The Portland daily press., 1873-10-13
SUNDAY SERVICES.

morning I0r continual DurnG oaei'hs o"eo eno
Lord" The lamb is innocence, and the hre OF
the burnt offering is holy love- These emblems
show with what feelings and emotions we
ought to come and worship before the Lord.
| and nerform our various duties before Him.
THE symbolism of scripture is wonderful The
distinction between offerings and sacrifices was
briefly stated The former are the free will
performances of the heart, while the latter are
acts of duty which are against the inclinatons
and therefore imply self denial, self sacrifice.
| The Saviour fulfilled all the sacrifices and all
the bnrnt offerings in Himself. The things in
Him coming from the human mother were all
sacrificed, while everything that comes
| forth from the Father, was an offering
on the altar of His humanity. As we bring the
lamb, that is, as we exercise the feelings of in
| nocence, and childlike trust and obedience to-
| wards Him, he communes with us by the
| altar, nils our hearts with love, and feeds,
nourlSnes anu sustans our spiritual life.
| ST. LAWRENCE STREET CHURCH.
The pastor selected for his morning text, LIST
Chronicles, xviii, 10, last clause. "Be strong
and do,' from which he evolved an earnest ser
mon on the necessity Of working for Christ.
there are, said he, three steps requisite:
LIST, The exercise of the will, which is the
| power to do.
| I'd, The development of energy, which is the
| application of the power, and
Sd, A patient working out of the duty as
signed to each one.
Patience said he is femenine virtue. The
true duty of every human being is to labor for
the upbuilding of Chrst's cause on earth.
CONGRESS SQUARE CHURCH.
Rev. w. E. Gibbs, the pastor, repeated in
the morning the sermon of last Sabbath from
LIST John iv, 20. ''For he that loveth not his
brother whom he hath seen, how can he love
God whom he hath not seen?'' There is an
1 amt hut I'll,
and James in their views on faith and works
The golden rule does not find among men the
illustrations it should. A selfish religion is de-
grading. God holds every man to the duty Of
helping his neighbor Men cannot relieve
themselves of this duty. Business cannot dis
| associate itself with religion. Brokers and
merchants put on the garb of religion and try
| to throw dust into the eyes of God. 1t is a
| shame and an outrage. Turn to Jesus and you
| find His life illustrates His teaching In Him
| religion bore perfect fruit. He has brought to
all rich and abundant life, and there we have
taken the love of our fellow men to our homes.
For such results as these, Jesus comes to us, to
reconcile the hearts of men to the will of God.
ALLEN MISSION CHAPEL
Last evening Rev. A. w. Wood delivered a
lecture to young men at this chapel. There
was good audience present and the entire SER
vice was exceedingly interesting.
INDIA STREET UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH
Rev. George w. Bicknell commenced a series
of discourses yesterday afternoon, founded upon
passages in the fourteenth chapter of John, his
text yesterday being the first verse. Explain
ing the circumstances attending the utterance
of the passage, the speaker thought Christ in
tended to present a cheerful view of the change
which we term DEATH He considered that
afflicted souls might receive great consolation
when they dwelt upon. the promises and assur-
ances OF the gospel. and contemplated the
prospects of life immortal He urged his hear
ers so to live that they might ever hear in their
hearts Gods voice speaking. amid every sorrow
and trial, the words which have carried so much
cheer to millions of souls.
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
Rev. Father Powers delivered the sermon at
the Cathedral from Matthew xxi. to Is verse,
inclusive. The sermon illustrated the necessi-
ty of repentance and obedience to obtain the
guarantee of eternal life
FIRST PARISH CHURCH.
Rev. Dr. Hill preached in the morning from
Ecclesiastcs vii 10. "Say not thou, what is
the cause that the former days were better than
these? For thou dost not inquire wisely con-
corning this The sentiment of the text is
embodied In the sage remark of Harriet Mar
tineau: Pain, says she, is always forgotten
is transient. Public morals fluctuate. The
text rebukes those who complain of the present
| and unduly exalt the past The preacher
| thought the world was growing on the whole
wiser and better In the early days of Christi
| anity men were no more faithful or devout than
| in our day. In localities this may not be true,
but taking the world as a whole, it is. He con-
trasted New England society of to-day with
fifty years ago. Religious opinions have been
modified, especially the Calvanistic types. The
Doctor dwelt upon the effect Unitarianism has
had upon the religious sentiments of New Eng
land. He answered certain objections made
against this form of religious belief. The eff
feet of o ntarian preaching is to restore the
Sermon on the Mount to its proper place in the
hearts of a Christian community.
FREE STREET BAPTIST
The pastor preached in the morning from
Matt xiv. q. ''Be of good cheer; it is I, be
not afraid" The speaker began by speaking
of the assurance that this reply contained to
any one in difficult situation. One should at
times be afraid because they are not afraid; fear
| often keeps from danger, when a lack of a
proper amount of fear might bring certain de-
struction. We should fear to neglect any duty
| devolving upon us. Fear may keep us from
| committing sin. If men should ever dare to
| sin against God, they cannot afford to. We
| should study what to fear and what not to-
| Fear God and keep His commandments for this
is the whole duty of man.
PARK STREET CHURCH.
The sermon by Rev. Mr. De Normandie of
Portsmouth was from 2 Cor, 3-11: ''If that
which is done away was glorious, much more
that which remaineth is glorious The pres
ent is always the richest in faith, has the most
faith, the best reason for faith, because it is the
inhertor of all past faiths. Illustrated by
Geology, each epoch is glorious and each more
glorious than the preceding A glory in the
| Puritan observance of Sunday, but a greater
| glory in the Christian teaching that all days are
| alike holy but not to be observed alike, and
| that the day was set apart by human need, and
| not by an audible command out of the Skies
A glory in the superstitious worship of the
Bible when men opened to a chance verse to
read their destiny or balanced their sins by the
number of its words they had transcribed, but
a far greater glory when we learn that faith and
hope are not based upon changing words, that
the light of Gods love shone as truly when
Enoch walked with Him before any Bible was,
and that He, the Inspirer Of the Book, is d.
viner guide than any book can be. A glory in
the early and rude thought of God, which rep
resented Him as Speaking in human voice, or
to human ears or appearing in human form,
| but a far greater glory in learning that He has
| never been seen or heard, and remains forever
| the same spiritual Presence beyond all repre-
| sentation. gloryin the old materialistic idea
| of creation in six days out of chaos, but far
greater glory in the faith that there could
| be chaos while God was that it is all chaos and
| chaos forever, or all Divine order, and Divine
order forever. The theory of evolution, which
| in some form or other has the best scientific
authority and is supported and suggested eve
| rywhere by the Bible, encourages mans faith
i'll progress from glory to glory, both here and
| hereafter.
| CASCo STREET CHURCH. +
Rev A. A. Smith preached in the morning
from James l., %: 'But be We doors of the
word, and net hearers only, deceiving your
own selves" To be Christian is something
more than to have learned the history of Christ.
A word religion is a religion of the ear and not
the heart. Such a religion does not bring tai
ent or influence to the cause of Christ There
is too much of it in the Church to-day, and the
great need of its members is conservation to
God. God demands fruit and service and He
will not accept any man who can simply say,
81 have testified to Thy word Again, trust
| in a religion of words is self deception. We
cannot too carefully heed the words of the
apostle, for we have single trial for Heaven
only, and the steps we take to-day are taken
forever Every individual should ask himself
to what he can point as sure evidence that he
is Christian.
ST. LUKE's CATHEDRAL.
Bishop Nicely delivered in the morning