National Republican., 1881-07-25
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
SKETCHES OF TWO GOOD SERMONS.
General Refsreuoe 10 the Changed Condition Of
the President IN the Churches -BIoquent
Prayer BY the Pastor Of tho
Church OF the Disciples.

In nearly all the churchesyesterday ref
crenco was made to the changed condition Of the
President, and earnest and in many instances elo-
quent prayers were offered for his recovery There
was but little mention made OF his relapse in the
sermons, for those had probably been written
before the unfavorablc news was known, and but
few clcTrymcn are at home in extcmporzlng dis
courses In the Catholic churches the same anx-
iety for the Presidents recovery that was
exhibited when he was first shot was
shown in the fervent allusons and the
requests that the congregations should
remember the distinguished sufferer in their
prayers. II was rather expected that the Rev.
Power, upon discovering the general cof-
domination which his ill.umed and intem.
perate discourse OF a week ago had received from
the press, would offer something by way
OF explanation. lie did not however, make
any alluson to his former sermon. His prayer for
the President was M eloquent petition to the A.
mighty, and a stenographic report Of II Is given
below In many Of the churches the regular pas
tors were absent, and the pupits were occupied by
strangers.
AT Tue CHURCH or THE DISCIPLES
yesterday Rev Frederick d. Power ofciated. In the
prayer ut the opening Of the service the pastor
alluded to the President and sad;
20 Lord. we have been preserved by Thy loving
kindness through another week, and we liz up our
voices In praise to Thy great for the mercy and
absent from us. lie with them; comfort them and
nsti In their minds the teachings of Thy Holy Word
We especially pray Thy blessings upon the President
Of the United States that Thou will comfort him this
day, and remind him that II "a the Lords day. Bless
and comfort him in his sickness and II II be Thy will
let the shadow that has upon pass away, and
our hearts be made glad by his return TO health and
usefulness"
The reverend pastor then took as his text Reve.
aons, first chapter, part of hfth and sixth verses
nj o,,A. h,I
sins in His own blood and made us Kings and
Priests to God, be all praise and glory forever
Amen" "In these lines" said the speaker lis n
little Bible-a treasury Of infinite worth In single
word" Proceeding, he drew beautiful picture of
the relation OF man to the Saviour, and the necos
sary conditions watch we're involved in change
of this status. Throughout the discourse the
adjunct necessary TO full and COM
plete reconciliation between the sinner and
God were reviewed and classified, and those who
had not yet found the peace that passeth oil un-
derstnnding were eShorcd TO repent, believe. and
be saved. No alusion was made TO the sermon Of
last Sunday, which, II will be remembered created
considerable sensation ON account of It's allu-
sions to the stHlwarts and their influence In the
recent issue with the administration.
THE MEMORIAL CHURCH
is open regularly ut IL a. IN. and p. M during tho
summer, as through the winter, the pastor, J. g.
Butler, being In his pulpit. Yesterday he again
asked the people to join him in fervent prayer In
behalf of our suffering President whose condition
he regarded ns very critical. The sermon in the
morning was upon Caring for. the Things of Jesus
Christ" Text, Phil, H., 1922. Timothy, whom
Paul sent to this church. was not the product of
accident, but of faith, the faith Of his grandmother
and of his mother who had made him familiar
with the Holy Scriptures from his childhood and
had given him II careful Christian aiming. His
case gives encouragement TO parental
maternal faithfulncss. The battles for
truth need proved men, tried veterens
as Timothy was. No man knows himself ner do
we know men until they are tried. The things of
Jesus Christ, all cou,reing In the frtherng OF His
Gospel are to be cared for. Carclessness accom-
plishes nothing anywhere Success in every de-
partment of life Is the fruit and reward of the
most anxious carelessness The school boy, the
housewife, the business man, the professional
man, secures the boon only by INDUSTRY, integrity
self-sacrifcedand indomitable perseverance. That
is not snccess which is purchased by the sacrifice
OF integrity Men sell themselves as truly as Ahab
did but, as surely as he, will perish. The end is
not yet. II Is not so much the nntagonism of
men to the Gospel ms their Indifference to II
| that imperis them. The men who antagonize the
Gospel are the exception. Multitudes do not care.
are negligent, not careful to get and to do that
| good which fills up the possibilities Of life The
great CoriiSs engine, with its driving wheel its
puleys and bands, drives wondrous grouping
aud variety Of machinery, here finishing the
tniest pivot In your watch and there boring ire
sistibly into the granite. The heart, burdered
with care for the things of Christ, is II mighty
| power, running out into all the qualifications OF
life-thc home, the counting house, the workshop
the professions-magniying Christ in everything
Timothy. with his unselfish self forgetfil genuine
care for the furtherance of the Gospel should not
be the exception, but the type into which oil char
| aCtpr SnOulu he moulded. The revival
church needs Is that which will make the dry
bones live and stand up an exceeding great army
an aggressive and conquering army, caring prl.
marily for the conquest of the world not to Wesley
or Calvin, or Luther; surely not to the narrow ex-
elusive conceptions of any sect, but to Christ
The New Testament Church, the church of the
future, is broader than many OF the sects of to-
day, aud is the true fellowship of all believers
organized only for the furtherance of the Gospel.