The national Republican., 1867-05-27
LOCAL DEPARTMENT..

LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
CHURCH SERvIcEs YEsrERDAY.AY ester,
day was damp, dull dreary, and disagreeable
day, and the attendance at most Of the ohurchc,
was quite meagre, especially In tho evening.
The Sabbath schools were somewhat depleted In
numbers, but not to so great an extent, CORE.
spondingly, as wcre the churches The sermons,
however, were not wanting in their interest and
force, and merited greater number Of hearers
than were present TO Listen TO and enjoy them.
Below We give tynopses Of several dscorrses Is.
tened 10 By us, but they are much more enjoyable
In being heard, we nre OF opinion, than In being
read :
E.sTRREr BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. Lagoon, Of Albany, New York, deliv.
cred tho discourse 10 the congregation attending
this church, last evening He took bis text from
4th verse Of tho 50th chapter Of Isaiah-"Ths
Lord God hath given me tho tongue Of the
learned that should know how to speak word
in season to him that Is weary; hc wakeneth
morning BY morning, he waksno.h mine ear to
hear as the learned" r.-.t d. -. ........ .....
Mr.. Lagoon said the instruction on this point
was simply this That Gods solace was the
tongue Of the learned for the good Of man. In
the first place, the race OF man Ia weary; In tho
second place, the tongue Of the learned is Gods
solace for that weary raoe---mankind. Tho race
Of man was classified as follows: The indolent,
the ostentatious and the aspirant
or the indolent, there was plenty Of them; the
earth was burdsnsd with them. The cause of
wearinoss is explained BY the quotation from
Boripturss- 'Tn tho sweat Of thy brow thou shalt
eat thy bread In sorrow" Yet that was not the
most wearisome thing In the world lie had
seen people In the world who wore too lazy to
sweat, and they were the most unhappy erss.
tures In the world. One that was temperate and
industrious was always cheerful. ..''
Then were the ostentatious: they wore the
consumers and not the producers. A fashionable
woman was not whit better than an indolent
one. On the FIRST day Of the year, the inventive
genius Of France inaugurates something; and
what h III A new fashion! In three months
from that date, on An Fools Day, the fashion
viii be In New York and In three months time
from that, will be In New Orleans. Just 70 to a
watering place and observe the fashionable
woman see her array herself In the morning,
then at noon, and lastly at night, and remark
with what care she dresses and what has she
been been doing, dS Nothing ys. when 'hs return. q.
labonng all day in the asld-how weary he Is at
might How varied the contrast Take the NOR
chant, who takes the price current, who is indus
trious sinacoumulatingwsalth,w when he comes home
mt night-how weary-so with tho student Take
tho man who leads . mercenary existence, who
boards and boards until he dwindles down to the
oontsmbtiblensss Of . miser-and no does not
feel oontsntsd, but weary ever.
God has 90 created US that we will never bs
contented, but will feel wsarinsss until we meet
at tho foot Of the cross. Who Is the giver Of
this solaee--this smoothing down Of the weari.
ness Of lifel II Is God and God alone.
The language Of ST. james was explicit
Every good gift and every perfect gift comes
to US from above" All our capabilities are re-
ceiyed from Divine source. Tho coal that we
burn In our CRATES, or In the Workshop Of tho
manufactoryi In the engine, or In the steamer
that goes piash plash over the sea; tho coal that
haa haa huri ad nd 0f in aarth
It at last comes up. 30 with the wheat-the
CORN they all come upi but the blessings Of
nternity come down. The rain and the sun.
beams all come down. Grace aud glory-all that
treasure comes down, and God Is the giver.
The speaker then went on to speak Of learned
men, where they were too much 50, and said that
the greatest fools he ever saw were learned fools
Those minds were the most sagaoious to relieve
minds who had bitter experience In the SORROWS
Of life. They would touch other hearts-touch
other wounds which would correspond with their
own.
The reverend gentleman spoke Of Robert Burns,
and Of whom, Notwithstanding all his degrade.
tion he had learned us some bitter truths He
quoted from the Scottish bard, aud went on to
draw comparisons from the lines spoken. He
spoke Of the learned tongue as the great gift
from God, whom used for the benefit Of his fellow
man. The primitive gifts Of God wero not tho
printing press, nor yet the PEN but 1t was tho
tongue, ragged but natural-hery but omnipotent.
This was what God gave, and lodged net In the
brain, but in the heart. He went on to speak
of the Bible. The Bible was not from the pen
or printed reports II was from the tongue, and
st was tho tongue that was decreed tn speak It..
The mechanic from his bench, the lawyer from
his brief the doctor who steals away for an hour
from his patients, and the fashionable woman
with emptiness Of heart, all came to ohuroh-not
to hear their faults spoken Of but to hear the
Gospel spoken with the tongue.
Thu anaaker Waa VarV eloduent in hia dikcOufae
throughout. His sermon aboundod In many
wholesome truths, and without dealing In fowery
sentences, in enigmatioal comparisons or fanciful
flights Of oratory, but simply uttering plain
facts, easily comprehended. Tho closest alten-
tion was given BY the congregation, and every
evidence Of satisfaction and pleasure manifested
during the rendition Of the sermon which occu-
pied about one hour. Mr.. Lagoon possesses a
clear, harmonious voice, with a fine power Of
modulation, which enhanced considerably the
beauty Of sermon so we'll couched In language
and so foelingly delivered.
AT UNITARIAN CHURCH,
corner Of Sixth and D streets, last evening, Rev.
Mr.. Virgins, Of Boston, delivered an interesting K
discourse, taking for his text, Romans, iV and 8:
"PAtienoe, experiencei experience, hopei and
hope maketh not ashamed, because the love Of
God 10 shed abroad In our hearts by the Holy
Ghost, which is given unto us" The reverend
gentleman began by saying that when We were
without strength, Christ died for us sinners, and
We should all joy In Christ nevertheless death
Ieigned from Adam to Moses, even over them
that had not sinnsd after the similitudo Of
Adams transgression- as by one mans diso-
bedlenco many were made sinners so by the
obedience Of one shall many bo made righteous.
Experimental religion Is common with some
churches and uncommon with others and In
some churches you hear Of a brother or sister
experiencing religion. Now, Wo find 10 our mode
Of religion many objections to tho phrase ex-
periencing religion. In Genesis, Ec6lsSiastics,
Hebrews, and elsewhere In the Scriptures, wo