, 1877-11-26

catton-cnn7cnictt Of Arrangement, well
adapted in size, cheerful and inviting in, nnpear-
auce-xhn ta.r doubt that God Is In i, Is point;
Ing to that place and lca'itn1 us to IT, NJ 'c leu
Israel nf old ily the cloudy ptllnri
Nov, i,clovLd. let Ills forget our regrets anu
begin to look around us for tho tokens of our !
h1pr. We 70 out from tic bl''en
o. ershnz so ns W. :; Sa'ry WatI, vii ~ 1c ie
the ties Of former years, tho nit,t.ial
sympathy and interest that IL born OF com.
pafionetip IN trial, and, moro thin all, wc
streneth-our W trust ID TSoi, Tor whose honor wo
the beautiful buildings that i may rear, not IN
the numbers that crowd the .Aliars OF tho
tho trrnsury, not in the external ritual that fs
garnialic,I with eloquent nratory and lnc muslc,
for there may lc 81 t',cse and yet the real lits
Mt low cbb. That whtcl, lies about Us nnti
the clothes that VIC wear and tho carriages that
VIC ride III Are Ise They arc tho accidents ot LIE,
that Is all. Tic real ifo Is within. Its beat is
tS ST. Of II at are s.T N
~ to cur new Christian home, = trust IN uod.
love for Ills Church. faftl, in IT, blcsAed Iir.
turc, tlcsIre to build m church1y Foundation.
q confidence amounting t0 enthusiasm, that X
we 10 buli In cl,lrc|,iy way, aud With 1rm,
reliance in God, VIC Will be prosperous and
Time was when St. John wer.hipcd In a par-
N( VI n pItSAGt u"EIItuk& lin 1IVsGf "HH WV
few yeass that followed, were It's happy days;
they werc Iss DAYS Of growth, mud activity, anu
uscfuincss. Some Of you remember those
times, and the beloved Rector now gone TO flla
ahl the old associations be kept alive. Lct
US ~ ,ntu this new venture Of faith with
lleartincas, mud give It o'is cnthus!aatlc sup-
p"t Il with tho traa fs1y1, tarTs, e c'';s We
gather experience from the past u We
work prayerfully and .1u.cons'y, the ietter
days will eoHic. We will ogatn 10 IN
| ing uInn It's, i iluyc cplcavorcd to describe the
1 spirit tllat We should cultivntc, aud how we
should strive with aud for each other n every
loving cnleayor II my Of Jnu think that The
or that thu subject Il stated too strongly, pFay
study more closely ali ttlat Chrfst dill In
laying down Ills life for Us, md rculenbcr that
lie is our pattern, and that U, according to cur
measure, We inItito Him, then, aud only then,
W. c0unc up to what Is required OF U.s..
After tic sermon . member Of tho ycstry
n'a.lc some rcarks, n tic course 81 wh'eti nc
said that meeting q ths conSseGaion % nea I'm IN
vestry werc authorized aud directed W tho o'n:
gregation to s!cnrc. II they could, thc use Of
tic church building, Or, as they call 1t, TIC
thu Society of tlo &ew Jerusalem, located at
iho corner Of West Washington atteet
sengfcgatlun ot IT, Joln's c9n'1 laa,oM woFsip MP
| lNat Ill OUcuICHCo ~ A"S nhGes'ohs ".A
In furthcrunco OF negotiations with
lIall been begun by tic rcstrY previously, cor.
rrspondcnce had been had with the socIcty, tho
wants atitl needs u( st. johns peDpc lad been
stated tOltuu,, aud reply lad been received,
which caMa In the lornl OF au invitation 10 o.
cupY the temple for Sunday morning md avesa,
Ing services, sessions Of the Sunday school, and
such otller services as l,ad been asked tor, ut q
rental OF $50 per month The Invitation met
tho rcqucsss VI the vesry. and was satisfactory.
! Lie nlsu said " seemed almost pIovtdeDiial TINT
ut tlIs time, when IN Gods providence 1t Ind bc.
yp1nc inevitable that vt. Johns must leave that
church, and was un0blc to build L new one, He
place Of worship 10 nearly 1uss what they want.
Cd; SO pleasant and beautiful IN all ia appoint.
ments, anil 50 we'll a1aptrd to tho service of INC
church, SO that they could ~ d!rectly IRON tlc
Old ia,tno into tho new oll9 wsthout any aftet'
ruption 10 thu scrviccs. lie salu: =" atn al,
1nost tempted 70 say {ou, occnuso ,o' Was mos
with you then, attempted to e1als yaursclvc!
. aboro your neighhoFs BY bulsdin. this great
Church building. which was to excel n atze. and
beauty, a1l lnagniticct,co 'anTthiug In this pas.
: OF tho city. We hare all seen tue result, at!t
we tlase Iabored and struggled to rotaln It
to make It., Dur homc, to continue ts
!, possess 1t. until nlanY, very many who staFtee
with us, ilnding tho burden md weight greate'
| than tllpy could boar, nnd Lcspar1nE III eytl
being able TO Iuaku It lighter but Tearing wfIa
| as como to puss, have iatntcI by the way. anu
dropped ont Of the 1'ne of tnaFeh, nni VI
!. | nra now reduced to tho lew wh0 nave stoot
: by the OLD Church anu conSregatlon; ana nay
! worship ut tho old sllrnet aud who layu h"pc'
almost against hope lhat 10 some way oo4 WON.
ought 70 bo tnaku - .o nom ,at S hcn a ~ ~ cn su
nnl M To toIlc this Lur,.ct from u. And lei us z,
al 1fyulta