We understand the cost of the restorations has been between £5000 and £6000, the greater part of which has been subscribed, though there still remains (as is the case in most works of this extensive character, where there is much work that cannot be foreseen), a deficiency of a few hundred pounds. We understand the money collected on Tuesday (including £100 received that morning from LORD BECTIVE, £50 by MR. JOHN WHITWELL, and some smaller sums sent by post, amounted to £330, and about £170 more had been promised or sent within the last few days The pulpit, which is the gift of the Freemasons of Cumberland and Westmorland, is a noble, beautiful structure; the material is Shap granite, syenite marble, and other kinds of stone, beautifully decorated with various symbols sculptured in alabaster. Upon the whole, the restoration has been made with admirable taste and discrimination, and will for ages redound to the honour of the present generation of parishioners and of their respected Vicar. The Church, which had been chastely and massively decorated with devices and festoons of evergreen, was opened on Tuesday morning, at half-past eight, for holy communion. At a quarter to twelve, morning service was held. There was a very large congregation. The REV. J. CHAPELHOW, curate, read the first portion of the prayers: the REV. J. M. MASON read the first lesson; and the Vicar, the REV. CANON SIMPSON, D.D., read the latter prayers. The choral service was warm and hearty, the hymns sung being the 164th and 64th of ' Hymns Ancient and Modern ' THE LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE preached from St. Matthew, ii, part of verse 11, "When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts - gold, and frankincense, and myrrh." He first spoke of the day on which they had met together for this solemn purpose - the Feast of the Epiphany, which, in its most general aspect, might be described as the Feast of the Preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles. The Jews looked for a Messiah who would restore the national splendour of King David's reign; but it was the purpose of God to send a Messiah who would extend to the whole world the privileges which the Jews hoped to keep to themselves. This being so, and the Gospel of St. Matthew being as was stated, originally written in Hebrew, and therefore primarily intended for people of Hebrew blood, we could understand why this story of the wise Men from the East was inserted in it, rather than in any of the other Gospels; for it proved that the Gospel of Christ was intended for the whole world, and not for the Jews only; it proved that even in the childhood of the Saviour, it had pleased God to bring from afar, country men to worship Him, and that the first fruits of the Church were not of the Chosen Nation, but Gentiles. He did not intend to pursue that line of thought further; rather, he wished to connect the subject with the re-dedication - after the expenditure of much money, much time, and much thought - of this beautiful church to the worship of Him to whose service it was first dedicated many centuries ago. With exceeding simplicity of language and illustration, the Bishop narrated the story of the Wise Men; and drew several lessons from it. They not merely worshipped the infant Christ; they were not content with mere lip service; they opened their treasures, and took out the most precious things they contained. And not only were these gifts the most precious they possessed, but they were offered freely, without the hope or expectation of any return; and here the Bishop was led to remark that while it is a proper and a right thing that men should come to Christ in order to obtain the blessings He alone could bestow - for Christ had entreated them so to come - still, we had much to learn from the conduct of these few men who came on a long journey, who had no boon to ask, who simply desired to worship Him and to make an offering to Him of their best; he feared that sometimes a blessing might be missed because we thought too much of what Christ could do for us, and too little of the privilege of simply worshipping Him and presenting to Him our choicest gifts. This led him to speak of the gifts which it became us to present to Christ