Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-02-16
WORDS FROM WASHINGTON.

Mourning and Memorial Services IN he Cath
Gle Churches Murphy 10 Rema,n-Bob
IagerSoV on The Bad Place. farming 10
Those Wanting Work, &C., dc.
Correspondence of The FREE Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18th.
On Sunday last the official announcement
of the death of His Holiness, Pope Plus the
Ninth. was read in all the Roman Catholic
Churches 10 this city, the reading thereof be-
ing followed by brief eulogistc remarks. To-
day the work Of draping the churches 10 me-
moriam Of the sad event has about been COM
pleted. While tokens Of mourning appear on
the exteriors the major portion Of drapery has
been reserved for the interior Of these temples.
ST. Matthew's, the church wherein worship all
the Catholic legations at Washington, presents
an especially imposing appearance. In add
ton to the usual badges OF mourning fcstooned
around the walls, the flags oil the various Cath
Ole powers are hung from different positions,
aud each is prolusely draped. Daily Masses
are being offered for the repose of the soul Of
the late PontiiT and on the day of his funeral
in Rome-the 18th inst, l believe-very SOL
emn memorial ReQuicms will be offered III
all our Catholic Churches
Herein, ST. DJminic's-in South Washing
ton-b0des fair 10 rival all the others. The
erection and entire alornment Of the grand
catafalque- fronting the sanctu-
ary-are'in the hands Of Lee, undertaken, and
the corps of lady sacristans attached
to the church. 1t is intended that the
memorial services Of St Dominic's shall be
Oh a scale commensurate with its character
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Ole churches hereAbours
Murphy, the Temperance rcvivalist, who
has been here for ten days past and had fixed
his departure for this week, has decided, owing
to the intense enthusiasm prevailing, to remain
another fortnight His conversions have
reached nearly ten thousand, and blue ribbons
are as common a sight, Sunday afternoons on
our streets, as are crows in cOruheld. Muir
ply told reporter of The Union that Of the
large number Of nlen whom he had indnced
10 cult drinking fair portion would remain
faithful to their vow The reyivalist is well
come to such a consoing thought; but there
are some stubborn minds who doubt his asser-
tioc.
Bob Incersol lecturcl on He'll at Odd Fell
lows Hall last night He wanted Lincoln
Hall, because its seating capacity is so very
great, but the \. NJ. c. \. put their foot down
on it, and Bob had to have bis - Of a
time" within smaller quarters. The house
was iammed The lecturer defended his doc
/ trine of No Hell from a ScIiptural stand point,
citing several Biblical passages in proof there
/ Of. He claimed that the dogma Of future pun
/ ishment was an Infamous one. II did not be-
come a Being whose ruling attribute is love to
| consign his subjects to eternal damnation FOR
sins committed in the flesh. IL was impoSsi-
/ bic for a finite being 10 commit a crime against
! an infinite, inaSmuch as IN this world great
/ man is not ioiured by the assaults Of puny
antagonist The lecturer read extracts from
sermons by Rev. Theodore Cuyler DR.. Spur
/ geOn, aud others, on which lie placed con-
/ struction so comical that the audience was
/ kept in a continuous state Of laughter. Mr..
/ Iugersoll closed by advising his hearers to
make each other happy in this lite aud leave
/ the subject Of future existence TO take care
Of itself Tonight will occur his lecture on
( paine" at OLA Fellows Hall at eight o'clock.
/ Having dissipated the pains Of hell he pro-
I poses now TO eulogize Tom Paine.
q" H. c. j., in to-day's Republican. presents
in a rather iorcible light the perfect uscleSsness
I Of persons visiting Washington in search Of
work. The inevitable consequence Of such
\ an onward movement is this the seekers az
/ ter employment expend at last the money
I which they brought with them confident Of
| its speedy rencwaD and become dependent on
/ local charity Aud this latter is now strained
1 to its very uttermOst. The departments and
/ business houses are all filled to repletion with
workers. Official pay rolls cannot possibly
carry any more, aud private enterprises are
disposed to curtail expense rather than in
crease it, 1t is fact, known to every one
| here. that the present seaSon-though surpaSs-
/ ing all previous ones in the organized systems
Of charity already operating, has also over
reached prior winters in the number and Sc
we're character Of poverty-stricken families
and individual persons.
Such being the case, am sure that those
elsewhere wanting employment will see the
! folly Of coming on here Better for then to
stay at home and suffer If ncel be, among
their friends. than to enter this city to become.
! in a short time, one more in the mass OF strug-
| Cling, cosmopolitan humanity.
To-day is the sixty-ninth anniversary of the
| birth o! Abraham Lincoln.
"GUTHEIE"