The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-08

A~P"'sSN W VIC boIFIceS VI tuc Efe6Dyt te-
rian Church, last Sunday morning. by the
circumstance that it was communion
day, and that 1t was known that tho
Rev. Prof. Wilson. who has supplied the
pulpit 80 acceptably for the last two
years, would announce tha. he expected
to be absent for the remainder OF the
summer. The attendance was not large,
but considering the number of persons
absent from the city, and the intense
heat OF the weather, was respectable.
DR.. Wilson selected text from the fifth
chapter OF Romans, ''In due time Christ
died for the ungodly," and treated it
with simple and direct earnestness. He
showed, first, that the relations between
man and God are not the same as those
which subsist between man and man.
God does not and cannot act exclusively
on the principles OF benevolence In
pe.ativo motives must have prevailed to
induce the sacrifice of Christ, and the
law which was 30 rigidly enforced against
him cannot be remitted towards man.
God, although our bountiful benefactor,
the author of every good and perfect
gilt, was no less the undisputed ruler Of
the universe, and will not allow his
moral laws to be broken with impunity.
He cannot pardon sin except through
atonement. Sorrow the most intense,
tears the most bitter, cannot avail to re-
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that the separation, which has been
made by sin between God and man, can
only be remedied by scheme which
satisfies both the Fathers love and the
magistrates justice. Christ, who had
the power to lay down his life and to
take it up again, chose to suffer,
and the Father applies the benefits
OF that suffering to mankind. He
was not, then, merely theoretical
Saviour, ready to suffer, but actually
bore the cross, and really accomplished
his task. He reached tho end OF the
rough road which he undertook to travel
marking it all the way with his blood
Tho method Of salvation was not. there
fore, hard to find ont. It centres in the
Saviour. The ungodly for whom Il.
died can only derive life from him.
Several additions were made to til.
membership OF the church, amopgs
them three young men.
At night, Rev. Prof. Latimer, OF Da
wilson College, North Carolina, preachet
an interesting sermon, from the text il
tho tenth chapter of the epistle TO the
Hebrews, "Let US hold fast the profes
zion Of our faith without wavering, (fol
he is faithful that promised.
The session OF the church have secured
the services Of Prof. LuLimer as supply
during the absence Of DR.. Wilson.
! THE WATER P.wER COMPANY L
Court. The case of the Columbia Wate
Power Company, represented by Col. s
A. Pearce, against the city OF Columbia
was continued yesterday. The day Wal
consumed in taking testimony. Their,
is formidable array of legal counsel OF
both sides. Mr.. Pope, OF counsel fo
the city, examined the Witnesses. ant
Mr.. G. D. Melton examined on th.
other side. AS this is question which
interests every citizen, we shall give F,
brief synopsis OF such of the testimony
as we heard.
Mr.. Hook, who is in the employment
of the company as engineer, stated tha
in August, in 1872, tho filter, which
was used to cleanse the water supplied
to the city, broke and became useless
He also testified that when the peniten
tiary used the wheel for their supply
that for the city was inadequate.
i Mr. j. T. Wright, who Is a machinis
and is in charge of the penitentiary ma
chine shops, gave it as his opinion tha
the works Of the Water Works were in
sufficient; that the span of pipes was toe
great and the supports weak. He had
also known OF failure of water to resul
from the use of the penitentiary wheel.
DR.. Roberts, city physician, was pre-
sonte1 as an expert in chemistry by the
defence, and it was desired that his test
mony, as to the quality of the water
passed through the filter, should be