The New York herald., 1878-10-28
JOHN STREET M. E. CHURCH.

| INTEgEs TING SERVICES coMMEMoRATING ITS
/ ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY.
To the congregation ana friends OF tho OLD John
Street Methodist Church, the services In that venera
Bile cdiGce OF peculiarly interesting character
es they commemorated its 1l2lh anniversary The
body OF me church and the galleries wero crowded 10
utmost capacity ln tho chancel on either side
OF the reading desk large bouquet OF lilies
white carnations and tuberoses bearing red letters
the dates 1866 and 1878. Tho services werc OF most
| Impressive character.
AT nine O'Clock IN tho morning love feast' wns
held presided ever by Rev. J. Ia Peek, presiding
elder The exercises consisted OF prayer ana the re-
laton OF religious experiences. The regular morning
presiding. Bishop Wiley OF CINCINNATI, delivered tho
sermon, taking for his text the WORDS 'For the love
OF Christ constraineth u.s."
At three p. H.. there was a reunion meeting OF
RasIs's nsnsps Harms, an Peos Wiley Merrill Scott ana
| Haven; Chancellor Haven, OF the Syracuse Univer-
xJadsa L g1nchs h.y o. mis- s aay say'
Weld and others. Bishop Harris occupied
tho chair Addresses sae,o were delivered ely red n sy
Red, former pastor OF The church. The singing DUR
ing the day services was conducted by Mr. J. W.
Dykman, OF Harlem, Miss Simpson taking the solo
parts The exercises OF the day were concluded by
service Of song in the evening, conducted by Philip
Philips .the Sweet Singer OF Israel" who was as
sisted by the pastor, Rev. 3. /. Abbott
EIGHTEENTH STREET NJ E. CHURCH.
THE WITCH OF ENDORSE RMoN BY THE REV.
WILLIAM +. HATFIELD.
Tho Rev. DR.. Hatfield preached in the Eighteenth
Street Methodist Episcopal Church in the evening on
tho subject OF .sSpirtualism, Ancient and Modern.'
His text was from l. Samuel, xviii, In which is re-
corded saups visit TO the Witch OF Endor 1t was in
the dead hour Of night, said the preacher,
that Saul visited the Witch OF Endor and said,
III pray thee, divine unto me by thy familiar
spirit and bring me him up whom shall name unto
thee In obedience to this request Samuel appeared
ard the witch cried out as Il stricken with horror.
for she then knew who Saul was, and feared TOR her
life Saul aay cd her fears and asked what she saw,
aud she replied, ~ see old man, covered with
mantlcn ana Saul knew that 1t was Samuel. Sucn
is history given In the Scriptures OF one OF the
most mysterious events OF which We have any ac-
count
The reverend gen llemnn then rosed the question as
20 whether the Wch OF Endor dd actually call up tho
spirit OF Samue whether IL was an ocular deception
There are some no SAID, who deny the existence
Of witches or wchcraft and say that all such things
merely exist in the imagination, but history, both
sacred and proans proves .ha vney nave existed ~
thcm in Egypt during the times oil Pny and In our
own country, IN saem, Mass: !. , Is worthy
cribed supernatural agencies; they arc admitted,
however, TO be very mysterious There Is an
invisible world in which various orders OF sprits 1.-Two
and act. and there is barc possibility Of persons in
the flesh 10 have intercourse with these internal
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way their power aud influence. But the Witch OF
| Eudor had no power over Samuel His raising was
not the result OF incantatoDs, os was shown by
] her surprise and alarm ut his appearance No mean
tations no manRuvrings behind screens or around
tables avail discmbodied human spirits, aud
modern Spirtualis m, that prctends TO convey CON-
municatons from departed spirits TO spirits In the
| flesh, 10 unworthy oi belief.
THE VANDERBILT WILL CASE.
The otncr day witness tho Vanderbilt will case
| testified TO a communication coming from tho late
| james Fisk to tho Commodore in regard 70 certain
stocks The Commodore, u was stateu, had some
doubt in regard tho genuneness o the revelation,
and preferred to follow his own judgment rather than
! the opinion OF his departed RIVAL Had he followed
| the advice pretended to come from tho deceased
| hroker he might have lett much to be quar-
reIed over by mis- reIatives Who can believe that
| good spirit would communicate through mediums
| VINO have been guilty oil all sorts OF crimes aud
| who havo been detected In their so-cacd seanccs
practising deceit 80 barciaced that those who had
been swadlcd out OF their money wero with difficulty
restrained from sending tho lying medium TO JOIN
Iher confedc in tho Invisible worldf
Depend upon H. good spirits II they have anything
10 tc us viii not communicate through witches or
through men and women who have backsliden iron
| God: who hate the Bible and Christianity. aud who
would II they could, dissolve that most sacred rela
ton the relation OF marriage. surely God is not
| In all this thing, ard because he is not in IL We are
warned to nothing to DO with those who pretend
10 hold commun icatons with good spirits or bad IN