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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-15
MADISON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
cHnIsr's RECOGNITION or cHILpHooD-sER-

cHRIsr's RECOGNITION or CHILDHooD-sER-
MON by REV. WILLIAM LLOYD. ffN
Tho Rev. William Lloyd preached on .Chrisps
Recognition oil Childhood" TO a large congregation
In tho Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, taking
for his sexl the familiar verses, "rhcn broagnt
unto HIM little children, that he should put his
hands them and pray; and the disciples rouukcd
them. But Jesus said, suffer little children TO como
uuto me ana forbid them not; Tor OF such Is the king
dom OF Heaven" Whatever viii keep childhood
or manhood away from Jesus Christ 10 OF the narrow
aud bigoed spirit OF these disciples and OF
the Master Himself The act Of the jewish mothers
In bringing their htlle children 10 Cnrst SHOWS ths
great privilege duty OF all parents to-day. Bring
your children 10 jesus, nrst by consecrating them
Ills worship and service. 1 loog with pity upon tho
man or wno dues not fesarJ the advent OF "a
child Into the household the brightest ray of san
suine that can enter their doors The angels look
upon no OWNER or more beautIul slght than
that OF pure aud holy mother on Blended Knee con-
sccratIng her infant 10 the God IRON whom IL came.
We should bring our children TO Cnrist Dy bringing
under the iuuonce OF tue Church In ali ser
wees. Iney should DO made 10 ce that the sermon
Is intended for them well as toe Sunday school.
George Macdonald speaks with tho utmost severity
OF those preachers wno tan 10 reach me hearts of
their chiisn hearers, and there justice In his re-
buke. The mcmorizng OF iunualnenta doctrines
without thorough knowledge OF the meaning OF the
sunday school infant class, not long ago,
n visitor asked ono oi tue children VINO made her.
Tue NIUE slri nestatcH Tor some tile, and tnun SAID
she ala nvt know Another lid raised her hand aud
said Please. ma'am, the ocy mat God made isn't
here to-day
Tue text winch have read consider ono OF the
most glorious IN the scriptures Ours Is tue only r..
hgion that recognizes the Importance OF childhood,
and Christ IA more christ TO with an infant his
than with tpc winds aud waves subsiding at his
words. 1he Importance oil mpressng righteous anu
gody principles upon little cnndren caunot be over.
cstmAtcd Tho I'M ants OF to-day " be rulers
OF the world In the next generation. Christ recog.
nized their rights, ana 50 should We ~ We are TO On
ter tho Kingdom oil heaven we most become littlo
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FUNERAL OF TED ALMONTE.

Tho funeral OF Edward Middleton AImon.c, the nrst
clown Of Barnum's circus, better known as ..rcd"
Almontc, who died OF consumption on Friday, al hts
ias residence, No. III Third nue. took place yes
tcriay afternoon. All tho morning tho house was
throngcd with mombers OF tho profession who called
to pay their tribute OF respect the dead. His
old friend Prank Whitaker, and James Melville and
James Cooke, the tqucstrians. VINO were with him
he died. aud Tony Pastor were present. AMI each
contributed some iloral Offering Mrs. Pastor scut
bcauti "a harp OF tuOeoses and vioc,s and me- Elise
Dockriii wreath and crown. The oody was iaid Ia
handsome rosewood coffin, with half rxteI sion silver
handles, ana lined with white satin. On the lid was
small silver plate. bearing the inscription
H. NJ ALxoSrE
Died Apri IL 1878,
aged 81 years.
Tue funeral SERVICES were conductcd ny tue Rev.
DR.. John Kramer, OF the " Wainwright Memorial Epis-
copaI thurch. Iney were very largely ATTENDED ny
tue members OF both Barnum's and tho London
Circus, all OF whom p,aniiestcd genuine sorrow The
services short Aud sinpie Al the close tue re-
mains were carried to Greenwood, tue following
acting as pail bearers flames Cooke, Frank Whitta-
ker. James Melville and J. j. Parks
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PRACTICAL ArHEfsM-A SERMON TX REV. s.
ID. BURCHARD.

ID. BUaCHARD.
Rev 8. d. Burchard, ID. d., Of Thirteenth Street
Presbyterian Church, preached IN the morning on
"Praclcai Athesm," taking for his text, Psalms niL
1.-THE fool hath said n MS heart there IS no God.u
He SAID that In nothing did the difference more
strongly appear between the truth OF God and the
opinions OF than In the comparative estimate
winch made Of the wisdom and folly OF human
character aud conduct According TO the inaxims OF
the worlds philosophy he tho wise man " no sa-
gseiously devised aud vigorously executed some
scheme OF secular aggrandizement anu Who sKiituily
mpioycd his own resources ana dexterously guided
the feelings anu passions Of men to promote
his own wishes aud efforts. Tho sagacity OF
such man may be employed about the interest
state or an empires hs may be deeply learned iy
the scouce OF government as well a. IN numan nsturo
he may bring ignt from tho past 10 shine on tbs
present, Ia tho darkest Bour OF nations peril
may able 10 pilot the vessel OF state 10 SAFE
mooring, and MS name may DO upon every tongue;
but nevertheless, there may be that IN his character
when stamps hun IN the eyes Of tod WITH tue marx
OF egregious Jolly. IL ne has neglected the future for
the sake Of the present the Bible says ne Is fool.
SUCH one says IA hs heart "tncre IS no God, and
denial o God Ia this lilo Is practical atheism. The
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ANSWER.
S-pURR DuELLrNo GROUND.

THE H,MIIroS-pUER DWELLING GROUND.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD NM
,hnk -. w." Is mistaken In saying that the
cedar beneath which Hamilton fell has boon cut
down recently. II am right II was cut down soms
years ago. when tho railroad butt, and did not
stand side Of thc railroad but the vest
side. think -. W. has boon mlssakon In the trcs
and location. D.
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ST. PATRICK's CATHEDRAL.

St Paricks Cathedral, in Mott street, was literally
crammed from the altar 10 tho doors. In the aisics
aud the space at which the rows OF pcws end hun
drods OF dcvotees who could procure seats xneit
during the entire service tho bare boards. Oh
course there entire OF floral or other
decorations The altar draped Ia purple, aud
there was just enough OF candle light In the FORE
grouEd 10 relieve from darkness Before the
ceremony OF the mass the ceremony Of blessing the
palns was performed. Then the ushers through
the aisles distributing them Owing some irrcg1
lsrty consi.nmcnt OF genuine palms from FLORIDA
not received and specicsof our northern hem.
lock was substituted. Rev Father Kearney was the
cccbrant, the mass chosen being Weber's Mass in q.
There was Il quartet choH, consisting OF Miss You
Hamburg, soprano; Mrs Ungcr, contralto; Mr.. Bcr-
sin. tenor; Mr.. Urchs basso aud Mr. John White or
ganist and conductor. Rev. Father Keane read tho
gospel which narratcs the passion OF the saviour.
There was
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CATHOLIC CHURCH ACCOMMODATION.

To THE EDITOR HxRALD:--
In the HERALD OF tho sth inst attention called
the lack OF church Tor the Catholics
of tho uptown district. IL Is surprising that the
needs OF tho Catholics Of tho upper end Of the Nine.
tccnth ward should 90 long unnotced by the Dig.
dreds OF pcopie moving up IN that section, aud n
Is very probable that onc-quarter OF this number
Catholics. Where arc tuey 10 attend church, Surely
not at the Dominican Church; that Is impossible.
A CATHOLIC
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PREPARING FOR EASTER.

Tho sixty-scvcntn Mission School attended the
Church OF the Transn guruuon yesterday Afternoon.
After rehearsal OF the exercises which Will tako
place the church on Easter sunday the scbocl was
addressed by the Rev. DE-. Houghton aud Mr.. Burk,
superintendent OF tue sunday School.
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striped but it for healing. II was not natu.
raj sequence OF His human existence that He should
sorrow aud grieve. he took grief upon Him for u.s.
iust as He took sin upon Him tor US He had no stu,
vel He s.was made stu for us''-took upon Him the
relations OF sinner denver from SIN. so gricf
wag foreign emotion HIS breast and In His immac-
Mate condition could not enter much lcss 1.-Two there
But il pleased tho Lord TO put HIN 10 erlc when c
His soul offering Tor SIN Tho pangs hat passeu
,hraush HIS pure heart were occasoncd by the fact
that Jehovah chad upon hiin the iniquity Of ~
allt His were sorrows from beginning 10 end flt
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OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

lNoTE.-Lcttcrs intended for this column must DO
accomp by the writer's iull namc and address 70
insure attention. Compliments who are unwilling TO
comply with this rule simply waste time IN writing.
Write only on ono side OF the papcr.-ED. HERALD
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NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY APRIL Is l8s-wITH sUPPLEME

sion OF tho blessed sacrament around the church,
about ity boys In surpces and souanes. anu as many
little girls dressed IN white, who stro~su no"er'
along the aises. participating IN the ceremony.
When the priests returned 10 tho high altar mo
sacrament placed the roof OF Inc iApeI-
nacic. where II 10 10 remain exposed unti Iuesoay
morning.
SERMON.
The sermon was preached by tho. Rev Father pina,
ham, the text beng taken from the sixth chapter y
ST. John, which Is narrated tho miracle o. TUG
loaves and ashes. The preacher gave brief history
OF tho miracIes and then explained how the saviour
aiterward went 10 Galllee aud continued to perform
miracles by healing the sick anc curing the BIND VINO
brought 10 Him. All these miracles were oniy
preparatory to tho greatest miracle OF an.
which the institution OF the tlessed
eucharist In this sacrament OF HIS love we
had the source OF all Gods treasures opened
up us for had In the very body aud blood o.
Chris. Himself The preacher went on 10 speak o.
the Infinite goodness OF God In giving such proof Of
His love ana OF hs desire III mons souls should DO
snved. The preacher appealed earnestly 10 the con,
grcgstion the love which Jesus showed
III instVuting the blessed sacrament. and cxhoried
them now that many Of them were restored 10 tno
friendship OF God amer confession and commu nion
TO continue steadfst the good Resolutions hey nau
formed. avoIting all OCCASIONS OF SIN and pursuing
course oil lie that would In every way DO pleasing 70
Almighty. God.
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IN AID OF THE ORPHANS.

circular letter from Right Rev. John Loughlin,
Bishop OF Brooklyn, was read IN all the Catholic
churches OF the diocese of that city yesterday, cali
ing upon the aitEiul Ito contribute generously
sunday next all tho masses aud vespcrs 10 tho
support OF the orphan asyIums"
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CHURCH OF DIVINE PATERNITY,
GOODNESS TRUE GREATNESS sEIMoN by TIE

GOOOS ISS TRUE GREATNESS SI1sMON - ~A|~
REV. DIR. L. II. CHAPLIN. M
The Rev. T.. II. Cnapin, d. D., pastor OF tho Cnurcn
OF the Divine Paternity. Fifth avenue and Forty-nitn
street, preached from tho text "Who went about
doing good, the words being portion OF Acts K. DO
The preacher sad that need not be told who went
about DONG good. 1t tho Messiah who stood
upon The shore lake, preached upon the slope
OF tho mountain. healed the sick. raised tho
dead opened tho eyes oil the bhnd, VINO
SO absolutely ana SO peculiarly went about doing
good. thus IL was all through the Saviour's career
all tho way tho cross, all tho way to that last
prayer lie uttered that cross. all the way 70 IN
uenediction Just before ascending TO heaven. Dr.
Chapn deduced u lessons IRON this characteristic
OF the Saviour lie SAID that goodncss Is true great
nc.s Men now regard greatness IRON different
standpoint, the commonplace estimation being that
those who are adroit smart in thor daily work
are 10 be considered great. Stealing and lying can
u th,cf, but II he cmbezzies $l,000,0o0 he
Is genius. There the too feeble recog-
milton Of the iact that man who suffers
Tor humanity Is not great. Let us not censure the
hpmas mat gwen TO those who deserve u, nor 10
intellectual greatness but high intellect with bad
heart has power oil Satan. We must not Affirm tnat
reverence goodness, as they DO reverence
1t when they The human heart recognizes tue
crucncd Christ, aud tho inhneIce OF HIS reigon ~
the testimony Of the homage which He receives ~ ~
needed that We should recognize the fact that goou-
~ tho only greatness.
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A DANGEROUS HOLE.


To TnE ERROR OF TIL. HsRALD:-
Please call tao attention OF the authorities 10 the
large Lolo In tho street In front OF No. 1859 Bowery
My horse Aoarly broke his neck thcre Saturday night
There is danger lamp on u attor dark. aud
Will certainly be Killed there It's not quickly
attended TO. u. II.
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preacher then referred those whoSaw In this world
OF design and who denied the existence Of uc
signcr. In does the bad man say In ms near.
there Is 10 Godn lie Is coptradctod by all without
anu Nil within hun, by the stil small voice OF con
science; by the great voice o! universal man anu ny
the testimony OF nature.
Then, asked tho speaker, arc not the votaries "
pleasure the counterpart OF the fool who says IN us
heart, .ihere God ~ The difference pctwecn
them and those VINO publicly avow their alaelsuc
sentiments Is rather nominal than real Or ,
then turned TO the dcist The bare mention o. what
votaries shonld DO Is the bittercst OF sarcasms
upon what they really are They have mucn gesaIu
Tor God IN words, but they have little IN reaity ny
work which has grown up amid the GOODNESS o. M
own abstract speculation ana disappears peio!o wy
heat OF passion roddcn under foot IN the oustc
and hurry OF worldly business. IL has no tendency ~
elevate the character anc power 10 save the soal
I'VE preach Christ aud Him cruc'icd. ana Tell you
plainly .hcrc Is other name under heaven whereby
you must be saved.''s
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When the knowledge OF lie Is more natural the JOY o.
Irving purely will be so universal that to I'VE other
wise will become the exception.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

and was not fully decided that such a bill
should pass.
Capt. A. Scout was in favor of the silver
bill and would prefer only 10 cts. worth of
silver in the dollar but stamped by the
government 100 cts, and then it would
never get out Of the country. He was also
in favor of using the greenback to pay off
the national debt and making the bond
holders take them instead Of gold.
+. w. Hall thought that while there
were arguments in favor Of the bill more
than at first appeared, that if the whole
th!ng were let alo1ae-gold and greenbacls
being so nearly at the same valuc-the
finance question would regulate itself with
out further legislation.
Col. Geo. II. Raymond and a. II. Stockly
looked upon the Bland bill as a dishonest
measure, and expressed the opinion that
Senator Bayard had the sentiment OF two.
thirds or three.quarters of the people with
him.
John {. Bailey thought Congress had the
legal right to pass the bill, but to do so
would be very dishonorable. A nation
could no more violate its obligation than
an individual, and our government, should
1T adopt this measure might gain a few
dollars, while it would lose character, repu.
tatlon for fair dealing. and finally its credit.
and, nation like an individual, was in a
bad way without credit. The nation could
force the creditor to receive a deprecated
coin las coin was stated, though gold coin
contemplated, because silver was used only
IN subsidiary way, but if it did not wish
to keep its faith with other nations, it
could go further and repudiate it altogeth-
er. In principal, it would be the same
and the civilized nations would so regard
1t. The effect at home between creditor
and debtor would be the same and the re-
suit could only he evil. If the bill should
pass with minority of only one-eichth Of
the members against the bill he should be-
lleve they were wiser than the others. for
they stand upon principal and right. As a
people we must 90 on the principal of right
and justice, if it required the reconstruction
of the parties to do it.
There are other persons whose opinions
we would liked to have obtained, but il
would make our article too long Several
had formed no opion on the subject. We
give enough, however, to show that the
predominating sentiment is for an honest
coin and government with a clean record.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

FIRE AT MILLsBoEo.-A correspondent at
MillShoro, Sussex county, writes to the
Go~eHc that serious conflagration visited
that town On Sunday night About 10
O'Clock IN the evening blaze was dis
covered Ill the new store house and all it,
contents were entirely DESTROYED. This is
the third time within two months that NJ
Johnson has suffered from fire. tut with
little loss on the two prcviou> occasions.
The store house was worth about $500 and
the contents about $1,000 on which there
was an Insurance Of $1,000 in the Farmers
Insurance Company Of this State. The fire
Is supposed to have been the work Of Al,
lncendiary, as the fires in the stoves were
permitted to 60 out on Saturday night.
a GREAT DAY AT DoynR-Sunday was -
great day at Dover in Methodist circles.
Commencing at 0 clock in the morning.
Rev. J. ). lmskip, the Evangelist, opened
an experience meeting. which was attended
by all who could get into the N. +. Church.
Numbers of interesting and fervent expo.
rienCes were given. At 1920 o'clock Mr.
lnskip preached n powerful sermon. which
was eagerly listened to 10y the great audi.
ence. At . O'Clock in the afternoon Mrs.
lnsklp conducted one Of her famous "chil-
drcn's meetings" 1T which Il number of
chlidten were started on the right path Of
salvation. Vt night Mr.. Inskip preached
another OF his powerful sermons, and thus
closed one OF the greatest religious DAYS
Dover has ever known. At the evening
meeting those who had professed conver-
SION during the day were requested 10 indi-
cate it hy rising, and 2S persons in the
audience reSpOuded
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

On Sunday week Bishop Simpson went
to St. Michaels (Md.) NJ. F. Church to
preach a missionary sermon. While in the
pulpit an impression came over the pastor,
Rev.V. Smith, like an inspiration, that now
is the time to lift the debt from the church
of $2500 that had been hanging over it like
an incubus. They have been unable to do
anything to meet the obligation or see their
way out of the difficulty The case was
presented to the Bishop and he readily
consented to devote the day to this pur-
pose, and let the missionary collection 20
until another time. At the close of the
sermon the change of purpose was stated
to the congregation, who, catching the
spirit that promised the proposed relief,
soon raised $3.50, more than enough to
liquidate the church debt and free them
from trouble they had seen no way out Of.
An example that other churches might
profit by.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

The committee of Ways and Means OF
the National House Of Representatives have
perfected new tariff bill, to be acted upon
at this session of Congress. The general
principles on which the bill is based are re-
duction and simplifcation, and with view
directly to the enlargement of our foreign
trade. 1t follows, mainly, the schedules
and classifcations of the present law.
Throughout the list the reductions average
about 20 per cent. No reduction, however,
is made in wines, brandies, cigars and arti.
cles of q similar character. There are no
compound duties, all the rates leing specific
or ad rdlorem. The new bill, it is claimed
will reduce the cost of collection from oveI
four millions of dollars, and that it will
raise a revenue Of 1854, ,946,OOO annually
The revenue collected last year under the
present law was $l3S 100000.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

SENATOR CHRIsTIANcY has offered an
amendment to the Bland bill to put 434
grains of silver in the dollar. At the
present market value Of silver it will take
this number of grains to make the silver
dollar equal in value to the gold dollar.
Such is the fluctuating value of this metal
that 434 grains Of it are worth no more than
4l21 were when the bonds were issued.
The Wilmington Gazette denounces this as
"the most scandlous and rescally business
we have ever known attempted" Their
condemnation Of silver dollar equal in
value to gold shows that it is not honest
but deprecated money they want to pass
for good money.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

PEACH GROWERS BEGINNING TO MovE-A
number of the prominent peach growers
about Middletown have united in a call for
a general meeting in Dover or Middletown
on Saturday 10th inst. If the peach grow.
ers go into this thing at all, they should 90
into it solidly. The main fight, or rather
the parties to the fight, have been from
about MiddletoUn, with an occasional spurt
from other sections. If they want to have
weight and influence, they should 60 as a
solid phalanx. Large corporations can be
moved only by large forces. The railroad
combination, the route over which the
peaches have to 20 to reach market,-the
Delaware, p, w. & b. and Amboy are
weighty bodies, and will require the com.
bined effort Of our fruit growers to impress
them. 1t may be premature to inaugurate
such a measure before the buds have even
started, but if it is undertaken at all, let it
be done strongly. At the very least no
harm can come Of it. With such depre-
citation Of values, and small prices for every.
thing that comes out of the ground, the
farmers cannot afford to pay the former
charges for getting their fruit to market
any more than the consumers can afford TO
pay the high prices Of some years ago. II
Is subject in which the grower, the con.
sumner and the carrier are equally interes-
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

SENATOR BAYARD made one of the
strongest speaches of the session on the
silver bill, on MONDAY, speaking over two
hours in the most convincing arguments.
He said careful, prolonged and con-
scientious examination Of the matter now
before the Senate had confirmed his belief
that the passage Of such measure would
lead the American people to still greater
disaster than they had yet experienced in
their financial policy. He fully appreciated
the present distress Of the people of this
country, and he was anxious to strain every
nerve to secure relief for them, but he
must oppo-e all 'uaa ures like this which
would only revive and expand the very
evils from which the people now sought
relief There wo~a ao troubles rs serious
as those which ..ei false system
OF money. .Iv >rpt.r at some length in
favor Of stable currency, and said we
should have a currency which would crcu.
late everywhere and maintain fixed value
everywhere.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

BEN BUTLER has come to the front as an
acknowledged leader of the silver move
ment. He always had a penchant for
silver, item: the silver spoons lie filled his
pockets with while commanding at New
Orleans. At the other end of the move
ment, or rather at this end, is Sam. Town
send. He has so much more virtue or
thinks he knows so much more than Sena-
tor Bayard that he demands Of him to vote
for the Bland silver bill or resign.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

ted. Peaches and berries must sell low to
find purchasers in these hard times, and
the railroads must carry these products
low, or the farmer will have to cease pro.
ducing for want Of remuneration. When
they look at the question squarely, we
believe the railroad men will see it to their
interest to reduce the freights on fruit.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

We learn that several prominent business
men of Wilmington have written to Con-
gresham Williams thanking him for his
vote against the silver bill. Mr.. Williams
has shown by his courage in voting his
honest sentiments, that lie is no trading
nolitician