National Republican., 1873-06-23

dlscoursed Yesterday from the S0th psalm, tlth
yerSe-"And LET the beauty OF the Lord our
God be upon US; and establish thou the WORK of |
our hands upon ne; zee, the WORK Of our handa, |
establish thou ~ ne mid the term besu,y u |
In some reapects the object Of our porcepuon
In the requirements OF the agreeahic. II aP-
piles TO spiritual things. IL IA a. The mind con-
Ac., are classcd as beautiful Bcauty q In itself
combined, but all gool and expressive Of In.
oS s n bssnis Sse INN .s Suss ne SoS
character Of God, and proves ihat the oatwArt
God arr words Of dod. His i voice Il IN he air
and upon the waterA
Look within yourselves and see how y IL that
20 many can dlsenaase themselyes from ne
hecause your internal nature ls awakened. ny
this means you learn the true beauty and excel
saye o. 49d The,e .se ,s, ~ .e,ssen s ,lGs
| the beauties Of earth with those Uf Christ and
spoke Of the hfe OF Christ as being expressive
9. nonssS ,n.,, wa & GaI.nP.e's Gnsse soq h.xs ,ne
Christ was tempted, and yet he remained true;
his character remained pure. There is no tndl-
yiduallty 10 Christ; his character pos.s.ses =
| solidity and beauty unexCelled; his character
was perfect harmony. Thls IL true beauty. Az
The virtues and beauty we have are from Christi
among the wicket EXHIBITS divine love. In ali
his troubles he never faltcred.
| Tue beautiful must be connected with the good
N order that u car be properly understood. As
and saturates Il with It's brightness, 50 the gorJ
| OF the Divine beauty seeks and Ahlnea on the
a he endeSSoT 10 he fsi,hiuI and true 70 God.
/ lie advised his hearers to cultivate all the COM
plex Of nature, and aim at complete chris.
tan character. PeIfeg, man should be studied
for well-deyeloped character. study the beau.
ties OF God IN the temple Of nature. lie then
referred g the fact that large numbers o. per.
/ warm weather, and called 70 their mInds the ne.
cessty OF not negiecting their religions duties.
lie begged them 20 set apart some time foI
prayer, and closed his discourse by showing the
necessliy for 80 DUNG. III.
Metbedist Protestant Chsrch, (Sisth street,
The pastor. Dr. Driukhouse, preached to fall
congregation, from the 23d verse OF the ist chap
ter OF James" But be ye doors Of the word and
not hearers only, deceivins yonrse,Ses." W,
, know too much Of religion fur our eternal osn
fort when we know more than we practice. IN
speaker referred to the sacTinclal provision mad
. under the olden dispensation for aims OF ignor
, ance and pointed out the ocsign; referred .
10 the Romans ard of saint James, touching sal
; vatiop hs n-.tn or Works, and showed the recon
. . ..,,auon o. the two % depend upon the DIS
I ceremonial or moral requirements the doc
rine Of the text leads US TO this line OF thought
y me word !, meant ne revealed % WIN Of god
=
This distinction grew out OF the dlvinely author
! lied method OF promulgating the Gospel. Thi
/ provision carried with u a great corresPondinI
! lhe query started why there should be hearer
! who are not doers OF the wondf Answer-Th
, word has TO do with the moral life OF the worhl
l IL sits In lnqulsition upon the Individual con
i science. II comes TO Us with that sharp, hear
revealing and personal address, Thou art tn
5 man But the text contains something more
I "deoeiytng your own selvea.n This is q loRica
result. Men canno. give impartial attentioa =
70 that Of doers without resorting TO the sophi,
!. Try OF false argument, and 80 begullng the Ut
derstandlnR with the suggestions OF an ey
|. heart. In nothing do men so deny their coayi'
Z tons, We say not their opinions, "a In the matt
n tanlty, yet nothing Is so unreasonaby oppose,
q That men should set themselves, with deliberai
8 purpose, 70 blast H. seems past com prehenso
!, On any other theory than the deoctfulness Of a
D human heart, Whispering reasons Of opposite
4 the reason itself does not understand. fntIle
4 tuAl conviction is not what men need 10 tut
n men 10 Christ None arc 80 apt nt defining Chri
4 tan character as those who have noue then
y selves; Men need practical assent 70 truths I
\, AZ night the pastor concluded the series
= Blble talks on the book OF oenesls, taking as
II subject the Babel builders. the night sefvicl
n will be discontinued for the 80 miner.
of Alexandria.
od AZ 1t. Paul's (PrOtcstant RplscopaD churr
Al Rev. DR.. Norton, tho rector, preached from d
n text, MARX Nsf6-ft-fs. "And he said 10 ls Il
lr kingdom OF God, as II q man should cast se
into the ground; and should sleep, and riAe mig
=, and day, and the seed should spring and grc
AZ up he knoweth not how. For thf ear brinRe
IN forth fruit Of herself nrst the blade the ei
B. after that the full corn In the ear" From d
text be preached discourse. without notes,
u great ylgor, breadth and power. lie used d
X slmiltude OF the text iustrative Of the plaI
OF ing and the growth Of Divine grace In the sol
9. At nrst drooDed BY the great sower that we
OF forth to SOW, II awakened q new life In the so
ne Of the believer; n it fell on good groun,d n
" trodden by the way, ch0ked by briers and thorr
y u grew sometimes qulckly. sometimes slowl
OF butf man were faithful it grew In them a
20 produced many fold. Paul would plant Al
= Apollos water, and In good season dod wou
e. give the increase.
u Rev. De. Norton Is one Of the leading mniste
o. OF the Episcopal Church In the south, and
= congregation one OF the largest In the city. II
!, choir 10 q quartette, and u composed OF Nj
4; Williams. ofganist; Capt. wurta. leader, ai
~ Samuel y. Gregory, esq.,, Mrs. Kate Mllburu ii
fe Mrs. samuel Grigg. Capt. wurts and MT. Urego
:. arc vocalsts Of nne local reputation; Mrs, N
" burn, the sweetest singer In this section OF /
ut county, with voice which, u thoroughly cul
~ waited, would be little exoeiled by the queens
y song, and Mrs, Grgg have long stood In the fro
y rank Of Alexandria vocalists,