The national Republican., 1867-09-16
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT.


were thronged yesterday during tho ringing Of
the bells with more than the usual number Of
persons seeking their respective houses Of wor.
ship. Tho weather was something similar 10
the preceding Sabbath The skies were lower
Ing and dull heavy, leaden clouds obsoured
the sun, and indications Of rain wore manifest
throughout the entire day. The morning SER
vices generally In all the churches were, how
syer, we'll attended, though In tho evening many
remained at home through fear Of Q shower.
SEVENTH STREET rRKsBYrEmAs CHURCH
Tho services In this church yesterday were
conducted By Rev: s. p; Lynd, formerly Of
Cleveland, Ohio. The edihce was we'll filled
with An attentive congregation, and the sermon
delivered most excellent one.
The reverend gentleman selected his text from
the First Epistle Of John, 4th chapter and part
Of the 8th verse: "God Is love-"
Atheists say there is no God. Pantheists say
everything Is God. Tho panthsists say that God
butte, TO which everything moral and spiritual
.belosgs. God is constantly changing, according
to the creed Of the pantheist. The tort In op-
position to the atheist Is that there is God
Tho text asserts, In opposition to the pantheist,
that "God is love-" God lovos everything and
God Is everywhere. II Is not mere Abstraction
that God who made us, who preserved Us, that
He Is love. Heaven and earth proclaim aud
reason teaches us, and Gods revelations tell US
that God loves US and would do US good.
There Is 50 much suffering and sorrow in this
world that We think sometimes that II is impos.
,sible for God TO love US; but there 10 unmistak.
able evidence that He docs But how is God
love7 In what sense2 He is never said in the
Bible to be power! He Is always said to be
love II means that when sinners look up to
Him there Is love. When we 500 Christ We see
,ot all His glorious attributes We only sec
aoD >bination. There Is breadth and depth In
Gnd,. love In Christ which is not to bo oompre.
bsndsd We feel 1t and experience II, yet do
not oomnr.h md its greatness. He has endowed
All msrE,nd ith sense Of pleasures, and has
.iv.n th.m tbs an. 'ortunities to enjoy tbom.
The spesksr dr.l, upon Gods goodness, In
all thines-the glorious ,Neautiss of nature which
He had formed for the plea. sure % o. man. EVery;
thing spoke Of infinite love. ~ p'' Itv ny.
govern was as wonderful as to Neate II was
Food in God to osI being. into o. 'stencs. 1t was
equally Is good In Him to control "o s''9us p,s
and relation Of beings when In e1isteL CO. But
In God and through him were all things.
Gods scheme Of providence was like m a. my;
Though they marched here and there BY Ia. 'a
and sea, yet none knew why or whittier, but the
commander. Those that have observed tho
providenoes Of life cannot help but know that 1t
was through infinite love.
Tho darkest hours In the worlds history arc
now glowing with heavenly light. Empires may
psss away and the names Of mighty men sink
Into oblivion. Yet the word Of God will stand
nHntoOuHnetb
Of Epgiand left, they carried with them the
word Of truth and founded q mighty empire.
Whom the Union army was defeated at Bull Run,
the heart Of the nation stood still at the disas-
ter, but II proved to DO tho nations salvation.
Let US all trust then In the providence Of God.
Every oleud has silver lining. The hand that
rolls the stars along speaks to US In goodness.
Christ died because God loved us this Is the
preston Of his love. He sent his Son to be the
propitiation Of our sin, and here We see his love.
Christ died for US and love spoke from tho
cross That death tells Of the gloriss Of Heaven
and the great love which the Father hath ior us'
It's depth and breadth pssseth all knowledge.
It Is objected that there 10 misery in the world,
and II God is God Of love- whence all this mis-
cry? Sin Is the cause and to which must be at
tribu ted all tho misery. God Is not respon-
sible i'or It. He created US with knowledge
upon ourselves. Under the blessing Of God
our affections and our sins work out our own
eternal salvation and glory. He'll Is but an ex-
preston Of God for His hatred Of sin. Our
courts Of justice and the punishment of male
factors is for the benefit Of humanity and So
cisty. God is love, but out Of Christ Is con
suming fro. God Is love, but ho has enacted to
TO his laws that the soul that sinneth shall surely
die. -
Rev. DR.. Gillette, pastor Of the Thirteenth
Street Baptist church. delivered q most ex'
osllsnt sermon last evening: The attendance
was moderate, the threatening aspect OF the
weather preventing many from being present
who otherwise would have been. The text was
from the prophecy Of Daniel, xii 3: "And they
that bs wise shall shine as the brightness of the
armament ..h
Tho speaker said hero is IN allasion to nature
in her beauty and bright grandeur. All that
constitutes the richness of that structure is tn,
rork.of the Creator hAnd-nature.
This holy Scripture, which was written before
us, was written for our instruction, and there II
not truth In II from Genesis to Revelation bu
what has come to pass. Those who have mad
It tho strictsst test applied to themselves durini
their life, no matter how old they are, have con
6rmed Its truth.
To aonsider the text We must consider th
honor, tho divine honor, He has conferred upo
us-the unparalleled honor upon our immorta
spirits. Who are the wise? Those who ar
tho wiss by tho Old Testament know only GO
unto His-none so arranged in its relations I
human society than the law Of God. Tho Oh
Testament says, SECT wisdom In all your un
dsrstandings." Godliness, above all things
ought to bs pursued and ought to be had b
every one We ought to love God with all ou
heart, with all our mind. and with all ou
strength.
The animal races beneath US have no know
ls6re of the Deity. They know him mott the
love him mot; nor do they fear him. As the
have not the attributes OF humanity, or u
,novsr of reeson, II Is not to them that our tel
,sppiies. II Is to US l, Appliesi We that are ints
Meant, reasonable beings. In the text there
ailudon to tho psrpetuity Of our happiness II v
- be wise, God, In Il, delivers us from feelings
DESPAIR. and gives US the hope Of sverlastir
Iife' II we arc wise. The text tolls w that at
made us, and that We did not make ourselVe
We know that God made man In his own imag
breathing into him the breath Of life, uheret
he became a living soul. The truth was pate
10 every mind who read the Scriptures, that dC
isssd man, and created him in His own inal
Though that love. 1t was not necessary
\, dwell upon II. John, the beloved, said here
love. not that We love God, but that He loved
md gave his Son In Precipitation for us
God invested the apostles with all the intel
q, nes and mind he could, and when lie quitt'
Z eh.' earth their work but commenced. lie ga
ibsLr \ their teachings and sent them forth al
,hsy .,PAks. They that believed in Him shou
hsys eysrlaslng life,"
There were no such other twelve men as u
.n..tles who ever lived in the world. The
'tsa,Lings have bees transmitted to us. "
%sys lat TO track the Christian church col
sssneed hy Christ and his apostles and see whe
vas In It's greatest purity-in Its purest streal
Il, .-.y.r n 9oes merceB aro abundant a