Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-17

RELIGIOUS Yesterday being favorable day,
the congregations at all the churches Of our city
were large ana attentive. A great number of per-
sons, who during the entire summer have been
absent rom the city, appeared in their accustomed
places In the various houses of worship and happy
greetings were numerous. At the Methodist
chaPeis and churches particularly there appears to
be growing interest In the peculiar meetings
which are now progressing the aid Of talented
the interest which prevails already. Some are
expected 70 participate who In years past were
general favorites In Washington.
Trinity ChErch.-In the morning Rev DIR But-
Ter, rector, discoursed from Psalms 81. IL: UGod
bath spoken Once;twiee have heard this; that
power belongeth unto God" IL was imposs BILE
aid the Rev. gentleman, to live and not perceive
NE vast and unrestng power Of God, which was
opposition OF the doctrine of Atheism and Deism,
the speaker said that these doctrines might, how
ever, be so modified az to exclude the presence Of
God from nature IL might be said that the AL
mighty had impaired these permanent powers to
nature but that he presided over them. and 90
modified the laws which he bad established as to
was the common Idea Of Gods power as il was
exerted In the world. To the dreams, Atheism
ana Deism, he would at that time give no reply;
but to the last opinion, held my many, perhaps
good and wise, he would make that objection
which seemed to be expressed in the words of the
text: "Power belongeth unto God. - A little re-
nection would exhibit to all the fact that nothing
In nature was innate, inherent of necessity, but
impaired by the Almighty, and by the virtue
which wOrketh in itself or sustained ITSELF or by
which IL acted upon other substances. All nature
wes acted upon. He proceeded at some length TO
show the unreasonableness Of the doctrine held
by many, Of the inherent power Of nature.
AS in the realm of matter so In that Of mind,
"AH power belOngeth unto God - God did not
however, carry on all the processes of mans soul
in the same way as he did those of the senseless
matter. lfHe did, this would make the soul no
more responsible for Its thoughts and acts and
feelings than matter is, for Its changes and con-
ditiOns. The extreme views of fatalism inclined
this way-that man was not a free agent, and that,
therefore, the responsibility of mans action lay
with God Place mans soul on toe same level
aud IN the same category with matter, and all the
pecGliarities which disting uished the spirit from
the desh would he destroyed. This was a crushing
aud degrading doctrine. But God acted otherwise
in and over the soul from what be did in nature
because spirit was altogether different sort of
thing from matter. He upheld and carried on the
processes Oh nature In accordance with his nature
aud SO In accordance with the nature of the soul
did he exert the power in sustaining its lig bit and
carrying on its processes.
Wesley ChdPei-The congregations at this sta
tiOn were very large and the services Interesting.
In the morning Rev. Mr.. Etinger, of Waugh
chapel, preached from Philippians 2:l2 "Where-
fore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not
In my presence only: but now much more in my
absence, work out your own salvation with fear
and trembling Alright, Rev. Mr.. Westwood
of Union Chapel, preached from Hebrews D. g.
For If the word spoken by angels was steadfast
aud every transgresSion and disobedience received
just recompense Of reward, How shall we escape
If we neglect so great salvation?" The services
are also To be continued nightly In this chapel
Rev Mr.. McCauly, the pastor, has been yerV I'M
during the Protracted meeting In this his station
y reference was made to his condition by Rev
p Light Wilson last night at the Ninth street sta
ton, In very touching language, expressive of the
Christian 9 conservation entirely to God. Living
for the Lord, dying for the Lord ; living and DIV.
ing the faithful servant Of Christ, demonstrating
his entire conservation to his master. Upon in,
quiry this morning we learned that Mr. McCauly
is no better; and his friends and attendants fear
that he cannot possibly recover.
Methodist PrOfeStGHt Church, Ninth STREET
Rev. +. Light Wilson, pastor, conducted the
services of the day. The discourse in the MON
ing based upon the text of Acts % Do. 81
would to God that not only thou but also ali that
hear me this day, were both almost and altogether
such as am, except these bonds" At night the
subject was tie command to repent" An earn
est appeal to the unconverted followed a strong
argument In favor of evangelical Repentance fror
The text OF Acts IL 80: land the times Of this ig-
noranee God winked at; but now commander an
men everywhere to repent. Afrer the regular
service, brief but interesting PRAYER meeting
was enjoyed by the congregating, thus opening a
series OF meetings which is to continue every
night, beginning at ~ O'Clock and closing atgR
until otherwise ordered. Rev. Mr. Butler of the
Lutheran Church, breaches tonight; Rev. DIR.
Noble, Presbyterian, Tuesday night and Rev w
Roby, Of Georgetown, late President Of the Mary
land Conference, on Wednesday night
Methodist Protestant Church, Macy Yard Rev
w Il: DUNN, pastor, preached In the morning
lsN SOuHy osiO-''1ereDE perceive the
love Of God, because He laid down His life for
us and we ought to lay down our life for the
brethren " How great is the love Of God that
for sinful man, who had violated His righteous
laws and deserved His Judgment, "He so loved
us, be layed down his life,'' that through ri,
death We might secure life everlasting Yet how
dull we are 10 appreciate Gods mercy. Alright.
ON the words Of lst John-''And he that kee beth
his commandments dwelleth in him. and he in
him; and hereby we know that he ab.deth In ma
By the spirit which be hath given usn
Methodist Chxeh SOHth.-Rev. ]. A Proctor,
pastor, conducted the services. The sermon In
the morning was based upon the text" Tn.
Kingdom OF God is come nigh unto youD Luke
10, part Of 9Th verse. At night, from Proverbs
heart" The congregations were very large AZ
night the service at the altar was resumed at the
conclusion Of the discourse, and six Penitents
presented themselves. The meetings will be con-
tnued nightly during the week.
81 Pasriek'S Chneh High mass was celebrated
at eleven o'clock a. m, by Father Plunkett, an
unusually large congregation being present. The
the day, as found in ST. Johns Gospel The old
choir being in attendance, the 18TH mas nv
Haydn in b was sung In excellent style
Unton Prayer Mestiag, (Waugh Chapel, under
the auspices Of the Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation, was well attended YESTERDAY afternoon
The meeting was led by Mr. John 8. Slater of the
assoc iation. The interest which has been mani
rested since these meetings commenced seems to
be increasing Quite a number OF written re-
quests have been presented, which are preserved
In scrap book for future reference
a Nsw CHAPEL A little over a wear 400 we
punished an account Of the establishment Of mis-
sion school on u near Twentieth street the speedy
erection of school house. and its use for RELIGIONS
services The school was placed under the su-
perintendence Of Rev. 7. Remick Of Georpe
town. So rapidly did the school increase that in
Few weeks the house was entirely too small to
accommodate the scholars. The trustees at once
determined to sell the little schoolhouse nd erect
larger one The result 10 that before the deter
ml9auon was generally known outside the neigh
oofhood, brick chapel, costing abou: % COO has
been erected on the corner Of D and Fwenti,th
streets 27xi5 feet in size; neatly furnished aud ar
ranged for regular chapel service, well as for
the large and hourishing school. Ii Is expected
that the chapel will be dedicated on next SUNDAY.
and IL 10 also expected that Rev. DIR. E. Yeats
Reese and Rev David Wilson, Of Baltimore, will
preach the dedieatory sermons.
THE HEBREW Nxw YKAR-t has doubtless
been noticed that all of our citizens of the Jewish
faith have closed their places OF bust ness to-day
Yesterday at sunset according to the Hebrew
calendar, began the first day Of Tfsri the frst
month Of the civil year. Their custom IL to
observe the New Year with two DAYS Of religious
services in the sYnagolues, a strict Abstinence