, 1877-12-08
From Mondays Daily.l
THE CHURCHES SUNDAY.
MErHoDrsr pRorEsrANr CHURCH,.


METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. Daniel Bagley. PAstor.-Morn-
ing subject. The Gospel of CHRIST is
the po1er of God unto salvation. tu
every one that believeth'' Gospel
, powers-the spirit, the unwritten infin-
enc. of this force for good was the
lead ng thought. 1t wns regarded as
interpenetrating all lawful vocaiions; AS
| the inspiration of r'-,iy. tie imnor-
tality OF history; as enteIlue INTO travel.
speeches. politics. parties, places, gov>
ernDents; as regulating and designed to
regulate all the great powers Of earth
Wealth, intelligence, culture. were spn-
ken of rs largely already under It's con.
troll, and to be so fully as the Gospel
went forth still upon its regenerating
mission. A personal, active, vigorous
faith was necessary TO appreciate its full
blessings of personal salvation. In
view of its trutbfulness, it's grandeur
and gracious influences zoe could not
afford to be ashamed of it.
Evening Sermon by S. s. Nicker-
son. = Subject: "Christ raiseth from
death the widows son." Luke vii, IA.
Christ's compassion; Christ as paysi-
clan; His power over death. Proof of
future life. If not, Jesus could bring
none from the other world unless they
csisted after death Application-An
el4blem of Christ's raising the dead i'll
sin to life.
/ u METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUHcH.
At IL o'clock A. n. the pastor, Rev.
I. Dillon. announced as his text. Gen
xvii 1: Il am the Almighty God;
walk before m Q. and be thou perfect. "
The speaker first treated of the doctrine
Taught. namely, the Divine existence,
embracing the goodness and omnipo>
tence of God; secondly, of the auty en-
joined 10 "walk before God" that is,
SO to live as if in Gods presence, and
to make progress in his knowledge and
favor daily; and. thirdly. of the gra-
cious privilege extended of beirg per-
feet in sincerity and Christian integrity.
Even in common morals the world ex-
poets of every man perfect honesty,
truthfulness and Justice. So in grace,
or the service OF God, the standard
should be perfection. The law which
is "holy" demands this; the atonement
of Christ in its ample provisions re-
quires this; and SO also the office and
work of the Holy Spirit is in view OF its
accomplishment.
The evening hour was taken MP with
the Sunday Missionary Concert,
an account of which we give elsewhere.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. j. F. Ellis. delivered the sermon
in the morning at this church, of which
the following is an extract: "lt is not
possible to exaggerate the interests that
are wrapped up in the present moment.
''Now" is germ Unfolding destinies. I
hold a handful of wheat. You do not
see the waving harvests, but they are in
my hand. You have a handful of min
utes. And is that all? Has it ever oc-
Cured to you that these minutes now
passing are germs, that the watch ticks
are eternities, and the clock in your
house strikes cycles of eternities? II
does make difference where the sower
sows bis wheat, or whether he let's it fall
| lis t)essly from his hand. 1t does make
| a difference where mortal life sows its
davs and hours. whether in God's s fields
or on the DEVILS acres, or drops them
into the sea. A needless voyager was
observed leaning over the side of the
ship dropping pearl after pearl into the
deep, deep sea! We are voyagers all.
And our wealth is in hours. And to.
how many of US do these passing hours
light up with lustre like diamonds?
And what are we doing with the jews
eled hours? letting them tall into the
ocean of the Past bottomless as erer-
nifty? We shall never sail this way
again to pick them up! They sink and
| sink forever from our grasp!
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The morning subject was, "the Chris.
tan race" Text: Heb. xiii, l, 2. The
figure IS drawn from the Olympian
games. The Christian stands in the
erena; opposite to him is the goal upon
which rests the prize. The runner must
strip himself of every weight; to bur>
>S-- ---SSAt "AeA odS5o VI cdItu OF silver
or gold would be the hight of folly, it
would be equivalent to throwing away
the race. Even SO the Christian who
strives for an incorruptible crown must
lay aside covetousness, intemperance
and every kind of lust if he would win
the prize o. his high calling Of God in
Christ Jesus. To do this we must look
into Jesus. the author and finisher of
our faith" Without faith it is impos.
sible to please God," but, ..nothing is
impossible to him. that believeth. The
terraced a,nphitheatre is filed with
great cloud Of witnesses who them.
selves conquered by faith (Heb. xi.)
and who sit as judges and spectators
while we run for the prize. How are
we running? Have We stripped our
selves of the weights of sin? Are we
strainlng every nerve and muscle? Are
we looking unto jesus? Is there ap>
pl:use from that cloud of witnesses:
Do they say, this is GOOD runninp this