The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-10

Church Services To-day.


Rev. U. t. Tracy, rector, win omciate in the
Church OF the Reformation to-day.
The Rev. +. 3. Evans will preach morning and
evening At the Central Baptist church, West
Forty-second street, near Seventh avenue.
Rev. W. 7. Sabine win occupy the pulpit Of the
Church OF the Atonement Madison avenue and
Twenty-eighth street, morning and evening.
There will be two services in the Methodist Free
Tabernacle in Thirty-fourth street. near Eighth
avenue. Rev. John E. Goodman, pastor.
The Rev. Mr.. wcstover will preach to-day, morn
Ing and evening, in Dr. Anders0n's Baptist church,
Park avenue and Thirty-ninth street.
The pulpit of the North Presbyterian church. Ninth
avenue and Thrtynrst street, viii be occupied thus
morning by Rev. A. J. Epson, OF Albany.
Rev. Wayland Hoyt will speak to those who shall
gather In the Tabernacle Baptist church. Second
avenue and Tenth street, morning and even
ing, and in the evening his subject viii be 'The
True Ambition
The Rev. Edward Jaeger, Of Mobile, converted
rabbi, win address young men in Association Hall
this evening.
Rev. S. A. Dyke, one Of Mr.. Surgeons College
graduates, VIII preach In the Seventeenth street
Baptist church. near Sixth avenue 1t both services
to-day.
The pulpit Of the Westminster Presbyterian
church, West Twenty-second street, will be occu-
pied by the pastor, Rev. J. K. Demarest, morning
and evening.
Rev. David P. Jutten win preach at the morning
and evening hours in the Sixteenth Baptist church.
West sixteenth street near Eighth avenue.
Rev. M G. Lockwood win discourse IN the Fifty.
third street Baptist church, in the morning on
material Resurrection and in the evening on the
"Glorious Rest OF the Saints"
The Morning Star Sunday school, in West
Twenty-Aixth street. will be addressed this after
noon by Revs. Dyke and Mckee.
The Humanitarans win be addressed in Ger
mania Hall, Third avenue, near Eighteenth street,
this morning, by s. P. Andrews.
"SprItualism, Pure and Undecided" will be J. N.
T1nt's topic at Robinson Hail. East Sixteenth
street, near Broadway, this evening.
Bishop Snow will inquire in the University
chapel, at three p. M-"Has the Parable Of the Ten
Virgins been Fulfilled ?" ana will attempt to an.
swer 1t.
The least of ST. Dominic will be celebrated at tho
church OF the Dominican fathers corner of Sixty
sixth street and Lexington avenue, at halfpast ten
O'Clock, by grand high mass by the choir assisted
by q large orchestra and full chorus. The Rev.
Father Farrell will preach the sermon.
Rev. Henry Powers will resume the regular ser
vices in the Church Of the Messiah at eleven A. M.
to-day.
There win be divine service In the Church Of the
Resurrection at halfpast ten this morning.
The new Roman Catholic church at Astoria l. l..
Will be dedicated this morning, at haf-past ten
O'Clock, bishop Loughln, Of Brooklyn preaching the
dedicatory sermon
1.-The GIFT Of Grace" IL the subject upon which
Rev. J. NJ. Atwood will address the Fifth Univer-
salist Society, at Plimpton hall, at eleven A. NJ
The customary services will be held to-day In st.
lgnatus' church.
'Shall the National Banks Be Abolished ~ win
be the question discussed by Mr. Henry J. Gallo
and others before the Cosmopolitan Conference
this afternoon. e.I
The vagrant Children-A Problem for
the Mayor.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
In an article under this caption, published in the
issue Of OF your contemporaries OF the 2sth Of
July, intended to rouse public attention and to
bring the fierce Of Protestant influences to bear
upon the mind OF Mayor Havemeyer In the choice
Of Commissioners OF Charities and Correction, the
writer justly observes that "the new Commission
is OF more Importance than would be supposed by
those who have given the subject but little
thought" And when he adds that 1.-THE tmpor-
lance must be regarded from a religious point Of
viewn we also agree with him. But when he
places the importance which naturally attaches to
this subject in the possibility Of some warrant
children being proseyted by the agencies OF the
Protestant churches an enlightened and liberal
public opinion will agree with him In regarding
that aspect Of the question as OF predominant In
terest.
in the present defective state of civilized society
many children, especially In large cities, viii be
necessarily exposed to vice and poverty. The COM
munity large is chiefly interested In having these
depraved and homeless children taken from the
streets and trained into useful members OF society
1t cares little what peculiar religious views they
may hereafter entertain, and 1t will applaud most
those organizations which are the most effective
IN this work irrespective OF their ecclesiastical
connections.
The Protestant Church in principle occupies the
same position on this question as the Roman
Catholic Church. 1t maintains that true moral
reformation must be based upon positive faith,
and that II can only be accomplished through
spiritual aids and agencies. II Its efforts to re-
claim "vagrant children" have been less extern
IL partly due to want OF the same facilities, but
chiefly that but comparatively small proportion
OF these neglected ofsprlngs Of poverty belong to
Its fold, for oil persons not baptized In Roman
There are good many people who like the
writer In the paper referred to, pirate about
protestant IDEAS" and who have neither living
connection nor real sympathy with the Protestant
Church. They have no right to represent her;
they have no right to speak In her name. These
excellent persons are af1icted with papaphoba
and mistake their Wild fances and distorted ideas
for the Protestant religion They would have our
children educated without any distinctive princi- |
pies OF iehgion. But where and when have the
taught that the doctrines Of the faith were not |
essential to q cody and Christian ifeY Would |
Luther Calvin or Cranmer deem 1t matter OF In |
difference II children were instructed in the Cate
any body OF orthodox Christians expressed the
judgment that the doctrines of Christianity were
not essentials OF religion and need not DO taught
to children