The New York herald., 1879-03-02
call rendered him by the Second Church a. Pe.ors-

call rendered him by the Second Church at Petcrs-
The Rev. Charles Newhall. New Jersey. pastor Of
the Presbyterian Church at Oceanic. on Wednesday
sailed for Constantinople and the Holy Land.
The Rev. George C. Yesley has been three years
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church OF Hudson.
n. y. during which time i24 persons have been
added to the membership and $4,000 contributed for
congregational and benevolent purposes. $1,000 Of
which was for missions.
The Rev. DR.. ). C. Logan. recently completed ten
years pastoral service with the First Presbyterian
Church, Scranton, Pa During those years be has
added <79 persons to the membership which now
numbers AL. These have raised for the cause of
lgior during the decade 800. or, of which sum
$73 7o4 were tor benevolent and charitable purposes
few sabbaths ago they paid of Sl.s00 of indebted
ness on their property besides.
The Rev Dr. Eaton of Palmyra. N. Y. has returned
10 his pulpit after trip abroad which extended
as far as the Holy Land.
The Rev. F. V. King has resigned his charge at
Hanging Rock and accepted call to Bloomingburg.
Ohio. The Rev. W. II. Babbitt has resigned hls pas
torate OF the Presbyterian Church at Glendale, a
suburb of Cincinnati. where he has been eleven
years. The congregation. however refused to accept
the resignation and await its withdrawal Mr. Bab-
bitt went from Hoboken. n. j.. to Glendale.
The Presbyterian Church at Eba. n. Y. have in
vited to their vacant pulpit the Rev John c. Baker,
chaplain of the Penitentiary at Rochester.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The scventyfourth Protestant Christian church is
the outlet of Via Nazionale Rome Italy. This shows
wonderful progress in ten years in that city.
Bishop E. De Schweinitz will attend the forthcom-
ing Moravian General Synod in Germany, by virtue
OF his oce and as representative Of the Provincial
Board.
A Chicago boy was so impressed by his Sunday
school novels with the desirabty and Beauty OF dy
ing young and thus quitting this wicked world that
he committed suicide. The crying necessity OF the
times in Sunday school literature and teaching Is
infusion of good common sense. II the new lights
could tsays the Inerior) they would take the souls
out of children which God put there and put in new.
improved. patent souls made of chalk and charcoal
fabricated with tears and treacle.
When the priest and the Levite beheld the wounded
man on the roadside between Jerusalem and Jericho,
they passed by the other side. They did not stop
to inquire how it happened-whether the man had
fallen among pack o: thieves, or had fallen himself.
and taken injury. But. so, their example
might be looked at with profit in these latter days.
They did not cross over to where he lay and maui
Quite sharp controversy is being conducted
IN the daily press of ST. Louis Mo-. between Father
Damon, Catholic priest, and Rev. Mr. Snyder. the
Unitarian minister of st. Louis. The points far
in controversy involve the reliability of Protestant
history of the Reformation and the relation Of the
Catholic Church to modern civilization.
The st. Louis branch Of the Evangelical Alliance
American Alliance to hold its next annual meeting in
October in that city, The St. Louis branch will hold
monthly meetings hereafter for the purpose of giving
united testimony on great moral questions. such as
temperance and Sabbath keeping.
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.
THE SANCTUARY OF HoME-sERMoN BIZ REV.
HENRY S. JACOBS
The Rev. Henry s. Jacobs preached yesterday in
the Thirty fourth Street Synagogue taking his text
from Exodus, XIV. S-"Iet them make q sane
tuary and will dwell amongst them" After allud-
ing the thirteen free will offerings spoken Of at the
commencement of the days scriptural lesson the
reverend gentleman called attention to the
text. and said-It is beyond doubt that the
words quoted in the text had special reference the
tabernacle erected in the wilderness by Moses with
the assistance of Bezaleel and Aholiab. skilled ar
tisans. whose share in the sacred work duly re-
A,,t
words for consideration have desire to urge
day the Importance and efficiency of public worship
the subject has recently engaged attention The
speaker wished his hearers to study them from an
other standpoint which is Of equal value and con-
sideration in n moral and religious sense.
EVERY MANS HOUSE SANCTUARY.
If "every mans house is his CASTLE" 1t Is .
grander thought to say every mans house is .
sanctuary" The former may have political force
but the latter is Of spiritual consequence The COM
mand to make the home sanctuary where God is
revercnced, His name adored His law obeyed, is en-
braced in the spirit of the text In the home purity
must pervade its precincts and defling thought
nnd entrance. There piety must consecra.e
| every impulse and every deed; there fatE and
| works must be ministers of religion; there the
incense Of prayer and Of praise must be waited on
| high eagles wings unto the Throne OF Grace
! There is Gods temple: there does His presence
dwell. and there according we make it a sanctu-
| ary unto Him. there is the promise fulfilled which
realize in thousand ways. He will dwell
amongst u.s.. The home, then Is to be preserved in
its hottest relations sanctuary. The homo is to
be elevated in its influence and power. and the
building of solomon temple the sound of and
| hammer and the tool of metal not heard, so
there, in another temple no jarrng sound of dis
cord or dissension must DO heard. II must be the
abode OF love and peace If it is TO be the dwelling
place of God.
AprEAL FOR TENEMENT HOUSE REFORM.
When We think OF the home in these pure and holy
relations mind. continued the reverend gentle
! man. is carried involuntarily To the condition OF
those homes which the abode of the poorer and
| vicious classes of society. Attention has recently
been directed to these plague spots in our com
munity, and earnest endeavors are being put forth
by philanthropic men and women, without reference
creed doctrine but all actuated by the hig
evils with which afflicted in the shape of the
tenement houses.
| Last evening an influential meeting was held in
Cooper Union to consider the matters involved
in this question. and present the subject to your
notice from the pulpit to-day in order to direct your
attention and invite your sympathy to this grand
movement which seeks to reform the evils con-
nectcd with the system. The reverend gentleman
then spoke the moral and social aspects OF the
subject. He showed the sunerings which dwclt
in these dcns OF disease and misery; how
the germs OF moral aud physical pestencc
generating in them to be waited to tho
homes of the more fortunate who fancy themselves
in their palatal mansions with all their luxuri-
ous surroundings The question urgent one
and demanded prompt rectihcation. 1t one
gious feelings and he hoped that the Israetes who
forward in all philanthropic aud benevo
enterprises would this occasion be equally ready
keep abreast of their follow citizens of other de-
peratively demanded Of one and all. He
cluded stirring appeal this topic by
invoking the blessing OF God on the noble and self
sacrificing labors which will in the end remove
the plague spots from our midst and give homes to
the unfortunately. even to the most degraded Of
our fellow beings which will no longer he goddess
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