Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-06

ACKNOWLEDGMENT the churches Of the cit
were generally well attended We may say tina
the congregations were large, considering how
many Of our church-gotng ctizsns have left, an'
sabbath. The day was warm; but In the fore
noon slight clouds obscured the at times
very much to the relief Of those who had TO wall
any considerable distance 10 their places of wor
ship.
foundry CAdpsl-At IL a. m DR.. Edwards, tn,
pastor, discussed from Habakkuk 3.17. ls-sAl
though the fg tree shall not blossom, neither shall
fruit be In the vinesn &c. .yet will I rejoice In
The Lord, I will Joy in the God of my salvation =
The speaker remarked that the life and labors Of
the author Of the text were just anterior 10 the
baoylonish captivity, and that he foresaw that
great calamity when penning the text. Pious and
patriotic motives formed for the Hebrew ties
stronger than those of mere citizen; and exile
from their temple and altar was deemed by them
their greatest calamity and IL this occurrence
which inspired the poetic illusions Of Habakkuk
ana jeremiah. In their view religion fell with
Their country, and the prayer for his country re-
| corded In the chapter containing the text Is not
surpassed In sublimity in the prophetic records.
II 10 filed also with arguments replete with a
faith which engendered Joy amid misfortune.
The produce Of the garden, field, fold, and stall,
formed the chief means Of subsistence in those
days, as now; and the destruction OF that produce
was the death Of the nation, In the case before
us, war was about to cut of the herds from the
land, and thus visit the nation with a mighty call
emity But calamities only try our faith ard
form the very purifying FIRE through which we
| are 10 pass w hen the fortunes OF the world are
bright, and when prosperity favors with her
smiles, TO be subject to the will of God costs us
nothing; but when the road becomes thorny and
! our feet are caused to pain and bleed at every
step when adversely obstructs our way, and great
dlmcuitles are to be overcome, when storms
gather thickly around us, and darken our spirit
ual SKY to such degree to bring our faith into
livery exercise, then the contrast between true
christian and any other man Is easily discerned
Thus We see that joy in adversely is the theme
suggested by the text-one Of the greatest and
most useful lessons which man has to learn First
as the cause Of this Joy good man recognizes the
government Of God over the affairs of life He
acknowledges the uniform agency of Him who
rules heaven and earth God to him CLOVIS in the
stars, blooms in the rose, and more truth than
poetry appears to him in those divine efusions of
Scripture-"6od rides upon the storm',-ssHe
weigheth the hills as in balance ;, &c Secondly
The Christian recognizes Gods purposes in every
Storm OF adversely to be In harmony with his char
acter, and therefore they must be for good To
say that God does anything without a design is
10 call In question his intelligence and TO say
that his designs are wrong is DENYING his benevo-
lence. The balances Of adversely and prosperity
are ingenously poised, for were our lives a con-
tinual series Of prosperity, IL would cause us to
love the world too fondly, and were ii one scene
OF adversely, 1t would soon disgust us Our
present state is the best for us as sinners IL
would not do for Eden nor Heaven Thirdly,
Along with our increase of trial comes increase Of
strength. A man does not glory in adversely
merely, as such, but he glories in the strength
with which he maintains himself against IL
Finally, Adversely is certain as to its limitation
IL Will not last forever. To good man the last
enemy is delth, and when that is conquered
they are all gone forever.
Methodist Protestant Church, Ninth street The
pastor, Rev p. l.. Wilson oficiated The dis
course In the morning service was upon the
" Mission OF the Son of God - an able and inter-
esting sermon, from the text of John q l7-ss For
God sent not his Son into the wo, Id to condemn
the world; but that the world through him might
be saved !" After the sermon the congregation
was dismissed and the sacrament was admins
tered to the members of the church. and of other
churches participating with them. At mig ht the
discourse was based upon the text Of Romans, 10,
part oil llth verse-"And that, knowing the time
that now IL Is high time to awake out Of Sleep
VI E. Church South.-The service of the morn
ing was conducted by Rev J. c. Granbery, as
sisted by Rev. c. A. Davis chaplain U = Navyl
and the pastor Mr.: Cranberry preached from the
text OF John. IL, 4: al have glorified thee on the
earth; have finished the work which thou gavest
me to do - After the discourse, the sacrament of
the Lords Supper was administered, at which
time Large number Of persons united themselves
with the Church. AT night, Rev. J. A Proctor
pastor, preached from Deuteronomy, 3d. part of
29th verse.
Wesley ChapeI.-Rev. Mr.. McCauley, pastor,
discoursed In the morning from the text Of Second
Corinthians, 8, 9: 'For We know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich vet
for our sakes be became poor, that We through bis
poverty might be rich" After the discourse the
sacrament was administered to the members of
the Church and other denominations present At
night the discourse was upon the 3ith verse of the
10th chapter Of Acts.
81. PdHPS Lutheran Church - The pastor
preached In the morning from Kings, Is 2I-
And Elijah came unto all the people and said
How long halt We between two opinions, II the
Lord be God, follow him; but il Baal then follow
him And the people answered him not word -
TIE ASSsmbiy's Church Rev. Andrew G. Ca
rothers, pastor, preached in the morning from
Psalm a. He that stitch In the heavens shall
laugh - AT night from Luke S7-And when
be had said these things, he cried, He that ha tn
ears to hear let him hear.n
GRAND TOURNAMENT OF THE Presidents
MOUNTED GUARD The tournament of the Presi-
dents Mounted Guard at Arlington, to-day, has
thus lar proved to be perfect success, and PROM
1ses To be very grand affair Coaches have been
leaving every hour, from O'Clock this morning.
for Arlington, filed with passengers. At an early
hour the Guards, mounted on spirited borse. 70
the music of the bugle, proceeded up the avenue
on their way thence, presenting very fine APP
pearance Every one seems to be in the best of
spirits and eager for the contest, which COM
mences at o'clock. The three successful kni hts
are each to have the privilege of crowning some
fair maiden with a beautiful wreath, and at the
same time to make her present of lovely fan,
with regard 10 both Of which the fortunate ladi es
may well feel proud
To SEE THE GREAT EAsTERN.-See advertise
ment, in another column of the trip by steamboat
be seen that the committee have succeeded III
postponing the excursion one day, in obtainihs
the fast and splendid steamer Baltimore for their
trip, which fact will doubtless induce those who
were undecided about going to decide at once in
the affirmative. The arrangements for the COM
I fort and enjoyment Of the subscribers have been
perfected at great labor and expense and nothing
which will conduce TO delightful time in ali
respects has been omitted. 1t will be seen by the
advertisement from whom tickets may be OBJ
tanned, as also the place and hour of starting
Don't forget that the list is filing up rapidly and
that this is the last chance for Washingtonians TO
see the Great Eastern.
CRUEL RoBBERY.-On Saturday last about 4
O'Clock, boarder in the house of Mrs Hamer
dinger, widow lady, on Seventh near stree,
robbed his landlady and a fellow-boarder of an
amount Of money and lot Of jewelry, and eloped
He went TO his room professedly TO take a ID;
| but about 3x O'Clock came down saying that the
children were so noisy he could not sleep He
went away. Mrs. Hamerdinger, In the course Of
the evening, discovered that her money and a
few articles Of jewelry were gone Another
boarder came In and discovered that his trunk
had been opened with false key and his money
and arfiH 90 nf val IL. =