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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-14
SOUTH REFORMED CHURCH.

Few Of the fashionable people who had
tortured their stomachs in order that they
might garnish their packs selected the South
Reformed church, in Fifth avenue as the
proper theatre to display their elaborate
toilets on Easter Sunday. >Jhis churcn was not
"swell' enough for the belle whose face, stratihed
with powder and paint, betraySa greater love OF
tnse nnery than OF modest devotit>n to her Maker
Pew OF the elegant young "gents" with mud-col-
ored overcoats occupied seats In LIT. Rogers
sanctuary. The pleasing absence OF theN"loud"
element rendered the Easter services very impress
sive and solemn. Some fair hands had adorned the
pulpit and the altar with splendid floral pieces. some
representing crosses, Others simple bouquets rslng
from modest vases The fragrance oil the mowers
had spread over the church, and completely
drowned the noxiOus vapors that generally pro-
coed from the handkerchiels OF full c0ngret atlon'
saturated as they often are with thousand c'm-
merclal perfumes.
DR.. Rogers preached very eloquent Sermon .full
OF good common sense. He reminded his brethei u
that u was not SIMPLY In the heroic death OF Chrlat
that mankind could derive consolation; but IL was
III his subsequent ascension and enthronement.
There was q f0ur-fold basis for hope for the GER
tainty that we may he taken into the iold OF
Christ-the death OF the Saviour, His resurrec
ton and ascension, His enforcement on high,
HIS omnipotence on His Judgment seat Of justice
and glory who had not turned to the Epistle OF the
Romans WILL, 81 33-"Who shall lay anything to the
charge OF Gods elect 10 is God that justifcth;
who Is he that condemnethS 1t Is Christ that died.
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ST. JAMES CHURCH.

The immense crowds which have been attending
the mission at ST. James church, in the Fourth
ward. given by the Reiemptorist Fathers, culmi-
mated yesterday by the enormous attendance OF
over Elree thousand persons, the dense packing
together OF the congregation being terrible that
many were unable to stand the heat and crush, and
left the sacred edlnce The altar was gOrgeously
Illuminated in honor of the risen Christ. The mass
was celebrated by the most popular priest, Father
Felix II. Farley, assisted by Rev. Father
w. Penny, deacon and Father E. J.
Cookery, sub-deacon, with Father John McGrady
as master OF the ceremonies. The sermon
was delivered by the Rev. Joseph Henning, OF the
RedemptOrlsts, from st. LOUIS. Mo. Among his
colleagues Is Father Thomas Burke. VINO is
ported to have almost az much el0quence as his
celebrated namesake. since Passion sunday 6,S78
women have received the sacrament at the hands
OF the Missionary kedempt0rists. The mission is to
be continued until the Tuesday after Low sunday.
Last night the men commenced receiving the sac
rament. Among the females who have received
the sacrament may be mentioned $50 girls OF the
Sodality OF the Blessed Virgin, OF st. James
church.
The Rev. Father Henning preached very elo-
quent sermon.
The music performed during the service con-
sisted OF ROssins "Messe S0ennelle" (CasLel
BlOye) "Sanctus" and "Agnus DEL" by Geordig-
mani, the Ofert0ry AVE Mariau by Gounod. The
organlSt Is Mr.. +. Biandels.
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CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

very large and fashionable congregation was
gathered yesterday morning at the Church OF the
Disciples. corner OF Madison avenue and Forty
fifth street. The church was handsomely though
not deliberately decorated with Mowers. Above
the altar, on the right, q cross of white bios
SONS, and corresponding to this on the left was an
anchor. Between these was blood-red heart in
scribed "ChrIst Is Risen" There were other orna-
ments, but these were the most striking. The
services were opened by the baptism OF quite
q number OF infants. This was followed
by singing and the reading of the Scriptures after
which Mr.. HepWorth commenced his discourse on
2-"l 90 to prepare place Tor yOu." The histori-
Cal fact OF the resurrection OF ist whose anthem
ITCHY Is beyond all doubt cavil, Is the most I'M
p0rtant lact In The moral history oil man. In the
world OF spirits IL is what gravitaton Is In the
world OF physics 1t IS the wonderful something
that solves all enigmas, and which fills even
despair with something like hope. The whole sys-
TEN OF future rewards and punishments de-
ponds upon this. Christ speaks of 1t
frequently, and In very beautiful way
He tells us OF mansion wherein
are apartments for every human family, where our
place is waiting Tor US. The doctrine Is cOrr0bor-
ated by all human experience, and men believe as
they have been melowed by the sorrows OF life. 1t
Is the only Key that Will turn in the lock. This IS
no dream. What kind OF q lie do you suppose
that we will live hereafter Neither revelation
nor philosophy can tell us; and yet we know
enough to make US languish to know more. There
is q vacant chair in almost every household; and
Is all9 Or, shall we look up hopefully and say,
30 grave, where Is thy victOry9 o death, where
Is thy stingP' Death Is powerless since the angels
roll the stone from the sepulchre.
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ST. AIMS (R. C,) CHURCH.

The great festival OF the Resurrection was Mt
tingly celebrated at ST. AIMS, in Twelfth street.
The handsome church looked hands0mer than ever
in Its gay attire. and the affairs were respondent
with lights and costly raiment Rev. Father Pres
ton offciated at high mass. which partook OF all
that soemnity with which the Catholic Church sur
rounds her festivals The musical services were Of
an interesting character on account Of the well
known excellence OF the choir, the skill Of the
organist Mr.. Louis Dachauer, and the first per-
Torrance In this country Of Liszt,s Coronation
Mass Wnich ne wrote few years ago for the Empe-
ror Oh Austria on occasion OF his coronation at Pesth
as King OF Hungary The choir which rendered It
yesterday was small In numbers, but certainly
trained In every school of church music. OF all the
extravagances OF which the Abbate List has been
guilty In music, we conceive his mass to be the
most daring. There is hardly sane thought In 1t
that belongs to Dumont, being plain chant OF the
most orthodox kind. List, 1t appears, was very
much hurried In the composition OF this mass, and
he borrowed Dumonts Gregorian "Credo,n with.
out, however giving credit to this old. revered
writer. To describe the "Gloria," "Sanctus" and
"Agnus Dei' would be useless task, as In musi-
cal point OF view, they represent chaos. The
"Gorla is a succession OF screaming dlscords. for
which WIN o., there can be no legitimate excuse,
organist, MIR. Dachauer, and the singers
struggled bravely with their unpalatable task, but
against such mass OF discord there was no hope.
Such work Is an insult to music, and we marvel
If the Crown Of Hungary can sit comfortably on
the imperial head with the memory OF such an in.
auguration torturing the brain beneath 1t. Liszt,
a composer OF church music, cannot be toie-
rated where respect Tor art is entertained. There
were some CLEANS Of sunshine In the musical SER
i,elodious and pleasing quartet Tor male voices, by
Goui,od, was sung and at the o1ertory a dashing,
brilliant 'Regina CGi,o by Mr.. Dachauer, was
rendered with rare effect. The solosts yesterday
were:-Mle. Henrietta Corrad, soprano; Miss Co
men, contralto; Signor Fiippi, tenor, and Signor
Reyna, basso. Wben the .Ite missa est' was pro.
a fantasia and iugue for four hands by Adolph
Hesse
The Rev. Father DAILY, s. j., at the gospel
preached very eloquent sermon on the festival.
In the afternoon Dachauer's Vespers were sung
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d Festival Of Flowers and Universal Good
Fellowship in the Catholic and Epis-
cOpal Sanctuaries Of the City.
MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL MEMORIALS.
Splendid Services at st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral-Pontiflcal High Mass.
Sermons on the Resurrection of the Body
and the Immortality Of the Soul.

Yesterday morning broke fresh and clear. After
the snow and sleet and storm OF the previous day
the Easter sun came out to shed It's erulgent rays
Along the avenues the throngs of people who
passed to and fro on their way to church would
cause even the most sceptical to feel
sympathy with the religious meaning Of
the festival OF the day. They were
gaily dressed crowd OF worshippers, and the
female portion OF 1t seemed to have come out en-
nadsse in fresh apparel, and dazzed the eye with
their exhibition OF shade and color in the multi
tudinous and variegated hues OF their garments.
Fifth avenue from Tenth street to the Central Park,
from ten O'Clock in the morning till late In
the afternoon, was one long procession
Of men and women, whose attire and bearing
bet0kened refinement, wealth and prosperity, and
nearly all these were worshppers OF some denOmi
patton or another. as the crowds that poured in
and out Of the various religious ediflces along the
line OF the avenue amply testified. But the num-
Der of persons who were out to worship nature in
our glorious Cenral Park almost equalled
the number OF those who made their
1t was estimated that one hundred thousand per-
sons passed through the different gates OF the
Park yesterday afternoon and 1t never
looked brighter or gayer, or more fully
repaid its visitors for their journey
Winter seemed to have buried his head at last, and
Spring burst out in all her emerald grandeur. The
people were made happy by the brightness around
them, and the happy ringing OF the Easter chimes
was the fitting accompaniment to the quickened
beating OF their pleased hearts.
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ALL SOULS CHURCH.

Easter Sunday was appropriately observed at
All Souls Church, the Rev. DR.. Bellows taking for
his text part Of the seventeenth verse OF the
twenty eighth chapter Of st. Matthew :-"But
some doubted" DR.. Bellows said that doubt In
the minds OF men was natural, but that Christ by
his works in healing the sick and raising the dead
kindled faith IN the minds of his followers and 1t
seemed wonderful that after all Christ did He
should be put to death, and this no doubt weak
ened the faith of some but as long as time lasted
there would be doubts, and they were respect
able. He cCntended that the resurrection was
not miracle standing by ITSELF as many con-
tended, and that the records OF the New
Testament made 1t almost impossible to doubt,
though through single generation there was
ample room to exaggerate, and many learned
doctors questioned parts OF the records though
the simplicity OF St. Paul's letters made them
acceptable. The Christian religion had been
preached since the death and resurrection OF the
to supernatural causes; they had had claim to
miraculous origin, nor could communities be held
together long Il such beliefs did not exist.
The church was We'll n,.ed and the altar was
beautifully decorated with howeFs the ,centre
piece being large square OF choice white MOWERS,
bordered with others Of different c0lors, and in the
centre, in red flowers the words, "Chrst Is Risen"
full. The opening anthem for the celebration OF
Easter was the "Cantate' In +, by Mosenthal the
second choir selection being the chorus from Men,
delsshon's "Elian''-"He Watching over Israeln
Mr.. G. F. Daniels, the organist also performed
several other beautiful and appropriate selections
In the afternoon an Easter celebration by the
Sunday school took place. when distribution Of
gifts and flowers was made among the children
during which the beautiful hymn, 'Sweet
Thoughts &C., was sung by the congregation.
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CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MERCY.

Apart from the usual pomp OF the Catholic cele.
braton of the resurrection Of the Saviour, the
vices at the Church of Our Lady Of Mercy, in De-
bevoise street, were extremely interesting. While
the blazonry, the garnture OF the altar daZed and
pleased the eyes, the artistic sense was appealed
to by music OF character excening any that has
ever been performed in a Catholic Church in
Brooklyn. That the present Is season when
many formerly torpid Christians urge their thoughts
into the channels OF religion, Is well known, but
the fact can hardly account for the great congre-
CATION, much beyond the usual Sabbath gathering,
that was contained in the Debevolse street church
yesterday. IL had been announced That the large
choir OF the church, and me orchestra, from
among the members Of the Phiharmonic Society,
would render BeethOven's Mass in G. and many
musicovers OF other congregations aided to make
up the large gathering OF devotees. The mass Is
well known as enc of Beethoven's most perfect
works for church rendition. Its extreme difficulty,
and its score being written for orchestration, has
prevented its frequent performance IN this coun-
try The organist OF the Church OF Our Lady,
Mr.. Cortada, having selected u for performance
yesterday, labored with great eathestfess to have
IL finely rendered. His success is due to the adj
mirabIe organization OF his choir OF volunteer sing
ers and the zeal with Which they entered into the
study Of the music. IL Is unnecessary to refer
to particular parts Of the performance. IL was so
evenly good. The orchestra was composed OF fine
musicians, and who, though they had hstle oppor-
tunity to rehearse, played with q stcadtness re-
markabe when the difficult character Of the music
Is considered.
The sacrifice OF the mass was celebrated by the
pastor OF the church, Father McElroy. Fathers
Reard0n and Orr acted as deacon and sub-deacOn.
The celebrant, Father McElr0y, also discoursed
on the mystery OF the resurrection OF our saviour.
His remarks treated mainly Of the vital Importance
OF that miracle to the existence OIL Christianity,
ana ne called upon his hearers 70 Iesurrec. .hela
spirits from the tmpris0ning power OIL SIN, 10
strengthen themselves In faith anu inns become
prepared for enjoyment OF life everlasting.
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LYRIC HALL.

Mr.. rockingham preached to the usual large
and fashionable assemblage at Lyric Hall yester-
day morning. The tasteful decoration OF flowers
showed it TO be an occasion Of more than ordinary
Importance. 1he text was selected from First
Corinthians, xv., olive shall all be changed
The resurrection OF the body, he began was the
great lesson Of Easter. We cannot think OF q
spirit without form. This flesh, palpable, material
form is grave OF the human being himself Our
bodies are moulded of what has gone before, and
were not brought down from heaven. There
probably never was a man wholly human. We
are the fragments of people-small pieces
clipped or from the great whole. one
IL all heart, another all head. Here is man who
can measure the finest scruples OF thought, but
cannot digest his dinner. Habits are the uncon-
scious actions or men that get to acting OF them
selves. Intemperance Is hdeous habit from
which millions cannot emancipate themselves. In
temperance Is a vice of the nervous system. Sup
pose men take only what is good Tor them, to
their desires by their necessities, and their
necessities by their ambitions, so that the lower
classes may be emanclpated from their dreadful
habits. We should learn to eat that we may
live, and not to live that we may eat.
Faith in the resurrection OF the body through
the Son OF Man helps the spirit TO obey the Mas
ters call. Mind and organization 40 together.
They are inseparabe. The most lervent argument
against immortality Is the performance OF the
animal in us. We may be changed and hope be-
comes love. We can say with the apostle 40 death,
where is thy sting grave, where is tiny victoryf"
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EASTER BLOSSOMS In BROOKLYN.
The Splendid Services, Music and Decora-
tons in the sanctuaries Of the City of
Churches Yesterday on I'm
mortality-st James Cathedral.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

~ know that my Redeemer liveth," from '"fhe
Messiah followed by an appropriate chorus from
"Zundell's Book OF Anthems" formed the princi-
pal musical service yesterday morning at Plymouth
church. Miss Clementine Lasar rendered the
beautiful and well known solo with clearness OF
voice and tenderness OF expression that we're
abundant OF promise OF an eminent future TO this
fair and youthful vocalist.
Mr.. Beecher preached an Easter Sunday ser.
mon from the First Epistle to the Corinthians XIV,
1s.Tf in this life only have hope in Christ, we
are OF all men most miserable" This passage OF
Scripture was, In Its relation to the writer some
what Geographic. Pauls life viewed In the light OF
all that he had endured and sacrificed for Christi
a atty, was, indeed a miserable failure II Christi.
am ty had no relation to immortality. Those per-
sons too, were the least able TO afferd to have
their aith in Immortality shaken whose affections
had be. n FURNISHED and vivihed by the truths
OF Christ, 'anlty. To those who had been born
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CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY,

Yesterday morning very large congrega ton
assembled In the Church OF the holy Trinity to par
ticipate in the Easter services. The altar was
very beautifully decorated with flowers, the centre
piece being large cross composed of lilies and
rose buds, and surmounted by a crown. The font
was one bed OF beauty, being entirely filed with
MOVERS and the words "In Memoriam,n in violets,
around 1t and bouquets in every available place on
the altar. The music was fine. The order OF SER
Natl "Introlt," quartet, "Christ is risen from the
dead;n "Kyrie Ell eison," in Is; anthem, 81 Know
that Rsasemer avssh' Soertory JssE
Ssss Ter ssSSI.q; ess closing with the
Dr. Hall was very eloquent on the subject which
all churchgoers heard treated yesterday MS teA.
was from the First Epistle to the Corinth.ans. nj
teenth chapter and part Of the forty-fourth
Mt Is s0wn natural body II is raised "
Who knows There is his natural body; but what
body has he now 1t is such body as Christ's
In which the spirit is pre-eminent. The body Of
Christ after the resurrection was q spirit body !;
there was natural body before death and
splrltqal body alter death. When the disciples
flesh had not seen corruption and the spiritual
change had absorbed the whole body. This fact
establishes the identity OF the two bodies. St. john
asserted that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom OF God. Christ risen was not human
You may fall back on continuous miracle, but
that is weakness. What means 1t to us unless we
are to be like Him assert that, taken just as
they are. the two facts run co-0rdnate-1rst, that
Christ was human; second, Christ risen was not
human. He rose by His might; thus shall He come
again. Our life Is led on a line of probation. We
are fighting out this battle. We know not what
st John puts the thought thus:-"We shall be like
Jesus" We shall gravitate towards Him, because
We are now like Him. Then we shall see Him as
He is. Our own lesson from this is-if there be this
spirit body which we are now forming and stamp
ing, what manner Of men ought we to be ? How
ought. we to live so that when we die we shall be
ike Christ :?
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CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY.

The services at the Church OF the Divine Paternity
on yesterday morning were of the most impressive
order. The Sunday services at this church always
commence at eleven o'clock, but yesterday morn
ing every entrance was crowded by an anxious
and expectant congregation long before the regular
hour attracted by the religious celebration OF the
anniversary of the resurrection OF the Saviour.
Crowds OF people were unable to obtain admission,
and turned away to seek spiritual comfort and ad-
vice elsewhere. Some Of the ladies OF the congre-
CATION had previously attended to the floral
decorations in a manner which betokened their
good taste. Surmounting the reredos was
magnificent cross made OF lilies, on either side OF
which were two recumbent beds OF roses. The
altar was profusely covered with the rarest Of
exotics. The choir, although few in number,
nevertheless supplied the numerical deficit by an
artistic rendition OF several chants and hymns,
subsequent to the singing OF the anthem "Chrst,
the Lord, is Risen TO-day.1 DR.. Chaplin opened his
discourse by reminding his hearers OF the day they
commemorated. Christ, lie who had died Tor US
all, had also risen for u.s. The lesson taught
by the Holy Scriptures on this holy day
was one. which established the great truths
world celebrated the resurrection of
Christ from the tomb. We were buried with
Christ in baptism and rose with Him in death The
empty tomb Of Christ had been the foundation Of
Christianity. There Is no man. said the Doctor
who can prove the impossibllity OF u future
When l stand with Christ in the sepulchre and
touch those nail-perced hands am convinced Of
the force OF fact, and know full well that have
future before me, even after nv eyeds shall have
been closed in death. Who will tell that the love
exhibited by the husbands and wives on board
the Inflated Atlantic will meet with no
reward, and that they shall not be reunited in
another and better worldY Oh what loving APP
peal to our sympathies, for not one husband or
wife was found willing to part with the other In
DEATH ..'--- -=l--
Christianity is more than human desire or
want. Chrst's resurrection is revelation OF the
spiritual world. Nature has never yet produced
such a revelation. The greatest works ever
brought forth by man fade away as nothing when
compared with the resurrection OF the Son OF God.
Are there not spiritual suggestions in this greatest
OF revelations sufficient to convince any one OF the
fact that the soul ID immortal and can never die9
Lie is but school Tor higher condition.
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CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR.

The Easter services at the Church Of Our Saviour,
at the corner OF Monroe place and Pierrepont
street, Brooklyn, brought out full attendance OF
the congregation. The music selected for the oc-
CasiOn was as f0llows:-
Organ voluntary.
Opening anthem, "Come. Thou Everlasting King"
Warren.
Il K RaoW That My Redeemef vetn aSaei
Ofertory, II Will Magnify Thee". Modenthal
These pieces were well rendered by the choir,
consisting at present OF Miss Hubbe, soprano;
Mrs. Crane. contralto; Mr. Fred Stems, basso and
Mr. MOthphessel, tenor After the reading OF the
morning lessons and prayer the Rev. Mr. Putnam,
Lord took the man and put him in the Garden Of
Eden to dress and keep it," Genesis H., Is.
Ancient Armenia, he said was an extended. noun
famous region in Asia, but 1t was well watered by
large rivers, which flowed through a certain dis
trct This limited district was very FERTILE and
there was prolusion Of flowers. plants and trees,
and for its beauty 1t was called the Garden OF
Eden. The reverend gentleman pictured the beau
ties OF this Eden and the rivers which flowed on
until at last they blended together and SO emptied
into the sea-. This was compared with the garden
where man 1rst breathed the breath OF life, and
where no rude storms came or lie was harassed
with the cares and strife OF the world. We had
all been there, he said God took us there, but 1t
was in our sunny chlldhood but since then differ
ent scenes had engaged our attention, and we
had wandered from the only Paradise we HAD ever
known. Life was then but small filial restraint.
The swift-winged hours as they came and went
strewe I'VE our pathway with mo sS but
world and they had closed behind us. The scene
had changed and we were no longer In Armenia
The reverend gentleman then referred to the gar
dens in Jerusalem and the garden of Gethsemane
which he said place OF trial as well as place
OF victory. Jesus had suffered and risen, and, like
Him. we must drink from the same cup and feel
the cold drops upon our brow.
At haf-past three O'Clock in the afternoon the
cnurcl held their annual Easter festival and there
was large attendance.