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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

There werc u few persons living within the shadow
OF the cross that surmounted the sacred edifce In
which he was speskiny-a few individuals who
should be setting
GOOD EXAMPLE
10 their nelghbors, but who playing the deuce
With III senters on account OF the evil ways In which
thes walked. These persons ought TO know better,
and shout not be
RUNNING A RIO
which no amount OF worldly or heavenly influence
could help them ont or Reelection was O great
thing for those who were In the ways that were
dark Int The bright light OF faith could add would
bring them round all right again ID Christian duties
and project them against those most awful Judy
ments that were III store for the wicked. Take
heed take heel lest the Gevii's own EVIL tongues
shond lake possession OF them, and then the first
stem toward inndelity aud the conte npt OF Gods
own law was taken, and ruin finally should over
take shem, The experience OF the world proved
hsyond a doubt.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23

the snner.n The sinner Is never at rest neither
here nor hereafter. Grasp hot after wOrdness but
alter the knowledge OF the Scriptures. that we may
better know
OUR MASTERS WILL.
AS the seas abound with fish. so the earth abounds
with sinners. In. the text God likens the Kingdom
oil heaven to q net cast into tho sea. gathering OF
every kind. Though the earth be ned with
sinners, there are none too vile, too
wicked among us, to come under the
influence OF the Gospel. Sternness and tenderness
are the preachings by which He drew towards Him
many OF the Outcass OF society. The church Is ike
unto fshermans boat, the minister being the
pilot, Inc deacons and class Leaders the body, and
OF the pilot. As the fisherman casts out his net ne
draws IN both the good and the bad: the good he
VIII Keep, but the bad he casts away. So when the
Saviour draws IN His mel he good He will keep and
give Immortal life TO; but the bad, the wicked
sinner, He Will cast away into the furnace OF
eternal damnatI0n. So shall II be at the end
or the world, says our Saviour: the angels shall
come FOL tn and separate the wicked from among
the Just and shall cast them into the furnace OF fire.
where there shall be walling and gnasning OF teetn
Oh! what
DAY OF JOY AND A,pAY OF SORROW
that will be- when GOd says to one portion, Come
into everlasting fire." From those on his right will
come songs Of joy and exultation but among those
on his left will be weeping Saiing and gna .hing Of
teeth. by the preaching OF the gospel are all men to
DC saved. This Is the great net in which are all
TO be ga heIed God has laid down In the Scriptures
the way OF righteousness and the path glory read
"witn the knowledge and the Understandings The
power OF the Gospel CT Christ and It's enicacies are
not TO be preached.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
ST. PAIL'y EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Life Of Faith-Scrmon by the Rev. DR..
Dix,

The Life Of Faith-Scrmon by the Rev. DR..
Dix.
This fine old church was but thinly attended YES.
ter1ay, owing probably to the severe cold OF The
morning. Alter The usual Episcopal service the
rector or The parish, the Rev. DR.. Morgan DIX as
cended the pulpit and preached a sermon on the
'Lfe OF Faith, taking the text OF his discourse
the history OF the plgrlmages OF Abraham and Lott.
The reverend doctor skctched al great length and
with his customary ability the principal incidents
In the life oil the patriarch and anal yZed his clar-
acter. This he contfasted eloGuentiy and forcbly
with the lie and character Of Lot, his opposite.
lie said:-The leading feature IN the life OF Abra-
nam was motion. The three score ana fifteen years
actiyity-ln going up and down from pace TO place
without ress or leisure. Change adyance-hcse
were the characteristics OF his sojouinn9. HIS
WAS
A LIFE or FAITH
and ii was typical Of the Christian le-tle constant
never ending pursuit Of that maj rest which never
can be attained In This world, hut which the eyes Of
1aith see beyond the gu:i that all WIN have no cross
sooner or later Lot and Abraham, when they stood
on the hlgf 40 lntain over ooklnu side the
ard wilderness and ON the other the fertile plan OF
Jordan ana decided 10 part from eacn other forever,
were strangely opposite 10 each other. Lot decided
to meyo down and to nhaDit the lovely land beneath
him and dwell there; but Abraham whose fam led
him TO tx his mind on the home promised the
goJd when the giores OF this HE snail nave pass, ID
away, decided 10 push oul into the wilderness
and travel from place to pace without hope OF rest.
There We're three great elements Ia the ives OF these
two nien-reIglous and ethical elements o. spiritual
value. The first was duty, the second obedience,
and the third faith; and these, rs exempied In
Abraham and Lot. point To the eternal ruth that
nothing In TINS world can give to lDun tie reaZ.t-
tion OF MS highest hopes; that there is
No REST OR coNTENTMENr
to be found here, and that only III the life hereafter
th4t rest be found which Viii entirely SATISFY tho
human craving Obedience 10 Gol's law u our duiy
and that law points clearly to the lessons contained
III me li.S- o. nprunam LOb We have
nc continuing city here. and man, with eager, un.
satlsi'ing eyes, looks through the shadows lor
home aud resting place In The eternal land OF the
bessed. Men die nov as they ever have died.
Believers and unbeleyer5 ALIKE when the dnul
moment comes wnan the ight Of uaP Is SHUT from
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
ZION METHODIST EPISCOPAL (CDLORED'
CHURCH..

The Kingdom Of Heaven Like Unto n Net
Attempt to Snare CoIorcd Souls into the
Fold of Christ-sermon by the Rev. Will
linn II. Butler.
The delightful temperature Of yesterday was the
cause OF an unusually large attendance at this
church, situated at the corner OF West Tenth and
Blocker streets. This Is the largest cooreI church
Of this denomination In the city, and the oppor
UNITY which yesterday presented for display or
WINTER tilets seemed to be taken advanta 70 OF By
the fashionable portion OF the congregation The SER
mon was delivered by the pastor Rev, William r.
Butler from Matthew, xiii. 47:-"rhe Kingdom OF
heaven is like unto net that was cast lnto rne ga
and gathered Of every klnd.n ChlIsts parabes
SAID he are calculated to interest all mankind they
idustra;e the state IN which nature has mace US.
God Knows but two Kinds OF mea--lhe "saint and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
RELIGIOUS SERVICES In BROOKLYa.
The L,rrosy Of the Soul and thu
Duty Of SlEDenial.
HOW TO READ YOUR BIBLE.
a Dali Day at Plymouth
Church.
gg0THER SEECaER.

A Dali Day Mt Plymouth Church-No Jokes,
No CopuniiTuEis, No Fun and Very Little
Bile.
Plymouth church was wei t.ei Yesterday by the
parshioners OF Mr.. Henry Ward Beecaer besides the
usual reinforcement Of strangers who crossed tue
river despite the dreadful cold weather. 10 sit at the
feet OF their be.oved Gana.leL 1t was strange
sight-the crowded auditorium looking so like an
opera house and heaped to the ceiling with some
1900 pretty girls in addition to number OF old
maids who gathered together In strong force near
the desk behind which the preacher was to sit. At
half.past ten o'clock every seat in the house was
illed and when Mr. Beecher came out in his plain
black suit, with his eyes thrown up to the ceiling
ana hts hands clasped devoutiy over the
PIT OF MS STOMACH,
there was hardly "A wet eye among all the old
spnsters who are accustomed to occupy seats In the
front rows OK benches. The studied planness OF
MIR. Beecner's attire has Its effect upon the female
members OF his flock, the gushing young ladies' lean.
Ing forward over the balcony and dIyldlng their
time between their hymn books aud mute admlra-
ton or Mr. Becchcrs back hair. Then there Is a
rolcking air ABOUT Captain Duncan, who had the
honor of cartlng Mark Twain around the world in
the Quaker City, and stranger would expect 10 SEQ
the old marine give hitch TO his trousers or roll
quid IN his jaw us ne usners the audience to their
seas.
The sermon yesterday was entirely devoid
OF the usual exhibition OF wit wulch marks
Mr.. Bcccher's ordtory ana was on that very
thrilling passage IN hoy Writ describing how Chrss
stood III the temple and watched the poor widow
deposit her mite IN the treasury Tor the service OF
tho Holy VI lloncs. Nj. Bcecner SAID he did not
think much OF Jerusalem rs u city, although every
person Is disposed 10 think well OF his Der native
pace, and the Jews Thought Jerusalem was pretty
big place In thci own o1illon. alt. Beecher offered
q prayer, wntcd took MN Twenty-Five minutes by
the watch to get through VITA. lie stated tnat PrO-
lessor Raymond would give a series 81 ~tilkspcarian
readings III the lecture room oil the church. ana
wncn the time cine for singing tue reverend gen.
.leman rolled nls tongue twice III his NOUN ana
| -
an n .he Ior-tieth Hynn-ah ~ -
During hts dtsc ,ursa 49,. N, -.
pon,icdi aiuslpn III IL, Mr.. Bee ,ner used n vsrv
strange term % one OF the chief men in the Ne,yy
Testament. lie cuiied N0"
81. PAUL MOST INSIGNIFICANT, BLEAR.ryrp ,rw-
anu 'hc auuithcc, WAC had Ueen lJIng IN wait ro.
we Joke, tdughci quite rnerrIy al The slne
lAGeu9h.ut Inv dacVurse Mr, UecJaer steamed to ua
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
them and the soul is about 20 take Its night d nd

them and the soul Is about 20 take Its night d nd
that this world WAS
NOTHING BUT AN ILLUSION;
that there was no rest here, no ease no content
ment and that tho great 10y and peace for winch
their aching hearts longed during their pilgrimage
on earth can only be realized In the life beyond the
grave. These are the ideas In the life ur faith.
Faith Is no selfish opinion but o real idea. IL
brings 10 US visions OF better things come In the
after existence and sustains and aninat,s DUR
ing the vclssltudes Of our earthly existence.
Lot lacked the faith which sustained Abraham. lie
chose the pain OF Jordan. with Its gardens ana
pleasant el's aud beautiful cities, but he aid not
hnd complete rest. For q time 1t seemed o. II rest
was near. but then came wars rebeilons and dlsor-
dera, political and social. His house was ravaged.
The Lord destroyed
THE CITIES or THE PLAINS,
and he had again 10 seek In another place the rest
he valnly sought He avoided the life OF faith ana
discontinue was the consequence.
The reverend doctor then proceeded to apply with
more directne the lessons contained In the life ex.
amples he had portrayed, and concluded hts excel.
lent DISCOURSE OF which tine above Is condensation
~ an eloquent appeal 10 the congregation 10 perse.
we're In their pilgrimage through this world OF care
with Dyes liked ON the home reserved Tor the Just In
tie bright land beyond the grave.
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stu2efy themselves with sleep or exhaust them.
selves by over labor. the air win afford extatic
exharaiion. and the simple bread and wine
ordinary mind that the consecratod rcpast
now affords to the sensitive and sptr7tueNe
n ar and oca~ a' sy sse ana sn
world will be what Gad .ntanas it'd paradise.
Now. alas those who 1--we In the country
s ana dale forest and river are viewed
from sunrise to sunset with weary eye, and In the
city we see no nature Our rivers brng thoughts OF
steam tugs, Of ferry boats and smoke, and In con.
necton with the ocean we see only visions OF Steam
SHIPS and merchant vessels.
THERE Is NO LUCK :
nor chance In nature; al Is regular, oil ia beauty
yet oil Is change, and no change comes without 9
cause. We trace one effect to Its cause and lind
selves in an inanity OF causes. spread.
ing IN maze like the silver threads OF
Providence They say that COD meant this and God
meant that There Is no harm In this providing no
one
ATTEMPTS TO INTERPRET FOR GOD,
and tell you what God meant In whattakes place.
The God OF the orthodox - believer In God. In
the Holy Ghost ana N Christ; that Is In the Trinity
from the first for the saving Of souls. The evan
gehsts tell IA that God intervenes in the afairs
and that TO study the Bible ana hold prayer meet.
tngs VIII induce Him 10 change HIS course Some
One neighbor comes in and says. dear, You were
very foolish to let the child be taksn out In such
weather; you gave 1t
TOO MUCH SOOTHING SYRUP:
You wrapped 1t too closely; you should have
taken more care Of the health OF one so decateN
Bus another neghbor comes in ana saws to the
heart broken mother that God took the babe away,
TO smite her and try her heart that she should bow
her head to Infinite wisdom. and think that God
knows best An ia that the way to make the
mother love God?
The reverend speaker concluded his discourse By
citing many and various instances OF the short
sighted and narrow views OF the0logians and p0k
tlcans upon great questions concerning the welfare
Of the race In all times.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-23
The Walk Of the Christian and the
Beauty Of Holiness.
CHILD-sCHOoLs IN HEAVEN
Brother Beethcf Gives Verbal Photograph Of
81. Paurs Personal Appearance.
VARIOUS VIEWS OF TEE DEVIL
She Sorrows or the Faithful and the Fate
of the Wicked.

Now thar church.goers have grown accustomed
10 the " inter-. no inclemency OF the weather seems
Able 10 deter them from taking their seals In the
house OF prayer and paying their weekly tribute OF
homage and thanksgiving 10 their Creator. Yes.
terday oil the churches were well filled with large
ana devout congregations. and the Work OF grace
doubtless advanced TO good purpose. This TACT In
face OF the low standard Of the temperature and the
bitter northeast wind that swept through the
e,reets and pinched tne cheeks and Ioses'of hardy
wayiarers, shows thar the Gospel still holds sway
over The hearts OF Gotham.
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that are left us the minister said. none would wish
The Lord to return them 10 us again. Our little ones
who have pas "a into the other world are saved
from all the diseases, temptation and dangers TO
which those lett behind are exposed. Exposed 10 no
temptations, pure and Tree from evil habits. from
and error on leaving they more capable "
receiving
THE DIVINE EDUCATION
which the LOVING angels take delight In imparting
TO them. IN heaven the chld 10 Q real nelng IN q
real world Surrounded by everything that Is per.
fecIly adapted 10 cali all Its faculties into play and
committed to the care OF those who know BOW to
touch every secret sprtng in its nature, IL must
rapidly develop into the strength, beauty ana lowell
meas of m angel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01
ETEIU-BOUJE,S.

There is q point of practicc-(we mean edl-
torial. not legal, practicc)-whereOn we must
venture to differ from Mr.. David Dudley
Field. We insist that there are cases Of primo
61cis rascality wherein Editors have right to
assume the sufflciency of the undisputed facts.
For instance:
The Erie Railroad-under the management
Of the predecessors of Messrs. Gould, Fisk
Tweed and Lane-was, Ill public esteem
solvent. reasonably prosperous corporation 1t
paid full dividends regularly on its Preferred
and fair dividends on its Common Stock, and
il met all Its liabilities TO others with entire
Immortality. Its stock had appreciated con-
siderably and pretty steadily for years, and
was worth some 65 to 20 cents on the dollar
in open market.
Messrs. Fisk, Gould Tweed 81 Co. at length
obtain control of the Road and all this Is sud
denly changed. They issue and sell vast
amounts of additional stock; they pay no diyi-
dends even on that which is Preferred; they
do not diminish the indebtedness of the Com
pany, and its stock steadily and rapidly de-
cllnas, until it is worth but o third Cor there
about of its value when they bought their
way into supreme control.
These are facts of the most glazing not0-
riety No one contests or satisfactorily eX-
plains them. The managers aforesaid do not
even act az though they supposed any ex-
PLANTATION required. We see one of them dis
porting himself behind six horses and gor-
geous turnout at Long Branch and in the
Central Park; he has sumptuonsly furnished
houses to bestOw on questionable women, and
he runs an Opera House that must cost him "A
great deal of money, whereto the Erie Com
pany pays largely in rents. He and his asso-
ciates roll in tawdry luxury, while the Erie
stockholders are not even told, "Wait awhile,
"and you shall have dividends" Though
every other great highway from the Seaboard
to the West pays generous dividends on its
cost, this road neither pays nor promises a
faIthing except to its managers.
All this Mr.. Field may fairly urge IN Court,
will not serve to send his mrniiicent clients to
State Prison as gigantic embezzlers. Perhaps
not. We nre not trying them on public
prosecutors bill of Indictment. What we arc
doing is to summon these men TO the bar OF
public opinion, and compel them to account
for the vast income of the Erie Road which
they undeniably receive as managers OF great
public trust which they have chosen to assume,
and of which they render no satisfactory ac-
count And herein we hold that reason and
common sense are with Mr.. Bowles and against
Mr. Field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01

RH1T ~ FREE TRiDEf

A correspondent, who justly values accurate
and lucid definitions. asks us to answer the
above question We proceed TO do -.
Absolute Free Trade III that which prevails
between the several States of our Union.
Whore no tax, impOst, or public charge OF any
kind. attends the transfer of products from
one to another community, tho trade between
those communities "a Free, no matter what
distance separates them or what obstacles ini-
pede their interchange Of commodities.
But Governments must have revenue; ana
products are taxed to procure it, When, there
fore, like taxes arc LAID on those products
which a nation imports and like products
which its people make at home, its Trade Is
still held to be Free
In the modified. conventional sense commonly
accepted, Trade is regarded Free when duties
are levied by ono nation on the products OF
other nations which cross its frontier With no
other vielC than thdt IF Obtaining rerenne or in
come herejrORs. and for no nlteri0r or incidental
pprpose.
We do not decide that this ia literally, essen
italy Free Trade; we only say that "a great major
ity of those who profess to be Free Traders de-
clare this TO be what they mean by Free Trade;
and we are bound 10 accept their definition ~
conclusive.
In the present House of representatives. at
an early hour of its long session, Mr.. ). y.
Marshall Of Illinois moved that, III readiusting
the Duties on mporiA NO higher rate should b.
imposed on any product than hat chieh woud
yield the largest amount of reuenuc from that pro-
duct; and several Republicans, with all the
Democrats who did NJ skulI, voted Yea. The
resolve was nevertheless defeated by If major
ity.
We have thus far endcayored to state ex-
acty what Free Trade is, according to the in
tent of the great majority of those who advo-
cate it. Let us now endeavor to show how and
wherein it differs from the opposite doctrine
of Projections
The duty Oh Ready Made Clothing imported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01

The influence of Tammany over the country
members has triumphed over truth ana JUSTICE
Mr.. Twombly has been deprived OF Ills seat
that the Democrats may control the orsan'~'-
ton of the Assembly. We had little depend
ence in the suggested hope that one honest
member might be found to prevent the con-
summation of this outrage, and our donoS
have been sadly confirmed. Mr.. Carey has
taken a seat to which he must feel he Is not
entitled, but which Tammany will not let him
resign to appease his conscience. We do not
believe that the Democratic party can afford
this act They do but teach dangerous in
structions, which, being taught, return to
plague the inventor. The precedent is alarm
ing. and we invite to it once more the atten-
ton of such honest Democrats "a support their
party because they think they thus best sup
port the Country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01

There is something aftor all. little disreputabs
in parody and burlesque. There Is small nursery
song beginning. Mary had little lamb" written
by somebody to US unknown. For years 1T has been
repeated by mothers to their children, and repeated
back in lisping accents by the children themselves
In many q mind it is associated with tender memo
res Of those who were too early lost But the par
ody-writeIs have got hold of the dty and are twist
ing and turning it into all manner of laughable and
ridiculous shapes. Mr. Mast has come to their assist
anco with Lot of carieatures at which, III spite Of
himself one cannot help laughing; and the ruin Of
the pretty little song is complete This is one OF hs
results of the rage for the comic which marks the
present time and which has declared laughing
war against all that is serious. We do not complain;
VIC only wonder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01

of good healthy civilian-or, IA Admiral for-
ter would say-plobeian blood Personally,
the staff comprises some Of the best men OF
the service. They must, from the nature OF
their duties, he educated at least as wei as
the line, and probably tho average OF ac-
complishments is much higher in the officers
who have been trained in our civil schools
than in those who have obtained their educa-
ton at Annapolis. They arc likely TO ralSo
instead of lowering the character Of any class
with which they are incorporated. Admiral
Farrocut was strongly in favor of such
measure rs is now before Congress- and ii the
American people want any other reason for
approving it. they will find one III the TIC,
that Admiral Porter is very much oppo'cu