The Portland daily press., 1873-09-22

pring IMAM upon their present means, tne spirit
| OF speculation aud the present crisis in the
| land were forcibly dwelt upon. Beside our con-
| fidence in God of sound principles, We ought
| to hold some assurance in Gods desire to train
us to a high and noble manhood. A man ought
to have the highest self-respect, a conscious
| ness of own character, power and worth. Such
| a consciousness is the lordliest thing that one
can have in adversely. Property is good praise
and appreciation are good, but what are they
good for but to carry us up to manhood? There
is not man on earth who is not really superior
to his circumstances. A mans true life is in
himself and his God. Men win come to per-
ceive that trouble has relation to manhood
more precious than prosperity. 1t is not safe
for finite man to have his own way. Many
things man will not learn till he is tried and
refined 10 the furnace. la all our trials We are
to be joyous, sing of the love Of Christ and the
power of God, and not lose faith, hope and pa
tlence at the end.
ST. LUKE's CATHEDRAL.
st. Luke's Cathedral was the scene of most
interesting service yesterday morning-the Or
dination of Mr. Clarence w. Cotton to the
Diaconate, and the advancement of the Rev.
Frederic Shredder Sill, the deacon tSt Luke's,
to the priesthood. The morning prayer was
said at O'Clock The ordination service began
at 1O5 A. NJ. The church was crowded to its
utmost capacity. The Bishop and his attend
ant clergy, the Rev Messrs. Hayes, Alger and
Ward accompanied by the candidates for Or
ders entered at log a. NJ. with the usual pro-
cessonal. The Rev. Julius II. Ward of Thf NJ
aston, the appointed preacher for the cay, then
entered the pulpit and delivered discourse,
which held the attention of the large congre
CATION undivided to the close. His text was Ii.
Timothy, 2.l5 Study to show myself approx
ed unto God, workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth
The subject was: The Priestly Office in its rela-
tons to modern society.
The persons to be ordained were then present.
ed to the Bishop by the Rev. Canon Hayes.
The Bishop then proceeded with the ordination
in a service, which for solemnity and beautiful
order, and impressive and spiritual meaning
has seldom been witnessed at the Cathedral.
The singing of the Ordination hymn by Bishop
Nicely ana the congregation, alternately, was
most touching. The clegy united with the
Bishop in the imposition of haLds in the ordi-
nation of the priest. The Bishop was the Gel
ebrant in the Holy Communion, being assisted
in the Distribution of to the people by the new
ly ordained priest aud deacon. After special
prayers for the each of them separately, tn e
service closed with the usual beuediction.
PREBLE STREET CHAPEL.
A small but very enthusiastic temperance
meeting was held at this chapel last evening.
Remarks were made by the pastor Mr.. Phe-
LAM Mr. Palmer and others. Mr.. c. F. SWEET
of Mystic Lodge of G. T., delivered an eloquent
appeal for temperance and the more rigid en-
forcement of the Maine Liquor Law.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. Hill took for his text ii Thess I-3,
and delivered an able sermon on growth in
grace, or progress in the religious life. The
analogy of all life would lead us to expect that
the new birth should usher the soul into
growing life. This life may be divided into the
intellectual, in which the life bread is knowl
edge; the moral id which the life brsad is ac-
ton; land the religious, in which the life bread
is prayer, Ia all forms of life the period of
growth bears proportion to the time of maturi-
ty; aud as the new life in Christ is eternal, so
, its period of growth will be everlasting. The
believers life is ever to grow into nearer like
ness to that of his Lord, without sever reaching
that absolute perfection.
INDIA STREET UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH.
Rev. Geo. w. Quimby preached at this
church yesterday. In the afternoon he preach
ed from Psalm 81 IL, ''The Lord God is Sum-"
The preacher began by speaking of the match
less size, power and hearty of the sun, and of
the consequences if this great agent of light
and heat should withhold its rays for single
day. Next he spoke of the different experiences
that different persons have in regard to the orr
gin and nature OF the sum- He then proceeded
to give description of God as compared with
the sun; also tie different ways that different
christian denominations look upon him. He
closed the discourse with a strong plea for the
Universalst doctrine
/ PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
Mr. G. T. Dole of Brunswick preached in the
morning from Rom 1913, ''Be not conformed
to this world" Conformity to the world is
ever dangerous to the church. The forms in
which the dangers come are coutinu ally chang
ing, though the essence of wordliness is al
ways the same, viz: selfishness. The preacher
reviewed certain forms of worldliness which
are no longer vital, and concluded that tie pres
ent forms of wordliness lie rather in conform
itv to selfish naxims of dishonesty and I'M
truthfulness. Christian lives of truth and
honor are examples of what is necessary to
stem this tide.
ALLEN MISSION CHAPEL.
The monthly sabbath school concert under
the supervision of Capt. Sturdivaat was held
last evening. The chapel was crowded. b.
qnets were in the hands of most of the children
and at the close of the exercises which were of
a deeply interesting character, the children
were RECALLED with fruit and cake.