The New York herald., 1870-01-23
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE
Religious services To-Day.

Religious Services To-Day.
Bishop Snow VIII preach In the University, Wash
in2ton square, TINS afternoon at three O'Clock, on
"Tne Future state OF the Righteous and the wckedn
The Church OF the Purtans Will attend divine SER
vice to-day In Apollo Hall, corner OF Twenty-eghth
street and Broadway. Preaching by the Rev. DIR.
Cheever, at halfpast ten O'Clock, on "Eterna Des-
tiny Determined by Character not Crcumstances.n
Rev. Alfred J. Putnam win conduct the free ser.
vices at Brevoort Hall, No. 154 East Fifty.fourth
street, between Lexington and Third avenues, to-
DAY, at nafpast ten A. NJ. ana half past seven p M.
Rev. George II. Hepworth viii preach in the
Church OF the Messiah, Park avenue this morning
ana evening. Subject in the morning-.The Unity
and not the Trinity OF God Is the Doctrine OF the
Scripture
Rev. Moses Hull will speak before the Society OF
Spiritualists at the Everett Rooms, this morning,
at nafpast ten. ana this evening at half past seven
O'CLOCK.
At st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, Forty.
nrst street. near Sixth avenue, preaching at half
past ten A. M. by Rev. C. c. McCabe and at half
past seven p. NJ. oy Rev. Dr. r. s. Foster.
At the Free Churcn OF the Holy Light Seventh
avenue, next to Thrty-fourth street, services win
be held at haf-past ten O'Clock A. M. and half-past
seven O'Clock r. M. Rev. Eastburn BENJAMIN will
preach.
AT Broadway Tabernacle church, corner Thirty
fourth street, Rev. j. M. Sturtevant Jr VIII preach
this evening at halfpast seven O'Clock.
At Tammany-"The Church of the Holy Sachem''--
Rev. George Francis Train breaches on "Old Poxies
OF the Bible" this evening. Text-"Better marry
than 90 to hell"
At the French Church du ST. Esprit West Twenty
second street. Rev. DR.. verren will hold divine SER
vice in French, this morning. at half-pasI ten
O'Clock.
Rev. S. A. Corey, D. D.. will preach in the Murray
Hill Baptist chapel Lexington avenue, near Thirty
seventhsstreet, this morning and evening.
Rev. DIR. Samuel Cooke viii preach at the Home
chapel, ~ East Twenty ninth street. between Madi-
son and Fourth avenues, this evening" at hafpast
seven O'Clock. The Rev. DR.. Price Will preach in the
morning.
Rev. Cnauncey Giles will preach on 'sThe Valley
OF Dry Bones" al eleven O'Clock In the morning in
the swedenborgan House Of Worship, Tnirty-f1rst
street, between Fourth and Lexington avenues
At the Church OF the Holy Trinity, stephen H.
Tying, Jr., breaches at nafpast ten in the morning.
Rev. Joseph I. Duryea at har-past three P. NJ,
and Rev. DIR. Tying at seven P. M.
Rev. John z. Goodman holds special service this
evening for young men, at the Han OF the Young
Mems Christian Association.
The Bible in Public Schools.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD:-
Your report Of the lecture by Father Preston
on the ''Cathollc View Of the Public School Ques.
tion, was inaccurate in two statements, which,
though seemingly trivial yet likely to provoke
comment among some OF the Puritan advocates OF
the present system. Your reporter says that Father
Preston was received with great .cheering.n
whereas there was not single "cneer'' uttered the
whole evening, the applause having been confined
to clapping Of hands by the gentlemen and waving
OF hand6erchiefs by the ladies' who comprised about
Onethird OF the audience. make this correction to
show that an audience composed principally OF
Catholics evinced decor0us regard for the Lords
day by thus repressing all boisterous manifesta-
tions OF enthusiasm You make Father Preston to say
taat 1t ID o matter Of indifference Catholics which
version OF the Bible be read Now this would appear
strange ana inconsistent If ne had SAID SO; because
there Is wide difference between the Douay versto
and that authorized by King James, The Catholic
edition issued several years before the accepted
Protestant edition, having been translated ut the
celebrated IRISH college OF D0ua The Protestant
version SHOWS % evidence OF corruption many
religion. Why have the Books or Maccabees been
omitted from the Protestant version but through
fear o Justying the doctrine OF purgatOry, wherein
We are told "It Is holy and wholesome thought to
pray Tor the dead that they may be loosed from
been substituted for "penance,n but only to set
iorGn that mere sorrow without atOnement and
tute the word "which In reference to the Deity tas
In the Lords Prayer instead OF '.who but only to
condemn the ldea OF personality as conveyed IN the
use OF images by Catholics? surely Father Preston
could not have regarded such legerdemaln with in
dlnerence. NO, SIR on the contrary, the mere fact
that this corrupted and garDed edition or the Bible
Is sole rule or fam" relied on by Protestants
without any regard for the individual revelation
which God has whispered 70 the soul OF every man;
without regard for tradition ana contemporary
ecclesiastical history without regard for philosophy,
the science OF sciences" (Ptiosophta Bon KuoeT-
TeeS), this mere fact would be sufficient argument
against such text book IN our public schools.
rather Preston SAID that Catholics would not have
anything TO do with the public schools; not
because a mere corrupt and One-slded text book or
religion and morals was taught but because moral
lty and religion were not taught as rndments
sial TO all literary knowledge. Then he quoted
Washingtons Farewell Address, to show that
religion and moral virtue were the basis Of
all pubic Integrity and political honesty,
as well In society generally as IN the
that were he reduced TO choosing between the reen
tion Of the present version or the Bible used In the
public schools or else no education that he would
prefer the former merely as choice OF evils; that
he would waive all differences for the sake Of the
latter agreeing TO the OF such parts held
In common between Catholic and Protestant. Bat
seemingly ambiguous sentence in Father Preston's
exposition OF the 'Catholic View OF the Public
School Question" When man assumes to eX-
pound the opinions held by numerous portion OF
speak has right to claim proper and clear inter-
pretatlon OF them. 1t is amusing to see Journals
like the Tribune and Times and puritan organs sucn
a3 the obsolete O0SerUer c0nfOund the terms COM
mon school and free school with mixed education,
as II both were incompatible with the denomna.
tonal system thus showing gross ignOrence OF the
subject upon which They assume to write.
CATHOLIC MECHANIC.
Brooklyn Baptist Social Union.
meeting OF the Brooklyn Baptist Social Union
held Thursday evening In Hicks street, at which
the following named gentlemen were elected officers