The New York herald., 1869-11-19
TIE ua,IAllBs CHURCHES.

That beautiial and lpac.o us temple OF worship,
the Church OF the Messiah, corner OF Thlrty-fourth
street and Park avenue, was compactly nled yester
day BY attendants upon the services la observance
OF Thanksgiving Day. This services were opened
by the enor Singing thai exquisite hosannah OF
praise, "Pralse tae Lord Ny souLn which, after
prayer by Rev. DR.. Beilows, was followed by "How
Beautiful Are Thy Dwellings," The other prell-
minary services concluded REV. Mr.. Hepwortn
preached sermon, OF the most eloquent he has
yet delivered, the subject being 'our American
situations AMI Their ln1ueDce on the Civzat,ol
and Liberties of the Worlds lie selected as
hle text Acts xviii. 15-"He thanked God
and took codrage." The true student sees
in history Gods work as well mans.
There Is q certain logic that Is born OF Heaven-a
power THAI shapes our ends rough hew them as
we wi." You shall see The Mississippi; 1t viii
turn back again on itself pat t viii nov in the
same general direction toward the sea- Is 10 the
same with HISTORY; IL turns back itself CiviliZa-
ton is ourlOus study TO the student Starting IN
Asia i. finally the Atlantic and esraollsl les
itself here great sysem " poyer ninent Is
10 s,igDt hinS 10 De born IN America Inc largest;
influence tnat Is b.lny eSerted pon the -iay
lb eIe'atiBS manhood, anu Rivug hsner toue anu
dignity 10 womannood emanates Ir0.n Bere-irom Tue
comes ol our scattered peopie- America ieaos
her powers and her courage. All
t8e world are taking us az an exampie. lie pro-
Cetutu 10 review the luuuGuct OF AIu0can luSlItu-
uons upon tae governments Of the world. The roar
OF artillery on Bunkei's nm had not yet ceaseI TO
oe neard. Reviewing the great campaigns OF Napo-
leon ne saoweI now the world Was waitlng for one
despot 10 oie-the present Emperor or France. THIS
man had accomplished notaing great IN nistnrj.
Seventy Years ago the rIencn peop,e lur
soverelSns 10 de, but marcneu 10 the scal-
foso and the gniotlne. ne sick luan's bed OF tue
present Emperor or frunce and America stood be-
tween the france OF to-day aud tne France of 10
morrow. How was 1t with Spaint First
arss, in the sciences ana in literature; now
hal al q Afl1 lIxa ni. FI,Ir, la.I
sne has fet the weight oi her eccleJIasacal InstLu
tons. The revolution 10 day pro.nlsei only iears,
ouiy woes, Uny DiOoJ, anu no grand result. TuJ
revolution came about through the idiuelcc OF tno
Tree press OF America SPANS religion slallds IN her
way; her priests are ner rulers; ier comnol peope
uneducaed and undec the ln1ueDce oi the CnurUn,
aad tae higher Classes suousslve 70 the coairoi uf
tie priesthood. Ihe result could not % suca
woutd accomplish tie eais 81 bigfer CIVILIZATION.
lie believed vilat cuba and spa O would eool be dis
severed, and tat tue teachings OF American IN
stltullous wou snow themselves 10 bo,n countries
iiow was II Ii ltalS7 hnghty III past assoclat vns
and having history whose sp.e.avr was uHpar
Taleled sue Was lowered II tue dust today.
sac l0nged 10 be free but could not There was no
tree press there, no Tree ttnklug 10 re.IAon. Tue
Pope ruled Ia this. mis- last hour, he nad called
together tue Ecumenicai Council Tie hope 10 iii.
press MS image upoa the tLue5 aud preserve and
eAtead his iAluence. Irec press "a iaw emf JrCing
G Aucaaon upoi LIE inassss, auI lt would not be
generation oeIore the cbdu St. Peter would pe.
come history of the past and Italy 3nd spain aad
france would 5e repuDncs ali ir.e. he spoke at
lengtn In h5 conaeclon or our 81 sten OF puo.io
scnOois a8d the reading oi tue Bible lnsill a.
opposed ~ tue koinan Catholic Church Ii the
time should ever come tlat the Bp.e IA
paulshed from our puOllc schools we bid adeu
10 .Heedoin, 10 progress, to q higher ami
granler civilization. &c urged that they shaalI
1gHt tnls noint 10 the last. Last Sabbath priest
sad IN thls ely what he xuew 10 be that Prot
estantisnt was toe enemy o. reag'oa, ami tnat ~
dafs were DuuIpered. iG would not do 10 give
tlch 70 these euelies OF Proestantlsm and Tree
institutions, Tor tnIn an ell would have 10 be gyen.
Luos IN England, Prussia, hussla, Germany aud
france, ana " was TIE irotestaHs eenieat tAaJ was
A.
pialny on this point lie san he meant To be pain.
lie ten ira, ca TIE progress oi civilization and
glous HDSlty IN tnis country, and In C0nclu.
SION showed how niuca there Was mere lor
winch 10 be thankful we were living ia q new era.
lie thanked COD tnat the last war n.Dl cOme aua
aoac. he cnecI would be 70 MAKE al the States
AMI people IN Jre strol ,ly unltel aud on. govern
ment more powerful than ever beiore. lie enio,nei
tnat eacn hdu duty 10 perform, duty To d. tho
e.ectiOn Of nen TO o,1ce and keep tae enemy rom
taxing POSSESSION. eou demanded GA thus Thanks
giving DaY, VIII IN there was so mucn 70 o. thdnAlul
or tidt each anOu1 do ms duty In all the relations
oil lbe, 70 thank God aud take COURAGE.
In the 0tner churches OF TINS deno:nn a.ion SER
vices appropriate 50 tae day were co al act cd.