The national Republican., 1867-12-23

CHURcH SERVICES YEgfBtDhYr-At the Int
tartan church, yesterday m orning, the Rev. John
q. Kimball preached for the congfegat atlon, taking
hb,stsxtfroF ths i3th chapter q 81 Paul to he ne
the Church. There Wefe May digsrens classes
composing the ChuIch-people OF difcrcnt ,ways
wards W each other, all 2ould ' live in harm Harmony.
There were probably no two persons who would
think or reason alike upon the same subject and
the units Of variety, K Church did not consist Of
one element alcpoj eerh element has Its work to
He adyerted to the intolerance Of the p66f
towards the rich and the rich towards the poor;
the intolerance Of icalism' towards eomorya-
tismj OF Conservatism towards. gndicalism the
rant, sci and demonstrated how necessary 6il
these different elements were to the church and
eommunity: They acted As As cheeks upon each
radical elements are both necessary. When a
church or community becomes old and corrupt,
work. TIE Church s
and eternal laws, and also Its progressive enthu-
siasm. Progressive and conservative elements
Roman Catholic Church does not tolerate diver.
sity Of opinion. The true doctrine Is 10 preserve
our individuality, exercise tolerance towards
all, and still work In harmony.
Assembly rhEsgYTKRiAN CHURCH.
Atthe aboyc-named church yesterday the Rev.
Or. Burdette preached the morning SERMON front
SLAMS, fourth verse "When Christ, who is our
life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
The minister hayinF .eloqgcntly introduced
found In the English language containing three
"Christ, our light When the sInnsr sees him.
What shall DO to be savcdi solae Of tlie most
dispose Of me so 81 's man. sSG z sa US BGeneteG
We must lay hold, BY faith, on the Saviour, A
and who heard a missionary preaGliirs Christ,
enthusiastically exclaimed, "That is what 1
van want, 70 be saved" The Scriptures assure us
In our natural state we are alienated from God,
and are completely under the power Of sin.
The Ehristis1s af diier peculiarly from thf sin.
the author Of the holiness Of the heart.
The learned divine here treated on the purity
inculcating his examples as laid down in holy
writ. lie alone is the light Of the Christian
hope; Were 1t not for thlshopc, mankind would
tlon and the life. He has the power to save not
only the soul, but the body hath lie also power
70 raise from the dead. In e9nelusion,. the min
will determine your salvation in glory or your
misery.
Doctor announced that there would be a Sabbath
school festival on Wednesday evening next He
hoped that all OF the children,a parents and
many friends would be there. He also stated
that the Lords Supper would be administered
next Sabbath evening one week in this church.
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THE SMoor-IonSsoN HoMrcIpE.-ln our court
proceedings yesterday the fact was announced
against Henry johnson, charged with the murder
Of Thomas Smoot, had been surrendered by her
ease. In connection with this circumstance
statements hsye been made which reflect Sc
riously upon the otieial conduct Of Mr.. Hcustis,
It is said that Mr, i. d. Brown, Mr.. Hcustis'
predecessor, as warden, has been before the
grand jury, and there presented Mr.. II. on a
charge OF malfeasance In office, in that he has
concerted with johnson to induce the witnesses
against him to leave the city. Mrs. Aholiab
whose house the homicide occurred, states to
Mr.. Brown that she had received a considerable
sum OF money from Mr.. Hcustis to induce her to
Another OF Mr.. browns charges before the
grand jury is that Heustis, acting. as the agent
for Johnson, has offered to divide two farms,
nesses, provided they will also make Il conve4
nient to be absent when the case Is called for
Another statement with regard to the above,
and which charge also comes from Mr. Brown,
is that johnson has given MIR. Hcustis the title
Grafton that he viii get the Witnesses out Of the
the he case is called for triSiSElSTt;', ai%' ""'A
ErroRTs TO pnENENr 4 DrscuAHoH OF HANDS
At THE NAVY YAHD,-It will be remembered
that on Monday last, about eighty employees In
the various mechanical branches of the navy
SsEs ys w Gays ago order
was received calling for the discharge of n large
majority OF those y6t employed there On FL
day, Messrs. Richard Emmons, ]. NJ. McFar-
land and W; Il. Richards, agreed to make an
endenyor to have the proposed discharge avert
cd. With this view. they waited on Hons. Fran
ois Thomas, of Maryland s. J. Randall, OF
orsy D. Of HSey 6t rsHRR'y,y,Gns y,
gentlemen promised to do all in their power 10
have the order revoked. Mayor Walach pro-
mittee, and saw Secretary welles, who said he
would, II at all possible, retain the men and
that he would to that end, confer with congress-
the committee called on Hons. Messrs.
Archer and Stevens, Of the Committee on Naval
Affairs, and they each transmitted letter to the
Secretary OF the Navy proposing that the order
Mayor wallach and Mr.. Emi mons in company
committee, presented the letters from that com
nitteo In person to Secretary Welles, and they
have cause to believe that their desires In this
respect will be granted. We sincerely hope such
viii be the ease.
ELECTION or oFvIcEns.-On Wednesday even
ng the following officers were elected In Colunl-
". NJ J. N. Vale, 5. W. r + Nj. nitt, Ii ttpVS; J. W.
Cauldwcll, Treasurer NJ. A. Tappan, secrc-
At n stated communication of Lebanon Lodge,
No. 7, i. and A. NJ, held on Friday evening, the
ollowing officers were elected VIM. Middleton
". NJ. f. Borrcll, $. W. Il, ii, Moulton, J. W,
v. Acker, Treasurer Q. W. Darr, Secretary.
At meeting OF Hiram Lodge, No. 10, +. and
\. NJ, held at their new hall Friday evening, the
ollowing officers were chosen Joseph ID. Raw
lngs, W. NJ. J. II. Mills, =. W; Joseph Burn, |
!. W. John NJ. Jewell Secretary John b. Tur- |
on Treasurer +. Edwards, Tiler,
At the annual meeting OF the Columbia Typo
'raphical Union, No. l0l, Saturday evening, the |
named were elected as officers for the |
nsuing year President w, W. Maloney; Vice |
'resident, ]. q. judd Recording Secretary, ]. |
l. Blackj Financial Secretary, II. Barnard
W. II. Mclean.
At meeting of the U. T.'s, held on Saturday |
yening, the following officers were elected for |
he ensuing term President, J. II. Nightingale; |
Ice president, (rc-elected) Harry q. Allen; see |
etary, Thomas +. Dalton; treasurer, Frank |
;mith Mr.. Nightingale, chairman of the stand
ng committee, reported that every Arrangement
vas made for tho anniversary ball on the 3Oth |
Instant, and everything was favorable for grand
line.
A GRANT CLUH ORGASIZgD.-A meeting of
iadicals was held on Friday evening, ovcFwhich
lajor II. A. Hall presided, and for which MIR. A.
J. CLARK was secretary, with view to forming
Grant club. The club was formed, and the fol-
owing preamble and resolutions were adopted
Whereas we believe the time has arrived to
I've expression to our preference for our
tandard-bearer in the coming clcctionj there
ore,
Resolved, That the persistent attachment to the
interests of the lOyal cause, 10 less in war than