The Portland daily press., 1873-06-30
text. Mr. Bicllnell smoke of the outward right

text, Mr. Biclnell spoke OF the outward rlSht-
eousness of the Pharisees, and the teaching OF
Christ, that this righteousness was not sum
Gent The Pharisees may have strictly opserv
ed the letter of the law but that was not e g.
We must also possess the Righteousness, W oho
spirit We can never claim Heaven upou
Knowledge of the law; s alvao,oI1 . 10 esseu,
ta We can attain to nn,ent Is NOT ;nno ani
purer life Such an attalnn'9ho Is hoI lnpossl-
bia lee Il wonld-never have been commanded.
W. W., Of Nv England especially, with our civili-
1ation and our enlightenment, must not be con-
80 With the achievements of the past but
INST nush forward to win mighty victories and
gain glorious results. To do this we must seek
the ind yelling of the spirit of the Gospel.
STATE STREET.
Rev. Frank Bailey, of Union Theological
Seminary, preached yesterday morning from
John iii: 18-"He that believeth on Him is not
condemned, but he that believeth not is con-
: demned already because he belieyeth not on the
Son Of God" The subject was The ground
and test of acceptance with Christ The preach
er showed that the necessary elements of faith
were, first, knowledge of Christ; second, relief
in Him, and third, love of Him. He combat
ted ably the theory that sincerity is of saving
power, and showed that sincerity in the belief
of a heresy was as damnabe as falseness in
faith He also showed the falsity of the posi-
ton that practice is the only important thing
in mans life, and that belief amounts to moth
ing.
HIGH STREET.
Rev. DR.. Chester, who has been thrice n
years a missionary at Madura Mission, Eastern
India, preached at High Street Church, Sunday
morning. DIR. Chester is in this country VISIT
ing the conference of the American Board, and
came to Portland to speak to the class of Mr..
F. K Swan, (now Mr.. Illusions, of the High
Street Sabbath School, which for the past
three years has been contributing TO the sup
port of a native preacher at that mission. DIR.
Chester preached an interesting discourse from
John XIV, 15-"If We love me, keep my COM
mandments.'' He made an application of the
text to the christian who should show his
great love to the Saviour by engaging in his
work, and particularly by engaging in the mis-
sionary work The speaker in the course OF
his able sermon, gave an interesting account of
the use and progress of missionary work, and
particularly of conference held at Allahebad
in 1872, where twenty different missions were
represented, and where twenty native preach
ers, with the graduates of Oxford, participated
in the exercises. He also spoke of the develop
ment of the country which had not a mile OF
railroad when he went to India, where now
there are nearly 5000 miles. He spoke OF the
hourishing school and of a missionary medl-
cal dispensary where over 5000 patients were
treated last year, and to which the British gov
eminent gives $4,000 year.
Dr. Chester addressed the Bible class that is
contributing largely to the support of a native
preacher after the service and also the Sunday
School after the morning service
FIRST PARISH.
Rev. DR.. Hill preached strong discourse
yesterday, from Luke XIII, 5, on fear as a gov
erning agent in the Divine Providence. He
spoke of the great stress laid by liberal christians
on the love of God, and thought they overlook
ed the uses of fear as correct We and proven
tive agent. Fear is an mate sentiment OF
the human heart; it is manifested by the young
child left in the dark, though that child has had
DO cause to fear the dusk. God implanted tne
sentiment of fear for his own wise purposes.
The use of fear by him does not in the least
initiate against his great love. AS loving
father Furnishes his child, not in wrath or re-
venge so God may find need to punish his crea-
lures for their sins. There are some natures
that can only be reached by fear.
PARK STREET.
Rev. Mr.. Buck preached from the text "Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart,
and thy neIghbor as myself"
The pveacher enlarged on this attribute Of
the Deity, the difficulty of comprehending God
and the necessity of abiding faith in his loving
kindness and tender mercy toward all his
creatures. The duty of man to his fellow man,
of sympathy and charity towards every human
being was eloquently dwelt upon. He defined
the nature of love to our neighbor, commanded
by the text. 1t did not imply the cherishing of
intimate social relations between persons lacking
congenal tastes and having no element of COM
mon friendship, but it did 'enjoin kindness,
goodwill and helpful aid to all who stood in
need of it. The Christian creed was summar-
lied in the words of the New Testament "Do
justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before
God''
ALLEN MISSION.
The temperance meeting at Allen Mission
last evening was of unusual interest Stirring
and effective speeches were made by Messrs.
Huse of Boston, and Sweat, Sanford and Stur-
divant, and also by Mr.. Wilbur of our own city.
A number signed the pledge There will be
temperance meeting next Sabbath evening at
the same place.
MARKET SQUARE.
The usual open air service was held by the Y.
NJ. c. A. in Market Square last evening. Mr..
j. A. Henderson opened the meeting with
prayer, and read passage of Scripture; after
which he and several other gentlemen spoke.
A praise service of singing followed. The at
tendance and interest were good.