The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-11
APPEALS TO HEAVEN.
Services in the Churches Yesterday
Hero mud ElaeMllere.


All of the churches in our city yesterday
took occasion to devote portion of their
services to the President and his condition,
praying for his speedy recovery, and in
their sermons the ministers dilated upon
the horrible nature and character of the
crime.
Rev. DIR. Sunderland, at the First Prcsby
terrain Church, preached from the text For
the mystery of iniquity has already
worked" and in powerful and impressive
sermon deplorcd the dastardly act
Rev. Father Rockford of st. Dominic's
Church, in an able sermon, denounced the
crime, and urged upon his congregation the
necessity of holding in higher horror the
taking of life than it is held in generally by
our people, who seem too reckless of it.
Rev. DIR. Shipper, of All Souls Uni
tartan Church, preached from the theme,
"Thc revelation of the righteous Judgment
of God, who will render II to every man ac-
cording to His wish"
Rev. J. G. Butler, of the Memorial Church,
chose MS his text the Both Psalm, and in elo-
quent terms denounced the assassin and
gave thanks to God for the hopeful condi-
tion of the President.
Rev. DIR. Lcitch, of the Fourth-strect
Methodist Church Rev. J. Mex. Riley, of
the Gorsuch Chapel Rev. Drs. Hicks and
Bittenger, of the Seventh-strcet Tabernacle,
and Rcvs. j. +. Proctor and n. NJ Carroll
also preached and prayed on the subject.
The Litany of the Saints was offered up
for the welfare of the President IN all of the
Catholic Churches Immediately after the
mass.
At the Church of the Disciples, President
Gariicld's church, Rev. b. A. Hinsdale, of
Hiram College, OBLIGATED. The services
were opened rs usual with the customary
Mr. Dn,ynr than intro
duccd DR.. Hinsdalc to the congregation
The preacher took for his text the following
from Isaiah For my thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways, saith the Lord for as the heavens
arc higher than earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways and my thoughts
than your thoughts" His sermon was sue
cinct and incisivc, and owing to the fact
that this was tho Presidents own church it
was largely crowded by an interested con-
gregation.
In baltimore.
Fervent prayers were offered in the
churches of Baltimore yesterday for the re-
covery of President Garfield, and in num-
Der of the churches sermons were preached
upon the tragedy and its causes. Among
the sermons of special interest were those
by Rev. G. b. Perry, ut the chapel of st.
Mary the Virgin; Rev. Nelson Ayrcs, Mt st.
Lukes; Rev. DR.. s. X. Cox, at Calvary M.
Il. Church South Rev. g. s. Vincent ut the
Greene street Tabernacle, and Rev. DIR.
Browne, at Lloyd street synagogue.
In New York.
dispatch from New York says.
Many references were made in the city
pulpits yesterday to the attempted assassi-
nation of President Garfield. At the Roman
Catholic Cathedral Archbishop Corrigan re-
minded his hearers that while it was pc
Rod of mourning for the perilOus situation
of the head of the Government it should be
also to all true Catholics time for prayer
that God in his infinite goodness might
spare their Chief Magistrate so cruelty
stricken down. He urged his hearers to
pray fervcntly and join with him during
mass, which was being celebrated for the
speedy recovery of the President. Cardinal
McCloslsey called upon the faithful to i'm
plore Almighty God that the life of the
Chief Magistrate of this nation might be
spared. 1t was the bounden duty of every
Catholic in this hour Of trial to imploro the
divine Ruler of the universe to preserve the
life of the President as the chosen ruler of
the nation. Father Farley said the Cardi-
nal had not ceased to offer up his prayers
for the recovery of the President, and to
remember him during the recital of the
divine office daily since the announcement
of his attempted assassination. Fervent
prayers were requested for the President at
home and at mass until he was restored to
the nation and to his family"