Daily Republican., 1878-11-06
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Correspondence Of the Republican.
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Corrsspondsncs OF the Republican.
Tse DsAisasi:s g q. SALEM =. H.
MKssRs. EpIroRs: an early hour
on Sabbath morning last, many persoI's
might have been seen vending their way
toward the new Mt. Salem church. In
carriages, on foot and by city railway
they came, aud il was soon evident that
the new church was likely TO bs filed
for once In It's history. Every body was
In the best spirits, pleased with them.
selves, and with each other, and es-
pecially delighted with the appearance
Of the massive and beautiful temple up
on the hill. One thing only was lack
ins--th. sound Of the church going bell.
II ay the tower soon have an occupant
to ring out beautifully and melolions.
ly, rsverberating among the hills and
valleys Of the Brandywin-, calling upon
all ''to enter His courts with praise. "
Perhaps the feeling Of every one was:
~ was glad when they said unto m.,
Let us go into the house Of the Lord"
The day was all that could be desired,
Providence smiling propetiously upon
the plans and arrangement OF the
brethren.
Th. service, Of the day began with
. Iove-fsast commencing soon after'9
o'clock. This was delightful season.
The prevalent feeling was one Of Joy
and rladnsss, although feelings Of sorrw
came to many Of ,hs older members an
they thought Of the old church, now
passed away, and its associations.
10 This meeting being closed, the more
public services commenced. Besides
tho pastor, Rev. c. +. Sheppard, the
following ministers ere present: Rev.
B,shop Scott, DR.. K. l.. Dashiell, Jas. L..
| Houston, II. Sanderson and A. 7. Scott.
The sermon was preached by Dr..
Daslliell who took for his text Luke
XVII. 10th verse: 1.-The Kingdom Of
God cometh not witt. observation. The
proposition OF the text was proved aud
illustrated by reference to four features
Of the church, viz: its form, its motives.
its experience and its efficiency. All
these 20 " show that the kingdom Of
, God som.th not with observation. II
was mastery effort. Many valuable
suggestions were made 10 the member.
ship Of the church and it Is to he hoped
the words Of earnest warning will pre-.
vent the peopleo Of Mt. Salem from dc
parting from the earnestness and sim
plicity OF former times when a palmer
structure served as a place Of worship
An effort was made at the close o
: the sermon TO raise money to pay the
debt incurred in building. 1t was only
partially successful. A lew hungry in
dividuals left the church thus setting q
I bad example for others, and N a shor'
). time the greater part Of the congrsga
c tio., were moving toward tho door. Dr.
II Dashieli and his adjators oontended
nobly against this adverse infuenc.
for som. time, but had 10 yield not how
ever before nearly nine hundred dollar
had been subscrib-d.
Ae2 o'clock q meeting was held fol
j. the SUNDAY school to make its contri
button. A large congregation wal
!, present. The speakers were Revs
!. g I, lord Moore, J. France, A. T. Scot
I and DR.. Dashiell The collection by tn.
/ school and friends present amounted t.
! nearly 1e160. The ooci,ion was on'
;, not soon to be forgotten by the younl
people there assembled.
k In the evening the people again ap
. peared in large numbers. The fnan
= cial effort was made before the sermon
:, When it closed, az the result Of til,
! days effort, two Thousand dollars hac
q been secured in cash and subscriptions
). This will meet all claims now pressing
u There remains on the building deb
e of $1,000. This can readily be met at
y ter the congregation has rested awhile
: from the present effort. Thus, in tn,
4 space of four or five short months ha,
. this noble band of zion people, by tn.
!. blessing Of God, been permitted to drd
/. icate to the service and worship of til.
9 true God, grand and beautiful struc
;, ture at a cost of little over $l0, 900, IN
which they and their childen and
4 "whosoever will'' may worship accord
j, ing to the usages of Methodism.
:, After the collection had Teen conclud
> ed DR.. Dashiell again proclaimed tn,
!, word. His theme was "The hospta
e aspect Of the church." He showed
F. that the church should tenderly car.
- for the erring, that it should not be il
9 haste to turn out those who might stray
!, from the path of rectitude, but shoulc
= = tenderly care for such and seek TO re
o store them to spiritual and mora
lr health. II was a tender, but powerfn
!, appeal to the church TO be earnest an
n loving in his great work of saving tn
n lost.
J. Alter the sermon the dsdicatory Ser
il vice was conducted by DR.. Dashiell a
e Bishop Scott's request. 1t was desire,
that the Bishop should conduct this ser
7. vice, but while he seems to be enjoy
. ing good health for one almost an oc
tagenarian it cannot be said of him
:, "his eyes are not dim" He was afrai,
n to undertake the service fearing hi
u sight would not be sufficient to enabl,
= him to conduct 1t satisfactorily, th,
light being somewhat defective. I'll,
presence Of the venerable senior Bish
op was source Of pleasure and salts
faction to the church and congregation
II The service ended, the Bishop pro
nounced the benedictiOn, and the peo
pie returned to their homes. We trus
with the prayer for the newly conse
II Grated temple. "Peace be within tn,
3 walls, and prosperity within thy
d palaces" in their hearts and upon thei
lips.
J We might mention the names of somt
who did nobly in meeting the expense g,
q incurred, but we know these men dc
not desire it. They not only gave
literally but cheerfully and gladly
saani nn nnl " To ranrat III of tLnu .a.i j