The national Republican., 1867-04-22

| some Easter day. How appropriate 10 this Easter
greeting, In thi. newly erected Church Of God!
There goes forth to-day for the nrst time, the
sound which for nineteen centuries has never
| osasedi which never ceased to be heard the
sounds which have aroused the N ost pleasursble'
sensations Of love and hope, have gone forth to-
day, the sound Of the everlasting GOSPEL and now
90 nes for the first time within these walls to.
day. ..,..-
To the sinner, telling now Of ,hsius, now Of
glory. now Of bliss unsPsakabie, Christ has risen
/ Indeed.
The reverend gentleman eomplimented the
brethren on the seal and energy With which the
| work had been carried on. Thsy had followed
Christ In the little garden Of bumiIisiins agony,
they saw the eye which the Heavens once opene'
| to the Holy Ghost; they heard the lips as news,
man spaks, those lips which raj cd Lazarus, ~ I'd
thus having stood As the disciples stood by be
cross, they were now called on to partakf, Of
Hin. for this is the day the Lord made
| There was impossd upon this dsy-a day bow,
all other days, whether Of week or sunds "a
| holiness above all. What propriety was there
in this day, the day above ali others. Tho early
Christians hailed Easter above all others; this
day the degrading cross was converted into a
triumphant trophy. On this day He ttas trans.
formed into . ray Of glory, which angels shamsd
| before. ..
The resurrection Of Christ was reverte d 10 bv
| Christ himself. His resurrection 10 full Of nm.
| speskabie comfort; and far exceeding aiy com.
nsmorations Of Christian days was this one
| (Esster.D
Christ was the resurrection and the life; uas
| the life to all Who believed The resurre ct,on
embraced ALI Christ did not rise from the dead
singly aud nione. II was the resurrection Of all
and those who accepted him would have over
lasting life. Christ 10 the resurrection cong iered
death, and on Saviour declared that ''him who
bolieveth in M shall have everlasting lie. -
All must de believers or unbelieyers, re.
deemed or unreA eemed, all must die He has
| opebed the Kiugdo IN Of Heaven to all those sho
believe In Hin. To-day Ii one Of unspeakr,bIe
sladness to those who have borne the cross for
Hin.
lie (Mr. RusselD called upon all To unite in
love to Christ, and flushed hs sermon with a
most eloquent appeal to God for His bl,ss ing
upon every one
hfter hymn and prayer, those who wished to
partakr o. tho holy communion were invited to
come forward, q general In ritation being ex-
Tended to Christians Of al! denominati ons
Twenty zone males and thirty. seven fomaies par .
took OF the solemn feast, when, after benedie o q,
the congr egation was dismissed
Mr.. Geo II. SaIty. tenor, formerly Of the
Abbey" Bath. England. and Mrs. W. II NJ ack.
rill orgnnist, volunteered their services 70 the
cca'ion and In unison with the regular choir,
the vocal and Instrumental hsrmoniIed o: iceed.
,nsly we'll.
THE AFTERNOON EXERCISES
In Grace church we're peculiarly interest ing; the
hat py, smiling faces OF the children weT pleas.
ant TO behold, and their lively prattle preyiou,
TO tho opening exercises afforded no doubt as
much interest and happiness to the ad ult specta.
torE present, as IL did TO our epOrter
full congregation attended the morning de.
votions. but the afternoon services .rought into
requisition every available seat.
The hymn, Como join our celebration, ~
commenced the programme arran yed, and the
grand chorus Of voices, Of the ol d and young,
male and female, resou nded th roughOut tho
church with magnificent t.hect.
After the singing Of the hymn, the Rev. Mr..
Perinchif rector Of ST Jo hn's church, offered
up prayer. lie inv ,ked the aid of the Almighty
IN assisting to blot out all sur transgressionS;
thanked God that he had ssut his son, Jesus
Christ on Earth to save US sil ,n'rsi thanked God
that We had the houses wherel n We could meet
together and remember HIM p rayed fer the pas
tr Of tho church In which th ey were, and for
The lttis ones under bis charge prayed that BY
understand His will, and brough his eIhorta.
ton to a close by recting the Lor Us prayer, the
little ones repeating 1t after him.
Rev. DR.. Butler, of st. Paul's Lutl ieran ch uroh
and Eleventh street, then deliver,'d the open.
ing address. Hs commenced by sayi 'ng Il. at he
vas glad that God had put II into tho hearts Of
good men to build church like this. He was
tl1d that Christian men under the guida nee Of
God should build such trees Of life rs we q 70 hero
,ssembled in to-day. This 10 q chidren's meet
log. and here are my brother clergymen o other
psrsuasions, the Baptist, the Epsoopali ln tho
Presbytorian, and myself, a Lutheran, to assist
It II. He reminded the children tn at they
Sere under q blessed influence; they hat good
rector, good teachers, good parents, and o good
SCHOOL, aud he advised them always to stand by
the Sunday school.
The reverend gentleman r,lated seve raj anec.
dotes pertinent to the occasion, and d iscoursed
in very cheerful vein; he waS. very at ten lively
listened to, and no doubt his Mmarks had their
due edect upon the little ones. i
Rev DR. Gillette Of 18th street lsapti st Church,
next addressed the children. He spoke Of the
precocious knowledge at tho present daY Of young
people generally, but yet was aware that there
we're many sadly ignorant, many who. mover en-.
tered Sunday school; never heard hymn sung
nr prayer uttered. II seemed won derful that
n these days of civilization and christianity
there were families who did not posses . n Biblo
yet II was 20.
Dr. Gillette went on to speak of the obIiga.
ions the people of Georgetown were Under t,
the parties who erected the church 10 VIII ich they
were he drew comparisons between th ose as.
semhled and the rude savages; spoke of tho love
Of Christ and bis mercy drew \ graphic picture
Of a Sunday school class kept 10 tho right path,
and the benefits thereby; gave few notes con.
csrning his own pat lifo and 6nished up with an
ernest appeal IL the young heads and hearts
before him. to stand by their Sunday school nd /
bring others-those who had no school, with
them.
4 know that my Rcdeemer lives" was then
sung by all, tho arches Of tho church grandly
reverbrating the vocal sounds as they rose up
ward.
The Rev. Mr.. Macaulny, of tho Dumbarton
N Z church, Georgetown, next addressed tho
children He commenced by relating spiritual
anecdotes connected with the Biblei told them
Of the beautiful temple Of worship which they
had and Of the fact that some Of them would
eventually become fhsmbers Of It and be its sup
port; he wanted them to be punctual 10 their at.
tendance to their Sunday school, never to lose
interest in It, but always to attend. He men.
toned little anecdotes occurring at home and
abroad, which appeared to pleass and interest
the children and concluded with blessing upon
all,
The Rev. Mr. Williams, Of Christ Church,
Georgetown, said that all Nature seemed to-day
to ,sympathiEe with tho good work which they
had assembled TO commemorate. He thought
that there mus be joy In Heaven over II. They
Che ohildren) must not think they were too
little to do anything for Christ and proceeded to
relate an auscdols sxeuplifying the force oi his
remarks and showing them where they could be
II use. Mr.. Williams spoke earnestly and elo.
Iuently; and after giving tho teachers Of the
sunday school some sensible advice, took his
seat
The hymn, beautiful River" was then sung
all, as before, joining in giving power to II.
The Rev Mr. Campbell, Of tho Presby to- ian