, 1877-11-24

THE CHURCHES SUNDAY.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The morning service was conduct.
ed by Rev. J.F. Ellis, of the Congre.
gational Church.. who delivered an
interesting and instructive discourse
from the parable of the pearl Of
great price," Matt. 13: As, 46. In
the evening Rev. William Carnes
preached from Matt. 21: 10; "And
when he was come into Jerusalem
all the city was moved, saying, Who
is this ?" A strange inquiry, consid-
ering that Jesus had been preached
for nearly 1000 years in types, shad.
ows, prophecies. What caused this
commotion and inquiry? 1. A pres
ent Christ. 2. The enthusiastic
praise of His followers, who proved
their sincerity by their works; they
put their clothes on the ass, and al
so spread garments and palm branch
es in the way. The answer, "This
is Jesus" etc., produced remarka-
BILE effect. Jesus! He who heals the
blind! The blind and lame come to
Him to the temple; fathers and mo-
theirs are healed, and their children
cry, "Hosanna!' Do we desire heal
ing and blessing for others? Then
let us learn a lesson from the action
of the disciples. We cannot force
men to Christ, but by our own en-
thusiastic following we may incite
them to draw near themselves.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Morning subject: John, 5 Chap,
s. verse. Say not ye there are yet
four months and then cometh the
harvest, lift up your eyes and be-
hold the fields are white already to
the harvest" After brief rehear-
sal of the paragraph with comments
it was observed that the Gospel was
designed and calculated to produce
prompt results, that indications
were now promising of speedy
harvest of good. in that there was a
growing need felt on the part of the
Church, and individuals both among
Christians and the unsaved, that a
rising expectation of the good time
near at hand was being manifested,
embracing the means as we'll as the
things looked for. A point was
made in closing that each one of the
race was either saved or lost. The
evening thought by s. s. Nickerson
was personal accountability, from
the passage, $50 then every one of
us shall give account of himself to
God" Personal volition. personal
responsibility, and personal action
and results were discussed.
PREsBYTER1AN CHURCH.
Rev. J. R. Thompson, of Olympia,
occupied the pulpit in the morning,
His text was 1st Cor, Sd Chapter.
21, % and % verses, "The heritage
of the Saints" After dwelling
briefly on the sense in which ali
things belong to the Christian,
he alluded to the heritage of the
Church in the mental power learn
ing of st. Paul, the eloquence of
Apolos and the experience of St.
Peter. He then spoke of the treas
ures Of science now known or yet to
be known, which is and must be
the ::hand maid of religion; the ma
terial wealth which each may rightly
seek and obtain, but more particu-
larly of life with all its trials and
triumphsi, is sorrows and its Joys
and all the blessedness of duty we'll
and nobly done and finally of death
with all the glories which it unfolds
to the saints enraptured eye amid
the fadeless beauties of the things to
come. "Bye-and-bye we shall know
the value of suffering and pain when
in the bright beyond we see how dis
cipline hath cleansed all dross from
human character and called forth all
the noblest principles of human life.
When we discover that all the tears
which Gods children have ever shed
on earth. have been by Gods trans
hand charged with glitter
ing diamonds to shine forever in
those crowns which the Lord, the
Righteous Judge, shall place upon
each brow in the glorious company
of the ransomed millions around
the great white throne. Have we
part in that inheritance
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
At II o'clock A. NJ. the Pastor, Rev.
I. Dillon, presented the subject of
paul before Aggrippa." bringing
out in the sermon the following
points: 1. Panl's commission to
preach Christ. 2. In faith fully full
filling his mission Paul had God for
his "ally." 8. He preached Christ
to all men, Jew and Gentle, small
and great. 4. In preaching to the
Jews his great aim was to show them
that Christianity was the fulfllmenr
of the Old Testament scriptures.
8. The Apostles triumphant vindi
cation of his cause before Festus
and King Aggrippa. The conclus-
ion embraced two points of practical
application: 1. Be not only almost,
but altogether Christians. 2. Dread
more the shackles of sin on the soul
than any letters on the limbs. At
night Rev. Mr.. Thompson, pastor of