The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-03
SAlsssAg1u SERVICES.
CpNGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

tNNtEEtAIlbNAI tiIl EtH.
The season that we are enjoying just at
present may he rightly termed the church.
going season, the balmy air of spring is
still with lis making everything delightful
in nature and recreation in the open air
decided pleasure, consequently the " fair
weather Christian, as he is called, can
luXuriate in these pleasures and attend di-
vine service at one and the same time.
These thoughts could well be suggested on
Sunday for loyeier day is seldom seen.
At the Congregational church In the
morning there were a goodly number in at
tendance and an interesting service was
held The pastor, Rev. J. Gibson John
son, preached a thoughtful and wcll-written
discourse from the text, "Givc an account
of thy stewardship" Luke xvi 2.
The speaker dwell particularly upon the
fact of our accountability to God and of
our life here as stewards of higher power
that life was merely stewardship and we
but stewards of the property and the SER
wants of the Lord All belonged to God in
the beginning and our hold upon earthly
things but slight all the forces of nature
and animal life are but servants of the Lord
Reason, understanding and the teaching
of the Scriptures unite in telling us of Gods
great claim over all the powers of the earth
and everything that he has committed to
our care.
The preacher then warned his hearers of
the danger of using Gods gifts in careless
and irresponsible manner that life must be
spent in some good purpose. We are all
lead, said the preacher. to commit those
many and various sins of omission that
we gave too much attention to the gratili-
cation of desire and the greed of gain We
do not sufficiently recognize the fact of a
future accountability of the sacred trusts in
our keeping, but arc apt to squandcr our
advantages in the designations Of worldly
! life, by unceasing confinement to business,
to the boarding of wealth or the frivolities
of fashion. Too much labor in acquiring
the riches of this world is a criminal neglect
of duty to the trusts committed to us.
The reverend gentleman then spoke in
| glowing terms of the exalted use that could
be made of life and gave as an example the
career of the Rev. Mr.. Ancient at Halifax,
how he had striven amidst every obstacle for
the good of other mems souls and mt the
horrible wreck of two months ago had
risked his life to save others, even when
told by men of long experience upon the
waters that certain death would be his fate.
the brave man had launched his boat and
pushed out in defiance of everything.
The speaker, in closing this argument,
said the most exalted use that could be
made of this life was to give it up. The
sacrifice of life and everything it contains
is the perfection of genuine manhood.
He then went on to say that in carrying
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we also broaden the possibilities of wor-
ship. The church and its service does not
contain all the worship that we can render
That is the narrow conception of Phari-
seesm the religion of the monk and the
nun. The Romish church is the logical
deduction of such worship. But we must
bear in mind this great Christian attribute
of our stewardship throughout our every
day life, to keep our actions pure and our
worship also
Nothing is required of us that is imposs-
bic; our life can I've made up of continual
praise and thanksgiving and we can heed
the command, "Grow in Grace" Just
where we are, and all holiness required of
us can be accomplished without other ma
terial change, but by Il continued advance
ment in spiritual life, The speaker referred
to the parable of the talents and its relation
money yielded to its possessor if rightly
used Not by boarding it or by squander-
ing but by diligent use of the talents
which God has bestowed upon us we can
bless our fellow men through the use of
wealth and receive blessing for the same
in the hereafter. 1t is a solemn trust. 1t
can be used for high purpose or for the
lowest of ends. The temptations combined
with its possession are many and great.
He then spoke of the conflict of duty at
tendant upon the parent in the care of
children; of the hindrances that prevented
a constant attendance upon religious wor-
ship as of but small moment compared to
the true condition of the heart Our tenn
pie service is but the beating of the air UNI
less hearts of devotion are found in its wor-
shippers. We must have more of the frank
ness of the Scotch girl who, on being asked
what assurance she had of change OF
heart, replied, Please, sir, | sweep under
the mats, now" Then will our worship be
a spirit of praise and the fragrance of love
and the goodness of God be felt in ouI
hearts, undisturbed by the pangs of con.
science.
TRINITY CHURCH.
In the evening, the rector, Rev. w. j.
Harris, ID. d., preached discourse from
the text Genesis Xi.6,7,; And the Lord said,
Behold the people is one and they have all
my language and this they begin to do;
and now nothing will be restrained from
them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to, let us go down, and there con.
found their language that they may not I'm.
derstand one anothers speech.
The preacher opened by referring to the
fact OF the commemoration of the Feast of
Penticost, by the Church of England, and
in the rules of the same, and set down
certain services to be observed on Monday
and Tuesday of Whitsunday week, and Of
the relation of such obscrvances to the
subject OF the text He then touched upon
the divine philosophy of such occurrences
and their observances by the church, and
then gave history of Babylon and the
tower of Babel in an interesting manner.
The tower of Babylon was the seat of the
first OnnOsitiOn 10 God afinr tLn aaAd