The New York herald., 1871-12-01

Mme. chome, the "Cum sancso' being a fuguc for
full chorus. The ''Credo.' as usual. opened W III
chorus ''Et In Carnatus being reluhlui terzerio.
Augustus scnmiiz, was sung without oT.
gan gan accompanlment- At the onertcry NINE:
the most impress We se,eo iol perrormei Was the
u aautaris." for male voices, without organ ac-
Ds By Passero Was w 81. sung as Solo, ~ the con-.
tralio, Mrs. unser, VINO DISPLAYED the very ricn
;nnaser ada,es Of aer voice to she best aavanlaSs
serves hign commentator for the complete ana
mastery rendition OF the sacred selections 50 suit
ABLY thtfoducci curing the ceremonies Al inc
conclusion o. the services ri POfessor ScnmIlz payed
a beautiful voluntary with mastery brlancy. Toe
congregation dad not ieave the church until alter
one O'CLOCK.
Sermon by tho Rev. DIR. Bcllows-Thc Two
Companies ,hnt Gave Thanlss to Gad.
Notwithstanding the severity Of the weather yes
terday DT. Bellows church was well filled with
worshippers. The reverend doctor delivered tho
sermon, taking his text from the twelfth chapter of
Nchcm an $50 stood the two companies OF them
tnat gave thanks IN the house OF God" &c. The
speaker said there were always two companies in
nearly eve.y phase OF ufe-one OF gladness the
other OF sadness There we're different kinds Of
joys-One wholly gladness, the othsr sorrow.
When the daughter leaves home ana
mother to 20 away with her husband
VINO wish the young couple happiness do SO with
tears There are ever two companies in our midst,
one OF the Gesh and blood and the other in ghosty
form. Tney were about the family tree always and
at the family table on thanksgiving Day. Looking
over the head OF that fathe, at the table, whose
locks arc already wnitened by age there M another
father, with lock whittier, and the one looks back
to the time wnen he was child, and he looked up
to thai father who leans over hlm IN the spirit as
tondly as his owa cnlldrcn look up now to him. The
preacher then went ON In beautiful way to amp.iiy
The idea that
OLD FRIENDS AND FACES
OF years long gone by made sacred In friendship
in younger da $, ana the .orm5 Of those loved IN
the long ago and VINO are now LO more. come up to
the mind on such q LAY as Ihanksg vlae, wnen .as
laniiy -aLAer an0ut lie taoe or 20 10 caurcn 70
roturn GOD thanks Tor the iavors OF lne past lie
tllen compared oil age win youth as Two oGiee
cOmDaules ana showed how fat &c was the idaa t.at
IN: Old had good reason TO
ENVY TAE YOUNG;
how IN fact the 0ld wno nau lived good lives when
young. looked BACK TO tue world witi pltYlng
der eSs and to The otler world with il revercng
hope. 1t was true that. TO ali appe Iranccs
the young hal all before them anu tie ola
had everything nc!nna them, yet the old
had reason 10 return thanks 10 God iur their age.
1he4 had IN. young VITA tnen, aad though noe
yonn;: themselves IN years. taey mi.sAt bc w re-
nec.mn from the hives Of The young. There was
something ter tlan youth. ana That was man.
hood bat ola age was stili better, because II com.
pined botn whea the oid nan was good IN n. He
necessarily tact tna. because Lne body was dccayed
the mind TOO must De decayed, ior sole milds he
salJ, glowel IKE c0alS III
IHE ASHES OF BODILY DECAY.
and were never brighter than when seemingly IN
the arms OF deaih. fwo other com anics tnero
were Those wno nal during the year gathered
successfully oitne harvest anu tnos. who nad dsus.
uodsly lost; but even the latter had reason 10 be
thankful, Tor II was only when the neart 10 On ger
lisJeaed TO the roll ciii OF s0cia dril and parade
,nat the voice OF God. dimmel oy The SQUADS before
was well heard. There were set Otner
panes-one tnat enters by the water gaze and
other that enters Oy tnc dung gaze Tae speaker
Ihen weat on to snow now Christians should treat
as lepcrs those people VINO glory Ii. tleir slanle
anu wno address puD lc meetings i'll pubic places.
aldci ana aberted by men drulx with cOlcet and
vanity, IN harangues AGAINST tie matrimonial tle
and the sacrcdness OF The relations that DInd %.
geher man and wlre. The preacher denounced
these epets III unmeasurcl terhls aud cllieI upon
all who valued lurity and good morals TO treat
them as
that wero not to be tolerated. alu Mt the same tie
charged upon the .'ltxity OF n0ralJ' shown and
made IN even cnurcnes by those unciedl ones But,
lie SAID, We nad reason 10 be thankful 10 God that
these cperS nan even already caused such feeling
true ruu7y to spring up from every iamiJ III
opposition 10 t sir viie Lneores, that The eud the
Cause o. morality would be the gatner. The speaker
concluded py referring to the Ia e elecnon aud lts
Importance 10 the people and republican lnsti.u.
tlons sener,lly me dsy aiier ihe election u; SAID
CITY, and tie lLcJ OF their assembling In churcn
SIMPLY met to andt the thanks oI tnaI lay after ina
victory OF honesty over dishonesty and wrong. Lac
COnIl areu Tie
POLITICAL JoDBERIEs
aud ballot box mtererences and thefts or the
Ting, TO q great mass u dung tnat had oeen
allowed 10 accumulate. and be drawn into the city
through ne dung gate" and winch grew greater
ana greater every day. SIMPLY because the honest
men old nOt. through the water gate inrougn which
everything pure ami clean Tor the city was Drou.nt,
ceaO IL on with water IL grew so great IN the end,
however, that 1t became intOleraDe, AMI then only
was 1t that the Hood was let on and the whole tniX
was swept away. Thanks too were due TO The
young men, 10 the patriots OF all parties, VINO bad
wrong. The speaker closed by exhOrug every
ners Ea S woad s Ss % ana nesP
the past tyranny and no chance ior the recurrence
OF another.
Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Chapin-The Hss.
thctics Of Tbakssivinx.
The Churcn Of the Divine Paternity, on Fifth ave
nue., was largely attended during the morning ser.
vice yesterday. Despite the bitter, cutting wind,
that wantoned with their tresses and loose gar.
ments and tinged their features with coors ranging
from ruby red 10 purple, majority oil the coaylega.
tion was composed OF ladies. The music in this
church can scarcely be cxceed In til s city. The
pastor, Rev. Mr. E. II. Cnapin, always logical and
instructive III his discourscs preached most ably
ana eoauenty on the causes for thanksgiving,
basing his remarks on the seventh verse
Of the fourth Psam-"Ihou hast put gladness
IN my heart, more than In the time that their
corn anu their wine increasei.r He said:-"no
have met here to express our uhankfulness Tor the
lngahered fruit OF the earth. The husbandman's
year is ended. The order of nature mas kept iis
course. Summer and winter, seeJ-time and hlr
vest have not ceased, and the old Duu aty has been
renewed. IL mas been more than an ordinary year,
IN which the human world has been deeply moved.
But steadily the great processes OF the natural
world have fulfilled their work. The secret WOMB
OF the earth has been auIckened with It's my sterous
lie and step by step unfodei its per peIua MIRA.
ccs. first the bade then the ear, al tier tnat the
1uil cora In the ear Ours IS q land OF wonuerlul
diversity, crowned by opposite chmaSes, framing
all vareties or soil. In one portion the laooTer
snatcnes MS harvest frOm he very skirts OF winter
In another u spontaneous luxuranca leaps To the
touch Oi tropical sun. Here tDe i0od browns the
hope oi the year, aud there the IRE consumes it.
Inc tempest upro0s IT lii TINS district, the frost