The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-20

FIRsT Rrronxrn 0HunoM.-Rev.J.s. Foulk,
Of Baltimore, preached In the First Reformed
church, corner Of sixth and n streets, a. X
ssapss Jes" wsisn read. se =. fo ii a.G
ard Thomas answered and said unto him,
My Lord and my aod;p The reverend gentle.
peared TO be Of q mixed kind, having many
excellent qualities mixed with defective ones.
When the Lord snnouneed TO his disciples, At
was nj, and that he must 70 and see him,
Thomas, knowing the danger, said let US 70
with him, that we may die with him. He
diseiplss while on tie journey, showing their
unbelief In the teachings OF Jesus. Christi
auity, he said, was q religion founded on facts,
IA xe could not learn that there was an OK:
from lhinss around US. II could be established
Ike other facts By visible reasons. :. :, l,I'.s.,
IN Tns witnesses, :psnking q the diseiglss,
were not men Of learning, butof sound sense
and Judgment. They were as competent a. the
most learned saints and philosopher, as they
made them sol they were not preJudiced or
bribed. nor did not know that there would be q
resurrection. He remarked that when they
tion, and said, "arace &c unto ali men, they
did not believe that II was him, nor when he
showed them his wounds and permitted them
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the disciples were to be witnesses OF the resur-
reotion Of the Lord, and that tho brethren
saw him separately and collectively, a. nfsay
at one time. They ate and drank with him
until, By beholding his good work, and learning
Of his tesehinss, they not only bore the truth,
did with the loss o. their own blood Thomas,
gusge o. the text, aMy Lord and my aod;''
BY referring to the text, he said that Il In
piled q full conviction of the Lords resurrec-
lion from the tomb and ascension on high.
winds to be calm, raised the dead after they ,ey
had been IN thss grave the fourth day, sca which
we ssyIss nTnoa han not revealed TN sn
from man. but from your Father In Heaven"
What doubts they had, His resurrection from
the dead caused them to believe OF His divinity.
He quoted passages from the New Testament,
to show that Christ was the true and living
God, and said that all true Christians, being
convinced Of a heavenly Father, acknowledged
Again, he said, the text implies an humble
hope OF our interest In God as our Father and
our Saviour. No sooner had Thomas found
an interest in Him BY crying" MY Father and
my dod,' and Old and New Testament be.
lever. showed By their actions, that they had
The text also implies a holy Judge and an
humble client In the interest OF our Saviour.
We are told that the other disciples rejoiced
ton: Thomas did SO too, according to the
teachings OF the text. He said according to
our faith depends our joy as Christians. After
relating the many joys that awaits the faithful,
he said that It Is as permanent as pure, but
might not always be lively, but would always
live.
when Thomas was convinced he was not
ashamed to confess It publicly, and did 1t for
the good OF the other disciples and all man.
kind. This, he said, was the duty OF every
Christian, and II they had religion thoy could
not refrain from doing II.
In conclusion, the eloquent speaker ex-
horted them to examine their hearts and see
II they could say as Thomas did. The
Saviour,s stay was but short on earth, he
said, and but few were permitted to. see him.
The patriarchs were all saved by seeing him,
but all who were saved since were saved
through circumstantial evidence.
The services were closed by the pronounc-
Ing OF benediction.