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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-03
CENTRAL NJ. E. CHURCH.

FUIFILMENr OF THE PROPHECIES SERMON BY
BISHOP SIMPSON.
Bishop Simpson took his text for his sermon at
Peter, l., l9-"we have also more word OF
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed.
as unto light that shineth dark place. until the
day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts"
Peter said the Bishop solicitous for the welfare
of his people and addressed them loving father
would his children In the manifestation OF God to
his people is strange indeed how these manifesta-
tons have been regarded and how small the i'm
preston they make on the hearts of men. Tho
people saw the burning bush out of which God
spake to Moses heard the thunders of His voice. yet
scarcely had the tones Of Gods voice ceased they
betook themselves to the valley and made
golden calf to adore 1t. When Christ Himself
was on the earth the people saw Him perform
His wonderful Miracles and yet they Nod from Him.
sought impress upon the minds of his people the
necessity or taking heed to tho prophecy until the
day dawG and the day star arise in their hearts?
Gods promises can never fail. God said to the
pent after the fall OF our rst parents 'I will put
enmity between thee and the woman and between
thy seed aud her seed 1t shall bruisc thy head and
thou shalt bruise his heel" This prophecy and
promise have been fulfilled after the lapse OF 1000
years aud the realization OF them in the person of
our Lord Jesus Christ who suffered and died for all.
The Jews, once the chosen people of God, are =
scattered people the face of the earth. They
among every people in all nations; they engaged
In commerce. arc the hnanciers and bankers OF the
world, remarkable for their aptitude In business
and lay claims to high knowledge of science and
filled in their regard. ~ love prophecy" concluded
tho preacher. 'and miracles, aud all the manifesto
tons of God but l love more the day star that
in our hearts. for that is Jesus, who by the
influence and inspiration OF the Holy Spirit gives
hope and assurance that our sins are forgiven and
plotted out in His precious blood"
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AN EVIL SYSTEM.

John Kelly was arrsigned for being intoxicated
yesterday before Justice Kilbreth. in the Harlem
Police Court. At the mere mention of the name all
tho local politicians in tho court room crowded TO
the bar.
"why. how is this Mr.. Keilya" inquired His
Honor.
"wc. Judge. you know It's election times now
and evcrythings little upside down." answered the
prisoner in voice free from the faintest sign of
levity.
Eyes, decidedly upside down In your case; but II
Il necessary to get drunk Whenever an election
takes placer"
''It seems to bs O natural consequence, Judge.
You SEQ it's, Have drink. pat and step up, jack
and Wet your whistle, TIM. and when you accept
drink of course you must recprocate and so its
CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.l
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FROM THE VATICAN.
THE popE's REPLY TO THE ADDRESSES OF THE
THE ANGELIC DOCTOR

THE PopE's REPLY TO THE ADDRESSES OF THE
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Dill S-fooiCAfioN of The WORKS. VI
THE Angel nc DOCTOR
!,
FROM the freemans journal, Oct. 22.I
The reply of His Holiness the Pope to tho numer-
ous addresses tad IN him NJ, .h b;.r.-.n,os
~ ~ wy
OF several countries mas been published. 1t Is
marked by the lofty tone and profound vein of phil
osorhv which .baracter;v. al, ,h ,vr,.,,o. ~ tho
-. 80 w " w
Holy fatner anu although the careful avoidance OF
oil worldly topics will lessen tho interest which it
will evoke In .ocu,ar c;rc,o. a. ,,, a.; Oh. rs,,,or.
" .'' :. wa - ~ -S'e.""
world ne perused with the deepest atten-
tion Inc rope refers to his recent En-
cychca'' IN whlcn ne demonstrated tnat the
war now waged against the Church and
counterea ny means OF studies or the Christian
RnLosopny rormuia.ca ana drought 10 nght ~ inc
Ta.ners sne anu collected together ny 81:
Inomas A4uinss the Angelic DOCTOR the master OF
scuoars. Inc rope now announces that everywhere
MS ictters hnve Deen recoived with compete ueief
ehce anu rare OF assent ana that snis II
voucheo ZOE gsPeciaiiy ny inc letters from the
Disnops OF Ataly. SPAN. france ana Ireland.
In oraer 70 revive tue doctrine OF ST. Inomas
In al Cathoic schools and especially IN
home' the centre OF unity, the PoPo mas taken
steps that In the homan seminary. the dregorian
Lyceum the Urnanian college ana the other SCHOOLS
under MS authority Inc pniosopnc sciences sna DC
SIMPLY clearly anu ruby taught ana cuitvateo &C.
Gorcing 70 the Spit. ana princlples OF Inc ereat
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HEAVEN AND HELL.

Rev. G. G. Goss commenced at night series Of
Sunday evening discourses Heaven and He'll" at
the new Masonic Hall. northeast corner Of Eighth
avenue and Twenty-hfth street. The numbe
of his hearers not over one hu
dered. but all seemed to DO in perfect
accord with the preacher and fully conceded
with his views the subject of reward and punish
ment in the world to come. He quoted from the
Scriptures largely in the course of mis- remarks to
next world. and animadverted strongly on
all those who did not believe in
place of future punishment He said that
no man escape the consequences Of sin. and any
argument to the contrary o mockery of tho
Creator, for God himself has said that the wicked
shall not 20 unpublished. There is also hell
this earth, for the vicious bears 1t in coun-
tenance, and no man of any spiritual discernment
but distinguish the marks Of that internal
hell the countenances Of those who defy the laws
OF God.
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works. There must be God because Of the good
ness and power shown in His works.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.
About the year 1916 it thought that sporfa-
neous generation had been demonstrated, ana
science was supposed by many to prove that .ne.e
ward shown that without the knowledge OF the
experimcnter life germs had been introduced into
the solution which was supposed to produce such
germs The idea of spontaneous generation was
then abandoned and 1t stands now. according 10
science itself, that IL there q creation there
must have been q creator. There is also in every
man a consciousness OF life.
These truths. he continued. may seem simple
and obvious to many of you. If they do congratu-
late you, but ask you to remember that there are
some to whom they do not seem 1t Is the great
infelicity of certain so-caled scientists-men who
deem themselves in the OF modern thought. and
who confidently assume to lead otners-that their
ideas promulgated in vague language that has an
impressive sound which gives apparent Importance
some first rate scientists. as Tyndali and Huxley.
say they do disclam religion. Iwish they could
persuade some second rate scientists OF the correct
meas their position. wish they could take back
the results that have been seen in the life OF mauy
young man who has been led into carelessness
of life and forgetfulness of conscience by their
teachings. Science, he continued, has done much.
1t has enabled us to understand the text more
readily, but it is not ahead OF religion. 1t only
comes along the path. He then spoke
of the scientific ohjections to a oeiief IN
miracles, and said that the Bible taught
that there fx,d law governing the universe,
and that miracles lntrcquent violations OF that
order for reasons sufficient IN Gods mind. He re-
membered when the doctrine of the vicarious atone
mcnt OF the principal objections urged
against the Bible. but claimed that science now
cd that doctrine by showing the enormous
gulf fixed between the maker and the breaker OF the
law So / believe, he concluded, that on every
ground there is good to trust the Bible Cir
culate it Us far you 1t is supernatural and
divine ami centres the life of Christ showing how
the human soul can come into friendly contact with
jehovah. They will meet together. God and the
SOUL the great Judgment day. SEQ to It that you
so reason, pray. so 1.-Two that you will be fit to
meet and live together with jehovah through ever
fasting ages.
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THE HOBOKEN EXPLOSION.

special train on the Delaware, Lackawanns and
Western Railroad left Hcbokcn yesterday with alarse
number of railroad board to attend the funeral
of William schwicke, engineer. and Samuel Hough.
fireman. of tho locomotive Lchigh. which was blown
up in the railroad yard at Hoboken ON last tuesday
night At each station along the road large delega-
lions OF railroad employees boarded the train. At
Summit the casket containing Schwicke's romans
was received, and tho train then continued on TO
Hackettstown, whore both men were buried. Ar
inquest In tho case will DO hold ON next Thursday.
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PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

INcoMPLETENEss OF THE GOSPEL RECORD
SERMON ny REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
II being Communion Sunday ut Plymouth Church
Mr.. Beecher preached in the morning sermon an
proprste to the occasion from the sixteenth chapter
of Johns gospel. twelfth vorse-'I have yet many
things to say unto you. but ye cannot bear them.
He commenced by description of the sad
moss that must como over the minds of
all persons who see classical ruins in
ancient cities, and who reflect that not only
the works, but the mon who did the work
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rHE DUTY OF YOUNG MEN TO THE STATE
SERMON ny REV WILLIAM r. HATFIELD

SERMON By REV WILLIAM r. HATFIELD.
The Rev. DR.. William +. Hatfield preached in the
vening, in the Washington Square Methodist
church. on the political duties of young men. He
took his text from l. John H.. Al have written
unto you. young men, because ye are strong;" also
from Matthew xii. 2l-"Rendcr therefore unto
Caesar the things which are Cssar's." The reverend
gentleman remarked that tho time has arrived in
the history OF this country when young
men take active part in its political af-
fairs. They are coming more and moro to be
recognized as an important factor in an election.
They are ut the primary meetings. where they ought
to be and where more good of ripper years ought
TO be. and those who are ambitious for Office know
that It is to their advantage to their influence
These things teach that young men are having n
controlling power in the State, and that this power
speak to you in regard to duty to the state and
ALSO those who oldercitizens OF the same city
and Common wealth of New York. From time i'm
memorial there has been kind OF civil
government In tho world. From the beginning
Il has been recognized as divine institution.
Now rs civil government has n divine sanction 1t
becomes the duty OF every person under that gov
eminent to work for its prosperity and perpetuty.
In this country. where the sovernneni Il made by
istered properly by each individual entitled to the
elective franchise exercising that right with sole
aim to the highest good OF the country. 10 DIS
charge this responsible duty properly two or three
things essential First that the net be performed
in'egcniy Fully one-haf do not know the names n.
are to I'LL In any ordinary election. and.
what is more. DO not take the , trouble
ballot, the mightiest Of human agents for the
regulation of human affairs. ought TO be able to read
the name that ballot and have some truo idea or
the government under which he lives. More Inn
portant even than this In IL that he have correct
understanding and just appreciation of the worth.
THIS in the United States is mighticr than the
sword. the bayonet or the rife. The ballot thinks
and speaks the sentiments Of the people when IL
not trammelled by the pistol the Bowie knife, by
money. wages or priestly influence
SACRED RIGHT.
Tho Doctor then descanted upon tho necessity of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-03
ALL SOULS, DAY.

As All Souls Day foil on yesterday tho prayers
and other exercises usually celebrated the Catho-
lie churches transferred to this day. In the Pas
sonist Church of West Hoboken, N. j.. not only this
day but all the days Of the octave arc devoted to
prayers and devotons for the benefit of the souls In
purgatory. On this morning. at haifpast hve
O'Clock. the Office for the dead will be sung by all
tho members of the Order, and at halfpast eight
o'clock solemn high OF requiem
will be celebrated ana similar high
Of requiem win be sung each morning at
for bcncfactors Of the Order on Wednesday for de-
ceased members of the Order. on Thursday Tor the
deceased parents OF members OF the Order,
Friday and saturday for deceased members OF st.
Michaers Society. Yesterday, at the parochia or
high mass Father udeionse celebrant, Father
James Ryan preached from the text Of Msccabeus.
1T is holy and wholesome thought to pray for the
dead that they may be loosed from their stnrs
terrifying the Catholic doctrine prayers for the
dead by numerous quotations from the early fathers
Of the Church. The Office of the dead was sung
PREACHING AGAINST THE JEWS.
The socacd Judenhctze ia, says correspondent
Of the London Echo. of the most noticeable
social phenomena of the now German Empire. Alta
table d'h0tc German will occasionally ask the
waiter to remove his seat, the sole ground that
no has discovered his neighbor to be . Jcw. During
the tourist season of the present year the Rig-
Kaltbad Hotel. which was formerly OF tho prin-
cpal resorts OF Germans of high social standing has
been entirely forsaken by them, ON account OF the
number of rich Jews and high-dressed Jewesses
who have selected IL as their place OF tryst and
sojourn. The famous Berlin Court preacher, DIR.
stacker, pillar OF old Lutheran orthodoxy, MEM
Der of the newly elected Prussian Landtag and the
enthusiastic founder of the Christian Socia-Demo
cratic Societies. has been attacking the Jews, or to
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NOTES AND NEWS.

On tomorrow evening" the Art Students' League
will hold its first monthly art reception Ct the see
son.
The Union League Club will hold its hrst art re-
ception and exhibition of the season. on the evening
of the 18th inst.
A monument. to tho memory OF General John 4.
Qutinan, IL to DO placed his grave at Matches.
Rix, of San Francisco. has finished 'Sunsot on
Alameda Flats" and "Mount Hood from the Upper
Columbia River"
Hill, also OF San Francisco, has been painting
''Thc Royal Arches aud Domes Of the Yosemite" and
sThe Bridal Veil Falls"
The Art Interchange for the Goth ult has among
other illustrations. little reproduction Of good
pen and ink by David Johnson of of his pic.
lures and . couple of clever outlines by Kelly Of
Mile. Beaudct rs school girl in "Lc Petit Faust
and OF the amusing cab scene in tho Same opera
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FIFTH Av. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
AN APPEAL FOR THE CIRCULATION OF THE

AN APPEAL FOR THE CIRCULATION OF THE
BIpLE-sERMoN DY REV. DIR. JOHN HALL.
''The words of my text" said the Rev. DIR. John
Hail. ARE practically OF the nature Of oath. 1t is
enough to say that they were not spoken lightly.
and the meaning. shall speak of II. does not de-
pend on tho context" he had chosen part Of tho
second OF the second chapter Of Second Kings,
"As the Lord liveth and the soul livcth." which
words. he said. were spoken by the prophet Elisha
to the prophet Elijah in the same sense simple
minded people often say As you live" or
"as sure you thcre." The two phrases Of
the text frequently used in Scripture. but are
hero brought together and constitute an assevera.
ton of great solcmnity. The occasion of tho SER
mon the annual collection for the New York City
Bible Society. and the preacher said no would reply
to the question often raised to why the Bible
should DO circulated. This question was often
asked by thoughtful persons. especially by those
who doubt the validity and authenticity of tho Bible
and he had chosen the toxt in order say something
to young men especially. so that their judgment
might be informed and satisfied and that they might
be that the statutes of the Lord established
ATHEISM AND MArERIALIsM DrsAvowEp
A leading proposition laid down in the sermon
was that atheism was disavowcd. 1t was needless,
the preacher said, to explain how important this
proposition was. Everything might be said to de.
pend the simple proposition. 1.-The Lord liveth."
Science itself has done much to establish this idea
lately. shall never FORGET said the preacher. tho
impression that was made upon my mind about the
year 1858, when medical man in my congregation
put into my hands Groves treatise on the Corela-
ton and the Conservation OF Forces" Science Of
late years had been held to establish the TACT that
God IL unknowablc. We must know something
about God to say that He liz unknowablc. but we
must above science to know ans thing more Il
IA Impossible 10 look upon the world without recog
zing the existence OF God. We do not fear TO stand
up for Jehovah In the presence Of scientists and
philosophers. who must accodc TO the proposition
that Jehovah livcth.
The third remark to be made that the text
docs away with naterialism. Science made us
acquainted with much knowledge Of the forma-
ton of our bodies but there nothing new in ina
terialsm. IL reaches no further than the Bible goes
in the that man is made of the dust OF the
EARTH But the Bible goes further than this when 1t
declares that God breathed the breath of life into
mans nostris. That science must be accounted in
complete which goes no further than the demon stra
ton of tho material nature of The two propo-
stions OF the text attended by appropriate evil
dcncc. The Lord Iiveth, and many man is led to
accept this fact by o consideration OF the Lord 3
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speak moro precisely. German Judaism. in his merry
orations. DR.. Stocker is quite Spurgeon In ms
way and attracts thousands OF Beriners to his Leo
lures evening after evening. He usually commences
his opolitco-religious addresses with the re-
mark that his religion q Christian forbds MIN TO
hate any one but he soon lets fly. In words OF
thunder ut his opponents and the present object
his antpathy appears to be the Semitic race what
ever they call themselves-iberal or conservative
German or Pole-in Hofprediger Stocker's opinion
they all hang secretly together and are bent upon
getting the world for their own. Mr. Edward Hine
should send an smissary to the Hofpredigers meet
ings The Frdnkfver Zeiftssy states that some eIni.
nent persons in Court circles have made indignant
reports to the Emperor upon St0ckers lectures aud
upon the effect which they producing among GER
tain classes of his hearers. Hence IL is by no means
unlikely that the fiery orator may be deposed from
his present ecclesiastical dignity AntiJewish carl
catures. and the pamphets of Wilhelm MARI and
Others have large sale, aud both Christian and He
brew scribes are making profit out of this curious
form OF civil war Berlin has long prided itself upon
ITS tole aace; but correspondent assures us that
Stocker's exciting lectures have raised positive
hatred to the Jews among the Berlin proletarate.
'In spite of thu expulsion OF the social democrats.
he adds. eve live in a political, social and moral
whirlpool which reminds me again and again of the
state of things prior to the explosion OF 1913"
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THE ART JOURNAL.

Tho three steel plates in the Art Journal ID. Apple
ton & Col for November. Carl Schloosser's
''Priestly dmonition." engraved by Lowcnstam; an
unconventional. cloverly told little story. The
Bird Trap" designed and etched by Konrad Grob
and H. Balding's excellent reproduction Of +. Bar
zaghfs charming little statue. "Blind Mans Buzz"
Tho number opens with illustrated paper BY
James Dsnorne on John Wright Cakes. A. r. A.
Under the head Of "Hogarth and Landseer." tho
former is written about painter OF animals. Tho
SERIES 1.-THE Land OF Egypt" exccllently illustrated
by George l.. seymour. is continued. large head
of "a Cairene Merchant Is effective and we'll CUT
There more of J. Appleton Browns pleasing
drawings with the seventh instalment Of Land
scape In American Poetry" Percy Fitzgerald has
intelligeniy considered nrst part Of an essay en-
titled The Philosophy OF Statue" John Moran
what promises to be an interesting series
of articles Studio Life IN New York" The art
home, written about and illustrated In this hrst
article, is that of william M. Chase. which oners
material for description which the writer has well
availed himself Of. There obituaries OF william
Morris Hunt and William Henry Powell. bctwcon
which sandwched some OF Lucy II. Hooper's art
notes from Paris
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ara cope and we can know but little OF
either When we carried our thoughts to the New
Testament there YVES presented to . memorial
era even more striking. and unspeakably higher
for He who came down from heaven brought i'm
mortality to life. There was no evidence that In
apy single era of His life there was any
epistolary record. The earliest gospel was not
written until Christ had passed many years
away from the world; the last gospel was sixty
years after the cruchxion. SO that this gospel which
is the child Of memory. and which was not written
until three years after Christs DEATH records
all that is known Of the hundreds OF thousands Of
men that were delighted with the wisdom of the
life of the saviour. The parallels and miracles of
the eye and to the imagination principally
remembrance. because those things were in the ma
of pictures and instruct the Imagination; but
Christ was not Nero maker OF fables. sitting down
and making pictures. and then delivering them one
after the Other like string of pearls. and yet
would suppose SO ON reading some OF the chapters
OF Matthew'S gospel. In many OF the parallels
there was evidently much that was said that is not
TIKI ACTUAL RESULT.
But in that which had been given Il was clear
that tar more truth had been developed than the
world had accepted acted upon. That there had
been incorporated into life during these ZOO years
large degree OF elevated human nature He was
far from saying that Christianity a failure
although it had not been great success as many
mon would think. Men had learned to live together
better than they did in the old days. There
live with ones self and how to live with Others But
nothing has substantially changed human nature.
That remains about the same. Look at all Africa,
all ASIA all Europe. and all America, and
contend that the world has come under the love Of
disinterestedness, seit-sacrihce and benevo-
lence Yet the teachings OF Christ. il they
mean anything. fully the power OF
self-sscrihce and sympathy. Religion itself
has been very little Distinguished from politics
and civil organization, with the exception that 1t has
been moro cruel anu more bloody. because it has
had more conscience to drive homo the dagger or
light tho torch The saying OF Christ that King
dom OF Heaven was like mustard seed indicated aud
anticipated Darwin. Huxley amt Others He the
first teacher Of evolution. BY that great law
coming to the knowledge OF many Things that Christ
did speak Of the germs OF which found the
New Testament; and much which He would have
said is found In the writings and Biographies Of
holy men or in hymns which were winged messen-
gers OF mercy. We need not mourn them as chill
dren expecting estate who ind that tho will has
been destroyed. We Ind all the trust that men
were capable OF receiving and great deal more in
the life and teachings OF the Lord Jesus Christ and
we have had that truth expounded by the best COM
mentators in the world-namely, human life for the
last 1000 years. Htt