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Year: 1869

Sermon by Rev. DIR. w. A. ScOtt-ssThe So.


Called Religion OF Humanity IL no Religion


at all, and Worse than None.o


There was large congregation last evening at the
Fortysecond street Presbyterian church, Eighth
avenue, to listen to discourse by Rev. DrW A. Scott
the pastor, the subject, "The So-caled Religion
OF Humanity is no Religion at all, and Worse than
None.n The text upon which his discourse was
founded was the following:- /, %, 'Pro.
Tossing themselves to be wise they became fools;'
James, l. 20, q. "If any man among you seem to be
religious and bridleth not mis- tongue but deceiveth
his own heart, this mans religion is vainn 'Pure
religion and undefled before God and the Father Is
this: to visit the iatherless and widows In their
afiict0n and to keep himself unspotted from the
world" After dwelling for some time on the causes
leading to the organization of this system OF religion
which he had selected as his theme he proceeded to
speak IN detail Of the principles controlling its Or
ganlzation and government What was meant by
numantyS The founder OF this religion did mean
the t0taty OF the human race but the unity OF the
human race. He assumed that the God Of humanity
practical, he has established formula OF worship
and in order to give It originality changes the names
Of the months and days. He referred to the names
put forth as illustrious in this religion
such names as Confucus Socrates and so on.
cCwn % TO o. our %oan Dr. ha to It's
old as heathenism. Uuder its new and modern
guise 1t has, however, assumed an Importance that
Is as astonishing as 1t Is incredible and lament
able. In more than one pulpit IN this city Its doc
trnes had been set forth and advocated with great
energy. Coming to the branch Of his subject that 1t
was no religion at all, he urged that this religion
OF humanity was no religion; that 1t was
only atheism disguised and F0urierism in its social
tendences-the FOurieriSm OF Robert Dale Owen
and Fanny Wright. He trembled when he thought
what might be the result OF the teachings OF this
new religion II its doctrines could be carried out
the same result would follow as in France during
the supremacy Of the great teachers Of the school
OF free thinkers. In this connection he drew
trast between the lives and conduct OF o simple
moral man and the truly pious one The
fact was that moral man alone would
could not but be moral man. He drew vivid pic
ture OF dicrehce N society with God recognized
as the supreme head and director OF the universe
and loved and worshipped, and God wholly ignored


e urged that 1t their duty to guard against the
spread Of these infamous doctrines. As q minister
OF the true religion OF that great and only God whom
they worshipped he felt he had duty to perform and
he should try and perform IL to the best or his abl
ties. In conclusion he drew counter picture OF
the death OF the believer In the religion Of humanity
and that OF the believer in the religion OF the Bible.
Year: 1869

Sermon by Rev. Francis vint0n, DID.


The morning service In this fine ednce was largely
attended yesterday and being carried out in full &C.
cordance with the form prescribed by the Episcopal
Church. was unusually long. Taking for his text the
scriptural words sTake my yoke upon you" and
s'For my yoke is easy and my burden Is hght,n DR..
Francis vInton said these words were uttered amid
the CLEANS OF happiness that at times illuminated
the human soul OF .the Man OF sorrowsn He gave
utterance to the consciousness Of divinity and clearly
announced his relationships mediator between God
and man. Our text was pronounced In the midst
OF transcendent thoughts; 1t came forth from
the deep fountain OF divine love, warmed by
e OF mp m M Iau e
tions the whole family OF mankind. 1t takes the
form OF entreaty and command. which only He, who
was God and man, could combine. BetokenIng the
authority OF The Lord and the fraternity OF the
brother, it urges the twofod argument OF duty and
tones OF obliraiion and persuasion. And whenever
these words OF the text are repeated In His Church 1t
is the verdict OF the experience OF every tender
bosom that they are heard with emotion, and are
felt to be what the Church describes them-"comfort
able words which our Saviour saith unto all who turn
to Him.u The Lord pronounced these words In view
OF Ills cross; so we to-day viewing that cross in
the near distance. The preacher then pointed out
that the main point OF his discourse would be
COMPARISON between the yoke referred to In the
ssss ssss ans sns sSs sHaS bean soEs S %
sp D5 0Ee . s Rse Os s5epSn we STe S%
that 1t Is to new course OF life we are summoned


1t Is only change OF service that is o1ered-the re-


nouncIng OF one allegiance ior better-the casting
on Of load that wearies and 6verwhelms TO EN-
brace the and take upon US the pleasant yoke
OF religion. When this call reaches the depressed
and heavy laden II does not sometimes meet with
attention. but when we are lying helpless and look
ing round for succor, then the word comes full
OF hope and consolation, and sustains us amid de-
spondency and temptation. Dr. yinton then pointed
out the felicity OF good hfe-the fortitudc those
possess who determine to follow the rules the Cos.
and fto unhy Qft ffnufxt
the servitude OF sin, and continued: all this holy
week we hearing the voice Of the Redeemer


These tones OF mercy are the after notes OF the law
which the sinner has outraged, prolonged
beyond Its thunder, and sweety sounding In the
melody OF the Gospel He then called on all
who nger In the service OF the world and VINO fear
the weary doom OF the sinner to come to repentance


and said the time will come when judgment must
begin and n the righteous Will scarcelybe saved
where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear
Still ne would prolong the words Of lingering love
and repeat the invitation conveyed In the text.
Year: 1869

that mars al their life. Let man become diseased
ana ali tnat ne has will he give TO become well
Tnere is no enort no expense he win not undergo
Tor the sake OF bodily strength and for power to go
about agaln without spasm. Men are in earnest
In the indulgence OF the rrosses passions and never
leei any sense OF danger or any need. Go
10 man Of this class and ne win
but ne don't think he is very bad after all. But
there Is not particle OF love to God or man In his
neart. ASK him II there Is not q man such as You
such man In this street.n Go to this man and he
VIII not confess himself to be one OF the goddess
be found. II q man recognizes his condition his
nrst impulse Is to do something else than what he
must DO 70 change that condition. II he could en-
DOW an almshouse he would gladly do It; but to
wash Ia the Jordan Is too humiliating.
Year: 1869

II viii be remembered that on the 18th instant o
Prussian named August Maas aged ffty-fve years.
was run over at Mount St vincent BY train OF the
Hudson River Railroad. The man was walking on
the track and seeing the train approaching attempt
ed to get on but was caught by the cowcatcher and
had both legs broken and his skull fractured. The
train was stopped and the wounded man brought in
and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he fingered
until saturday night when death relieved him OF his
sunerings. Deceased had been but four months in
this country and boarded In Twelfth street, between
avenues A and b. Coroner Flynn was notified Of
his demise, ana Will hold an inquest to-day.
Year: 1869

The services in the churches yesterday were Of q
less sensational character than have characterized
those or some recent Sabbaths, and as a rule were
devoted to the commemoration OF the trumphal
entry Of Christ into Jerusalemt being the feast day
commonly known as "Palm Sundayn in the Roman
Catholic CHURCH. In most Of the Protestant places OF
worship. some allusion was also made to the day.
but win be noticed by reference to some Of the re-
ports below that particular inclination was mani
tested BY various creeds to assail each other. or
course the Bible was the text book upon which all
assailants based their theories The reports from
other cities, as usual are interesting.
Year: 1869

The Eighth police precinct reports that about half
past twelve yesterday Julia Ann Riley, female liv-
ing No. 20 Laurens street. aged twenty Eight years.
made desperate attempt to terminate her career
by cutting her throat with O razor. surgeon was
called to the house as soon as her condition was dis
covered, her wound dressed, and pronounced severe
but not dangerous, after which she was removed to
Bellevue Hospital, where she will have time to
upnt rashnese
Year: 1869

the permission of any bishop to accept the invita-
ton. Mr.. Adams concluded HIS lecture with the
hypothesis that II the Saviour should at the present
day come on earth TO preach from the text he had
chosen for the lecture He would find that the Bap-


lists alone conformed to His teachings as to Gospel
Year: 1869

Z


FHERE are many different ways Of pet-
ting on ip the, worlds itdoes mot always
mean making great deal Of money, or
being q great man for the people to look
up TO with wonder Leaving off q bad
habit for a good one Is getting on In
the world to be careful and saving
instead Of thoughtless and wasteiil Is
getting oni to be active and industrious
instead Of idle and lazy il getting
on; TO be kind and lorbeartn6 ins
stead OF illnatured and quarrelsome is
getting on to work al diligently in the
masters absence as In his presence is get
ting on In Short when we see any one
properly attending to his duties, perseyer.
ing through such difficulties to gain such
knowledge as shall be Of use to himself
and Others and offering good example
to his relatives and acquaintanees we may
be sure that he Is getting on IN theWorld.
Money Is "a very useful article in This
way, but II Is possible 10 get on with
small means, for 1t Is mistake to suppose
that we must wait for d good deal ol
money beforeWe can deanything. Perse
veranee Is often better than full purse
There are more helps toward getting on
than Is commonly supposed many pe0
| pie lag behind Or miss the way altogether
beoausethey do not see the abundant and
simple means which surround them at al
rsides, and SO it happens that there arr
aids which cannot be bought with money
| Those who wish TO get on in the woriC
must have a stock Of patience, Of hopefu


confidence, a Willingness to learn, and I
disposition not easily cast down BY din
eulties and disappointment h.lroliange,
Year: 1869

was . dangerous region. When the ice
ran and the drift wood came down the
narrow passage below would gorge, and
the river would stand back on the former
bed Of the lake.


Z To remedy this, a race Of people far
superlorto the present Indians--probably
the ancestors Of the Aztecs--built the
mounds as places Of refuge for themselves
and their focks and herds, when the water
rose, They were evidently built for prac
tical purposes, and are clearly artificial
formations They were not intended for
tunuIS burial places) as no skeleton or
weapon has been found In any Of them
except one skeleton, and that was wrapped
in a Mackinaw blanket If we take into
account the "wear down" of all these
mounds for a thousand years, and count
their numbers on both sides Of the river,
1t is easy to see they were once capaeious
enough to furnish places of refuge for all
the Inhabitants Of the valley and their
focks and herds and provisions, Who
ever looked from the dome of the court
house CONTINUES the Judge and saw the
ferry,boa take the Inhabitants Of the
American Bottom from the mound on that
side Of the, river at tha last great over,
fow, will at once see the plain, practical
| purpose Of these mounds.
Year: 1869

No internal adjuvants being required In any
case, only to regulate the bowels II constipated,
or in Diarrhea and Dysentery.


The PILES, while astOnishingly prevalent in
their various forms amongst all classes of both
sexes, are at the same time, the most Distress
ing, frequently dangerous, and hitherto most
difficult of cure.


Persons who suffer any length of time with
the Piles generally try every thing they can
learn of purporting to cure the disease, yet re
alize no permanent advan age therefrom.
They have been told prOfes sionally. perhaps.
there was " no permanent cure for Piles and
consequently have despaired of sny future ces-
sation from pain and suffering.


To all such q SPECIFIC Is offered for their
relief The
Year: 1869

money-at least the young lawyer
thought so as he figured up how many
briefs he must have to make that
amount.


The result of his deliberations was the
conclusion that if he waited to make this
sum at the bar he could do so, but by the
time he had done it, he would be so old
that the romance of love would be all
gone. For long ten days the young
lawyer bemoaned his fate, and then, after
obtaining promise from the young lady
that she would wait, he disappeared from
New York In early life the young
lawyer had quick wit, and one day meet
ing negro minstrel manager, named
Duprez, the latter told him he had talent
which would make $500 in Eve years.
In the young lawyers frame of mind it
did not take long to convince him, and
dropping Coke and Blackstone he took
to burnt cork, under the assumed name
of Lew Benedict.


For time the new business was harder
than the young lawyer bargained for, bat
he made money 80 fast that his preju-
dice was soon overcome. At the end OF
the first year he had laid up FIVE thousand
dollars, at the end of the second year ten
thousand dollars, and now it is said that
he has nearly reached his figure of fifty
thousand dollars in bonds.


All the time he has been in the burnt
cork trade he has improved his spare
moments by q study of law books, and in
another year he will 60 back to New
York with fifty thousand dollars in his
pocket. claim the hand of her he SO fondly
loves, and who has been so devoted to
him, and at the same time embark in the
practice of law.
Year: 1869

II


His name is Lew Benedict His father
was a we'll known New York lawyer,
who died when the Oldest child was ff-
teen years old. The property left by the
father the boy turned over TO his mother
and sisters, and determined to strike out
for himself. At seventeen years OF age
be entered lsw Office, and at twenty
one he completed his studies, and was
pronounced q young lawyer with bright
future before him.
About this time the young lawyer fell
in love with the daughter OF 9 wealthy
New York merchant, and the love being
reciprocated, be asked pa for his dangh-
ter's hand. Pa was indignant, and to
forever kill the young lawyers smbi-
ton, be told him that when be had
$50, 900 in cash, bis own, he might ask
for the young lady's hand with q hope Of
success. This was all very nice, but to
the young lawyer just putting up bis
single, $4,000 was . great deal Of
Year: 1869

from the shoes on the feet Of tho horses to
the cutlery on our tablea, and every other
thing in the construction Of which iron is
employed. By ali means, let the duty on


coalTe abolished, but let that on iron bo
reducd to a sum consistent with good
policy sud Justice to severely taxed coua-
Year: 1869

TeHuIeIOn BbyA:


AZ the commercial men Of Cincinnati and the
currency IVA ""os W


Is not that their normal condition? Gin.
clnnau has population disproportionately
large to the surrounding country that sup
ports it. The outside trade contracted hv
that city Is insufficient for its comfortable
maintenance. Let the surplus population
migrate further west, and the remainder
WILL not be so badly "cramped for cur
= -
Year: 1869

Close upon the heels of the great robbery of
one million of dollars in Philadelphia comes the
announcement of an attempt upon the part of
the New York thieves to emulate that notable
example. The fact of this last achievement of
the industrious rogues only leaked out at
late hour last night, and the details of the
affair have not yet been ascertained The
police seem to know nothing of the robbery
except that Superintendent Kennedy received
note yesterday afternoon from Richard ?.
Buck 81 Co., No. 30 South street, announcing
that during Sunday night their safe was opened
by burglars and SS4, 500 in various securities
stolen, but of which amount only 5000 in United
States coupon $50 bonds and $500 or $4O0 in
cash could be made available by the thieves.
Although this information reached the Central
Police Office at u comparatively early hour, no
person was sent to the place to make an investi-
cation, and consequently it is not known how
the burglars entered the building, or what means
they used to open the safe. Such, at least, was
the explanation given Mt the Central Police
Office as an excuse for the paucity of the infor-
nation on HANDY. Y. Times of this morning.
Year: 1869

From oar 0rn Correspondent


NEW YORK, April g. 1862


The proposition which those who look un-
kindly upon the Excise law are endeavoring to
persuade the Legislature to smile upon, namely,
the permission to sell German beer upon Sunday,
is alarming all good citizens whose last weak
ness would be the weakness of imbibing. 1t is
scarcely possible that the eyes of the Legislature
have been shut to the fact that "eye-openers, in
various forms, have been for sale every Sunday
since the establishment of the law in question.
Atthe close of Sabbatical meal, taken at restau-
rant where you are known, the request for "cup
of tea' is as much synonym for anything
between a cobbler and IA cocktail as, in certain
ladies' dry goods stores, the feminine de-
poond for a yard of this and three spoOs of
that are synonyms for a wineglassful of Gu
racoa" or n genuine Jamaica sour Indeed, it
used TO be said that the dear creatures were
unite as bad as the men in this respect; that the
more drygoods they bought the more they felt
the necessity for a SWEET They ordered po
tations far out of proportion TO the quantity ol
drvgoods indulged in and for every inch OF the
latter they are represented to have swallowed an
ell of the former. To return to the German beer
again. If, argue the favorers of the Excise law,
German beer is TO be allowed to be sold where
il the limit to be laid Shall we drink beer, and
shall we shut down on wineY Shall we grasp
lager with one hand, and with the other make
the gesture of Avaunt, monster! TO our old
friend niersteiner? 1t is like telling man he
may swallow Limburger, but That he must posi-
lively ignore Neufchatel. Besides, II room be
given TO German beer will not "bittah beeah'
insist upon being heard 2 win champagne
cider be easy F? win London porter keep quiet
win Scotch ale be content to mature unseen In
yellow stone bottles and will not India pale
hurst its cerements and its imitation labels
Never have we had such quiet Sun
days as during the vigilant maintenance
of the Excise law, and this am compelled tt
say, in spite of my sympathies with the poo
man who has but one day week to enjoy him
self in, one is compelled If he live In the city O
New York, to emigrate temporarily to Hoboker
or Harlem If he would drink glass OF beer
LOLcu.cT wilb ne 81 Il. 81 greeA ASidO a-''. IA'
Year: 1869

On Sunday we published quadruple
sheet, yesterday we published another,
to-day still another, and tomorrow we
shall publish the fourth quadruple sheet
given to our readers this week. Naturally
this excites the astonishment of our country
cousins and. the envy Of our contemporaries
nearer home; for with all this space at COM
mand 80 great is the rush of advertising that
we are cramped for room to get in the news.
Quadruple sheets have now taken with us the
place that the triple sheet had before. We
published ordinarily our double sheet, and
the triple when the crowd of news and adver-
tisements made it necessary; now we have the
triple every day and the quaaruple on occa-
sion. So we grow with the growth Of this
great centre Of American activity. One-third
Of the business of the metropolis is now done
through our columns. Other newspapers here
stand still and all the increase is ours.
Year: 1869

the seeking for notoriety Of parcel Of merry
Andrews-Gcorge Francis Train, Colorado
Jewett and the like. We give these fellows
notice that they must stand aside for time,
because they are small fry. We will encour-
age the public to laugh at them when there Is
no better fun. Just now there is grander
game mp. The big fools must be laughed at
first. With Andy johnson willing TO fool II SO
handsomely why should we descend to Train ?
Have we not half the men In Washington on
the fooling list just now?
Year: 1869

HEAD BoY.-Fish, the Premier, was gradu-
ated at the head Of his class from old CoIum-
bia. He is, we believe, the first head boy that
was ever heard Of after school was out; but
his Cuban policy proves that he Is no excep-
tion to the rule that head boys are stupid fell
lows. They are pretty creatures on the rigma-
role of rules that are taught in school, but take
them outside the rules and they are gone. The
only hope for Fish Is In the rank Of bis col
lege. Columbia ranks rather low in the land,
and to be head boy only In her classes may
not be 40 bad
Year: 1869

FEELING GRANTS LiSEs.-On Monday the
enemy made reconnaissance In force, evil
IDENTIFY determined to develop Grants position
and ascertain his purposes. Ross, Of Kan
sas, was in advance and was apparently in
structed to penetrate the woods in front Of
Grant and push on until he encountered real
resistance. Grant received him very quietly
at first, but was eventually misled by Ross
persistency, mistook the reconnaissance for q
general advance, turned out his whole force
and opened q tremendous Hre. II proved to
be a complete Chinese battle. Ross was
annihilated, to be sure, but Grant lost great
deal of ammunition and his temper, and
showed the enemy what kind Of tactics were
best calculated TO use him up.
Year: 1869

has no power to go out of the Union by Its
own action or will, and only by successful
revolution or the consent Of its fellow


States, according to the reasoning OF
the Chief Justice, yet it may be held
to be in q quasi state Of exclusion or
union agreeable to the will and convenience
of the supreme government of the United
States. II the State or it's constituted author
tiles does something while in q condition OF
rebellion, or even after rebellion ceases ana
before fully restored by Congress to political
equality with the other States, which is agree
able and convenient to the government OF the
United States, that is declared legal and is
sustained by the Supreme Court. But IT any
of the acts of such State or its authorities
are inconvenent and likely to prove embar-
RAISING they are declared Illegal and void.


This is really the sum and substance Of Chief
Justice Chase's argument, though not sub
mitted in such point of view. The decision,
therefore, rules out all action of the rebel
authorities in such cases as this Of the Texas
bonds, and makes 1t null and void. In fact,
the federal courts are at liberty to annul every
thing the rebel authorities did, though the
Supreme Court seems to make an exception as
to those acts necessary to peace and good
order among citizens, such, for example, as
acts sanctioning and protecting marriage and
tho domestic relations, regulating property,
providing remedies for injury to person or
property, and so forth. Such acts are held to
be valid, though emanating from an unlawful
government. This decision will have an i'm
portant effect in settling thousand questions
and claims arising out of the rebellion, and,
as far as the action of the Supreme Court
goes, fixes the status of the Southern States
while in rebellion and unrestored to the Union.
Year: 1869

FIsHY.-Oh, flesh, flesh, how art thou 6shi-
fedI Truly, our hearts are the hearts Of
trouts and the marrow Of our bones is not fit
for bait. Fish will not let US recognize Cuba
lest England and France should come down
on us. Our advice would be to let them come
il they want to; but since they did not come
when we had the war on our hands is 1t 80
very likely that they win come now2 Verify,
our fish is light weight, though weighed in
his own scales, which are golden.