Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-27

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portion Of the community.
Trinity C7Hrcb In the morning, the Rev. DR.
Butler fpastor) preached from Second Kings, LIST,
"A and ed verses What was contained in the
tex. vas all that was said relative to the little
maiden Of Israel; yet this seemed SUFFICIENT togye
them a true idea of her character. In sweet
Jewish home, where, surrounded by the most
blessed influence, and enjoying all the ordinary
comforts of life the little maiden lived Simeon
bands broke suddenly, and In their remorseless
cruelty carried her away captive, trembling
with apprehension while 1t was yet undecided to
whom she would . assigned, looking forward to
q! ifs servtude and unspea ka bic alarm; and when
il was decided that she should belong to the
household of Naaman, and wait upon his wife,
VIVA: new appFehenSions of terror must have
startled her. knowing that In the house of one of
elevated position her lot mig Int be peculiarly
hard With these feelings they beheld the little
Jewish maiden cheerfully enter into the gorgeous
pilace Of the mighty Naaman; and immed lately
her character di scoses itself by the one incident
mentioned In the text. Naaman was a great man
with his master-an honOred and mighty man of
yalUr-but he was q leper. And the little maiden
lid unto her mistress, - Would God NV lord
we're with the prophet that is in Samaria" From
,tIS Incident 1t must be inferred that she had
been kindly treated ny her mistress This artlPss
md simple declaration Of hers reveals A beauti-
iuI heart She was mindful Of the sufferings of
her master and mistress, and wished that they
might he relieved. This was Il striking iIlustra,
ton OF the kind of influence and the degree of
Influence that might be exerted by pious child
Observe the kind of influence exertrd bv this LITTLE
maiden. She had not assumed the otti of teacb.r
and proclaimed to them i'm that character Int II
was a nere unPremeditated suggestion Of her little
heart, overfowing with kindness for her master
\ pOus child was n most powerful auxiliary for
ths propagation Of the Gospel
In the evening, the text selected was from the
Oh chapter Of the Gospel of st. John. 26th verse
st Aloysius' Church Hi Oh mass was celebrated
~ II o'clock by Rev. Ii A. Mcguire At vespers
th, cOngrs5a tiOn was addressed by the same from
2d Cor itu chapter, 10th verse He spoke of the
restrictions during the season Of Lent and the
MANI objections made to them by those outside Of
the ydle Of the Catholic church. He said that the
church is the mouthPiece of God, and such she
should be obeycd without inquiry. AS God s first
restriction upon our first parents was with regard
o. food, SO 1t IS an act of selfdenial to RETAIN
from meat He stated that the apples forbidden
- Adam and Eve were more than any other
cpP.es in the garden but the sin lay I'm disobeying
Toe Command. The reverend pastor declared his
intention to Investigate in series of sermons the
many objections made to the observation Of Lent
and the rules Of the Catholic church The choir
uncer Mrs. Young, sang Perabeaus mass 'sVeni
StHCt"." by Deitsh, and the Stabat Matre from
Rcssni.
MATS was celebrated 10y the pastor Rev Father
Bakel, and the congregation addressed by Rev
Father McGrath, from the Gospel for the day ST
Mathew, 4th chapter, LIST and I'd verses !sThe
temptations In the wilderness and the forty DAVIS
fast Of our Lord" We have here Sublime
example of our Redeemer in resisting temptation
and IN denying himself the customary nourish-
inent for forty days. The members of the Church
We're exhorted strictly to observe the fast of Lent
IN CommemoTatlon Of the event here spoken of
Er Choif under Prof. ESputa sang. in very good
sI'le Farmers mass in Hat together with ave
Mifla,' beaut fol soprano solo, from Hummel.
cTaes Ch"ch episcopal. Rev. Mr. HOlmead
PLeIcaed from the 9th chapter Of Hebrews LIST and
"a verses, upon the rite of confirmation. Its i'm
Pcrtance as something more than a complement to
baptism w1s dwelt upon. 1t was not an ordinance
on mans invention, but was laid down i'm the text
ahd IN the Eth verse Of the preceding chapter as
one OF The first principles of the oracles of God ~
ana OF the " PRISE. pies of the doctrine of Christi
IL was there named by its original and better ap.
PeIation OF 1.-THE laying on of hands"
Methodist p. Church. Ninth Strssr-The Ser
vices OF the day was conducted by Rev. L.. w.
Bates, the pastor, who preached in the morning
discourse upon = Truth in Jesus" from the
text OF Epheslans 18th chapter and 3lst verse. At
night. warning against sclf-deceptiOn, from the
text of Amos 5th chapter, 18th and 18th verses.
assembly (PreSbyterian) Gwch-The Rev.
Or Samson conducted the service in th- morning
taking for his text the 10Th Of the 18th chap
tSr OF First Corinthians. At night the Rev Mr.
Schute preached, basing his discourse upon Job
~ 4th verse, in connection with the 10th verse
of The ist chapter of Second Timothy.
MyihOiiSt Church South, Rev. J. A. Proctor
pastor-The service of the morning was conduct
I'd in the church on Eighth ST. north Of the Patent
once The discourse was based upon the 3lst
verse Of the 9th chapter of the Ac of the Apostles
Al night, the sermon was from the 18th chapter lst
verse Of Matthew.
ST. Pdtrick's Church Father BOYLE celebrated
high mass and preached from the gospel of the
Icntal instructions will be given each night at
81 Patrick's, during the pending week. The
choir sung Haydn's third mass in D.
Mekendrss Oapsl-At night, Rev Dr. Nadal,
mon to young men from the text. s:Reioice. O
Young man in thy youth" etc, from the 9th
verse Of the llth verse of Ecclesiastics
", ms,I,y taaPeI.Rev. ID. Ball, pastor, preached
from Matthew, 9th chapter 9th and 10 verses and
the subject was continued at night
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FIFTH DISTRICT POLICE On SATURDAY. last
two ladies' of very incorporate habits and well
NOV Sno~n TO Oncer hing and the city police resi-
dents In Temperance Alley. made their appear
ance at this Office, before Justice Thomp son the
one charging the other with petit larceny and
Tue accused party fatty denying, even with tears
the base imputatIOn OF Stealing Abby 8 money y
Sthough she admitted that like her accuser, She
was fond of a drop of the cratnr and when she
goi hold Of the whisky bottle she could see the
pottoiI OF IL as soon as any other s.geHtlewoman,
anu sultlng the action to the wo:d the accused
TOOK oat OF her pocket n champagne bottle com
lletely emptied of the whisky with which it had
Teen previously filled The Justice while paus-
Ing little to decide whether he should not send
oo'n parties TO the workhouse finally decided to
conhilt the prisoner for court, a respectable wit
ness having stepped into the office and testified
mat he heard the accused say 10 the accuser that
IL she would not have her up she (the accused)
would give her (the accuser) dtlar
The THEATRE The public will he ol,d n
learn that the popular actor, Mr.. james E Muir
doch, commences another engagement at the
Theatre tonight, supported by Mrs. w. C Glad
stane, Mr.. Charles Bass, MIR. Barton Hill, MI
+ c. Bangs, &c. The bill for tonight is Shak-
sPoar-,s great comedy of .'Mnch Ado About Moth
ing, Mr.. Murdoch as Benedict Bass as Dog berry
G.. B. Hill as Don Pedro, Bangs Claudio, Mrs
Gladstane as beatrice, and Miss Jennie Parker as
Here. This superb bill and cast could not well
b. beltered.
LEGISLATION FOR ALExANDRIA.-The Legis-
lature Of Virginia has passed a bill amending the
charter of Alexandria as to repeal such portions
Of the charter as extends the corporate limits Of
this city over portion Of Fairfax county, and the
civ is thus reduced to its former limits
The bin amending the act authoring the erection
OF new Court House In the city Of Alexandria
and the bill incorporating the Alexandria Steam
Ferry Company, have passed, and are now laws Of
the State.
TELEGRAPHIC ERROR Our attention has been
called to the fact that the telegraphic announce
ment on Saturday from Baltimore to the effect that
the great sewing machine case Of Singer against
Walmsley, agent for Land, Webster 4 Co., had
been decided in the the L. s. District Court in
that city in favor of the plaintiffs, was an error