Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-14
RELIGIOUS.
Chnreh servIees HestsFaay.


Church Services Yesterday.
... uNIvERsALIsr sERyIoHs. ...e
Rev; 4; Q. Barry ,grsssehsd Yesterday morn
log, AZ MstEsrott Hall TO a large audience,
How dreadful IL this place This isnons Other
but the house OF God, and this IL the gate Of
heaven. And he called the name OF that pIae q
ts s sa5s, a;9:t. 5HSl 10 ~ Ths;s wss.
vision IN the wilderness q the ladderlstdown
az a di ne ~ The ,As,oa Yriing were
celestial metiepEers 10 Communicative TO men
approaching danger, OF TO map out some grand
sses,gn or s9me eysntful ehapter ia the vorld's
execute some benevolent purpose, 10 furnish
help when no other help was niEh, and TO
guide ihs wsndetinE aud the Lost Into ways
Ohrlstianity comes to " TO confirm the
soups intuitiops BY teiiinE US OF q calm aud
sunny 'hote, happy land u the mid.t Of the
that fair cline q tells rs there are white.
robsd spirits, WHO, when We are aorrowful,
some 60. s 70 mislstsr 70 Us sad strsngthen us fer
that often there have come to human souls
sweet visions from this eurtAlasd realm Of
sPiriiS, and that th, oush ''g.'ss ATARI human
10 some hour Of quiet thought, whoa the
heart has been busy with memories OF the
departed, have we not heard the rustic Of ia.
that on the earth shall speak nevermoret The
faet Of angelic ministry IL confirmed BY the
sEPerisnes Of many and y has its tssiimoalss
ensd and oonaoled By it.
10 the most SInfaf heart thots nay BE- some
. %Sts ;RS.s sI Ss.S: p... My net
ness and solieltudei MaJ not sister ot q
that oAn never Slept Believe itI and how
lItrJt
The great lesson We are to lssru and keep
ever IN our heArta IL thlai that there 10 always
shining ladder let down from heaven upon
which the angels come and Eoj that never 10
an innnite love weary with watohInE over us,
IN the hardest strife, In the bi,tstest grief, In
the darkest OF lies mysteries, there 10 be-
nsvoient putposs-All will end we'll All 10
to be: Through ways of darkness, az we'll as
ofught, through sorrow a. we'll a. 10y, through
death a. well a. life, he is brinEing. his ehll-
better world, and for the eompanIonshlp and
employment OF angles. The end for Whieh he
created US, for which Jesus lived and dled, for
reaehedI and then We shall look back and see
that there has not been one useless pAnE Of
suffering, or one dark day too many not an
loving wAtohi and that all that has come 10 Us,
OF bitter al we'll a. happy experiences, have
wrought for US eternal glory and Joy.
that hs it seeking for him and earnestly de-
slres his salvation. Many believe this, but
really be the friend Of the sinners, nor how the
lost sheep can DO found unless they shall Arpt
come back TO the foldi nor how His search eAn
their theology gets into ASoari, and false con.
illusions are tackled on TO correct premises,
until the whole becomes a. pretty mess OF
theological kettle. God does aot love the
sinner up to Aoertain point, and then cease.
Angels do not pity once, and then harden their
be "the same yesterday, today, and forsyer,p
then 30 long as there 10 even one wAnderer fron
the heavenly fold, bod VIII seek alter ihsI
the joy OF heaven may be complete.
In the evening Rev. Mt. Barry gave q very
Interesting discourse on the "rhA Home Life
The services at this church yestsTday pos
sessed more than ordinary interest froa the
fact that the discourse % ths morning was de-
Of New York, who wa. rector Of the parish
forty-seysn years $50. The church edihoe was
throngcd to its utmost oapaelty, and the dis
marked interest.
TRE WOMEN or the BiBLH-EsrHna.
The nth In the course Of sermons on the
women OF the Bible, WAS delivered last even
ing By Rev. DR.. Newman, at the Mstropo oil tan
church. The subject was Esther. Thet
the 18th chapter OF book OF Bsthsr and leth
/ verse. The hook Of Either 10 anu Of the most
intereltlng books In the bible. Yet Il Il a
remarkable fact that nowhere in ali its sacred
pages 10 to be found the name OF dod. Fast
At6eisilSaI book, 80 hr as the resortiss Of
the divine name. The Greek slave 10 the most
wonderful production Of human genius Of the
has never failed 10 excite the admirStion Of
the sathedoi yet nowhere on that marvel.
lous speeimen Of art is TO be found the name
Greek slave IL not work Of Artf Nowhere
on the broad expanss OF heaven 10 the name
OF the great God. The stars do not spell out
birds do not e.gol III but who shall CAL In
| question that this fair system OF nature 10 the
work Of the diyiae handl All nature leadS
who can study the pages Of this book aud foi.
| low the marvellous career theFeia recorded,
without being Impressed that events therein
recorded were ordered and directed By him
who is All,wIIe and alirpowerfuI and ail,rood,
! The biography Of Esther and OF the cksrao-
| tiers who figured with her was skllfullY drawn,
for her arm deolAI 70 comply with : ooapkad
G2tJtthS Pgtllaf shts lost Ter crown, aSd w.
divorced. She carried Into obsoufiiy the con
scIousnens that she had the courage TO do right
The providence OF God was Afterwards dis
E,tSet rom nmons a maitituds az eoSn.ul
tors. Her history was traced, together with
that of MordeoAi, her uncle, porter At the
| Kings gate, who excited the Ire OF Haman,
the sm6itiouS Prime Munster Of the King,
| By his refusal to do him honoT by prostrAtIon,
Hsman vows the destruction Of MordseAi and
All his race, and obtains 40 sdlct from the
| appeared. She enters the KingiI presence AZ
| the peril OF her life, obtains her prayer that
the next two days Hannah might be InyIisd
GaaSgs', enc psT 81 rIs az ssS
Il from destruction. HAmAh WAs hung on the
g1gSs S P5SsPSISa ISs MSTatGA The
lion OF Mordeoai. 1t was By = aleepleas night
that the King was led TO reneet and to Goa.
1 'SS SSS p.SS q Ss iSS T s.G az
SSns pafSWsTdsSs sStsS diSooSsTs led sss
man sloqusntly put forth tha Ptoviisnes
| shown In causing that sleeplsss hight.
We loyeto think Of God a. wisldlnk the
the speakers mind that slsepless aiIht Of the
King was . more utupoadoua wohdsr than
any recorded In the emancipation Of the He
So,s ron MSsp Saua sr. % deal IN gp
causes sleep to seal the eyes OF mani whsp be
would save a nation he siuSeA sleep to dSpGFl
S az 'S:ii OF asoa A AZ 81
hang the salvation OF the world. God Al.
mighty seemed more glorious to him when he
s aSRs The b SS DDt . TPST tsuE s,n
the hSAd OF his psopIe-ls wGieRloE yon spar.
row that is PlsIcsd By the dart;
female patriotism ThlA beAutIful queen Ap-
psArsd before US the embodiment OF "a unset
hsh patriotism that found expression In ths
peril Of her life, Women OF America, said Dr.
Newman, It may not be your lot TO stand in
senatorial halls, II may not be your calling TO
march 10 embAttled hosts, but there 10 q - here
for you In mis- respect IN which you can act,
and your innuenoe will be ~ positive a. II
should be bsneaoent, II 10 for you TO troll the
culture Of the nation, TO give direction and
tone to the education OF the rlalnE genera u on,
What are our uniyeraitish, golleIeG, And hsml.
nAtien without the sAnotifylng influence Of
wife and mother anl HiAteTi The moral sense
OF the nation must come from women.
More than this, while you mar not be
called to be SenatorA--And hope Tou may
never Whlleyo may not be called to march
in arms to the held OF oArnAge--And God
forbid YOU should, unleaB, a. 10 the days OF
Deborah uOd Almighty cannot and man
worthy TO march, yet there are foes for yOu
to conquer, aud there are faults IN society
with which you may grApple, and indeed the
power to Aubdue those evils 10 with you.
refer to one, and do not hesitate TO say
though law, and public opinion, and every
man, from the least TO the EruAleht Ia this
whole country, were In fear OF this oue evil,
yet II IL within the power OF the womsn OF
this countIy to destroy II root and brAnehI an
evil more Devastating than WAR more blight
Ing than apldemleai an evil that bFlnEa Ia Its
traln penury and want and premature death,
with ALL the OTimea Of the baHeF unHgiOuH-iI