Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-18

RELIGIOUS. Yesterday, the weather being
the churches generally. very many Of the nu-
merous visters en- route to the Convention at Balti-
more attended divine worship during the day at
me Capitol, and also at the various churches
Foundry Chapel DIR. Edwards the pastes
preached in the morning from Mathew, lei
And they shall call his name Jesus: for he shall
ave MS people from their sins y The speaker
commenced by saying that In the nrst chapter of
zoe scr Ptures, and amid list Of genealOgies,
noto the person and character Of the Son of God
ndsh upon our view. Who he was and for what
purpose be came 10 earth are questions which
present themselves TO us the very threshold Of
scriptures, as IL they were intended (by being so
SSIIy mentlonedl TO prepare US to understand the
descriptions OF him met with in subsequent Scrip
Iure- Ia our time names denote only persons,
without respect to their characters but In ancient
umes the name Of person designated some office,
cltcnmstance, or Characteristic peculiar to the
person named-e. z Emanuel means God with
US Moses, drawn from the water: the name
Abraham is a reiterstion Of the promises made by
uoo 10 that patriarch; and, in general the names
In ancient times were full Of Significance q.
JehoVah, the eternal, self-existinC one: Lord the
supreme ruler and owner Of all things and IL is
60 , the names referred to his character, that
Ood Will not hold him gUiltless who taketh II In
Sd4h- There have been men who have made
,nelr names illustrious by their deeds of benevo-
,s' ana the world will ever fondly cherish
thelr names and never let them die but these
very men (helping others) were themselves in a
state OF bondage from which neither the sword
nor any other human power could deliver them;
Tor ne alone is Tree whom the Son makes free Is
ne Tree who is continually tortured by his fears
VINO cannot look for a moment upon the broad
exPsnse OK nature without feeling that its Maker
IS bis enemy, Then look at a man who is under
the influence of his passions; PASS ons such as
olno MS conscience and dethrone his reason See
now miserable ne Is IL was TO free him from this
bondage that the Son of God came into the void;
anu now oy falth, bringing with ii forgiveness,
the tortures are removed and the extent of the
enjoyment corresponds to that of the forgiveness
Inc Doctor here compared the peace Of a good
man 70 stream Of water first appearing AZ a
silver thread upon the mountain side, and then
gathering strength from each of Its tributaries
nn,ll at length II forms grand, majestic river
I M lows pure and deep into the mighty ocean.
ne tnen proceeded to point out the relation be.
tween sin and punishment for SIM to show tina,
tne former necessarily Is attended with suffering
,o1, ot ,ne 1Iect OF the Gospel is to save men
!en 20 mere conjecture on this subject. but have
ga. Iesh mony Of one who permitted to see
SIhois tne portals Of the New jerusalem and
Senold me hundred and forty-four thousand who
nan washed their robes and made them white i'm
the blood Of the Lamb -'e ~
Trinity ChErch.-In the morning In. Rev N,
~ I1G.C,, dlScoursed from LIST Epistle Of John
S;Zt-. Little children, keep Yourselves from
idois ldolatry, properly so called attributed
70 things and persons the powers and properties
winch belong to God alone, and rendered to them
Tue anecnon, homage, and service which belong
alone 70 Him But the devotion to any earthly
good or pleasure is likewise called idolatrv. One
Is properly and the other metaphorically so. In
ootn cases every man bestowed upon the creature
Tue love and the reverence due to the creator In
TIE one case he says TO the object of his
-, re thou my Cod and in the other he says abe
tnou lastead OF God" They did not understand
81 John TO limit his caution exclusiyeIy 10 the
one species Of idolatry. He then proceeded 10
warn nls brethren against this latter description
OF idolatry, viz: the conservation of Ali thsIr
powers and affections to earthly things.
In the evening the same gentleman occunied
2I.I3. ~ i'"Ae
NJ E. ChKrch SoNth-In the nornino the se,.
vice was conducted by the pastor. Rev Jos. A .
Proctor, who preached from Proverbs PRS
IRAN up child in the way he should 90, and
~ Wnette Is old he will not depart from it, After
the sermon, a collection was taken M for the
General Sunday School Society of the Virginia
Conference At night, the pastor preached an
earnest discourse from Hebrews 4i6-.' Let u.s.
therefore, come boldly unto the Throne of Grace
in time of need - f
The AssernbIy's CAxreh-Rev. Andrew q e.,
.otne.s, pastor, preached the funeral sermon of
the late samuel O Brien. from First Samuel 25
land Samuel died" The Sabbath school
and Missionary Society Of the church ws,e me-.
ent and united In singing most sweetly, "Heaven
Is my Home" and ''Homeward Bound ); At
night, Rev. A. ID. Moore preached from Ephe.
SLAMS, IL.
AsylH1A-Rev. J. r. Proctor preached in the
afternoon, from Psalms, %, "a: "wait on the
Lord be Of good courage, and he will strenotben
thine heart; wait, say, on the Lord y After the
services baptism was admi nistered 70 two ~ 49,
inmates Of the Asylum. The committee of the
pers and tracts P"
Methodist Protestant ChHreh, Ninth stys>t Tn.
pastor, Rev. p. l.. Wilson, Conducted the service
Of the day, and preached in the morning from
heveiauons, 2l3,4. At night, from Matthew
light" "1'A 10
HeksHdyss ChaPsE.-In the morning the Rev
Dt hamilton preached from Epbesians 4 81.
The sermon was practical and forcible and inn
pressed itself upon the serious attention of ali who
listened. - vi " '-o
Sc AioysrEs AT yespers Rev Father Mcclure
preached rom the Gospel of the day, st. Luke.
18th chapter. A''
DIsNIssEO.-on Saturday, the case of the United
states against John Carberry for assaultIno and
beating and breaking the jaw of Thos Penn on
the l9th OF June was called for trial by Ju.tice
Johnson Daniel Radcliffe appeared for the de-
tense After waiting an hour for the prosecutIno
witness, Mr.. Radcliffe asked the dismissaI of tIss
case Justice johnson remarked that as this was
case OF serious character he thong bit the at,en
uon Of me 6rand Jury should be called to It not
withstandins the failure Of the witness to appear
Mi Radcliffe replied that the justice had done ali
that was required Of him IL the comnlainan, or
DIS friends desired to carry the case to the Grand
jury tney could do so. The case was dismissed
John Holloran, charged with an assault on Pm
gene Flanagan, appeared for trial The warrant
was Issued on the oath Of respectable citizen.
subpoena was issued for Flanagan and was nlaced
In the hands Of an officer who returned the viii
Hcn est, &c. The case was dismissed WIG WIN
DEATH IN THE GUARD-HoUsE John Jones q
colored individual, well known to the resident.
Of the second and Third Wards by the alias cold
PreehaPs," was taken to the Central Guard -house
on Saturday night, and di ed in the cell range he
fore the hour Of trial Sunday morning The
habits OF "Preehaps' were calculated to DESTROY
life In very short time, under ordinary circum-
stances, and could not be expected that he couId
endure long confinement In the cells Of the
6uard house In the miserably filthy condition in
which they have been for eighteen months past
Tue deceased was picked up in the street and
carried 20 the Guard-house as q vagrant During
the night he asked for water which was oiven
nlfni and In the morning he was found dead in
tne ecu. An inquestwas held by the coroner nd
verdict OF death from intemperance. or d,li1irr1
reDisHs, was returned
IHk PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS which
were 70 nave nken place this afternoon have been
f.b 70 AZ M" a. tomorrow, on account Of the
aentn on MS: Margaret Freeman, late teacher in
.ns miro .s 1i'x .I The examinations of primary
schools Will take place Tomorrow AZ soliows
commencing at o'clock: 9" ioiA""s'
Second Dtsrict.-No. 5, Miss w,,d h, M,
Miller, No. o, Miss Reed by Mr. Foe - y, ~.