The New York herald., 1868-04-20
RELIGIOUS gERv1CEs YESTERDAY.

RELIGIOUS EERvICES YESTERDAY.
The different places OF worship were well attended
| yesterday. The weather was fair for the display
of the spring fashions, ana to this cause pos
| sibly may be attributed the large attendance In
many Of the fashionable churches
st. Patrick's Cathedral.
vast congregation assembled within the walls
Of the cathedral yesterday, attracted not only
by the usual august ceremonies belonging to
the high mass but by the visit of the Redemptionis
Fathers, who have just opened mission for the
spiritual benefit OF the parish. Shortly after ten
O'Clock the reverend missionaries approached the
altar, where some religious exercises having been
performed, high mass was commenced, the Rev. Dr..
McSweeney officiating as celebrant. The choral ar
rangements of the usual high Standard and, TO
the credit OF the talented artists engaged were adj
| mrably carried out. Mnne's entire mass IN was
performed with satisfactory result, characterized
| as it was throughout by most complete unison AT
rIch of the Redemptlonst Fathers, assembled the
pulpit and preached an eloquent sermon fall or deep
on took Snd his o ae fs
chapter and nineteenth verse OF st. johns
gospel descriptive Of the savionr's appearance @
with you" The mission OF Christ, the speaker OBJ.
seryeH & was as esea ts mi mission Of i had
store it. All men inherit the sin of our first parents;
they inherit the loss OF grace well all the defects
| the eamity Of Cod When the Saviour and stood
in the midst of his disciples he not only gave peace
to them, but commissioned them to give that peace to
others; for he said whose sins ye Shall forgive they
are forgiven and whose sins We shall retain they are
to dlruse the peace and friendship of God. That aa
| thorlty still remained upon earth, was still
received it from its founder the Saviour Of man.
kind. Conferred upon the Apostles 1t was by them
| transmitted to their lawful successors. But that
nnxvar m n n
ing God through his representatives on earth by this
power the human heart was restored to the and
friendship Of God. Peace was found in the wounds
! OF Jesus even amid the inquiries OF busy imagna-
ton and the distrustfu suggestions OF an incredious
| vinity dispense peace amid them by giving proof
of his being God. Such proof they were to st:
Thomas when, having put his tin2er into his sacred
wounds he published his confession OF Christs dvin-
ty, not only acknowledging the truth OF his resur-
The establishment of the Church was Of God the faith
of Christians in asserting to the doctrines OF the
Church q faith built on God, faith that had God
FOR Its minnie support and His Indispensable authority
which set it above all exception Was not this then
| enough to insure the peace OF a Christian soul
Thus, then, the Christian parook OF that peace given
| TO the Apostles, and rested in the calm OF an
| erring faith, which should never be weakened by
doubts, nor our hope by disrust, our charity by
provocation. The reverend gentleman concluded q
| heightened discourse by setting forth the special
onS t of When he e te enn
| OF the congregation. The high mass was then pro-
| ceeded with, and the services terminated shortly
|
Plymouth Church,
| Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached yesterday
morning In introducing to his hearers the subject
of temperance he said there would be meeting OF
the Temperance Society of Brooklyn in Plymouth
church this (Monday) evening. Among the speakers
would be an able and gifted young Christian minis
ter, the Rev. Stephen II. Tying, Jr. They would have
| the pleasure of hearing Mr.. Tying in Plymouth
church, where no bishop could handle him and where
men were free to preach the Gospel This aliusion
| by Mr. Beecher to the recent 'reprimand" admins
tered by Bishop Potter to Mr. Tying for certain alleged
inlractOns OF the canons OF the Episcopal Church
| produced considerable merriment among the con-
| gregatlOn; some Uttered and others laughed out
right Mr. Beecher then proceeded s win Ibis ms
that the indifference and indecislon Of some men In
matters of religious faith reminded him very much
or what he saw in England during his visit to that
| country In ls63 There were then some Americans in
| London who, though they professed much desire to
see the Union restored and Its nag triumphant had
not the manly courage to avow in a many nde-
| pendent way, their devotion to their Nag and cOun-
all. SO twas with those who, protesting themselves
70 Se o or pSs s @ - that
There was large congregation in Nc eS enIng.
was filed by the Rev. Mr.. Gallagher who discussed
upon texts from the Scriptures
Church Of the Holy Trinity Gutheran).
The services yesterday morning in the English
Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, situate on
Twenty-frst street, near Sixth avenue, attracted a
large audience and were OF solemn and impressive
character, as the occasion was the opening Of the
church for the first time under the auspices Of the
Lutherans. The church Is medium sized ediifce of
very inviting interior, erected by the Reformed
Dutch Church in 1885, rebuilt and enlarged In 1S47
upon land generously donated by an early pastor
| REV. John +. Jackson), to whose memory q tablet
has been erected In the wall ALLY by the Reformed
has passed to the Lutherans. Rev. Dr.
seminary, has been installed pastor. An
efficient church choir under the leadership Of Mr. A.
F. Chur, has been secured. The Organist is Mr. Sc
bastian Sommers. This is the second English
Lutheran congregation organized in this city, the
first having been established over thirty years ago.
selected his text from the lesson Of the day John
19 the salutation OF our Saviour to His apostles
upon his resurrectionI"Peace be unto your The
replete with deep thought and sound theology, In
which he pointed out that these words were uttered
by the Son OF God on the first day or the week and
tie first Easter of the Christian Church-upon that
glorious day that his mourning disciples received the
Indeed. It was the evening OF the first day
that the disciples were assembled and had
were e erusSsS s lean sun OF hope
set in darkness and blood, when Jesus appeared in
their midst and said, Peace be unto yol;n II was
sautation frequently used by the Jews In addressing
one another, but We found that whenever 1t fell
from the lips Of the Saviour IL always had more
significant meaning than that conveyed In general
salutations among the Jews. All through The scrip.
lures Jesus Christ depicted as the Prince OF
Peace, as the mediator between God and fallen
| man. Long before His coming He Is SPOKEN Of by
the prophet Isaiah the "PrInce OF Peace" and at
| all times His had been associated with peace
| When He was born In q manger OF the Virgin the
| angels sang "Glory 10 G0d peace earth and good
| will toward men, With the fall Of Adam In the
| Garden OF Eden God and man were placed
| I'm antaQonism, but Christ was the oiier-
ing OF God to reconcile man to himself.
Al the fall man was estranged from the Almighty,
and afraid Of the power anu majesty OF God, VINO IN
the Holy Scriptures promises that IN the fulness OF
time there shall be raised up to unite those two
extremes. SO we lind Christ coming into the world
to perform this glorious mission suffering all man