The New York herald., 1878-03-25

into heart In spiritual is like sunrise.
Christ floods the soul like and reveals the
glory Of that world.
ST. PAUL THE APOSTLES CHURCH.
PROFESSION OF NEW cHoRIsrERs-IMPREssIvE
oEREMoNIEs.
High was celebrated at the Church OF 81. Paul
the APOSTLE attached 10 the Paulist monastery, on
FIity-ninth street. yesterday afternoon, by Rev.
Father Robinson, assisted by Father O'Gorman as
deacon and MessrS smith and Gregory sub-deacon
ana master OF csrsmonies During the the
CHOIR, consisting ot about forty boys and men, under
tho direction OF Father 1. Brown. int"ned
tho Gregorian chants appropriate for the
lenten season without tho organ, which is never
used In churches Of this order during Lent Alter
the gospel Father Alfred Young preached sermon
the text. "Ae that is with mo Is against me;
ho that gathersth not with mo scatIcreth." Father
Young said there two classes OF Christians who
come undor this text--that is those VINO act as II
Christ had never existed and those who, PROCESSING
belief Christ, IL they had People Of the
former sort against Christ ana mako conceal
ment that fact; people Of the latter class also
against him, according to the words OF the text 1t
is the end Of mau to be united TO GOO, and when a
man does do his best TO work that end nc 10
not fulfilling his duty and he Is against Christ
PROFESSION or CHRIsTIANs
An Interesting ceremony took place at thr0e O'Clock
IN ths afternoon In the profession OF new
mem bers 0f the choir vi boys wUo sing all tho cal
parts oi the mas! a. this church. Az the above hour
procession consisting 0 the chorstcrs already
posing The choir, u numbor OF acoiyteS, the
twenty one asprants and tho officiating priest,
Futher Young, ISSUED from the vestry. number OF
lights gtterod on the altar large congregation nled
the aisles Of the church, and the organ peSied
tho 6u either side Of the altar aspran.s in
front ana the clergyman at the right hand SIDE. Tho
duei,uH" and .dors pa.ria' were then supr. @ alter
whicn tho priest briefly addressed tho new memberz
Tnen, calling them forward two BY two, ne presented
with copy Of she "Graauale' ana ''Antiphona-
rum Romanum," sayiug In The Inca anlinle
the words "V,de ut qmod cant.s, cordc credas;
ct qaoa credit operibts comprodes" ciake that
you believe In your hearts what you sing with your
lips, aud ahat you prove ~ your acts what you be-
s.s"an1 yons sng ,ne sn.,obon o"sh men
with thy praise" Tho ceremony WAS then concluded
with solemn bonediction by the officiating priest,
which the 0horisters receivod kneciing vespers
were sung immediatciy after BY tho Increased choir
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
JESUS TEMPrED-sEnMoN BY REV. DB. ARMI-
Rev. DR.. Armitago preached on Jesus tempted, tho
third temptation, taking his text from Luke w.
5-S This was the worst and most dangerous OF the
temptations, said the reverend Doctor. IL involved
tho chel struggle between the great moral powers
the earth, the power Of darkness and tho Prince
OF Light The clause hcrc, Gan tho kingdoms OF
the world In q moment OF time," cannot DO under
stood as geographical expression, for here no
mountain which revealed such strotch OF earth.
But whom taken In political sense, into which the
whole temptation substantially resolves ITSELF the
of expression 10 very forcibc. This outlook spread
At their feot the Palestine domains OF Tberius the
great Roman Emperor, whose empire stretching to
the ends Of the earth whose power was absolute over
many fair kingdoms and whose glory almost deiaed
him the colossal ruler among men, for possessions
the Roman world and his prerogat'ves limit.
less the earth, and you observe that II organ
izcd Kingdoms, "power" and "eory" which Satan
rendered to Jesus rather than mountains and Valleys
broad acres and rivers, making the temptation con.
sst In the qualification Of ambition for tho sway of
political dominion "i thou will ia down and wor-
ship all this shall 10 thine will fibcriu
all his egons shall obey thy beck, all his dominions
shall DO thy possession, and all mis- honors shall title
thy name" What vision OF terrible power arose
before h,mI Tho glory was that OF ruling not only
heathendom beyond making all hrs subjects peace
ful and prosperous, anu happy citizens OF the Prince
village Of Nazareth and ihng him 10 tho throne ana
purple Of the CDsars; cIevating the son OF lonely
Jewish maiden 10 tho sway OF nations, and fulfilling,
iorelelhng:-
w ,S give n. ssshsn for ,s thine ne
what brlbo 10 cfcr who had not where TO
lay his head-a man OF no reputatonl Danger 10 our
Lord this point sprang from disncs causes rhc
the most honorable inclInatons Of humanity whom IL
Is not perverted. Ambition for place and dssnlRion
dawns with our earliest years and fingers the longest
day OF lifc Whom IL ~ properly curbed no man
CARDS as low mean, but Father pure noble.
IL may be aotuated by tho unseHsh devotion to
the wellbelpg Of othors; II may push aside all tho
lower motives and Inducements which sway men,
taking wide range In its aims and exerti0ns, laying
out general benefits uppn large scale and
prosecuting It's endoavors with great powers
we'll right tntonti0Ds; so that Its whole and
bearings shall carry with them breadth, dignity aud
grandeur, amounting 10 moral greatness Looking
the lure In this light the vision full OF prom
se-it promised the OF doing good by welding
dominion among men, sucn man had ever pos
sessed before. The guile was fair " II were false.
The bribc was offered TO Chrss pure dislntcrested
goodness.
SECOND DANGER.
The second danger TO our Lord sprang from tho
general conception that the Messanic prophecies
preached the setting up Of universal monarchy for
The Shioah, when he should come, and that the
tablisnmcnt OF sucn reign should prove
that he had come There can DO no
doubt that Jesus had hoard tnat doc
trine again aud again IRON HIS youth up Ho
know that the Kingdoms OF the world were morally, by
mans deliberate choice, under the power OF the God
Of this world, who nov stood before HIM Hts rival
He know, aso the great d cultics Of the work which
He had undcrtakcnin redecming them from the moral
power Of The devil That love and trusn we're 70 be