Herald Of The Times

Expensive Worship.-Religion is decidedly looking up in New York--it is becoming fashionable, and may, for all we know, increase into a furore equal to the Jenny Lind mania. The competition for pews at the auction in Calvary Church, a few days ago was quite spirited-and far better sustained--as the bidding for the first Lind concert tickets at Castle Garden. $1160 was paid for a single pew. Many would-be fashionables had to postpone the payment of small debts to secure their seats for Dr. Hawks preaching. We notice.one bid of $1950 for a single pew by a man who owes a neighbor of ours $563,32-money lent eighteen months ago! This is a fair specimen of New York morals. We see no reason why a man should not convert devotion into a luxury, equally with the opera, if he can afford it; but these spenders of other people's money should be kept out if possible.