The national Republican., 1867-12-30
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

CHURCH SERVICES observation-disclosures 10
notice, the Rev; DR.. Pike, Of the New Hsmp-
Chapel NJ. Z. church, on Twenfieth street, near
Il a. n. His text ; was the eighth ft verse Of the M
first chapter OF the Acts Of the Apostles, and
reads as follows: " But ye shall receive powers
and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both In Jeru-
salem and In Judea, and in Samsria, and unto
were uttered by Jesus during the last inter-
course he had with the Apostles on earth, said
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taken up, and cloud received him out OF their
sight, Then the two questions arose. First,
come Christs witnesses second, what did II
do for them when II was obtained. In the frat
DAYS Sr se o ne oS Gs
seend upon them he thought that the reason
God kept them waiting so long was because
amongst them, and He wanted them to SEQ their
utter helplessness clearly, and feel profoundly
tate for this power The learned % dvns w "S said
that he had heard people say that they could not
make any further progress unless we have new
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as these things are, without the Holy Ghost
they are as sounding brass and tlnkling SYM
or all these would be worthless, and 1t was
necessary that we should entertain forgiveness
. Of spirit, one toward another. Whatsoever we
do We must do to the honor and glory OF God u
we do not, we have iniquity In our hearts, and
He will not forgive us. There must be unity In
God has said wherever there Is two or three
gathered together In my name touching any one
thing, there Will be, and that to bless them. He
thinks that before the ten days came to q close
the heart. q the disciples were united In the
tss aoy aaS aa it, sPeSSnd
II did for them what was needed. II gave them
power to be witnesses for Christ In Jerusal lem,
Judea, Samaria, and unto the uttcrmost parts OF
the earth. In order to be witness for Christ
you must have a spirit OF discernment, OF the
Of righteousness and the power OF the Holy
Ghost. Up to this hour they were all at fault
CONCERNING the nature of the kingdom which
Chrht would establish on earth. In those days
the disciples were disowned, driven from their
homes, and into the mountains. In those days
they needed encouragement, and often foundit
when gathered together In prayer In fact, often
hlled with the Holy Ghost. Here he referred to
the denial Of the Saviour by Peter In speak.
most hurtful classes OF wickedness Of the souls
4 killed the root Of love to God. In referring to
this gift was In the heart, the love OF the world
was perfectly subdued. Another thing that
they felt great desire for the salvation OF other
sonlsj 1t was the ruling power.
Thus were these disciples qualified to witness
healing the sick, raising the dead, his death on
the cross, his resurrection from the grave, and
S aeaS hers es SE Of
wicked on every hand was, Who can show US
any goodp He referred back to the nrst lesson,
from on high is The Church stands in need OF
1t mnch as they did In the days OF the disciples
He urged them to adopt the same plan they did;
was no substitute for religion.
He remarked, in conclusion, that II the Church
lived as the witnesses Of Christ should live, they
would see sinners hearts melting around them
before one week III wax before the flame.
Rev. Samuel Reed, pastor In charge, announced
that there would be awateh-meeting held in that
house on next Tuesday evening, commencing at
9o'clock, and at the same time the sacrament OF
the Lords supper would be given. He then
closed with singing and prayer.
GRACE CHURCH.
Yesterday being the last Sunday In the old
year, the Rev. DR.. Hplmoad, pastor of Grace
EPiseopan church, south WSshing,on, "a. made made !,
highly-appropriate sermon on tsmpuS Jugii, taking
for HIS text portion of the 9Th verse Of the eth
az .Ge Ge e Gun SPACE S not
us to give synopsis OF the elegant discourse, or
even an analysis of It, but simply to say that 1t
was an affecting one, deeply impresslng on the
minds Of his hearers the Uncertainty Of human
lie, and the truth of the prophecy, 1--WE all do
lade as ieafn The metaphor Of the text was
most touchingly illustrated by beautiful SMILES,
vivid In their conceptions even to the most OBJ
tuse Imagination.
The decoration Of this church with eyergreens
leoturn and ohancel, which displays much taste
on the part OF the deaigner. We would also state
that the fair recently held by the sunday-school
enough to pay for their library
st. STEPHENS oHURCH.
TWenty.afth street and PeSnayySnS eTrnep aVspc Sl
interesting services were held In the morning in
the basement OF the edihee which was com
o'clock Vespers were held, when a large conEre-
CATION was present. Due notice will be giyeL
when the church will be formally dedicated.
VIOLATING Snow LAw.--George Kesler and
Richard II. Ball were arrested In the Fourth
precinct by 0tncers Farley and Rossiter. Justice