The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-03
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the sermon oommenoed II was Announoed that
AID socisly, would Sc held n he uh aS,s ea as
ference room, on Monday evening, JAnuaTy
.. The prayer presiding the regular discourse
and was pfonouneed in 1 Su6dusd and ps,hstis
manner; ~ betsy communion day me Rev.
DE- Rankin took for his text part oi the 10th
verse, from the ID chapter OF John But thou
hast kept the good wine until now"
This was not the hrnt time that Jesus had
converted water into wine. The process was
supernatural for the natural. Wine has bad
snouni Of vii When /, rssdsaS in the oup
biisth like : ssrpsnt,n II il an eusmI Of the
race, when ~ appears In the social cup, And
here IL whera II proves destructive 70 the beit
.ntsresh o. men. In reckless ihdulgenoe and
30. !. hss ,.' ErCgs Os: spd tAs hpo:
Wine a valued 6Soauss Of ne soii and soun.
,hItn ThiSh y 2 produced. u IL said that
shs HInes c n fsRsa o me soil I, Z 90 within
love Of heayen--there q aolkinf swestsr or
more life giving to the splfit than that which
SSSs and SSs n ne " Atm SiIn, 'hl az
ne sorrow. and burdsna OF life press hsGVy,
then y ss'; ,ln., sad sonioIs IKE RssyT x!
wine. ANCIENT writers have apofsn ofthis'
aod recorded their sayings, 1 have no doubt
but the vine spoken OF 10 The test was Gsod
IN tsis respect, II used with The sarns care mi
discretion that other medicines are uSSd, lie
S s sorTTsS, II, essSas,s. and
mach sake, and IoT thine Often iadr@luSsg
IONS c,SsI sSa SSis az SOdsSc
Sn sG sSa & sSa SoS. SS.s II.
.uSs s .ss nc no: "a S' .sT
iisd b. the fasis. Tie value o. wine II thaiit
ne Ssisa ps1lsSsd 0 fSr pHaS he ' Ssss q
there Il would give lite and s.EsaEts. '
love Of uod. tits the vlns OF the soul that
has been stored up for Ne from all eternitI.
NAY we PSs ,ho s,s.r srS Ss"l. t n:
fcundltion Of the Hofld.". Ave, itIs the etsr.
nifty OF His love that comforts ms-thRt II
So%si tGe% S0 .Hs,l,an The scod wIns b..
| By age or country. o, brother man, has thou
felt sorrow aud longsd Tor happincssi Turn
VIM SIs Hs' .SS
shall drink Il ret again, xhss a last We cone
AZ the close 81 The All diss s the name. Of
fourteen persons were read who have Just
been added e the church ~ letter and on pro
THH oHHUsrIAs EANa 70
Services were held Yesterday In the Metro
poiltan n. z. church, a. uauAL Rev. Dr. New:
sermon IN the norning fron Acts ri, %; "And
| the disciples were called Christians hrst In
NTSn SP,SssS p, f :r%ss
By the Emperor Sslsuons NIcatOf, on the
banks Of the otontss, about % miles hon ne
me- s.,I,., and rAi:s SS;Pf n. nI,t
nopls afterwards bseAme--tks rate Of the East
p. its chisf historical higaineAnSs IL that
name OF UhfistiAa. There are three thsoriss
I to the origin Of the title. some suppose ~
was given By their enemies In derisionI othsrs
third theory 10 that Saul Iad BaraabaS, 81
| Divine appointment, rave this title TO the
early sAints. whichever theory We adopt, We
q reasonable that Of the 100 t,ist sivsn 10
Christ describing In varied forms his shArAo.
ter and his mission, this IL the only one from
which 4 dsIiYttlVs can be taken TO be applied
we cannot Sc called Jsauits from the word
Jesus, for Jesus II the designation Of his per.
and that u the designation Of his ofies-hii
mission; ~ means the annotated. We can be
called ghtlstAns, because We are anointed
BY the Holy Splrit-beoAune we are the mea-
sengers Of peace to mAakind, There are, fur.
ther, three potent reasons why believers are
called Vhtisilans; fifst Ohri.t e the great
lag his life and teaehlnEs several thiags
strike ua-drst, He directs the Attention OF all
Gomez No osa :Pos.S o. ne EISSPssss
Lamb OF dody Paul said, IBelieye 90 the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be sAved,''
Sn' 0af Sn, ,siS III Be isSs nqp. VIII Dr..
us 10 that the oreed which Christ presented 20
man for his Aeoeptanee and belief was As slim
Of Englsnd consists Of thlfty.thfee articles, Of
the Presbyterian thirty.three chapters, Of the
Reformed Dutch Church thirty-sevsh chap.
Artlolsi eye believe In God; bsliet Nilg o.
me-" That 10 ali. His AIesslAhshlI, HE GDu,
ship, HIS e,ernity, omnipotsnee, al' guirr
presence which He taught In His mi rF
lnvolvsd In that one article. A thlyg % D.,
lmpressing "r.Evf N His tSadhinENts s4al
ne nowherer mks Us to comprehend an Al
Rsyisw the history Of the Iasl af.son ssntu-
riea, and the fact 10 That the great questions Of
controversy remain to-day unsettled, Tbs
rinsi or SisstiOn and IspfoSa,on, q aasi J per
aeverAnoc--these great questions are argued
to-day aud placed upon the shell oniy 70 b.
and replaced. No man can comprehend crawl
tation, No mAthemAtielAA can oompreh end
The Axions y Which hs solvs. III. problems
hiS divine being could not be eomprehendsd
hs never asked people TO comprehend ~. n.
asked them 70 receive II as fact, and h'
The second reason why We are called Chris
,i.1s Is nat We are Appoialea Lying rsPgesen
u e dTs s. M .R hs sho,S:
/ 10 to reproduce Christ IN The character ASd ilf
Of each and all % hts disciples. Lat thII
D Mad 5e ~ you which are allo 10 Qhris
, Christ he 10 none OF hlnn Every man ahould
, be living, walking Christ, ahd'no man meas
Re 50 f sSd % fully TsnSs,S al srsst ,S run
Do you measure up To thai Nay not some o
you more propsrly be called spIsurSaas Of
wsst a ! Qhrl.,iani Love to aod, fOlnss
0 o. sneetion nqwinE toward him, sincere 70
sS easS ~ NJ ha,s,ligsnt and Seidlnf faith 4
t Saushtsf.s food fathsf and aossss, Az . 81
= ns.Eheof. Eood IalerI an honest states hal
: All that g beautiful 10 rennsn snt, and The
i. you will have the falnelS Of meaning Of IN
: term Christian. IadSsd, this Tsnlfkabl
= word. a monosyiIAbis the mS.t bsau,ifni a.
|. expressive 10 the English language, the 10y q
the bridal altar, the music Of me nursery, N
!" heaven Of earth, whose absence . hsll-th
quintsssenee OF Ohrlstianlty d loes, Scare
your bibles, and you will and that tails 10 N
% love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, an
!. they neighboT as thyself"
r The third reason why We are called Chrll
lision OF Christ among men, Five plans "a
5, this have been proposed First, the union :
Q Church and state, the plan % ooastaAtine n
and whose eroEier sword the plan ALEC (
Francis Xavier, whose o6nSeFfa remaiae
g t.ithiul 1nly e loSs as forsll1 Pegsr bel
= and proposed the aAme thing for the SVAnGel
70 ration OF the world. The second Waa eolon
], ration, as illustrAtedby the pilgrims comm
r to this oouatry. Then the philEnthFopls pla
"A embodied 10 our great miuilonAry moVeman
= Fourth, the pTeAehinE Of the Gospel BY TeEu
larry ordained men. Fifth, individual effof
Whloheyer plan We choose, this OF psrsoni
Il Christian character must undsFlis thsm Al
a Christ has placed In OUT hand three elemeni
y Of powell firat, personal experience, Nv
speak that We 40 know We testify that v
Is have seen" No man 10 powerful In this Worl
l. a. q reformer whether In science, politics, I
Al religion, who has not an experimental know
- ledge Of the truth no advocates. Thus Ohfii
haL EitsR No poEsr q psssep1l sH,anpl
!, play What tune he phases but IN me deed !
d Its aaId Of Lord Pstesboroush, that fauov
a yoluptATy and atheist, that he lodged SON
10 time With the beautiful Fonelon, and on lee
ing him he said to the ATehbiahopi eff I ahou
remain with you much longer lShould beoou
a Christian In spite Of mySelLn 30 beAutifu
so consistent was the example OF fepelo
Said an smieent minister ~ should IA,
been an inddel had II not been for the eonsl
tent conduct OF my aAinted motheFn Last
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