The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-29 00:00:00

FIEST SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE

AT It .P4UL'B.

Yesterday, being Advent Sunday, was appro-
middy rote the merlon of the leasrual evening service
M St. Prd's Cathedral, as evert whisk tie public bad boa
lid to andelpate ems tins powlesely, end which is too
mmorile to Medi sad too rereskoble t. la bearigs mot to
deserveritpatimbea. dram awe lima tires cesteriss
=, idly. mof
op idles Commesdes ea the very roe
ai that body, Mr Won=
Bermasdria4a ettirmo:w:ear mold
embmiabahithiwamdl=l24, ambit efzerti, mil re-
roceatly
ties plass la dot woes. me owing, set le say sow-bora
seal of theirs, bat I. emerged. cicadas' of the Xfag—sho
egralm's own hat hind, Hoary VllL—wholead lashed on
• more Maud perdereames of their MEW dada. No molt
se* en wore4= smillost is amid
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Olitroasidla the r d dirdp—de lien d lir Nur.
dd. repeet se ware ssiliag Oho whole
=r—et is hat that tie IsMailies to • peed dr propel"
le se ildieg ipse dom se esse ems as
Tie mot afloat atglatere elardell millt=drrawbocis,
se rather with me f~eg orms Iseiloolol dinedmodages.
Tien were tee may possum maims to Ire punt as the
oresioa sad iris •W Milady if 100 on ta meant
li gismos to
,satimial--by Wok lin rad. woe
litmged la a smear sot La
mime ertlitoliolMehr eirester of a religiose sinks.
In het, fro a somddreils disbar doss pm-
sods& • goer& which amid owls aid .book be the
famed of fie NU of lifelinglia. Oa ewe side, moo
ispeordy Imerde Me sap st Me elnot, the promosmt wee
draily tworded. mat ors lip seal Wen limbed vr via
=tmecardegm seta emetsseo, sad harm kir,
hes. of poilse Wog rerdrei le peons a mo-
sr Fs relalsio solo. The VIM 1111161111 messed
the gels most It to tie loath wire Mimed hiss be Velma,
and wisa No doses wee at length opmell to or food
arressm le made tiosemie uYe peeled meaty to, ad-
mid.; Y laving beta doeided behesiesd, Y eider to pee-
vest smaisks, that only as many amid to allowed to eater
et
meld eirla mots.

annher--of proses- wan aindtisatiskik itehaiag
the madam of the weld masa em the eke. and
the smalaing of lin amenities who ; and WlWl-
pest six, hall ea bear, that is, beim SP melee emaninead,
ria;"provelideoli °Witth.ohadiures. w'rawealliatend"ilster=
wic::•=otaly errand, the antibis dime eauellinably
bat pion* with the disk sad peens
between the dome end the cepa Gen wen la ell net las
that three themes. panne moneltiall. The ant buff
comprised 600 eager& The Riparian of the mei set spin
for worship was mare NM that of en name, church than
n=ve been expend mandering the construction of the
oi
. At the martitandl an& ettainales ',the dome wars
curtain farming • SOSINIIIIIIM bll/1/617; sad altogether the
space allotted to the swam was as deaths& es to have some-
what of the ordinary aped of • plan of worship. The
mesas paha d the rend etelinea was set apart for the
clergy end the dace, a the
inter gat= bag Bald by
the ooagresidoe. The soul wee pmsd at
the north-eseinni corner ed ths dam, FRG et Gs swede
eastern oortar, while the dank fen ti. Irmo was
midway between the two. The when area was
brilliantly lighted, • bendifial ring of jets, which
sanded the dorm Ilimineng tile WM
:=and nadarbag legible the masa print below. With
to the ongreptica, the most noticeable feature
we the extremely meta payortioa of fed which
am minim no on who remembers how terribly female.
refired at the drat night of the opting of West/ninon(
It3llrem the previiting style dial Dar the pulpit,
hove been Marred that in seapegailat came
emialvely hem the middle data ; but in other
paste dale dens an seta a large number of prawns who
=Wings& M On wcang damson.
bolas 7 &sleek Go Lord Mayor arrived in the aide
babe saanynded by ilk W. Cann (the late
yi^ G. Carroll, Mr. Aldermen Rase, Mr.
Alines oebew, sad Mr. Sheriff Goner. The nankilpel
rfEmate awe the resdiag desk. The Bishop of
riuXi wee pesner of us secasion, the Beau of
at A sad Gs meeekse of Ito simpler parent, sat claws
to the pipit Mein
Belloryferthar it may lie as well to say a few
wadi men the choir. This anallwirod nearly 600
velum sal Mani by Mr. G. W. Martin, the
muter-200 trans sad alias, 160 noor . and l buses.
It was doallition eh* ingest and moot oomplete choir
ever yet amiss{ Ahem& ta te any •• curtail sins
the Dan eat ed Mr. Mmen to undir.
take the tank. The the solemn and simple
nano of Tells was peal and sublime, and cam
badly fail to have • snots inpresion on the
ands of all who were in the cathedral. With the addi-
tional banns whisk it will man tinder such • muter es the
gentlania reed, w oboe will ao doubt snit the giant
pantile idideaoy. Mr. Goa presided with his anal ability
"!?

It is—irsiTay neemeary to Day that the warming apparatus
which had be. prepared with so much mire was on this
owed= shad sepelleous, on account of the mildness of
the weather; • does doves were, however, in full opera-
lice. Happily. moreover, the draughts for which Bt. Paul's
is so remaikable were eating absent.
TYwoltasrepaedotbeaodlMlkyofthe the lessons,
and the sermon wee by so mesas no es mold be
desihd. The two ken= wire cerrinly very tailed in
the ears of ea WIMPS tproperticin of the anamediem, the
eoice of the minister being fitful and i is
theca The &hot was is. serious la the ern ef the emeca,
pertly owing peeler s
pathe sumer= Mere= of the
percher, said the t stemegth ef lb weed=
At sera the Er. W. O. P. Weider,
Cron, ccuemeard ordiesey easing facie& The lira=
were read by the Dees; the respeness e=g to the mods
by Mills. Wen rehired to. After the third collect wee
smog the 10016 Pea=, a All pee* that en earth do dwell,
Ito." Isterdietely beano the omen one the Hymn com-
mencing, ' Hoses.= to the living Lead," and it was ob•
saveable that in all the =th=egatkin united with
the choir as far as the of the place would
permit.
Ths Bishop eimaimmeed hie sermon shunt eve mins=
after eight. Ma tent arse taken from the Le chapter of the
let Eine= of Bt. Paul to the Corinthians, and the 7th
verse, the words of it beteg " Waiting for the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ." He commenced by connecting the test
with the former part of the verse," Bo that ye coma =bind in
no ph," the gift. relined to, he said. being •Pnitual gift ;
and poised out that the rutted emelimione of the beet
Christians at Corinth were oinnexted with their " welting
for the coining of their Lord." Adverting to the fact that
that day was the first Sunday in Advent, and reminding his
hearers of the collect with which they most be familiar,
and la which they wars celled upon to " oast
away the works of darkness," and " pat on
the armour of light," he said there was no man there
who did not mesa to keep Christina—end how should they
keep it, unless It were with thoughts of the coming of the
Lord Jima Christ? The thoughtless world kept Christmas
with rioting and drunkeaness. Christmas-tit= sloe' was
marked era in this Christie' lend with more than the
usual signs that 'umbers bed gives themselves up to low
pursuit.. ; but he who would keep Christman aright—he who
would know anything of the trim joy of that period,
would hallow it with thoughts of the coining of
Christ. They had much need to be warned.
Year slier year was peening away ; the world era
growing old; all thieve except their own saki hes=
were gettiag ready for the coming of the Lord. Wee
it not well that the watchman should be beard prooktiniag
the bones as they penesd_, end them that the night
was =Main sway? Was it not well that there should be
the yearly sammene of the church, designed to arouse them
from their drowsy date Borne as they were along the
river of time, moray a Wine did they voyage ia beaded
Stn-
tity as they Sow past Ile beaks; km they were Phial
nearer and Nearer to he acids, god many a vat= would
be dashed to please at the hist It wee well that
that mating genies was cemzememi on Advent Suaday,the
beginning of the sense of Bendoys whisk*, Prayer Book
marked throughout the year; for this seemed a sort of sign
that they should enter on a regular sad shay course as re-
garded religion. What tort of " ought theirs to
be? Tree was a dell =the, which was the soar= form
in which in were waited for the Lord% comen. There
wee hardly • ass be ad 'metropolis who did ad behove that
the day of jahrineat was coming, however Log it might be
delayed. If any mem said him that be did not believe it,
he knew that he did we speak the truth. His
heart was stirred et times with uneasy =Bum which told
him that he did belie= what he woad williegly pit from
him. But the dull whin whisk wee ihmederiatic of most
nominal Cherie= was not that of wheat the ter spoke.
This waiting was that to which Bt. Peter min= when he
used the words looking for and hedialvatto the sershg
of the day of Gad." He. should ohm Mil of the
of the Lord— hel isk it so• reality. Tharibedd Se=
of it merely es the alert who. afro, rails( his
was dreadieg. paudelement. Many a r
the day of pediment only as a day of pialhienene to
himself but God GAM that Chickheat ante to
them as the mister Si vwgmnee, Gel pelt that
faith ta tbee pairs end Lod able =re
life far thos they night he mai= M lifitilielead le the
fey of His mei& met en sky ef Ike gimbal
se day of joy sied easemes. As healiteergar
thedawn of terraistg so would the Ina quill= for
oreb ; es they who, peat tip la else tester
by their wandes, ale dash skein the. ta
relienned the am= =deb bid of th&rt
pack the ddivaing, army, a wadi true
teas rejoin at the craw of the Lord, if He
indeed cause as their deliverer. No more leartehen, so
more =arrow of mad or body. me more harper of aid
ago, so mare dolmen, lio SOre iisatk—Christ word h•ve
set them Ira. That Ades= Baday would, he lesseed, be
la aims pees= as biginig of • aidelhe Ism h