The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-12
Church Of the Holy Trinify-Sermon by Bishop
Johns. Of VIRGINIA.

At the unique edifce located on the northeast cor
ner OF Madison avenue and Forty second street.
which il styled the Church OF the Holy Trinity and
over which the Rev. s. h. Tying, Jr., presides, the
Right Rev. Bishop Johns, Of Virginia, delivered an
impressive discourse. The ordinary exercises pre-
with under the direction OF the reverend pastor and
his assistants after which the right reverend preate
approached the reading desk and read from the Cos
pei according to St. John, tue twelfth, thirteenth
and fourteenth verses OF the first chapter The d.
orator confined his remarks entirely TO the text
the meaning and acceptation OF the terms OF the
Gospel and the necessity OF receiving Christ the
entirely and undoubtedly. The sermon was listened
to with marked attention by the congregation pres
ent.
Church Of the Atonement-Serm0n by Bishop
Whittlc, Of Virginia.
The announcement that the Right Rev. r. M.
Whttle, Assistant Bishop Of Virginia. would deliver
q sermon at this church last evening was the cause
OF crowded congregation. The services opened
with the usual prayer and chant, then the nine
teenth chapter of ii. Samuel:-"David mourneth for
Absalomn-was read, as the first lesson; the first
chapter OF Peter was the second lesson and the
Eighteenth Psalm concluded the INTRODUCTORY ser
and sinners, for to hear him. And the Pharsees
snd eah with The ne
was biblical in its tenor and referred to the worth
who Judged the heart and not the pocket Of those,
who believe In him. II any minister OF the Gospel
were to-day at feast TO which ne was invited to say
exalted, and he that exalted himself shall be hum
bled, !" the world would sneer and rail at him. The
services were concluded with the 143d hymn, COM
mencing 'Jesus, lover OF my soul, let me to thy
bosom n.y."
Tho Midnight NIission-sermon by Rev. James
O. Murray.
The Rev. Jas. o. Murray. D. D., pastor Of the Brick
church, preached yesterday evening, by invitation
and behalf Of the Midnight Mssion,u In the neat
and beautiful little Church Of the Holy Trinity Mad
son avenue, corner Fortysecond street. He took for
his text, "a woman In the city which was snner,n
seventh chapter Of the gospel according to Luke
The woman mentioned here sought Jesus in the
house Of the Pharisee and brought her box OF ONT
ment along with her to anoint his feet. Standing
there by her compassionate Saviour and hearing
those words 90 in peace, so different from the STERN
Of the Pharsee, was the first dawnng Of love and
grace on q heart which had been q stranger to
either To tell to others such as she just these
words Of kindly sympathy Addressed by the Saviour
TO Magdaen was the object OF the Midnight Mission.
There class in the society OF this city that have
been sadly neglected by the home missions II was
true there were some great asyums erected by the
hands of benevoence and charity; but the true
Christian spirit should seek out vice and misery In
their hauns and from the depths OF hopeless
WretChedncss women VINO once might nave Deen
pure and innocent as angels OF course there was
peril In doing this work. bat there is peril In doing
any kind OF work In this world. We would not con-
slider 1t without peril to 70 into the midst OF
crowded fever or cholera hospital but TO save the
lives N others it s necessary that some should do
49, The browning glory Of Christian should be the
elevation OF women. The power and methods TO &C
complish this are all within the grasp OF the
Christian Church, but he could not reconcile the
consistency OF that Christian spirit which sent Bibles
and Bible readers 10 the harems and cities OF Asia
and left the harems and places OF sin and death
here In their midst untouched. The social 0utlawry
Of these women who have fallen from virtue was
one great barrier toward their rescue; yet society
sends gamblers and aduterers TO Congress and makes
no distinction between the chaste and the unchaste
among men. The class Of women among whom the
Midnight Mission labors Ia very abandoned one.
They lIe they cheat they steal they drink and seem,
like the snow In our streets IN winter TO be recepa.
cles for all the moral nltbiness around them. What
makes the rescue Of these women 40 difficult
ID this social 0utlawry practised against them,