National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-24
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

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that where am there may ys be also" 2 There
remaineth, therefore, rest to the people Of God"
3. IAN things work together for good to them
that love God" l. He will give grace aud glory;
no good thing will be withheld from them that
walk uprightly.n 5. 81 will be with them in
trouble; viii deliver him and honor him. With
long life will satisfy him, and show him my sal.
walton" 6. my grace lie sufficient for thee"7 81
will not leave you cOmiortless; will come to you
because live ye shall live also"
Can any Christian take these promises and fail
to realize, however dense may be the Clouds that
bIeness OF our spiritual vision, see the bow as
clearly as we desire, but we may be sure that God
forward to a period when there viii be no more
clouds.
Church Of the Holy Trinity, Georgetown.
The Feast Of the Holy Trinity, which is the
last Of the great feasts Of the ecclesiastical year.
was observed at Trinity church, Georgetown, by
solemn High Mass Of an unusually interesting
and imposing character, Rev. Father RoccoTort
being the celeOrant, assisted by Fathers Kelley
and Conway as deacon and sub-deacor. The
high altar was illuminated by numerous lights
and pres: ltcd a beautiful appearance with its
protuse floral decorations and new candelebras
Mozart's Twelith Mass was render~i by the
choir, prominent among whom are Miss Hofar
soprano; Captain Lynde basso, end Mr.. ColledTo,
Mr. Kleinschmidt. DR.. H. Perabeau, the d..
rector presided at the o. 4 with well known
and the "HalleIuJsh Chorus" from the "Mes
siah," with which the Mass was closed. were rem
dered with precision and spirit reieetiag greIt
credit en- his tTC hing Of the choir, which we
learn, has been formed but a short time
After the Mass the Forty Hours Devotion of
usual procession, in Which the officiating priest
clad in the richest vestments carried the Hos;
under q silk canopy borne by four Young men,
preceded by the deacOns, numerous altar bows in
purple cassOcks, holding lighted candles and
The cTucifer bearing a gildCd cross-Father De-
WolI chanting antiphonally with the choir as
the procession moved slowly through each aisle
Of the church, the congregation dovOutly kncel-
ing. The Blessed Sacrament was then deposited
on the tabernacle, where it will be exposed forty
hours for the alteration OF the faithful. The
services concluded with the Litany, the "Ora pro
nObfS' being chsnted by the choir.
Catholic Services at the Soldiers Home,
Yesterday mCrDing solemn High Mass was eel
ebrated N the beautiful chapel by Rev. NJ. b.
Fortune Of st. Dominie's church. chaplain to the
Catholic soldiers at the Home. Ii Hasche's
Mass was sung by the following members of st.
DOminic's choir: Miss Rose 1IcDermott, Miss
Alias Hosmer and Mrs Smith, soprano; Miss
Lena Preuss, alto; Mr.. ]. W. Seller, tenor: MI
Magnus KOeeFNng, bsssO; Prof. Rudolph Miss.
bach. orga1's: AZ the offer tory the hymn, "Jesu
Die Viz ." by Verdi, trio for soprano, tenor End
br s. was admirably rendered by Miss McDermott
Mr.. Seilert and Mr. KOcshling. The beautiful mu.
sic a Gfeat treat to the old soldiers, and the
cha Uel was we'll filled with them and number of
VISITORS from the city.
Luther Trinity, (German)
In the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity |
church, before apprecative and very numer- |
Gus audience, Rev. p. Brandt delivered q most
eloquent and effective mon on the "Triuitatisn
the preceding religious exercises having been |
conducted ii accordance With the Tli Ial OF that
Church. Text: EpistIe of John, Hills In CON-
tenpIating tho solemn mystery of the HeIy |
Trinity, Rev. Mr. Brandt fcIE called on to dwell |
at length, snd by way Of Introduction upon the |
may tallaclous modes Of interpreting the truth |
aled by the epistle Of the day, aad then pro-
cCedc1 to treat rs theme under the following |
heads:
/. How we may enter into It:
2. How We may be"ome conscious that we be- |
long to that blessed kingdom.
This sermon evinced more than ordinary erudi- |
ton ard gre I elaboration, and evidently carried
conviction to the hearts of the congregation.
Few. Chas F. Deems,
of the "Church of the Strangers in Now York,
preached in the Congregational church both
morning End even ng. We append synopsis of
the eloquent sermon ia the evening. Taxing for
his text the passage JOIN, xylii:4O-"Not this man
but B9rabbls. now BarabbpJ was a robber"-he
spoLe rs follows: Poor plate! One is supposed
TO mG,e that e." amatiol since the ages past
have l. n I0TT NJ d'SEOnor uDon his name and
yeS WIN al Pr? e WIS mo- che worst man We
pc''tic'p9. l know FIVE hrlt--d mca who. If
ugHt n the 80 ne pr 'iCa nc 1t as he was would
az rs be did, He was ruler, aud while such
yOr1g man had -Scn n the Ind, but King
He-cd would not care tor him until he attempt
TO ga n power. j. us had no dee for such
pOwC-. Let US look at the clrcumstan u.s. The
elders brought him fn his hair was in kempt hts
eyes We: c bIOOd-shOt. He was brought into Pr
late's p asen ; by 81 iniUrlatc crowd He look
at these men who b. Cd ght h'm and said, what ac-
cUsatiOa have you against such IoOr Young ma
as this? What has he done? sh,'I not iud 70
him: II YOU want him, take him and nudge him
Marx, that Ill all
PLATE S DEALINGS WITH JESUS
he showed no ilI-NL,l against him. He tried to
quiet the crowd, but no, they qusreICd the more;
they tried to engage Plate against hin. He
sgain saiG, upon his return from Herod, 81 ind
noting 0. crime IN him." Some one suggc5t-l
to hin that 1t was the C1stom TO release ore pr
Oner year, End he thought this would be a
chance 10 release Je-us. 1t never occurred that
the ople should choose Barabbus, but, to his
establishment, thew eric 4, met Jesus, but Barab-
to cHoose between Je=Us aud BarabDls. L5t US
lock at these two candidates. Suppose Jesds
should have been let loose, what harm oouId he
do? None. But suppose Barabba1? He would
have gone on IN his rObbing men, &C. The crowd
oWncd that Jesus was harmless; he had live de-
ing good. He opened the eyes Of the blind, but
yet he never sm0te any me- with darSnegs; aud,
although he had unbOunded power, he had never
done anythtng that was presenting upon tbs
was one canGlcate; the other was, who? Barab-
b. e; and Barabbas was
A RoBBER AND MURDERER.
He had been everything that a wicked man
could he. To t4e riot crowd PLATE put the can
dua'as JC:us or Barabbas. Jesus, che pure and
holy, End Barabbas, the rCbber and murderer,
and with one accord thew shouted, "BSrGbbas =
"Rarabbas.' The election, d,-r b-ethl en- is a
black PAGE IN our history. We must draw some
leasoDs from II. This nation makes too much OF
cburchism. That was the trouble with the Dro-
pie who choo.e between these two men. They
sscTihc this man simply because he did not ac-
cord TO their views, although he held the true
key TO their faith. MajOrities a. frequently
wrong. Here was an example: Jesus and his
twelve were right. and PLATE and the crowd were
wrong. MRiOrites are lea by mnOrties. Few
think for Themselves; they go with the
msssC1. CCItain few lead the crowd. The
m nd |
lead others. He will make
PRESIDENTS AND EYrERoRs.
That man who died in the u nority rules over an
Empire wider than any Kingdom that Caesar
ever dreamed of, and yet he went down by the
vote of a riotoUs crowd. II you want to put your
enemy out Of the world don't Put your foot on
bin, out pamDcr him TIL he sWells up and bursts.
When you kill man for his OuiniOn you let the
light of Immortality in with the stroke of your
dagger. AS l said before, we shO1ld all have q
chance 10 vote for Jesus or some one else. There
is no chance TO get out Of this election. You must
vote one way or another. You can never vote for
both Jesus and Barabbas. 1t is the alternative
of right or wrong. Let me, as leave you. plead
with you to cast your vote for our candidate
Je is. We have no Bar9bbas here, but we have
Jesus or the world, Je flesh. Each one OF
us have orr oEl sldidafe N opposition to Jesus.
If you do not Say Jesus instead of all, your vote
is counted on tbe,Othrr side; and now plead for
you again to vote for this divine man, this king of
pass away. In his hands are the rewards. This |
MAJ or Bsrabbas-Which shall 1t be?
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