Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-02

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attendance at the churches during the morning
service About the time Of assembling, the ex-
Pected rain came, accompanied with thunder,
lightning, and hard wind, effectualiy preventing
| service at some Of the churches.
Foundry CA1psi.-At11 o'clock a. m Dr. Ed
wards preac he'd from Malachi, 3 H." And they
shall be mine saith the Lord Of hosts In that day
when | shall make up my jewelsn He COM
menced by saying that there is perhaps no word
In our language which conveys the idea of worth
and beauty more stri kingly than the word Jewel
Inc precious stone which the word represents
affords the greatest pleasure and delight on the
crown or Golfers of royalty; hence, when used
nguratvely, 1t conveys the highest idea of esti-
nation. There are those in the world whom
you Iegatos as hls jewels. and who enjoy his
special favor, and who, as he informs us shall
hereafter be taken care Of 1t is therefore oues-
uon OF great moment to all of u.s. ssW no are God,s
jewels ana what attributes constitute character
upon winch God sets such value!'' In the ewes
OF men name and blood constitute a Jewel Rut
oIten what seems greatest In the opinion of man
Is an aeomination TO God, and It is thus in this
as, 10. the attrioues which, in the eye of God
cohsHtue such character within the man.
ana relate to and affect the state of the heart
Tnen, 10 answer the question, GO What constitutes
Jewel with God ?" we can refer TO the connec-
tlon in which the text is used and find that
obedience to God, piety an effort 70, mutual a
lHcaton and the like Christian virtues all 90 To
make up one lovely, amiable and attractive char
ac.er, which from the brilliance lustre and glory
with which 10 sparkles has the high euIo9iun
OF Jewel pronounced upon Ii by God Then
again, the expression, "when come 10 make mn
my Jewels, evidently conveys, % well as con-
nrms the idea taught in all Scripture that there
is day coming In which God will draw = Al
vidlng line between the wicked and his Jewels
here the wicked and good are all confounded
anu anu, mixed together; but in that day, when God
snan orve the chaff from the wheat, many whom
we consider jewels will be found among the chat,
ana many whom We consider chat will be found
among the wheat, for God does not see as we see
ne tnen spoke Of Jobs being Jewel and closed
discourse nv he exhn
TO become jetcels ''
TRINITY Church. I'm the morning She Rev Or
Butler (rector) discoursed from Palms n A
.., soui snail be satisfied as with marrow and
ta,ness ana my mouth shall praise thee with ioy-
IuI Ups w hen 1 remember thee upon nv bed.
ana mediate on thee in the light watches An
ne tnousht, recognized in the life of man two dis,
unct types of true religious character In moth
there was religious principle and belief and reIi,
Sous leehng but In the one religious principle is
the most marked characteristic, and In the other
sF Snoas tseiing The language of the was,
otner was the language Of the text MANY Chris
dns mad also observed how these two elements offs
true religion had varied at different times In their
own experience. Sometimes they had heen con-
scious of holding fast to their reIioion, nrininI
ana oellef with an unrelaxing grasp while thew
had painfully felt this want of warm and religion.
a anections. AT other times, while their religious
uehei ana principle had remained In ali its
strength, they had also had their hearts doublv
warmed, interested and blessed in the trutbs Of
.ne WORD, and on which they had acted from a
sense OF duty. The latter they considered 10 he
the higher style Of Christian life as thev knew
~ 70 oe tne happier. II was this for which they
~ouiu sflvei the want OF il which they mourned
c nan should strive to contemplate the truths of
uou, ana The representations of Jesus and Heaven
just as they are revealed in his HOLY Word II
was not the cultivated minds which stripped
rom spiritual truths the accompa niments Of the
DlVlhe Word, isolated, abstracted them and
strove by intense meditation 10 orasn and hold
them mat most enjoyed communion with God
ana the sweet meditations from Heaven No. n
s tne Souls OF little children, and Of simple ones
IKE chlidren rich in faith and heirs of the king
dom, which could adopt the language of David
as recorded in the text
ASytum.-In the afternoon Rev I Mo,seu n
u preac he'd from st. John, 10 s: "Jesus answered
MIN. II l wash thee not thou hast no part with
me.n The words Of our Savior are tTntbs H. -
incapable OF speaking else than truth He has
taught us in His word that unless we ob,erv. His
compartments con ~ we can have no part with Him,
anu II we nave no part with Him where must
our lot be cast. Jesus is the great fountain and
We are implored to seek this fountain that we NAV
De washed: He has power to cleanse us from our
81 ana give us clean hearts, that may walk
IN tue way OF holiness, and at last after we have
served his righteous will on earth, He has power
10 take us to himself that we NAV enioy the han
Pihess oisternity Then is it not duty to seek
thls fountain and obtain life eternal The services
Were concluded by the Rev Mr. White. of st
Louis, who endeavored to induce the inmates 10
ponder well the truths that had been presented to
10 Jesus, who had
promised rest to the weary The services throuah-
out were very impressive and several SEEMED
greatly afflicted. The committee Of the Yonno
Mems Christian Association distributed tracts
, Mstn0d'St Protestant Church, (Ninh street ,
Kew + L.. Wilson, the pastor preached In the
morning from the text Of Exodus 33.4: only
presence shall 60 with thee and will give thee
rest In the evening, from list Timothy, II:
Nv hlch Is our hope7 The discourse was a com.
parsOn Of the christian hope with the hone of the
wording and inhdel II was brief i'm pressiyp
and appropriate to the occasion-the adniinistra-
ton of communion, which followed the d iscourse
number OF visitors, members of sister denou.-
nations and churches. united with the congre
CATION in this solemn service
East Washington M p. Church Rev. w. It.
DUNN, pastor, preached an earnest and impress
slye discourse from the I'D Psalm, cath verse
"Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel ana
afterwards receive me To glory.D VIVA: counsel
shall We seek? Shall we seek counsel from tbs
lsnael' or from ancient philosophers who endeav-
ufeu 70 explain the mysteries of God Do these
afford consolation to dying man? Nav, let us
rather seek counsel from the God of all who has
promised to instruct and teach us In the way we
should go, and at last receive US into His glory
Union Prayer MEETING at Waugh ChapeI-The
Sunday afternoon prayer meeting at this church
under the Young MEMS Christian Association
was well attended yesterday. II was led by Mr.
wight and prayers were offered by Messrs Thorn
ton, Mchnew, Hutchinson and Zimmerman A
request was presented, and an address made by
Mr. Chase. Particular interest seems manifested
here. During this week there are to he a series
Of Protracted meetings every evening at O'Clock
M E. Church Sonh.-The service of the dav
was conducted by the pastor, Rev Jos A Proc
tor, who preac he'd in the morning from Romans
25-"W no was delivered for our offenses and
was raised again for our justification - At night
be preached very interesting discourse from
Romans, lOl0-''For with the heart man belieyeth
unto rig hteousness, and with the mouth confession
Is made unto salvation"
AsSsmbiy's (Prss6ytsyian) Church A. G
Carothers, the pastor, conducted the services The
sermon Of the morning was based upon the text
IF Isaiah 60, l.6 and at night. LIST Corinthians
Is, %.
THE RIvER.-The Long Bridge assumes more
lively appearance since the resum ption of travel
between the two shores Of the Potomac The re-
pairs Of the late damage to that structure have
been well and skillfslly repaired under the 81 per-
attendance Of Commissioner Blake At the
various coal wharves the dealers are all busily
engaged In receiving and bestowing their sup
plies Of fuel for the next winters trade At Harvey
Co.'S wharf the Canal steamer s. Seymour
from PniladelPhia, Is discharging cargo OF 2O4
tons OF fne coal for the proprietors AtRilev,s
wharf this morning arrived steamer Columbia
from Baltimore, bringing freights for the follow,
Ing w washington dealers C. Stott, b J. Neale