The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-12

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ADJUDICATION OF THE CALVARY BArTIsr
The Calvary Baptist church, corner OF |
Eighth and ii streets, partially destroyed by |
Are on the morning OF December is, 1867, |
was yesterday re-dedicated to the service Of |
God, appropriate services being
held In the morning and evening. At the !
Of the morning service the sound
of the gongs In the steam fire engines as
from the fire on New York avenue, brought
yiyidly to the mipds of those assembled the
destruction of that beautiful temple, the re.
consecrntIon of which thew were now IN wit
,,ess
Al tho morning seryice notwithstanding
the heat. every sent was occupied. tho scr,
Vices commencing at II o'clock with prayer
by Rev. W. Hague. d. d., Of Boston, The
choir thcn sang an ORIGINAL dedIcatorv
anthem, az ord. ,et tho trumpet sncaI 4
The words by the late Rev. John PIerpont.
md arranged by Prof. r. A. Perkins. er,
nrcssly for the dedication of the church 4,
is66. Miss Jnliana Nav aa sonrano' M. n.
/. Rurnctt az tenor and Mr.. Rohort Pail az
basso were The leading vocaIIsts' and tho
comno-iiion wa, odmirab,v rendered,
Raw snercer Konnard NJ pSIio a.,,h,.
,rb" c,r IN r,nn,hs niIaa ,ho nri,,,, ~ M,
chnrcb nrinr 90 Tho cali Of ,ha nas,oe De-,
n Hnwie,t nav, rood onnronr;ato saioo'
,,ons e., ~ psa,nas Tbbpp op,a e az.
NO m. ,xavs n Led ;, vas ,hon s,,, In,
,nuoh fsii. ~, Nj, T,,ii.ns B It'll TIL
aad,na,nrv ~. ,o y ,,.a. ogosod hS ,n" .,,ar ~
Rex 7 HowIett and NJ ,be nora,n.Inr,
Announced that tho Trustees Of the church
had resolved not 70 allow eollections To he
made during church services, INIT rs wopId
he noticed. boxes had becn pI,ccd neor tbe
doors Of the church. where contribntions
could be placed, Espccially al this time,
when II was desirable 10 raise funds to Der.
feet the interior of the church, he hoped ali
would contribute something towards defray-
ing the expenses.
The choir then sung the 935th hymn,
after which the sermon was preached by
Rev. DIR. Hague on the subject "God's ap-
pointments Of rub,ic worship, the need of
every &c and class alike" selecting for his
text the sth verse, 2Gth Psalm: HLord, 1
have loved the habltation Of Thy house-and
the place where Thine honor dwelletb.o of
which the following is A SYNOPSIS;
In our time we read and hear much of
confessions of faith. but these words that
have Announced are n confession Of love II
ia touchingIv beautifnI. its cxn rcssion il 90
free and earnest, II was written and ehanteJ
before the temple was built. while the ala
fashioned tabernacle. with tho ort Of tho
covenant and ali its nppurtcnnnces was s,iIl
migratory. IL had been renewed FROM rions
10 Mace. but wheresoeyer il rested III,
bright signs of Gods presence shown mo,
IL and within IL,
"Tbere," said the Psalmist. "thInc homo
dyelleth,' referring. no doubt IN The ide
eypressed in the !6th cbontc, or FyoJn.
where wo arc told that Tho glory Of 10
filled the tabernacle. There was the an,
Eipoh ana ,hot FACT was Tho cbief ottroctin,
IL rendered the Mace the central home of n
PsaImist,s sonIl and tbis exnianntion ,ei
the story of bis a5orine love. W.
The Exclamation of The text ia n SIGN
snirituoi health. indicating a state Of mir
in avmnathv with ali trnc wnrshinnors
hoa ven and On earth
II ia esncciaIlv 6lttipg tn Won to.dov
friends. on this bright sabbath mnrnir,
your condition 90 strongly contra cd wi,
That NJ the vloomv 5av srLen tho toioar.n
borc In ms tho Intelligence that vonr hoa ~,
fnI rnpctnarv had 6een ravoneJ hv a.
YOUR hopes were blasted. your remembronc,
Of pa,t full OF promise saddened Won. br
now gathered in A temple restored and rcT
dered more beautiful Than ever, Won m a
take mon your Iins tho samc ola siroi, as
fresh expression Of the sentiment of the IT.
brew. Owe love the habitation Of II
bouse. the place where Thine honor dwel
eth"
The ayowal not only reveals n chorisb,
feeling of the writer's heart, but touches
decp.toned chord that yibratcs Responsive
in the heart of every living. earnest. simr
hearted Christian. 1t utters truly Cath
lie sentiment thnt penetrates and neryad
the moral realm. called in Scripturc. "tl
new creature in Christ Jesus.1 Every
neved souI can answer ito anncol win ~,
naHctic iov. -
Why 40 I Let ms ask for the REASONS or n
statement. WHY is il that living Christia
never outrrow the need here expIessed
TIE nTeocber nroceeded IN deyeIon ,
snhiec, in The discnssion of these roosor
First. because tho services re good. onnoi,
mcnts 10 furnish oIIrent for tie growtb a
strenptbeninr of mans spiritnaI natur
second Tho ncyt reason fnr tho staton,,
was The adaptotIon of The services Of !
sanctnorv m correct those inwarJ srh
errors that was against our real welfar
third, the last reason for tho preachers 90
eral statement was the fitness of the seryIc
of the sanctuary to prepare the mind for 1
last earthly emergency. These points we
elo0ueutly dwclt upon and enforced wi
great pathos and power.
At the conclusion of the sermon, viii
was heard throughout with unccasing int,
est. Rev. Dr.. Hill read the glOth hym
sLord, from Thine Utmost GLORY Send
which was sung by the choir, and the mo,
ing services concluded with the bcnedctlC
pronounced by Rev. DR.. Hague.
In the evening, the services commenced
n quarter before 5 O'Clock, by the singing
the anthem. sGlory be to God on High
from Moztn's Twelfth Mass. Profess
Huntington, of Columbia College, next re
selections from the scripture, after viii
Rev. DR.. Hague offered prayer. The gu
tette, "Guide me, o! Thou Great Jehoyal
was then sung, after which Rev. Spep,
Kennard, of Philadelphia, preached the {
mon from the text: 'If any man be hea
of the word, and not doer, he Is like III
a man beholdng his natural face In gla
for he behodeth himself and goeth his W,
and straightway forgctteth what manner
man he was."-James, LIST chapter, Esd 0
24th verses. We sometimes hear the dra
spoken of as holding the mirror up to hun
nature. How strange 1t Is then That who
ever theatres prevail men grow worse, hun
nature NOE frivolous or more despera
Vet God hath not left us without a rev,
tion of ourselves, since we must first KIN
ourselves. we can rightly know him. He
he has spread out this external nature d
miror in which we NAV survey Ourselves
well as him.
Thus in viewing a Landscape of mounta