Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-15

church, but only one OF them remains at thl'
time, viz: our venerable brother r. a. Rudd
Thus ~ years have left us but OF the original
20. Of the 81. one, few years ago, returned
TO the NJ. T.. Church South, one WAS expelled
for violating the discipline, the rest either re-
moved to other parts or died i'll the faith here
IN your midst This seventy, therefore, for the
uos, part, are to-day crowned and manSloned
in heaven. But as they one by one passed away
others were raised up to take their places and
carry on the good work they lett behld. ltars
Of great prosperity followed
The pulpit was flied by ministers OF great
ability and deep piety, OF whose precious uen.
org We shall speak more fully tonight The
membership, both male aud female, III good
part, were christian workers The blessing OF
tho great Head OF the Church rested upon
| their endeavors The Church stood high III
| the respect and confidence OF the public: ansi
lived down all the evil things her anniversaries
said of her The rich and the poor, people of
fine social and mental culture, With those less
favored in these respects, kuelt together at
this altar, and mingled their prayers and songs.
and shouts, too, in holy praise, and devout wor,
ship, from such men as Alexander Waugh
the brother OF the Bishop, to old Moses, that
excellent coored brother, who BY a consistent
christian lite from SO 10 is. VOL your respect
aud brotherly love, and was buried with The
teudereSt funeral rights amid y"nr tears and
warmest Christian sympathles.
But, respectable as the church waa III The
former days, she was guilty of some-as we
Eirginians say-mighty old fashioned things
old as Methodisln itself. | lulght cougratu-
late YOU, who live in these later days OF chris
rian delicacy. Refinement and ease, We're 1t prop,
| er To do so, upun more than angelic lnnOcenco
of this particular guilt But do not propose
to speak the praise OF the living.
| One Of these old fashioned things, OF wHch
| lnethOdists If the present day may have al H.
distinct recollection. Is belonging To ruCer
age, lar agone, was TIE CLAss-MEE?iNG
/ Strange as you may think ii. aud huulilIatlng
as il u;ty be to you, on your higher raln Of
decacy and christian proprirty, 70 remember
| IT, vonr fathers and mo,hrrs were strongly al
tached 10 th. tla-S ruceting. u IutatIS OF
| grace
There rlr. young aud the Old, christian wo
men. a. well AZ christian men. confessed Christ,
and helpe, each other faith. Ii one had heeu
blessed, and Went to his class and told 1t. he
gave that blessing To all The class aud still had
more Of it than when he began to dispense it,
| What one gathered all enjoyed. And, my
brethren, how music flowed from The heart, as
water guShcs FROM the fountain! Doth not
! this mere allusion wake again to memory : ear
these long silent VOICES? inur memories need
no more The sweet melody Of the grand sing
| erS of the past. ertiI now To listening memory
| fills this house d., you not hear it? y now
il chimes and rings aud trilis in our souls !.
Aud listen more closely. There is one voice,
| from all the rest distinguished. Now SOFT
like the signing ot gentle winds, and then iuli
like the blast ni Il trumpet now :wcet like tho:
notes ni bird; then triumphant. a. though
the soul oil the singer We're ascending III glory.
| Who is lie? The dear name Is on every lip
Robert f.. Buchanan.
Another thing amopg tie OLD fashions was
praying and .acork,nq sron,en. thank God.
that whiIe in modern ti,ues. the many have
abandoned THE old fashion, through false no.
ton, Of wnnaily dccacy, TO their own and
the church grea, loss. we yet have lew,
who u,tE, work and pray, IN the open fields N
| Ziou. rulryalng the plants, and gathering the
| harvest for the garner OF hearcu. But. N the
torluer days, there were not few. whose Voices
were heard in tn. uTlcramce OF christian "x!e
Renee (and you cannot have forgotten wha;
blessed experience. they enjoyed and the
prayer of faith | might group them under
the heads 81 the Nary. the Ezabeths, &C.,
but my sources Of information are too meagcr
| 6ud however five Marys. who did honor TO
the sacred name they bore aid are worthy rep
resenatives nt evangelical christian women.
Their name. will recall thousand heaut1n'
and precious memories. These were their
name, Mary Wait, Mary Throop: Mary
Shaw. Mary Lanrhrr, and Mary Hancock.
And laSieS these. there was Elizabeth Baden,
and Lucinda Mansfield and Maria Summers,
Harriet Emerson, Elizabeth Hart, and Sarah
Isaacs and that pre- eminentlv holy and Heaven
" woman Catherine Violet And how many
J ,,,,r, Z north | Epny not
In this retrospect We see, likewise, fully
twelve hundred pcnitent sinners, come and
kneei a, this ,:Itar and here sue for pardon and
regeneratnn and here find peace. and gain
possession OF the pearl of great price. We see.
too, approaching from time 70 time, through
these alsleS to this sacred place between eight
and nine hundred pilgrims to the celestial city.
who cutter through the door, into the visible
Church of Christ We see generation after
generation educated in the knowledge OF God :
Holy Word in The Sabbath School, by the
faithful ahors of christian meu and women,
who counted ii precious privilege to do good.
and glorify God. We sec an aggregate OF work
and usefulness, which no human intelligence
can compute--a JOY on earth and greater joy
in heaven.
And my brethren. will you lend the ear as
well as the eye in this retrospect? What do
you near from THIS puppy. from lha, HaE'!'
and from these news? What sermons? What
hymns of praise? what prayers? what blessed
christian experience? what holy calculations
what shouts Of triumph? The young convert,
the venerable saint the preacher in the pulpit,
or the nearer in the pew, speaking, or praying,
or singing with the JUNCTION from on high: Is 1t
Dr. John s. Reese, or Levi K. Reese, or Wash
ingtou Roby, or \. S. Greenaway. i II faith
| or Tarohs mr. Nm Tanphier or BENJAMIN
Baden, or Isaac Buckingham. or James +.
Goods, or Robert f. Buchanan? Or is it one
of the Margs, or Elizaheths, that we hear
Why my brethren we hear them all. and many,
many more whose precious memories are en-
shrined 10 our heart of hearts
RAILROAD BRIDaE.-The managers Of the
Alexandria and Washington railroad, have de-
termined to avoid the suspicion of carelessuess,
by having the railroad bridge overthe Potomac,
| =, W.sb;no+on eyamirea hv the engineers of