The New York herald., 1870-07-31

Iorlnlst sOcletles, a. well as those vi our Ensi'on
colleges and universities. larger meeting was
held afterwards at the rooms of the Society Tor fro
noting Christian knowledge, the Bishop OF Llandan
in the chair at which seventeen members attended
The Bishop of Gloucester and BRISTOL who mas
taken throughout so large part in the movement
which has nowadvanced some wayto successful is-
sue was present as representing the NewTestament
company, and reported the progress which they
had made and the rules they had adopted In deal
ing with the preliminary questions which attach
to works OF this nature. When these were dis
posed of the company, having appointed two secre-
taries and finance committee, entered at once
on their work, and proceeded to revise the author
lied vers on of the first chapter of Genesis. They
were to meet again yesterday to continue their
labors.
A Presbyterian Growl Over the Death OF the
Late Florence Scnnnci.
The Observer presbyterian organ) Of last
week has the following remarks upon the death
and obseques of the late Alderman Florence
Scanned =
Florence Scanned, young man of twenty three,
vas emphatcally representative of the dan
gerous classes" in New York city. And, after
rioting through the streets night in last De-
cember with party of desperadoes like himself,
he burst into q liquor shop and was shot in
drunken brawl. After lingering paralyzed for
several months, he died few days since. This
nan was an alderman of the city. The Board of
Aldermen passed resolutions OF respect for his
memory. Municipal officers and judges attended
his funeral. Various clubs appeared as m0urners.
Some of the newspapers contained long details of
the ceremony, and Rev. Dr. Henry, Poman
Catholic clergyman, preached q funeral discourse,
in which he said that the congregation had as
sembled to offer prayers for one endeared to them
"by virtuous actions and deeds which will live
long after him;' and the reverend gentleman bade
them to be comforted by the remembrance that
there Is home beyond the skies where such as
he live in happiness for eternity What more
than this did the Greek priests do for the brgands
SCannel a
alderman, and the Rev. DR.. Henry, Romsh
priest, sends him safe to heaven with the odor of
sanctity all around him.
The Divine Gull and Gift Of Preaching.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The greatest sermon that was ever preached to
mortal ears-so full of kindly admonition, holy
and sweet eloquence, goinQ over the whole ground
of mans duty, with the truest lessons in virtue
and morals, appealing to the intellect of the
philosopher and the simple comprehension of the
child-was the Sermon on the Mount. We may
60 back and peruse the rude manuscripts of Soc.
rates, Aristotle and Pluto; the traditional moral
teachings of Confucius, the most elegant pas
sages from Cicero, the best maxims on morality,
justice and truth from the Koran, and all the
writings of the Latin and Greek fathers Ireneus,
Polycarp, Aquines, Chrysostom, &C.; and, coming
down to the modern ages, select the best thoughts
of Mossillon, Bourduloe, Fenelon, Chalmer,
Robert Hall, Wesley, Claiming, Wiseman, Adam
Clark and Ventura, make the choicest selections
from all tn Sc authorities all these writer's, all
these learned and gifted men, and arrange them
in syllable order, and they cannot for a mo-
ment compare in beauty, simplicity and power
with that extraordinary sermon. And who was the
preacher? 1t was Jesus Christ. And how did he
appear to the people of Judea? He appeared to
ia aV nj m IA q al i'm aQr of niO
man, who belonged to q world better than this.
He was the living image of what He taught. If He
told men to be pious He was pous himself. If He
preached morality He was also moral. And He did
not ask men to receive Him alone in His name.
but in the name Of Him who sent me.'' SO it
should be with our modern preachers. They
should have .calf" and 'gift'' from Jesus
Christ and then they will be pious and earnest,
and their preaching will be eficacious in saving
souls. When a man enters the profession Of
arms, law, medicine, civil engineering, he enters
fame; but when man enters the Christian minis.
try in the true Church of Christ the saving of
souls should always outweigh all human interests.
He must obey the call" and when he once
never look back, but work 'in season
and out of season. unto the end. In these
sorry degenerate days there never was
greater need for learned, earnest, pious, heroic
the priest as the preacher. The man in the re-
petition in Christian churches of the great sacri-
flee on Calvary is the highest form of religious
worship but the Gospel was originally spread
and must be retained in the world mainly by
preaching. He alone who receives his call and
charge from Christ aud not from men is the true
preacher Such was st. Patrick; such was
Huvier such was Father de Smet There is much
preaching done in these days, but little is done
with the simple, earnest, pious attention Of Jesus
The prevailing infdelity of the day is partly caused
by corrupt or inefficient clergymen. The two
requisites for successful preaching and pastoral
duty are earnestness and piety. II priest is
earnest and pious, with his whole heart given 10
the work of Christ his people will love him and be
like himself. Drunkenness and all immortality
will soon leave that congregation. And, if in ad-
dressing his people in The name of Jesus Christ he
does not possess the golden rhetoric of Chrysos-
tom nor the imptetuous power and vehement
JUNCTION OF Ventura yet if be is earnest and does his
best, leaves no stone unturned, his preaching will
go to the heart and bear good fruit. la the Epis-
copal or Anglican Church, the sermons are gen.
orally read or preached from manuscript. This is
not preaching and therefore, there never has
been preacher in that Church. In the Presby-
terian and Congregatonalist and Baptist they are
generally dull aud too long, and in the Methodist
rambling but earnest, and in the Catholic very
scrptural, but generally too superficial To combat
modern rationalisrn sermons must be earnest, ar
gumentive, logical and full Of the holy sweet elo-
quence of the Gospel. Such sermons preached
by men who show by their works that they are
true ambassadors of Christ will roll back the
waves of infdelity which would seem to over
whelm the house of God. The true teachings of
the Sermon on the Mount, if only brought to bear
earnestly on men, will prevail, and infdelity and
irregion will be kept down. IT is only by strictly
following Him who is the "way the truth and the
life' that sin can be overturned and the reign of
Christ be established on the earth.
WESTERN CATHOLIC.
Tilt Between Western Catholic and
Eastern Protestant.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your correspondent ("Western Catholc'D pro.
fesses to hope that the United States will become
Catholic, and thinks that the whole world will
become Catholic also. Let us see how limsy his