The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-12
one in response to the appeal and included the very
generous donation Of $500 nom ex.Sherin Kelly.

Piyneush Charch-6erm0n by Rev. Henry
Ward BeecAer. -
Despite the uniavorable aspect Of the morning the
church was crowded TO the doors almost before the
services commenced. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher de-
hvered Q well pointed discourse, taking his text
from the First Corinthians ninth chapter and
twenty nh verss: "And every man that striveth for
the mastery Is emperate in all things Now they
do IL TO obtain corruptible crown; but are In
corrupuble.n Tie reverend gentleman proceeded
to dilate upon thu great selfden practised by the
ancient athletes to obtain the honor Of wearing
wreath, and in Abiding to the prize fighters Of the
present day observed that such men, accustomed to
all sorts OF deprvty, deprived themselves OF every
pleasure, aostaine from all excesses lived regularly
ana became the v,ry models OF temperance till the
whole systsm gwed with yigor and az for an sR
OF course, with te most brutal results. But they
had motive In :hus vigorously controlling them
sef-denial was marvellous. How faithfully, too,
did soldiers ant military men surrender the
to hardship Of every descriptIon, and that
perhaps, for the empty motive Of ambition. CONNER
cla men, he said, Iractised sefdenial to an extent
That would be mos commendabe In q better cause,
toiing night and dy for the accumulation OF wealth
which they never eloy In other paths OF Life am
SOUGHT sIs sS
great effect upon hs mind In his b0yhood. He was
great man, endowed with many excellent qualities
was devoid, not OF moral sentiment, but OF moral
sense. He died Of broken heart counting his whole
ilre 70 have been 9ta failure And yet his was 20
whole life was spen In seeking the poor paltry ONCE
OF the Presidency, a office that never made man
adverting to the socalled respectable religion in Q
highly characteristic manner the preacher concluded
Dy exhorting the congregation to practice seidenia
with motives or pure and exalted nature. Inc
services terminated shortly after twelve O'Clock.
Trinity ChapeI--Address by Bishop Talbot, of
Indiana.
very large congregation was present at the mis-
sionary meeting held last night in Trinity chapel in
West Twenty-dfth street. At the commencement OF
the services the officiating clergymen and chorsters
robed in white and chanting hymns, entered the
chancel from the choir In procession. After the read
ing Of the tiffany, the Rev. A. Schuyler entered the
pulpit and preached from Luke, twenty-third
chapter and ninth verse, snake to your
selves friends OF the mammon OF unright-
eousness." The preacher traced the practice
or custom OF offerings from ts inception,
and showed how mammon, which, he said,
was the representative Of any value man might
might be used SO that the term unrighteous would
not apply to 1t. The passion for money was one
which should be carefully kept under. Those whom
the Lord blessed with prosperity should take the
first fruits Of their success should draw out from
their business the first profits, take from every
bring down on the giver the blessing Of the Lord.
The Church should not be, as 1t was at present,
barely maintaining precarfous footing against IRE
lgOn. 1t should be put In position to be aggres-
sive, Its missionaries and clergymen, instead OF
battling with the world for temporary maintenance
and being driven from place to place, should be
anchored surely and permanently.
At the conclusion OF the sermon the Right Rev. J.
c. Talbot Bishop OF Indiana, made an address on
the missionary progress in the great West. He
scarcely knew where he should begin to describe the
vast field for missionary labor which was presented
there. 1t extended from the Missouri river to Cali
fornia, and embraced all the Northwestern States
and Observation-Disclosures, Colorado, Dacotah, Wy
Others. 1t was field for missionary labor vast
that 1t would require thousands OF clergymen
to spread the Gospel in every part OF 1t.
great part OF 1t was wilderness,
not adapted TO cultivation, and consequently
the population clustered around the great cities of
trade and business The Bishop here related at
length his experience there during six years minis
and clergymen In their midst. There was
also another field for missionary labor IN what he
would call the intermediate western country lying
this Eide OF the Missouri river. This was another
great field in which missionary labor was much
required. He asked how were the mis-
sions Of the Church at present sustain
made here at the East or were they endowed in any
wayS No, they were sustained In o large measure
by the clergy and the missionaries themselves. He
knew hundred missionaries who were only receiv-
ing $500 each per .annum, but whose services were
worth and whose education and talents deserved
81, 500 each per annum Now these men substan-
labor as the contributions made here for the past
year. He concluded by earnestly exhorting his hear
ers to aid the missionary cause by every means in
their power.