National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-01


Chimes Ring In the New ycnr-Hew
the Temperance Men Ushered In the
Year.
The Covenant Hymn.
The following Ia the tent Of the Covenant
Hymn, which was sung on Bonded knees In all
the Methodist churches this morning a. the new
year was ushered In;
Come let us use the grace divine,
And all, with one accord,
In perpetual covnant Join
Ourselves TO Christ the Lord.
Give up ourselves, through Jesus power,
Ills name to plorify;
And promise In this sacred hour
For God TO live and die.
The coynant we this moment make
he ever Kept In mind;
We will no more our God fOrJnke
OF cast his words behind.
We never will throw on his fear,
Who hears our solemn vow;
And II thou art well pleased TO hear,
Como down and meet us now.
Thee, Father Son and Holy Ghost,
Let all our hearts receive;
Present wi h the celestial host
The peaceful answer give.
To each the coy'nant blood apply,
which takes our sins away;
And register our names on high,
And Keep US to that day.
Tho old year has gone. With all lis sorrows
cares, Joys and griefs II left us, enjoying our
selves in muitifahous ways. The gay and friyOl-
Gus In social throng and bacchanNian reyel
quaficd II glad goodbye; the sober And those
anxious to shake on incorporate habits babe II
adleu In temperance matchmaking assembled;
while Thousands Of Christians gathered in their
respective places OF worship throughout the
District and prayed the old year out, and as the
mnute-hand Of the timepiece merged from the
last point on the dlal-plate at ~ O'Clock, the
Covenant Hymn" as given above, was sung on
Bonded knees.
The city was alive until an early hour this
morning, the various churches were well filled,
the temperance watch-ineetings were largely
attended, and the interest felt In usherlng In the
new year seemed general.
Below we give a sketch Of the proceedings at
the more prominent meetings held last night:
Metropolitan ". Il. Church.
The leryices at this church attracted an ex-
ceedlngD large number Of attendants and the
interest wha kept up until the close Of the exer-
cises. Al O'Clock, In accordance with the pro-
Rramme as Published In the RuPuBLiCAN Of
ne s sSsa5 rang qI sh's PsSs and
the ringing ceased and the worship within was
somm %I 3D. On ne platform were the pastor,
Illinois, and Rev. Geo ID. Chenowith, Tine re.
liglous exercises began ~ the singing Of a hymn
by the choir, followed by Nhe reading Of psalms,
~ congregation Sv s Joining IN Prayer was then
sung, and then The fiR6t Z. Ssn,,smH n I'M. was .d
mlnistered 10 several candidates. A number
the pastor read the address al Me- hishon W,
Mr.. Chenowith then offered a PRAYER, Another
hymn was sung and the sermon IreSched by abe
pastor from the text, "For the fne ~ n,,s ny
NAV suce Us 70 have wrou9St III ~ Hh g, We
Gentiles." ~
The reverend gentlemen began by referring 10
and not yet in the embrace 81 the SeW YesS ~
solemn hour In which 10 thlnE al tIme ~ q
4 limited duration Of iifc Time ana 1 m1e wsrs
lgiyen as grants for predatory existence, what
las Il given7 All we enjoy, What has n ,aIsn,
larry Impulses hopes ffienda AMI
What has II left7 Life, reason and n neid lar
In antagonsm to the giver In ssifWi nr spe,
gratlhation, social worldlinesS religinns
tnIonghnSssness and indifference. bt the time
already passed too much had been so usSd h'It
ne plead with them 10 do better In the future.
10, ryer was Again offered, and then the hour Of
in9. sana ~ ..fnya,, une n nongnegaton kneel,
/ thschinss az ~, ~, unn ~ ~ mn, hiter winch
lion Al the tIms sins,ns ,hn ,,, we eohgrega-
heantit,I cf.ec, soi us isinn Morus WIN
nonnsed AMI ~. cnpar.,1., VuOn VA theh pro-
' a"' '"s ''"s''s'''on 'etueu'
Wesley Chapel.
| The exercises at Wesley chanel rorp,r n,
Flfih and streets. were sananr,eJ Nv M ~,
pastor, Rev Mr. Black and weIc ~ ne tsyn,iIa :
character usual in most Methodsf chnrrhns nn
new FEARS eve.
Tue easement OF the church was used for the
m,enl hsa s s.rNen y vas e9mior,npy niien, IN
nn,li r,idn,nh,s nas, Nv. ~ a .ii h'ais
u Tna WIN tne iv " va cInMneu.
,,ns, e.eIeises conssteu o. prayer hhgng anu
oamha ~ ~ ,sr IA Ny tue inherent
IN ne aa,,v e NJ, y, ~ a,,... an. ,,a
read ,he os,tIn,5 rnie. ,as 1n nnt,sgs W. NJ, Az,
classes, and commented upon each one, COM
pairing them In their primitive simplicity with
/ the present repulAtlOnA and showing that in his
opinion nothlng had been gained by the innoVa-
uon. As tue hour OF WE'VE arrived The large
SIoMu' 10 oDedience 70 the request OF the pastor,
E Snsn ana aLI JOINED heartily IN singing the