The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03


.8i ai ~ Mr.. Hnliisra's Sermon
AT the request Of friend, we copy the following VIVID
sketch 81 sermon recently delivered BY the honorable
Mr.. billiard Of the House Of Representatives, at the
Methodist chapel in this city, which we md in letter
published in the New York Globe. And we will take
-ths ouuouny to add that have no letters from
mi. civ written with more ability and more elegance
Of style than those which have recently appeared in the
New York Globe.
sKEroH HrLLIARps SERMON.
Mr. Hard of Alabama. preached in Of the Method.
churches Of this city last Sunday morning. and brief
outline OF his mag enable your readers judge
theme noble one, aording scope for the highest
reaches Of reasoning and eoquence, being founded
the l7h OF the Let chaper Of John, "The law
Christ. = 80
Hsbegan his discourse by observing that the promulga-
ton Of the law BY Moses and the advent Of our Saviour,
III Is ne as s nS
ny Of the last with that the hfs The period when
msIIng Igh, shons II Egypt, but The resi- Of The ns,ioa.
were sunk n darkness: hsI people barSaon, and wholly
and Gospel were Be regarded single sysem and
e thus and ID RI
which the time and tho required. Its announce
.S a sa. s ss n sas
e Y x The people s s who s
M ana her %sd d0osd Z al
wisdom ofhe Egyptians and Of such nuePdity that there
cd So ALTO Of the miracles which he wroughl stern and
terbe they blast the nation with plaques and tempests
hrstborn the land. For occasoned By
his resolue spirit he into exile Wandering day
the Petty con6srns Of ordinary M ana expanding IN en-
iaEsd sympathy with the scenery about him he hears
be irod was holy. and be bush sncompasssd with
flames bu. not consumed He here recognised type Of
soy his nation Heoturns for their deyeance, In obedi-
The preacher then drew rapid but vivid picture of the
The Isrsete Of the journey through the wilder
Is y eas peop o
advent Of the Saviour and the Of the Gospel
~ o. a. would have BEEN better
aseryans by whom our steps were guided rom and 70
He described the stpe of the world the coming of
Christ The colossal power Of Rome had subjugaed the
from the Euphrates 70 the Atlantic the people Of the
word under political system, and speaking Ian
nation Judea, province Of the Roman empire the Cos
pei proclaimed there, other words in the face Of the
assert ihss ihis hing was no, done in corner" an
Aaxpsian age Of ART and learning Socrates struggling in
his efforts reach unto knowledge Of the unknown God
P.G soaring upon phoso ps Wing 70 hsa,.n and
earth the temple shading in its beauty, fire flaming upon
u sisr and The soling incense Of morning and evening
then that all that this
lot Of tho cross as the only poin, where God and man
oouh meet and forgiveness and regeneration be found
He conrastcd the and severity of the former dis
psnsaon with the geneness and mercy Of the latter
exhibited in the appearance, the person. and the ministry
Of Christ. No hunderings, and ghlninys and shaking
eart Indicate the coming Of the Son of Man. but OF
hope pouring s mild directing upon shepherds, who
upon the PLAIN Of Bethlehem watch their ocks by night
To show ihat Hts kingdom spiritual one and needed
the adventurous splsndor Of thrones and sceptes He
took upon himself the form Of servant, though Lord of all
He ntedsred with existing Phaasees
gladly The learned stand aoo but crowds gather
the mountaiu's side upon the shore Of the seathe
mother with her babe manhood In its strength
and old age leaning upon its stafand listen the
that spzke man spoke. What do they hear
Blessed the pure in heart for they shall God !.
Blessed the mecifu, for they shall obtiin mercy
The penalties denounced ainst the Of
insisted upon that purity and holiness of
spifit which prevent the itself from being committed
The law ressmbled an alpine tempest, struggling amid
the MONTANA, while
a-hr the rafting crass among
= Ne ~ t Leaps the live thunder"
and prostratng essess Jury the works Of and
Of mans the Gospel genial sun, shining, when the tenn
pest passed away, upon fair landscape aud bath
ing all things ia It's warm and mellow light
The application close Of this sermon, which lasted
hour, equally sustained and directed illustrate
under both dspensaons aud Ia endea show
tho necessity OF the advent Christ Ia order that he moral
government the Deity might be vndicatcd, and yet
way OF delverance be opened up for man.
MI billiards voices deficient both in compass and
riety but the building, In which he spoke, of
small dimensions, and these deficiencies OBJ