The national Republican., 1869-02-01
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

TERs.-The third OF this interesting and In
siructiye series Of lectures was delivered at
the Z street Baptist church last evening to O
larger audience than uponeither Of the pre-
Ing interest In the lectures.
The subject Of last evenings lecture was
"Jochebcd, the mother OF Noses" and the
text Exodus II, 2,3; "And the woman con-
ceived, and bare n son, and when she saw
him, that he was goodly child, she hid him
three months. And when she could not
longer hide him, she took for him an ark OF
bulrushes, and daubed II with slime and
with pitch, and put the child thcrelni and she
laid i In the flags by the rivers brink"
: Said the speaker, we visit Egypt tonight,
the land Of hoary wonders and Of the pyra-
mids, those grim sentlnels Of time; the land
Of ancient learning; the land Of proud lines
OF kings, who took the name Of Pharaoh for
about three thousand years. In ancient
times warriors like Darius and Anthony, and
In modern times Napoleon Bonaparte, visited
Egypt for conquest. Travellers from all
countries, antiquarlans, philosophers, poets,
historians, pleasure seekers, now visit II for
reasons peculiar TO themselves; but we visit
II tonight for different purpose. We goto
visit the scene Of mothers trial and faith
and triumph.
Jochebed was not an Egyptian but
daughter Of Levi, q desccndcnt OF Jacob.
The audience, he said, were familiar with
the story Of Joseph, how God raised him
from servitude to rulership; from the gloom
Of dungeon to the light Of q palace, and
how through his means his fathers family
were settled in Egypt's faircst and richest
portion, the land Of Goshen. At the period
when this narrative commences, circum-
stances had vastly changed. During the
hundred and my years that had passed this
people had wondrously multiplied, increas-
ing from seventy persons to five hundred
thousand men, capable OF bearing arms, be-
side women and children; but they arc no
longer the rich and happy dwellcrs In Goshen,
but the oppressed slaves Of Egyptian task
masters.
The king, fearing them, orders every male
child put TO death, but the midwiycs shrink
In horror from such cold-blooded murders,
and another edict is issued commanding all
the people to seize every male Hebrew child
and cast II into the river.
Just at this time Jochebed appears. Her
husbands name was Amram, and both were
OF the tribe Of Levi. They had two children
when this scene opens, girl and boy, both
Of whom afterwards became historic char
acters. Their names were Aaron and MI
riam; Aaron was three years old when Moses
was born. The mothers feelings at the
birth Of her "goodly child" her love, her
hopes, her fears, and her faith In God were
then eloquently portrayed. For three long
months she bafiied her foes; but alas! she
could not hide him longer-then she resolves
upon the ark, and trusting in God commits
him to the waters Of the Nile.
The watch Of Miriam and the discovery Of
Moses by the daughter Of the monarch who
had ordered his death were next recited IN
glowing language, as was the joyful fellei
OF the mother when she heard the words,
"Take this child and nurse II for ne, and
will pay thee wages"
Gods mysterious ways, as exempllfed In
this example, causing Moses to be nurtured
by the bitterest enemies Of his people, and
thus raising their deliverer, was dwelt upon
at some length. From the history of Joche-
bed there were, said the reverend gentleman,
points to be particularly noticed:
/. The depth of mothers love. In the
whole range of affection there is nothing that
can equal mothers love In intensity and
constancy. lie then made n feeling appeal
to children, charging them before God TO
love, TO honor, to cherish and TO obey their
mother.
9. The narrative taught the doctrine Of q
special or peculiar providence. Take, said
he, the chain that connects Moses birth
with Moses burial on the mount, no man
knows where, and If one single link had
dropped from that chain, the whole destiny
OF the world, so far as We can see, would
have been changed.
8. Our children need no less the protect.
ing providence Of God than did Moses lying
In the ark upon the river Nile. The worlt
everywhere Is full of difficulties and dan
gers; indeed, there is no safety for eithei
child or cherubim but under the oyershad
owing wing Of God.
4. 1t teaches us not TO be governed by ex
periences. Moses in his ark and Pharuol
on his throne were contrasted; yet, said he
the one went down like lead in the Red sea
and the other rose to worldwide distinction
The right, however feeble and friendless
will stand; the wrong, however bolstered up
must fall.
3. God wonderfully overrules the schemes
the passions and wickedness Of man to pro
mote His own great purposes. Pharaoh ha'
heard that Hebrew child would dispose
him Of his throne, and the very means h
adopted to prevent 1t were the means In tn
hands Of God of accomplishing the purpose
8. In the words Of the daughter Of Pha
raoh to Jochebed, "Takc this child an
nurse 1t for me, and will give thee wages.
God addresses parents at this time. Upo
this point he earnestly appealed to parent
TO train up their children In the fear Of tn
Lord.
The lecture was listened to with marked
ulttntlOn Throughout
PREACHING At THE NATIONAL THEATRE
The second of the series of public service
at the National theatre, was held last nigh
under the auspices Of the American Uni
tartan Association. The theatre was not g.
crowded last night as 1t was at the frs
service held two weeks ago, nevertheless
very large and respectable audience Of ladie
and gentlemen were present sufficient to a
the lower portion OF the building and abou
half fill the dress-circle.
A committee from the congregation Of tn
Unitarian church were present, and wer
assidlous In their endeavors to comfortabl.
seat the audience, and also TO supply eacl
individual as they entered with a pamphle
containing q number OF hymns (with tn
music) adapted for Congregational singing
which have been published by the Unitarian
Association to be used in theatre and sucl
public services.
The stage of the theatre was arranged II
the same manner rs at the first service, an'
was occupied by Hon. Mr.. Ashley, Mayo
Bowen, y. Phelps, esq, and other gentle
men, besides the Rev. Mr.. Sharman, pasto
Of the Unitarian church, and Rev. G. W
Briggs, d. D., of Cambridge, Mass, who's
services TO preach on the occasion had beer
obtained. At 1850 O'Clock the exercises o
the evening were commenced = singing
prayer and the reading OF the 9th chapter
Matthew.
DR.. Briggs then announced as the text TO
the discourse of the evening the 5th verse o.
the 4th chapter Of Paul's Epistle to tn
Ephesiansi some Lord, one faith, one bap
tism,' from which the reverend speaker de
liyered a brief but able discourse, which wa
attentively listened to by the large audienc
present. At the close Of the sermon hyml
was sung and the audience dismissed. Tn
next theatre service will he held on Feb
ruary 14th.
A YOUNG LADY WAYIAGD.-AbOut I'll
o'clock on Saturday night, us Miss Catharin
Clark, young lady residing on the corne
of Thirteenth and g streets, north, WIS o
her way to the Wesley Mission chapel
attend a revival, she was knocked down an
badly beaten by some unknown party. Nj
George Z. Davis and wife were returnin
from market and discovered Miss Clar
lying in the gutter In an insensi6le condition
and q colored man standing beside her, wi
refused to assist In removing her or rende
ing aid, saying he would have nothing to
with Il. Mr.. Davis had the unfortnnh
woman taken to the store OF Mr. flnc
CORNER of Twelfth street, where Dr. VI