The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-07

PULPIT PorNTs.-Rey. George Birch,
formerly Of Springfield, ILL.,, . brother Of
Mr.. John Birch, Of the Lindsey Insti.
tute, preached In the Second p Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning and evening.
Spring cleaning is under way In many
Of the churches.
The Chautauqua Sunday School As.
sembly promises to be very largely at
tended this year.
The Joint Convention OF Methodist
Protestant and Methodist Churches will
meet In Baltimore on the llth inst. to
effect II 1t may DO so, an organic union.
The eighteenth annual convention oil
the Ohio Sabbath School Union will be
held at Delaware on the 9Th, 9th and 9TH
Of June.
Quarterly meeting for the MoundSville
N. E. Church will be held on Saturday
and Sunday, the 18th and 18th insts. Ell.
der VIC. Wilson will be present 10 con-
duct the exercises.
Rev. 0rmond, Of West Alexander, is
lecturing in the oil country.
"How to Fill Our Churches" was the
subject Of Rev. Snodgrass' sermon, at the
Chapline Street NJ. L. Church, yesterday
morning. Rev. W. NJ. West occupied the
pulpit Of this Church in the evening,
Sacramento services were held at the
Fourth Street NJ. +. Church yesterday
morning. In the evening Rev. George
preached upon "The Spirit Given With.
out Measure 10 the Son."
At the Baptist Church, Rev. Clancy
yesterday morning delivered a discourse
upon the "RevivaI Of Gods Work"
Presiding Elder Wilson preached in
the Zane Street NJ. L. Church on Saturday
and Sunday evenings. Rev. A. ]. LYDIA
occupied the pulpit yesterday morning,
when Sacramento services were held.
Rev. ]. G. Armstrong will deliver the
annual address to the Society'o Religious
Inquiry Of Washington and Jefferson
College during Commencement week.
AT the First Presbyterian Church yester-
day morning DR.. Cunninghams Text was
Isaiah 27,3. The church was here liken-
oned into vineyard. God had promised
TO keep it and water it every moment.
Looking out upon nature after the recent
rains, we could zee new life and vigor in
every blade Of grass and every flower.
The God watered church would grow rap.
idly, be beautiful, expansive, fruitful and
powerful. The church constantly needed
the heavenly dews; prayer and faith
would secure them. In the evening the
text was First Kings, 10Th v, 18th chap.
Activity and Jealous work we're fire.
quently followed with seasons OF despond.
ency. Elijah's three years Of earnest
labor found him cast down; the still
small voice aroused him TO n sense Of his
duty and responsibility. The conscience
OF the sinner ever urged the query "What
doest thou hereP When the Christian
was in idlencss, doubtful business or bad
associations the still small voice urged,
"Whst doest thou here"
Rev. s. i. Barnitz, at the English
Lutheran Church yesterday, preached in
the morning on the theme "Christ's
Dwelling. places" and in the evening on
"The Kings Highway" from lisa. So, s..
9l0. The Sunday school was full to
OVERLOOKING and congratulatory order
was issued 10 the scholars and teachers for
their earnest work and splendid success
on last Thursday night. At the close Of
the morning service Rev. Darnitz an.
nounced the death Of Adolphus F. Ocker.
shausen, Of New York, late Treasurer Of
the General Synod Of the Lutheran
Church in the United States, and paid a
touching tribute to his great worth as q
true man, a friend Of the mission here
and a genuine Christian. The pulpit,
font and reading.desk were heavily
draped in mourning in honor OF Mr..
OcEershausen, and a wreath Of white
moss and immortelles was suspended upon
the mourning or centre panel Of the pull.
pit.
The third annual convention Of the
Catholic Young Mems National Union
will be held in New York on Wednesday,
May 80.