Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-27
NEWS.


Christian Association met saturday evening at the
HaH on Pennsylvania avenue, opposite Browns
Hotel; and after a very interesting lecture by Dr.
samson the meetings were suspended till after
IT, sultry season.
Yesterday the churches generally were well
attended, morning and evening.
Ia. ISSsBl5Iy'S Church Andrew g Ca
rnthers pastor, preached in the morning from
Esther. eth chap, nth verse-'' For IL thou alto
gether holdest thy peace at this time then shall
there enlargement and deliverance arise TO the
Iews from another place; but thou and thy fathers
horSr shall be destroyed, and who knOweth
WHETHER thou art come to the kingdom for such a
tim. as this" The history Of Esther is full of in
t'rcst. She was made queen, and came to the
Kingdom at the time when Henan was about To
destroy the Jews. Her action prevented his ac-
,omPlishing his designs God always delivers
his people from danger, and aids in every eIner-
.sncy by displays Of his power. The church Is
his agent To save He chooses those who are
to meet the wants Of the times. When they fall
deIveranCe arises from another quarter. He brings
up new men tO carry out new measures Every
Christian who has right views Of his position can
not I've discouraged by opposition, nor defeated by
the execution OF the divine purposes. Esthers
ease gives encouragement; and all things work to-
s.,ther for good to them that love God At night
the funeral sermon OF W. II. NJ Offutt who died
from the effects Of wounds received by fall from
Wizards Hotel while there engaged I'm his en-
plOgIncnt. his companion. Mr.. StreekS, having
previously died. y was preached before the WASH
ington Lodge Of the |. %. O. F. This lodge
promptly attended to their brother, he being a
member of Franklin Lodge in the city Of Balt-
more TeEt-Judges, Sth chap, 18th verse, and
Joshua, 18th chap, 3d verse They Were my
brethren Leave them in the lodging place where
We sh1ll lodge - The preacher enumerated all
the particulars of Mr.. Oiutt's sickness. and spoke
Cf the tender scenes at his death bed. Amidst
great physical suffering, he calmly submitted to
the Will Of sod, and departed in hope of blessed
Immortality The attentions Of his family. and
Of The W Washington Lodge, were spoken of with
highest praise lie had often witnessed the SYM
Patly and devotion Of the Order to each other and
II was pleasant to bear each others burthen and
:" tuihIl the law OF Christ. lodging place, an
abode Tor night, I'm pilgrim and a stranger,
AN tiiry but hlg ht death is universal certain
Y" must lodge without discrimination as to age or
condition may come suddeBly-ends human hopes
and dcSnlates human hearts The discourse was
closed nv an appropriate application Of the event
10 the widow, the brothers and sister the family.
to Young men, to hls companions in trade To MEM
hers of the Washington Lodge and members of
the order generally, and to all present that when
death comes II may find all in the enjoyment of
certain hope Of eternal life through Jesus Christ
and have God our lodging place-our dwelling
pltce-ln ali generations. At the close of the SER
vIcrs. the choir, now under the leadership Of MIR
J. Il Dawson, chanted with solemn effect tho
Psalm =. Lord. thou hast been our DWELLING nIacs
IL all generations" sc.
First PT,SbyisTiaa Church In the morning
iT Sunderland, the pastor. preached from Ro-
minis. tn chapter and nth verse For n. many
are Ted by the spirit of God they are the sons
If tod ~ These words were considered as the
AP"Sil"s brief but plain rule of Judgment, by
WYNN w may teicrUilBG relations
Almighty being in Heaven. To be tine sons Of
tod, as spoken If in the text differs from the in
voluntary relationship which we sustain Ia the
nr>t great cause Of our being merely rs his crea-
tur"S and impurts.-A radical transformation of
eur spiritual nature t'iat men take knowledge
81 US That We have been and are now walking
WIN thflSt There IS a series of divine actions
also unlolded and implied OF pardon. Justification
did adoption for Ia receive any into that heaven
~ Kingdom who were not thus prepared would
.. 70 such a soul as it has been we'll expressed,
of hell p,4fY. nj. ~.
i the blgotry Of all religions each sect appronri
dtlng all the bleSsednFss Of Heaven To its own
Pa'ty' and who Is to decide which is right In
ISplV' We ask what is the fair deduction of the
Bihie itself on this point Nothing more or less
'hdl Thai we shall all possess the spirit Of God,
aud become Partakers Of the divine nature and
H'"w IN our own souls the realities of that king
dom. which Is - righteous and peace and low In
The Holy Ghost" This is our test To he led
Nv The spirit of God, is to have a pure full,
complete, unwavering faith in the scriptures
d led 10 such repentance for sin that no amount
Of 1tonement which we have ever rendered sh.ii
seem 10 cancel one iOta Of our delnquences-t
be led to conversion and reform in our purposes
ard lnchnatiOns-to be led to faith in Christ as
our only SaviOur-to be led 20 n life of oI,ed ence
10 6od, and To take up our long neglected dnii,s
a'a proof OF the sincerity OF our faith-aDd hn1l.
w. to join the church Of God for every trne son "a
bod VIII desire to be in the family The ouextion
70 every one i Are you thus led by the spirit OF
Coz But many are led by the influences which
are around them, and are drawn To those thin.
which are temporal aud perishing, instead 81
heinE conducted by this gracious shirt uD,r-,,d
" Tue treasures OF that inheritance that is everlast-
The text at night was from jeremiah. eth
chapter and eth verse. The discourse sought 10
ma some consolation for the faithful servant OF
Ted where messages seem to have no effect npon
those to whom they Were commissions 10 dcIfvr,
u"H, and presented the solemn thought that the
Often their messages was repeated lie tlre,ta,
would be the condemnation OF those who .1.,o,,Id
not Eearken unto Them
toHrth Presbyterian ChRrch-The pastor r.
Jnin I smith, discOursed from the words of the
slth verse, 9th chapter of the Epi,tIe Ia th
Hebrews; For Christ is not entered into tho boI
pilceS made with hands, which are the figures ri
.,i' rit but untO Heaven itself now to appear i'm
Ii' presence Of God for US - The parallel of the
di>pensdtiOn Of Moses and the ,lisDenx,tion ~
tLr Lord Jesus Christ, drawn in the epjstIe
Win the hard of master. Though there was no
name prehxed to the epistle of the Hebrews We,
the honor with great unanimity was confe,rsj - o.
raul; the Apostle. The points where the parallel
lalied were distinctly marked Then the su-
Per.orlty oil Christ Jesus Moses was set forth
and that superiority or difference l-tyYeen NJ
ami the Lord Jesus Christ was as the liferenr.
bt"een s"n-an only son-and a servant; he
tween one who built house and the other as
material in that house: Moses erected the s,atold
lHS-Christ Jesus built the temple The scaff,Id.
ia% continued until the times appointed and then
9 nm NdS removed, and the house began
or'se dnd appear In its beautiful proportions "a
The praise and the glory of God which TEMPLES
tfey were II they held fast their confidence firm
uHtO tire end. The contrast i'm the enisfIe bo,y
ever. was between the sacrifices under The jeIiSb
constitution, Of sheep. oxen and other animals
ana the one sacrifice which the Lord Jesus Christ
made Of himself in the fullness Of time, aDooint,d
Il 'hr idther- The sacrifices under the Jewish
constitution We're many, and continued four tboU
sind ysars-dll typical of tue one sacrifice which
IL IN due time made unto God throuu the eternal
tfiHt- -Four thousand yelrs were deemed no more
iu1I necessary To prehgure the great fact i'm the
biNlne purpose to prepare the world for the one
slrrih which Jesus Christ would make Of him
SI through the eternal spirit These facts were
fundamental 10 him who wished properly 10 un-
dfrN,and the Bible. Christ is not entered into
ne holy places made with hands which are
The that was statement the negative
bnt unto Heaven itself, TO appear in the presence
81 6"d fos them" The negative and the posi-
I've were then the two points to which their at
tentOn was called ia the discourse
foundry NJ Z. Ca0p,!-The Rev. DIR Nadal
Preached from Acts I'D chapter and I'D verse
brought mp IN this city ut the fee Of GamaIiel :;
Ire Theme OF the discourse was the duty of the
CHRISTIAN church To the higher institution of
raining IL was shown FIRST that ~ Tin. int.IIec
iaai and religious facilities were found existing
IN man, u was evidently iHtsnded they should be
'uii waited together That the exclusive culture
81 tiF intellect went to InateriaIiIc man aud 10