe
we are wearing our minds out about the miserable
pendants upon the exterior Of religion are losing
Its inner light" He closed with adjuration to the
men OF means made wealthy by the agency of COM
merce TO be careful how they neglect the sailor toll.
ing and suffering hardships for them here that he do
not through them also lose his reward hereafter.