The New York herald., 1871-02-23
SERVICES At ST. kLBty,S.
The Lifelong Warnro Against the World
Sermon by the Rev. Father Morrill,.

Sermon by tkc Rev. Father Morrill,.
The ceremonies at st. Adams church tRhualistic,,
In East Forty-seycnth street, were peculiarly grand
and interesting. The morning services began ac
ten A. NJ. They consisted Of CHORAL matIns litany
ana celebration Of Holy Eucharist The interior OF
this church IS decorated tasteiuIly, and the archi.
lecture is OF the ancient Gothic order. The beau,i.
fully designed stained glass windows give sublime
effect to the interior. The walls on each side OF
the ambulatory decorated with paintings ilus-
trative OF
THE PASSION OF CHRIST
Those paintings were presented by a lady residing
in Munich to the pastor, Rev. Father Morrill,. The
usual decorations which surround the altar wera
removed Yesterday, and 1t viii rem In denuded
during the Lenten season. Tho church has been
considerably Y enlarged OF late, ana can now accom-
mOdatc six hundred persons
Notwithstanding the similarity existing between
the iutualist.c cercm0n.e5 and those OF the Roman
Catholic Church. tue Blessing or aad marking with
ashes were not observed yesterday in st. Adams. At
HE appointed Tune the Rev. c. W. morrill, assembled
the pulpit and delivered sermon on the foil " ing
text taken from the epistlc Of the day:-Joe, H.,
l2-"Turn ye even TO Me, saith the Lord, with all
your neart ana With fasting aad with weeping and
with mourning
The preacher then sald:--scripture teaches ex-
pllcty that man Is conceived aud born SIN; that
FkoM THE FIRST START.
that he cannot possibly Keep IL under except with
the help of Divine grace; that even after he born
he has liie long warfare to wage against the
world, the Iesh and the dey'l-not the nesh only.
constantly ltaole TO fall into sins vi thought, word
ana deed; that he Is accountable FOR omissions OF
duty Just as much rs for commissions Of wrong,
and that In every respect lie Is to live
Tor the world to come. and in no respect
TO i've Tor anything less enduring. 10 last or orac-
rioc Standardization, interna! and external Is in
Itself sign or grief, stirs up the heart more
gre ana SO mas us euects on Tue person himself for
the Increase OF repentance, "a well for showing
It,. IL also stirs up III others ike pas IONS and pro-
yokes them also TO repentance. Hal you lately met
col lltntpu
Tor evea the innocent recreations and pleasures OF
the world at large.
WHAT Is IT 10 UAvE sISSED
and 10 have continued shining against the uuspcaS.
able goodness OF God and the love OF Christ?
Again, 1t Is good sign OF penttelcc when one, ou6
oil love 10 Christ contributes OF his substance tho
Interests OF Cnrlsts Cnurch and FOR the relief OF tho
poor. do moi, VI course mean such contributions
as he can easily spare that would not count for
III. ch; but such Contributions as Involve positive
self.dcnial. Dear brethren, fast, give aims pray.
so shall TINS Lent turn 10 your proit and help yol
forward IN The right way that lcadeth unto eyeraso
Ing life.
lee second service. consisting OF veSpers. lessons
and sermon, was celebrated at eight L. N. Tue SER
mon was preached by Rev. NJ. c. B. Moves, who
chose as his text--"Remeiuber, man, thou art buJ
dust; ana into dust thou shalt RETURN rhe reyc-
reni gentleman In commenting upon the words OF
his text drew vivid picture OF the frailty Of al
worldly hopes and the certainty OF death The
attendance during the morning and evening services
was unusually large. the 0ices were rendered WITH
much imprcssveness ana the ceremonies Il. genera!
were performed with great eXactness and imposing
eject. The following Is
rRoGRAMME OF THE SERVICES
TO be observed In the Church OF 81. Abans during
lent.
Ash Wednesday litany, aud celebration
with sermon), at ten O'Clock A. NJ: even song .wita
serlnou) at eight O'Clock p NJ. Sundays--Holy cons
nun. on, eight o'clock \. NJ. matins at quarter be-
fore Ten O'Clock A. NJ. iany, celebration with SER
monl at hal. pa At ten O'Clock A. NJ. even song &C
four O'Clock r. ~; comphne and sermon at halfpasr
seven clock z. NJ. wednesdays-liely communion,
eight O'Clock A. NJ; special penientiai service wliIf
iectlre) at eight O'Clock II. NJ. Fridays-Short scf-
mons at iye O'Clock r. NJ.
noLY WEEK
Monday and Tuesday--Day Offices at nine A. IL.
ana FIVE +. NJ; celebration at seven A. N. Wedlas-