The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-03

GRACE CHuRoH-sourn wAsHIsoros.-The
public worship were more marked than usual,
and psrtook Of . somewhat more dcyout and
monfnful turn than upon all other sabbaths, OF
But, before soing Into details Of the sermon,
NC would call attention to the excellent choir OF
pS snsn being ssy
| tuitioum. For upprofeasionals, We question II
finer tenor basso alto and Soprano can BE- found
power and the lady orssnist, Tor the time she
has been engaged at II, Without exception Is
The rector OF the church, Rev. Alfred Hol-
gave nosiee that he WAS ssiIerins from an attack
OF neuralgia In the head, aud that therefore, his
hearers would have TO make allowance therefor.
the choir, the reverend gentleman delivered an
excellent discourse on tho "obserynncc OF the
ssb sS and betting tribute to the memory memory
church, Cumberland, Md, OF whose sudden death
the telegraph informed him occurred that morn
iofF Ks tsSt Ike ga Verse q Tie sst sSapter o.
Revelations: "And I saw no temple therein, for
IS ga AM w sa n saa ss bsT sS I've the
on the text and the subject, simply a passing
We all, said the reverend gentleman, long for
another life to bind. some time or other, the
cur sns ana 70
dis.ppointmsnts, With hesrtburninss and the
hs.s s wose hear, 1sR Sss no oGS fo
the eternal abode o. life hereafter, and to send
tsnps the U ga hs On
bath: the voices rc.oandlng IN those holy tenn
Those who DO not observe tho Lords day were
secursed Of God, and apart from the divine in:
holyi taking thcorctic view or IL, to observe
one day In seven a. q relaxation from labor OF
all kinds, 4 was necessary for recurerstins tho
would the world Be without III II Il was dis.
would poiiu,c and degrade the ssrth"dod's
The church was the temple Of God, and Ills
requests. Here We arc led, as Il were BY the
rowling hearts fnd eonsoistion, and our tears,
bottled up BY unseen spirits, and carried up to
nsT .rSs ai IN. the Of
Ssa': :Si.it, Ps:s p Hssssa. N Isl i!sAs .~s.
and the stars were only needed upon the earth
Bnt 10 Heaven ga, the eYSigenee and glor Of God
t And here as Settins time he M o Moi%c,
s@ps S e E EGHs Ua c S% Of t Ss
friendship, had been very dear to him"Rov John
u. Henry, rector of Emanuel church, Cumber.
was no guile III srry,ccs ~ I'm 10 Wnom mere
which he delighted with holy awe, fear, and rev.
orence, inspired the observers of his daily walk |
Ills teachings and holy trust In his God rendered |
him man emincntly ut for the trying and re. |
came for his sudden aa To am, an
other world y found him prepared to give an ac- |
count q his stewardship.
banks Of the Delaware, a young man Of a line |
mind; of scholarly attachments, aye, rarely to be
an Of pu.hea snS IN
man and the true soldier Of the Gross; Of gcncr-
Gus impulses, tried and true friendj an affcc- |
gent father, and he was not only respected hut |
beloved by all who knew him; and sad to think |
mains were being lowered into their last restInr
place. But his spirit was in the temple Of God; |
In the very presence q his Saviour, free from |
'Our little life Is rounded with Sleep
And
And dowsrs % wI,hsT At Tho SOri winds breath.
The stars to sct-but all
Thou has all seasons for thine own, o. death"
But "the same God who moulded the sun and |
kindlcd the stars watches the flight Of insect.
He who balances the clouds and hung the world
on s nothing notices the fall q .psIrew: Ho
Es sss q sssi IL Rs broad arch Of N sea Ve
gives the ro.o leaf a. delicate tint and made the
the prayers ss o. little asilS." a' '"e''0' anu
Henry's memory the reverend gentleman and
many Of his hearers were moved unto tearsj In
the narration OF which we have given but poor
TnE WAsHIsoroN PnILosornICAL LycEuN.-
K RSa sr1 H SfeWps YF MST
doch In the chair, and Mr.. A. II. Kinney secrc-
Dr.. James Record, desiring to make some ro-
existed on this Garth ~ loast 10000 years since
years since, with tho forehead so nat that 1t was
given out that the forehead had become so nat |
tened by placing board on II, rather than con;
to the bones of man found In Ohio, which indi. |
Gated that the person from which the bones en-. |
ludcd TO the fact that some silege that man |
originated IN the form of monkey. lie was |
the same kind Of boncs-in the hands, fSr III" in.
stance. Well, about the difference was, in one |
hand you holA.G piece OF clay, and another piece |
and from one comes a man, and from the other a
monkey, the latter to improve to manhood,
subject hsss o % ah and and sSa
question thus "Hss man right to life after
having taken the life OF man" The Doctor an
nouneed that when II was taken into considers |
tion that the human race was once race of bar |
barians II could not be conscientiousiy held that
man should lose his life for having committed |
murder. He referred to the convention OF non. |
residents (the Peace Convention) held at Harmo- |
NAL Hall, and admitted that he could not agree |
might Iesirp, WithSstt making g. some resistance.
y a man had no right to murder his fellow. |
prive criminal Of iifo because he cSsnssd, by
quick blow, to take life while In anger. He |
would not az . such execution murder, but 1T
As an argument In favor Of his idea, the Doctor |
alluded to the fact OF q doctor having been hung
and dragged through the streets, he having been |
convicted OF murder in New Jersey, and that