Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-31

Of the rich and the folIles Of the fashionable,
are eager 70 initiate thomf ....
The reverend Father concluded his most
eloquent and powerfully descriptive sermon
BY an alluslon 10 the fate which overlook
Jerusalem because Of Its many sins, and snidi
May not similar aims bring similar punish.
ment upon this cltyi Aye, does not the
proposition 10 remove hence the national
capital indicate that this gay and sinIul me-
tropolls affords a shining mark 10 the thun-
der-bolts Of heaven The hand OF the Al
mighty Is already raised perhaps to strike,
for II that proposition, already echoed In the
Halls Of Congress, be adopted, what must DO
the future fate Of Washlngtoui What but
ruin The time must come when the lizard
and the serpent shall Sun themselves upon
the moss-coVered monuments Of your public
squares, the fox Of the forest make HIS bur
row In the silent, vacant chambers Of the
Executive Mansion, and tho tlmid wild birds
nnd an unmolested shelter amid the fallen
columns, the shattered arches, aud the mold
cred walls Of yonder magnificent Capitol.
Aud az jeremiah stood amidst the ruins Of
jerusalem and wept as he poured out the
sorrows OF bis soul ln inspired numbers,
the time may como when the pilgrim de-
seendant Of some now before me may stand
almost broken hearted here amid the rulns
Of the public buildings and the crumbllpg
remains OF the free, happy homes OF his
ancestors, aud mourn over the crimes that
crlmsonod the aklrts Of the rich and fashion
aOle Inhabitants Of Washington, and brought
upon them such extreme and retributlve
justice. Heaven avert so dire q calamity.
May the nag Of my country continue once
and lnnupeIably to wave, as signal OF the
sessions OF Congress, from the walls OF your
beautiful Capitol. May my own native city
ever continue 10 DO the monumental capital
Of the great modern Republic. May you,
dearly beloved brethren, continue happy
around your warm, comfortable homes, aud
your plenteous boards, blessed and protected
BY the hands Of the widow and tho orphan,
and blessed BY Him who Ia the Father OF the
poor. May His choicest, sweetest, noblost
blessing be showered upon your children.
Oh,ifor thair aakes, have pity upon the poor
boys for whose cause came TO plead to-
day, aud may you, In the end, receive tho
reward which IL given to those who enter
Into the Joy Of the Lord.
ORDINATION OF DRAGONS.
At the Four-and-a half street Presbyterian
church last evening the pastor, Rev. DR..
Sunderland, preached an impressive sermon
appropriate 70 the occasion from LIST Corin-
thians, 18th chapter, 4th and sth verses,
| "Now there are dlversltles OF Rlfts, but the
same spirit, and there arc differences Of ad-
minlstratlons, but the same Lord" Amer
which he proceeded 10 the ordination OF the
recently chosen deacons OF the church ac-
cording TO the established form Of the Pres
byterian Church. The names ofthe peraons
thus ordained are; Nicholas Dubois, Stephen
Slbley Bean, William A. sutphen and VIM.
B. Gurley. The attendance upon the oeea-
sion was quite large.
| SERMON TO YOUNG WOMEN.
The Rev. DR.. Newman preached last eve
Ming the third In the series OF sermons TO
| young women. The subject was Miriam;
the text, Exodus "; 20. Some one had
said that history was born on the night
Moses led bis people from the land OF Egypt.
Il 10 certain that all that precedes Is doubt
full, and may be classed as the fictitious por-
ton OF the race while all that succeeds 10
reliable, because written by one who was
competent TO write, and whose pen was
guided by divine inspiration. Taking up
the Mosaic narrative, DR.. Newman then pro-
ceeded To consider the history Of Miriam, the
sister Of Moses. Egypt, the homo OF her
youth and the background Of the Holy
Lane, !" was beautifully described. The ruel
odlct OF Pharaoh ordering every new born
Hebrew babe to DO cast into the Nile;
Noses birth and eoneealment In his bulrush
ark, and particularly Miriam a. the faithful
watcher on the banks Of the sacred river,
were considered. Then the discovery by PhA-
roah's daughter, and the keen ahreWdness
Of tho faithful sister In securing Jocebed as
nurse 10 Moses, her own child.
The striking providence displayed In this
was pointed out, Moses education At the
court OF Pharaohi bis subsequent flight from
Egypt his return as the deliyerer OF his OPP
pressed people, their flight and triumphant
passage Of the Jordan were related. Il was
after this dellVerance that Miriam leading
the women Of Israel with tlmbrol aud
dance, praised the name Of the Lord. The
song and the dance were both In those DAYS
part Of Joyful religious worship. Dancing
was expressive Of the religious emotion Of
the heart. It had not then passed from the
Church into the world and become tina mere
expression Of a worldly Character. MiriS N
was to the women Of Israel what MoseN wa,
to the men. She WAS their RELIGIONS teachsr
The spirit OF a prophrtrss had dsaoonded
upon her.
The sin and punishmept of Miriam con-
stituted the third great event In her life.
The Immediate cause Of the trouble was the
Ethiopian woman that Moses had married,
Vey the Idea OF the original. II Ia conceded
by the best scholars that this woman was a
daughter OF an Arab, and not descendant
OF Cush or of Ham. Il was not therefore
the complexion that was the cause Of The
trouble, but she had evidently gained in.
auence over her husband, and thus had ex
cited tho jealousy OF Miriam, as the 10.
hnence OF one woman Is 90 apt 70 excite thu
Jealousy Of another woman. II was purely
a case OF jealousy between women, IN,
scrlutures declare that she and Aaron spok,
against Moses. Perhaps from deiIcacI
Moses does not record what WAS said, bul
when the ire, the envy and jealousy Of a
woman are aroused what terrible thlngs she
can utter.
Ia ParonthosIs 10 10 stated thAI Moses wal
the moekest mani and Tom Paine had 70
marked that Moses could not DO Very
modest man TO accede 10 himself one OF thu
greatest Of all exoellcncies. But the Hebrew
word 70 that Moaes was the most depressed
man living, and when you take this mean
ing, how beautiful the harmony. The LORI
then appears 10 them and ylndieates Moses
Miriam Is punished with leprosyj then tn
qualities OF orotheriy love and forgiveness
were seen In the petition OF Aaron 70 Nose
and OF Moses 70 the Lord that Miriam nigh
be healed, which was accomplished are
seven days.
Three lessons are 10 DO deduced from tht
subject First, Miriam appear before us ri
the true sister; What power has the aistel
at home what should DO the ndelit!