The national Republican., 1867-08-26

70 have hsd this season. and thousands o. ou
I citizens avaiied themselves or the favorable op
portunity TO sttsnd the places ofworship now o
} numerous In our city Tho Sabbath school
good, " had muob cause 70 feel encouraged. Be
low We give synopses Of sermons delivered yester
day to large and appreciative audiences, TO wit
4 SERVICES AT RYLAND cHAPBL. ~.
] Rev. DR.. Hamilton, pastor Of Ryland Chapel
delivered most eloquent sermon TO an atten.
! tive congregation assembled within the hand
some little edifee last evening. .aI.1g-,
The reverend gentleman took his text from
tho 13th chapter r 11th verso Epistle TO ths
Romans: "And that knowing the time, that now
II Is high time to awake out Of sleep; for now Il
our salvation nearer than We believe." y. 30
The speaker commenced by saying -.5
The text 10 Gods alarm bell. I wish 1 had
sskiIl hers, would ring Il In your ears. Paul
knew how to use II and did on ono occasion
and call upon God. Sleep 10 divided into three
different kinds. One is the sleep Of msu--natu-
raj tleep which Is given rs for rest. We could
entertain you after q fashion upon this one
branch Of the subject as long as We were able TO
talk at all. But We will not do II. Mr.. Wesley
had tho best notion Of time Of all tho men ever
know. He know whom to work and whom to
sleep. Mr.. Wesley failed to wake at times when
ho wished and he procured an alarm " atch 90
that he would wake ut the exact period and
after great trouble succeeded In finding out that
six hours was enough sleep for him, and that to
get that sleep he must 20 to bed at nine o'clock.
Ono hour spent in meditation and then ho would
place his head upon the pillsw and enjoy six
hours Of unbroken sleep.
The speaker went on to tell Of wesley's ago
and the amount Of labor he performed during that
time, preaching till within q few days Of his
death, which was when he was eighty eight years
Of age. .r. ...
There was another kind Of sleep spoken Of 10
tho Bible, and that was a moral sleep. This was
most fatal sleep. II was characterized by
Incidence, stupidity, aud security. What could
be more indoient than tho sleep Of tho soul.
cooping II up night and day, destroying all its
capabilities and all It's energies Just to think
Of 1t, the death Of the soul through Incidence.
And then stupidity-the failure TO arouse the
soul to action You may invoke tho giories Of
heaven or tho damnation Of hell and yet II
moves the man not. His house may be on fire,
and yet he Is unaware OF the danger. As long
as ho Is in that sleep he Is uEsOnscious. He
sleeps on and sleeps on until It Is too late and
wakes up and Knows his danger. Such 10 the
| condition Of those who are morally ssleep God
has told them Of It, and yet they sleep on. As
night is the season Of sleep so is day the season
Of activity. The birds are good instructcrs-
they know the time the proper time to awake
The time to which the apostle referred Is the
Il
God with fear and trembling
But there were some persons who would even
/ though fifty years Of age sleep In thar light
habiiments forever bo always In bed. Wo have
not only bodies to live and families to support.
but we have prize to win; all that We have
lived for to secure and are given by every effort
| we use to get II. Thore were some In the house
who had lived twenty-five and thirty years and
had not spont one day upon their souls. They
have been living in night, they have been asleep,
but may God in his infinite goodness have mercy
on their souls.
The speaker addressed himself to those who
had been so long morally asleep and spoke Of II
as an evil that grew by indulgence, aud that II
would grow upon them until Nc the apostle said,
they would not only bc asleep, but actually dead.
He warned them to attend to 1t and listen not to
him but to the words Of God.
There was another sleep mentioned In the
bible, and that was death.
In Heaven there would bo no sleep DIR. Fisk
said he would be SO happy when he would wnke
up and know he never would wish any more re-
pose To never have to close his eyes upon
things he loved always to be with Christ. That
was the height Of bliss.
Some would wake from death to shame and
everlasting contempt. There would be no re.
pose In hell; there was no sleep there. In this
life II Is intolerable to lose two nights seep-to
lose four nights sleep would kill me. / must
on forever in shame and sorrow and know that
shall never close my eyes.
Tho speaker spoke most sloquontly, and ad,
| vised his hearers not to neglect the opportunity
not to indulge In spiritual slumbers; for bye and
| bye II would become so profound that they would
| wake up in death. He trusted the Lord would
hear them now and have mercy upon them while
| they cried for salvation.
| II was true that Churches were asleep; II was
true that ministers woro asleepi and though
they felt happy when they experienced reli-
gion, yet they were as far of from heaven as
ever. The reason was that they were wavering
they were stupid, they felt secure. To the
sleepy christians, he advised them to wake up.
1t was high time for them to do 1t. They were
near the end Of their journey He hoped tho
Lord would arouse the Church, and arouse the
preachers of this Church.
The reverend gentlemen concluded his sermon
by invoking the mercy Of God upon all present,
and trusted all would meet in heaven and re-
ceive their promised reward.
| ST. PAUL's LUTHERAN CHURCH.
| During the entire summer service has been
maintained twice daily In this church, and has
been well sustained. The pastor, Rev. Mr..
Butler, preached yesterday morning to full
congregation, from Rev 8, lsv: Il counsel thcs
to buy Of me gold tried In the Ere, that thou
mayest be rich" God in the Bible, he said, in
its doctrines and facts, presents 4 mirror In
which individuals and churches may see them.
selves as they appear in His light The world
Is full Of shams; men are not always what they
appear to be. Selfdeception, rs woll as hypoc.
risy, is one Of the stratogies Of sin. A sound
philosophy says "know thyself." Gods judgment
gives terrible emphasis to this axiom. He re-
moves oil walls and disguises, and brings mems
true character daguereOtyped In its every
thought and motive, into judgment
The church at Leodioia, from whose spistle
the text is taken. was q self deceived church
Nothing is said Of tho hoterodoxy of its faith
u would have been sound, probably, according
o the Heidelberg or Westminster, or Augsburg
1 Confessions, but its heart and life were not
right 1t was lukewarm church, self salts.
fed church-rich and increased In goods, anG
needing nothing in its own esteem. There
were not many broken and contrite hearts in
it-not many writing bitter things against
themselves-but many hungering and thirsting
after righteousness To Gods eye 1t was poor
and wretehed, and blind and naked The text
is part of tho counsel given to the LeOdocians
by tho saviour of the church. Gold srid the
preacher, is put here for the whole of religion;
that which gives pardon and peace and hope
and heaven. Tho precious metal in itself has
but little intrinsic value. 1t Is valuable for its
uses; II secures that which has intrinsic value.
To hungry man in famine loaf Of broad has
more value than bag Of gold Mungo Parke,
In the African desert, famishing for water was
more oheered by the little green twig, drawing
its yerdure from hidden spring, than he could