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The New York herald., 1878-12-16
ANTHON MEMORIAL CHURCH.
THE CHRISTIANS HELI-sERMoN BY THE REV
n. HEBER NEWTON.

n. HEBER NEWTON.
The Rev. Mr.. Newton preached in the evening on
the Christians hell. the sermon being Of a
series in which the various beliefs the subject of
future punishment entertained by the different re-
ligions throughout tho world arc discussed. Mr..
Newton is liberal in his views this question: and
devoted his powers last evening to showing how the
popular and belief in physical place OF
torment after death arose. What the condition
Of the world was, said he. when Christianity
began its icavening work. you know with
tolerable clcarness from the brilliant pages of
Gibbon; the researches of a host of secular and
ecclesiastical historians; the writings still preserved
TO us Of pagan itterateurs and Church fathers Tho
people among whom Christianity went were far gone
in decline of mental and moral life. Beneath the
splendid civilization of the Augustan empire there
were. now discern. the seeds of death
working rapidly. Atrocious cruelty and rapnc were
characteristic of the times. These not so much
shown in the fact of the deliberate and legal slaugh
ter OF tens OF thousands of Christians. guilty
Of no crime against society, as in the
hcndsh barbarity Of their torturing. When
the church spread. IL spread among people
inlbruted by dense ignorance, social d,gra-
dation and nhumanity. such were the materials
from which IL had to construct body OF divinity
comprchending the mystery Of future retribution.
The Church spread largely among the poorer classes
This the glory OF its spirit and the basis of
power. but 10 was also, the unfortunate limitation OF
It's thought. After the first flush of enthusiasm
hearts halted Ill the usrilcship OF the lille and
spirit Jesus, and the inevitable OF speculation
followed The sense OF sin SO intensely quickencd
by the Gospel the reality OF divine Judge brought
home to them in the person of Christ conjured up
solemnity in the future retribution of evil doers
These were the conditions under which the dogma
OF hell slowly fashioned itsclf What the Christian
doctrine might have been under circumstances fay-
oring the development of the inner ethical spirit of
Christ's words, we are only now beginning to dis
AGES.
In medieval ages the doctrine Of hell was en-
bodied In appalling forms. An immortal poem,
Dantc's "Inierno, written when the long night was
already pang toward the morn, conjurcd up all the
grotesque nightmare visions of those dark
ulres and portrayed them for after times There lis
a whole literature of visions of hell. These legends
describe the suphurous flames mounting rs high
are the above the earth the souls of the lost
being pressed together. back to back. and praying
only to be turned face to face, to gain sight of a
brothers countenance the devil ON redhot grid
iron in the of hell seizng souls In his horny
hands, crushing them between his teeth aud drawing
them down his fiery throat. over all this endless
stence OF inconcevable torment throncd the god
who was revealed in il, and around him gathered
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and that the inhabitants thereof probation.
They would not necessarily be excluded from the
benefits of Christ's death, He died for sn mat
ter where committed, and He is received by faith
wherever exercised As we believe in Him, whom we
have not seen. 50 may the inhabitants of Jupiter,
Mars ana saturn. Christ is so inmutably the only
and continuous Saviour that the world will never
outgrow the necessity tor Christianity Inhdels say
that Christianity is an evolution, the outgrowth of
something antecedcn and that it required the prog
ress and culture of four thousand years To produce
such character as Christ There nothing in the
ages that preceded His coming To produce such u
character The six hundred years preceding His ad-
vent were years of degeneracy. Like Millions angel.
Christ was an original character, without an ante
cedent and without subsequent.
MORAL PHILOSOPHY PLACE THE GOSPEL.
The inhdels assert that christianity is inadequate
to meet the demands of advanced civilization and
that the high culture of the age has rendered 1t
obsolete. In plain English, the world has outgrown
the necessity of the gospel. They claim that
moral philosophy takes .he place of the Gospel OF
our Lord and 10 fortify their courage in sailing
this unploted they talk learnedly of ConIucius
and Mohammed and attempt to prove them equal with
Christ. The sum of their assumption is that Chris
tianity is exhausted, and that must now look Tor
something better. But, were you disposed, which
doctrine of the Gospel would you select the one
longer essential to the nature and happiness of
man The existence OF God, moral government
wherein virtue is rewarded and vice punished;
overruling Providence experimenting the
events in individual and national life; the
inspiration OF the Holy Scriptures, the only
inspired communication from the Creator to the
creature? Would you reject human sinfulness? Can
ity? Can you doubt it? Would you reject your per-
sonal responsibility? Can you question it? Can you
dispense with the atonement the pardon of sn the
regeneration of the soul and the witness OF the spirit?
Woulo you have this praycrless worldr Is not
peaceful and triumphant death still desirable? Is not
heaven. with its glorious reunions, hope and
charms Where will you begin to select your obsolete
doctrines? There is only chance OF success tor
this objection. When there no hearts to purity.
sins to pardon. no fears to calm, no sorrows to
assuage, no aead to lament. no hopes to inspire
joys to create dying hours to cheer loved
TO meet in heaven Then, and not till then, will the
objection command the decent respect OF mankind
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PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
THE POWER OF syMpATnY-sERMoN BY r.

THE POWER OF sYMPATHY-sERMoN BY REV.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Neither wisdom personal purity nor authority
nor cloquence any ordinary gift of the human
mind is to be compared for power with sympathy,
said Mr.. Bcecher. Where there is sympathy all these
others come in AMI augment power and influence;
but where it is not the vital air is wantingthe secret
OF power is wanting man that is rude and ignor
ant cannot speak the English tongue within sight
OF grammar, man that would not be tolerated in
m ordinary audience, but who has great soul and is
nllcd with sorrow for his fellow men. will do more
sor them hundred fold than Aristotle and
Plato and Bacon rolled together without sympathy.
why IL IL that such man Murphy In New York
brings thousands aud thousands Of men to him? Is
IL because he understands anatomy and physiology
perfectly? No; for he does not. IL IL because HIS
theories of drinking clever? No; for he is re
quently wrong. ls It because he has such of
The economic relations of thngsp Not at all. But
he is a man and has great soul in him, and when
men come 10 him they feel that that man brothers
them and mothers thcm II ~ the response of the
soul to a soul. But take long. straight, white
crayated clergyman tand here Mr.. Bcechcr's
powers Of mmicry unconsciously brought
into play, his yisago heightened and he spoke
with u drawl, who peers through his spec
tacles and tells you all about the whole theory OF
Gods government, and that there IL q condition In
that unless man must III
or that he will be damned forever and then sit down
aud wipes his mouth with his handkerchief. and
walks nome and feels that he has sustained the
dignity of God and the authority Of God Laughtcr.)
God don't thank him for upholdng His dignity or
anything of the kind.
WHAT nE THINKS or KEAnNEY.
There has never been in our time anything that
reminded us more Of the opening ot the mouth OF
of the great sewers of New York than did Dennis
Kcarney. And yet there is no denying one thing
that this illiterate and foul mouthcd exraynan had
the power to stir up communities as very few
had In bringing together tens of thousands.
Though in many respects unworthy. and in some
spects brutal toward the workinginan. undoubtedly
he had fellow feeling. He Il fellow workman,
and he had such big belly and such big chest that
when lie had feeling it went like lightning to
their hearts. Woe DC to the arrow that has not
bow strong enough to drive IL homcl Many
has good impulses who has not the physical power
10 make them operative. B.cssod be the body for any
one that wants To have an effective soul. II was not
In what he said that Kcarncy power lay. but he took
hold of great class of men whose condition was
pitiable, but which capitalists did not pity
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ST. FRANCIS XAvIER'S CHURCH.
THE INFINIrY or THE DEITY-sERMoN BY
FATHER o'suEA

Rev. Father oShea preached in st. Francis xavicr's
Church on the infinite majesty of God. In order to
look up TO God must be elevated sufficiently TO be
able TO contemplate His majesty and infinity. In
order that He may be thoroughly known lie must be
infinitely explored. We must rise up to an infinite
height sink down to infinite depth, for only the
blessed Virgin and the saints God He is. God
is the life of all that lives He is the sustainer and
ruler Of all things Yet, though cannot ccmpre-
hend God He is, He possesses all the attributes of
power, majesty, divinity and glory. He surpasses
all ideas by His inhnite majesty. If tried to
contemplate that infnity notions would all
vanish like dream. All beings dead.
inasmuch as they not merged in that
Universal Being. Everything of the world is
finite; God is inhnitc Therein lies the foundation
not only of religion but of morality Gods greatness
is infinite in every direction. We finite beings,
cannot show Him infinite respect: but we can
show Him respect as fer as la lies. cup Of cold
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THE CATHEDRAL.

At the Cathedral high mass was celebrated in the
morning by the Rev. Father Hogan Rev. Father Hare
acting deacon and Rev. Father Mori subdeacon. A
congregation in attendance that filled the cdihce
to fullest extent. discourse the mission of the
Jesuit Fathers being the attraction. Father Damen
preached the sermon. The preacher, argument
for temperance, alluded to the ruin of families. the
destroyer OF those innocent people who, were IL not
for drunkenness, might be very happy.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
1t Was Alive,

! He was rather an uncouth looking indivld-
!ual. and rs he sauntcred into tie store the
crowd sitting on barrels winked at each o'hcf
and made remarks about his person
where did it come from ~ asked one point
ing at him. 49,
"Somebodv left the door open and it blew
n," said another ,,
II don't think it's alive said third
Touch it and see, remarked aiourln'
"Ycs. it's man--see il move:' qucrled the
first ali hands laughed boisterously.
Pm a poor man, and don't want to have
any trouble with anybody. I'm Christian,
and don't bclieyc in turmoil and strife, and
can't participate in il. pray you, worldly
minded people that you will allow me TO de
mart in peace" said the new arrival.
one ofthc crowd, more daring than the rest,
hammered the mans hat over his eyes, and
another dabbcd his nose full OF lnoasses from
a barrel standing by.
Then the poor Christian took small vol
ume from his pocket and began reading the
Scriptures in a drawing, sing-Song tone.
While he was engaged at this the crowd
played all sorts Of tricks on him.
One put some eggs in his pocket and an
other mashed them.
Then the biggest man III the house poured
some oil on his hat and lighted it.
Then the clerk hit him under the nose Win
a codtih
Then that man quietly put the little volume
in his coat-tail pocket, and the CLERK "Gh'
head first into the molasses barrel. When inc
biggest man in the house picked hllilseli up
from under the counter it was next 10 an III,
possibility to guess where his nose left of ana
The Goldfish began NO. made work for the
rlazier as he hit a ventilator in the window.
No > hatchcd out half Il barrel OF eggs, and
No. got up on the pie shell and stayed mere
As No. walked out Of the door on his back
he wondered how much 1t would cost to make
him as good as new, and the poor Christian
man remarked
"The next time you folks pick me up for a
SLOUGH, look ont you amt in the wrong pew.
Good day, felers."
The clerk is waiting for them to come round
and settle for damage done, but they must
have forgotten where the place is, as they pass
right by without looking in and their bills
remain unpad.-.Shca0nd0dh Hcrdd.
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Aegal.
l.. w. BREWER,

fINAN "a Ii. NOrICF;.-Notice i hereby given,
that ~ sale by the County Treasurer aud cNothcl Cn
lcctur Of Ia sale county. in the state of ILLINOIS, OF ue
quent lands. town lots and parts OF town lois clu ~
County court House. in Ottawa, In said county anu ,alc
for III" state county. town and other taxes ana slcl
ments and special taxes and due thereon for the year
4 D. $50 and previous years commenced on ne i<t uS
June 1876 and continued from day 20 day In pursaoe
of law. john + H, the 18Th day Of July \; plr'"
came the par syr Oi the following described property
10 wit: -, ,. -. nee,
Tn" o.. the Of the FL Lot o. IN the town OIL o'ta
inn taxed ~ the name OF lrCuus Brewer IT,.
And that the said John T. Burke for NatT C.I,'qa
the certificate of purchase received by MN III ~" s" i'
suid oc land by Endorsement to me mt sis'' l.
" Brewer. who i now the lawful owner thereof
And further notice is hereby gwen 20 ~ MHoin u ilaE
expire on the 18Th day of july \. D. 1870, -, ,,.,,,
OtfaWa. H.. March 10 lSiS.-Gj-SW l. w blif.N rLt
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Aegal.

MORTGAGE: SAI.E-Undcr and by virtue Of
M ge r al ySrs By Swc and
Ills wife NJ Ophea Shotwc November 18Th, 1871, sam.
"S T. qr eaS ill., S St
the records of la sale county Illinois on te I'm Day OF
the payment o, the two principal promss9ry notes Of
twenty five hundred dollars eac due on or before Noyem
Der 5th 1879 aud Interest notes Of two hundred dollars
each two of said Interest notes being due IA one year. Two
in years respectively from the date Of said notes and
2rlsc M Of d Twelve 1 n . aH s r T iG, arr
attGr maturity at Ten FER SGAi Per ahMH lMog 70 ,c
iamn f. Shotwe said notes were given for part Of The
purchase money of the premises described p snd nnrSaEr
deed, and in this notice hereafter Described Il was cove
nauted and agreed in said m0rslsS by SAD SoMt among
other things that he said sh3twe M9nd Keep Tue Gata
company and that he would pay AZ taxes i&Eiy gnea on
that In of default in the payment of the said pronsor
notes either Of them, or any part thereof al me e anu
Icy, w. r renew insurancr ar m case of The breach
OF any OF the agreements contained IN said
mortgage deed then and in such case the whole ol SAID pr
cpa ana interest shall the option of the party Of the
onI part his heirs executors ana assigns become mme
datcy due and payable and that said ortgase might be
his assigns after publishing notice IN the OTTAWA
ottawa in The sate Of Illinois I'VE weeks before the ay of
sale. And default hay ing been mace III te ply % Oh
became due on the 5th day of November D. 1871 at the
time and place when and where the same became Que and
thereof. ana SAID ShOwell
having wholly neglected and refused to keep the building;
to pay s tRe taXss legally levied on said premises due dur
u the year d. 1871 and allowed the said premises 10 be sold
said axeswhch defaults have continued To and exist
at the present time and there due and payable said
the of five thousand and four hundred dollars To-
getcr interest the at the rate OF ten per cent
per annum from the NTH day of November A. D. 1871 and
said notes mortgage deed have been heretofore duly
signed by said Samuel r. Hurford the undersigned, Will
liam :. Jackson and the said William > Jackson Is now the
legal owner thereof; =,
the fifteenth day of April j. 1873 AT the hour of nine
o'clock in the forenoon of said day the undersigned assignee
said and mortgage, WILL az public auction on SAID
premises in Sreator La sale county Illinois, for the high
est and best price the viii bring for cash. sell and dis
pose of the premises described in said mortgage decd VIZ
Lot numbered six, in block rynve in the town OF strea
Sale county Illinois and all buildings thereon and AL right
title and benefit and equity of redemption of the said Bcna
min F. Shotwell and ~ Ophea Shotwel ms wife their
heirs and assigns therein and apply the proceeds as IN said
deed directed and upon the making of such sale Will exc
and deliver to the purchaser proper deed Of convey
ancc, as In and by said mortgage provided for -o>-
WILLIAM :. JACKSON,
March g. lS1S-5w Assignee of said Notes d Mortgage
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4 BURNED TIoG-In one OF our Sunday
schools, lately, saws the Whitehall NorS, IA
teacher was instructing juvenile class about
the word glutton.
Suppose" said she, "a man should sit down
to dinner and eat as much as four
persons-then get up and 90 to a restaurant
and eat lot more-then fill his pockets with
crackers and cheese and keep eating What
would you call such Il person? The boy who
can answer please hold up his hand"
Up went the hand of a siX-ycar old boy.
well what would you call such man.
asked the teacher.
"A burned hog" rang out with clear and
italcised reply.
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A schoolboy, in the presence OF one Of the
schoolma' ans the other day, said 81 don't hat
to-" The teacher spoke TO him, told him he
should not use such laguage that it was slang.
What shall murmur?" he replied. why"
said the teacher, you should say-ah-aw-
say under the existing circumstances my priv
ilcges are not clrcumscribed to such Il limited
compass" "Oh, buz me briefly SAID the
young cprcssible.-StrcdtOr Free Press.
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\ little boy being instructed in morals by
his grandmother, the old lady told him that all
such terms as "hy COL, by lingo, by thun-
der" etc, were only little oaths, and but little
better than other protanitics. In fact she could
tell prolanc oath by the prefix by All
such were oaths. We'll, then, grandmother
said the hopeful rs by telegraph which | see
in the newspapers, swcaring:" No" said
the old lady that is only lying"
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\ little granddaughter of Prince Bisnlack was
sitting on the Princes knee the other day,
when he suddenly cried out, "Oh, uncle, hope
| shall be Il great man like you when | grow
up"
"Why, my child?" asked his uncle
Because you are 50 great, and every one
fears you"
Wouldn't you rather every one loved you:'
The child thought little, and then replied,
No, uncle; for when people love you they
cheat you, but when they fear you they let
YOU cheat them
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a clergyman, says the Iandy Fnir, was
turned down" at a fashionable spelling-bcc
for spelling drunkenness with one IN" Short
ly afterwards he returned to his parish, and
found himself very coldly received by his par.
ishiOncrs. He sent for the parish clerk and
asked him what was the cause. well, sir,
replied the man, "a report has come down here
that you We're turned out of lady's house in
london for drnnkennessn
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y young gentleman Of this city was once u
teacher of a Sahbath-school class. IN which was
70 bright colorcd boy. The lesson was about
the beams, etc, in the eye.
Teacher: 81 read here about a mote; iad
dressing the black boy, do you know what IL
mote is." John Jchucklin-D: "'Clar don't,
less its nirgcr.'-Rocit,te' DDDocfW
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\ correspondent Of Hdrpcr's .Kdgo=iao sends
10 THE drawer II copy of an orlerreceived by
"A Broomc county dentist which says: My
mouth is three ipchcs acrost, five-cight inches
threw the jaw. sum humoky on the edge.
shaped like hoss-shcw, toe torrard. If you
want me to be more pcrtiklcr, shall have 10
.sn thar"
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\ little boy who went to church was told to
remember the text which was why stand yc
here all the day idle? Go into my vineyard
and work, and whatsoever is right, that Will
pay thee" Johnny came home and was asked
10 repeat the text. He thoughtit overa while,
and then cried out, What doyou stand around
here doing muffin for? Go into my barnyard
and 90 to work and I'll make it all right with
YOU'D
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\ poor woman who either had to stay at
home from church or take her baby, chose the
latter course The preacher was revivalist,
and roared so loud that he walked the baby up
and scared it till it roared, too. lis mother
arose to take 1t out OF the meeting. Don't 90,
my good woman" said the preacher. The
baby doesn't disturb me" Its not for that |
70, sir" replied the woman. "ltsyOu disturb
The hahYN
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FINAL SEI"rL FIMlLNT NOrICE.-Es
i TATE OF BENJAMIN HUss DECEAsEp.-Noticei Is here
by given all persons interested in said estate that the IN
dcsmed Executors of the last will and testament of Ben
amn u deceased will appear before the County Court OF
In Sale and state Of Illinois, at the County
Court House in Ottawa, in said county on Monday, The
fifteenth day of April 4. u. lSIS, for the purpose OF
rendering mi account Of her proceedings in the adnns
tiOn of said estate for the inal settlement
Dated al OTTAWA, this 18th day of March ls,S:
SAMuE HCSS.
BENJAMIN III s.,
ATTEST: T. " SrorksLEGEE. Executors.
CIcrk County Court. La ShllC Co. III. lmarlt-IW
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THIS conundrUm j. now in circulation:
What i the difference between "a potato and
q lemon:' When the questioned party says
ne don't know the other says: Then don't
want YOU to buy any lemons for me, - and then
comes the "ha ha' har'
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Kansas Teacher. Where does all cur pro
duce 20 to:' Boy: 1T goes into the hopper.
Teacher. Hopper. What hopper" Boy
.triumphantly): "tirasshopper"
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EXECUTORS SALE, OF REAL ESTATE
II By virtue Of an order and decree of the County Court
Of Ia Sale county Illinois, made on the petition Of the I'M
dCrsgncd, Michael Brady Executor Of the last Will and tcs
of the of Patrick Lazy deceased, for leave TO
sell the real estate Of said deceased al the May term ~ D.
1915 Of said court To wit ON the fourth day Of June
1879 shall the eighth day of April next, u. 1875 be-
the hours Of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four
the south door Of the la sale County Court House in Ott
wa In said county, the real described follows to
Wit Lots numbered three and ees. In block numbered
thrtyunc In Ottawa Center in La sale county Illinois
the following terms, 10 wit: For cash IN hand on the
day of sale
Dated this 9Th day Of March A. u. 1873. ~
MICHAEL BRADY,
Executor of the last will and testament of the
marg-5w Estate of Patrick Lazy deceased.