The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-22

PREsBYTERiAN SERvrcEs.-The Rev. A. W.
Pitzer,, Of Virginia, preached at II a. m, In
Columbia College Law Building, on Fifth
Ing the asd and a5d verses Of the aSi5 chapter Of
st. Matthew for his text, to wit "But Jesus
answered and said, yc know not what We ask.
Are ye able to drink q The cup that I shall
l am baptized With They say unto him, VIC
" And lie saith unto them, ye shall drink
baptism that | am baptized With but to sit on
my right hand and on my left 10 not mine to
give, but q shall es given 10 them for whom It Is
After few Introductory remarks, the reve.
rend gentleman spoke Of the merits Of Jesus
Christ, and exhorted his followers to endeavor
to foiioy x the good example, set ey Him a.a
was our Saviour. II they wished to partake
Of the glory brought about BY and through
Jesus, they must also .partake Of the cup. OF
lations, as He did, while on earth. It made no
difference, he said, which side Of God we were
permitted to sit on In Heaven; this IL fore.or-
Iained; being with Jesus will be sufficient
The cup Of sorrow Of which Christ partook
was bitter one, and the one of which his
followers have to partake is mixed with the
same God. The irst element ofthe bitterness
Of the cup was that he had q forc.knowledgeo of
all that was to transpire from the first. He
an ictions come, and said, well and wisely IL
II for US that God has ordained that they
should not know until they did come, for un-
ae5 one the Shfstsn was ALMOST ready e
be the number that would perish. There was
not day, hour or moment OF the Saviour's
stay on earth but that no paftook Of those
sorrows
The reverend divine cited his hearers to the
treatment Of Christ by the people while he was
among them, and said that many a man goes
4. al fat
with a broken heart, on account OF the cold
treatment Of the people. Our Saviour bore II.
He partook Of the bitter cup.
They even charged him with being wine
blbber, glutton, and an associate of the publi-
cans Even his acts Of kindness and mercy
were attributed to the works OF the devil, and
false wItnesse, were procured to testify against
him on the cross, saying, dIf thou be the Son
of God save thyselffrom the cross"
He was not only rejected by the world, but
and they received him not. The Christian
cannot expect encouragement from those OF
the worlai for as they Prosecuted Christ they
would also perseeute them. Christ, he re-
rkcd, asked Peter, James, and John to pray
for him, that he might Withstand his awful al.
Elections on the crossi but alas he returns and
finds them asleep. lie spoke at some length OF
the betrayal OF the Saviour by Judas Iscariot;
and Peter who, after making faithful promises
to cling to him until the end, denied him
thrice, with oaths and curses, when he was on
trial for his life. OH what a record Of Jesus;
all OF his disciples forsook him In the hour OF
need.
1u conclusion, the able speaker, by quoting
holy writ and that OF good and great men, en-
deavored to show that 1t was not for his own
| sins that Jesus suffered, but those OF the
world. He stated that from the beginning OF
the reign OF Christ up to the present time all
had to partake of this cup, and were baptized
OF the same sorrows The Christian had to
pass through many tribulations that they
might be lifted for the kingdom OF Heaven. He
thought that u II was necessary for this cup
of sorrow In the days of Christ and His disci.
pies, 1t was necessary at the present time, and
| advised his hearers to seal themselves to the
| "Oh. God, let this bitter cup pass by" Let us
drink the cup and in q short time we Will 20
up to enjoy the fruits OF It with our Heavenly
Father.
The services were closed by. singing a doxol.
| ogy and the pronouncing Of benediction.