The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-01

Also in Cooper Institute this afternoon.
Dr. holme Will occupy the pulpit OF Trinity Bap-
tist church, Of which he is pastor, morning and
evening.
Rev. W. W. Andrews will take an "Outlook for
the Year 1872 in the Catholic Apostolic church this
evening.
Rev. John E. Goodman, pastor, and DR.. s. d.
Brown, p E., will preach IN the Tabernacle Metho-
dist church.
Rev. Frederick Evans will deliver his message in
the Central Baptist church to-day, and will baptze
alter the morning sermon.
The Rev. Robert SlOss VIII preach in the Four
teenth street Presbyterian church morning and
evening.
Rev. }. W. Barnhardt discourses in the Forsyth
street Methodist Episcopal church to-day.
Ciergymen OF different denomina tons will
preach to the masses on successive Thursday even
lngs in the Harvard Rooms, on Sixth avenue ana
Fortysecond street. Rev. j. Hyatt Smith will lead
OF next Thursday.
DIR. William Morgan will ofilciate in st. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal church to-day.
Rev. Wayland Hoyt VIII talk to the people IN Stein.
way Hall this evening on 'The Great Sacrifice ana
What 1t Means"
Services will be held in the Russo-Greek chapel,
on Second avenue, near Fifteth street, this morn
ing.
DR.. Ganse will tell what he knows about "Scrip.
tural Reveals" in the Madison avenue Reformed
church this morning
Bishop James will preach in st. Luke's Methodist
Episcopal church this morning. and the Lords
Supper will be administered in the evening.
Rev. d. H. Miller will review Father Lakes lee
ture on the common school system of education
this morning in the Plymouth Baptist church.
Rev. S. M. Hamilton will preach in the Scotch
Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon.
Rnu JOhn 10 Flaw Oft thu
Duane Methodist Episcopal church. Hudson street,
morning and evening.
Rev. +. I. Grower will preach In st. Paul's Re-
formed church in FortysecOnd street this morning.
Rev. HalseyW. Knapp will preach Baptist trut h
in the Laight street Mission church.
The Sprituallsts will gather in Robinson Hall this
morning to listen to Mrs. Townsend.
The freethinKers and rationasts who go to
De GarmO Hall Will hear address on the "Ele.
ments OF UniversO!ogy" in the morning and on
'The Source OF Motion in Natter" IN the evening.
Ex-President Hill, OF Harvard University, will
conduct the morning and evening services in All
Souls church.
Bishop Clark will discourse upon personal I'M
mortality" this evening, in Christ church. Morn
ing anr AFTERNOON. services as usual
The Forty -sccond street Presbyterians will be
edited by Rev. DR.. Rollin A. Sawyer, of Irvington,
at half-past ten A. M. and tour p M.
The afternoon services in Grace church will be
held at four O'Clock until further notice.
"The Last Night in Egypt and "The Crucified
Christ" are the subjects upon which Rev. Mr.. Hep
worth will elaborate. to-day in the Church OF the
Disciples.
Rev. DR.. S. II. Tying Jr., breaches this morning
and afternoon in the Church of the Holy Trinity,
and in Cooper Union Hall in the evening.
This morning. in the Church OF the Messiah, Rev.
orb will
tent" Lecture in the evening on "How TO Be
Happy"
'JOhn Bunyan Soldier and Servant Of Christn
will be descanted upon and his progress" toward
and final entry into the Celestial City" fully
illustrated this evening in Balm Hall. Rev. J. w.
Kramer, Of Grace church, will give the lecture and
Mr.. ]. r. Phelps, OF Boston, preside at the organ.
At the morning and evening services in the
Church of the Resurrection Rev. Dr. Flagg will
preach.
Bishop Cummins will conduct the Reformed
Episcopal church worship in Steinway Hall this
morning, and in Lyric Hall this evening.
The congregation OF the Church of the Holy
Trinity will be mnstered to, at half past seven
p. NJ, by Rev. DR.. Rowland, of the Church OF the
Heavenly Rest
Rev. Tneo. Irving, LID, breaches at the morn.
ing service in Anthem Memorial church. Choral
exercises at hall-past three P. M.
'Out VI the Woods" is Mr.. Caleb Pinks topic at
the Cosmopolitan Conference this afternoon.
The Development Theory OF tho Deity.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
A great many worthy but narrow minded people
are in the habit OF sneering at The theories and
belief OF scientific men like Darwin Tyndall, Hux-
ley, Miller and Haeckel, because they deny the
existence Of the Deity. They, on the contrary,
hold N Aua IN
Of an acknowledged authority who held opposite
views as to the development theory" They prob
ably DO not know that Professor Aeassiz had been
devoting the greater part OF hts spare time what
he hoped to be the GROWING effort OF his i(e-viz,
"Darwinian theory" It was his complete inability
and failure to do this satisfactorily and the cOnse
Quent chagrin and depression that so wrought upon
him. In connection with hard work, that 1t broke
down his physical powers and indirectly caused his
death.
world who does not accept these theories and the
consequent deductions from them. How extra
ordinary, then is the spectacle Of theologans quar-.
reilinG among each other about the petty forms
and ceremonies OF religious belief when the very
ground they stand upon has been washed away BY
them In the last decadel How much better It
would be Tor the clergy, who are now years behind
situation, and, standing on the basis and root OF
all that is good and pure in life. the love Of man
or man, the great brotherhood OF race, preach the
MahOmet, from C0nucius TO Christ-d0 TO others
as you would have them do to you'll NJ.
Advice to ga Catholic' Who Wants to
Convert sceptics.
TO THE EDITION OF THE HERALp:-
"a Catholic" chooses in recent Sundays Issue
. strange proceeding to give to ga Sceptic" the
light for which the latter asked IN previous edi-
ton Of the HERALD. l fear neither he nor thou
sand other sceptics who read with interest the
religious correspondence in your valuable paper
will be edited or otherwise beneated by an
answer which lacks at once logic and dignity.
Your correspondent complains Of the animus,
"a Sceptics" letter to the HERALD; and his own
shows but too plainly the very defects he so Sc
verely condemns. He taxes his opponent with
eg0tism, vanity, shallowness and ignorance; sees
IN his communication meanness and cOnceit, calls