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SUNDAY SERVICES.
STATE srREEr CONGREGATIONAL.

AT State Street Church in the forenoon Rev
H. Dana of Massachusetts preached an inter
estinp sermon from Luke 1872, "And the phar
isees and scribes murmured, saying this mar
raceiyeth sinners and eateth with Them" The
General points of the sermon were that there is
too much love of denominationallsm; too much
church and not enough Christ in our religion
No man, because he is poor, or because he.is a
great sinner should be barred from the church
Christ did things that would be condemned in
a church member of the present day. Has the
stream risen above the fountains? Are we
better than Christ? Religion is not broad
enough in its present teaching in the church to
cover what Jesus taught. The general lesson
inculcated was a more thorough study of the
teachings of the Master.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
At Plymouth Church Rev. H. r. Williams
of Almont, Mich, preached from Matthew
633, 'But seek We first the Kingdom of God
and his righteousness" His subject was the
relation of religion to business First, There is
no necessary autagonism between religion and
business. A man may be devout and faithful
christian and yet be active in bis earthly call
ing There is danger that the world will him
der spiritual development. Christ warns meu
against the danger, but there have been godly
soldiers, mechanics, and bankers Second
Business must be subordinate to religion. Re-
ligion must be put first in esteem and endeav-
or. Third, Religion must control business
All business must be conducted in accordance
with the prime pies of the gospel. The sermon
elected the closest attention from the congre-
cation.
ST. LUKE's CATHEDRAL.
In the absence of the Bishop (who returns
tomorrow from his Aroostook visitation) the
service was conducted by the Rev. Canon
Hayes. The sermon from the words, ''My
House is the House of Prayer" was public
worship:firs as permanent feature of all true
religion; and next as essential to social and po-
litical morality.-The farewell address of
Washington was quoted in support of the prin-
ciple that National prosperity cannot be main
tanned without national morality founded in
sense of religious obligation. Attention was
called to the increasing neglect of public wor>
ship shown by the condition of towns and vii
lagos in New England, and by the census sta
tistics. The close was an earnest exhortation
to make the service of God first in Importance
in public, and the family.
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH.
Rev. Mr. Hayden preached Sunday morning
on the work of Redemption, the cross, sacrifice,
death and blood of Christ, from John xvii, IL,
1S, 10. "Sanctify them through thy truth. Thy
Word is truth. As Thou hath sent me into the
world, even so have sent them into the world.
And for their sakes sanctify myself, that they
also might be sanctified through the truth"
In this great work, which christians never tire,
and never ought to tire of rehearsing, is shown
the transcendent self-sacrifcing love of the
Saviour,
The parallel between His gloritication
and our regeneration between the work which
ArIr ,Al,
he wonld inaugurate and carry on in us, is a
frequent theme in scripture. Our Lord was
both human and Divine-human in his nature
just as man is low, weak, fallen; divine be-
cause His father was God. Hence the sanctifi-
cation of which He speaks. His human part
needed sanetifcation in order to be glorifed.
He was perfected through suffering.
Here was the real sacrifice, the real cross, the
real death of Christ, viewed as a sanctifying
power. A self sacrifice; the sacrifice and
death of everything in His human part that
was merely human, that could be tempted. By
strong and significant metaphor, the holy,
sanctifying truth of the gospel is called the
blood of Christ because this truth is a part of
His own very life.
HIGH STREET CHURCH.
Rev. Henry M. King of Boston preached a
very practical and forcible sermon to crowded
audience yesterday morning, from Matt. vii, II.
christian religion was not in any system Of
morality, but in the fact that Christ died to re-
claim and restore lost men. He contrasted the
maxim embodied in the text with heather
maxims, and showed the infinite superiority
of the christian maxim over the pagan. The
heather teaching was only negative do moth
ing to Others" and Christ's is positive, edo
to others, &C." The injunction of Christ is
the root of all missionary operations He ap-
piled the text to all classes of society and wish
ed they would adopt it.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. Smaller preached in the afternoon
from LIST John, III: L. After brief analysis of
the former portion of the text, attention was
called to the latter clause. His subject was Je-
sUs Christ the Advocate with the Father He
enumerated the qualities of Christ an advo-
cate; ascribing to Him dignity, sympathy,
for all without distinction of classes or condition,
always ready to listen to petitions, and finally
He is the Son of God we'll beloved of the Faith
er. He is the advocate of every one who asks.
The preacher closed with an earnest appeal to
the impenitent.
FIRST PARISH.
At the First Parish, Rev. DIR. Hill preached
in the forenoon sermon of marked ability from
the third epistle Of John, 4th verse; 81 have nc
greater joy than to hear that my children walk
in the truth The general feature of the dis,
course exhibited the folly of a superior educa-
ton in the knowledge of the wisdom of the
world whether in philosophy, history, science
or law without Installing into the mind the
principles of truth which forms the basis of all
true culture. Religious truth in Its highest de-
velopment is the highest noblest, and most de-
sirable wisdom to be obtained.
CONGRESS STREET NJ. E. CHURCH.
Rev. g. B. Pitblado preached from Matthew
z: 21-27 The world is full of church goer
who will be in terrible plight bye and bye
Many external worshipers are trying to work
their way to heaven. The vessel of mere good
works cannot stand the seas, and will founder
before it gets half way there. A talker about
piety, may be liver against piety. As ma
ton we build Tabernacles to Jesus, and tenn
pies to Satan. We build theological creeds out
of our heads, and break Gods laws with our
lives. We can give our ears and knees to God,
and our hearts to the world. We like to be
aroused by eloquence, fired by zeal, melted by
emotion, stirred by song. But we think we
know too much to let preaching influence as to
a higher style of life and purpose. "That day
spoken of in the text may be a Cay of terror tC
some of us. Great will be the fall of those
who have not done Gods will.
CAsCo STREET.
Many strangers were present during the
morning service. Mr.. j. M. Palmer of this
city preached from the 18th chapter of the
first Corinthians His subject was love.
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