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NgyEYEEsTH STREET BAPTIST cAUasa.

The Hnppiuess ard vnlne Of Chrissiunisy--
ScrrnDo ny the Rev. w. =. NGikeis.
This ediice was conveniently filed yesterday by
aomewha. attentive auditory. The congregation
was almost entirely composed OF members OF the
church, the female element predominating A mum
Der OF young men ana girls, evidently belonging To
the Sunday school, who occupied seats in the back
part Of the church, spent most Of their time in
PLANTATION AND LOUD TALKING
efectlall7 preventing any one In their immediate
vicinity from nearing word OF the sermon. AS the
be presumed that these diversions are Of common
occurrence.
The preacher selected for his text the words,
"Restore 2nto me the Joy Of Thy salvation and up
held me with Thy free Spirit. Then Will reach
transaressors Thy ways, and sinners snail be con-
verted unto Thee''-Psams H., 1918. The salvation
OF soul, he said, was OF Immense importance, not
only TO the soul individually, but to God aud ali
Cnrstians. They were told. indeed, that there was
HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN
over repeHtunt sinner. No enc realized more the
value and pleasure fof Christian life than thos,
who had once tasted OF Its fruits and then departed
from the path of Christianity. David was unhappy,
ike Sthers, because he had departed nom the pain
OF righteousness: his usefulness was impaired In
every way and the happy paths he had once trodden
aid experienced were now foreign TO him. This
was not strange news to them, because there were
many Ia the world who were IN u similar condition.
There was % twofold favor solicited in the Textile
restoration 10 the Joy OF salvation and Spirit
uphold him In the future. There was Joy
PECULIAR TO A STATE OF SALVATION
which the Lords children only enjoyed When their
souls were brought INTO relations with God they
enjoyed tue Rxhes fcliciues that could be enjoyed
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great thing, not what We get or what what we do.
Out OF what we arc grows all that we do The nower
il perfect because the germ was perfect germ and
the bud Q perfect bud. II the germ had him
conditions, whas would have become OF the bios
som. -
No great work OF genius, no poem that thrills the
Pubic eye; Of love Tor tue thing Itself The poem
gl0ws and the picture giows. so Christian life
should be spontaneous We do not want automatic
Ii fe nor Christians like rows Of pins. fear that the
heaven and q lntnre he'll. Truly TO 1--we to-day is TO
live truly for eternity. Men make this world sort
oil hall hell for the sake Of heaven oy ana by. The
true soul feels God now and Walks upward in the
light OF his present love- 70 live for morrow is
postpenement Of work and OF Christian life. Let
each days work be c0nsummaiion, and then IL
that day be ali God gives lis
WE HAVE DONE ALL WE CAN.
The text contains a lesson OF trust; where the
boundaries OF effort fall short we must have faith.
that we forecast ana the trouble thai comes. have
sailed a chain OF Lakes, where NJ times IL would
seem as If the vessel must inevitably
RUN on FR0WNISG ROCKS;
but lust at the point OF the seeming collision,
suddenly turned into broad stream; so that which
from distance seems to threaten certain snip
wreck proves no hndrance TO our passage Into tile
peaceful waters where God is guiding us. DO the
duly that IL before you. you can do nothing else
be patent. company OF Bavarian artillerymen,
out OF ammunition, formed line In front OF The
guns, and sung the watch on the Rhine''; 80 II
you can do nothing else you can sing hymns OF altn
and love. Ali the past eliminates in to-day TO-
day Is
THE RIPEsT FLOWER OF HISTORY.
A man Doing truly the work Of to-day lives for the
morrow THAT may come, and Is victorious over the
ey.! !aas seay " z. a-A-s- ..s,s., -.-....
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TINE XAVIER ALUMNI sODAL!TY.

Close ut the Annual Retreat Mt ST. Francis
Xavier's Church Yesterday-Four Hundred
Young Men Receive ConnunIon--An Inapos-
SuG Ceremony.
There Is no class Of men in the Catholic Church
who have done more for its power and greatness
than the order OF the Jesuit Fathers They are FORE
most at oil times and In all places in every good
work. and la all that they do they look only to the
happiness-spritual happiness above ail-oi those
for whose welfare they toll their lives away, for
wards for good acts done as theirs done not
in the hands OF earthly donors give Ever since tho
holy Loyola laid the foundation stone OF their present
grea ness, one OF their chefest cares has been the
education and spiritual well.belng of truth and the
many excellent means they employ to draw young
men Of their own persuasion into closer bonds OF
social friendship and religious brother hood have
been Tor years of more actual benefit than all the
tracts'' OF the land combined could possibly have
done. The Jesults In this city, who have their
"cENTRE OF GOOD"
In St Francis Xaviers College, are no exception to
tho general rule Of their order. Some years ago.
under their auspices, with
THE lNDsFATIaABLR FATHER IDEALLY
as inc spiritual director, . sodaity was formed In
sixteenth Stfeet College for the encouragement OK
virtue, Christian pcty and devotion to the Blessed
Virgin among educated Catholic gentlemen. the per-
petuation or friendships formed during their college
ire ana the prometlsn of Catholic tntereSts." "
has been the object Of the good fathers to make tnE
sodalty az select 40 possible, and the greatest carr
mas Decn, and Is still exercised In the admission ~
members. The consequence IL that the society now
numbers nearly 800 members. among whom ara
found representatives OF many of the
MOST PROMINENT CATHOLIC FAMILIES,
and to become bona Hde member Of the society iS
considered the ambition OF every good young
Catholic in the city. Admission Is limited, to ceT-
tain degree, to members or liberal professions or
graduates ofcoleges, orgentlenen who have passed
at least Two years IN college.
Last Wednesday the sodality held
A SPIRITUAL "RETREAT,o
or Waas AetaoaSts Weuia csii revival. although n
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CHURCH 81 ST. vINeEgr DE PaUL.

The French New Workers mt Their Dove
tions--The Necessity of Prayer and Mcdita-
tiona-seg mon by the Rev. rere AubricI.
notwithstanding the beautifully clear morning,
the handsomely got up accommodations and the
soul-inspirng music, which soltens the hardest
heart and leads 1t, as II were, to commune with the
Author Of all harmony, by filing 1t with emotions
too holy to be deplc,ed, it was very late hour ere
the arlstocratlc worshippers had all entered the
above named church. The old system Of renting the
pews 10 carried extensively here, that should
q stranger enter he is compelled to stand up or
Kneel ON the door during the whole ceremonies,
even though the church should not be half filed, as
was the case yesterday Frencnmen here, as at
nome, seem to imagine that church-gOing Is worthy
only OF des petns espyt,s or women Indeed some
gentlemen were worshipping at this church yester-
day whose
FERyoR WAS EDIFYING.
but they were very few. DID not pews instead OF
chairs meet the eve could easily imagine he was
In church In France, so much IN excess was the
female portion OF the c0Agregauen TO the male
part thereof. Perhaps The brave fellows nave heark-
ened to call OF The country In distress and nave
rushed to her rescue. Ii 80
LIE BON DIEU LES AssIsTE
should be the prayer Of every true hearted patriot.
After the gospel the Rev. Father Anbriel assembled
the pulpit His text was the words oil the Re-
deenler:--"WaIcn and pray &c. he insisted on
ample he cited the retirement OF the saviour into
the Garden OF Olives the night OF His passion to
pray and mediate, and His several visits to His dis
clpes during the same night IN order TO excite
them 10 watch and pray with Him. Sampson, he
said. was endowed by the Almighty with o
sUPERHUMAN FORCE,
and was OF himself equal to an army; yet was ne
overcome by a woman because he neglected to
watch, and Goo only knows what has become OF
mis- soul. Daniel fell because he threw on all
vigilance ana was striking example OF the neces-
slty for watching and praying. He was the hap
pness Of his people and the terror OF his enemies;
yet ne fell because he threw or all vigilance. Solo,
mon, who was inspired with wisdom IRON God and
whose proverbs shall remain
THE ADMIRATION OF MANKIND
until the end Of II e. fell for the same reason, and
Goa only knows what has become oil his soul.
very great warrior Turrenne, has said that good
general may be vanqulsned, but not surprised.
Several other examples formed from military pre-
cautions happily illustrated by the preacher to
impress upon his congregation the necessity OF
prayer and watchulness,
st. Anthony in the desert and Our Saviour on the
Lake OF Nazare we're cited respectively as instances
OF the utility OF prayer ana Of the Lords power over
all things created and OF His willingness to hear our
prayers. BY q single sign OF the cross st. Anthony
put whole egions OF demons TO hight, while At the
bare command OF the saviour the STORM and waves
abata0 Immediately.
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Sermons, Services and Cere-
monies Yesterday.
Declarations, Installations, Professions
and Receptions in Religion.
Lessons From the Bible and
the Field OF Battle.
Free Christianity, the Duty OF To-day,
the idea Of God, the Necessity OF
Prayer aud Kindred Subjects
Yariously Treated.

me collection OF dscourses given below win, no
doubt be found 70 be varied enough and interest
ing enough 10 suit the most fastidious or exacting.
the sermons may not be all that certain
clergymen may think they say or what tney
would say la advance Tor publicar
ton. they are however correct sketches
and condensations OF what was said and done.
me remarkably delightful wealth r helped to draw
ont the cnurcngoers In great numbers, ana the
attendance al the churches was consequently large.
The discaurses then chained their attention and
they win, no doubt, claim and receive the careful
perusal Of the myriad readers Of The HERALD.
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CRla1G OK TnE DisIyE PATERNITY.

The Duty OF To-Oay-How True Life Can
be Artained-SermoM by Rev. DIR. Chaplin.
large audience OF the .highly respectablen type
listened yesterday TO an eloquent sermon IRON Dr.
Chaplin upon the subject OF the dignity and claims
Of the day. From the text rakc no thought for the
morrow; FOR sufficient unto to-day is the evil
thereof The preacher showed that q true life can
only be attained ny doing ones best and living up
10 the highest conception each day. leaving the NOR
row IN the hands of God. he wished to remove the
idea that
gHE SEw TESTAMENT is NOT PRACTICAL
That which Jesus said IN the text was said in sub
stance long before by the Roman poet, Horace; yet
It is totally transformed when interviewer with the
spiritual truths that Christ taught. The passage
from when This verse is taken full or divine ten.
derness, inimtable beauty aud boundlsss sugges-
tion and 1t il all summed up the words ''Take no
thought FOR the morrow" These words forbid no
lofty achievements OF laoor they do not contradict
the precepts Of the Ola Testament concerning indus.
try and pr,idence they do not imply q serene in
difference Incompatible with the demands OF daily
llfe; they shsw The practical way to achieve the
greatest amount OF work and the nebest worA. The
word thought means over anxious Thought.
TOO MICH CARE
that being the scnce In which the word was used
wnen the Bible was translated need not say IN at
great part Of our trouble Is borrowed; that we are
painfully solicitOus about things with which we
nave No BUSINESS, ana you can easily see that
anxious forecast hinders werk. The text fcrbids
waste OF power. Whatever relation man may have
TO the future MIS- Work Ia now, Ito processes are step
by STEP and each requires
TIE WHOLE FORCE OF TUE woRggG.
In doing the work or TO-DAY we do all that IL nos.
she for 10 morrow ANY over anxiety weakens our
powers To execute faithfully the thug that Is pre-
pare5 us for what viii be. The Injunction OF the
text ~ the very essence Of practical ethics II
we aimed no higher than worldly philosophy we
could do no better than TO follow It, But we nlust
take higher and wider range. This doctrine for
AL lie work. How many men completely live in the
present. Many live TO get living 10 enjoy at some
future Tune. Two-thrds OF the people In the world
I've for this. But men must struggle and toll Very
true, life always has process Of EFFORT: and i
Is better so.
ALL MED SOME OBJECT AHEAD.
This entire state OF existence IL q struggle but lle
need not be merely a scaifold. We should build
as we llye the fabric OF our whole being
should rise as we work. We should truly live
10 the midst OF all We DO. should feel In All
turmoil central rest, What VIC are Is the
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on earth. they could feed on no substance and OBJ
tain true apotnesa

on eartn They could feed on no supstahoo "nu op
tain true happiness.
MAN MIGHT INDULGE IN sTTMULANTs
and realize q fictitious happiness ior Whnol put
true pleasure could enly be found in religion Thou
sands upon thousands OF people experienced q
spiritual Iassltude and invented mover oacu-cs W
justify their absence nom the churcn. some say
that the air IA vated and Siding when AZ the same
time they DO not hesitate 70
SIT IN A CONCERT HALL or THEATRE.
There were other excuses ol = uke cnnrncler
which were quite as empty and vapia A. tiils.
When Christian felt unwi.llnsn ~ 70 Avail NM
self Of the means OF grace ne SHOULD oe careful; ioa
sinful ana deadly Influences were WORKING wlthln
ana ar una him. Let them wait upon means i,ss 2,
grace ana religion for happiness. Those VINO ilVeu
In SIN ana waited not upon the Lord could not 20
happy or healthy and their snlrltua nature must pe
sick, wnle those who fed upon spiitusi iooo "ouiu
be
FAT AND RUDDY.
Dov,d showed tnat he knew the value or religion
when he said .sinners shall be converted unto
Thee--tnat was, II David was admitted back TO the
fold Those who were Christians and who were
about entering the Christian field always evlnced
desire that their lenOw beings who were sinful and
unhappy should be brought into the Light and liberty
OF the K ,orjous Gospel OF Carist.
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hs young hearers counselling them 10 use this power
over causes and then, on whatever dang erous seas
they might san, amidst whatever warning wlnds OF
hidden rocks, or treacherons SANDS, anu ues
would finally reach their haven In salety tIiuIipn
anty rejoice in this certainty Of Gods order Of life
Every mortal being must reap as NC sows--"n 10
the nesn, corrupton II 70 the spirit ne everas-
ing1 His enforcement or the ruth or tins scrlptu-
raj quotation was most cloquent--a pulpit perora-
ton Of rarely persuasive power and orlliancy.
The sermon, which lasted Just an hour. was lis-
tened with the most earnest ana UNDIVIDED atte.
ton. Prayer, singing ana the benedicuon closed
ha
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THE ELEVENTH. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Installation Sermon by Rev. Dr. &, =.
Robinson.

Installation Sermon by Rev. DIR. e., =.
Robinson.
The congregation Of the Eleventh PRESBYTERIAN
church, In Fity-nfh street, near lexington avenue,
assembled Ia great force yesterday TO listen to the
first sermon Of their new pastor, the Rev. Q. 3.
Robinson, D. D. The reverend gentleman accepted
the call TO preside In this church only last week,
and this being his first regular sermon all were
anxious TO hear him and listened atten-
lively. He was for many years pastor
Of the First Presbyterian church OF Brooklyn
where he made for himself an envaDle reputation
and won the love and respect OF all who knew him.
Three years ago he went abroad and became the
PASTOR or THE AMERICAN CHAPEL IN PARIS,
whezc he labored ia the cause Of christ nntl the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-18

:. AUGUSTA, GA, Jan. 10.
The election of United States Senators,
rs stated yesterday, was finally made In
the Joint convention Of tho Legislature to.
day. Governor Bullock sent message
10 the Legislature, this morning, making
an elaborate argument that the net Of Con.
grcsS ofDeccmbcr 9a, and previous recon.
structiOn acts, do not render invalid any
ordinary laws passed by the several Leg.
islaturcs. All contracts entered into by
the Statc and by corporations, under the
State authority, arc legal und binding
The Governor says the impression sought
TO be created TINT legal laws are invali.
dated, State bonds rCpudiated, and cOrpO.
rAtlOns. organized upon the basis Of late
legislation without legal foundation, Is en-.
tircly groundlcss.
Foster BlOdgctt this evening addressed
a letter to the Governor requesting him to
withhold the certificate of his election as
Senator. Mr.. Blodgeit explains his pre-.
vious political course, and refers TO his
having been indicted by political oppo-
ncnts for the purpose Of destroying his
his influence. He closes as follows: "Al.
though those who procured the indictment
now confess II was done for political ct.
feet, md It rests unsupported by any proof,
yet it Is there, and never until II Is with
drawn, or have been triumphantly ac-
quilted, can l, or will !, accept the posi-:
ton to which tho honorable sutErages Of
my political friends llAve elevated me"
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FRANCE.

PARIS, rep. III.
The specie In the bank Of France, has
increased $l2l, 100000 francs lin the past
week.
Tho MarSaldiSC publishes letter from
a gentleman Of Boston, 10 Francis Vincent
RappaCl, in which he says lie enclOscs, tiE-
ty francs toward erecting monument to
Victor Noir and NJ. Baudin Rappel.
The Irrec0aciliaJIe publishes letter
from Victor Hugo TO Henri ROchefOrt,
calling tue letter farce.
The trlal Of the editor Of the ReriiFFe-
con organ, for violation of the press law,
llas just been brought to q close. NJ. De
Lescluset, chief editor, was sentenced TO
imprisonment for thirteen months, and to
pay fine Of $500 francs. NJ. @. Aron,
another editor, was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment and fine Of 1000
francs.
The Empress Eugene has been seriously
Ill, but is now better.
The Journal 0flcta6 publishes an iInpc-
rial decree, which, by request OfthG Min
lister Of Justice, annuls the decree Of 1851,
giving to the government the power OF
transporting to penal settlements parties
who belong to secret political societies.
The Minister says this power Is abolished
because It Is incompatible with liberal
government.
Gustave Flourers has been sentenced
to six months Imprisonment and 100 finncs
fine, and M. Dereurc, publisher Of the
4HurSeildiSe, to two months imprisonment
and 500 francs fine, for publishing false
news Of persons arrested during the late
riots. Those convicted Of carrying arms
have been condemned to three and four
months imprisonment, and those convict
cd Of uttcrfng scditious cries to fifteen and
thirty days imprisonment,
A meeting Of tho Deputies Of the Left
Centre In the Corps LegislStif will be
held tomorrow. Immediate action on
the Interpolation introduced in tho Cham
ber by Jules Farrc, concerning the do
nestle policy Of the Government, will be
urged, and i resolution will be introduced
declaring that II the Ministry do not nc.
Cept the Interpolation the Lcit Centre will
vote with the Extreme Icft.
The Ld Pdtri6 pronounccs false the re.
port that Austria and other powers had
transmitted to Rome u rcmonstranCc
against the Papal Syllabus.
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Cincinnatf Market.

CINCINNATI, February Il.
FLouR-unchAngcd.
GRAIX-WhCat-@Dn at 81 OafO1 10 for rcd win.
ter: no white Offering Oats Unchanged. Corn
-null at TO172c. Kyc-In moderate demand al
SS1S8C. BaFloy-LOwCr and dull; spring 81 600
! 10, tho latter rate for Canada, and $t@b1l 2S
for fhll .. sst"
BUTTER-U Unchanged.
C0rTON-Dull and prices lower and Nominal
mIddllng 29Sc.
ToHAccO-ln good dpmand: BalGs Of o. hhds at
80 % for new trasl and $l809S 90 for fair TO good
old leaf.
WTnxr-Dull and dropping; sales at 93c
llO1s-Dull at s. 7bf0 25; receipts !, 100 head.
PIEoVIsIONS-MeSS POrk-Quict but arm at $s1
Gb27 %; no sales, Bulk MCatS-Flrmcr at II,
AZ and 15c for shoulders, clear rib and clear
sides, loose. Dacon-IrrcgulAr; shoulders dull
at l9tSGD19Nc for clear rib; sides In lomAnd and
advanced TO 1Gc; clear sold at l6iEc, oil packed;
sugar cured hams 11HGpl8Xc, and dull; bulk
hams dull and offered frcCly at 13Xc.
EGGS-1Sc and steady. Oft ..t. -..... q
CuEEsE-Dull at 1G5D11Ic.
OnS-LinsGcd oll-Flrm and held at 98c;
small sales at this rate. Lard Oil-Unchangcd
and Quiet at 81 4OiD1 IS. retrOleum-S0c
GROCERIES-Sugar-Qu and steady; New
Orleans 19X913Hc. COntc-lS09ic, MOlAsscs
Firm at 76GbTSc.
GoLD-I19 buying.
ExCMANGE-Dull at tOl.lO discount buying,
MoSEr-MaFROt easy.
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News of the Day.

Late adviCeS from VenczulA state that
the Hebels have captured several towns,
and that the government troops have been
defeated In nearly every engagement.
1t Is generally thought that the rcduc.
ton of interest by the banks on the CONT.
ncnt Of Europe will create IN improved
demand for q. s. securities.
A fight took place at Red Lake, Mlnn.,
on Tuesday, between q rough, named
Mike o. Connor alias Red Handed Mike,
and n gambler named Mccarthy. The
latter got tue worst Of It, and retired, but
soon returned with revolver, and shot
O'COnnor dead.
The scarlet fever Is raging fearGully in
Napoleon, jackson county, Michigan. In
u single week, Edward Miller lost Ills
wife and five children by this disease.
In the New York Senate yesterday, a
report was made to enable the ConsOli(a.
tion Of the American and Foreign Bible
Society with the American Baptist Puhlt'
cation Society.
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Destructive Fire nt Philadelphia.
PUTT ADEIpIIA. Feb, II,

A fire this morning, totally destroyed
the extensive wooden mill Of John T.
BrannOn, on Hamilton street, The mills
extended over the whole block between
esd and 24th streets, and was valued at
$TOO,OO0, and the stock on hand was val.
ucd at $4,000. Seven hundred hands
were employed in the mills. The total
insurance on the mills, machinery and
stock is about &4500O0. The origin Of
the fire was at first thought to be from the
explosion Of the boiler, and was AttCna-
with the loss of life. This, however, Is
L&TER.-Only the main building Of
Burners Woolcn Works was destroyed,
which tlimlnIshes the loss on the building
and machinery from the amount first sta.
tod, Tho building was valued at $780,
600: stock and machinery 5000, 900. Upon
this there was m insurance OF $224 900.
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TIEncws from New York this morning
indicates that all attempts TO provide ut
The present session Of Congress for funding
tho debt will be abandoned. 1t is bcllcv-
cd this, with tho general reduction of the
interest atc in Germany and other parts
orthc Continent of Europe, will make an
increased demand for United States sccu-
rites, with consequent rise in price.
Abill to appoint Commissioners to treat
with Commissioners from West VirginIa
for tho adjustment of the debt, has passed
the Virginia House.