Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-14

Iniroduction OF the Rev. o. II. TinHny TO bis
New ChRFHe-Bnptism Of nn Indian chief

introduction Of the Rev o. II. TInHny to hI. |
New CbRFHs-BRptIsm Of mn lndlan chief |
The Inaugural sermon.
The Metropolitan church was, yesterday morn !
Ing, allied 10 Tepletion by our citizens who were !
DESTROYS Of hearing Rev o. II. Tiffany deliver !
his hrst discourse TO his new congregation This
eminent divine has for a number OF years past
ably allied pulpit in Newark, N. j., and leaves
his old congregation with deep feelings OF 70
greet, as both minister aud church members had
become ondeaTod TO each other by the social and
religious ties that had grown up between them.
At the conclusion Of the devotional exercises,
novel and Interesting ceremony was witnessed
in the baptism Of one " the Indian chiefs,
named Dave" 81 present on yisit TO TINS
city lie espoused the cause Of religion shortly
after his arrival, and yesterday, 10 front OF the
altar, was received into the church.
lNTRoDuCTioN OF PASTOR 70 PEOPLE.
This service being concluded, Mr., Thomas l.,
TullOck, acting president Of the Board Of
Trustees, Rscendod to the platform and an.
nounced that communication had been re.
celved from Bishop Simpson stating that Row
DF. U. II. Tiffany had boon transferred from the
Newark to the baltimore Conference, and sta
toned At the Metropolitan NJ. T. church In this
lie then turned to the pastor and said that
tho board OF trustees accepted tho appointment
with great unanlmity Of feeling aud would CO
operate with him In every effort for the estab
lishment Of Msthodism and tho welfare Of the
Gross Of Christ.
DIR, Tiffany then advanced to tho pulpit and
delivered his inaugural discourse, selecting for
hIstext Romans 81 HAPPIER 18th and 18th verse;:
80, as much as In me u, am ready TO preach
| the gospel to you that are At Rome, also For
| am not ashamed Of tho gospel Of Christ Tor II
Is tho power Of God unto salyation TO every one
that bellsyeth 70 the Jew nrst, and also to the
| Crock" He said great changes have taken
/ place since such an utterance could be proof OF
| manly and desperate courage. Few paragraphs
| In the Blblo revealed tho altered condition OF
/ the world more clearly than these words OF tho
| apostle. In all the Influential natlOnAllues OF
the earth, the Gospel Of Christ Is recognised as
| force In civilization, and to declare Its truths
| to the most cultivated and powerful is esteemed
/ an honor. II was not go Ia Apostolic times; thon
/ tho Gospel was regarded as an obscure sonti.
msnt, tho result Of a schism 10 tho religion OF
| an Insignificant and conquered province 1t was,
| especially to the Romans, repellant and abhOr.
| rent In its association with the degradation and
| public execution Of one condemned as male
/ factor.
But despite all thia the apostle felt such con.
/ hdsnoe In the power to dignity anu ennOble
even the citizens Of Rome, that he atirms his
readiness TO declare II TO the full extent OF hts
/ ability 10 the imperial city. He did not fall to
| appreciate the dignity Of citizenship, but had
appealed 70 the protection Of tho state to secure
/ his person from lndignlty. Ho ielt patriots
i pride In the spread Of lts empire, but no knew
| that the Gospel was power without which all
other powers were vain, and humble - was It's
| origin, weak as were Its agents, abhUrred as
| was It's author, he would declare II as able TO
| exAlt even the proud citizens Of the Roman en-
pire. The focus the world was here. Allthe
| riches, elegance, refinement and GplendOr
poured into the august and naughty metropolis.
| II had conquered provinces states aud empires
| until Its domination was worldwide. But among
Its conquests there we're two which were des-
tined TO influence II more than all oihers.
| The one Its mastery Of Greece, the other It's
| conquest OF Palestine. Grecian literature had
already changed tho character Of It's intellectual
thought from practical utiltarianlsm to
phllosophic methods and aesthetic Expression.
The physical might Of Rome subdued Greece,
but the mind OF Greece had mastered Rome.
| Rome adopted 0reclln arts, and was insenslbly
| nodded by contact with Grecian life, 90 that the
world In name and government was Roman, but
| In feeling and civilization It was Greek. As
| Groece had nodded thought, 50 Palestine was "a
FeyolutioniEe religion. Fable was TO give way u
TACT, polythelSm to mOnOthOism; purely splri
tuaI power was 10 assert Its empire.
The Roman whom Paul addressed was bt.
| lever In force, the recognized and .Teyerencod
power, whether exhibited In mArshAllod hosts
or In individual gladiatOrial cOmbats. Law-oT.
ganiElng power was bis Ideal Oi perfectnoss. He
glOried 10 the manifestation Of power exhibited
In national sovereignty; he honOrod ylctOTs with
political influence, and organized enlarged
thought and systematic Jurisprudence, prOmOt.
Ing general Well.belnR.
| The minister then proceeded 70 speak Of the
apostle presenting to the Romans the idea oil
power In q spiritual sense and oontrastod the
| human power In an empire with that Of the Dl
vine power In the universe To the idea Of Law
organizing power In nations he opposed God or
/ ganlElng law in nature and Providence; to the
idea Of the general good he opposed universal
we'll being and complete happiness. Salvation,
whatever else II may mean, includes deliver
anoe by law from destructive power As Greek
| philosophy had changed the lntelloctual habit
impart q master impulse by creating a don't
nAnt affection, insure Its right development by
revealing true relationship, furnish a perfeoi
model for imitation, and confer minute benefits
by blending human activities.
Devotional exercises closed the morning ser
vices.