The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-25
RELIGIOUS.


ing at the Church OF the Ascension, Fifth avenue
and Tenth street. commencing at halCpast seven
O'Clock.
Christmas services will he held at st. Luke's
Methodist Episcopal church, Forty first street, near
Sixth avenue, at half-past ten A. NJ. and half-past
seven p. NJ to-day.
Rev. Fred. Evans. pastor OF the Central Baptist
church, West Forty sec0nd street, will preach today
at halfpast ten A. M. At half-past seven p NJ. the
Sabbath school anniversary concert VIII take
place.
Rev. DR.. Mcvicar will preach to-day at the Church
OF the Holy Light Seventh avenue. near Thirty
fourth street. Services at hafpast ten A. N. and
halfpast seven p. M.
Oscar Hugo breaches to-day IN Thlrty.seventh
street, between Second ana Third avenues, at the
Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Dr. Burns. pastor.
At Apollo Hail. Broadway and Twenty-eighth
street, Mrs. cora L. v. Tappan will to-day, at half
past ten A. M and haf-past seven p. NJ, deliver her
closing dIsc0urses before the Society OF Spltuasts.
Services appropriate to the season VIII be held
today at the Evangelical Church OF the Holy TIL
nifty. Twenty-frst street, between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. at half-past ten A. NJ and hafpast seven
p. M, Rev. q. T. Kr0tel, D. D., pastor.
Rev. G. s. Robinson, pastor elect Of the Eleventh
Presbyterian church, Flfty-tfth street. near Lexing
ton avenue, will preach to-day, morning and even
ing.
Services will be held to-day. ct half-past ten A. M.
and half-past seven p NJ. In the Plymouth Baptist
church, Fiftytrst street, between Ninth and Tenth
avenues the Rev. DIR. Westcot: officiating.
Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach at the Broad
way Tabernacle church this evening, at haf-past
seven O'Clock.
At the New England congregational church, cor
ner OF Madison avenue and Forty seventh street.
the Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach this MORN
Ing at halfpast past ten O'Clock Rev. J. p ThOmp-
son Will preach at halr-past seven p. M.
st. Thomas church services to-day at SUNRISE
haf-past seven A. M. and eleven A. NJ Sunday
school festival service at four p. NJ
The Rev. DR.. Price viii preach at the Home chapel.
No. 80 East Twenty-ninth street, to-day, at half
past ten A. M. The children will sing.
The Rev. j. 9. Aver, by request, will repeat hts
lecture on "The Lord a Physician" this evening"
at halfpast O'Clock, In the Church OF the New
Jerusalem, corner OF Clark street and Monroe place.
Brooklyn. Morning service Will be held at eleven
O'Clock.
At the Fifty-third street Baptist church, between
Sixth and Seventh avenues, the Rev. W. II. Pendle-
ton will preach to-day, at haf-past ten A. NJ and
halCpast seven p. M.
The twenty-thrd anniversary of the Youths Mis-
slonary Society of Allen street Presbyterian church
Will be held IN the church. Allen street. near Grand,
this evening" at halfpast O'Clock. Interesting
Hastings.
special service VIII be held in the Church of the
Messiah, corner OF Park avenue and Thirty fourth
street. this morning, in commemOration OF the day.
Christmas sermon "Christ and Christanity,'
by Rev. George Hepworth. Evening service tx
O'Clock.
AT the Christian church. Twenty eighth street.
near Broadway divine service Will be held to-day at
half-past ten O'Clock A. NJ, and hatpast seven
o'clock p. M. Communion service in the morning.
Rev. f. @. Sweetser will preach in the church cor
ner of Blocker and Downing street this evening
Subject: 20 he Universallst Idea OF Salvation"
sWhat Are We to Call 1t e"
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
In your article on the Spanish Volcano, &c., OF
December 81 you declare the fact that "the nations
are angry and the harvest Of the world Is rapidly
rpening." This is true, but they are not SO angry
as they soon Will be. / was forctbly struck when
read your remark for is the declaration of
OF the nations of old Europe, predicted eighteen
hundred years ago, the condition of political az
fairs which was to precede and to be contemporary
with the reaping Of that harvest OF the world'
you correctly say " Is rapidly ripening." The pre-
dicrion refer to Is In the following Words" And
the nations were angry, and thy wrath 70 Lord God
Almighty Is come, and the time Of the dead that
they should be judged and that then shouldst give
reward to thy servants the prophets, ana to the
saints, and to them that fear thy name. small and
great, ana snouldst destroy them that destroy the
earth. REV XII Is. So you see there are TWO par.
ties that are angry, namely, the Almighty and the
nations Of the earth and you may also that this
tw0fold apgriness is contemporary with the resur-
rectlon and reward OF the righteous dead. and the
destruction OF the military anu spiritual oppressors
and destroyers OF society,"
In the same article you inquire, "What are we to
call 1t ?''-the madness oil discord working without
fixed aim or definite boundary. reply that a name
has been already given to 1t in the document from
which have already quoted. II is there designated
In the phrase, 'thTee uncean spirits like frogs
working mracles''-miracles In the sense eXpounded
by you in your editorial OF December Is, in which
you say:-''We live in age full OF marvels that
men cease to wonder. The more apparently impos-
slble the event the more likely it is to happen"
These ''uncean splrts'' are, you say, 'the very
madness of discord' and they are "like frogs" for
they are Of the Napoleonlc and Gambetta Species
croaking peace In times of relentless war-.le11Dre
c'eSt III paiIn practically illustrated in The situation
that now obtains Frogs are the original heraldlc
symbols OF the barbarlans tn t invaded Gaul and
settled there after emigrating from the marshes OF
Weslphala. The early Kings of the French bore
three frogs upon their shield. They were the
original arms OF France. You may therefore
see why the Spirit Of God, In oreshadowing
''the very madness of dlscord" as you
term it, likened II TO frogs IT Is an
unc lean spirit emanating from the democratic and
social republicanism Of 1859. 1t is the red republ
can spirit OF the French Mountain, to which kings
and priests, constitutional otherwise,
abomination. THIS spirit has never been erad-
Gated IRON Europe since 1t established the French re-
public and cut or the head Of Louis XVI, III the year
Ill. 1t occupies the extreme left in the Italian
Parliament, and demands the smashing DOWN. or
the Papacy, the dissolution OF the so-caed sacred
OF the P0pish Church from Rome. Senior CASTELAR,
and his friends IN Spain: Mazzini and Garlbadi, in
italy and Gambetta, In France, &c., are It's lncarna
lions in those countries. IL dreams OF United
States of Europe" This is its Utopia mere castle
in the arr; shadow, the grasping OF which brings
discord and ruin upon themselves sand those that
would suppress them. You inquire chow, when and
where IS this great deluge OF human passion to sub
side ~ In this evil woIld things progress BY the
of an rnnlsmS Ihe .tmaane4S OF llScQrlii