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THE CITY PULPIT.
Hormone ty the Rev. Albert Barnes,
Hew. JoHn Chambers, Hev.
Alfred Cookmnn, Rev Phil
lips Brooks, Rev. Rloh
cird Newton, O. D.,
Rev. Dr. Butler,
and Rev. J.
Cooper.
HHHOIAl.lT KKTOHTRD VCW TUB UVKNIAU TCLK
(tRAFU
9I1K LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE
LATE REV. DR. BRAINERD.
A Memorial Sermon, Preached In the
Old Pine Street Church, by the Rev.
Albert Barne.
Yesterday afternoon the Old Piuc Street
(Iturcti, in which the late Dr. Brainerd had
labored bo zealously for so many years, was
fill d to its utmost capacity, to listcu toasor
diod upon his life and character, which wa
preached by the Rev. Albert Oarnes, who had
been bis intimate triend and earnest co-worker
for thirty years. The galleries of the church
were tastefully festooned with black, while a
canopy of this sombre hue entirely concealed
the pulpit. Iu front of the altar was PU'pended
a curtain of the same color, fringed with silver,
and bearing in white letters the inscription:
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."
Tne preacher announced as nis text passives
f Bcripture which are found In Daniel, chapter
nil, verses 2 and 3, concluding as follows:
"They that be wise shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament; and they that turn many to
ripbteowness, as the stars, forever and ever."
They that shine in life as the stars of heaven,
naid the preacher, in death are removed to shine
in other spheres. The power tbnt created the
stars could as easily annihilate them; hut it
never causes the mind to die. The latter leaves
tbe earth indeed; but it is transferred to other
spheres, (here to shine forever. As there li a
difference in the brilliancy of the stars of
heaven, so there is in the brilliancy of men's
characters in the other world. Tbe brightest of
them all will be those who turn many to mht
foosDew. The influence of a man can be ren
oertd greater by a life given to such pursuits
x&an by one devoted to any less noble calling.
Itf form a character which shall possess this sur-pae-tog
brilliancy, native talent, discipline, and
loll r necessary. Such had the Into Dr.
Brained; and although ho ie no longer with u
Ve1snotloSiioi!lOumVcC. '
Thomas Brainerd was bora in Levdeti, New
York, June 17, 1804. His name is one that has
been known and honored in other lands. II s
tetr, Daniel Brainerd, who establisued tne
family in thU country, was broueht from Kxeter,
England, in 1609, while still a child. In con
nection with others, he laid the foundation of
the town ofiladdom, bclo Hartford, Connec
ticut, where be became a man of great wealth
Mid influence, and of stiletly exemplary life.
At leat thirty thousand people in the country
now claim him as their ancestor. Tne father ot
Thomas Brainerd was a farmer, au l a man of
piety. EI is son thus Inherited some of tho b'ist
blood that has gone into the New England char
acter. His early training was con
ducted at home, and was characteristic of
the old Puritan stock from which he Bprung.
He has well described this tiaining in his pre
face to the "Life of John Brainerd." Its ele
ments were filial deference, industry, and punc
tuality; with religion as a duty, necessity and
privilege alike for the ground-work. Although
some may now hoi J up their hands in borror at
its strictness, this old Haddom training, as Dr.
Brainerd himself has said, was such kas makos
men moral heroes, In studying his life anil
haracter, the peculiarities Of his early train
ing should be borne in mind.
In 1821, having determined 0 enter upon the
study of the law, toung Brainerd left honiu, and
engaged in teaciug school for three years, to
enaoie nim t0 do so. Ha thou apent some your I
in the rt'ady of his chosen proression in tne town
f P.bme, Oneida county. New York. Meau
Vtiile the Rev. Charles G. Kinney had been dis
charging his pastoral duties there with such
energy and success, that nearly every lawyer,
merchant, and man of influence in the place was
tonverted. Among them was young Brainerd,
and this event changed the whole current of his
after life. But before this he had been le id
ing a life ot strict integrity and morality.
He had previously been saved from
the evils of a life of intemperance by an inci
dent not unlike that which secured Dr. William
Palev from a similar fate. Being present one
merning in tbe barroom of the public house
where he boarded, in company with several
thoughtless young men, who were engaged in
carousals, the landlord toU him he had better
ro to bed, that those young men would ruin
him, when he was born for better things. This
warning had the desired effect, lie wte,
through life, a man of strictly temperate habits,
and an uncompromising foe of intemperance.
Abandoning the law upon his conversion, he
cam to this city, where he spent one year in
teaching, previous to entering upon his theolo
gical studies at tbe Andover Seminary. While
here he was connected with the church of the
Rev. James Patterson. Having completed bis
a tudies, and passed his ordination, he passed
' some years in the West, as the assistant of the
Rev. Lyman Beecher, occupying himseif mean
while with editorial labors. In October, 183H,
he was called to the charge of the Old Pine
ftaeet Church, and in February, 1837, he
entered upon his duties heve. His pastorate
thus extended through a period ot nearly thirty
years.
His character as a preacher was influenced
hy his association with these three good men,
Finney, Patterson, and Beecher, more than by
anything else; although no man could have
been mote stnkingly original than he. Whether
conscious of their influence or not, he carried
much of it through life. It was especially
manifested in his style of 6peaking. He was
admirably fitted by natural and acquired en
dowments to have succeeded in the profession
which he bad first chosen. His power was
chiefly as a public speaker, and was most
strikingly shown in debate. Although his
scholarship was by no means thorough, perhaps
no man surpassed him in such intelligence as
is to be derived from a reading of the press
and by observation. His strictly literary labors
were few. and were chiefly in the lorm of ser
mons and of articles contributed to the press,
which he recognized as one of the most pow
erful agencies in the creation of a sound moral
public sentiment.
As a speaker he bad a power such as is pos
oessed by lew. Both in his sermons and in
debates he usually seized at once upon the great
point at issue, and enforced it iu a manner whicn
carried conviction to bis hearers. In language
he was most exact, pertinent, and beautiful. In
every respect his style presented the best forms
of our Anglo-Saxon tongue. He can be best
described as being "the Ekiliul of speech."
As a pastor, Dr. Brainerd possessed, in an
unusual degree, the power of securing the
hearts of his people, especially those of tbe
young. All the features of his character con
tributed in an eminent degree to this result.
And he was as attractive in this way in his
later years as iu his early life. Although his
church was continually deprived of its best
and oldest members by the exodus which was
and is still setting Iu irom this part of the
city, be continued to draw about him the
young, the earnest, and the prosperous, whose
rhnrar-terfl were In the formation nerlod.
Laboring earnestly at all periods of the year.
h had great faith in revivals, and always
looked for his greatest success in protraowea
meetings held at the close of the winter. His
labors at these times were so exhausting, that
the usual summer vacation became to him
2.1 m nut. a npoeskil v.
But his zeal and talents were not limited to
via nwn r.hurcii nr to his owb denomination
The whnlitv ielt the weight of them. Although
he always ahrank troni taking part in special
services, such as ' ordinations, the laying of
yirnpr-tnncs fiinii ftie dike, he oarticipated, DV
enuest. in a treat mucv. Tbe renovation of
TOE PAIL? EVENING TELEGRAPII.-PniL
Iheold Tine Street Church, whkh be described
as very barn-l ke in its appearance when he t k
charge ol it, was chiefly owing to hts labors.
In lonnding and assisting otoer congregations
he took an f ytraordmary part. And although
strictly Calvinlf tic In hu doctrinal vie s, and
Presbyterian iu.hie ideas of Cliurcbovernmeut,
he ttnt far from being bigotel, aud did not
regard aH troth as betug conuned to his own
sect. In Union service in th temperance
cause, and in all public matters, he
was alike zealous, and contributed as much
as any other to their sucos. In tho fearful
, btrngirie ol four vears through which the coun
try pae(, the fruits of his early training and
rhaiacter were keenly developed. He was Inca
pacitated bv age, and untitled bv nature, to be
a military man; yet rouM always dol'end the
riphteous cause ot bin country, denounce with
stirring eloquence tbe evils of Rebel lion, and
coun"ii and animate the cohlier on entering
upon and returning from the conflict In this
work he labored more zealously thati any other
pastor in the city. To the Intense and uninter
rupted excitement through which he ihus
passed, and which gave him no repose until
after the surreuoer ot Lee, the melancholy
event which we mourn to-day was, perhaps, in
a great measure ow ing.
A few published sermons and tracts, and
several aiticlos in the Presbvterian Quarter y
Hi.eiew, comprise the bu'k of his literary labors.
His only considerable work was a lite of John
liralnerd.t lie. missionary, a member of his own
family. This task he executed hapoily, bestow
ing upon it a great amount of labor. Homo ot
hU be?t thoughts, and ninny ol the finest speci
mens of his writing, are lo bo found in this
work.
His last public service was connected with the
name of his family. In East jn, the ceno of the
missionary labors of Daniel and John Brainerd,
he delivered an address before tbe Brainerd
Missionary Socity, shortly before his death.
For many years he had been of a s imewhnt
melancholy disposition, apprehending paralvs's,
and the loss ot mind and of the use of his body.
But from all this he was mercifully preserved.
Without pain or consciousness he was taken
from earth to heaven. When he heard the an
nouncement of this event, the speaker lelt, as be
had never felt before, that he stood alone upon
tbe shores of eternity. From an intimacy of
thirty years, he could, in additiou to all else lie
had said, bear testimony to tho deceased as a
warm-hearted, true, s'.ueere, and allectionate
friend. ,
THF SECOND BIRTH.
A Sermon Delivered at the First Presby
terian Church, West Philadelphia, by
the Rev, Dr. Butler.
Services wore held in the moruing at 1030
o'clock. A very instructive sermon was deli
vered by Rev. Dr. Butler, upon the question
that Nicodemus put to our Saviour. It is found
in 4th verse, 3d chapter, of thu Gospel accord
ing to John "Nicodemus saith uuio bim, HoiV
can a man be born again when he is old V
"Except a man be born again," said Christ to
Nicodemus, "he cannot ste the kingdom of
Cod." Thinking only of natural, and not of
f-pirtcua) birth, the question spring lo the lips
Of the ruler. I propose to use this question as
applicable lo spiritual birth. It is a question ol
power. Can the old man, inured to siq, Hud the
iimn in hi prime, be as easily brought uudor
the influence of religion as the more 'impressive
youth? A large majority of Christians become
such in early life. From that period onward
the proportion ol converted persons invariably
and greatly decreases thioujtii manhood to ase.
The nrst positive hindrance to conversion is
the pride, seltishuess, and depravity which is
firmly rooted in the natural heart. It dem irs
iind chafes against God's requirements, una is i
lesistant principle exercised passively and
actively towards tbe truth and the spirit of God.
There are also the iutcrnat lusts, and perverted
passions and appetites, and the lures of worlJIy
ambition that' are always at work to stimulate
that ruling principle to action.
There are counteracting influences from God
human aOection and authority in the family,
and law, teovernmont, and public sentiments,
and the organized Church of Christ.
From our experience with unconverted youth,
the possibility of conversion diminishes in u
fearfully rapid tatio with every added year of
life. Uood influences stir tbe vouug nature
powerfully, but olten it resist nui jici-lo o mTii
at first, shrinkmslv, but, by constant habit and
prowth. the evil Is fattened on his nature with
rivets of steel, and the resistance to gool is
more and more powerful. If tvc trace the course
of the same soul on through manhood, how
necessarily must the result ot his nalual acting
be the same I How certainly mu6t every thought
of good and evil presented to his mind, every
influence exerted upon his hait, come increas
ingly to have the one effect ot feeding and e.stab-
iis-uiu? me evil pnucipie,ui waiuiuB ju uuu uui
euing theforce of all that is good. The hardening
. i it ;i i : - l .. e . I .V .1 A , 1
cllect ot time upon stone and cement, or ot tire
upon the minerals uuderlying the granite beds
of the earth, are but faint symbols of the hard
ening effects on the heart of 60, 60. or 70 year
of wilful, defiant resistance to the force of God's
truth and spirit. "Tby neck is an iron sin,?w,
and tby brow bra's," is the language God us.es
to show forth the hardnesi aud obduracy of the
sinner. And when we se the tremendous in
fluences that are resisted by the disobedient
heart, we can sec that the comparison is a very
striking one.
The influences bv which God seeks to disarm.
the sinners resistance are immeasurable and
mighty. Hia goodness alone would seem
enough ft goodness that turrounds him with
the beauty and erandeur of nature, that pro
longs his iile, and protects bim daily lroui un-
num Dereu uaugfr; iumi anw a umou
watch on the snrinss of lite itself. Yet, tie
hardened heart casts all this aside.
But. strarger than all, he comes liimseit. and
suffers unon the cross a self-endured shame and
agony, and with bis pierced and bleeding ban Is
ana leei ana nean, cries uui, iu tunes mm ni
might melt tho hardest heart, "All this have I
endured tor thee, to get thy love, to cleanse and
save thy soul, to give thee peace and toy aud
life forever." All in vain. He appeals to our
fears for the future. Tbe loved ones depart,
and He alliitts him with painful sickness, and
yet he laughs at these terrors aud bereavements.
We should see to it that we do not by our
Dower of examnle cast impediments in the way
ofsalvatiou of the young. It the old and hardened
sinner can be brought to feel his coudiuon, he
may!be bora aeain "how old soever he may be,
oorn aeain oi tne noiy unosi.
In the evening there was a temperance meet
ing. held for tho furtherance of the principle
amongst the churches and the Christian com
munity. Theltov. Dr. Brooks spoke at lenstn
upon tbe subject, what had been done, aud what
was expected to be done by the co-operation oi
tne unurcn.
THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
A Sermon Preached at the First Iude
pendent Church, by the Rev. John
Chambers.
The subioct of Mr. Chambers' discourse yes
terday atterneon was "The Apostolic mode of
obtaining means to carrv on the cause of
Christ." lie too nis text from 1st corintniuns,
chapter xvl, verses l and 2, as lollows:
"Now concerning thecollection for the Saints, as
I have aiven ordor to the churches ot Oalatia, even
so do ye.
"Unon the first day of the week let every one of
vou lay by him in store, as God has prospered him
that there be no gatherings when I come."
It is an established principle, and as fixed and
as firm as eternity, that there Is no name in
heaven whereby a man can be saved but by the
tinmc of Jesus. And iuft as well, brethren.
might you undertake to pull down the throne of
Jebovan, ana to. overmrow vuis great empire
which He has established in the vast universe
of which we form apart, as to attempt to be
saved in any other way as to think or salvation
byany other means. For it is fixed eternally
fixed. It is also an equally nxeu trutn ana tact
that there is but the one way, the one truth, the
one lite; and that Jesus is that oneway, that one
truth, that one lite. Juan shall siana Detore
his God, and wear the crown of glory, through
tne atonemeat ot Christ alone, tt is periectiv
Idle for ns to attempt anything else. We may
f ay odo way is just good as another.
grant yon that, in the human point of view;
but attempt to say that there is any other way
by which we can be saved than the Apostolic
way, it is not so.
God has taueht us th way to do things, ani
we mw-l do them in that way, and we hive no
right or authority to do them in any other way. If
Ho ban taught us how to be kind and generous
and charitable, our kindness and generosity
and charity must be In that way and that way
onlv. Tno moment you attempt to make an
Improvement upon God's plan, yoa spoil it alU
What would you think of a combination of men
coming out and telling you they were going to
improve upon tbis firmament put a better class
ol stars in these great orbf What would you
think of a clsrss ot men that would say to you
they were going to make a better arrangement
for Ibis globe, change the currents ot the rivers,
and the ebbings and flowing of the tides? You
would call them foci.
"Now concerning the collection for the saints."
etc., I would ask men and women of common
sense, is there anything but a Divine mind that
would susgest anything so supremely common
sense as tn s 1st Is there an individual lu this
congregation but that sees at a Mnele glance,
that if that was done there would be lac of
nothing in the Church? The pior wo'ild be
attended to; all the interests of the Church
would be provided for ampl?, largely provided
for, "concerning the collection for the saints,"
etc. If, that is on the Sabbath morning, after
ILe f.lx days of toil, you are to arrange It so as
to put by on tbis, the flr.-t day of the week, a
portion of earnings ot the week for God. Let
some men take a portioa of the earnings of their
week's business, and look what a revenue thore
would be for tbe salvation of men and the pro
pagation of the Gospel I
It is astonishing now mean some pooplo are.
I once went to a man to get some bread lor
some little children that were crvln for the
want of something to eat. "Sir,'' said he, "I
won't give jou a ceut." I said to him, "God
have mercy npon your poor, mean soul." I
praed sincerely, and I thauk God that never
inet with but one such man all the time 1 hav.
f ive in Philadelphia. To profe?3 religion is one
thing; to possess It Is another.
Iu conclusion, he slid: I want you, brethren,
to look at these Ktaiements which I nave mide
to you. II I am wroue, let them bo for whit
they are worth. It they ara not Scripture, do
not lecelve a single one of them; but if they are
ripht, act accordingly. Give your hearts to
JeauB. Give of your earnings according as G id
has prospered you, and in the wjrlt to come
you win receive your reward.
GOD'S CALt TO MOSES.
. Sermon Delivered before the Youug
Men's Christian Association at the
Church of the Kplphauv, by the Rev.
Richard Newton, I). D.
The Rev. Dr. Newton, in preaching his special
sermon last eveuiug, spoke substantially as fol
lows: In the third chapter of the Boo' of Exodus.
part of trie nf'h verse, you will find the wor ds,
"l.ae place whereon thou standest is holy
ground."
it was an interesting sceue in connection with
which these words were spoken. An En?leru
hepherd was leadiug his flocks through the
wilderness aud, having wandered about through
the mount ain-passes and in the plains, had
baited. The shepherd, perhaps, was quietly
resting under the branches ot some tree or
under tne shade ot some rock, when his atten-
lon was d n-cted to a naming Ore that forked
out. It was not a dry buh, but a grand glowing
one that burned on with a stead t blaze, and
yet, strange to say, the tire fpread not. It ex-
cneu n's interest, lie was noi'inorant, unlettered
rustic, but was a cultivated scholar.
He looked on that rare obiect with feelings
of awe and surpiise, but was more surprise )
when he beard a voice addressing him.' God
speaks to him out of the lire. "Moses, Moses,"
is the solemn call made to him, and then the
ready response is given "Here am I." God
had placed that Pre there for tne purpose of
calling Moses to fulfil the great work
which lli had marked out for him;
and he started on his work from
the burning bush; and where is there a name
more lllus'rious, time, honored than Mo?ej f
Tbe presence ot God hallowed the spot. His pre-
nee is not cuiiune.fi tn um in..uir ivcuiit.r.
e is not only present everywhere, but eauallv
prctei't even where. It is only the weakness
und infirmity of our nature that! make us think
that God is more present in oneplice thau in
anotner.
lie is hot more present in the sanctuaries of
our land than be Is la the public marts ot busi
ness. There may ne places where we are re
minded n.ore ol His presence than in others.
but His presence is everywhere alike. Christ's
disciples are liable to be called at an times, ana
at ail places, whether in the counting-house,
among books and papers, or in tbe maze ot the
dance. Some of His disciples were called in the
low occupation of fishermen, and Paul, the last,
but not least, was called w hile engaged in per
secuting Christian?.
God is calling you wherever you ro, and
whereveT you go, it may be the place where thou
standest is li-ly ground. God met Moses in this
place, to call him to his great life-work, and it
was this that hollowed that spot. If you ate not
a Christian, God calls you to save your own soul
if you are a Christian, lie cans you to save tne
Foiils of others, lie who made your soul knows
its value, aud gave His life for it. The degrada
tion ol taeiroul is dilticult to doscribe or imagine.
Is there any nobler work which an angel could
be called to assist in than the deliverance ot
luimi rtal creatures held in such a galling bon
dage? Tbe best protection lor a young man is
to khave eugraveu on his neait, raou, uoa,
seest me."
In the lowliest position or life this truth will
n. like itself felt, and in the loftiest position that
men can occupy it, will make itself felt with
equal power.
My dear friends, if it be true that God is thus
always present, should we not act as if He was-?
Are you reconcuea to uoa r ii noi, i beseech
jou to cast yourself at the foot of the cross,
where Christ'is ready to receive you. Come to
Jesus now, to-night I Young man give, yourself
to Him, He will keep you safe until the great
day, and you will walk in the joy of heart. He
win give j ou strength, ana as you iro on your
way iealiziug His presence, aud doing fio.i's
work wherever jou abide, you will tind that
"The plaoe ty hereon thou standest is holy
ground."
SANCTIFICATIOX.
A Sermon Preached In the Spring Uardeu
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, by
the Rev. Alfred Cookman.
This fine new church, situated at Twentieth
and Spring Garden streets, was well tilled yes
terday HK'ruiug to hear the sermon of the
earnest and accomplished young p'l lor, Rev.
Allred Cookman, who choe for his txt these
words:
"For this is the will of God : even your sanctifies
tiou." 1 Theesa.oniaus, iv, 3.
The reverend gentleman opened his discourse
by alluding to the antagonism in other sects to
the doctrine of sauctitication, and after proving
the actual existence of It, as appeared by Holy
Wrii and lnuruan expeiience, he proceeded lo
describe the condition of a "sanctitled" being as
distinguished irom a proselyte, or newl regene
rated or converted person. Under the Metho
dist tenet, when one is converted he seeks the
pardon ot the blessed Jesus for sins committel,
and is forgiven; but saneti Heat ion implies a
more rierlect holiness, present and to come; this
is the perfection of faith, and causes a hunger
end thirst after righteousness. Iu advocacy aud
elimination of this, Mr. Cookman continued in
an eloquent and edifying argument of some
length, and pressed home moBt logically toe
necessity all converted Christians must experi
ence to be sanctified unto God.
The reverend gentleman thought this was the
hope and prosperity of the Church. A man
converted mieht be happy, and might be accept
able before God, but he was liable to a falling
away from the faith. He could not be a con
firmed Christian without experiencing sauctit".
eation through the unction of the Holy Spirit.
He would not say that a sanctified nan had no
carnal desires, but lie maintained that in such a
ADELPHI A, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1 866.
Christian these flesires were curbed and govern
able. The speaker exhorted his hearers not to
rest, thcreinre, at conversion, tor that. ww the
fira step, and a consummation in itself, out to
seek lor a sanctified SDirit which proved its
holiness by works, and was a continual and
everlasting growing in righteousness.
The minister gave examptes and anecdotes to
show that tbe latter was b.Hter to live and die
by, as a doctrine, than the lormer, and uwelt
npon tbe importance of attaining SHnctidcalion
at fcnee, with groat fervor.
Mr. CooktEan's peroration was cxecdiugly
chaste and impressive; and he alluded to ihe
rewards present and future of the sanctified
Christian In eloquent sentence-). Iu conclusion,
he exhorted his hearers to be holy, and to delay
not In seeking the cleansing that is vouchsafed
to us through the blood of the Lamb.
He wished not to underrate the value of primi
tive conversion. Satictidca.ioo is the . spiritual
sequence of the accepable gift of a broken and
contrite heart: it is the perfection of faith aad
the assurance of salvation. "Putge me with
hyssop; wash me, and make me whiter than
snow," is the sign ol the banctiiled and the sym
bol of true devotion.
After the sermon, the choir sani? the rinvnWo
in good style, and Mr. Cookman announced
thai appropriate Thanksgiving services would
take place in the church on next Timpano at.
eleven o'clock A. M.
THE CHRISTIAN'S REFUGE.
A Sermon Preached In the Bereau Bap
tlst Church, West Philadelphia, by the
Rev. J, Cooper.
Services were held at this church both morn
ing and evening. The Rev. J. Coooer chose
as his text the words, ' The Eternal God is thy
refuge," which are found in Deuteronomy, 33d
chapter, 27th verse. These form part of tne
last words which were spoken by Moses just
before his mjsterious death. Thy were ad
dressed to that people with whom he had be-n
identified for more than forty years as their
divinely-appointed leader.
Beautiful and true u the thought which was
expressed by Moses iu tnat impressive hour
when tbe mystery of his death began to over
shadow him. True and beautiful is the thought
of the dying ruler.
We will consider, 1st, the sublime idea which
the text presents. Man's assumption of power
has but served to show his weakness and inter
helplessness. Pride of strangtn makes us hold
out until the concealed disease sap-5 the founda
tions of our lite, and until our sins bring us to
the foot of the altar. Those who find out their
weakness in time, and who submit to b?nd to
the decree of God rather than to break in use
less resistance, are happy in His teluge.
In tbe text weanness and power are sublimely
contrasted. The omnipotent arm of God is our
reluge. The leading ideas ot safety and bies-e j
ness are also shown forth. We associate these
ideas with our dwellings. The sanctuary is a
spiritual home where hallowed enjoyments tire
allor kd. There they are sate from tbe excite
ments and temptations of th world.
In all a ties mountains have been the refuge of
the oppressed. He who was more than mortal
sought their solitude for repose from the en
cioacbmcnts ot men. They are the symbols of
6rrtngtri. "The Lord is my rock and my for
tress," aud He Is the leluge of the weak aud err
ing and sinlul ot tbe race.
2. Consider the clear index of the Divine
regard for us which the text furnishes. Go 1, iu
his gocdness and kindness, might have directed
us to look to His angels for help and psoieciiou,
but in His iniiuity of kindness aud mercy He
proclaims Himself the refuge. It would libave
been an expression otiegardil God had con
ferred the power of providing for our defense
and snpport upon "the spirts of good men made
perfect." But we have more, mduitely more.
To Him Himself would He have us look for
strength in weakness, tor support in trials, lor
comfort in sorrow, aud lor victory in death.
3. Tbe text supplies an absolute groiiad of
confidence in all emergencies. God is our
refuge in every state and condition, and the
most trivial events that happen are scanned by
His all-seeing pje: the very hairs of our beads
are numbered. 'Thosa bmall tmlesthat e deem
too email for inpulMn to our Ood lire tboaa
hich are the chief hindrances to our progress
in religion. It is the chief argument ot the
infidel that the trivialities of lite are beneath
the notice of such an infinite Deity. More par
ticularly are theye petlv vexations daily recur
ring in woman's h'e. When they come upon
them to vex their spirits, then is the time to
pray to God lor help. The testimony of be
lievers will bear me out in the thought which
has been expressed that tbe relation of the
Eternal God as a refuse supplies an absolute
e round of conlidcnce in all seasons and in all
emergencies. Gieat is tbe Lord, and greatly to
be praised in the city of our God ! An unbroken
chain of evidence unites tho saints of ages ago
with those of to-day. The ofty and the lowly,
the wealthy and the poor, unite together in His
prake, and find it Him a tower of strength and
a refuge.
THE BROKEN SPIRIT.
A Sermon Delivered In the Church of
the Holy Trinity, .by the Rev. Phillips
Brooks.
The Church of the "Holy Trinity," Nineteenth
and Walnut streets, was crowded to repletion
yesterday morning to listen to the Rev.
Phillips Brooks, its rector, who has lately re
turned from Europe and Palestine. He selected
for his text the 17th verse of ihe 61st Psalm:
"The sacrifices of the Lord are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart, O Lord ! thou
wilt not despise." The speaker commenced his
sermon with the supposition that the congrega
tion which thronged his church come there,
not from vanity, or ennui, or iashion, but had
come Irom an anxiety to learn how to be saved.
He would speak to them of their souls, and seek
to apply the text as a guide for their action.
The "tacrifices" clearly mean the otlerings to
the Lord which will be most aoceptable. They
are a "broken spirit." What then is a broken
fpirit? Tbe spirit Is tho lite, the vitality, the
riiliug motion ol existence. If we look around
nature, we clearly see that things reach maturity
bv a gradual proce?sof development. The e,?
becomes a robin or an eagle, fully plumed and
perlect in all Its parts. The seed become a tree,
with its bianch reaching to tbe sky, a perfect
type of Its class. All this is accomplished by a
giadual process of development.
But the seed will not grow into a tree, or the
egg into a bird, unlets the seed be a perlect one,
aud the egg a perfect egg. tSo it is with tne
development of mau. Tbe germ of the spirit is
a delective one. It cannot, by a natural course
of growth, become a penect soul. It is neces
sary that it be broken, that the time of growth
be changed, the evil be made good, the unruly
rp rit be broken. How is this done ? Sometimes
by sorrow. The word "broken" does not neces
sarily imply that grid be the means. Tbe tender
tree may be bent in the proper directions with
out the violence of bteakmg the plaut.
It may be that the effective prayers of the
parent?, as they pre-ent their child at the bap
tismal lont, can tuen secure the change which
will make the ch'ld lead a holy life. Tho
a?ency is the same, whether it be brought
about with scars and rents in the nature of
the hardened sinner, or with the smiling inno
cence of tbe babe. Behind all our theology
rests the grand doctrine that the Lord will not
afflict H i children without a cause. Tne wholo
aim ot Christianity is to make man happy in
this life, and happy In the lilo lo come. Some
times the rod is necessary; with others the
heart can be melted by showering favors, and
making the man so happy that he
must come to God to tell nun how
blessed this life is. When oue fails,
Iheother's leslstauce to the spirit is broken by
harshness for tho sake of breaking it. The of
fering, therefore, most acceptable to the Lord is
a spirit changed Irom its original direction a
spirit regenerated, a spirit broken. All who
come with such will not be despised. The
speaker made an earnest appeal to his hearers
to seek safety; and to all who asked him what
was necessary, he wonld say in the words of b'S
text, the only requisite is a changed lif. a
broken spirit. All such He will In no wisecast
out. Turn ye, turn ye; why will ye tfie, O
house of Israel 1"
Roman Catholic Cathedral Services
Yesterday.
This wsole structure was thronged yestord?
with people as usual, and many strangers were
noticeable, viewing the wonders ol the edifice
within and without. The services yesterday
presented no extraordinary feature. The matin,
mas, and meridian exercises of the day were
fiortormed with the customary precision und
mpresslveness. Rev. J. Mcdonomy officiated,
assisted bv other ministers. Rieht Rev. James
Frederic Wood, Bishop of Philadelphia, was
present at mass, and occupied the episcopal
throne lor a little time, during the devotional
exercises Next Hunday being Advent, more
interesting services will take place.
CURTAINS, SHADES, ETC.
RICH LACE CURTAINS.
The Snbseribrs bvo now In Plonk, and ar re
ceiving from tbe late
AUCTION 8 ALES D8 KW YORK,
Nottingham Lace Curtains,
From Ordinary to Rjch Ffylc,
French Lace Curtains,
from the Lowest to the Highost Qnctuty, some of
tbem the RICH EST Iff AT3E. .
Vestibule Lace,
Embroidered Muhlio CurWnn,
Jacquard Muslin Curt&ine, kiid
Curtain Muslins in groat variety
SKEPPARD. VAN HARLINGEN & ARRIS0N
9 14 wfm6mrp No. 1008 CHESNUT Street.
J3 J. WILLIA M S,
No. 16 North SIXTH Street,
MAKCf AOTl'JIKP OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND
WINDOW SHADES.
Tbe larpesi nd flneel assortment id the citr at the
lowest prices. CIV ':62m
bTOKK SHACKS MADE AND LETTER El).
AUCTION SALES.
B
SCOTT. JR.. AUCTIONEER.
So. 1120 CHESNTJT HTKKliT. ilk
M.'CLTEH & Mc"ANN'S l'IRST ORE AT SALE OF
AMKKK'AN und KUKOl-KtN OIL fAlNllMls
Fine Unman, French, and English (.hro'nog ami
llniiDittci'iit Irooi colored and l imn EiiKravlnw, ll
rnlemlidlv mounted and irnncd v. ill talio p uce on
the evenini'A of
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
November M, tl, and it, at ,5 o'c ock each evening,
at ttie
'Free Gaiety olFino Art " No. 97 CHESNUT Stroot,
below Tenth,
Tbe pictures will be arranged tor Inspection fmr
days aid evenings previous to sale, with descriptive
caialORuee.
n ii on account of the small capacity of the gal
lery, tickets o. admission to sa e will oe lusued. which
can b bud at tho iia lory or of aucioncer, 11. s cott, Jr.,
Ho. ic; 1 UKKMl'l' htluBt. 11 -u 0t
EXTBA QUALITY SILVER-PLATED WAKE,
CLOCKS. KTU.
On Wednesday morning next.
2Sth Inst , f 1 11 o'clock at Scot tV Art Uallerv, No 1020
CLesoui street will be so d a niannltloont assortment ot
extia quality silvtr-plaed wure. comprising tea eta,
hard metal 'rays, conee urns, ice pitchers, berry dlhe,
KObli ts ete etc., tbe liest manufacture ever ottered at
public sa e In thtscity.
FRBSOH CLOfK.
Also, an invoice ol superb onnu a gilt and marble
clocks.
Open for examination on Tuesday afternoon.
CUIXKHY.
AIpo. an Invoice of cutlery, spoons, forks, etc119tt2t
P
AN COAST WARN O C K ,
A18S
-No. a0 MARKET Street.
VERY LARGE AND IMPORTANT TRADE-SALE
Of PA 1UB FAKL Y goods, sui TABLE fob
IRE8K.Nl' SALfcS AMD Al'l'KO AC'BINCi HOLI
DAY 8KASOM.
Being the aalanee ot Messrs. B. Dtament A Co. 's im
portation, by catalogue, on a credit,
On Wednesday,
JSov ember 26 atlO o'clock, consisting in put of fancy
glove boxes, n wood; leather and oapler-macbe cabas,
sewins necessaries, shell boxes, rich parlan and blsiiue
toilet sets dressing cases, pencil boxes, writing cases;
a very larye assortment oi rich bronze, rosewood and
valnut Inkstands; nests of fancy boxes, tea and per
fume boxes, veiy rich tobacco and clear stands and
canes, ash stands, match stands, card presses, towel aud
watch cases; lane f lass wine, water, liquor, and Ma
deira sets: fancy batter, egg. and cheese dishes
Also Chlnu and wax dolls, norocco wallets, cigar
cases, travelling Dags, picture frames, etc., etc., com
f rising tbe most extensive and richest assortment of
hesa goods ever offered at ao.tion in this city. HH'il
FOR SALE.
FOR SAI-E. DE9IRABLK CORNER PRO
PERTY. The modern three story brick Dwelling,
nuuuuuuHiiiiicq'pwi; unvK uuiiiijiikdi nvui nuu .ma
entrance, northwest corner of TWELFTH and WAL-
. . k. J. ...... 1 .. ........ knl .linn. . . .1 ..11 ..
Mit streets i new nea er, range, gas Datn, eta;
piazza on Wallace street. Keolete with all conve
n tneei. Could be altered into .a store with dwelling
attached. Possession with deed.
C. M. 8, LESLIE,
10 20 Ko. 727 SANOM Street
FOR SALE A DESIRABLE PROPERTY
in Camden county. Thirty acres ot land, suitable
loralruck larm. slluste on the Hatdonlle.d turnoike
on the line of tbe Camden and Atlantic Railroad, to be
so d immediately for cash to set le an estate
Also a Brick Dweltlng-house, near tbe river,
at
Katpnn a roini. ana lourteen uunuing Lots
Call upon or address JAMK.S M. SUOVEL.
Ho. 113 PLUM street,
11 22 6t Camden, N.J.
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
1 THE CITY AND COfJN I Y OF PHILADELPHIA.
MARIA JONES, bvbor next triend, ete, vs. DOUO
LAS8 JONES
In Divorce, June Term, 1860. No. SI
To Kouiass Jones, resoundont Sir:-Take notice OS
a lule ihls duy granted by the Court oniou, returnable
SATURDAY, DocemhcrS. 188. st IU o'c'ock . M.. to
show cause why a divorce a vinculo matrimonii should
not be decreed In the above c.se.0R0E w
U26mw2w a ttorney lor Hue laut.
rpHE Sl'IlPORIBER, JAME9 W. THOMAS,
I one ol the first Caterers in the city takei pleasure
in informing 'be public that he has opened the new
and ISHhionuble liosuurant Mo. Lilti L'lcUT Street,
where are to be lound the best private and public
accommodations superior cooks and waiters and
i-iuuru miaai to the OrBt-olass hotel
1 2i lmw3l J4A1ES W. THOMAS.
JfMES W
R, No. hi N.
nUNTE
SEVENTH
BTRFET, ABOVE FILBERT, PHILADELPHIA
Acknowledp.d by all vartft interctta as by tar tlia
MOT fiC'CCESSFCL PHYSICIAN
In tbe treatment eXhse-aws in h $peralty. QUICK
THOROUGH, and fitrmanmt turn guaranteed in ever)
esse, remember 1R. tli'NTKK'S Celebrated Remedies
ran or.'v te lind genuine ai his old establish JfOilce, No.
44 N KKVEM'H Htreat sbov Filbert. 11 24 8i
QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE,
Nkw York, November 19, 18o
Sealed l'roposals will be received at this affice
nntil 12 U , FiillsAY, 80th instant, forth "W
to the United Htatci ot two hundred and my ifmg
"T" RAILROAD IRON, weighing brut fifty
pouuae to tbe yard.
P. J. chilly.
Brevtt Col""'11 a.nd A Q M,
Unite! tt Ariuy,
uaeot
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
THE CDI3Aj' STORE.
FREEMAN & CO.,
Corner EIGHTH and VINE Sts.
Ladles', Misses', and Children'
HATS.
ItEDUCED FllOM
5 Cent t 37 j Cent. '
91-00 to T Cent.
1-50 to $100.
9400 to 1'50.
J3-00 to t'4'00.
IN ALL THE SEW STYLES A3TD SHADES.
WeheaJo made a Great Reduction tn onr large
TOCK OF
MILLINERY GOODS.
10 2C2m FREEMAN' 6 OO.
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No. 723
CUES N IJ T
STREET.
BONNETS
AND
HATS
REDUCED.
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BONNET MATERIALS.
rr SPLENDID OPENING OF FALL. AND
tVWINTKB STYLES. MRS. M. A. BINDER,
rJs No 1H31 CHrSM'T Street, Philadelphia,
' IMPORTER OK LADI&S' DRM, AN1
CLOAK TRIMMlaflS Also an elegant stock ot
Imported Paper Pa t. rns (or Ladies' and Children's
Dress. Parisian Lrexa and Clonic Making in all Its
varieties. Ladies tnrnlshlnff their rich and eostlr
material mav re, on nemg artistlcalir fitted, and
their work finished In the most prompt and stu
dent mann r, at the lowest possible prices, at twenty
tour hours' notice. Cutting and basting Patterns In
sets, or by the single niece, lor merchants and dress
makers, now ready. S'iQtiiDj
MRS. R. DILLON,
Nos. 323 and 331 SOUTH Street.
Has a handsome assortment ot MILLINERY, Mlsss'
and Infants' Hats and Caps, Milks, Velvet", Crape
Riblons Feathers. Klowcrs.Frames.ef 1U
ELEGANT FAMILY CARRIAGES
BECKHAUS & ALLCAIER
Desire Respectfully to call the attention ot the pablia
to their extensive manufactory of
FIRST-CI,ASS VEIITOLES,
PUCH AS
Landaus,
Round Front Coupes,
. . Clearance Coaches,.
Caleches,
Barouches,
Phaetons,
Dog Carts, Etc. Etc.
Ol the latest improved European designs, specially
adapted for private family use, ot which they have
a fine assortment constantly finished, on hand and
in process of construction.
The residents of Philadelphia and vicinity are In- v
formed that they can be accommodated with Car
riages ot modern style, superior workmanship, and
snpeib finish, at home, without reference to Now
York or tbe East.
FACTORY AND WAREROOMS,
No. 1204 FRANKF0RD Avenue,
11 13 lmrp ABOVE bIBABD AVENUE.
910 NEW AND CHOICE GOODS 91Q
AT
MEAD & C O.'S.
No. 010 CHESNUT ST.,
MANUFACiUUEHo Of
SILVEK-PLATEL) WARE.
10 1 mwsSinro. (
CHEAPEST PRINTING IN PHILADELPHIA
AT THE
STKAM JOB FSIMIva EOOMS,
No. 108 Kouth TJ HUD Street
SECOND STOBT. ,
Ivsrr deneriptlon oi Plain and Ornamental Printing
executed Jlb neatness and despatch, at urprisuigl
low price.
k iiAODOCK SOJI, Proprietor,
9,3mr Lateof Ko. 6li MAKKET Htretl.
KUI
II 11 T IIIll
TP YOU WANT PEliFECT SATISFACTION
I. In every respect, bo; tba celebratod PKKHfON.
COAL, l.gg aud Htove sizes, at 1 wr ton. aiho, tba
4fnulneF.AII K VEIN OOaL. tame siea, asm pnoo
and a very flne qnality ofLEblOH. Kkr and Wove, at
1 Wiper ton. I keep nothlnv hot tbabast. Order re.
reit Uo JJ.Couib JlUKDblreet. J
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