Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-05

hHLi'io0s e'eruay, though the sky WA
unclouded, the high wind prevailing allied the
srees ~i'n aus., ana many were prevented from
venturing out. The congregati ons At IN. chn,.uD
generally were large, however.
Fourdry NJ. +. Cixrch-Rev M,
preached In the morning from John. I'd chants.
i6th verse- God SO loved the world that he psv.
his only begotten son that wbosoeve, h,, nc ssve
him should not perish but have everIasti It1 IN
The reverend speaker commenced his d;.cn',..
ny saying that the word " world1 has a numbs1
earth, the manners and customs of The laIth " .ue
NAV refer to the human family The word y,o,,d
In the teft certainly refers to the human family
The minister then announced his first cor.ide,.s
ton, w that none but the human f,n,ita n "a.
the subjects of redemption A certain class VI of
vague theologians had affirmed that the fallen
1t nowhere stated In the Bible that Christ ,,.unS
any other form than that of human n Ch,st
came into the world to atone for the sins Of fallen
angels ne would have taken upon himself tba
form CT an angel. MIR. D. then proceeded IN IT,
second cons deration, viz that the whole b~u,.n
Iamiiy are tue subjects Of redemption The rev.
erehu speaker then went into an elaborate discu,
son OF the doctrines Of Canvnism The SERMON
throughout was listened to with marked attention
0v lne congregation. In the evening" Rev DR..
samson, the esteemed president of Columbian
College, preached from Matthew, 18th CHAPTER.
1Uth verse. f0''
Trinity Chxreh.-In the morning the Rev DIR
bn.'r Irector) dlsc0ursed from part Of the 4th
shadow Of death" There is great Significance
In this expression Real death is the death nj the
and %nien consists In living cut OF from God,
Our dissolution Of the soul and the BODY is bmt a
shadow Il this real death. The course which
separated the sinner In soul and BODY at once and
forever from God, was cancelled by the Lord
Jesus christ In the conception of this doom there
is beginning Of spiritual and eternal death onIv
In the case Of the impentent; and is the starting
Po,M OF Joyful and glorious life to the penitent
and faithful So that what is called death, or the
separation of the soul and body is not in itself
necessarily identical and acknowledgements with
spiritual death; it does but take the place Of and
In the evening, the text selected was from the
Luke. N Nv
ST. Aloysius Church.-Hish mass at II O'Clock
was celebrated by Rev. Father Stonestreet and
the congregation was addressed morning and
evening by Rev. b. A Mcguire. The text in the
ter, and LIST and I'd verses, This is the first OF
series of sermons upon the Catholic Church and
the truth Of It's claim to be the only evangelical
Church. The preac her said that there Were pe,
sous who Were willing to admit that anv faith
was true, yet expressed their preference Tor one
particular Church. Such stultfy themselves. for
believes that faith which is entirely contradictorv
to be just os good, tries to make white black.
and black white A man who believes in every
religion really believes in religion at all, and
is AN intde in heart and principle The chojr
under Mrs Young, sang, in the morning HAYDN
No 3, and at vespers several beautiful solos and
IA
MED by Mr.. Hoffman upon the violin PLAYED AN
exquisite melody from Beethoven
81 Domnteks Church AT II O'Clock high
rass was celebrated by Rev. Father McGrath,
ard the congregation addressed by Rev Father
Garvey, missionary to the western part of Penn
sylvauia- He took for his text part of the 18th
chapter of St Mathew The subject was charity
TO our fellow men, and the common practice Of
scandalizing was severely rebuked 1t is the
doctrine of the Catholic Church that without
restitution there can be no forgiveness, and how
m to
whose character we have injured. Persons are
IN general much more willing to believe evil
than good of their neighbors 1t is best if we
cannot say good OF any one, to say nothing at all
The choir, under the leadership Of Prof. Es-
pu:a, sang Peters mass.
Grace Church Episcopal REV Mr.. Holmead
verse and in the concluding portion Of his sermon
addressed warning appeal to those who excuse
themselves from connecting themselves with the
church of Christ from feelin of unpreparedness
belief in Christ and his divine mission and i'm
ones own sinful condition, were nam. as the pre-.
requisites in ,ming to the church, and i.wss
within the church itself that the neophite could
best perfect his religious character.
Methodist Protestant Church, Ninth street-Rev
w. Bates pastor, preached from the Sd verse
of the Ii5th Psalm-a discourse upon the greatness
OF God. Ii was an eloquent and able defence of
Christian doctrine against skeptical sophistry
After the discourse the communion service was
administered by the pastor, assisted by Rev Mr. |
Ward. At night, the sermon was based upon the
text Of Revelations, 21st chap. 18th verse" For
there shall be no night there" Subject-the
heavenly city.
Asbr,y Chaplain the absence of Rev. Mr..
Granitn, the pulpit was filed by Rev Eli Keu-
zen, who addressed the congregation from the
81 verse OF the I'd chapter of Hebrew How
shall we escape if we neglect great salvation ''
The aged minister made an earnest appeal to sim
ners to avail themselves of the merits of God s |
great scheme Of salvation and also exhorted those
who had experienced some of its comforts that |
they should alta: yet larger experiences.
WHSlSU no N
Ball being absent attending the Conference at |
Winchester, Va, and It being the regular COM
munion Sabbath, the service at the altar vester- |
dly morning was performed by Rev. DR.. Gibbon |
after preaching discourse appropriate to the &C.
Cdsioa.
ST. Patriek's (Catholie) Chuyeh.-Father McNsr- |
h1ny preached an earnest charity sermon in behalf
OF the Young Catholic Friends Society of this |
Glty from the Gospel as found in the 25th chapter
of Matthew, 3lst to 46th verse The fun choir |
sing the 10th grand mass Of Haydn.
AsSsmb!y,s Presbyterian Church.-Rev. Dr. |
samson preached in the morning. taking as his |
text the sd versc OF the Sth chapter of Romans
AT night, Rev: DR.. Gibbons conducted the ser
wees, preaching from the text in Proverbs, 5th |
chapter, 18th, 18th, and 18th verses. |
VI. E. Church South.-Rev Joseph Proctor
pastor, preached from the 18th chapter of MARI,
nth verse, In the morning. At night from Goth |
chapter Of Isaiah, LIST verse.
The THEATRE.-At the request of many of our |
first citizens, Mr. Murdoch will appear again this
evening in his great character of Claude Melnotte
Ia Bulweris beautiful play of 6 The Lady of |
Lyons" Mrs Gladstane representing Pauline. and |
Mfr G. Bass Col Damas. The afterpiece this |
evening will be the laughable farce Of sShock king
events, Mr. C. Bass as Grifenhof and Mr.. Stuart |
Robson as Puggs.
The performances Of Mr.. Murdoch are of a |
class deserving the warmest appreciation. While |
MS elocution and stage manners are models |
OF classic elegance and correctness they are set
on by such wonderful stores of elasticity and vi
vdcl'y, such a wealth Of Joyous vigor, that his |
representations are enjoyed alike, and with the |
keenest lest, by the cultivated critic and the uned
ncated b'hoy. His engagement should be made |
the most Of by every lover Of fine theatrical per-
formances. i
FREE FIGHr.-One Of those things which can
not De definitely accounted for, but generally |
dscrloed to the mischievousness Of Capt. Whisky.
Zee hight, came of last Saturday at the Navy |
Yard gate. Quite a large number of persons en- |
gagged in IL, and sticks stones and other missiles
Were In demand. Heads were cut, eyes BACKED, |
ana noses bled profusely, until both parties dis
hat ehnr k&A1 ~