The Portland daily press., 1874-02-23

was brought by the course to which the Saw
Jour subjected him, into that condition where
he needed the saving grace and not simply the
advice of the good Master before WHOM he
kneeIed For it is not to be believed that he
was able to keep the commandments iu the
spirit suggested by the Savior. That demand
was made upon him to show him his bondage
and his need The mistake, then, which he
mace was in not casting himself upon the
mercy and grace of Christ Then was the
time when he needed Savior; then was the
time when Savior stood right before him.
AND herein consists the mistake which men in
christian community are constantly making
Enlightened as so many are to see their spirit
ual danger, and to feel their spiritual need,-to
see that they lack the essential elements of
perfect manhood and that they need Savior
they yet fail to commit themselves to Christ,
who stands right before them ard bids them
go away sorrowiul-the higher and better part
of their nature demonstrating with them for
their folly.
STATE STREET CHURCH.
Sunday eveng Rev. E. Y. Hincks. pastor of
the church, delivered lecture on Temperance
which was terse and outspoken in advocacy Otto
tai abstinence. The church of Christ he said was
agtated at the present me with the question
''Is there anything special for the church to do
in removing the curse of iptemperanceY' AID
presumed the answer would be that there was
need of special effort in that direction. What
the church is called upon to do cannot easily be
answered. But it has one thing to d. and that
is to inculcate the doctrine of total abstinence
from all intoxicating drinks. Where intemper-
ance prevails religion does not abound.
The preacher considered the principle of total
abstinence and urged it upon his hearers, es.
pecially the young men. He alluded to the
custom of half a century ago, when it was the
custom to have and to use liquors in the family
circle until the Washingtonian movement took
place, movement occasioned by the rayages
made upon households by intemperance. On
the basis of Christianity the total abstinence
principle will stand against all objections If
we do not conform to it we place ourselves
against it, and in order to its success it must
obtain almost universal support. When young
lady, on New Years day offers her visitor
glass of wine, she does great wrong to society
as well as to that young man. We have had of
late far too much rhetoric in this cause and lit
tie enough of principle.
He urged young men 10 take this principle Of
total abstinence and embody it in their Ives. The
principle should be unculcated in the family, in
the Sabbath School and IN the church.
PARK STREET.
Rev. Mr.. Buck preached yesterday a sermon
on the subject of ''The Bible in the Public
Schools" taking ground against the continu-
ance of its use, and basing his objection on
three points: First, that it tends to lead young
and uncomprehending minds into Journalism
on religious topics; second, that it is unjust to-
ward the Catholics, and third, that it is impoli-
tic, inasmuch as it is necessary to establish
clearly that the public schools are purely secu-
lar and that no religious instruction should be
given. in order to establish logical basis from
which to resist the attempted Entertainments
of Romanism.