Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-10-12
.aa7zRloH SERVICES, sc, TOMORROW.

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nH1TReH SERVICES, &c.. TOMORROW.
c,u;et Church.-Seryice at II q. M, by the
Raw r. II. McKim. 81 = 4 20 .
- G.oces Church. Service at II a. M, and 4
M BY Rev. D. F. Sprigg The pews in this
Church are free.
ps.-service at IL a. M and 4 p. m !,
b. oh the Rev G. H. Norton. gsa
g. Marys-Service at and II a. NJ, and
An n. m, Is .t.S GE@
Dow aG e. Nj. McCampbell. Sunday School Con
cert stnight. . '...'s2...'* y = go -
o..ond PRESBYTERIAN Sermon in the morning
.,n 2 Of night by the Rev j. T. Leftwich.
: ,1stbodist Episcopal Church SoutA.-Seryice
;. 10 morning at IL o'clock, by Rev. w. E.
y, Wnnsey, and Love Feast at night, at { clock,
Msthoaist Episcopaz-Sermon in the morning
.n uls st night by Rev. j. r. Wheeler
'' Mstsodist Protestant. Services in The morn
mo ip and at night, by Rev. }. b. Jones.
ponhst.- Sermon in the morning and at night
bv Rev E. j. Willis. go
:, Nsrandyia Christian Association. General
payer Meeting in the Baptist Church. at 4
a,nIock p. M. and every evening during the
,.t Church, at 4.30 O clock.sA cordial welcome
, he given to all who will attend upon these
y
means of grace ar.t,5as.
VILLAGE Chapel morning ard night
hv Raw. Mr.. Hummer Continuation of pro
trscted meeting -
- Rev. w. E. Munsey will preach at the Prin-
cess street Baptist Church (colored) at p. M
FROST WoRK-One or two frosts. have occur
red, and the foliage and flowers bear marks of
The approaching Fall. The green livery with
which the cath SO daintily decked herself OUT
in the Spring, is being rapidly changed for
the sombre hues and varegated garb oiAutumn.
The ripened corn stands 10 shocks over the
fields or is gathered into the barn, ANA the
farmer realizes the traits of his toll. 'The
fall of the leai,' however, is as suggestive OF
sober thought as Of poets dream. While 1t
brings renewed life to trade, and renewed vigor
to many who are Frustrated in health and
energy by the lassitude and eneryation pro-
duced by the heat, it brings dismay and dread
to the poor. The Winter which with encroach-
ing steps is close upon us, has little pity for
the poor whom the genial heat Of Summer
allowed to dispense with fires, and whose tat
tered garments are aIlinsuficienl to keep out
the wind The mendicant, who lew months
rested contentedly on The green-swarl,or seek
Ing the shade Of the Forest slept in comfort,
has, as he wanderS homeless and houseless, the
faculty Of suffering as keenly developed as
the fashionable lady who muffles in her
costly furs; aud the beggar-child who
80 enjoyed the sunshine OF May, is as suscepti
Bile to the north winds fury, as she stands
shvering in her tattered garments, as is the
little fellow who with boots and mittens and
flannel tolls at his sed and in the evening
basks by the we'll filled glowing CRATE. The
poor widow whose husband lies sleeping on
some one of the many battle fields Of the Old
Dominion, as her dependent little ones hang
around her, wonders how they are to be cloth
ed and ted 1t Was hard work in the summer,
when provisions, Away high TO her, could Re
Offset with the abundance of fruits and vege-
tables with which the market was stocked now
in the approaching winter they will need food,
comfortable clothing, shoes, everything and
able to afford them education.
Here's enough for sad thinking" And
the story is not near told Of the troubles that
winter will bring to the needy and unfortunate.
Let every reader of these lines bethink him
self, and as Providence has blest him, so let
him bless some one or more less favored in
circumstances. One need not search long Or
far, for unfortunately ''the poor we have al
ways with u.s. and the few kind acts, costing
US little besides the effort, will so far towards
making some desolate home happy, some
hearthstone bright and blessed, some soul
made glad Do not stop to find the deserving,
you are not deserving yourself; none are; but
wherever suffering is, mitigate it, and your
reward will come here and hereafter.
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