The national Republican., 1867-09-09
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

WohtnoT uotsTflnk Dut low from uttenutng tint
places Of worship. The city was remarkably
quiet, and but for those attending church tht
streets would have been comparatively deserted
The exercises In all Of the sacred edifces were
! very interesting, and we give brief resume o
those which we attended.
STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
After the absence Of few weeks, Rev. Mr..
Gray, pastor Of the L Street Baptist church,
made his appearance yesterday morning again
In the pulpit, and delivered . sermon more than
ordinarily impressive. The church was well
filed, and the hearers listened with much inter.
est to the words Of the pastor
The reverend gentleman selected his text from
Isaiah, seth chapter, 7th verse, "For mine house
shall be called house Of prayer for all people"
Leviticus, 10th chapter, 5Oth verse, "Ye shall
keep my ssbbaths and reverence my sanctuary;
, am the Lord
The speaker said: The sanctuary Of tho Lord
Is the great stand. point Of time whore We look
over into eternity. The house of God is q place
Of prayer, reverence, and humility. Tho taber-
naolo and temple are tho only two houses whsre
God has given directions concerning the taber.
naele, though erected in the wilderness with .
peoplein an impoverished condition, yet the Lord
gave orders TO have II furnished with robes
go,den candlesticks, curtains, &o., all costly in
the extreme.
And Who can look upon all this array with all
tho imposSpg service, &c.-who eau look upon IL
n
Profound reverence becomes the sanctuary Of
Gods house. And the first reason why rover
ence should bo Is because II is Gods sanctuary.
God tells Us to look up to Him All others are
as naught The limits Of the created universe
are nothing to Him. God Is everywhere present
Gods attributes are subjects Of which the
strongest mind can only catch glimpse. In the
temple only were those works Of mercy shown.
God 10 in His temple now. He has not with
drawn from His sanctuary. He has said, "This
Is Ny sanctuary, and hero will dwell" Let
the people stand In awe and keep silence. God
Is hero for purposes Of the highest interest. He
is here to note down all your thoughts and &C.
tions. He notes the rising desire, the trembling
hope. He notes the levity, the proclamation, and
tho misbshavior Of those here. You may d..
ceive men, but you cannot Him. Gods eye 10
upon you and upon me; and He is making up His
decision for eternity.
Who that has any sense can suppress the ex.
clamation, ''oh God, thy way Is 10 the sane.
tuary." God moves forth, and hero in these
walls hs moves forth in his mighty work. God
Is here in his stupendousness and his sublimity
Thirdly, . feeling Of reverence and awe should
become us, for We come here to worship. And
our form Of worship should be to praise the Lord
In song. In the upper sanctuary song is form
Of worship. John saw the multitude In his
vision. This world Of ours was ushered in with
songs Of joy and praise. Therefore wo arc to
sing unto the Lord, thanking Him for His good.
ness, His grace, and His infinite mercy.
Prayer 10 another form of worship and with
what solemn demeanor this should be performed
The speaker spoke Of the Bible-of It's sublim.
ity, and Of Its hope to us. Tho apostles say
that the ministers are ambassadors Of Christ.
In Revelation we are taught that John Is sent by
Christ 10 the churches The great truths which
the minister utters arc tho truths Of God. II
Christ Is the preacher and suppiicator In the
sanctuary, then why should we not pay rover
ence to 1t. II this Is Gods house, lot us be
revsrent in 1t. Profound veneration becomes
the sanctuary when We consider the nature Of
the work within. They are the words Of eternal
life which ara spoken In the text 1t depends
upon your hearts whether they should germ into
seeds Of righteousness Or bprnings forever.
The sanctuary Is the especipl dwelling place
of God. The speaker found no fault With how |
beautiful churches were made. The church |
should be made to receive Christ as guest. It |
Is not wrong to love the beautiful, and our house
of worship should bo made so but naught to
offend tho eye or the taste. God planned ono
house on earth, the most magnificent ever known.
Tho best intellect should always be employed,
for so 1t was in Heaven. God always made 1t
the Jewish rule to give to tho Church first The
FIRST day Of the week was always set apart for
that purpose The Christian gospel was suffer.
ing everywhere at present for not giving
The speaker spoke Of the duties Of q congre.
cation In selecting their pastors, and also re-
verted to the responsibilities Of the clergyman,
and the awe and reverence in which he shorld
stand in the pulpit when invoking the mercy Of
God.
In conclusion, the reverend gentleman alluded
to the attendance Of the members of the Church,
and said they should throughout the year have
regular services; not pass any by on account os
the heat or other causes. Invoking the Almighty
in few eloquent words, asking for prosperity
upon the Church, the speaker concluded.
THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
was crowded yesterday morning by an attentive
congregation to hear the pas. or, Rev. Mr.. How.
lett, deliver his sermon. The reverend gentle
man took his text from the 9Th chapter of
Matthew, 10th verse "Whosoever, therefore,
shall break one Of these least commandments
and shall teach mon so, he shall bo called the
least In the kingdom Of heaven; but whosoeyer
shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great In the kingdom Of heaven"
In tho evening q very interesting time was
had with the children belonging to the Sabbath
School. Some two months since the teachers
and scholars formed Missionary Society In ad.
dition to the monthly organization which they
have had, and last night was set apart for the
first general gathering. The upper hall Of the ,
chureh was given them, the regular church SER
rice being dispensed with for the evening.
The church was crowded with the members
md the parents Of the little ones. The middle
.ifes were reserved for the teachers and scholars
inu Wnen they were seated, and the exercises =,
we're commenced, there was not a seat to be had
After singing by the choir, the pastor Of the :
huroh, Rev. Mr.. Hewlett, read from the Goth
'salm, making an eloquent prayer at Its con.
lusion.
The children and teachers then sang the 1884
lynn, "Watchman tell me Is 1t morning !"
fter which the Superintendent, Mr.. D. D. John. =
on made few remarks In reference to their
low organization. He stated that the classes ?
hould tonight give in their contributions, the !
ne having the largest amount Of money to be o
resented with banner, which was by the class p
o be held for two months, when, the next nc st. Q
ng would take place. The entire proceeds were
o be devoted to the cause of tho American Bap-
ist Home Mission. S
4 very interesting report was handed In from a
very State In the Union and few Of the Terri oil
orios, embracing the labors Of the Baptist mis-. u
lon, which are truly worthy of record. During b.
he entire period OF operations Missouri carried W
q the palm, having tho greatest number Of
1883 weeks of labor; some
100 sermons preached and l44O baptisms, 81
husetts was the least on the list-haynR b.
ut missionary, some 20 weeks Of labor and "
ut 8 baptisms d.
At the conclusion of the reports of the "mis. &C
ion" the Glasses brought up their oontribu.
ons The names Of the classes, were unique
rotty, simple, beautiful and expressive. The IN
lass GOOD Hope" having contributed the 81
.rRest amount, $l2 40, was awarded tho ban. th
and ta.i n. 4.