Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-21
RELIGIOUS.
Church seryIes. Yesterday.

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FouTRu PREsBTTERtAr CHURCH.
The pulpit was occupied In the morning BY
n uqs pShSsSGI Rev; John p S%h' nS
Seriptutel, which are able to make thee wise
Christ Jssus.D The apostle addresses two
letter. to his son Timothy, who was not
H1 o. litter. 81 81 fame H ne was not man
and interesting child, whose mother and
grandmother had led holy, lives, and their
has nAmo and fame which 10 lmPerlahable.
l would that every child In this house were
as Timothy. Most parent, are aoSlogs con.
msni Of their children, but fail ia the most
important pSTt-that In which Timothy was
These setiptufsS have in them this light, and
are able TO make wise unto salvation. All
scripture 10 given by Inspiration Of uod, and
insttuetion 10 righteousness. The Bible is
often resd and explained without wisdom unto
| salvation,
When this J, done the great bsnoht iS lost
The mArinet'i chart IL TO Be relied on In tray.
| eTalng an unknowu and tempestunua ocean,
These scriptures are to make US wise unto
] sAlvation. The entrance OF thy words glyeth
fremark, second Timothy WAS assured be.
cause OF those Of whom he had learned these
great truths. There IL something sacred In
the Instructions Of mother and grand.
these Instructions. SHAH We not renew our
| ohildren The sabbath school IL an adjunct
OF the church Of late days, and Its teachers arc
next In importance to parents. Knowledge ID
s sTs spRSd the are
these honorable relations with Christ. In
struetion should be made plsssAnt,And It should
Gods word the pioasSnteSt OF all studies, Ia
| our instruction does unbelief have q place In
our mindsi Not so with the Instructors OF
Timothy. 1--WE trust In the latter IL killeth
| the spirit giyeth life.
| IiemRrE, thirdi Not only are these instruo-
tons, this scripture education to be accom-
| plished, but we are to continue in the faith.
| Howpainful Is the falling OF OF young men.
| Ooutinue thou In the things wherein thou hast
| been instructed 10 continuance alone 10 sue
cess, There Is no crown unless and until the
whole race IL run and the goal reached, Fl.
| nAlly, this salvation Ia through Christ Jesus.
| When the work Of faith IL not begun nothing
10 done. Faith 10 the active principle seen IN
the life. knowledge alone may lie dormant
and increase the condemnation. "By grace 70
instruction should be to have children made
wise unto salvation, and come and confess
Christ before men. Let US all become wise
| Rev. DR.. MerwIn, OF New York, preached
10 the afternoon from these wordsi "Christ
an offering and sacrifice for Us as sweet
PIRsr BAPTIST CHURCH.
In the morning DR., Cuthbsrt, the pastor,
preached to large and Appreciative audisnee
IRON the text, aye are the light Of the
sermon, was First. To rsfatc the idss that il
| 10 possible for any person 10 live a Christian
life without letting his light shinS And the
the light Of the sun, so OhristiSns should re-
hect the light OF the glorious Sun OF Right.
Second. That Christians should bo as shin.
ing beacons, warning men Of the world to turn
from the dangers and snAres OF the road on
Which sho they are trsysdIing SSd Poinns ths 5
eternal.
Oh, bowarei lest in that day you shall be
told that because your light was not shining
| some soul was shipwreeked on the sands OF
death,
10 the evening he preached from the subject,
taking as his text the question which our Lord
asked the PhAriseesi "CAn 70 not discern the
signs Of the tlmeai"
The signs OF the times Of our Lord sorre-
apond to the signs OF our time. First war aud
political agitation were broodinE over the
king sat on the throne of Israel. To-day the
nations OF Europe are hanging on the edge Of
I ,precipiee, ready at any moment TO fall to
pieces. We have had q shock which has left
!. half Of our country = wilderness, from which
John the Baptist cries, Prepare ye the way
=, the Lord" Second, the religious agitation
1 which hrooded and brOodS over the whole
earth. These signs foretold the destruction OF
0 Judaism. What do they now foTetellt Is II
b. the destruction OF the Catholic Church or 10
4 II that the six days work 10 over and we are
Q about to enter upon the seventh, the day OF
a rest, the millennium God only knows.
Q the WOMEN or THE nIBLE-THE THRRR MARYs.
r Rev. DR.. NewmAn's sixth discourse on the
d. women Of the Bible" was delivered last
, standing the storm. The text was, Mark tx
E 10: snow when Jesus was Tisen early the
frat day Of the week, he appeared ffst to
!. seven devils" So long as the world SSSli
stand, SO long shall the three Mays, OF bible
q history, be remembered with AheetionAte de-
b, llght-hsry, the mother Of our Lord Mary,
a the sister Of Lazarus, and Mary MagdA-
Q lene. Mary the mother of.our Lord, the In:
sH1meGt TO bring Pr SsyioIr ~, Into the world
i to secure for US that provision by which VIC
: may be restored ultimately to the second
: 80 long as humanity shall need Saviour
= so long shall she be appreciated in the hearts
, Next to her Is Mary OF bethany, the quiet
devoted Christian, whose chosen place was the
feet Of the Master. The ointment which she
gave preparatory to his burial was q memorial
/ not only to him but to her. That act OF hers
shall embalm her memory for all generations
coSyspt the eonst.S, I f1isnd ~ dSSo tss
Christian she, whose lips hrst proclaimed a
risen Saviour. These three women stand be-
lnStrumsntI Mary, OF Bethany, the devoted
Christian Mary MAgdAlene, the permanent
convert, taliko perhaps in person as they
alike 10 spirit and united as one heart.
Some have oonfounded Mary MAEdAlsne
with mary tue sister Of Lazarus. But others
make greater mistake In reference to her.
She has been regarded as one that we call at
the present time MAgdAlene. But neither In
Matthew, Mark or Luke IL there shadow OF
proof that she was such person. Both In
tho Roman and 10 the Protestant Church there
has been disposition to maEuify the mirAcu-
lous pnwer OF Christ by blasting the ohATao-
ter OF this person. And all those charitable
institutions known aB AEdalens Institutions,
II taken from Mary MagdAlsne, are mis-.
nomers, for the application has no foundation
whether taken In history or Ia logic or in eX-
eEesls.
Or. Newman then considered, nrSt, the con-
| al MawuAlHueG second. e.
Votion, and thon her reward. Referring to
the extraordinary Aspeeta Of her conversion,
| namely, the casting out Of the seven devils,
he warmly defended the theory OF her AstuAi
possession by demons as opposed to the the
tended that the theory Of demons was most
Rlblo record.
Referring TO her constaney, she was last At
I the. grave, ms she was first at the aepulehre.
The hopo Of woman is more enduring than
man. She Is the last to give up in despair 10
comes, when honor 10 blasted, II H. womAn's
eonatAncy that shows out In its brilllAney,
that strengthens man, nerves his arm, and
kindles afTeGh his hopes. Many man IL In.
debted for the restoration OF his fortune to
the constAney OF his wife.
Considering her reward DR.. Newman pie
tured In beautiful language the scene at the
sepulehre on the morning OF the third day,
when the consistency and devotion Of Mary
was rewarded by being the first to see her
) risen Lord, and to announce his resurrection
TO the world.
Ihe sermon was eloned by an earnest, i'm
pFessive appeal to those present to give their
hearts to Christ, that at last they may enjoy
} the reward he will give.
THE WOMAN QUESTION.
The hall OF the New Masonic Temple, oorns
Ninth and streets, was crowded to hear
Rev. DR.. Boynton, the pastor, who preached
from lat Corinthians, Ni, 81 "But Iwould have
} you know that the head OF every man IL
Christ, and the head Of the woman 10 the man,
and the head Of Christ is Qod.n
DR.. Boynton alluded to the agitation which
| 10 now going on for the emancipation of
woman, and said that the arguments and the
phrases that were used for the abolition OF
negro slavery are, with some changes which
the case requires, the framework OF most OF
the speeches In this war for female indspend.
| ence,
The scene Of cruelty and oppression 10 trans
ferred from the plantation to our families and
homes. Its not now the slaves Of the South,
, but the poor, wretohed, heart.bFOken wives
and mothers In these Christian households
who are olanking their chains and signing for