, 1877-12-29
THE CHURCHES SUNDAY.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.

d. Bagley, Pastor.-Morning subject
"Christlaas. The speaker observed
that Christ was real parsonage hav-
ing birthplace, life. movements and
death, as recorded of him; that His re-
cord as given by the Evargelists is sub
stantial history; that ne was person
of Divine appointment and of Divine
acceptance; that He WAS and is 20 be
regarded as chr exemplar in cneness Of
purpose to Go the Fathers will; as
full of sympathy for the suffering; as
the Great Healer--personally of bodily
intirmity, and representatively of the
souls Of men; tha. by and through Him
a new era was introduced less cere1Ro>
nial than preceding ones, of universal
brotherhood and spiritual life and con-
quest.
Evening service --''Go work in Ely
vineyard to-day'-by ). S. Nickerson,
his parting discourse, a, least fer a
time. Work was regarded as Of Divine
allotment, as yielding worthy results.
its spirit being contagious and stimulat>
ing. ~.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CaUECH.
The sermon 1T II o clock A. II. was by
the pastor, Rev. I. Dillon. Text-St
John, xxi, %: "What is that to thee?
Follow thou me-" In The evening a
large congregation was present to hear
Rev. Wm. NJ. Stewart. pastor of tne
Congregational church a. Semiahmoo,
preach on the subject of ''Universal-
ISM" The text was Roman l.. IS. The
leading propositions were: First-The
Gospel of Christ is complete and fault
less in its provisions. its spirit and its
promises. First for this life. aud sec
ondly for the life TO come. Under this
head the speaker very forcibly reviewed
the character ard tie reward of the
wicked, showing from Scripture and
TSaSou tAe uliet uAA'GtSo VI i-4c ui4N
godly to inherit everlasting life.
Second-The second proposition was.
that uniyersalisa Is anethsr gsepef un-
Known to the Bible; and so not for the
honor of God, nor for the good Of man
kind.
After showing that the gospel Of
Christ demands An upright and sinless
character, and that this world is the
place ana this life the time to form this
character, in order that man may be
fitted for heaven, prepared place, the
reverend speaker said: Then COM
mon sense. sound philosophy, and our
home experience unite. in tones of
thunder, that heaven is no place for
the upgodly. The very thought of The
atheist. the Delst, the liar. the MUS
derer or basphemer going to heaven. is
absurd There is nothing so much out
-of place and unfit, that would be jnsii-
fed for o moment By any respectable
tribunal on earth. much less in the court
of heaven, where nothing that defi.eth
Oh maketh lie can enter, and where
Holm 1855 to the Lord is Tie imprint on
every commodity.
JoNGREGATIoNAL CHURCH.
Rev..J. f. Ellis preached Christmas
sermon in The evening: Jesus Christ
= Son of God and Son oe Man. The
following is the conclusion:
Well, one thing is assured: He IS
not s bolt from far aloft shot athwart
the pathway of the race to sinite it and
cut it off from its onward march
Christ IS not force an.agonistic to
mantle is Nan Himself. He gets the
momentum Of hunnnuy. casts Himself
into It's stream of life and comes to the
surface a Babe. And is that story
only for children? O sage! Ophilos-
opLei! o Magi of the East! O men
of every age and every sphere of life!
All men OF profound thought and
searching inquiry! Christ Babe, q
mere story fol. boys and girls? Tell
iae, has humanity q destiny? Dare we
stand by that Bethlehem manger and
think profoundly and ask deep guess
tions? If not here, then where? for
where else is there answer? Row does
not this stream into which Christ has
thrown Himself need purifying? Is
human life what it should be and might
be? Is it Of crystal purity? Does it
not need sympathy? Does it not need
Helper whose hand grasps the eternal
heights while His feet walk YEARLY in
our winding foctpaths? The whole an
swer- an answer that encompasses
heights and depths which no other an>
swer has ever reached lis in these
words: "L'or we have not an High
Priest who cannot be touched with
feeling Of our infrmities." He aras
Babe. lie put himself in our place
From cradle 90 tomb He knows the
thorny road. He walked it sensitive TO
all Its burdens, its aches. its throes, its