The national Republican., 1867-07-08

dences as attentive listonors, rand says he
preached BY tho wnysidc and in the chapel to
The emp,rs nu,rbsr. aoyet 400, 900 600 souls.
There are only 100 mpsionaties In China, and bc
asks for more help 4 young man, named David
MORGAN, yhoilndl beou sent out from England as
missionary, swsss swept of the decks and
drowned before reaching bis field o. labor and
Mr. Gooirioh says no one has stepped forward to
take his place 10 tho work Of enlightenins the
A ls,tet from HonSlolu, Sandwich Islands,
saysthut sfeB yoars ago the people there were
in pagan Ignorance. Dr.. 0aIiek refers to the
week Of prayer, and rays the foreign aud native
churches were doing good work, many people
becoming converted daily. and powerful re-
vivnl is now going on in many parts OF the lei.
ands. A seminary has lii 'feven boys and girls,
fifteen Of whom have been converted, and are
nov protesting Christians There arc four or.
dainod preachers ard i've licensed preachers on
| the Islands. Tho Hawaiians have ordered fno
| organ from a factory in Boston, for which they
sent 81 500 in gold Reports from other mis-.
sionaries speak In the most encouraging tcrnsoI
| the Sandwich Islands. r.-..s
From Syria DR.. Post writes that property has
| been purchased at HUNS which will afford room
for schools, aud for plain, small shurch ed 9,
which is TO he erected He mentions some sore
cases Of persecution. The teacher Of tho boys
school at HUNS had been arrested and thrown
| into prison on an absurd charge Of murder, based
upon tho sudden death of one Of his ptfpils In an
opileptic IT. Thg Vice Consul at Damascus had
| procured promise from the Governor to release
| tho teacher on bail. r...
| 1}-. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. Boynton discoursed In the morning
| before n full congregation at Metserott Hall,
taking as his text Isaiah chap |, verse xviii,
Come, noY and let US reason together, saith
| the lord; though your sins be as scarlet they
shalt be as white ns snoai though they bo red
like crimson they shall ho as wool " DR.. Boyn.
! ton said that should m army Of 100, GOO 900
spring up throughout tho world battling in tho
cause Of itro1son, we should coudcscsnd 10 reason
with them to cause the laying down of their
arms, which idea he used to illustrate tho mercy
Of God One hundred million Of mon are now en-
gagged in traingling down Coils laws or the spirit
Of Ills everlasting covenant. The world, as
| whole, denies the Bible God word but the re.
ligon Of Christ should convince mnn Of his error.
! So far as argument is concerned the inGdel has
beoa driven from every corner Of tho. cath, and
the word Of God is authentic. The spurning Of
| the Bible, he argued, WINS monstrOus and ought
not to be endured in Christian land.
gThe religion Of Josu. Chris; commands mans
reason on account OF the correctness OF the rec'
ord Of the Bible, and tho hoOk being founded on
human testimony, though rlllih'c, is cOncusivei
and notwithstanding certain passages were OBJ
scure, We should accept IL rs Uhole. II would
lot oyery man Judge for himself tho truth or
iHlEty OF tho Bible. ChriEts rel! SiOn ia ven.
scnablo one. Man Is created for 4 special duty,
uRd moves in part iculHr sphere. ltha waniefs
out OF that sphere no must perish as does the
fish out Of It's element aud when conviction
comes TO tho degraded h. will find himself out of
his sphere The poor nan, laboring from early
morn uli late at uigdt thus made . sinyc, Is
out Of BIZ aphcrc the slave o. MammUn i3 not
In Lj, proper spheres tho uuu ot business Is not
in his sphere, simply to make money and cat,
and drink, and sleep. Was this the purpose OF
maH's Grafton, and Is thoTo nothing leyund II
Is the warrior, iolsting his eyes ~ blood and bis
ears on groanS, in his sphere See the hardcnnd
sinner; is hc in his EphCre THO reverend gen
tlomun said man is not in the sph9;c, fer he is
thrust out from his position for which he was
created.
Mans sphere iJ immortality, angels Ais as'
socates, Paradise his birthrisht, and Heaven bis
destiuation. Religion, then, IL q reasonable
thing, because it proposes to give US cur birth
, right in the land OF God II is reasonable, be.
cause It urges US to seek the pardon Of God foi
our manifold sins. We cali person rebel wh'
does not acquiesoe in the laws of the Government
, then why shouli We not bow tO the lava OF dOC
and give our hearts to jesus Christ IL Is no
manly to reject Or turn away coldly from th'
gifts OF Heaven To nany the Bible. uiuy appea
obscure, but II II reasonable 10 iurn to Heaven
/
As rolson shows man bis sins, by It's eHerciEe /
will put him on tho road to everlasting redemp
ton. Therefore, said tho speaker, let oil sum
. mon up courage, and rccnlicrt their SUN Of sins
Z 10 the secret chamber, and ask GOd's forgiveness
i who will wash your derrcts as white md pure u
snow He invoked one haur Of reason, that re
1 ligion may bo seen In reasonable light, anC
! Gods offer Of mercy be embraced
The hall was well Glsl, and GmOng the audi
dory were Hon. Henry Wilson and other Sena
i tors, besides u number Of members Of tho noos
, of Representatives
. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
1 The Rev. Mr.. llongst, pastor "f tho Sixtl
: street church, German preached in tho morn
= ing, Mt II O'Clock, taking for his text the lOjD
n Psalm, lat and 4th verse; on which ho iUunle,
i the following theory;
Tho dlviuo gooiness celebrated" Th
. speaker, In the first place, Gdvertei to III
/ divine benefits which lie so bountiiully lavishe
: upon US, both bodily and spiritually, embracing
, everything calculated to reader Us comfortable
and happy in time and eternity. Among God
1 temporal benefits the gpcakcr named the bless
ings of life, health, food, 81; the spiritual EN-
bracing tho arrangements of Providence ant
grace, the gin of the Son of God, the shvion
- of sinners, the establishment Of His Church upOl
< earth, with it, sacred ordinances. The devou
! psalmist acknowledges realization Of these benc
!. fits not prospechveIy but oxpcrimentally. II
:. Acknowledges tho forgiveness Of his sins-forgive
A moss supposes him to have been guilty-such b
was. AID such are all men before God, guilt
, in heart lip and life, in thought, word an
a action but he was forgiven and pardone
of all his sins--of 0N supposes him to hay
y, been guilty Of many So are all men in thCi
q unforgivSn state. How many sins tho sir
n ner is guilty Of in thg sight Of Col, Gud Oul
: knows. The psalmist Acknowledges tho "hea
a ing Of bis Diseases" Man l. subject to b9di
and spiritual disoases, which the lord our gret
physician, can heal and deliver our soul' frOl
, death, and I'll our mouths with His praise. BG
n all the above enumerated benefits must Le rea
a lied our hearts must be Affected and our liy'
!, changed. Their aud only thsn are We enabled
T.. from the fUlncs' of our hearts 10 eEclaiu, wit
A David BLESS tho Lord oh my soul and oil t
= Is within me lis holy name; bts' the Lord
my soul, and forge. not His bersIts"
a AT TIM cry NAL.
y The Rev John Bray delivered loct arc In Il.
r Council Chamber City Hall, yesteriay--suhjcct
n "Is tho city Of Rome to be literally totally dc
4 strOyod - Tho reverend gentomon commence
by saying that nt the present time the civilizC
!. world witnessed o0nygcEtion nt Rome whic
! eluaIled, iIit dill not surpass tine spendor 0a
perstition, and id0IotrJ ot the Middle Ages;
"a was fruitful theme Of study for tho political
\ and divine. In regard to the destruction
: Rome, the question wai would It bo destroyC