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The New York herald., 1870-05-09

the CHRISTIAN may rest at ease. the God who
ho'd3 the thunderbolts In is nands anu
plays with the chained lightning will not arow
HIS Vicar on earth TO misrepresent Him and viii
guard His Church against the macninations o. ner
enies The Pore ~ he oracle OF christ ana az A
Is innossble that God can err IL ls also impossioe
tat the Pope can fan into error IL is not pretenuea
mat the Pope Is inspired or that he Is ,neaium
through which new revelations VIII DC mace ~ tue
Onurch. kegelation IL complete.
ln max ng q decision the Pope consulfs ms tneo.
,osJ anu the scriptures and reve alton, and cohsuLs
& avn ~ prayer, anu having arrived az colei iu-
son ana prom ilgated the same 10 the Church, the
ie 20 promulgated must be correct. In respect
~ 20 iiis pSivate opinions a. theologin or doctor
OF the hurch he has right to act as guide and
never Claims TO do so, and it is not Intended that
ms private opinions should bind the conscience OF
Thls ID an old doctrine The supremacy OF the
pones IA matters o. fath has never been questioned,
ana az the Is shop OF Baltimore expressed IL, "t0
have the pore look for cndrma ton of the do trines
they put for by the bishops OF the Church. instead
their head and guide would be TO reverse the order
OF Christianity established by the Blble.n
s' II look would % ne asesasy sss lead s, s bishops
ana the priests would in turn ne guided
by pubic opinion and the voices OF their congrega-
lions, and under such state or things the Church
rounding us.
OF the doctrine OF Papal mfallbty is the fact that
no Pope acting In his ministerial capacity has ever
been known TO teach error 10 the Church. 1t Is
serted thaG Pope Liberlus signed declaration of
iatn containing neterodOx tenets, but IL Is not pre-
tended that he promulgated such creed TO the
CHURCH IL Is also stated that Pope Honorius, at
the In stigaton OF the Patrarchs OF Constantinope
and Alexandria, was party TO the dissemination
OF heretcal doctrines, but on anayzing this charge
II Is found to amount TO simply tins that this Pope
may not have been sufficiently active in contendlng
against the errors OF his times. proposition which
IL ~ entirely outside our present purpose to discuss
=, Unlll this doetrine il regularly defined by the
Church the faithful are at liberty TO believe it
as they please but the fact remains that this dogma
Is inculcated by the Scriptures and by tradition az
wei as Dy me voices OF theologans and the deini-
tions oil the Councils OF the Church. and has been
constantly adhered to IN practice.
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
CaURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.
The Things That We Sec Are Temporal
Sermon by Rev. Beverley Belts.

The Things That We Sec Are Temporal.
Sermon by Rev. Beverley Belts.
At this church Rev. Beverley Belts last evening
preached to congregation Of about thirty persons
chiefly ladies' selecting for his text the words in the
fourth chapter Of st. Pauls Ep:se TO the Corinth-
ians:-" The things we see are temporal, but those
we do not see are eternal" The preacher at the COM
mencement Of his discourse, said that the early
Christians found great comfort In these words OF
Holy Paul. They lived in times Of persecution
and SUFFERING when the name Of Christian was a
byword and reproach but they found their trials less
bitter when they looked forward to the eternal
weight OF glory IN store for them. They performed
their daily duties calmly; but tn ir minds wero ee-
vated above worldly affairs, and they looked beyond
their trials to the eternaP joys OF heaven because
they bore In mind AMI acted the words
or St Paul. that "the things see are temporal,
nowadays, in like manner, should derive from these
words comfort and encouragement, because the
trials here below ransit0ry, but the reward IL
eternal. Christians should look forward the glory
which awaits them after this world has passed away.
Men become SO absorbed IN
THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE
in their business and occupations that they for the
time being, forget the life to come-iOrget that this
lie Is merely pilgrimage to their eternal home.
They should reflect tnat such conduct Will exclude
tually as great crimes. They should perform
theli duties faithfully but Ut the same time
not forget God, and have all their actions inspired
with the Thought OF their eternal reward. BY living
In this way with the thought OF the trans tory nature
OF all earthly things before their eyes, they would
to an good and faithful who remain faithful
to the end.
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
CHURCH OF TEE MESSIAH.
Who and What the Father IL In Heaven
Sermon by Rev. George II. Hepworth.

Who and What the Father IL In Heaven
Sermon by Rev. George II. Hepworth.
AS usual there was large attendance last even
ing ut the Church Of the Messiah, corner OF Park
avenue and Thlrty-fourth street, and the services
were or the usually interesting character. In ac-
c0rdance with the invarable custom the music that
great modern auxiliary to fashionable Christi an
worship In our grear modern religious temples
was very fne-thar artistic music congenial
to the aesthetic tastes OF the congregation
meeting here-the music while bearing aloft on the
wings Of noble song the tired out and tagged
SOUL made SO by the bitter experience OF our rough
everyday life and Its trials, giving inspiration to
hope and to duty the impulse Of ennobling purpose;
the music that, as much as prayer and sermon, has
really as good ana Outstanding effect upon church
attendants. Alter an exquisite voluntary played on
the organ with rare skill by Mr. Edward Howe Jr., the
organst was sung Gtoi III IN Ercetsts, from Mozarts
ssTweutn Mass, with duet by Q. F. Whiting and J.
H. Th0mas. This impassloned musical poem rarely
nnd5 more splendid voices for Its Interpreter. After
this was sung the "Beatitudes,n trio composed
by MT. Howe, the organist and certainly rarely
sweet melody, with solos sang surprisingly well by
Mrs. Flicker, Miss Rushby and Mr.. @. F. Whiting
more brilliant sermon has not been preached by
Rev. George II. Hepworth since assuming pastoral
charge OF the church. His text was Matthew VII,
9-"Our Father which art In heaven.n The rcvela.
tion Of Gods nature which is contained in the text
Is one whlcn calls FOR our deepest gratitude. The
Sermon on the Mount, or which the Lords PRAYER Is
apart, will yet convert the whole world. It con.
tains definition Of Gods relation to the human
creation was the great problem Of Greece and Rome.
Socrates, guided by natural religion alone caught
far or glimpse Of the fatherhood OF God
but hw glowing words Of faith did not ind ther
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
CHURCH OF THE PAULIsT FATHERS.
Papal Infallibility Discussod-PubIic Opinion
Banned-Iufnllibfiity an Old Doctrine-Ser.
mon by Rev. Father Hewitt.

Papal Infallibility Discussed-Public Opinion
Bannsd-Iufallibtiity nm Old Doctrine-ser-
mon by Rev. Father Hewitt.
At the Church Of the PauIlst Fathers, in Ffty-nnth
street. yesterday. Rev. A. F. Hewitt discussed the
question Of Papal Inaibility, before crowded con.
gregaton, taking his text from St. John, XVII, 1e to
pa little while and ye shall not see me, and
again little while and ye shall see me- because 20
to the Father" &c. Hesaid:-The question Of Papal
Infallibility Is now being much discussed
outside the Church as well as in Catholic
circles. The subject s more widely talked of
than understood, and many things are said about
infallibity that are essentially false In fact and
have no foundation to rest other than the heated
brains Of those who are constantly seeking for
doctrine or practice Of the Catholic Church on which
to vent their fury. An entire misconcepton of the
exact nature OF this important dogma appears to
adversaries.
is stated that infallbnlty means impecaability.
and that the PRONUNCIATION Of that doctrine Is a dc
.tacto canonzation Of the Pope and declaration
that he is perfection ITSELF ana that each and every
OF his private as well as oclal acts is to be declared
free from error Such Is not the case. Inallbility
simply means that the definitions OF doctrines and
morals as promulgated by the Pope in his onicial
capacity as Head OF the Church free from error
and must be received by the members Of the Church
as though they were promulgated by Christ himself
In person. The objection Is raised that the Pope
is but mortal and may himself err, and thereby
lead the church into error. But this objection Is
met at the start by the declaration OF Christ tnat
the gates OF hell shall not prevail against His Church.
Under such an assurance BY our Head and Master
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR.

solomon q Liar-An Human Events Regu.
lated by Natural Laws, Not by Chance
The Richmond Calamity Due to a Rotten
Girder, Not to the Hand Of GOd-What "The
Sick Man'' Of Europe Has 70 Say on These
Things-Sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Pullman.
At the Church OF our Saviour yesterday forenoon
the Rev. Mr.. Pullman delivered lecture Oh
"Chances" to a not overcrowded nor fashionable
nor yet sparse congregation. He took for his text
Ecclesiastes, TX, Ill returned and saw
under the sun that the race is not to the swift
the battle TO the strong neither yet bread to tho
wise nor yet riches to men Of understanding nor yet
favor to men Of skill but time and chance hap
peneth to them all.n
He sald:-A wise man may become fool. There
was much force In the exhortation Of Paul to the
Corinthians that in order that they might be wise
they should become fools. Solomon was a wise man.
Yet in this book, said to have been written by him,
there occurs q chapter which II taken as law for
human AFFAIRS would have long since destroyed the
human race. In truth, this was book so full OF
les-practicai lies-and so much at variance with
human nature, that when revision OF the canon OF
Scripture Is made it must be struck out. Through
all Its pages hopeessness hangs as pa and II 1t is
to be believed nothing comes from Courage or hope
talent or genius.
The world IS not governed by caprice or chance,
but by the action OF liked and immutabe laws. This
has been discovered by investigation and analvsis
and the efforts made to discover truth BY ade0uate
means. This was done thus:-A man doubts the
oruinariy received theory as to the once OF Christ
or the idea OF irreparable ruinneither OF whc IN
the preachers opinion could be found by fact OF
the study OF the Scriptures-therefor he proceed
10 anayse the Word, 10 coate the passages bearine
upon the subject, aud to compare ali by the iQnt o
reason ana common sense, and he thus arrives a
correct conclusions. Formerly people took
THINGS IN A LUMP,
and, without using heir reason to any extent
assigned all striking events to the supernatural
which tnus became a region wonderfully mysterious
Jus. US, hundreds or years ago, people who were
scattered alonQ the seabOard of this mighty Cont-
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
The Religious Mirror Held Up to Nature and
the Body and Spirit Of the Sectarian
World Properly Reflected.
The Failure Of Christianity us De-
vel0ped by Sectarianism.
Childish Innocence and Heavenly Re-
wards = Papal Infallbility Fought
fOr-The Fervor. Fury and Fright
Of Modern Christianity.

Those who worship the God OF Righteousness and
Peace, humble followers OF the Carpenters Son, and
those who bow down before the false gods OF fashion
and manmon, were both In attendance in full force
at the churches yesterday. Though the sun refused
to lend them its glory and nature wore sad and
ashen appearance the charming devoees at
our fashionable places of worship were un-
daunted by the shabby weather, and poutingly
arrayed themselves more richly and gayly than ever
No day of the season has witnessed q finer display
Of charming toilets and bright faces. The sermons
were characterized by the usual piety pathos fervor
and feeling Of our justly distinguished metropolitan
dtvtnes. Below will be found faithful and accurate
report Of the services at the prominent churches in
the metropolis, the national capital, Brooklyn Jersey
City and elsewhere.
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
ST. FRANCIS xAyIER,s CHURCH.
Forty Hours' on-nercadante's Four
Part Mass.

Forty Hours' Adoration-N n-NIercadantc's Four
Part Mass.
The Forty Hours Alteration OF the Host is one OF
the imposing and interesting OF the services OF
the Catholic Church. st. Francis xavier's yester-
day was decked out In gayest attire The high altar
was resplendent In gold and light from the myriad
tapers that clustered each side Of the sanctuary
and the double halo that winkled above the exposed
host while the sheen Of the golden vestmeuts, the
flicker o. the paschal candle tile epstle side and
the manyhued flowers that sent forth their fragrance
on the altar OF Mary formed picture worthy Of the
OCCASION Father Baudevn, s. j., ofiicated cele-
brant aud assisted by Father Hudson as deacon.
Rev. M. Moylan preached at the Gospel on the sub
ject OF
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
on which . dwelt long and eioquently. The mass
was Merctuante's four part work, written originally
for male VOICES but sung on this occasion by the
entire choir. Eacn part commences with theme
for the basses in unison. The Kyae Is solemn ana
stately movement In ID minor, the time being six
eight. The Christie is In the corresponding major
key. Every number, as we have nd commences
with bass theme and ends witn fugue. The mOdu-
lations are exceedingly Ingenious and varied and
the cOunterpoint throughout Is remarkable for Its
simplicity as well as dramatic effectiveness. There
Is great similarity in many respects between thls
mass and the three-voced one, but this is far richer
and on
GRANDER SCALE
The Cf1tctfruS Is dramatic to degree. The
soprano announces the sublime tragedy OF calvary
and the chorus murmur the wor Is In accents OF
grief. The chorus then asks In passionate tones OF
soprano answers In the affirmative in mournfu and
awe struck measures. The figures, one and all, are
Kaleidoscope IN their variations OF the principal
theme, and yet tney are simple o the highest degree
Berge's beautiful Tdntun ergo for three voices was
sung at the benc licton oil the mass, Miss Teress
WeIneke singing the soprano solo with much feel
ing and expression. DIR. william Berges orgaI
accompaniment gave light and color to the mas,
such as master hand can bring to such work.
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
TEE CHRISTIAN CHyE CE.

sermon on Selfishness by the Rev. @. G. Toote.
Notwlths'and ng the unproritlous condition OF the
weather Yesterday, the church going community OF
the metropolis turned out en- masse aud thronged
most OF our churches to replet0n. 1t il doubtful
however, any OF them contained within their mag
nncent and gorgeousy frescoed walls larger more
iash'onable, more intelligent or more appreciatiye
audience than did that beautiful Gothic structure In
Twentyeighth street, near Broadway--th Christian
Church.
The Rev. c. G. Foote, the pastor, preached
most excellent sermon upon the subjecs OF
sELwsHREss.
and took his text from Philippians, H., A.
"Look not every man upon his own things, but
every man also on the things or others.n This
verse you know, said the preacher, stands
opposed to selashness. Now, not only is this
world full OF selnshness but we are by far TOO ant
to seek TO justiyit. 1t Is very common thing TO
near persons say let every one take of him elf
and l VIII d. the same. This and similar phra es
they u ed. Now there Is some truth In all OF this
but II must not be carried too far We would not
woud we nave you pry into one an0thers private
a1airs. There is In this as In all matters cer
tam boundaries beyond which we should not go.
we should not too severely urge upon others our
aivice, nor should we invade the sanctity OF our
friends private afrars but, while we all have cer-
tain amount OF Individuality yet individuality is not
all OF our duty on earth. God would have us to
ASSIST ONE ANOTHER
and not look entirely TO self. We often hear
persons say OF a man that he s independent Well,
pecuniarly speaking. he may be independent but
IN any othtr sense under the heavens no man Ia in
dependent OF his fellow beings This vast world is
made up OF dependencies The consumer depends
upon the producer, the ruler depends upon the
people ana the people upon the ruler; the general
upon the soldiers and the soldiers upon the general.
And so it Is throughout life, we all have need OF
one another. We need to sympathise, encourage and
to help each other. The poor orphan who is wander.
Ing through life, frendless and Alone need sour SYM
pathy and our care. He who Is striving to become
Cnrlstan anu 10 iiye better life needs our enc0ur-
agcment and our advice. The sorrOw.sricKen and
broken-heartcd mother who is deprived by the rude
hand OF death OF her child needs all our sympathy.
Then let us not live for self alone, but for one
another. Do not forget that we all need and must
have sympathy and announcement to help US
through the rude and rugged paths OF life. How
many OF us can say with truth that
We share mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other aowB
The sympathetic tear
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
SECOND AVENUE METHODIST sIURCn.

The Richardson-M Mcfarland Case, or Mar
fiage in its Social and Religious Aspects
Sermon by Rev. w. C. Steel.
The Second avenue Methodist Episcopal church,
corner Of Second avenue and 119th street. was last
evening crowded to Its fullest capacity, 1t beng
known pursuant to previous notification that Rev.
w. c. Steel, the pastor, would preach the subject
OF the Richardson-M Mcfarland tragedy and the les
taught by 1t upon the subject of marriage in its
social and religious aspects. He announced In the
commencement OF the services that he had selected
this subject In reference to the exciting trial now in
progress in this city, and that although it was still in
progress he felt justified In calling public
attention to one most important point involved
In the oase-the sanctity Of the marriage relation
which would demand attention this evening, and
that on next Sunday evening by which time the
verdict would be rendered. he would feel free to pre-
sent the subject to his church in other important
aspects.
He took for his text Malachi H., Is, 14-"And
this have ye done again, covering the altar Of the
Lord with tears with weeping and with crying out,
tnsomuch that He regardeth not tho Offering any
The New York herald., 1870-05-09
nsns REGARDED midlands as inaccessible regions,

nent i,e REGARDED midands as inaccessible regions,
given over TO
INDIAN TRIBES AND OTHER WILD BEASTS.
% but py purpose and Dy labor the forests have re-
oveleu, ana peace and order replace the Wild war
np anu the howngs OF beasts OF prey while tho
ni,an ,h NJ tribes are fast coming have tile more
.nah tue ground they stani on. 80 with the myste-
r,ously ensnrouded supernatural OF the ancents. Is
"nr te tvea saa INTO the Jungle Men OF science In
, M u.e seek ior the caus OF things and find them.
iney cross-queston the universe and make IL speak
h le h ~ haa the cholera invaded Athens In the
ne ent Oh its hoasted enlightenment IL wou a have
been regarded az supernatural, ana a fock OF sheep
would nave been turned adrift 10 see where tney
10 piacaie the enraged deity. Now, when pestlence
disease or famine salG In our mlls we seek for the
ana we lOrthwlth Cleanse Our sewers ana
DIsINFEcr OUR FILTHY STREETS
thereby casting out the cause OF the evil. In this
we act nationally. Yet only q short lime since the
strange assertion proceeded from high Episcopal
sanction that 'the dearth OF Ordinary rainfall Was
due to the demoraiza ion OF lower orders OF the
English classesn Luck, fate, chance destiny for
tune and all similar vague generatl s. in their
application stupid and unIneailing II was not luck
that brought fortune nor iilluck misfortune. God Ia
not a capricOus being. but the All holy One acting
through the medium OF natural laws. Taking an
ethical view OF the tate disasil GUS calamity which
happened down there at Richmond, VINO could trace
II 10 slave holding or reconstruction or political In
lustice9 The simple fact was that Y rder was TOO
weak 10 bear the weight put upon II and II gave
way. The only sin that was visited there was that
OF negligence, and perhaps, what man would can
CRIMINAL ne ygence. The same may be said Of the
late war. IL arose from natural, palpaDle, human
causes And when
NATIONAL DEGENERACY
takes place, such accompanied tne decline ana fot
of the Roman empire, 1T is the direct result OF having
neglected the divine sanction OF human cODducL
There Is one fundamental postOlate nat II attended
TO would prevent many OF these socalled supernatu-
raj visaons IL Is that OF the responsibility of man
70 man, or IN other words, that every man should
do HIS duty by his fellow man.
The truth That man makes his own destiny is also
true Of nations; The Turks. by believing that ION
the appointed day the world coud not beat then
and on the appointed day defeat was inevitable"
achieved great success for a While. But now, be-
cause OF tins fatalist theory OF destiny they are
pointed at as tne sick man" OF Europ.. On the
tary, we, IN this country, by apportonlng the
means to the end, are making gigantic strides toward
the goal of wealth and civlllza lon. Alter showing
thai Solomon erred IN saying thai the race was noL
always 10 the swft &c the preacher brought al ili-
teresting lecture TO close.
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children, and shis, too the duty Of HIS minis.
ters. he lthe preacheN would make any sacrifice
for his congregation, cause he loved its me ners
aud had been loved by them, and because it was a
part OF ms holy Office so to do. Even TO DEATH II &c
were required, ne was ready TO sacrifice hl5 all.
Whatever ml2ht be the act on OF the Presbytery no
would gracefully submit to 1t, and did he think It
TIE INTERESTS or HIS CHURCH
NC wocii present his resignation. He only asked
ps trends To be oircumspect CAREFUL and del berae
10 40 nothing hastily and IN anger He was rea ly
70 DOW To the result, lie closed by exhor ing his
hearers 10 remem er "be kindly aiiectioned one TO
another." ana TO love Chlst aud emulate his Inas-
vel!0u5 career.