The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-26

a conception. He continually repre-
sents himself as distinct from the
Father, as simply the way to Him. All
the passages that seem otherwise are
so only through our education or a
forced construction. is it said such
a view dishonors His nature. The
reverse is the fact. 1t elevates, it
make it all the greater marvel and
more adorable. H
1t has been maintained that all the
doctrines of the Church answer to
some fact of our nature. 1t is so in
deed of this. Are we not unions of the
human and the divine Temples of the
Holy Ghost? Is there not within our
breasts the Christ and the unreelaim-
ed humanity? The law of the mind
and the members To bring our
selves into subsection to this higher
law, is to make ourselves one with all
that is divine, even as Christ and the
Father are one.
TRINITY M. E. CHURcH.-The con-
gregation was respectable in numbers,
and very attentive. The Rev. Mr..
Langdon, Agent of the American
Bible Union, oficiated and preached
the morning discourse. His textwas
=" And he said unto him, if they hear
not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded though one
rose from the dead st. Luke xvi
Oh. 31st verse. The theme of the
minister was a comparison between
the evidence that could be given by a
person rising from the dead, and to
the supreme authority of God, and
that set forth in the Scriptures. He
demonstrated that the same character
of objections that are urged against
the truth of the Scriptures would al
so apply against the evidence of one
coming from the dead. At the close
of the sermon a plate collection was
taken up for the benefit of the Bible
cause.
Mr.. Langdon will be in our city for
several days and will wait upon our
people to receive such contributions
as they may be willing to give to aid
in circulating the Scriptures.
9 The evening discourse was by the
Pastor, and his theme, The Chances
in Life. A large congregation
listened to the sermon with marked
INGLE STREET NJ. E. CHURCH,,
Rev. Hayden Hays Pastor. The
Church was comfortably filled. Du-
ring the past week meetings have been
held every night, and many souls have
been converted. Six made a profess
sion on Friday night. The sermon
was from Matt, v ch., 6 ": Blessed
are they who hunger and thirst after
for they shall be filed"
He spoke of man as a creature of in
finite longings and DESIRES Jesus
adapted himself to these desires. He
knows mans wants, and his promise
is that all who hunger and thirst after
righteousness shall be filed. Humanity
was "a troubled sea, and much of the
good and glory of men was brought
out by this spirit of restlessness.
The world is only a secondary good,
and should occupy that place in our
affections. Mere intellectual attain
ments do not satisfy the immortal
mind. A man only great in intellec-
tual ability is like mountain rising
high above the plain, whose sides and
top are covered with snow and ice.
The heart is never fully satisfied and
happy when Jesus takes up his abode
therein. The Savior has an unbound
ed magazine, filed with everything
calculated to satisfy the human love.
None need perish, for Jesus is dis.
pensing the supplies. In Him is all
fulness-come and be filled,
The OLD-SCHOoLg PRESBYTERIAN
CHURcH-REv G. b. MARTIN, Pas
ToR-The attendance at Vine Street
Presbyterian %. S. Church was
large, and the music was very fine.
The choir is respectable in size, and
possesses a very creditable amount of
talent. As an interlude to the regu-
lar services, the choir sung a bcauti-
full anthem. The preliminary SER
vices were marked with much fervor
and solemnity. 81.
5 For the morning lesson, the pastor
read, with explanatory remarks, the
third chapter of Paul's Second Epistle
to the Corinthians. The Text chosen
was the Both verse of the 4th Chapter
of Ephesians:
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of
God, whereby We are sealed unto the
day of redemption.
The text directs first to doctrine
and secondly to duty. 1t sets forth
clearly the doctrine of the Trinity as
one Of the fundamental teachings of
the Bible, and the doctrine is no less
true because we can not com
prehend it, as we accept as true every
day. observations which we can not
comprehend or explain. Aa
After a brief introductory, highly
argulhentIve and comprehensive, the
speaker proceeded to enumerate the
offices of the Holy Spirit of God,
showing that it is the author of all
forms of .life-was breathed into the
inanimate form as modelled by C.m
soul. The Spirit Of God was MANI !
fest In the Bible as the spirit of Mil
ton in - parod;So II .hef y ar aS the /