1
constitute "the things not known now, but
which the redeemed shall know hereafter."
That glorv, tho "seat with Jesus 111 1 la throne,"
the "power over the nations," "the whltestotio.
In which a new nnme is written," whloh no
roan knnweth, Raving him that reoi-lveth it,"
the "clothing In white raiment," promised to
bit)) thiil overoomelh;" all which 1st the aoooiu-
yaniment ol being "like Jesus," because seeing
II ni as He Is." 'I'h in Is salvallou. Of course,
from all tliln Ihe soul shuts out forever and
ever. Again, to lose t he sou', Is to w left to the
(full control of sin and sinful passions. In this
life, mm within range of h iliitiml agencies, a
check la upon the evil forces which trouble and
corrupt man. And even now the. con I em plat i ve
mind shudders, as it looks upon sin's ravages aud
the work of the passions it fosters. Ave, the
tduner himself abhor himself and Ills kind, at
tho slightest View aflonlol by the light of
Divine truth upon his or her ways. Look.
i)ow soul sluk Into debauchery I Koliold
the. murderous baud - raised against
a brother's life I Hee the peace or
households broken, the prospects of com
munities ruined; misery and desolations
brought upon people. This Is bid's work, while
bridled bv the iutluences which Heaven keeps,
alive and employed to resist, lis action I nni,
when "lost. " is flnnllv onirl of the soul, the reins
are thrown upon sin's neck. And like a mart-
dened courser, it. rushes the being on,
from.
decree to higher degree of reckless V3 '
until blasphemy and shameless riot luf"uP
1 1 1 unnvo
tlon foul become its fiendish pleasure, its diabo-
Heal nnst line.
l's to be consigned to
men. "Depart, ye cursed, Jnp eve' last S
prepared for the devil 1L'' li'8
sentence the righteous -uuf '."""".TrJ.
What a
sDectacle does mi n'"i v.,,...
ht auornan angel's sphere, eternally
. -.., , II, .ini nut
bated I And yet, this is what "lost" means when
"'AndMtly.Vn this is named "eternal punish
mentl" Ay. this brings up to our view a holy
Almighty rendering, "according to deeds,"
iinu them that are contentious and do not
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, In
dignation, and wrath, tribulation and anguish,
upon every soul ol man that doeth evil I" 1 he
rich mm), in hel.'s torments, pleading in vain
for the relief a single drop of water could afford,
1s the picture our Lord gives us of a lost soul.
Those torments, that refusal of relief are not
accidents. That grief Is "fixed !" They are the
penalties of which all men are warned as at
tached to disobedience! They are the ' con
demnation" carried into effect which is
adjudged upon those who "believe not on the
name of the only begotten Son ol God!" They
are "the wrath of God abldlug," which Is the
declared portion of unbelievers! They ure all
written lu the grent statute book as the de
termined wanes of sin, which must be rendered
by a holy Lawgiver in vindication of Ills own
truth, authority, power, and righteousness I
They are the staple ol the warnings to men to
"flee for refuge to lay hold upon ta hope sot
before us" in the Gospel. iJelivruee from
them, and from the sins whloh constitute the
transgressions that make them necessary, is
the salvation ol the soul, which Jesus secures
to believers in Him. "Lost," then, spoken of
the soul, is condemnation, iu full effect, lu the
torments of hell!
Here Is the gain and the loss. The former
riot underestimated; the latter not magnified !
Here is the lap of the flesh fillod with the
things that g-atify sense; the immortal soul, '
starved and thrown into perdition ! The trea
suries of this world open to full possession for
twenty, forty, seventy years. The brilliant
faculties of the soul.gl ven to an eternltvto the ad
versary, whose fiendish joy will be to gloat over
the magnificent ruins at his feel! The enjoy
ment of the pompous paraphernalia of time's
rich equipage; of the gay round of time's ex
pensive pleasures; of the gl-wiug pageantry of
time's weighty houors; and the endurance of
the debasiugcorruptlons, thedespicable shame,
the agonising remorse of hell, forever! "What
shall It profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
-world and lose his own soul?" What is the
verdict of this assembly? Does any profit ap
pear? Is it not, with all the gain, all loss?
What, that the world can give, will compensate
for that mountain pile of godless associations,
corrupting employments, shameful relations,
tormenting experiences, which shall, ut the
instance of Divine righ'eous, oppress the whole
being, forever and forever? Who would share
a murderer's cell, wear a murderer's character,
before beloved friends, a sin ale day, at the price
a world can afford? What, then, will compeu
aate for an eternal residency and identification
with murderers, and lars, and blasphemers,
and whoremonger aud drunkards, and
thieves, and devils? Yt. tbls 18 tQe inevitable
portion of the lost soul! Now, our subject
presses the question, "The world, pr
your own soul, whlcli? Which shall be
made your first, your urgent care, and engage
your life's energies?" I address some already
Borne distance on in life's pursuits ; some just
entering life's toilsome and momentous career;
some, perhaps, no farther gone than meditating
what to pursue. Has our question come with
any of Its proper force belore your mind? Has
it wrought any effective influence In determin
tr,a tiin uhiii pmipclftllv claim vour regard, and
engage your powers as life's ultimate aim? If
It has, give its solemn admonition heed, and
let nothing stand between you aud your soul's
salvation. If it has not. now give it place in
yourheait, never to be driven away. Aud lis
ten to me while I strive to urge you 10 the busi
ness of securing your soul's blessedness, as the
nri-t that should engage your attention.
I will ask you only to note that our Lord im
plies here, that to make the world and its gains
your especial pursuit, is to lose your own soul !
This world is styled the realm of the great ad
versary. Friendship of it is styled enmity with
lod. All who are styled "Children of wrath,"
and "Dead in trespasses and sins," are said to
"Walk according to the course of this world."
And our blessed Saviour, besides saying, "My
kingdom is not of this world," declared thai
His redeemed ones "Are not of this world,
even as He is not of this world." Now, it is easy
to see that, to make this world the special object
of pursuit, is to put the affections and apply the
energies Just where lies the bau of the
Almighty; because it is to cultivate friendship
with His enemies, and to take the course of
antagonism to His Beloved Hon; not to speak
of the allegiance to the 'Trlnceof the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience," which must be ren
dered. Besides, the soul is naturally lost, and
It oan be saved only by strictly following the
Divine prescription. But the pursuit ot the
world is the neglect ot that nresuription, and
the soul is left thereby in Its condemnation.
What now does thepursuitof the world become
but the patient, energetic strife to nuke
Almighty God your enemy? What but labor
to fasten more and more securely that condem
nation which lies against every man In his
natural state? Nay, what but toil to provoke
God, to hasten the imposition of His penalty?
Nay, what Is it but faithfully spending this
life in forging chains, building a prison, aud
"treasuring up wrath" lor your eternity; every
day's labor adding to the darkness and shame
aud pain of your miserable future? Oh,
there Is no safety lu seeking this world,
save In full subserviency to the Interests
of the soul, which, by-the-way, are
lndlssolubiy nnKeu wuu me giory oi the
Redeemer's kingdom. For all the world can
give Is of no real worth, save as it is sanctified
by the accompanying smile of Him whose graoe
gives the only substantial possession in its pro
visions for the eternal welfare of the soul.
What, then, Is your decision? Will you spend
his life in attaining that which will "perish
th
with the using," and so have nothing to take
with you when you enter that eternity where
mistakes cannot be rectified aud needs cannot
be supplied? Can you deliberately- labor lo
feed and clothe aud amuse the flesh for a limited
time, and send your spirit, starved, naked, dis
tressed, Into an eternity of destiny only? Can
vnn nnnumi in barter vour immortal spirit, and
those splendid provisions made by a gracious
Kedeemer for Us eternal honor- and dignity
aud happiness, for that whloh goes Into dust
when the soul leels Us poverty most? Who re-
fards not Esau with disdain, as he sells his
ilrthrlght lor a mess of potaget Yet what was
that transaction besides bis, who forfeits A title
to eternal g-ory with Jesus Curist for a mess of
worldly show and parade aud Indulgence?
What, then, is the only truly wise decision?
What but that the soul's salvation shall be first
secured? The Redeemer's kingdom and His
righteousness be made the first, the ohlefest care?
This on theau'horlty of thulRedeemerHlmself,
Is the only way of wisdom not 'mercy, but
of safety. We say, first secured. Fortbelnten
tlon at some future time to seek the soul's sal
vation, only makes the matter worse. This In
volves preference for the world, superior valua
f tm triiis nnd an underestimate of spiri
tual good. K is being willing to risk the loss of
vour soul.whlle you are bent on tnai wnion you
cannot keep, when you most need something.
For oh! how many opportunities to die aud
bo lo your account lie between this and that
promised future ! Ah ! a fire Is raging ! It has
reached the premises next you. Already
your own roof Is smoking. You go
deliberately to yonder saloon, first, to enjoy
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
the festivities there, and then you will oome to
rescue ycur effects and your family. What! do
you Klare, und say, absurd ? Aye, truly absurd !
Your first care Is to save what b -longs
toyou.and whatis your affection's life. Yet, Is
not this the Knglish of the intention in the
lutnre to seek your soul's salvatiou? Look!
Does not Jesus sav, "Condemned already?'
and does He not say, "To-day, if ye will hoar
His voice, harden not your hearts?" Your "In.
lentlon," however, says, "Aftor an iusatlite
desire Is satisfied with the unsubstantial, nay,
desire-begetting gewgaws of this fading world,
I'll seek to remove the danger from my
soul, through the propitiation ' for sin.
Your house you will seek to save
Irom burning first. Your dear ones you will
rescue from danger first. Vou are wise You
nie human! But what of 'Mansions in tho
L'.iliot'u limine. " offered, but s lding farther and
farther from your grasp? What ot heavenly
society, and heavenly home oemforts. and
relgr l'ng with Jesui, all promised on immedi
ate seeking only! "h, how this, your Inten
tion, pleases your deadly foe! It is proof to
him that his delusion- is a success and your
poor soul his surest prey I Yes, it is proof thl
you ate willing lo reject Him who' gave Ills
life a ransom" that He might oiler you sal va
tlon! It is proof that you will risk putting
Him to the necessity ef His only other alterna
tive, which is to keep to Himself the Me He
would give you, and allot to you the death you
choose! My dear friends: the soul saved by
faith lu Jef us, and all Is safe. You then are In
the keeping of Him who lias said "I give unto
them eternal life, and tt-ey shall never perish,
neither shall any pluck them out of my hand."
And the soul lost all Is; lost!. Then you are
"fallen into the hands of the living God !" And
you know, then, it is true, "Our God is a con
suming fire!" Then Jesus sustains the only
relation of "Klghtoous Judge!" and he has but
one thing to do, pass the Irrevocable sen
tence of the law, that never releases! And no
period affords any security of saving the soul
but now. To-morrow has no promises. The
future Is full of contingencies. No pnecan turn
them to your eternal account but Jesus, made
jour surely and your advocate by your own
act. What, then, Is yourdeclslon ? 'The world
or your own soul, which ?"
1 cannot conclude without admonishing this
Association that our suoject presents lo you
the work whioh should bo made your specialty.
And that Is to promote the spiritual and eter
nal interests of your membership, aud to strive
after the spiritual benefit of this community.
Your name is "Christian" Your chosen spbereof
labor and influence, "young men " I then
Impose nothing strange upon you. I ask you
only to fulfil your mission. Your Immediate
sphere is one promising rich results. You work
upon the future hope of Churoh and State.
Buceess will advance tho Interests most valua
ble to the souls of men. As you build up the
Church of God. you enlarge the area of "peace,
good will lo meu." And it will work largely
our .country's peace, and Integrity, and great
noss. Fulfil your mission, and you furnish
men of stable principles to lake tho helm of the
ship of state. Only make the Master's will
your authority, His doctriuesyour wisdom. His
example your model, aud then His blessing, in
its varied influence and its bounteous beslow
ments to body and spirit, will be your reward.
INSTALLATION OF REV. R- H. ALLEN.
SF.KMON BY REV. FRANK H. ROB BINS IMPRES
SIVK KXKRCISK3 IN THE OLD I'INK STREET
CHURCH.
SPECIAL bepobt fob the evening telegraph.
Last evening Old Tine Street Church was
filled to overflowing, the occasion being the
installation of the new pastor, Rev. H. II.
Allen. The services throughout were solemn
and impressive, and will long be remembered
by those who participated. The exercises were
opened by the reading of a portion of the
Scriptures, by Rev. Dr. Shepherd. The hymn
was sung commencing:
"Go, preach my Gospel," salth the Lord,
"Bid the whole earth my grace receive;
lie shall be saved who trusts my word;
Hesball be damned wuodon't believe."
lie v. Robert Adair then offered a prayer.
SERMON BY REV. FRANK L. KOlllilNS.
Mr. Robbins delivered a sermon from the
text:
"The truth as It Is la Jesus." Fphrslans Iv, 31.
The human mind is organized with reference
to truth. The soul is formed for truth, as tho
eye Is lorraed for light. God has made us with,
faculties of knowing, believing, discovering,
investigating, and combining truth. Absolute,
universal truth is to the soul what water Is to
the organization of fishes, what air is to the
organization of birds aud the human being;
what food is to the hungry, or light to the eye,
or sound to the sense of hearing. The absolute
comprehensible truth is In each. Truth Is from
God; He is the source of all truth. The truth of
science, of political Institutions and laws, of
constitutions, of theologies, and, indeed, all
truths, are in their essence only one universal
truth.
History erystallzes around the fact of the
atonement of Jesus. Ancient prophecies and
sacrifices are nothiug, exoept as they sUnd
related to this centre of the religious drama of
the world. Ancient history converges to this
centre. Modern history receives from this its
organizing law tnrougn me medium oi me
ntouement. Statesmen must legislate from,
this standpoint; prophets predict from this
standpoint; and the world's history must be
interpreted ana written, jj irumnvuiwiowiuou
and expressed, from this standpoint. All truth, .
then, stands related to the redemptive idea. .
Unrelated to this, other truths are nothing lu
l Li 4? mi? til vcSi I
He who would enter the kingdom of know
ledge and interpret and expound wisely, must
take in his hand as agulde the redemptive
idea. The entire domain of science is per
vaded with the light of the central Idea of re
demption. Thus Interpreted, science will ad
vance the cause of revealed religion, and prove
a,blessingto the race; out other wlsellnterpreted,
the advocates will not unlikely array them
selves in hostility to the Bible, and take the
footprints aud finger-posts on the highway to
skepticism and infidelity.
Christianity does not undertake to teaoh
natural or physical science. It teaches the sub
lime science of God; it teaches the science of
morality, truth, and ethics; it teaches the duty
of man included therein; it teaches the science
of the soul in relation to truth aud virtue, or
the science of psychology; It teaches the science
of law and government. Klhlcsand psychology
and civil jurisprudence are taught aud enforced
by Christianity, or, at least, the best materials
tae furnished thorn irom the Christian Scrip
tures. If Christianity does not directly, it
certainly does Indirectly, contribute to
advance the triumphs of modern physical
science. Science, during the last hundred
years, has penetrated every nook and corner in
the universe, and gathered her triumphs, her
wisdom, her knowledge, from heaven and
earth, from rocks and mountains, and air and
sea, and yet no geology, nor chemistry, nor as
tronomy, nor medicine, nor any other of the
special sciences, connect tue uuristiaa nuny
lures with absurdity or error, whenever or
wherever they have spoken, as in ten thousand
instances they have, of facts and data purely
scientific in their character. All this is exceed
ingly remarkable; and If it be true, then we
may conclude the strong probability, at least,
ot error aud shallowness ou the part of any dis
ciple of science who afllruis that there Is a
question of conflict between revealed religion
aud science. Read the works of Locke, Herschel.
aud the renowned Agasslz, and you will flud
them not only paying homage to Christianity,
but gratefully acknowledging their .indebted
ness to its inspiration for guidance, aud you
will find thorn substantially affirming that to
enter the kingdom of science the grand prere
quisite is the submissive, childlike character of
our Saviour. The equality of human rights has
no foundation, except as related to this reli
gious centre. Rulers must be taught that God
alone is the governor of all things, and that all
men have equal obligation to Him and are sub
jects of His government. All areon probation;
it. T ".; . "eemeu py a common Kaviour; aes
iiRv.n..common enu: equals lnthesh
don. M.'u1.1"'1"1 lliBa t redeem all men's
diKtine innf1 i,s.? re8Potr of persons; human
niie2 mi?i?u Uh 8lKl "e nothing; therullng
rontiKi .m1?11' auu constrained to give
?lS wiiiff'.10 lhe doctrine of human
rights. Without a pervadlun evangelical in-
SadmK
taae away mat auamantlne foundation of no.
imoai ireeuomana iheequal rlahtsof tnn and
society resolves itself Vi onoXto dosnStmuv
but, on the other hand, oonmjft it with the idea"
of religion, and make rulers nl. ? J'"6.1..
obligations to administer the Tawswitb .nZ
justice, and their voice Is wiu thi
of God. M 1,18 vol0
i The theories of government, the prinolnlna
of practical science, are Incomplete aud lnuin
oiimt unless they are related to Christ. Xhe
whole truth of history is-Chrlst in History.
Around this centre crystallizes the hlstorlo
light of the World. All great events whloh his
tory lias recorded in the progress of time are
capable ol interpretation. All hlstorlo prob
lem" are capable of solution, only as they are
related to the Kingdom of Christ. Men now
find a source of belter and purer nud more re
fined spiritual equalities, whlnh makes the
modem so superior to ancient civilization.
Would you find the secrot interpretation of
modern civilisation, so gran l, so vasi, so tar
n aching lu its scooo, so peculiar to mod-rn
limes would you know the cause which has
made civil freedom ihedestroof modem nations,
the goal towards which they are tend
ing on the swift foot of progress, you
must look to the religion of Josus Christ
and its influence. The law of Christianity ro
qulres you to love man and du whnt vou can
for him. It built t he first hospitals and founded
the first institution of charily; and has it not
redeemed won an from her degraded state,
nud almost annihilated Infanticide? Has 11
not elevated their morality and given to the
world Christian homes homes of purity and
domestic happiness, which uow exist? So,
to, with respect to civil freedom. Has civil
freedom ever sprung up in this wnrH except in
correction with the religious element In man,
except as the result of resistance for conscience
sake? But for the teachings of Christ there
would be no certainty of the soul's immor
tality.' no deep conviction of human account
ability. See bow uillerent it is when the light
of revealed revelation, aud of the truth as it Is
in Jesus, inns uponiiiem. At once the soul Is
felt to be lost in apostacy aud in slu and lu
ruin. What you before called Its misfortunes
or Its frailties are uow considered as the eliects
of soul-desiroylng sin. The punishment of sin
is certain and terrible. Iu the teachings of
natural theology it is asked. " What shall
man's future condition be?" What shall
become of us In the illimitable future? No
man can primarily pronounce that he Is im
mortal. . The very Inundations of natural
morality must ever be unstable aud Insecure.
The greatest honor a man can have Is an Infi
nite and loving Father, before whom he may
come aud pour out his soul In thanksgiving,
adoration, and love. Reconciliation may be
cflecled between God and man, the sinner.
The burdened sinner may be changed by the
washing of regeneration into the likeness of
tho saint. The love of God In Christ Is mani
fest In Ihe sweet wonders of the cross. God lu
Christ reconciles the world to Himself. On no
other foundation can men safely build upou
than the truth as it Is in Jesus. Be persuaded
lo yield and accept it, we entreat you. Come to
the cross! Come and behold Jetus crucified!
INSTALLATION OF THK PASTOR.
Rev. T. J. Shepherd said: All that are here
present doubtless kuow that the design of this
meeiing is the installation of Rev. Richard H.
Allen into the pastorate of thischurch. At the
recent meeting of the Philadelphia (fourth)
Presbytery, the Rev. Mr. Allen wns received as
a member on letters from the Presbytery of
jNasnviue. ai me same meeting or the Presby
tery, a call from the Philadelphia Third Church
and Congregation for the pastoral services of
Mr. Alien was presented, and being found In
order, was placed in his hands, and he signified
ills acceptance ot the call. Whereupon it was
arranged that bis installation as nastor of this
church be eilectedou this, the evening of our
assembling according to the order. As presiding
minister, and ns the organ of the Presbytery,!
now proceeu to propose lo the ilev. Klcuard U.
Allen the questions to which our form of gov
ernment requires an affirmative response.
Mr. Allen was then asked a number of ques
tions relative to looking to the welfare of the
Church and the converting of souls, to which
he responded in the affirmaiive.
The congregation were also asked a number
of questions, and by giving an affirmative
answer subscribed to sustain the pastor in his
eudeavois to promote the welfare of the Church
of God.
Rev.Hr. Shepherd then proceeded: And now,
In the name and by the authority of the Phila
delphia Fourth Presbytery, I solemnly pro
nounceand declare the Rev. Richard 11. Allen
to be theregulai constituted pastor of the Phila
delphia Third Church and Congregation. To
impress this people with the solemn relation
which basjust been effected, the Presbytery
have directed that the charge to the pastor shall
be made by the Rev. Albert Barnes, and
the cuarge to the people by the Rev. Robert
Adulr,
CHARGE TO THE PASTOR.
Rev. Mr. Barnes delivered the charge to the
pastor substantially as follows: My brother,
you have had experience lu the pastoral office,
and In preaching IhetGospel. I do not come to
you to-night to Instruct you in relation to its
duties. There is nothing in my pastoral life,
which has been much larger than yours, that
can furnish any very important suggestions in
regard to the duties which you are to perform.
I shall make very brief reference to the field of
labor which you are called here In the provi
dence of God to occupy. It is a very honorable
position which you are called to occupy. Your
predecessors in this office, for a number of
years, have been men whom it would be an
honor to successfully imitate.
When I mention the names of Smith, Ander
son, and Bralnerd.and enumerate their virtues,
you will consider It bo. The speaker then went
on to eulogize the former pastors of the church,
and when reference was made to the late Dr.
Brainerd many were moved to tears, The life
oi a city pastor is onerous. He has to attend to
the mission work. work in the Sabbath Schools,
and labor among the young men of the church.
The speaker exhorted the new pastor tohave the
love of country in his heart: the people of the
congregation look to him to be loyal to Its flag.
Dr. Barnes continued at some length, detail
ing the peculiar duties of a minister in a large
city, and exhorting Dr. Allen to have the Inte
rests of the Presbyterian Church ana his people
at heart.
CHARGE TO THE FEOrLE,
Rev. Robert Adair then delivered the charge
to the people. He spoke nearly as follows:
It is made my duty to give you a few words of
counsel on this occasion. The instalment of a
pastor is an interesting service, and it is well on
such an occasion to Impress on the mind ot the
minister aud people their respective duties in
this important relation. It is the only time
when the minister is oilicially reminded of his
responsibility as a servant of Christ, and when
he is cubliclv charged, in view of his final ac
count, to be faithlul as a watchman aud con
tinual as a shepherd, and earnest in the pro
clamation of the law and counsel of God.
This, too, is likely lo be the only occasion when
the congregation shall be Instructed in regard
to their duties towards their minister.
Brethren of this church, love your minister,
be interested in him.
This duty is enforced by the fact that he labors
among you. The minister is a laborer and a
workman. If he make full proof of his minis
try ills mind and his heart will always be fully
exercised, and his anxiety for your spiritual
good will sometimes be a burden almost insup
portable. He is to labor among you and for
you. He Is to instruct you in the great things
of God's law. He is to work for the advauoe
mentof the Gospel. He is to be zealous for the
glory of God, diligent in promoting the purity,
uml imrmuiir. and efficiency of the church, and
puniest in hla efforts for the salvation of tue
perishing. He is to evince affection on all occa
sions, and perform various kind offices
Never act toward your minister as a man.
It gives him the impression that you
care not whether be is hopeful or despondent
iu his work. Never allow hlin to thinK. that
you undervalue his labors among you, aud
that you think him well compensated for his
services. If you do. you cannot prosper by his
ministry. If you do, you will place a burden
on him that will be insupportable. He uues
this office because you nave voluntarily cmi
him to it, aud because God's spirit and provi
dence clearly indicated this to be his duty.
He does not presume by any right of his own
to occupy this position. God has called him t
it, for lu your call he recognizes the call of uod;
and the Presbytery has constituted him your
pastor at your instance. You are never to
forget that he is a mediator for Christ, and he
is placed here to beseech men to be reoonciieu
to God. The minister may have brilliant gins
and attractive social qualities; he may
be learned and eloquent, and for this he will be
esteemed; but the Apostle exhorts you to esteem
a minister for bis works. He who has charge
of the temporal welfare of the populace may be
engaged lu a work of great magnitude, ana
while he receives iis commission from the
people, the minister of the Gospel, whose work
surpasses his comprehension, receives It from
the King of Kings. When he succeeds in re
claiming one soul from sin, there is Joy among
the angels in heaven. The coronation of an
earthly monarch affords angels no special In
terest. The chief suooess of your pastor among
you will depend, In a great measure, upon the
spirit of brotherly love among you. Cultivate
this affection. Love one another with pure
hearts fervently. Bepure.be good.be of one
mind, and the Gad oi love aud peace will bo
wltb you
i A prayer was then offered by the Iter. Dr.
Bhepherd, after whioh the benediction, was pro
nounced by ttev. K. II. Allen. , ,
EASTERl JOY.
A Discourse Delivered on Knitter Sunday,
In Trinity M. K. Church, by the Pastor.
D. H. Sadal, D. D.
IsrECIAL RETORT FOB THK EVRN1N0 TELKflB Am.
"Toe I-ord la risen Indeed." iMktt xxlv, 34.
What a morning for the disciples of Jesus was
thatot the first faster! Death had come down
line a blight on all their prospects, lie whom
they bad followed and honored as the Messiah
bad fallen by the baud of treachery and vio
lence, aided by Judicial authority. The King of
Israel bad been accused and put to death as a
niHleiactor.i The women of his train had seen
1 1 mi perish like a criminal on the cross they
bad followed Him with hopeless sorrow to the
sepu.cbre to embalm Him. The men of His
company were scattered like frightened sheep.
They were Ignorant of tho nature of their
Lord's kingdom. They supposed It had been
ills Mm to set up again the Jewish monarchy
with greatly increased magnificence. Sodeep
was their darkness that, when Jesus salj,
"Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up:" and again, "The Son of Man
must be put to death, and rlso again from
the dead,'1 His meaning did not dawn upon
their souls. They perhaps set these things down
among the spiritual mysteries in whloh their
Msler so frequently indulged. Dealh was like
a sudden pull ing out of the lights in a splendid
picture gallery. The rising glory of tue now
Mtssian.o kingdom. In which his friends were
to be honi.red, aud his enemies punished, was
snuffed out in a moment, aud the whole body
oi the disciples were stunned and left in tho
dark to grope thi lr way they knew not how or
wblthei. Jesus lay dead aud buried. The
Kniniii seal was ou His grave, and the guard
wnlcbed It. A brief career of untieard-ot bril
liancy, of glorious protiile, had apparently
euueu in dishonor. But who can depict the
cliHiige which Sunduy morning brought? Tue
disciples, male and lemale. were overwhelmed
w 1th difappomtment and despair, but they h id
in. t lost luetr love for the Master. Kariv on
Sunday morning, as thrsun began to streak the
Last, Mary Magdalen and tho women wero at
the sepulchre, and so were Peter und John.
How could Mary forget tho love which forgave
somucn7 now couiu i-etor iorget tue Lord
whom in His extremity he had so basolv de
nied? How could John forget the bosom on
which he had so delighted to lean, now cold ou
tlm tlnnr nf ihn fu-milc.hre? Ilr.ra tliav tunra
end what strange developments awaited them !
The sepulchre is open, the body is gone, the
angels are here to utter the raagio word,
"Risen I" Ay, and most wonderful, Jesus him-
sen appears.
Easter has dawned on the world. From the
East the natural sun is Just coming up. The
East is the laud of the morning. Easier is the
new morning of the world now dawning out of
the Lord's open sepulchre. What palace of
king, or temple of wealth or art is so glorious
as wua the grave mat morning! That morning
not ouiy came ueaven uown to eartn. out it eu
tered the grave, and sealed, and pared, aud
wreathed it with celestial glory. And when
that word. "He is risen." reached the disci Dies.
one after another, in humble cottage, in market
place, in tne temple, in Jerusalem, lu liethany.
in Nazareth, in Capernaum, what a fog It
stirred, what a sense of triumph it awakened
We call your attention to the Joy of that
morning, uur tueme is, "i ne joy or Easter,
I'list of all. it is the joy of victory. The ministry
of our Saviour on earth was of the nature of a
contest. On the one side were the powers of
uarKness. representee uy tne NcriDesanu fiia
risees. with the civil authorities, arraying on
their side the wealth, the social position, the
learning, me lasnion.tne cunning. ana me cor
ruption ot the world. Of these forces the god of
this world was the muster and leader. On the
other side was Jesus, with the few obscure
friends He bad gathered about Him. He had
come into the world professedly to set up a new
klnedom. whose law was to be truth, whose
lile purity and justice, and whose bond of
union not power but love. To support His
roviil Dreteusions this1 King claimed
divine character. He professed to be Invested
with all the attributes ot Deity. Speak
ing ot the eternal Father in connection with
Himself, with stranse boldness He said "We.'
'-We are one." He demanded that all men
should honor Him even as they honored the
r alher. Ana yet ills power, as we usea it in
the great struggle with. His foes, was clothed in
the lowliest lorms. in contrast wnn iiisoiami
to be universal King, He was the reputed son
of a carpenter; lie was destitute of the world's
learning; He was poor, not having aplace where
to lay His head; He iiad Ills frlendsand compa
nions among the lowly and Ignorant; Hisalleged
divine power revealed itself, indeed. In splendid
forms, but the splendor was moral, lie went
out against his enemies, not with shield aud
spear, not with horses aud chariots, not with
the noise of battle and with garments of war
riors rolled in blood, but with the weapons of
moral wisdom. His words were weighter
and sharper than drawn swords iu
assailing error; they were sweeter than
honey and brighter than the sun
to the heart of the disconsolate. His extem
pore discourses were words for all coming ages;
they shot down to the last times, the older the
brighter. He spake as one having authority,
and not as the Scribes. The people said. Surely
never man spake like this man. He over
whelmed his enemies, and left them speechless
under the loving blows of His heavenly philo
sophy and logic.
But instead of being convinced, they only
gnashed their teeth und watched the more
eagerly that they might entangle Him
lu His talk, To His moral wisdom He added a
sublime purity of life which defied the micro
scope of the most malicious criticism. He com
bated them lovingly and tenderly, at once with
the holiness aud the wisdom of iieaven. But
they cared for none of these things. Their
hearts, under His sermon on the mount, under
Ills parables, under His heavenly life, remained
cold as a stone. To His moral wisdom
and purity He added supernatural powers.
We can conceive of these powers
being employed differently from what they
were. Elijah, In his contest with theprlostsof
BhuI, overwhelmed the enemies of the living
God with physical force. The fierce anger of
the prophet, like the fire that fell from heaven
and licked up the water from the trenches about
the altar, and consumed wood and sacrifice, fell
on the priests of Baal and destroyed them with
great slaughter. Nay, even in New Testa
ment times, one Elymas, the sorcerer, who
withstood the right ways or the
Lord, was struck blind by a single word of au
Apostle, and Ananias and Sapphira were
smitten dead bv the power of the Gospel.
Even Jesus Himself, when set upon iu Geth
semnne by a lawless band,- and arrested,
alluded to the UBe of miraculous power for the
purpose of personal defense. While His enemies
ruged around Him like wild beasts, aud
when Judos had Just handed him
over to bis foes with tnat kiss of immortal
Infamy, Peter drew bis sword to defend Him.
But Jesussaid to Peter, "Thlnkest thou not that
I could call to my Father, and he would send
me twelve legions of angels?" There spake the
Son of God. His ideas of power go beyoud
armies and earthly Judgment seats. He sees
the array of supernal powers; ihe ranks of
mighty beings that wait in mid air to do the
heavenly bidding; but His kingdom is one of
moral forces; truth, mercy, love, and purity,
shall war for him. The word to Peter is "put
up thy sword. We shall continue the contest
us we began it. I have used and will continue
to use miraculous power against my foes, but
it shall be in gentlest forms of love and meroy."
It is qmte likely that if Jesus, instead of para
bles and gentle and compassionate entreaty,
bad launhed a thunderbolt or two now aud
then among the Pharisees and Sadduceus,
nriiono- the pompous scribss and the self-
conceited lawyers, and had made a few of
them bite the ground in suddeu and terrible
death; It is very likely such arguments might
have been quite convincing.' Multitudes would
have been converted. But such conversions,
the result of physical foroe, are not what Chris
tianity seeks, Rome has tried this method ot
persuasion and worn It out. Her children were
born to her from the wheel and the ruck, and
hence she was haled as a maternal mouster.
She demanded confession with fire and fagot,
and received in response from the brave defi
ance, from the cowardly a craven heart. She
would fight the powers of darkness with their
own weapons, and hence won only worldly
and diabolical victories.
Not thus did Jesus 'conduct the contest.
When Ha would use His supernatural powers
against His foes, His divinity is yoked with the
gentlest, tenderest aims. He touches the dead
visual nerve and Barlimeus sees: He puts the
mnsio of speech Into the dumb throat,
ttDd awakens the echoes once more
in the slumbering labyrinths of hearing. Does
he use the power of the Creator, In turning a
few loaves and fishes Into abundant stores of
food T ii s ouiy wuen his iiobiv """"u wim
pity for the hungry aud fainting multitude.
Does He rebuke the very elements and chain
the sea Into stillness by a word ? it Is only when
Ills disciples are trembling with apprehension,
and appealing: "Lord, carest Thou not that
rn-A Derish?"
Thus in. love, wisdom,
and power, Jesus
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APRIL 22, 1867.
wsrrArt for linRtnhllHhment of His kingdom.
He brought to bear against the blindness, pre-jndlc-e,
etirthlness, lust, ambition, avarice of his
age.aeainst Pharisee and Sadduoee, against -low
n ...1 . 11.. II.. ntlmlnm adll nnWPr llf htlKVeil
He plied up the arguments of inspiration and
miracle, until the rising heap scraped and sbooK (
the very stars of neaveu. m mtmi m ,
bis path the gorgeous Jewels of beaveuiy
truth; the dust of His tread was the
seed of Immortal beauty, and Uie
flowers thnt spraug from tt shall never die.
Belore 111m fled the evil spirit, exorolsed at His
word; behind Him rang the pieans and flowed
the tears of the poor and the sick Ha had
blessed and healed; and sii sroun i umi w. .
moral halo which attested that He had oome
forth from His Father; and yet His foes were
not won, Sometimes the common people heard
lllm gladly; once they were so far carried away
by a III or enthusiasm hi""cj rr.u.
caught Him and made Him a king.
On one occasion, so inn" i""" -,......---
miration that a triumphal entrance luto Jeru
salem was awarded tit in; the people set mm
on an nss, scattered palm branches In ills path,
and spread ttieir garments w"""' 1
very children shouting hosBnna, bade him wel
come to His kingdom as the Son of David. But
II this was short-lived, ms enemies uionen
on with Increasing spile, ana coutiuueu 10
work and plot.
The contest deepened. Jesus is appronshlng
the bour and power of darkness. Judas bo
travs him. The mockery of a trial white
washes a murderous sentence, no uiesums
i,...,..,ic ,i..nt!i und finally is burind. "The
stone guards the sepulchre, the Homati seal
guuids the stone, and the soldiers guard tho
seal." Scribe and rnarasoe, nign rriest huh
Saducee, gnasn ineir leetn biiuihh ymmii
vlciorv! We will have mtde an end of the
Son of the Carpenter. We will have no beg-
gar for OUT king. Bleep quiewy.ouu oi mm.
Hut softly! the end of the contest Is not yel,
but Is near at hand. The Marya weep, with
their love as their sole legacy. The disciples
are all like Peter when he was sluklng in the
sea, only that there is no Master at nanu to
reach them the needed aid. They have ven
tured all, and lost. Hold 1 not so. lie mai
emptied the grave of Lazarus can vacate His
own. The last and worst thing His enemies
could do to Him was lo lane ins life; dui wnat
folly iu them and in His disciples to consider
that a victory. What was death lo Him ? He
accepted the opiate of the cross and the sleep of
the loinD, ana reswu until me man uny. i ueu,
at the moment of apparently confirmed defeat,
the tide of battle turned, and "Victory !" "Vic
tory !" resounded among the scattered, aston
ished, and now reviving disciples. The Joy of
the first Easter was the Joy of victory, the
more glorious because uulooked for both
among the foes and friends of the risen Jesus.
The Joy of Easter Is not only the Joy of vic
toryit is also the Joy of a glorious, heroic con
sistency. It is a sad word when one passing by
shall look on us and say: "Ye began to build,
but were not able to finish." It Is a cuttlug
rebuke when we deserve it to be taunted with:
'Ye did run well; who did hinder you, that ye
should not obey the truth?" "Consistency," as
the word is, "is a jewel, provided always it be
genuine. There is, Indeed, a mere mechanioal
consistency which labors most palnrully to pre
sent the aspect of a dead level of uniformity In
the lile; w hich calls all Improvement change,
and all revolution, whether In principle or
action, vacillation. Such consisteucy clings
ever to the dead past, aud denouncing advance
ment as innovation and folly, dies in the ruts
in which it was born. If such people had
been heeded, the world would still
having been travelling at the rate of three
miles an bour Instead of thirty, plus and
needles would still have been made with ham
mer and tongs; steam aud lightning would
have remained still undomesticated, Columbus
and Watt and Fulton would have died in mad
houses, and Luther and Calvin and Wesley
would have been knocked on the bead and put
out of the way as soon as they appeared. The
pioud, stark, frozen consistency which rots in
maintaining Itself would have been preserved.
And what a world we should have had, If,
indeed, by this time we had bad any !
Tiue consistency is bold. It Is the
father ot Innovation, the generator of
wholesome and purifying revolutions. It is
logical because honest. It sees new results
ol the old truths, and boldly accepts
them. Such consistency has always
marked the heroes and martyrs of our race.
This is eminently true in religion. When the
Church has buried herself uuder her accumu
lating forms and forgotten their meaning;
when she has strangled truth iu its gorgeous
robes, her heroes have looked through the rai
ment of ages and seen the life and blood of
truth, and set themselves to develope and libe
rate It. But straightway they have been
branded and hunted and sacrificed as heretics,
as introducers of new doctrine. Not so. They
bad only got to tbe kernel of the old truth, and
shown it to meu with its disfiguring raiment
stripped off, and in new and glorious appli
cations. When such a conspicuous example of noble
manhood has come on the stage, how interest
ing it has been to watch his development ! As
we follow his career, either on tbe page of
history, or in the unfolding drama of tne pre
sent. How anxious we are that the end may
not blast the promise of the noble beginning
and midway progress! If he weakly falters,
and having begun in the spirit, ends in the
flesh falls from the steep of glory which he
had more than half-way climbed how
we sicken In contemplating the mangled
wreck ! Richard Cobdon, who lately died,
bemoaned by the friends of freedom
throughout the world, was the champion of
human rights in England. He spent his life
laboring to Improve thecondition of tbe masses.
He stood side by side with the poor. When he
rose to power the aristocratic party tried to buy
in m. Twice did they offer him a place in the
Cabinet. To accept would have been to sell out
und come down from his lefty position. Had
he done so, his humiliation would have sent a
pang to every heart that loved mankind. He
nobly refused. He had met hostility, be could
aho withstand craft and blandishment and
bribe; and bis nobly sustained consistency
yields even now a thrill of Joy to all hearts In
sympathy with human rights.
Or to change tbe sphere of the Illustration,
suppose grand old Luther had wilted before
the Emperor at the Diet of Worms, and signed
a recantation! How painful is tbe very thought!
In that case Luther had not been Luther. Then
would there have been no Luther in Church
history. But no, he said, "Convince me out of
the holy Scriptures." They could not, and
there he stood, a single monk against two em
pires, the secular and the spiritual, greater and
stronger than both of them. And there he
stands yet, grown into a great mountain,
rugged, volcanic, explosive, ricn with the tro
phies of battered Rome, and crowned with the
gratitude of all the reformed churches.
But the Joy of Easter is tho Joy of a still higher
consistency. Jesus, lo the Jews of His day, was
alsoan innovator. They saw their expected Mes
siah through eyes of greed and ambition. He
must, in their view, be a plumed warrior and a
sceptred prince. Jesus would not be such, aud
yel He would be Messiah King. He warred with
their errors to the lust and died. But the death
which iu other heroes of men was tbe noble end
of a consistent life, seemed lncouslstentin him,
or, at least, it would become inconsistent if He
remained under the dominion of death. He had
said He must rise from the lomb. He bad said
He had power to lay His life down and to take
it again. Ay. more than that, He was Lord of
tbe living and the dead. The world was made
by Him, and He wasin thebeginnlngwithUod.
He had declared that He would judge the world,
gathering all nations at His bar as a shepherd
gathers his Hocks. And shall He remain in the
grave like one of His own creatures? Other
miracle workers, doing their works in the name
of another, might sleep on In the dust of
death; but ' Jesus, who wrought miracles
in His own name, and bad miraoles wrought
in His name by others, must vindicate ills
claim to be Lord of life. No sign of mortality
or weakness must abide with Illra. He must
carry the burdens of humanity, but He must
also triumph over, purify, and immortalize
them. He must end His earthly pilgrimage as
He began it; angels sungand new stars glittered
at His birth; wind and sea obeyed Him; wine
and bread sprang into being at His word; dis
ease Hushed into health before lllm, and death
trembled at His approach; the sun veiled him
self, and the Holy of Holies unveiled Itself, and
the saints that slept la their graves arose when
He gave up the Ghost. Oh ! how fittingly, how
grandly was such a life crowned by the miracle
of Easter. Without that the King had received
every honor but His crown. Without that the
last link In Ills Divine genealogy had been lack
lng;without that the last verse had been wanting
to the epic of His life, the last stanza to the
triumphant lyrio of the Church. Oh! If Jesus
bad continued in the grave, your faith and our
preaching had been vain. That grave would
have cast tbe cold shadow of doubt back on
all His glorious life; but as it is, the miracle of
Easter makes Christ's tomb to flame with
light, and to Illuminate all that went before,
It was the consistent end of bis earthly lie.
Tbe Joy of Easter, again, is a Joy of death,
flertlu is a paradox. How can there be a
joy of death? k And how can the resurrection
tie that Joy? We answer, first of att,
t.he cross Raves ns. It tells of vicarious dying.
But If Jesus did not rise, if there was no glorious
Easter after the mournful Good Friday, then
Jesus died for Himself alone. It Is the miracle
of the resurrection that lifts theorems above
common instrument oi sum-ring, and converts
it into an altar on which Is expiated the world's
guilt. The sepulchre Illuminates the cross, nnd
through the sepulchre a fitting sacrifice ascends
to the most holy place lo present its wounds oa
our behalf.
But tbe resurrection is also the Joy of death
In a general sense It is the Joy of death in the
caseof all tho good. If Jisus' resuriecUon is
the proof and pledge of ours; if becauso He
rosd we shall rise and follow Him into the
tlorious state of holy Immortals, then death
ecomes a blessing and a charm, it is the gate
1o the celestial city. Its workmanship is heavy,
its bronze bars and panels are dark; it has no
windows through which we may see the i
glories beyoud; lis opening may be a paln
lul process, senoing the Jar of Its hoarse
eieak through all the dissolving members; but
this will only enhance the sweetness of the
prospect w hen once it Is opened and our de
llghied spirits have entered. What la wanted,
is n distinct faith in Clnlsl's resurreotton. Such
a faith Paul bail; he had seen his risen Lord;
be had been iu the third heaven; ho said he
bad a desire to depart; he declared, "To be ab
sent trom lhe body, was lobe present with lhe
liOrd;" het-atd death belonged lo the Christian,
When we remember that Paul. In the lile of dan
ger which he led, lived, as it were, right at the
ooorof dealh, and knew so well wnat lay on
the oilier side, the wonder Is, how he could ooti
tent himself lo remain in the body. Aud, in
deed, he was only content to remain as a duty.
He desired to go. That is, as far as he dared,
be courted dealh, and walled for it as a great
gain. To him it was no more thau be "un
clothed tnat he might be clothed upon.'
I bis is the view taken of death by tuose who
have most thoroughly imbibed the ChrlslUu.
idea of its meaning. How long has it been
since one of our own number said, as she lay
at lhe dark gateway awaiting its opening, as
she thought of tbe glory atiout to burst ihrougtx
it, as death became transfigured Into and iden
tified with the Immortality of which it was
about to become iho minister she exolal-.ned,
"Oh, glorious death!" Aye, to her it was
swallowed up iu victory; 1. e., it was converted
luto victory; it was transformed into a glorious
personage, Just ready, with smiling face and
open arms, lo liana her Into the waiting
chariot.
With such views as these, death would lose
all its terror; the day ol dealh would be waited
for as ryir own particular Easier. Why not? If
to die k to be glorified ; If it be to see Jesus, to
leave pain, to end doubt, to be quit of sin and
of temptation: if It is to be crowned forever,
why not go to death as to our highest Joy?
Why not covet It, and only do the work of life
sweetened by its light and waiting with plea
sure till it come?
TLIs was Uie feeling of Charles Wesley, whem
be wrote that strange but beautiful hymn, be
ginning: "Ab, lovely appearance of death."
This hymn has been severely criticized, and
tbe last editors of our Hymn Book ;have very
unwisely omitted it. Only suppose the writer,
or any Christian, to be thoroughly penetrated
with the thought of the glory lo which only
ueath can introduce him. and death at onoa
assumes a friendly face, and grows even mors
beautitul as lie is more looked at.
But hear a verse or two of Wesley's bymn:
"All! lovely appearance of death.
What sight ii poo eurlh Is so lulr?
Not all lhe gny pageants Ihat breuthe
Can with a dead body compare.
"With solemn delight I survey
The corpse wbeu the spirit Is fled,
Iu love with the beautiful clay,
Aud longing to lie la lis stead.
"How blest Is our brother, bereft
Of all that could burden bis mind!
How bappy tbe soul that has lett
This wturlbeaie body behlud I
"Ot evil Incapable thou,
Whose relics with envy I see;
No longer In misery now,
No longer a si nuor like me !"
If one should see vividly the glory to which
death alone can Introduce him, surely the ln
stiument would catch some of tne glory and
beauty.
The joy of Easter, then, tbe Joy of Christ's
rising, is the Joy of His victory, the Joy of a
sublime and heroic consistency, the Joy of
death Itself. But, brethren, has the Joy
parsed away wltn the first Easter? By
no means. It did not nil belong to
thefewwbosaw Jesus after His resurrection.
The victory is permanent, the consisteucy be
tween His sublime life and His resurrection ia
as glorious now as when it was first said, "He
is not here; He Is risen;" the glorifying of death
in the very dominion of the grave is as real now
to Christian faith as it was at first to the eyes
of Mary Magdulene, or to the hands of Thomas
As the resurrection of the Master gave new
meaning and power to the words of Christ for
those who had heard them from His own mouth,
so now it pours brightness on the Old Testa
merit which Christ quoted, on the ClospeU
which he uttered, and on the Epistles of those
who had seen the Lord, and who show in
every word that they are writing
under the inspiration of the vision, and, cer
tainly, of the great feet. Yes, brethren, the Joy
of Kuster, the power of the resurrection, per
vades the testimony of the Sacred Books. No
one can read the New Testament without see
ing both that the disciples were as certain of
the resurrection of our Lord as of their exist
ence, and that they were perfectly conversant
with the facts to whloh they testify.
The joy of Easter to-day, as at the first, gives
ns humanity glorified above weakness; a human
prince over the Church; not at Rome, but at
Jerusalem; not at the earthly but the heavenly
Jerusalem; not a pope, but a God robed In the
body that slept in the tomb of the Arliuathean
Joseph. This hour the Joy of Easter shines
in every Christian graveyard, in every
Christian sick-room, and gilds all Christendom
with tbe light and hope or a distinct personal
immortality. All hall, imperishable Joy of
Easier ! Thy morn ie the brightest or the year;
thy first dawning ushered in a new age; then
began the Suu or righteousness, coming up
with healing in His wings, travelling In the
greatness of Ills strength, to draw the attention
and homage of the world to His majesty. AU
hall, thrice hail, Joy of Easter ! With thy
glory is glorified the Cross and every word and
holy deed of Scripture. Tbe souls of God's
people realize thee in a spiritual sense. The
risen Lord is risen within them, and they,
with Him, are risen to newness of life. The
outer Easter Is the figure of tbe Inner; the
glory nf the risen Lord strikes Inward, and the
soul, on Its Kaster wings, mounts up to wor
ship the ascending Lord.
AMUSEMENTS.
New Chesnut Street Theatre. This even
ing, at tbe request of many ot Mr. Murdoch's
Iriends, Shakespeare's splendid comedy of Much
Ado About Nothing will be repeated, with a tina
east. Mr. Murdoch plays "Benedick;" Mi93
Josie Orton "Beatrice;" Mr. Msckay "Dog
berry," and Mr. Lennox, "Vergesi"
Akch Street The tre. Lady Don, widow of
Sir William Don, the eccentric Knglish come
dinn, eommeuces this evening an engagement
at the Arch. She possesses a splendid voice,
and Is said to be great in burlesque and high
comedy. This evening she plays "Bella Sunny
side," in The Jretty HorseOreaker, and the
"Earl of Leicester," m the f amous burlesque of
AeriLteorlli.
Walnut Street Theatre We are pleased
to note that Horace Wigan's celebrated comedy
ot Bosom irtendt will be produced with a fine
east.
Miss Effie Germon will take her benefit to
moirow (Tuesday) evening, at this etablish
meiit, and appear at Eugenie m the comedy
of Ine Husband of My Heart, aud as "Miles Na
Coppaleeu,'in.B.yrou's burlesque of Mist Uily
V Connor, the entertainment commencing wiMt
the farce of 2he Stetple Vknse. Miss Germon Is
a versatile and vivacious actress; very pleasiuir
In a number of serious roles, and brimful of
delicate gayety in those features of burlesauo
lor which, she is captivatingly fitted.
American Theatre. Mr. Sam Colljer la re
'ehed t this establishment tor another week.,
lhe whole company will appear In a very at
tractive bill. v-. '
Mr. James Pilgrim had a real benefit on last
Ihursday evening at the American. Ills net
proceeds footed up a thousand dollars, aud Mr.
Robert Fox, the lessee, presented Mr. FiUrrim
with handsome gold watch, suitably inscribed.
I Mr. Habelkan's Concert. Tickers are In
demand lor this gem of a concert) and as the
Foyer is small, we advise our friends to be early
in applying at the music stores. Mr. Habelmun,
brings a iirst-class pianist iu Mr. Wheat, a supe
rior vocallBt In Miss Bee bo, and a renowned vie
lhiUtluMr. I's-zunnskt.