The New York herald., 1872-08-19
Services at the Church Of the Re-
demptorist Fathers.
The Livingstone Expedition Commended by
the Rev. John Wesley Howe at the
Babylon Methodist Church.
Sermons and Services at Saratoga
and ROckaway.
ALLEN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.

The baltic OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ny
tho Rev. @. p. COwper.
The cOmmodious brick church on Allen street,
near Rvington street. was quite pleasantly filled
yesterday morning by most devOut congregation.
In the absence of the pastor the pulpit was occupied
by the Rev. c. P. Cowper, very young preacher,
who selected for his text Ephesians w., 1l-"Put
on the whole armor Of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles OF the devil" He said the
nusion need hardly be made that this was a figure
Of war, and 1t brought before tho mind a soldier.
War was something that has always demanded at
tention, as 1t was one Of the grandest combinations
Df material agencies the world ever saw. A man
On the battle field, just before the deadly strife, puts
up great stakes, and none more than he is entitled
to the admiration Of the human kind. Divine
teaching tells us that Christianity in its nober
aspects is battle, and not an
EASY, LAZY OCCUPATION.
He who enters 1t In the right spirit must be ready
sor an ga earnest con1ct not by ply slca means but
war against wickedness, wherever found, In the
lowest alike to the highest places. With con-
science courage, purity and faith, obtained from
God, we should enter the fight The great ques-
ton arises as to what shall control the world In the
future. Shall 1t be governed by wckedncss or by
moral reason and moral sentiment Selnshness
was the FIRST evil to combat, and 1t has been the
predominant one since the world began: but the
time VIII come when purity VIII take its place.
when governments Ike individuals will be swaycd
by a higher reason and spiritual nature. The
ness OF their lives on the
BASIS OF SELFIsHNEss,
ignoring the rights of their fellow mortas; yet 1t
Is pleasant to know that there are others who
FOUND their business relations upon basis OF pur
ity. Kindness and generosity, feeling that people
besides themselves are In existence. Society must
be brought under the laws OF Christian love and
bene yoience, and IL is the reorganization OF the
globe upon such basis as Is desired. The time
hood trust better than suspicion generosity better
than selnshness and 1t will be Just difficult for
n ~ N naca anf In inf navr
ts to pass
PEWTER DOLLAR
The first working step in this vast labor OF re-
generating and recasting the world is the reforma
t0n OF individual character; and 1t Is the first step
In reorganzlng society. Each man must bow down
before God aud repent OF his seshnes4. Every pat
OF him must be controlled by higher sentiment and
higher reason-that Is reformation. He must be
born again or he cannot become o Christian; but
once converted he Is a soldier indeed. The conver-
sion OF man to Christianity is matter Of the pro-
foundest gratitude; but that is not enough. Each
and every ole such Is a soldier OF God, to put on
his arlnor and battle for the victory OF the world
christianity Is not meant as narrow, selfish idea
for the salvation OF ones self and no Others All
society must be changed and every Christian must
40 his part In this great work. There arc many
who do not want to BE- converted In Methodist
meetings because there may be found poorer people.
Their
DEAR, ARIsroCRATIC SOULS
are better than their neighb0rs'. Fashionable folks
who only commit fashionable sins, and who are
converted IN magnificent silks and fine cambrics,
nnS 70 above e srs ~
battle OF Chrstianityif their religion would be Of
service to them. All must 90 down through every
graduation O society, to the poorest OF the poor and
the lowest Of the earth, and, taking them by the
ngion Involves much dirty work, and to be true
disciple must perform part OF the scrubbing and
cleaning. MIR. COwper then warned his hearers
against the many temptations OF the day that
arc making inroads upon society like . Mood, and
concluded his discourse by q brilliant exh0rtatiOn
60 the young people present, calling upon them tC
come into the army OF the Lord and battle for the
regeneration OF the world.