The New York herald., 1870-10-30
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.



ing. in the Church Of the Messiah, 'Our Politics
Duties.n
Rev. Abbott Brown, rector, win preach this morn
ing and afternoon In the Church Of the Reformation
Fiftieth street.
AT the Church OF Our Saviour, Thirty-nfth street
Rev. Richard Rsk Jr., d. D., will preach this morn
ing. and Rev. J. M. Pullman In the evening.
Interesting services win be held to-day In tn
Central Bap let church. Forty-second street. recog
nlzing the union Of the Laight street Baptist churc
with this church. Rev. DR.. Evarts Of Chicago, will
preach this morning, Rev. DR.. Armtage in the after
noon and Rev. DR.. Anderson In the evening.
Rev. G. r. Krotel d. D., will preach this morning
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church Of the Hol.
Trinity, Twenty-nrst street
At the English Lutheran Church OF St James
East Fifteenth street, the pastor, Rev. Dr. weekend
win preach morning and evening. Subject Tor the
morning disc0urse-"The Reformation OF the Az
reenth Century"
Rev. F. r. Ford, OF Marshall Mich, viii preach
this morning and evening In the Forysecond street
Presbyterian church. fM
The one hundred and fourth anniversary OF the
dedication Of John street Methodist Episcopal
| church Will be celebrated to-day. Services morn
| ing, afternoon and evening" .54-&
Rev. Charles r. Lee, pastor Of Fifth Universast
| church (Plimpton Building Ninth street), will
preach this morning on the subject Of 1.-THE Lesson
| OF Autumn.n ..r+st.9 ~ .....4s.. a ~
| At the seventh Presbyterian church, Broome ana
Ridge streets the pastor, Rev. T. M. Dawson. VIII
preach hts farewell sermon this msrning.
"The Political Responsibility Of Religious Peopen
will be the subject Of discourse this morning In the
Spring street Presbyterian church, BY Rev. Dr. AK
man. the pastor.
Rev. J. J. Emmegahbowh, Indian missionary. WIN
deliver an address this evening In the Memorial
church OF Bishop Wainwright, West Eleventh street.
At the Tabernacle baptist church, Second avenue
the pastor, Rev. Dr. Kendrck, VIII preach this morn
Ing and evening.
Rev. DR.. Bacon will lecture this evening in the
Broadway Tabernacle church on '"Thc Martyrs for
Congregstionalsm Under Queen Ellzabeth-Green-
wood, Barr0we, Penry.n
Rev. Il. @. Sweetser will preach this evening In
the church corner Of Bleecker and Downing streets
on "The Unlversast idea OF Man."
Rev. Charles B. Smytn will lecture this morning
and evening In the American Free Church on "The
Downfall Of the Papacy."
Mr.. Ira Davis will lecture this evening in the hall
corner Of Eighth avenue and Sixteenth street on
"The Cause and Cure OF Poverty ana Crime"
A lecture will be delivered this evening at Tenn.
perance Hall, Grand street. Brooklyn, q. D., by Mr.
0. G. waafeld. the subject of "Total Abstinence
an Absolute Necessity for the Workingman.n
Mrs. Emma Hardinge win speak this morning and
evening" In Apollo Hall, before the Society Of Spirit
ualists
Central Baptist Church, Forty Street.
This church and the Laight street Baptist church,
having united their interests, will hold their recog-
milton services this day-mornng, afternoon and
evening-in which Rev. DR.. Evarts, Of Chicago, and
Rev. Drs. Armitage and Anderson, OF this CITY, and
other prominent ministers Of the denomination win
take part
Evans, young Welshman Of much promise, who,
since mis- arrival in this country some four years ago.
Baptist church at Hyde Park Pa. A little less than
year ago he determined to drop the Welsh for an
aRe a1iepee c from .ns Laga
ward 10 bright future under his pastoral care
Father Hccker and the Roman Church.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
| The editorial pun Of Father Hecker and the
| Romish Church, In last Sundays HERALD has
greatly surprised not few. It's sentences breathe
forth prejudiced and vindictive spirit, much more
| bentting the columns OF the FreemaHs Journal OF
4 the Tablet than OF the boasred "inde pendent
press The article was gross libel on the conscien
tious convictions OF the tens Of thousands OF Protes
tants VINO patr0nze your paper and are Its constant
| readers. For my own part, have preferred the
HERALD to any other daily paper, and for years it
has been regular morning visitor In my family;
but THINK nave rarely, ever DeIOre, perus0d o
'leader' which has panied me 80 sadly, or which
has given expr esslon 10 fouler SANDER know
somewhat Of the estrangement Of Father Hecker,
| from maternal example and prccepts, and OF
| his present status and prospects In the Pa
pal church, and shall certainly decline to
| consult such an authority In religious matters
The history OF this Church for the past 400 years,
to 60 back no further, Is SUFFICIENT commentary on
the art Of printing Was discovered this ..model
| Church" was sunken In darkness and superstition.
Then the glorious Reformation dawned upon the
| world; the Bible was translated into various Ian
| Ruages, and thousands OF copies found their way
among the Masses light broke In upon captive
minds, and the blessings OF higher civilization
and purer enlightenment were widely seen and
felt. But how was this most cheering transforms.
ton received on the part OF the Romisn Church
Alas who can estimate the black catalogue Of
crimes which were perpetrated In the name OF
religion. for the vindicetiOn and spread Of
all who dared to entertain and defend
diverse religious sentlmentsS But will not specify
more particularly here. The columns OF HGrper's
A0ntaly for july dellneate with telling truthful
number for November, Of the Huguen0ts, culmnat.
ing In that barbarous massacre OF st. Bartholo-
new, and the sangulnary deeds OF cruelty that
followed In its rrain, by which the Romansts sought
to build up their own communion on the utter RUIN
and exterminaton Of everything Protestant.
sincerely hope that your columns will be guarded
IN future from the publication OF any article from
your corps editorial so obviously painful to very
j. G. HAMILTON.
HoBoKEN, N. j., Oct. 25, 1870.
Uniform Text for Sermons.
/ BRIDGEPORT Conn.,, Oct. "a, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
i notice in the HERALD OF yesterday the PROPOSE
ton "that the preachers Of the different denomina