The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-05
RELtaIOus.
service. In the Churches Yesterday.

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PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY sERMoN.
/ Al 81. Paul's Lutheran csuch, yes,suiay
fnornlna. the pastor. -Hcyi y. q. BoAer,
preached n sermon lyfopflatd u Vie twun.
tieth pastoral Anniversary Of his connection
with hchufch. Tho attendance was quite
large. Amer the usual Introductory ser
vices, DR.. Butler announced his text from
the 2Sth chapter Of Acts, 15th verse. Tho
livcrcd on this interesting anuivcrsarytFt
Tho great apostle, a prisoner for Christ,
amer the pcrils Of ne vcynsc, Ms uiissiQn not
yet accomplished, Was met NJ Apl rorum
by friends whom when he snw he thanked
God and took couyafo.o ~
A ministry of twenty years, his entire
ministry, aud ali within one pulpit, DR.. But
Ter said he dcsircd ID review, that we might
end cause for thanh fulness and gather codr-
ago for the future.
lie did not intend 70 tell the people how
many sermons he had preached, how many
services rendered, how many people gathered,
how many missions planted, how much
money collected; for those were only means
TO an end. His desire was to study the past
and the present In their relation TO the truth
and Kingdom of Jesus. What have We done
to make men wiser and better; TO remove lg-
pornnce and error; to elevate and eyangcllzc
men; TO further the establishments Of Christ's
Kingdom.
The review, Nc said, will impress Us with
the ncarncss Of the night to us. or those
who were IN the communion Of the church
twenty years since not half a dozen arc here
now; aud to us the night cometh. =
n the artist paints and the sculptor
chlscls for Immortality II the growing
Centuries add Iustro 10 the memory and
grandeur of the works of the MARTYR, aud
the fcfsrmcf and the APOSTLE, though thu
prcon award NAV sooa rest uiJot, our 6osotti,
Vet In VIC be co.workers with God, We live
not in vain. though No sec not the fruit Of
onr labor. (od,s rcoopstructinp work In the
world Il not Ina work Of a day or century;
This workman dies. Gods work goes on;
ours ia a work of faith.
A, an indivlduaI, the reverend speaker
aid he had rrnson ID thank God that lie had
becn spnrcd thcse many wears Id te,tift for
Leans. You wbn have bcen called and kent
have reason To thank Him that He honors
Won IA co.workers with Him in This blessed
work of evangclizIng and saving Inc world,
We have reason 10 thank Him that This
chu,ch ms moi died. n hnd well niyb died.
bpt il lives in yiror and fruitfulncss, its faith,
lilo Thai NJ Rome in SONG measure spokcn
of tbrouyhont the world.
Thu indiffcrence nj some and tho opposl.
lion and snder Of others would have dc.
stroycd IL. but the ratcs of hell have not pre-
vailed. its growth has been steady and
healthy J,,ts Inc Rnnvan trre VIC have
tbrown out onr hrnneh.s and have our mis-.
siofis in several parts of the city, =
n We ask wby il has grown AT all. why n
has NOT grown mora rapidly. two or three
reasons NAV he given, Tho whole gospel
| has been preached berc-a sectional gospel
might have suitcd tho latitude better. This
nninit has regarJea man as the C,ud Mar
rcgnr ds him. This In The eve of many Ia,
bcen the great Al Of his pulpit, The homes
and earnest. though feeble support eiscr
during tho dark DAYS OF our nation q history
| a gos5cl Of Iust,ce and eauity and freedom
have caused mnny 10 turn nom the teach
| inrs of this oulpit, We have been regarded
as the cnemics Of man because VIC told Then
the trutb, C,rieyed as we have been by IN,
SANDER of meuy, we have not Stunned Il
declare unto Won the whole counsel of God
Nor ia our gospel sectarian or denomina
tionol roepel. Representing the largest
Cbristlan denomination In the world, we ar,
vet In our infancy and comparatively un
known in this capital of the nation. Our
faith Is broadly cyapcellcaI-our platform
broad enough for ali who love our Lord
Jesus Christ In sincerity.
I A the friends of the Saviour, VIC all re-
ioicc In the Indications OF Christian unlor
among the churches, but the PRAYER of Chris
that we NAV all be one, will never be realized
until we come TO recognize the great refor
nation principlc-"In essentials, unity; IL
essentials, liberty; In all things, charity
| Thi. .,J ~ o,hor ro.noI "a nrc, nhod nor,
Trn,h T. Love hos hesn ihe simnls and ,crin
tnrai no,Icv ~ mi this nulpit, truth ma oppo.e,
~ r,isehood for ovcrv liar shsII barc hi
nor,inn ~ ,ho iare M, hnrr",h' ,rn,S a,
pnnossd ~ error te.,inc Mi creed, and onin
inns ana nract,ces Inv tbis infnilIhIc ruic n
Caj,h AND nrac,jce. irnth nticrcd not ann
nrossod NJ, shunnod, defcndcd not cam
pronisoa. tr,,h snolcn NOT In w,,,h hu, /,
inre
To ,hcss co,ses mpst be traced unde
cod ,ho me-, .rrc If h,ess,ng Va We n,inycd
"a To- ,hosa c,rscs ha : an, a ma r,n, grnw,l
a nv, hsan ,nn,e NH W. ha1n S,tnss. .n,
wb.n pan, a md mnch a,,nasi,lnn nrco.rc
Ch,,s, Al car,nth ina f,prd In ,isinn an
na.rsd 20 .ncoarars ana smho,d.n Nm N X
IN. ~ ,nnaS ra,,s,. il ,ha, III. TN. ~.
L. AS ,ha Chpps eS T., ua.h,na,o, l. ~ sax
much ncon,e' n ia n work reonirine faitl
ana oo,,ralfo Thaso arc tbonsnnd. hern nv
anI eouiag ,, ,eo nsra no W ,h nere no
se' '"''' wv '""'e'' VI '"0 '"'S
a.y,ido. o,. o,,or ,,,..,o,s MN ,o,o an
aor,oran ons N.mor,aI"a iar,o fron chnrct
,s',io, ~ ~ ,'a a.. 81 49,, =, oa
.nn,heu w rh.,s,.s ,po,I,, ~ ~ |,
NJ NIL, w, ,n v naSscss on,.nIxcs a non,
s,,,.i,, 7' ""''''' w.
"sWso Tho ,o,r,o ,vos 40 ho ,r,,, IA
S'.u n,,,a - os,,ss s.,yh.
, eI 90 s e psopo hn' sesSic, ,n,s ,ia
INTO the Lord 4" To this consccration
called his people TODAY. The unf,itbf mi
ness and mistnkes of tEc mast humble m,
and lead me 10 cry. "God be merclful 10 m,
A sinner" But God calls mon ms still. nc
for promiscs and profcssions and exc1se,
but for seryiee-thc eonsecratIon of ON,
selves, Just what we are, NOT to the minlsteI
hut to iIimself-to the Lord. who redeome
Won, The service must he willing and IL
, day.
4 number of tho members of the conpr,
cation have EXPRESSED The wIsb that b,
Butler shall prepare his sermon for pnblicr
lion. and Tho rcauest. when -s.rmnlly mad,
will undoubtedly be complied Sith.
SERVICES At ST. pEryR's cuuncu,
Tho festival of 81. Peter was celebrate
: Yesterday at 81. Peters church, on Secou
street east, with services appropriate to tn
, occasion. This parish Ia one Of the olde,
in Washington, having been established |
1910, and now umbers among It's member
over 1000 persons-onc fourth Of whom AZ
colored. The pastor, Rev. +. y. Boyl,
since his connection with this parish, la
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