Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-26

In the Churches Yesterday.


Yesterday. The congregations were unusually
large.
At the North Presbyterian church, Rev. Chas.
b. Ramsdell preached an appropriate sermon on
the death of the President. He spoke of the life
and character of Mr.. Garfield as one 10 be emu
lated He spoke of him as a citizen, scholar,
q statesman and. better than ALL as Christian.
The prayer at the close was very affecting. and
Gods choicest blessings were invoked on the af-
flicted family of the deceased with the hope that
the affection would be blest for the good of the
country.
At Mount Zion NJ f. church yesterday morn
ing. the pastor. Rev. l.. NJ. Gardner. preached
from Cd Cor. xii s. and referred to the high char
acter of our lamented President, not only as
Chief ruler of the nation. but as Christian man.
and at the close advised the young men to emu
late his example. He said he was happv to know
that James A. Garfield was Christian
At the First Congregational church where n
great congregation was assembled the pastor
Df. Rankin, spoke on the funerals of great men
Ill the life of the nation from the text "For
behold the Lord, the Lord of Hosts doth take
away from Jerusalem and from Judah the
mighty man, the man of war. the honorable
man. the counselor and the eloquent orator."
Rev. 5. NJ HartsOck, at Hamline NJ. L. church.
preached a sermon from the theme know We
not that there is prince and a great man
fallen"
Rev. J. G. Butler preached in Memorial Luthe-
ran church from the following two texts taken
from the Psalms IL was dumb. / opened not
my mouth, because Thou didst it," ''Mine enc
mics reproach me while they say daily urtO me,
Where is thy GOd?'"
At the Waugh NJ. E. Church Rev. W. Downs
preached on the death of President James A.
Garfield. his text being MAN gOeth to his long
nome. and the mOurnerS go about the streets"
At the Mt. Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church
South, 9Th and X streets, the sermon, which re-
ferred especially to the Presidents death, was
nrpaprpl nv no n
The remarks of Rev. W. l. Mckinney at
Wesley Chapel in reference to the great sorrow
which has fallenupOn the nation were earnest and
replete with the lessons of the sad event.
At the Church of the Ascension PE.) the
rector, Rev. DR.. j. l.. Elliott, delivered the
sermon, selecting for his text, $50 teach us
to number our days that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom"
Rev. George V. Leech. pastor Of the Fourth
street Me. Church preached from the text,
'hnow We not that there is Prince and great
man fallen this day in Israel?'
At McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church the
pastor, Rev. A: H. Richardson, took for his text
the Words ''Thy will be DONE" He devoted his
whole discourse to President Garfield.
At the E-street Baptist church, after very i'm
DR.. d. W. Faunce, preached from the text.
How is the strong staff broken and the beauti-
full rod"
1.-THE Life and It's Lessons" was the subject
of the discourse at All Souls church, by Rev.
R. R. Shipper, and ''The Lord reigneth. let the
earth rejoice, clouds and darkness are round
about him; righteousness and judgment are
the habitatiOn Of His Throne" vas the text
chosen.
At st. Paul's English Lutheran church the pas
tor, Rev. DIR. DOmer, took for his text, ''For the
thing which / greatly feared has come upon
me, and that which was afraid of is come unto
me-"
Rev. Franklin Noble. a college classmate of
the late President, preached at the Sixth-street
Presbyterian church, devOting his discourse to
some interesting "reminiscences of Gen. Garfield.
His text was from Luke xiv. 81: "We trusted
that 1t had been He which should have redeemed
Israel"
Rev. A W. Pitzer, D. D., Of the Central Pres
byteran church. Sd and streets, preached from
- pray thee let me go over and see the good
land that is beyond Jordan, that gOodly noun
tain and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth
with me for your sakes and would not hear me;
and the Lord said unto me: Let it suffice thee;
speak no more unto me of this matter"
The text selected by Rev. Dr. Chester at the
Presby terrain church was: 'And by
it, he being dead, yet speaketh."
At the Epiphany Church the rector, Rev. DR..
Paret, selected as the basis of his discourse the
words, Seek first the kingdom of God and His
He used the life of the Presi-
dent as an illustration of the text.
AT the Christian church, in the absence of the
pastor, Mr.. Power, who is in Cleveland, DR..
Russell, of ST. Louis. preached. The church
was crowded, expecting to hear some reference
TO the late President. but none was made, the
sermon being strictly Biblical dissertation.
The pew formerly occupied by President Gar
field and family was draped in mourning and
was in itself most telling sermon.
PULPIT CRITICISM OF THE DOCTORS.
DR.. Butler of the Lutheran Memorial church.
in his sermon yesterday criticised the late Presi-
dents physicians for their exclusion from the
,n1- nfN
of this city, the Rev. Mr.. Power whO though
he requested several times, it is said, to see the
late President during his illness, was not al
lowed to do so. Mr.. Power never openly COM
planned, though he spoke about it to his church
people and his ministerial brethren 1t was in
DR.. Buffers church that the union prayer meet
ings were held each evening during the Presi-
dents illness. which the congregation of the
Christian church attended their own church
being too small to hold all who desired to
attend them. DIR. Butler, in his sermon yester-
day. said he had never heard of case before
where the patient was regarded by his physi-
clans to be so ill that his minister was not al
lowed to administer spiritual consolation to him.
He instanced the case of President Lincoln.
whom DR.. Gurley, his pastor, was allowed to see
him and to be present at his deathbed. He said
there was sanitary and healing power in other
appliances than physicians prescriptions. and
that it was a surprise to all Christian people
that Mr.. Power was never allowed in the sick
room. III was absurd. he said, to lose faith in
prayer, though he admitted there was good rea-
sons for losing confidence in medical and surgi-
cal science. One of the most striking features
Of the case. he said, was the mistake in the
diagnosis of the men who had it in charge but
there was no good reason for losing confidence
n God.
Busy TINES On THE RIvER-Harbor Master
Sutton reports arrivals at the river front for the
past three days as follows: LOngboat Pioneer |
capt. Bell, wood for j. F.. Carter; lOngboat |
George and Martha. Bland, wood for same: long
boat V. Horner, Weston wood for same; long |
boat w. ID. Clark, Nash, wood for same; schr. |
Queen Anne, Owens, wood for same; longbOat
Rising Sun, wood for same; schr. Howard Ogden |
0lden, wood for same; schr. Bug
Eye. Henderson, oysters for market;
schrs. Virginia, Fanny Southland, Maggie
American Eagle, James SOmers. Annie Gibson.
Martha Washington, Shining Light. Mary
Francis, Wave, J. C. Van Name and John
Wiley. all laden with oysters for market: schr.
Cherubin, Partrige, 100000 feet lumber for Ry-
land Brooks; schr. Elm City, $50 tons ice for
Independent Ice Company; schr. H. T. Hedges,
Smith, 321 tons coal, Stephenson Bros; schr.
John Tway, Wheatly, 25StOns coal, Clark & Given;
schr. Flying Scud, Merkins. 17S tons coal, John
son Bros; longboats H. C. Purdy. Louise and
PomerOy, wood for market; schr Harry Thomas
Van elect. $50 tons coal, Geo. Bogus; schr. l..
E. Williams, Beauehamp, 100000 feet lumber,
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