Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-08

ISrgREsTING RELIGIOUS SERVICE Daltc1tioa Of
The Nc. lard Street hethod'st Episcopat Church
-Skefch at The Old Third Sneci Society Tho
scae:ous aud elegant Building rceeally erected by
rho congregation Of the Third Street Methodist
E,iscsn aI Church was dedicated, By appropriate
religious SERVICE. on Sunday morning last AT
nm early honr IN the morning. the lower floor and
raj cries of the building were crowded to reple'
ton ~ that hundreds OF persons. who desired to
witness the ceremony, went away disappointed.
Dish.u Pierce WINS mt present. greatly Ia the re.
cret of every one. His absence however, was the
Unavoidable result Of severe and prutracted ner>o-
nal atIlictin. In his letter, announcing the i'm
probability of his attendance, he sail -" My
disappointment is as great rs your own. | am
yerplered- distressed, but cannot prevent it. May
the Lord owe rule all for good"
The Rev. DIR. Doggntt discourscd from l Peter
ond rhnptrr Id, to 10 verse inclusive. The
mon was designed chiefly to indicate the Digni.
ty and Destiny uf the Christian Churc, )" and
tbese'were con.idered underline simile Of n Tenn.
Mo a priesttooi and Nation" The sneaker
dwelt at some length, and niescntei,in very Tor
chile manner the first branch oe his subject show
ing how the walls Of that Giving, spiritual tenn
ME reierie cd to in the text, were being daily
reared, by the addition of those 'licely stones"
which constitute the tabernacle of God amongst
mon.
Having considered its Dignity, the speaker said
the Destiny of the Church was not sccua ar
or Notwithstanding, at the same time, to the
Ect, that political question had sundered nearly
every christian church in the land The true dcs-
tiny of the church was to roar. as stated in tie
text ~ holy nation, peculiar pe"ple t. show
forth the praises of Him who hath called them
ont Of darkness into His marvellous light" The
priesthood, referred To in the text, ,he speaker
said, was not expiatory; it could offer atone
inent for the sins of the people, but purely
sacrfcial: it was "a holy priesthood, to offer up
spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus
Christ" The last division Of the sermon COM
pretended 1.-THE holy nation" referred To in the
text This, the speaker said. was not restricted to
any particular nationality; no homogeneous people
into which the nations ui the earth are divided,
but meant "GoPs nation" composed Of his pco-
ple, wherever they ore found. The speaker clos
Ell with n tpuchin. r"minsct nee of his early L.
bors amongst this people; and paid a glowing tri'
butte to departed saints; to the Mary, and Mar
tha's memuries of whom are still fragrant in this
Church Of Christ.
We had never, but one former occasion.
heard DR.. Dagsctt and we intend no fuls me pan
egyric when we say that for strength Of thought
and felicity of dictiun, in the absence OF any
ing effort at display we have seldom enjoyed
happier or more successful pulpit performance.
The dedicatory prayer, very appropriate rcti'
ton and thanksgiving, was offered by the Rev.
Frank. Stanley. OF Farmvllie
In the afternoon the Rev J. c. Cranberry, ofthe
University of Virginia. preached ON the 23d Psalm
beginning: "The Lord is my Shepherd, shall not
want" The sermon neat aud appropriate, but
have no. space for even an outline it. Never har-
ing heard Mr. G. before. and forming an opinion from
this single effort, should say that he is ~ of
consolation" whose mission it is 40 bind mp the
broken hearted" There many "sons of thunder
but few who have the real faculty of administering
mind diseased Of entering into the feelings OF the
children of misfortune or of attracting and winning
men by the art of persuasion
Dr. Doggett preached again at night from the text
in JOHN "Now is the judgment Of this world; now
shall the promise of this world be cast out and if
| be lifted up. will draw all men unto me-"
The subject was introduced by calling attention 10
the fact that in the lives OF men, as well in The
history OF nations there is in every crisis which
determines their failure destiny The crisis in the his
tory OF our world reached in the cruciixon Of
Christ
Thus introduced, the subject was presented under
the following divisions
|. The dominion of Satan over this world, of which
lie is styled the Prince. This dominion extends not
only to the bodies bnt minds Of men, and is the pro-
life cause OF all evil, ply steal aud spiritual.
2. "The expulsion of the Devil from this position,
expressed in the phrase, now shal the Prince of this
world he cast out" He was first driven from Heaven
then sought 10 recover himself in his dominion in
this world but he shall be forever disodged from his
scat by the power Of Christ He Is usarper
and win be expelled by the power OF Christ. who con-
tests>his right TO supremacy. Christ met him and
defeated him in the temptations of the wilderness, he
will continue TO overthrow him In every contest by
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Cod,s nv a,i Tho ordinances and means
If lis hnnss md worsb;n
3 The invesiature OF Christ with the dominion of the
draw an men ,n,o him +, IIe viii d. his for no. has
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