The New York herald., 1869-04-05
RELIGIOUS SERVICES ELSEWHERE.
POuqhkeepsie.


This has been q blUstery, cold Sunday, but the
churches have been well attended.
Rev. Ray Palmer, DID,, OF New York, prcaches
morning and evening at the Congregational church.
This afternoon the centre OF attraction was tha
Washington street Methodist Episcopal church, the
occasion being the anniversary OF the Sabbath
School Missionary Society. very large and fash
ionabiy attred congregation was present. The ex-
ercises opened by the school singing the sunday
School Volunteer Song" Rev. w. G. Lewis
pastor OF he,church, then made a short address
when the children sung beautiful hvmn entitled
.'Bessed Are the People.n Tlel followed singing by
the school. tue hymn being Let Me Die IN tae har-
ness.r Superintendent Marshall announced that tae
collections made by the classes during te past year
amounted to set3 %. incluiing slal raised Tor tle
poor cnildren OF the Sabbath school, Rey. W. Ii.
Vines, pastor OF the Baptist ehurcn was then IN
troiuced, and made dne address la
they would send glad t.dings TO far OF
lands and into the darkest corners OF the earLl lie
cause. The lukewarm Christian Should arouse and
keep the fires OF tie Gospel burning brghtly to the
mo the sale harbor OF eternal salvation. In speak,
lng OF how liberal Christmas should De IN codtrlout
the revenue statistics Of the goyernment
show that II men would give as much lcr
the missionary cause as tney 90 ior orilS
every 100 persons would contribute $1,000.
church OF 3oO wonld give $4,000. and the city OF
Poughseepsie would give s2oe,0s 20 per annutn The
money paid in as q revenue for drink AVERAGES
s64 81 for every man, woman and cnu IN the state
OF New YORK. When the lev. Er. Wines finished
his remarks the school made him lile member OF
their missionary society The exercises then closed
by the scholars repeating the hymn. "LeS Me DE IN
decorations a large Bible rested upon the pulpit
against inclined plane, adorned with vines and
flowers. over the Bible, in gilt letters, were the
words sour Guide" surm0ulted VITA pretty
nOral device.
Newburg.
NEwBUEa, N. Y, April 4. 1859.
This morning the minister and congregation Of tho
| L; nanti r1sal m ami
their house OF worship 10 hear issuing from tho
organ loft the harmonious strains OF q 1ne pipe
organ instead Of the familiar cacophony Of their old
reed instrument. 1t transpired that three members
OF the church. one lady, had purchased the organ
caused 1t to De set up last week aid made surprise
gift OF to the church before the members Except
a very few, who were pledged TO secrecy knew any
| thing about the matter. In the morning Rev. E. w.
| Bliss, pastor OF this church. lald before his
| people the claims OF the American Baptist Home
Mission Society. His text was "oh, send ous
hons Of the worlds population were In gross spiritual
darkness. These were the heathen, aai even in
nominally Christian countries very large proper
ton OF the people little if any better or than
the idoaters ihere could be no salvation without
how the heathen were to pc saved unless they
had Bible knowledge of God, Udrst, salvation,
and practice INTO which men aave fallen
must be corrected by the operation Of Gods
truth and spirit, or the nodess sran 1l anose & er-
| The Church was Gods agency Tor making known
| Gods truth to the world, and the .huIcn should
arise In her mig ht and rescue iro an eternal hell
the millions who arc hanging over that botofnles3
pit, ready to fall INTO It. During The past year tue
Baplst lone Mission Society nas supported, IN thirty.
eight states and Territories. COS Hiss onaries and
teachers. These had preached $1,000 sermons, bap-
liberal contribution was made In this churcn for the
purposes OF the society. In tae Methodist
to aid in defraying the cost Of the new
Methodist buildings corner OF Broadway and
by the Book Concern and Missionary society OF tnat
denomination. In most OF tue churches sacrainentA
in ,he month. Tue Young .ien's Christian Associa
tion are bestirrng themselves about the work of
carrying the Gospel to the spiritually des,iue por
afternoon prayer meeting in the Fourth ward, aud
others are 10 follow at other points lne day has
been cold, March-lke, with snow squails, and the
attendance at the twenty churches opened has not
been As large as usual.
Middie;owu.
MiBDLErowN, N. T., AprI 4, Ise9.
The services at the various churches in this town
were not AS largely attended today as usual, the
weather being cold. raw aud unpleasant. There Ia
much sickness here at present, which Is said to 10
| another reason for the small attendance. AT 81.
Joscphs Catholic church the usual mass al eight
| O'Clock in the morning and vespers at four O'Clock
| In the afternoon celebrated, Rev. Father An
| drew 0Reilly officiating. Al the Congregational
| morning and evening. HIS subject in the morn.
ing was, "Ihe CHRISTIAN Dlylnely hnig1iened,"
anl his discourse eloquent and inte-
res.ing. In the evening his the.ne was
| "The Conlugll Relations: or, Model Husbands
| and True WNes--a subject which is attracting
some attention. this being a continuation OF last
| Sunday evenings discourse. Tue services at the
| First BAPTIST church were conducted by Rev. Mr..
Moore OF Jersey City. In the morning he preached
! discourse founded the interview between tue
| saviour and the woman OF samirla IN tae evening
\ his theme was based the text "lenenber Lots
WIFE" luis church ls sti witnolt pastor. Rev.
Alexander Capron rec,or OF trace lEpiscopap
4 Cock both morning amt evening At tue second
Presbyterian church the Rev. tIatles beatle de-
lyered an Impressive discourse, taxing for his text
| Numbers KILL, 23-'v nat has God wrUughtfn SER
vices were held as usual 10 the other churches. AZ
the Methodist EPISCOPAL church the Rev. J. A. OAK
ley took for his text Psalms cNix. lJ5-'Tne word
! a lamp un 10 my Iect ami light unto my PAIN"
CAREER op FAST YOUNG MAS.-rhe Newport
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