National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-12
VOICES FROM THE PULPIT.

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0EhAO"S AND E4EHCISES IN our
CHURCHEs YEsTERDAY.
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APPROACHING REVIVAL At MErRopoLI-
| TAN HALL REV. Nh. RICE ON THE
LOAvES AND FISHES SER
| VICES AT THE HOLY COMMUNION = AS
| Stunning TIE HABIT OF ST. DOMINIC.
The religious barometer and enthusiasm Of the
nss ny ..e 0eng neid IN the Metropolitan
theatre, under the auspices Of the Young Mems
Cnriseiaa Association, exhibit strong indications
hundrej ronn. - ~" s. A.uy ne.Ily one
vnriss ensrienrs Sa wno 9ave paesed through the
have been eonverteS and srs sfe SensoGs ,,. Is
cises. The meeting last night was eroVded and
the exercises were Of very Interesting nature.
M: Hal conducted the meeting. making an
Sahnsst appeal apSn tho subject Of faith, the text
ncing warned BY God Of tho things not seen, more
sasn VIE iear, prepared an ark for the saving Of
hn,f rSoss After the regular meeting closed .
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c0S0hEeATI0NAL CHuRCH, @ AND
N.n o1HEE1S.
ne': ~. Cniekerng preached In the morning
."Essneeiical Propbet trsn,is.od ,n,e go. .ss
lan,uare .,S ,hs;- ,,.,sA.," 'u ln.o 1ospei
.so.n., -, ."u ,nsl appncatlon transferred to
rs far as possible, from ourselves and sash otber
Of every stumbling-biock in the path which leads
to Christ, every obstacle to His dWeiiing IN ous
The speaker referred TO HI di,co,r.. oe ,,.,
year on the "aesh-the animal MIN s,t ssst
onistic to the spiritual, and as forming in its III
regulated conditions and unia, Sfni inSnI ~ ~.
one OF the chief hindrances In the a,hr.tisr ~
and warfare; so that an Apostie mirht sii saH
strongest cxpressions Sfbs .. Msest AND
instead Of being n casfaWav.n "A Ae"''H
Alter mentioning several Of tbese ev,, boh,,s
and indulgenees Illustrating in their physicai.
dom cI The author Of The Bbs IN s;yi 5ne MS
class Of sins and duties 30 prominent 4 Mas III
Z. proceeded 10 make rpeciai appliestio,n p ~
what is ordinarily called f~-''' :"
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.wins- !, am -. mncsa. |, -.
raging; as 10 Solomon's time. They Who are
full Of woe and ruin for both worlds than when
modern ,oetrnc Of total ahssincncc Wrota o ane
not on the wine" Tho preacher touched upon
other vices and Its relations to public and nrivate
prosperity, national character, domestic peace,
But he said We must coniine ourselves to the
spiritual side Of this many. sided snhcct. Wehaye
been praying the past week for the Conversion of
the the world to Christ. But do We know, remember,
that this form Of animal indulgence, even within
the nominal church, Is absorbing more money
than is given for Bibles and missions, leading
more proiesscd Christians to stumble. and to be-
come stumbling blocks, than any other cause:
destroying in the ministry or keeping from nj |
moro than all We can find 10 send rs foreign mis-
young students who might become minIstcrs. and
last, not least, even moderate juduI1ence not
amounting to whit is called intemperance. Criey
in our Sabbath schools and congregations, max.
and breaking the circuit Of that ceIestiai teIc, |
POWER more than parental 0t love na and Wse
heaven sends to earth its signals OF danger and
whispers Of mercy.
!, And what are We doing about It? How much |
do We think and feel about It How fcryently do
we pray against II? 1t has indeed now come to
be mentioned as one topic in the week of PRAYER.
Rightly did brother the rector of St. Johns
the shameful apathy" too prevalent in the
churches concerning this great SIM as well MS The
Of proiessed disciples falling into
so,,., ..
n. wHkscs iHIEMPfRANcE Flows. |
nu. Goes inns SUBJECT take the place which be-
longs 70 n our thoughts our influence and our
pGayersf Are wo awake to see this demon ship |
ing tens Of thousands TO make shpwrcck Of faith
and good conscience, wore than Wasting millions
Of treasure in the possession Of Cbrjftian disci
pies which might DO put to the blessed use Of |
exchange be transmitted 10 heaven and trans.
mitted TO eternal gold?
The speaker then dwelt upon three points at
which these indulgcnces conflict with the progress
In hA ~.