The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-27
LOCAL MATTERS.

SEnxoH--On Sunday last we had the pleasure
OF listening to 1 sermon delivered BY Rev. MI.
Early, one of the most unaffected, original, moving
and jealous speakers Of the ministerial class OF the
Methodist Church He preached TO crowded
congregation in Asbury Chapel, from the otn
verse Of the lst chapter of Isaiah "Come now, snd
LET us reason together, saith the Lord; though
your sins be a. scarlet they shall be as white as
snow; though they be red like crimson, they snail
be as wool" The earnest gospeLnessenger nrst
explained at length the charges preferred against
the people of Judah, by the prophet, in the con-
mencement of the chapter, viz ingratifuoe seinsn-
ness, ignorance, universal sin and continuing In
eviLdoingsand then applied them to our own sln'
full generation. What language followed the cnare
es continued the preacher In most earnest ana
impressive words the people were exhorted 10 WASH
and make clean, to to do evil and learn 10 90
we'll They iwere then plainly and affec1onaieiy
asked by the Great Father to reason with Him con-
corning their sins, and thus be convinced OF the ne
cessity of rsgeneraton-and though their sins
might be as scarlet, they should become as white
| as snow. This imagery, Mr.. T. said. was most
pointed and effective. To create the color OF scar
let it was customary to dye twice-it was double
dye; and thus with sinners they were douoiy oyed
in sin. First, there the sin of Adam that fen
upon mankind, the seed Of all evil, and thea there
was the sia O. actual commission, after person
had become familiar with right and wrong.
Allusion was then made to the character and ef-
feet of sin. There were two classes of sinners in
communities, one leading good, moral lives the
agents of the adversary yelled as the angels OF light
the other open undisguised harpi9s OF Satan, and
every sin committed by the latter class, struck
thousand blows. There were many of these perpe-
traitors of sin whose elevated standing in the COM
munity lent an influence to their evil action that
perpetuated it, and caused it to be INIT tied by hun
dreds and thousands. The author of the games of
faro and cards generally was one of Satans most
efficient agents-and truly had his sin struck
thousand blows of evil, misery, ruin, and corrup-
ton. The patronage of the race field and of drink
nghouses, by men occupying high positions in
society, contributed to the spread of those evils
and thus did their sin strike thousand blows. The
closing warnings of the good man-"eloquent"
against the devices of sin-and his warm and melt.
ing invitations to to the paths of light and vir
tue, will ever be remembered by those who heard
them.
The long season of revival in progress at this
church will be brought to close this week-the
fruit thereof being an addition to its membership
of some sixty persons. We trust soon to see the
foundation of neat and commodious new church
laid on the grounds now occupied by the
Chapel! for, at present, owing to the necessarily
limited accommodations furnished, hundreds are
disappointed every Sunday of admission. We re-
spectfully suggest, with the incoming of the warm
season. full ventilation of the Chapel during SER
vice, and the expatriation of those offensive and
nauseous tobacco spittoons