Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-04-13

red observance, outwArdly at least; our
national Congress- begins it's daily sessions
with an appeal to Heaven for guidance; no
one has thought Of reducing tho ohaplain's
salary in tho present spasm Of economy,
whilo til, gentlemen who make the
laws think the possession Of = pew in some
popular church . regular part Of their win
tor establishment. The Episcopal and
Methodist Episcopal shrines are most nu.
iierous; then come the Catholics; after
them the Presbytsrians and Baptists. The
e4ebrewt have their synagogue; the Unitar-
iAns their place OF Worship aud the follow
sSs Of Swedenborg meet 70 rehearse their
faith in that later revelation. The slender
graceful spire OF
THE METROPOLITAN METHopIsT CHURCH
marks tho place where the President is
regular attendant. Its audience room IL
lofty and spacious, its organ and choir are
thoroughly we'll managed, and the fame OF
DR.. Newman widely spread. It's member
ship is very large and then Of course ntran-
gers will always throng wherever . peep
may be had at the Chief Magistrate. Before
the hour Of service the pews are filled
folding chairs are placed In double rows
down the wide aisles and the galleries are
crowded. One pew remains vacant, till the
opening hymn has boen sung, very often all
the opening prayer has been offered, thsn
there IL bit Of polite rustic and stir; lev
elingl Of all eyes in one direction while
President Grant threads his way between
those chairs closely followed by guests or
members Of his family. Mrs. Grant comes
but rarely, but COL Fred's lovely wife Al
most always accompanies the President
There was any amount Of nonsense written
ABOUT THIS YOUNG aInL
ut tho time Of her wedding, and the splendor
and variety Of her reception tOilettes has
bsen an unfailing topic for correspondents,
but I never yet saw her on the street or at
church in any dress which could be called
conspicuous. Sunday aftor Sunday this
winter, the bright sweet face has peeped
out under the shading Of the same dark blue
hat, while the dress matchiug the modest
hat WAS her invAriable costume. / don't
wonder that the President and Mrs. Grant
aie fond of their new daughter, for she
makes every one love her with her gentle
gracious manners, and her bright thoughts
most sweetly uttered. Col. Fred's percep-
tions surely were not at fault when he chose
his wife. President Grant has never found
staring an agreeable ovation. He avoids
it whenever it 10 possible, holding his hat
so as to screen his face while he passes up
| in his own pew.
HE LISTENS ,ArTENTIvELY TO EVERY WORD
Of the eloquent sermon (for DR.. Newman
is eloquent) he bows his head devoutly dur
| ing the prayers, and never fails to attend
to : the mint and cummin OF the oontri-
| button baskets when that part Of the ser
vice is reached. Vice President Wilson
used to occupy the seat back Of the Presi-
dent, and Gen. OowAn, late Asst. Secretary
of tile Interior, the one adjoining that. Mr..
Tyner's handsome head il always seen very
| near, while members of Congress dot the
crowd thickly. believe Senator Logan il
q member Of this church, and Senator
I Wright Of Iowa Ia always seen here.
| The New York Avenue Presbyterian
church is by far the most popular one Of
that denomination. Secretaries Bristow
and Chandler are represented there bl
Bradley has his pew there; indeed il you
wish to be high flyer at fashion relig
iously, aud do not AFFECT the ritual Of the
Catholic or Episcopal service by al
means get 3 seat 1T DIR. Mitchells. II
is eminently the correct thing to vor shiI
there. DR.. Sunderland (the chaplain oi
the SenAte) breaches on Four and hall
street. This sanctuary is SO large that al
most any congregation looks scattered
The President pro tenn. Of the Senate i
numbered here among the regular attend
ants but his popularity il not 30 excessive
as to prove any great attraction, and DR.
SunderlAnd's hearers are not greatly in
creased or diminished by the floating
swarms Of winter visitors.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES
embrace in their membership very differ
ent class from those frequenting their 81
tars in the North. Maryland has Away
been . Catholic State, whose old families
handed down their religion along with thei
estates, and very many prominent officer
OF the Army and Navy are adherents OF thi
creed The wife Of Gen. sherman III de
vout Catholic, whose zeal is well known
Senator Herman aud his family are CAtlo
lies, while any Catholic charity holding !
fair is sure to show the beauty and grace o
our fairest bellies behind the tempting tn
bles. st. Aloyis,us Church though most re
motely located, is always crowded on Sun
day afternoons, for the music o
it's vesper service is wonderfully per
feet. St. Matthew's shrine on
street is in the midst Of fashionable resi
dences and one may always see its wor
shippers coming and going. Indeed it !
. quite ~ common in Washington to se
ladies' in street cars clssping prayer-book
in their hands, as in other ciriss you motto
tile porte-monnae conspic uously held. II
pecially is this the case during Lent. Gu
|. on Fifteenth street the oolored people hay
their own chapel, called st. Augustine
church. To this race, 30 fond OF light Al
. music and color, the ceremonial OF til
!, Catholic church appeals very strong
ly. Their emotions tind qualification, "
they are restrained and every month man
new converts are baptised. This fact .,
eumes . political Significance OF great in
| tAar hos -
these people, and how eagerly they folio
=, leadership which has once gained the
affections. The missions aud charities (
Q the Catholic churches are shame to q
;. other Christians. Censure them and crit
:. else them - bitterly ~ you can, bnt yo
must admit the untiring zeal and devCtiC
. Of the Pope's adherents.
THe3 BAP1Isrs
il have ton religious organizations. Vel
: prominent among those is the Calval
a Church on Eighth street This was bui
by Amos Kendall and given to the ohurt
). with the curious proviso that should di
o sensions OCCUR involving the Dismissal OF
"A PASTOR md the Vacancy Of the pulpit for
b year, the property should revert to b
!. heire, Last May DR.. Parker was dismisse
n since then the congregation has bet
= served bycsndidates TIL 1t WAS we'll nigh il
a possible for them to know what they d
a want. The year was rapidly drawing 70
i. close and last week formal call was Q
II tended to Massachusetts, clerKyma
n though many Of the people would ha'
l. preferred Rev. Matthew vAssar, nepht
A. and namesake OF the man whose mon
founded Vasssr College.
The Christian Bsptists or Disciples ha
only one small church, but several dist
Kuishei people are among its commul
~ cants. Gen. Garfield, the popular and 81
r, quent congressman from Ohio, was form,
n " minister of that faith, and Treasur
ID New with his pretty wife is often 30
D. there
AZ The UnltArians have q sanctuary on
D. street where wise men from the East I
n. wont to gather. Bostonions drift there III
he urslly. Then the LutherAns come wi
ID their devout crowds, the Qnakers have I
ed places Of worship aud the UnivsrsAlists I
,h forming Society in Talmadge Hall.
he the Congregational church many New Ell
" lapders are found, Postmaster Jewell wi
10. his family; Senator Dawes, Mr.. Frost
*. Boston, Ex-senator Pomeroy, Ex-Speal
til Blaine and Senator Window from MINI
At sofa DR.. Rankin il the wsll-beloved p
.c- tor here.
'ss AMONG THE rrIsCoPALIANs
W on st. Johns is, believe, considered slight
IA more aristocrAtic than any other.
,sa na building is old and shabby. but its very
wv makes 1T more sacred In the thought
those who worship thare. Secretary F
comes here with his family. No lad,
Washington is more ready in every q
ith word and work than Mrs. Fish, whom VI
w. love and admire with degree Of enth
be. asm rarely inspired by . woman am
hat women, and have never seen her look
ned 10 serenely tenderly beautiful ~ whe
he few weeks since she came from the chu
but bearing in her arms her baby grxndci
ON fresh from its christening. The famil
live Senator Frolinghuysen comes to 81. job
its, though, l believe, the senator
are Presbyterian; Senator Conklins's I
lily arc also EpisoopaliAns the [
AtOr himself rarely enters . chu
past The Attorney General and Mrs. Pierrel
de- attend the Church Of the Ascension. q
ort- Justice WAites family arc keeping
very faithfully, md our maSnasss gem