Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-11-09

THE SERVICES, YESTERDAY SERMON BY REV. A. d. |
POLLOCK.
An audience which comfortably filled the
beautifully rehabihtated auditorium gathered at
Central Church, yesterday morning, on the &C.
casion of its re-occupation. Every one admired
the beauty and becoming contrast which the in
terror presents, and many favorable comments
were made by strangers at the church, of whom
there were many.
While voluntary was being performed by
the organist, Prof. Ferd. Fulmer, Rev. J. i.
Conkey, pastor of the church, entered, and, af-
ter another voluntary by the choir, began the
opening services, reading for his morning les
sons selection from Psalms, and the second
chapter Of First Peter, during which service
Rev. A. d. Pollock, who was to preach the
morning discourse, advanced up the aisle with
Col. ii. s. McComb. and ascended the pulpit.
Age and the marks Of time have been stamped
upon the reverend gentleman since he left Will
mington as pastor of Hanover church, and he
has become quite enfeebled. His hair is some
what silyered, but his form is still erect and his
voice, which was feeble at first, sweed out with
some effort during the sermon, and sufficiently
| to be distinctly .heard IN every part of the
| church.
| The sermon was based on Proverbs, XIV, so F.;
! ''The wicked is driven away in his wickedness
| but the righteous hath hope in his DEATH First
explaining the difference between the commune
cable ana ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lllltADle anu tile
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF God, as they we're call
| ed i'll the books which our forefathers used to
| read and the operation OF regeneration by
which we become re-created in the new Adam,
| Mr.. Pollock defined Hope as ''the enjoyment of
promisen--a hope not of the things them
selves, bnt of the promise that they shall be.
The righteous, he said have hope which then
neghbor, their companion, their friend who
may be riding i'll the same conveyance with
them, which men in the same apartments and
I
not possess. 1t may be only germ still the
hope is a conscious enjoyment not of the things
themselves but of the promise Of them.
This hope exists in three respects First, il
it takes hold Of the things promised in-th neal
| future it enables the possessor to believe thai
God will bless him more-that he will be able K
understand the Book better and better-that h,
will enjoy the fellowship of the saints present
with him, and that he will be prepared to d.
more and more of good. Second, the possessol
also hath hope in the remote future We canno
shut out entirely the anxiety for the things fo
the future. 1t will in measure remain witt
us. Presently we shall all die, and others vii
fill these pews another pastor will fill this pull
pit others will engage in all the activities o
business. They may be our children. or on
children's children, who may be good and holy
or they may die upon the scaffold Can we ceas
to have anxiety IN this respect 1t is an impos
siblity'; but the righteous hath hope that vii
make them feel easy about their children. Til
thought was enforced by recital of Gospel his
tory III the case Of Alb raham.
Third the righteous hath hope with respeC
to the great good things in eternity. The tim
is coming, said the preacher, when thi
world will be on fire when the dead will arts
and shake themselves from their graves whe
3. this earth will pass away and new earth /
: created in which will be countries as in this IN
i homes also. God promises not only Etern
Life but Homes, which the Sou foretold at II
ascension.
Tho sermon was closed bya reference to Il
first clause of the text, wherein the punishme
Of the wicked was adverted to.
Rev. Mr.. Conkey offered the closing prayt
NJ and after the benedction by Rev. Mr.. Polio
i the congregation dispersed.
IS The evening sermon was preached by Rev
IS Conkey