The New York herald., 1872-10-21

in the HERALD vr5atim by telee- pn-dufns
the course of which he proclaimed sla' sn0
free air Of America is most favorable to tn
progress and unity of the Roman Catholic
faith and its congregations
The Christian shcpherds' WARNINGS
and Wo0ings.
The Methodists had little sensation of their
own yesterday in Forty-third street church,
where Mrs. Van Cott, who is now hon.
ored with or honors the title of "Rev.,"
held forth throughout the day. This lady
is the first licensed Methodist female
preacher in the United States perhaps in
the world; and, from curiosity perhaps
more than from any other motive, the church
was densely crowded. Mrs. Van Cott has
good deal of dramatic power in her exhorta-
tons, and has . good command of her clear,
ringing voice, which calls the prompt attention
of the most listless worshipper. As stationed
pastor she would doubtless be failure, but as
am itinerant evangelist she is q grand success
Her sermon yesterday morning was an exhort-
alton rather than sermon, without much refer
She got offsome good shots against fair-weather
Christians and careless Christians and half
hearted Christians This reverend" lady
shows by the earnestness Of her speech and
manner that she fully believes what she
breaches, and believes also in her own mission
to preach; and in this faith she goes forth and
succeeds everywhere. And no teacher or
preacher can be successful in the Cos
pei ministry who has not faith in
his mission and in himself The Chris
tian race was Mrs. Van Colts theme, and she
drew graphic pictures Of men who had laid
aside every weight and had run this race with
patience; and occasionally she found hating
places in the race where she was morally certain
some of her hearers would have stopped or
turned back. But the successful athlete must
run with his eye fixed on Jesus, who holds in
His hands the crown Of eternal life. Exten-
sive repairs having been made to the Seventh
street Methodist Episcopal church it was
reopened yesterday, Bishop James preach
ing in the morning on the two hopes
Of mankind-the religious hope and
the worldly hope. He described the
characteristics and qualities of the latter and
demonstrated that it could not be the virtue
indicated in his text. There was time when
the world was without hope, but God gave
promise full of hope to mankind, and Jesus is
now the soul Of all religious hope; and the
only reason that we now have hope is because
we are the sons Of God by faith in Jesus
Christ. The Bishop earnestly exhorted his
hearers to repent and be converted at once and
not manifest such meanness toward God as to
put it off from day to day because He spares
their lives
Mr.. Hepworth may be said to have retaken
his ''new departure yesterday, for he
preached thoroughly evangelical sermon on
salvation through Christ alone. Without
Christ there is no harmony between humanity
and God, but His death reconciles both. He
could appeal to universal human experience to
prove that there is disharmony and disturb
ing element in our natures; and he could also
appeal to the experience Of every Christian
heart to prove that new element has
come in to make peace between
them and God. We are living in
moral snarl, and four-ffths of New York's
inhabitants shave twist in their faces that
plainly tells the story They think no more of
God than the heathen under the vertical sun of
Africa" And the great Reconciler and Medi-
ator between God and man is Jesus Christ,
whom they need. While Mr.. Hepworth was
dilating upon the moral reconciliation of man
to God Mr.. rockingham was discussing the
problem how to reconcile brotherhood and bust
ness. Brotherhood means kindness, but busi-
ness means every man for himself The
former has everything to do with char
ity, the latter nothing. Monopoly, COM
munity of property, work and wages, the
relations Of ministers to congregations and of
servants to employers were touched upon by
Mr.. rockingham, who, in choosing finally be-
tween brotherhood and business, decided for
the former, and urged his hearers to remember
that they are members Of the great family of
humanity, and that the good Of humanity de-
pends upon the exertions of each member.
In the Cathedral Father Kearney traced
the murders and other horrible crimes
against life and property to spirit of
envy kindred to that which followed
the Saviour on earth with all sorts of
perplexing and entangling questions. Envy
is to be found in every heart in a greater or
less degree. 1t showed itself in the Garden
Of Eden; it caused Cain to kill his brother
Abel and Judas to grieve OF Mary Magdalene's
extravaganza in pouring the precious ointment
on the Saviour's feet. The only antidote to
this spirit Of envy is the spirit of love, which
must come from the Lord Jesus Christ, who
has left us lessons Of sympathy, affection and
love in His life and sufferings. DR.. McGlynn,
talking about the incarnation of the Son
Of God, could not conceive chow
persons protesting to be Christians
should deny that the Blessed Virgin