The New York herald., 1871-10-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
October l5-Twentieth Sunday After Pente-
cost-Purity Of the B. v. M.
Religious Exercises To-Day-Herald
Religious Correspondence-Re-
igious Notes
Services To-Day.

Moral Ashes OF New YORK."
Rev. David Mitchell will deliver special discourse
The Chicago calamity and its lessons In the Canal
street Presbyterian church this morning. collec-
ton will be taken up for the Deneft OF the sufferers
by the fire.
ing and evening In the Fiity-thlrd street Baptist
church on "Our Lords Improvement OF Calamltous
Events. Collections will be taken up for the suffer
ing In Chicago
Rev. 4. g. Sweetser will deliver a discourse this
morning In the Blocker street Universallst church
on "The Chicago Fire and its Lessons" and in the
evening on "Mormons and Mormonisn.n
Rev. Charles +. Lee will preach this morning in
the Fifth Universalist church (Chickerng HalD, on
the Chicago fire. A collection Will be taken up in
aid OF the sufferers by the 1re.
Rev. Il. b. 0iheman viii preach In st. Luke's
Methodist Episcopal church this morning and even
Ing. Collections In and or the Chicago sufferers will
be taken up.
Rev. DR.. Rogers viii preach in the South Re.
formed church, corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty
first street, on the subject Of the Chicago CO.
tastrophe.
Rev. Andrew Longacre will preach morning ana
evening In the Central Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Dr. Krotel will preach morning and evening
In the Evangelical Lutheran church Of the Holy
Trinity.
Rev. W. W. Newell, Jr., will preach this morning
in the Forty-second street Presbyterian church, and
in the evening Mr.. Newell's installation Will take
place.
Rev. Dr. wescott will preach in the Plymouth
Baptist church this morning and evening. His
subject in the evening will be to young men ON
ECONOMY"
Rev. Fl. D. Northrop will preach in the West
Twentythlrd street Presbyterian church this morn
ing and evening.
Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson will preach morning
and evening IN the New England Congregational
church.
meeting viii be held at the Synagogue B'nai
Israel this afternoon at three O'Clock for purpose
OF aiding the chicago sufferers.
"Bshop'' Snow Will discourse on "Times and Sea-
sOns-The Day OF God Begun" In the University,
washington square, this afternoon.
Rev. Moses Hull will speak before the Society of
Spirituasts this morning and evening in Apollo
Hall.
Rev. DR.. Deems will preach IN the Church OF the
Strangers, on Mercer street, between Waverley and
Clinton Places at hali-past ten A. M and half.past
seven P. M. At the evening service collection will
be taken up for the Chicago sufferers.
Rev. J. L. Pullman, who has just returned from
the ''Dcsoate CITY," will narrate his story this
evening at the Church OF Our Saviour, Thirty fifth
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Rev. DR.. Rylance, OF s.. Marks, recently OF Chi
cago win preach in aid OF the sufferers morning
and evening.
Rev. o. b. rockingham will discourse at Lyric
Hall, Sixth avenue, above Forty-ilrst street, this
morning.
Rev. DR.. r. c. Ever Will offciate at the services in
Christ church, Fifth avenue, corner Of Thirty fifth
street. at seven O'Clock and at haf-past ten A. NJ,
the latter the Chicago disaster and contributions
Will be taken for their benefit.
Rev. E. O. Flagg will denver discourse In the
morning at the church OF the Resurrection, corner
Fifty y-flfth street and Third avenue.
The "Chicago Calamity" is the subject OF the dis.
course by Rev. George Ii. Hepworth at the churcn OF
the Messiah, corner Park avenue and Tnrty-fourth
street. collection Will be taken. Deeds as well
as words.
The Mission OF the Catholic Church.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In this progressive age, when the minds OF men
are becoming subverted with the false ideas OF ma
teriasm. liberalism and inddelity 1t is not difficult
to ind persons-and intellectual ones too-who use
their utmost endeavors TO traduce the advocates
and promoters Of charity and equity Our city Is
rapidly becoming the pest of blatant and ironical
writer's, whose malicious and ungrounded assertions
are calculated to ncite In the minds OF the people
enmities toward each other any subject they may
choose to dlssert upon.
Many OF the articles Of these writers, have no
ticed have been directed in very pertinent manner
to the Roman Catholic Church. Doubtless their Oh
ect is to influence, among her adherents, an antag
onism to and subsequent denial OF her doctrines
ana claims They win not effect their purpose with
good Catnolics-tne only support of their Church.
and the Church itself will receive no
harm for she has combated against all
heresles, and been triumphant. She can
In like manner repel with equal safety and
victory all schemes that may arise for her destruc-
tlon nowadays. What a pity and disgrace 1t is to
our civilization that there are men whose hearts
are so insensible to the duty OF justice and
charity they owe to their fellow man that their
writings teen with unmanly accusations and defa-
nations or the character Of their fellow citlzens
Some Of these writings above alluded to have met
my gaze;. but the one which attracted my serious
attention was that published as an explana.
ton OF the caricature entitled "Prests and
issue 5 Of Harper's WeeSIN that respectable
contains enough Of satire without having an artl-
Gle attached to 1t to serve as a definition.
lover OF fair piay' cannot refrain from giving vent
to nv feelings OF heartfelt Indignation at It's issue.
But when read its explanation my indignation Is
somewhat appeased on account OF the una vora BILE
impression have formed OF the writer FOR cer-
tam that wel-informed and earnest person, VINO
base--and knowingly so-iasehoods ascrbed to him.
No doubt the writer is void OF any religious con.
victons and, being prejudiced against the Church
which he assaults and It's clergy whom he traduces
would not trouble himself to inquire into the doc.
trnes ami claims which that Church forth, for
the simple fear or becoming convinced that he is in
error. There are numbers ike him. "lf ignorance
Is bliss tits folly 10 be wise.n
He Is keen to the spirit OF the age and the ten
dencies or man to liberalism; and by stultyng him
self In the false ideas of right and Justice ne would
fain have all good Catholics renounce their aegf-
ance To the true faith, aud be tue same category
with himself.
Almost every sentence In his article Is riiicu.
l0usly false and absurd and shows but too clearly
to those who are not hostile to the Church which
he insults that he Is mentioning things OF
which he Is totally and severely Ignorant.
TO show you how will say mislnformed the
writer mas been will cite few OF his remarks
taken from hls article, which lies before me, and
give some contradictory statements to them.
In the first place ne makes use OF the following
sTo destroy free schools, and, perhaps, our Tree
IN stitutons, been for many years the constant
aim or thn % Ireme sectlQu OF the RQmish Ihnrch -