Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-26

calamity men throw aside their atheism and | materialism like broken toys.
 Dr. Dennen replied to the objection made by unbelievers that prayers did not save the able and masterly composition, and concluded l very appropriately with quotation from | President Garfield.
 FIRST M E. CHURCH.
 Rev. MT. Buck preached fine discourse ct | the First M. E. church yesterday afternoon. An eloquent and impressive prayer was de- livered by the Rev. MT. Barnhart of Sag Harbor, L. l., formerly of this city. The altar and chancel were draped in mourning. Much sympathy is felt for Mir. Buck, he hay ing just lost his mother by death in Boston, and his wife having also just been bereaved by the death of her mother in Simsbury,- the wife of Mir. Joseph Toy. the manufactur- CT, in that place.
 Church Notes.
 The appropriate and tasteful draping of the North church was fitting tribute of re- spect to the nations sorrow. The front seats in the body of the church were filled yester- day morning by members of the Grand Army, wearing white gloves and simple badges of service in the war. The other seats were mostly occupied by the usual attendants of | the church. Strangers and some from other churches easily found seats in the galleries and other parts of the house. After 8 sol 1 emn chant by the choir Dr. Hawes arose and ! devoutly repeated the Lords prayer, in | which the congregation joined. Three well | chosen hymns, in two of which the congrega- I tion joined seemed rightly to voice the deep sad feelings of the assembly. The text was from the forty y-second Psalm, 'swhy are thou ] cast down, o my soul, hope thou in God" A dying man once asked those attending his l bedside to give him some great thought on which to stay his mind in the darkening hour. So we now want that one great l thought the thought of God, hope and 1 trust in his mercy and almighty power. Our | beloved chief magistrate in his life and in his dying hours kept his mind filled with | firm trust in God. Emphatically a man of | the people he has been a successful worker ! through life Inheriting physical and men, | tai powers, vigorous and capable, pure integ- | rity of purpose and action marked all his life. History will ever instruct the world in it's record of the living and the dying hours of this truly great and good man. Have the ten | thousand times ten thousand prayers for him | throughout the world, in the closet, at the | family altar, and in the great congregation, been wasted breath, unheeded and unan- answered? No! In every true prayer the deepest, holiest part of it is, Gods will be done." The appeal is to a higher, mightier power than our own. He knows; He does best. That greater good we wait for in pa- \ tient trust.
 | A vase of beautiful flowers graced the mar l ble table in front of the pulpit. A single small wreath of green leaves and white flow 1 CTS over the pastors seat relieved the pull l pits black drapery.
 I Dr. H. rebuked that reckless selishness which seeks it's own qualification, regardless l of the injury or even fatal results to others | while to the surgeons and attendants of the ! President during his long hours of danger, pain and suffering he awarded unstinted and 1 well deserved praise.
 | AT WESLEY CHAPEL.
 1 In Wesley chapel yesterday morning the Rev. D. A. Goodsell, D.D. preached on the lessons of this great national calamity which had come to us in the death of our late Prssi- tdent The speaker said that but twice in the memory of those now living have ws known such calamity. He briefly rehearsed the life and administration of President Lincoln. I He said, never had any nation known such
 sorrow, never before passed through such trying scenes, and it was something to have lived in these times and to have learned these
 sad lessons and it is ours to enquire what are
 these sad lessons for to-day. The pastor
 spoke very beautifully about the early life of
 President Garfield, how he struggled against
 poverty and adverse circumstances, but with
 a resolute will power that overcame all obsta-
 cles, and which made him 8 great national
 force. We mourn our President to day be-
 cause he did diligently the little things of life
 and thus became power for greater things
 which the nation imposed upon him. The lspeaker referred to the unanimity of feeling
 which characterized the southern people
 in this great national afaiction, and how ten
 derly they had watched the futtering pulse of this heroic man, and he
 believed the bond of sympathy had been
 more strongly cemented than ever before.
 Alluding to the quietness and calmness of our
 national life since his death and how the
 busy channels of trade and commerce had
 been undisturbed, save by loving sympathy in aff1iction, the speaker said: It was a, great
 thing for nation to have such an expert
 ence as this, and he expected to see 8 good
 religious feeling springing up all over our
 land. We can now see where the strength of
 the nation lies. It is in the loyal hearts of
 the people, and while some had fears that
 President Arthur would not take up the line
 of work which Garfield did, he (the speak 0r) believed that in the long weeks of painful l watching and anxiety he had learned lessons
 which had lifted him above self and would fit
 him for the responsible position and he com
 mended him to God for guidance. In clos ing the pastor said: Let us teach our sons the
 grandeur of Garfeld's life, and our daughters 1.-the nobility of character exempliied in the loving wife of the President who took
 the bitter cup with such Christian fortitude
 The large congregation listened with breath
 less anxiety, to the earnest address of the
 pastor, and many eyes were suffused with
 tears as he commended them to the care of 8
 loving God.
 | AT DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH.
 The trimming at the Dwight Place church
 consisted in tasteful draping of the desk and platform in black and white, with picture
 of the late President on the front of the
 desk. On the platform were handsome
 flowers. The communion table was covered
 with the national colors, which was also Idraped in black. On the right of the plat
 form is the choir gallery, the front of which l caught up with heavy black A heavy band of black ran around the galleries, and each post supporting the same was also covered l with the same material Rev. T. R. Bacon preached fine discourse.
 TRINITY CHURCH.
 At Trinity church yesterday morning Rev. Dr. Harwood preached fine memorial dis course on the national topic. The altar and chancel were beautifully drsped.
 l At St. Paurs also beautiful mourning em- Mems met the eye, and an eloquent me- morial tribute to the dead President was ut- tered by the pastor.
 At other Episcopal churches appropriate memorial services were part of the services. ST. JOHN STREET M. E. CHURCH. l very impressive memorial service was held at St. John street M. E. church last evening The ediice was crowded to over | q | .sET--