The national Republican., 1867-05-20

nership was, with this single exoepti0nt united,
working, prosperous equalization. They were Of
lone mind and one hsart.h Everything was done
By unanimity!J n servants were needed 70 take
care Of the widows In the daily ministration they
were unanimous In the selection Of seven men,
whom they unanimously presentsd TO the Apos-
ties. II any quesiion came before thsm for thsir
action thsy duly considered ~ with humble |
prayer, and whom they decided what course 10
take, they Wsrs of one mind and one heart THIS
divine union dweN 10 the apostolic household IL
was from the throne Of God, and tsansfsredsto |
the Church. 1UaAnimity, ous mind, ono heart
The Church, therssore, nov elsininG spe.tehe !
sanction, must present this, among othsr, Scrip
tufsl characteristics, else u -oappet slam apos
tolcity, cannot claim q Likeness 10 hs esedsf. II
may, Indeed, make the claim, but cannot mains
tsinit by apostolic authority and prsctice. a.
! know Of no qusstion befofs The religious
publlo Of grehter importAncs than this In Its
pfacticL spplisstien, w should soon see diyis. 4
IONS strifss heart -barsings, and siisnstions Civ,
ing way, and the spirit cf God and Of glory Dwell
ing In the hearts Of Gods people. Our present
form Of church government Is taken rather from
human govsrnmsnts than the Divine In the
Divine there Is no such word as division! Union Is
found in the Divine vocabulary. Divbien be.
longs to tho government and literature of ktsn
Satan inysnted II. Christians arc commanded
to 2" master thsm who cause divisions snd Of.
fences" contrary to The doctrine o. the Apostles,
and keep no company with them. The majority
rule finds no authority whatever Ia the word OF
Of God It Is true that, In The days Of, Joshua.
the majority Of tho spies returned from the mis-
sion Of exploring the promised land, md made
majority report, contrary to the minority. Apd
pray what was the resuitf For this division ths
eongrsga alton Of Israel surely suffered. There Is
no preserying Of Christian union without this
| apostolic doctrine 10 fully rsesiVsd and soted
upon. s-." ~ ..,, 20" " o. 90"
Majority decisions belong 10 the political. and
not TO the Divine government. One is human,
and Of course imperfect; tho other Divine, and
hence perfect. Wherever systom Of voting by
majority and minority Is introduced, the peace
and prosperity Of that church Is put In jeopardy.
II is imitatipg the political and not the Divine
model-ths church In Jerusalem. Tho Apos
ties were one, perfectly united in all things Of
| practical charaotsr.- The bishops Of the church
were united in the performance Of thels important
dutiesj so Of the servants, the doacons, and the
same Divine unity coming from the head marked
the movements Of the whole body. Never suffer
this wicked spirit Of division to enter your hearts
enter your congregation. De Of one mind and Of
one heart. -. ..-..r r. .a
| 3. steadfast In breaking Of bread and prayer,
the Lords Supper should be regularly alluded
TO- The early Christians, under the Apostles
personal instruction, mot on every hrst day OF the
wosk to break broad" as their manner was;
that Is, to commemorate the Lords death and
suffering. This was the practice Of the mother
church, and should be continued by all the chill
dron OF God. Prayer brings the soul before God,
with all its wants and woes its rejoieings and
thanksgiviugs. Christians are always to pray
and not faint, and in everything to give thanks.
SERVICES AT BETHEL TENT.
Services were held yesterday three times atths
Bethel Tent, corner Of Tenth and ii streets. El-
der salman delivered the morning sermon, and
Elder Grant those In the afternoon and evening.
The text for tho evening sermon was from
, Acts, 26th chapter and 9Th Verse-"Why should
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God should raise the dead?" 10
Mr. Grant said that he would not spend much
time upon the subject Of the resurrection Of the
dead, but he thought few passages appropriate.
He quoted from Genesis and other portions Of
the Scriptures. lie expatiatod on the word
"Thou, and went on TO give contradictory as.
| sortions as to whether man dies or not---whether
| he has any resurrection. He quoted from Gene.
sis In relation to the death Of Adam, In which it
says that Adam lived Q certain number of years
and then died. 8
| Tho question IL, which shall We hold on TO IN
regard to Immortality Shall We hold on to the
plain truths Of tho Biblol or shall We adhere to
tho opinions Of popular theologists1 We will
4 hold to the Bible, Of course. There 10 NO diff.
Guilty In holding on To the subject, though 1t 10
Rid, while we are weeping over the remains Of
some loved friend, he or she is praising the Lord
In Heaven while, on the other hand, II Is said
in Scriptures, the dead praise not the Lord. If
men are dead. then Is there no hate--uo loves
for all Is silent thsre-no wisdom, no device.
This theory Is all opposed to that Of the Aneisnts
Paul said, "1f the dead do not rise, then Christ
| is not raised"
The speaker believed that no man should 20 to
his punishment until the judgment day. He did
not think that when wicked man died he would
go to punishment, and then be again called up
on the judgment day to receive that which he
has already passed through. He believed that
the resurrection means that whom man dieth he
I To h. Ind nj han ha
would receive his reward In Heaven or his pun.
iBhment In hell.
Everything tended to prove that there would
be resurrection Of the dead. He quoted from
John to prove his argument, and the speaker
ably supported his subject by eloquent remarks
ana learned theoretical remarks.
No man who reads the Bible would dispute
but that there was q certainty Of a resurrection.
There was no more wonder in the resurrection
than there was In the creation. Ho who organ.
ized man and then took him to pieces must cer-
tainly have power to put him together again. y
The speaker referred to the death Of LaIaru,
and his subsequent resurrection to show that
Christ could resurrsct tho body. The Scriptures
all went to show the ability OF tho Lord to raise
the dead The bible was harmonious on this
ono point .E#
The question whether man would bo resur.
rected in his physical state he believed could be
answered afirmatively. He did not believe In
tho spiritual the ETHEREAL; Christ rose literally
in person, and he believed man would do the
same. According to the theory that man
changes every particle Of his system every seven
years, some had asserted that there might
be seven or more bodies to appear at the resur'
rection, md which would be the one to receive
reward or punishment. The speaker said thai
the one that died and went to to the tomb wal
the ono that would stand before Chris
The gentleman then went on TO speak OF The
. Restitution, and was listened to very attentiyely
n = by those present. He closed his sermon abou
u half past nine O'Clock, tho delivery having occu
y pied one hour and quarter Of time. The ten
}, holds comfortably one thousand persons, and up
u pears to be very popular, II we are to judge b.
10 the large congregation In attendance.
SERVICES AT METzERoTr HALL.
10 The Rev. DR.. Hawos, pastor Of the Congrega
. tional chur ch Philadelphia, preached last eve
,t ming at MetEerott Hall to full congregation
/, The text was from the Epistles Of Paul to th
Hebrews chap. Al, verse a. "By faith he forGool
i, Egypt, mot fearing the wrath Of the king for h
/, endured, as seeing him who is invisible" Frou
m this text the reverend divine delivered an elo
" auent and forcible sermon, enchanting his hear
4. ers to the end upon the faith Of Moses In seen
nt tho invisible Who he said might have been calle
m the son of Pharoah's daughter, and who was un
In doubtedly a radical or fanatic, such was hi
n. strength In the faith Of seeing Him that was in
n visible. He said there was an invisible world
A. and It was necessary for all to look into tha
at world, for God had givea man many facultie!