The New York herald., 1871-02-26
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services To-Day.


Rev. DR.. Locke, OF Chicago. IN the evening.
AT the Evangelical Lutheran Church OF tho Holy
Triaity, Twenty-flrst street. the pastor. Rev. g. F.
KrOtel, win preach morning and evening.
Rev. William IL. Pcndleton Will this evening re-
peat his discourse, 'Shall New York be Shaken by
Gods Revival Powers' In the Fifty-taird stree: Bap
tist church
Rev. DR.. Sanderson Will preach this morning in
Lexington avenue church, corner or Forty y-sixtn
street, and Rev. DIR. Cheever In the evening to the
Church OF the Puritans on "Discerning by the
Splrltn
Rev. DR.. wescott win preach in Plymouth BAPTIST
church. Filty-frst street, this morning and evening
Baptzing in the evening. The union revival meet
ing now being held by the Plymouth Baptist church
and theFifty-tnird street church viii be continued.
Rev. Mcrrin Richardson breaches morning and
evening in the New England Congregational church
TINS evening subject will be sThe Resurrection
Rev. J. NJ. Pullman VIII preach at the,Church OF
Our Saviour Sixth Universalist) Thrty-ffth street.
this morning and evening.
Rev. G. s. narrower breaches morning and eyeil-
Ing in st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church.
The Rev. Henry c. Potter, DID,, viii preach In the
Memorial church OF Bishop Wainwright, West
Eleventh street ana Waveriey place, this evening.
The Woman's Union Missionary Society VIII hold
public meeting this evening at ST. Ann's church
(Rev DR.. Schenck's), Brooklyn, and addresses VIII
be made by Rev. Drs. Schenck, Prime. Mattack,
Oracle and Rose.
Rev. +. G. sweetser VIII preach this morning at
the Fifth Universalist church. Pllmpton Building,
and In the evening In the Universast church
her OF Beecker aud Downing streets, oD "The New
Births
.'The Suiierlngs OF the SOUL the Eject OF Sin and
the Evidences of the Lords Mercyn will be the SUBJ
lect OF lecture by Rev. Chauncey Giles this
ing at the New Jerusalem (Swedenborganl church,
Thrty-lith street. Morning worship at eleven
o'clock.
Lent services win be held every Sunday evening
during the season IN St Ann's church. East Twelfth
street. This evening Rev. Thomas s. Preston vii.
preach 1.-The End of God In the Creation of Man. -
series OF VIII also be dellyered each We'd
nesday evening during Lent by Rev. Mr. Preston.
The members Of the Jerome Hopkins orpheonist
Free Choir Schools VIII give sacred musical concerts
this morning and evening in Grace chapel, Four
teenth street. opposite the Academy OF Music Seats
free.
Chorai services In the Free Episcopal Church OF
st. Mary the Virgin West Forty.1ftn street, this
morning, afternoon and evening.
Rev. George H. Hepworth Will preach this morn
Ing, IN the Church OF the Messiah "The Christian
Idea OF Punishment, Here and Hereafter Services
also in the evening.
Rev. F. c. Ever viii preach this morning in
Christ Church, ana iii the evening Rev. H. L. Z.
Pratt win ofnciate.
The forty hours devotion of the blessed sacra-
ment win commence in st. Patnck's Cathedral to-
day Immediately after the solemn high mass with
procession OF the blessed sacrament, and viii be
continued with high mass at nine O'Clock on Mon
day, and close With a solemn high mass and process
sion on Tuesday, at ten O'Clock.
Maryis Roman t'athoic church m Grand
street. corner OF Ridge the Most Reverend Arch
bishop McCloskey will this morning perform the
solemn services Of dedicalng the additions and eX-
tensions lately made TO tine church An extra choir
win be in attendance and all the necessary concom-
itants will be provided to give proper ecat to the
ceremonies.
mission was inaugurated By the Redemptionist
Fathers ,Ied by Revs Gross, Henning and Oberley,
on The 5th inst, at the Catholic Church or the
Epiphany, and viii terminate to-day. The mission
Tor men commenced Wednesday night week and
win close with the mission.
The Praying Band, OF wnich Mr.. Samuel Halstead
s leader, will conduct the services at the Forsyth
Street Methodist Episcopal church this morniag
afternoon and evening.
Rev. Or. Thompson will preach this evening In the
Broadway Tabernacle church on Moses as an In
spired Prophet
Rev. DR.. Cheever will preach this mOrRing IN
vTiDiy Baptist church. Third Avenue and fty-83c-
ond street; Rev. J. stanford Hsi.Le in the eyennL
Professor William Denton will speak before 4 aae
Society OF Sprtualists this morning and evening" al
Apollo Hall, on "The Soul OF Things" and "Prag3rr
The Season Of Lent.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAI.D:--
Lent was most important season In the old Pa
gan church. In India in old Egypt it was observed
with taithfnlness and zeal unknown 10 moderps.
The Old organizers OF the religious system OF the
world worshlpped the sun God. mapped out twelve
houses In tho heavens for him and adapted their
worship each month to the peculiarities Of The sea.
SON. Eacn Of these houses OF the sun had an ina
ginary animal as It's monogram, representing the
peculiarly of the month in which, or rather
over winch ne presldet. tSee aimanac.) Vast
accumulatl0ns OF food Iii store were then
unknown and the people were generally
dependent upon the product OF each season
for sustenance. AT the period midwinter tney
had generally exhausted not only the cereals but all
the domestic animals doomed to slaughter, and the
hunting season at end, recourse TO the streams
was tIier only and last resort until more genial
season should bring the young OF the mock ana milk
ana early vegetation. flsh then being their prin-
clpai food II was most appropriate TO furnish the
House Of God with hshes ior tnat season. and hence
we ma twO huge scaly monsters domlcillated In
February. The sun leaves the flesh constellation OF
Aquar1us about the 9th day OF January, and on or
about the 9th day OF March reaches the mutton OF
that month, having travelled forty days In the
wilderness OF the fishes. Ali worship consisted
In initiating the Sur, and, II not from
choice yet from necessity, all the old pagan
churches kept Lent most reigously, and the Ma
hommedan, Catholic and Episcopal Churches have
perpatuated IT, The only mystery tnat hangs
around the question seems to be the question
OF time. The moderDs make 1t movable fast and
END IL at the resurrection OF Jesus thus showing an
anomaly OF person rising from the dead some
weeks later one year than he does on the following
The Catholics and EpiscOpalians have preserved
the astronomical period so exactly that 1t
them most certainly with the Old astronomical
church. Their Messiah was born at the same time
to minute that the old astronomical Messiah, the
New Year, was brought into existence and their Ma
tivity and Assumption occur on the day that the
Pagans celebrated the same eveots long before the
time OF Abraham. G. g. s.
The Hermld.s Review ON Judaism.
NEW YORK, Fec. Is, 1871.
10 THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
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