Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-06-12

HEATHER PROBABILITIES, June II, 1882
For the Middle States fair weather north.
east TO southeast winds, stationary or 9
slight rise in temperature, followed by
slowly falling barometer.
BISHOP kEASE-Confrmatio Services. de-
The large congregations present at the ser.
vices held in st. Mary's Church Yesterday
enjoyed Il rare treat in the sermons of Right
Rev. J. }. keane, Bishop of Richmond. AT
six o'clock a. IN. Rev. Father O'kane cclc-
hratcd Mass. AT seven o'clocl, the Bish-
"p celebrated Mass, administered the
rite OF confirmation to class of lis persons.
II large number Of whom were adults. At
eleven o'clock the altar of the church WAS
handsomely decorated, and Father DcWolf
service was very large, and the sermon of
the Bishop. on the Real Presence of Christ
i'll the Holy Eucharist" was Il. magnificent
one. The preacher said that if poor, weak
mortals could be excused for llnbeief at all,
certainly they could be excused for not be-
levin" the wonderful doctrine of the real
presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist
But there WAS no excuse for unbelicr cSpo-
cially unbcci Of Il doctrine because it con-
lctS with mans weak reason. Christ had
cndcavorcd to make this blessed truth of
His real presence plain because.it was hard
10 understand. He. the preacher knew
there Was liguI:llivc language in the Scrip
turc- hut.Whrrrvrr li"uralivc language was
used lhr circumstances and surroundings
plainly pointed il ont rs such This is nv
body this is my blood, WAS 80 plain and
sim pie that ii could not I've misunderstood.
and W.. mol misunderstood by the Apostles
MANY 81 Ne disciples of Christ became Of
Tended ii Irr teaching of this doctrine and
left the MASTER but did he call them back
and explain to them that they were wrong
in interpreting literally Unless YOU eat my
body and drink my blood You cannot have
eternal lite?' No, fIe did not He not only
let them 60 hcc;tl,"c of their unbclicf Of the
wonderful truth, hut He turned to His
chosen twelve and said, will We also 90
away ?" The eloquent divine spoke for
nearly IN hour, and was listened to with the
closest attention. He concluded by dcclar-
ing that the doctrine of the real presence of
Christ in the Eucharist was one Of the most
precious and comforting in all Gods Word
the recording of which was the greatest act
and the last stretch Of o Is love; Lis last e.
fort to get close to His people, and the cx-
preston otlilS plying condcsccnSion Christ
@-vcS Himself TO LII in the Holy Eucharist
that we might have eternal life At the
evening services the Bishop preached again,
HIS subject being "Ihc Sacrifice Oithc Mass"
to even larger congregation than was pre-
sent At the morning service. Bishop kcanc,
Notwithstanding he confines himself entire
Is to the doctrines Of his Church, is Il
preacher Of rare eloquence. and his simple,
yet beautiful language, never fails to make
lasting IMPRESSION
To-day the Bishop preached and admins
tered the rite OF confirmation at Fairfax.
Tomorrow hc will confirm at Falls Church.
THE WASHINGTON 4 WESTERN Il. R.-A
corps of engineers, with Major WHARTON
chef engineer K. {. Lee, principal assistant,
}. {. Dorsey, and McssrS Staunton and
Williams and others, left here this morning
10 make surveys for the extension Of the
Washington X Western Railroad TO Win
chester. y construction train, with Il full force
OF hands. Is at work repairing the road bed
on the Vienna section and Us fast as arrange
mcnts can be made the heavy work of gen
rral ovcrhauling will 20 on 4 reduction of
- to - per cent i'll passenger and freight
rates has been agreed upon. The clerical
work will hc performed by as few men as
possible, but there will he no reduction in
The mechanical force; on the contrary il is
probable That more mechanics will shortly
wv P"' W Nblh. nc committee appOlNtlQ
I" consider the salaries Of officials and rcgll-
lat" the number Of employees has present
rd the following report:
I" IN" President ant Directors Of the WASH
ingiOn d Western Raiir0ud Co.:
GENTLEMEN undersigned Commit
tee, appointed for the purpose of taking into
consideration the salaries of officials of this
road, and /" regulate the number Gifts en-
ployccs. have entered upon the discharge of
that duty with Il determination. so far as il
was possible TO reduce the expenses to the
lowest point compatible with the successful
operation of the road. In order to accom-
pliSh this purpose they have found it neccs-
"ary 10 clrtail the number of employees, and
III some Instances, to reduce the pay They,
therefore, report the enclosed list of employ
rcs, which they deem necessary, and the rate
OF salary or wages which should he paid I'M
der the present financial condition Of the
Company. In this way, atone, can the Com
pany hope to reduce the rates of freight and
travel toaponl sufficiently satisfactory to the
public, and to secure such business us the To-
cation of the line gives lis the right to cX-
poet to control. Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. I. WILLIAMS,
CHAs. p. JANNEY, Committee.
G. e. LEE,