The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-27
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
The Thirteenth Annual session of the North
Philadelphia Baptist Assoclatlon-The OPEN
Ing sermon-InterestinR Proceedings.


menced this morning at halfpast 10 O'Clock, in the
Nicetown Baptist Church, Nicetown. There was
large attendance of both ladies and gentlemen
present.
The proceedings were opened with the announce
ment Of the hymn,
"Jesus, and shall il ever be-
A mortal man ashamed of Thee?"
which was sung by the congregation. The second
chapter of the Epstle to the Hebrews was read;
after which prayer was offered by DR.. Howard NAL
com. After the singing Of another hymn the Rev.
o. p Eaches, alternate, in the absence OF Rev. j. c.
Wynn, delivered the opening sermon.
The reverend gentleman took as his text parts of
the Sth and 9th verses OF the second chapter OF
Hebrews, beginning, "Thou hast put all things into
subsection under his feet" The following is an
abstract of the sermon:-
These verses give us three leading thoughts, the
first of which is the pointing out OF the original
The second point shown is the fact that this putting
under is future. We do not now find all things put
under his feet but we shall he ereafter.
The curse is on manhood, on womanhood, on
ture We witnessed few days ago the uncrowning
of man, when nation as by one voice was sub
servient to the dethrOnement OF man high in
authority, but this is only the shadow of the de.
thronement of sin. In Boston last year one man in
every fifteen or twenty saw the inside of dungeon.
Is not this proof OF the depravity of man? The
prophets gaze is needed to show that all things
are rot put under man. Our own disquiet feelings
will show us that
In the third place the man OF God looks up and
sees the divine man Jesus crowned with glory and
honor All things are put under His feet The crown
is put upon His head and the head of all humanity
through Him. All things in nature affirm this fact,
that all things are put under Him. The brute
creation were subiec to His mastership The prince
of this would was himself cast out by His power.
And in modern times Sadowa and Sedan will go to
prove His sovereignty. The ChasSepot and the
needle.gun will only prove His glory.
Another thing is the fact that the human nature
of Christ is raised. We know by experience how
low the nature of man can sink, bat can only
know through Him how high it can be raised. He
took part in human nature. He Is brother in
Jesus still. The Godhead came down to humanity
in order that humanity through Him, might be
upon all through the episte. He brings all things
near to God through His person.
1t is in Jesus that all things which were originally
promised to man are fulfilled. We are no longer
outside of Christ but in Christ. We realize the
preston which Paul used over and over again, sin
Christ Jesus" We should not forget what Jesus
himself never forgot, that we in Him. He
enters into divine oneness with every one of His
children.
The idea is carried out all through the Scriptures.
We are said to be buried not like Christ but with
Christ. The Scottish woman in the reign of one of
the English kings, when prosecuted, and asked
what she thought of Jesus now, got hold Of this
idea She said, II think see Him suffering shrough
one Of his members
He was made in the flesh; He was made little
lower than the angels but lie has now been raised
higher than any angel We dare not therefore, sing
'I want to be an angel" We want to be saints of
God. The saints of od shall judge the angels. The
keynote Of the Christian song shodld be 81 want to
be to Jesus"
This hope of being in Jesus is the only hope to
uphold us in many trials of lie. 1t takes away our
burdens, raises to His level, and makes nope
again. Only through it can we say 80 death, where
is thy sting? grave where is thy vlctory?"
This union is formed only by faith. 1t is not by
churchy prestly manufacture that this union can
De COne say Ii IL Dy DdpUlSndl TeRe0eTd-
tioD by forms and ceremonies Bat the Scripture
Is simple and does away with all these, it is by
1t is by it only that we are raised The Jewish
Rabbs in Cincinnati lately enunciated this doctrine,
that men should be elevated together by means Of
through the light that is in Christ Jesus.
The Radical, the organ Of the free thinkers, said
recently must get rid of Jesus we must get rid
Of all these religious superstons before we can be
better But if Jesus were thus gotten rid of would
we be better? We all know what the effect
| We need, brethren, to look at the ascending
| Saviour before we can do anything, and then it is
ours to go out and declare to our tellowmen that it
| is only in Him that they can be raised.
If there is one soul here to-day who is out of Jesus,
would hold Jesus up to him as his only hope. There
| is beautiful hope held out to us that when He
| shall appear we shall be like Him. We know not
how 1t shall be, but we know that 1t shall be- and in
After the delivery of the sermon the Rev. Mr..
Eaches closed the devotional exercises with short
| prayer.
The business of the association was then proceeded
WITH the meeting being called to order by Rev. A. IL.
| Young, the Moderator Of the last session.
collection was then taken up to defray the Incl
| dental expenses Of the meeting.
An election for Moderator, Clerk, and Treasurer
was entered nto recess OF ten minutes being taken
to give opportunity to the delegates to deposit
| their votes On announcement 1t was found that
Rev. T. g. Trotter had been elected Clerk, and Rev.
]. H. OHarra Treasurer there being but three votes
cast for other parties. 1t found that there had
been no election Of Moderator by majority, Rev.
Isaac Cole and Rev. j. b. Hutchinson having the
SasS the piUT 0n Was M
Cole had been elected by vote OF 63 to 0.
Mr.. Hutchinson previous to the election had asked
the association not to vote for him.
Rev. Mr.. Cole, on taking the chair was welcomed
by the retiring moderator, and made short address
| OF THANKS for the honor
| The Committee on Devotional Exercises, through
their chairman, Rev. Tnos. Macom reported in part
| as follows: That the hours OF meeting be A. NJ,
| p. NJ, and p. NJ. and adjourn at ~ NJ and p. NJ.
that prayer meetings be held from to A, NJ They
| also recommend that Rev. Charles r. Hendrickson,
| ID. D., OF San Francisco, California, preach this
| evening. The report was received and adopted.
| The hour of adjournment OF the morning session
| having arrived, the association adjourned until p
| NJ, the benediction being pronounced by Rev. Mr.
| Hendrickson.
The assembly then partook of a substantial re
| past prepared by the members OF the NicetowI
Church, in the lecture room building immediate ly
in the rear of the church.
| ing are the sales of stocks and real estate by NJ
| Thomas Sons, auctioneers at noon to-day, at the
| Exchange
100 shares McClintockville Petroleum Co.. 76c
$50 Delaware Mutual Insurance Co scrip. 75c
as shares Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank. Observation-Disclosures. sl222
shares Western National Bank. 6T1
| 10 shares Western National Bank. ......... 672
23 shares Pennsylvania Central Railroad. 80 5
| 2 shares Pennsylvania Central Railroad. 692
4 shares Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 4S'5
$1,000 bond, city OF Trenton, New jersey. 9lpC
$500 7 per cent. Bonds second mortgage
Pennsylvania Salt Manuf. CO. 80. S6pc