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CHRISTIAN (AT THENATIONAL CAPITAL.GREAT MEETING IN THE HALLor THEHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESEsq.. o Commhim to Mr.liandsjthe fo]CommStaValuable Testimony from the Vice-President of the United States, the Speakerof the House of Representatives,the Military Governor of the District of Columbia, and Others.La pi: take up When t to he fc organiztin Associatic youth i try’s flfthose wthis bO1lt;*0 ffrfi eomfori2We present herewith a lull report of the I I young ivarious addresses delivered at the great meet- have ai iflg oftheUiiited States Ohristian Commission, ^ra^' held in the Hall of the House of Represents- ganizec tives, at Washington, P, C,, on the evening f of thp 2d ,of February. It is utterly impossi-ble to give anything like an adequate descrip- to the ] tion of the meetiftg. Thrillingly eloquent as le£S a the 'addresses ws, their effect was greatly in- mlt;rhlt;^ creased by the circumstances amid which they this ob were delivered. The sentiments uttered on the great‘occasion will all be found below, but j the wo the bursts of enthusiasm which they called bent forth, ad tlie deep and lasting impressions fir they produced, cannot be put upon paper. us wDuring four hours, the attention of the audi- from a ence was not distracted for a moment, and the [ PresH profound interest which every one seemed to feel was unflagging to the last. . Religion and I tentioipatriotism never walked more lovingly to-gether, and scarcely ever before swayed with I prize(i such mighty power the hearts of an intelligent I the Ni and cultivated audience, Inefc wilt seemed as if the Master smiled upon this, Jh^sal as He has done upon every other effort of the operatUS SOBpresse
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Philadelphia American Presbyterian
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Feb 18, 1864
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