The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-03-30
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

THE cuuHcux. w. >rxRDAY.--The weather was
quite moderate ye.tertsy and Large ,s ssten %
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cents Female Orphan Asylum, an. thos s, 9a 81.
forenoon. Below we give brief synopse. offs
ST. PArRIcx's CHURCH.
,.rhe Rev. b. A. Mcguire. president of George
All, S.,Sos eSure
scarcely convey correct dealt was literally
apaeked." Among those present were President
johnson and his accomplished daughter Mrs'
The reverend Father took as his text part Of
y" And he shall set the sheep on His right hand
but the goats on the left.
,sat S.a; as the x sS ::s unto ny Af% II.
hsrlt the Kingdom prepared for you from the
stranger and 70 took Me I'M, naked and yo
IN pnison nae shd g We came unto S Ne. 1
1Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
thirsty and gave Thee drink, astranger and took
Thee In, or naked and clothed Thee;
aons Il unto ons Of the least OF My brethren, ye
hs "TSen He shall say also unto them on the left
Ing IRE, prepared for The devil and his angels,
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clothed Me not, sick and In prison and ye visited
At the last day, (said the spcaker,( when all
the wrong Judgments OF this earth shall be re-
ver:ed, ahdt sheep shall be separated from the
whether we have fulfilled the requirements OF
lie had come at the request Of the church to
preach a charity sermon. He had come to speak
Tor the poor, to ask aims for an association
poor. lii liz" work was WorF Of Charity; he went
sS e. ana came 90 meg
take care OF the poor and destitute orphans OF
We sse now near the termination of Lent, and
ms 70 snow
The spirit OF the Church was that what they had
should be given to the poor: He came, therefore,
confidently before them today to beg for the poor
tstion Tor charity Il had not diminished. '" ''
When we contemplate the works Of nature,
NSk out OF 5rg6t stny night and see the
over the earth, II seems like the voice OF heaven
speaking to us Of creation. The admirable order
the goodness OF God In the material universe.
When we look around US we cannot help exel"im-
When we come to man and see him In his de,
graded, wrctched state, we feel that there 10 yet
perform to our fellow. men. Men who have no re-
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the fishes OF the deep and the material world I
Man, for whom all these things were made,
sasassroSs thing. hese philosopher % not
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everything. "There are more things In heaven
aud earth than the ,philoso hy OF man ever
3 mateSisI stand. point and do not believe in the
Immortality Of the soul. In His own good time
make n our H ssn IL S% come down saS
m. Nke all things right. In that day He will mete
out to all thelr rewards according to their works,
Il obi yatory upon them TO relieve TIC poor: 1t
fulal it,! requirement. we cannot be saved.
Man may have everything else, but unles he
fulal. this lag u VII vi Proat him nothing:
some philosophers had dreamt Of the equality
not equal in many respects. Some were born to
command and others to obey. These grades
were Necessary In society II Is the Intention Of
obey. God knew that some would be poor and
hence has commanded the rich to take care OF
The reverend Father, at this stage, quoted
several passages from tho Bible In support OF
"Fof the poor never cease out of the land;
therefore, i command thee, saying, thou shalt
open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy
poor, to thy needy, In tho land.-Deut 18th CHI
Fear God, and keep. his comma ndments, for
mnst hep iSs noon o See,uss Of tss CO. SOM
mAndment, and II we live up to the command
uent we are sure to be saved. We should not
q I've the poor cause to curse us.
looking over the present state Of this country
the 70 were = thousand things occurring which
Nye,s once wealthy have been reduced to pov.
crtv Men attribute this to chance, to failures
In sche mes OF speculation, etc, but what does