The national Republican., 1867-04-15
LOCAL pEPARTMENT.

LOO hL " u II N ~ - m u ~ II.
RELIGIOUS SERvrcSs.- Yesterday was one |
Of the most bsautiful days Of spring. n We may |
except the dust with which our citizsns are 90 4
generally annoyed and, consequently, the |
churches Throughout the District swsre well at |
tended, and more especially those Of the Roman
Catholics, Il being Palm Sunday. The osrs-
monies appropriate on this interesting occasion |
were performed Ia all the Catholic churches Just
before the celebration Of !, High Mass, at the 4
eleven o'clock service, aud livery member, at the
close Of the service, might hare bean seen wond- |
ing his way homeward with his sprig Of palm, |
blessed BY tho priest in his hat OF on his breast
The celebration Of This event We are taught, Is |
In oommemoration Of the triumphant entry Of
our Saviour into Jerusalem at the commence |
ment Of what is termed Passion or Holy Week. |
The principal days 70 be oberved In this weck |
are Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Saturday, |
In addition 70 the services In thsi morning, the
Office Of the Tsnsbr@ will be celebrated on Wed,
nesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings at 81.
Mathews and St. Aloysius' churches.
Elder d. b. Henderson, Of Louisville, Ken.
tucky, preached yesterday at eleven q IN. and
seven and-a,hAlf p. m, to large audiences, In
the Supreme Court room, City Hall handling In
very able manner the subject, "Tbo coming Of
Christ, in connection With tho signs Of the
times.n >. i,-.'F1 Nv
This able divine announced, prefatorily, that
he had selected this subject prior 70 his leaving
Washington, because he thought that there were
some, probably, who had not studied the subject
as they should have done, Concerning the com.
ing Of Christ, he said there were differences Of
opinion, both as to the time Of his coming and
the manner In which he would return. As for
himself, he could not say when Christ would
come and he had mover yet seen any one who
could put his finger on any part Of the holy writ.
and thus point out the date on which our Saviour
would reAppear on earth 1t was sufficient for
him to know that He would come, In all His
glory, to reward the righteous and punish the
wicked. 0fth timo Of the coming Of Christ he
was satisfied no man knoweth neither does the
angels In Heaven, and not even the Son Of God
for II was written that the Father alone knowsth
One thing was however, certain-thRt the time
Of His coming was approaching, and He might
appear when least expected like thief In the
night, and all should be ready for that coming.
It should hll the heart with more than ecstacy to
know that Christ their Redeemer, was coming
The speaker hero proceeded to demonstrate the
fact Of the Saviour's coming, oontending that He
would come back literally. This. he said, even
the lighnings fash indicated He referred, In
support Of his declarations to the frst few verses
Of the LIST chapter OF the Acts Of the AIoJtlss,
where 1t announces that Jesus shall return rs lie
was seen to depart for Heaven, whom lie was
taken up In q cloud.
Did not this, he continued, indicate as plainly
as could be that It was the same Jesus that
went up in tho cloud that was again 10 return TO
us--the same Jesus that suffered oruci6xion
The speaker said thero were few, he doubted
not, who believed that Christ died In spirit rs
we'll as In body on the cross, but weak must be
the mind, indeed, that could entertain suoh
belief; for this was the spirit Of tho Father,
which never dies. The body Of the Saviour did,
however, die was laid In the tomb arose on
the third day. and afterwards aseended to
Heaven. On the bloody tree Christ bows his
head, saying he had power to lay his body down
and nowar N taka n m apafn. this command.
ment have received here from my Father, and
when His body was placed In the tomb Plate
granted q body-guard to guard the tomb and
the Kings great seal, which no man dared to
remove, was placed thereon. Notwithstanding
all this precaution, on the third day, Christ
was the great question involved in his resurrec,
tion for many disbeleyed the fact Of bis
tiou, Notwithstanding the circumstance Of the
simultaneous resurrection Of several bodies In the
same vicinity. Even Thomas would not believe
until he had placed his fingers In the nail prints
and his hand In the wounded side Of his Saviour
That very same body, so crucihed. buried,
resurrected, identified and ascended to Heaven
would, the speaker continued return TO US He
was the perfect Mediator between God and man,
and would return TO the earth as He ascended
to Heaven, In q cloud.
n mystery. We shall not all sleep. but We shal
all be changed. list Corinthians xv, 81 apt
said that when Christ comes He would raise al
His people who had died, from Adam down no
the spirit, but the bodies for the spirit did no
die. The dead saints would be raised and th'
living saints changed. The Saviour promised t
raise only His friends and to change those of Hi
friends who yet lived.
At the close Of the morning service the sacra
ment Of the Lords Supper was administered to
goodly number, and at O'Clock the following
named persons were immersed In the Potomac
mkat L. kVOamOr0
Charles E. Holmes and Miss Jennie Tingle
About !, 500 persons were present, and Elder d
P, Henderson ofhciated. The ceremonies wer
opened with the song commencing "fonder
over the rolling river, " which was followed BY n
address by Elder d. P. Henderson. Anothe
song was sung as the candidates went down int
the water and after immersion the benedictio
was bestowed, and the spectators returned /
their homes -
Alta IN. and at $3.50 p. m. Rev. John G
Smith, D D., held divine services In the FOurt
Presbyterian Church, Ninth street. In the morn
ing he preached powerful sermon on the suit
jeet 1.-THE power, guilt, and ruin Of unbsllef !
and In the afternoon from the passage OF scriI
ture: Say not 20 there are yet four months
the harvest ?"-John, iy, 36.
Last evening Rev. DR.. Gray, at the E-stret
Baptist church, treated eloquently and logicall
the subject; "The worlds long night breaking
and the prophetic day dawning."
Excellent sermons were delivered AT man
other churches in the city, the truth and poW'
Of which must be Acknowledged by all exceI
70 the most hardened and abandoned.
ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF HoRsB-STEAl
ISG.-Last December n fine horse was stole
from Mrs. David Foster, near Fairfax Seminar.
Va Soon afterward Lieut.. O. M. Skippon, (
the Sixth precinct, found the horse In the posse
sion Of one Michael Craghin and VIM.
Cleaver, (the latter now In jail charged with
heinous ofence,) who were arrested and di
missed, they showing that they had purohas,
the horse Of one Lemuel 0oans, alias Geo. smit
On Saturday Coans 'showod uph for the FRI
time, when he was arrested by onicer Mar
wood, Of the Sixth precinct Justice MORSE
holds him for q hearing on Thursday mex
Lieut.. skippon returned the horse 10 his own
long since.
A LARdE HAUL OF SuAD.--On Saturdt
last, at Maryland Point, q haul Of two thousal
I shad was made, the largest OF the season, Al
some assert the largest ever made on the !
tOmao.
Captain pullsn came up yesterday with |, 8
/ shad and Al, 900 herring from Wado'S Bay, abO
! foTty.fyo miles down the Potomac. shAd sc
/ at the wharf for from seven 70 eight dollars I
hundred, and herring for from ave to seven d
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