Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-16
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TUESDAY, JANUARY IT, 1877.
Preachers.

/ comparing Paul with modern preachers He
+ work went OH; aud in that he was unlike many
} ministers o! our own day who Identity them
selves with the cause OF truth and righteous
moss rather than hold themselves as ins.ru.
ments oft, 60 that they feel as sooitous about
the Gospel as q mother does about the first
baby, and everything must be thought Of aud
everything must be done and nobody can do it
but she But while mothers caring for the
niOth or tenth babe get over that, ministers
don't, and it becomes stronger and stronger
with them to the cDd. So that you will
find hoary headed ministers, good men,
| who have SO identified themselves with
correct view OF the Gospel that they feel
that if they should die they don't know what
| the Lord would do for another, forgetting that
| God could use up others as lie did them,
and that He could do the work better if
they were rot in the way. These men were
| like grapevlnes that claSped trellis and then
said, "WhatWi!l this trcis do whenwe are taken
away from it?" Paul. the mau of all others who
| the churches do when | am goue?" did not do So.
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of him were preaching, iu oGc sense, false
| gospel, that is they were preaching historical
Christ With i malign spirit. No man could
preach Christ by ideas, BY theology, or pbiIoso.
ply, or logic. Men who attempted to preach
Christ in malignant spirit were compared to
one who should attempt to point out the beau
ties of an aabastcr vase, turning it about With
muddy hands When told OF the slanders OF
the preachers Paul might have said, Cod will
rule it all for the best, or he might have SAID,
after the fashion Of mauy good people of the
present day, II hope they will do some good
but fear" CT he might have said to the
churches, "Ah, YOU cannot expect will have
fellowship with aHy such men as they; 1t does
not become ne. All these have been expect
cd but it was too early in the history OF Chris.
tia1ity to have them; they are the products OF
much later period. Oh, don't you think
said Mr.. Beecher il hcresy was thus treated 10
modern times it would be little better? Don't
YOU think the hounds OF love would be a little
better to run down hcresy than the hounds OF
theology? How piteous it is to see the mnls-
ters Of Christ grow jealous and suspicious az
they gov old And how beautiful 1t is to See
men as they grow old grow mellow and beau
tiful and swrel There was no man who 10 his
day was more vehement theOlOgian than Old
DIR. Alexander OF precious memory 0! frlnceton,
and yet when be lay dylng-and his later years
had been breathDg III that vcTy apIrlt--he sand.
"Of ali the things that have knoWa anu
taught there arc only two that remain by me
now; and one is that am Z sinner, and the
other that Christ died to save sinners. These
two truths he hcld-Cue personal to himself
and the other personal to God-aod ali the
rest did not concern him as it were fell OH.
H. how IN th0Sn
would bring brother up for letting woman
preach, for Icttiug q thcolOglau, like Professor
Swing, preach; for letting men who are Just as
good as they and just as sincere have Tree
course and leaving God to bear witness which
is the fruit sOWer and which not. uo" pain
lul, he said, it is to sec meu who did not know
the difference between c3nScle0tlouSncs5 ana
combatvcDcss ani who pray great deal
that they may be Justified 10 bltteroess
How painful it is TO sec Il man carry around
lhc Lord Jesus Christ just as candicstlck car
rcs a candle The light shines on all sides.
but not "a ray Of it affects the caudlcstlck, and
when the candle burns out the socket docs not
care but is lust ready Tor another. How pa'n
full it is to see a man spend fifty years preach.
ing Christ and never get in his garments Que
particle ofthe sweet iuccnsc OF The divine ma
! turc. 1t is go awful thing to be a minister "1
| Christ uncss a man is u Christian. Ii Is au
awful thing for d naD to bc Christian anu u
preach Christ of contention and strife, with
woke and burden which does not grow easier.
AN INTERESTING EvENT.-:Aa interesting
event occurred yesterday at the Catholic Con-
| vent of Visitation, Georgetown. twas celc-
! bration and reception, quiet aud unostenatl0us'
vet quite brilliant within the special circles par
ticipatiug, 10 honor Of the slxicth anniversary
orthe membership Of Sister Appoona 10 the
Society OF Visitation. This is the same lady,
who over forty years ago in this city, was
claimed to have been mlracuI0usly cured o' c0n
sumpGiou through the efficiency OF prayer, be
tween two days, when hope had been abanu0o'
ed by all of her friends, and she had gone
through the ceremonies Of her church prcpara
tory TO death. Her physician in this illness,
was old Dr. May, an ancestor OF young May,
WHO believes 10 tho Bennett cowhdng aud
duel affair." She Is represented - have sud
denly arisen from her bed, and declaring her
self healed b. divine power, "cut about the
convent as though she had not been al inc
point OF death but 4 lew minutes before oiuce
that remarkable time she has been strong anu
healthy, doiDg much mission Work lor church-
ce. OOe OF her cnlcl l2Ool5 va t"' ',toD'"
uent Of the Academy OF Visitation at farke1S
burg, W. Va, where she fcrnaIned seven years.
returning to Washington abou. Six years ago.
She is said to be Il relative OF a Washington
family, and vas a convert At seventeen to the
Catholic Church ircm the Episcopal: Among
her guests yesterday was BISHOP kaiO' OF ".
Virginia Diocese, WHO is only 80 years oId, the
yousgest bishop 10 the world WASH Nat'o".
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