The New York herald., 1870-04-17

been that OF an assembly Of lotos earers cam ana
thing Or D the Dutch governors Of New YORK: Inc
Sectarians are certainly more hvev Al rymou'h
church. SO the summary informs u.s.
God the other e" OF his hearers must have
they had been rather @ eo deysa 81 ss sbsrn
out sony pewhoders allowed to enter At present, silently
had sssa asss 10 S Tor s.
paid fsI p % a the TnS rs Ms
ss ana sa.s These an,iou. snppc.sors ,e co ,or
s IN pou' conversation about '0eaOs' and the price Of
AT the Church Of the Observation-Disclosures sing.
ing match was decided. The PASTORS place
waa ned by Boston clergyman. who informed the congre
for sy CO eoad sii do as sws as the con-
gresaton on the Hub" Thus challenged the wor.hppers
sne5gy and aasness tina, been gratifying to the
shaiengsr and we pray acceptable to him. &C. The match
At the Lyric Hall Mr.. Frothlngnam, the person
who assisted Mr. Beecher IN the clinical marriage OF
Richardson and the woman Mcfarland, got into first
principles and the high genealogical Attitudes and
also somewhat ont OF soundngs. He delivered
sermon on religion, which word has three dednl-
tions-one TO read over one to 'Dlnd again. and
thrd 10 loosen" We are quite aware that Cicero
Is responsible for the first aud that Lactantius and
| Others father the second derivation OF the word.
But that religion means q releasing Is peculiar To
| Mr.. Frothingham's dictionary, though not 10 his
practice seeing that IN the ceremony Aforesaid he
considered the oosenng Oh the marriage Knot very
| religious duty indeed.
Were II not that to inculcate any duty Is not In
their way, and did we not detect slight plagiarism
OF certain Spartan practice, we should for hyell-
| ness recommend to the conductors OF the Sunday
lectures at ST. Georges Hali the following American
mode or spending sunday evening"
The usual temperance meeting under the auspices Of the
Opera House las; evening The place was crowded to eA
lures OF nebriates the delight OF decidedly mxcd"
audience.
| II, as we have already hintea, the knowledge OF
the New York reporters IS limited on religious mat
ters as in one case where we were informed that the
| sermon was on the text, "Charity never ladeth,n
M 0nO har yhArn ~ n fha m M N
version, Is quoted, Thou ddst not lead thy Holy
One to see corruption" the penny a-liners are quite
at home IN their pictorial ana personal estimate or
| New York church going. The column which IN the
4 New YORK HERALD Immediately follows the religious
and balls last week. rhe one column reads exactly
| like the other and evidently proceeds rom the
same pen: Al the White House we are told that the
| Presidents wife "wore robe OF ruby velvet, with
| her p0rty shoulders subdued under hchu OF point
d'Alencon," and that Mrs. Hamilton Fish 'wore
delicate mauve satin" At the churcnes the report
| ers are equally and IN every sense ut home. AT
| Grace church the costumes OF velvet ana plush
''Rich ana heavy velvets and flashing damonds'
! are noticed at one church. while at another we are
favored with a personal introduction TO "a young
lady or nineteen small but elegant In figure, with a
| complexion OF the purest pink, &C., &C.. and at
tired IN a silk dress, draped with graceful io1nces
en- pdnter. pink tie and pretty beau-catcher." "
In New York the Quakeresses seem to comprise the
wealth, beauty and fashion OF the city, and t might
told Of the velvet ana silks, satns and IRIS pumes OF
the doves But tney are run nard by
the SaUc DeleS. In Zion cOlOreQ Cnufcn
we fnd that 1.-THE congregation Is decidedly
well dressed and that subdued quIeIness
prevails which gave very elegant tout ensemble;
wne deep puppies aud black velvets show to ad
vantage dark SKIN and Dearly teeth, and that the
costumes are heightened by diamond pins aud ear.
drops" 10 do them justice the various pastors
seem to feel what the Bishop OF Orleans calls the
unbridled luxury OF women as q sort OF challenge,
| and good many OF them preached against the fem
nine extravagance OF the age. One pulpit orator
| quoted some verses new to us:-
What Is the reason, can you guess,
| That men are poor and women thinner?
So much 40 they for dinner dress
But, juding from own experience the women
rather like these pastoral ObiurxatiOns They treat
homily against fine clothes as sort OF beau catcher
and advertisement OF their own and their milliners
taste. We are not sure that there Is not some
derstanding between the shepherds and the lambs
OF the nock, and that the ladies' do not consider
pulpit reproOf rather IN the light OF testimonial OF
their good taste and skill In fashion. The writer OF
the religious summary OF New York says that there
were only TWO aristOcratic churches IN which the
subject OF female dress was not touched on in the
pulpit. We can only say In conclusion that We al
most, when 1t Is TOO late, begin to repent or giving
this picture OF Sunday in New YORK. What IL the
| satire should prove an inducement and the beacon
be taken for attractions We may yet i've to
new Pet0s LondenSiS edited by the compiler OF the
Court circular and the reporters OF the Morning Post
And as at New York we are informed that "eX Health
| Commissioner Crane, and Mr.. Chaunccy, president
OF the Mechanics Bank, !" said their prayers OF
listened TO somebody eses prayers at Trinity
| Brooklyn while MRS Commodore Vanderbilt ano
| her mother Mrs. CraufOrd, with others OF eQua
| prominence" hOnOred Almighty God and DR.. Deems
gcrs'-we should have been glad OF some informa
ton about the fashionable congregation who assem-
| bled at the parti-cOOred striped brick "cnurch
| ediicen In New York commonly known as the
Churcn OF the Holy Zebra-we are not without seri-
Gus apprehensons that the day Is not distant when
the dresses ana devotiOns CT the Sunday visitors to
the Belgravian churches Will be as iully reported In
the London newspapers the victims OF those much
| dulier entertainments, Belgravan receptions.