The daily gazette., 1878-11-04
THIRD EDITIO
Defeating a New Church.

LANCE CONCENTRATIONS AT MT. sALEM-
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAY OFF
THE SMALL DEBIT OF THE CHURCH.
A bright aud beautiful Sabbath was
Salem NJ. e. Church congregation yes
terday, giving an additional zest TO the
services attending the dedicati on of their
new and BEAUTIFUL edifice.
AT an early hour the people began to
assemble in the new building, aud at
O'Clock an experience meeting was or
ganized. The meeting was conducted
with great spirit, the brethren and sis
ters arising in quick succession to testify
i'll heartfelt words what the religion of
God had done for them. These interest
ing servic continued for over an hour,
and warmed up those present to a con
ditlon of thoroughly enjoying the still
more Interesting exercises that followed.
The experience meeting closed with
brief and affecting address by Bishop
Scott, who expressed his FIJI sympathy
with the real, true, sincere Chri ,tian re-
hglous spirit evidenced by the meeting.
He complinented the congregation ON
the possession of Their handsome new
church, aud hoped IL would ever be n
beacon light To lead the souls OF men to
Christ.
THE OBLIGATORY SERVICES.
When the dedicatory services COM
crowded. to its utmost capacity, and the
Sunday School room (Which is separated
from the church only by folding doors,)
was also flied, the entire auiience num-
berlng over eight hundt ed. The opening
services commenced with the singing of
the 237th hymn,
Il love thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of Thy abode,"
followed by prayer by Rev. Alfred 7. /
nf IA IA nf Ia,
old Mt. Salem Church.
After the other usual opening services,
the dedicalory sermon was preached by |
Rev. DR. DaShirll, President of Diclxin- |
son College, who took for his text the |
2oth verse OF the 18th chapter OF ST.
Luke:
The Kingdom of God cometh not
with observation
The sermon was an able production, !
and tended TO show that the coming of
the kingdom of God was not attended 4
with any gaudy show to attract the at /
tention Of nen, but was only an internal
evidence of spirituality, exemptied and
experienced by the mind and body, and
not by the sight. 70 this end he consid-
cred the kingdom OF God in four phases,
VIZ: lst, It's form and iIIstrumeutality; |
2d, its motives; 3d, its experience; 4th, lis
efnclency for the secrets Of It's power.
Each phase of the subject was ampli- !
lied in an admirable manner, the deduc-
tions being clear and forcible and the /
conclusion tenabe and sound. The sim
ple forms ana earnest spiritual worship
OF the early church were described, and
ltS Observation-Disclosures for The spread Of the
spirit, and its triumph over the oppo-
siuon Of darkness and pagaulsm, set
tcrth IN glowing terms.
lhe sermon containel mlny plain
practical suggestions in re latlon to the
plan duty OF Christians aud WAS a strong
arguine in favor OF adnerlng 10 the
Methodist Church As it has been and
SUI Is, AMI Resisting the encroachments
VI modern fashionable Innovations.
To these admonitions the congregation
gave general assent, and the assertion
.i-.at n would be better To lose those
Ar1uy'il-ts tfat Were opposed to class
4-rtln nEs tAan dispense with the mset-
:. was met with a hearty "am.n.a
ia- conc us.on Of the sermon was an
earnest r-44est OF the congrega-
fi9a 70 sui Il pend on the Holy Ghost,
ALi lot allow tueir new and beautiful
-4sralndngs to lead them from the path
9i lFAe tiuiy and proper dependence up
On the Divine spirit
Al the close OF the sermon PRAYER was
offered by Bishop Scott.
Dr. Dashlell then made "A brief address
IN relation to the new church. stating
struction had been SO careful that only
$1,000 OF lis entire cost remained unpaid
lie then made an earnest appeal for con-
lriDutions , meet this slight deticiencv.
lie stated that the plan for meeting tins
dtbf was 10 pay O1le-half of it by the lst
OF January aud the balances by the first
OF July, aud asked for the snbscriptious
to be made II this effect He said II had
beeG agr ed to divide the debt into 400
shares, of $40 each, so as to give all a
cuance to make a small subscrIption.
a basket collection was then taken up,
10 which the response was most liberal.
ipr Dashiel then took up She subscrip-
0n question, and by means of the most 7
pei su;lsve eloquence he succeeded IN +
getting subscriptions faster for awhile /
lhau they couid be recorded. Many of /
tue subscriptions Were cash, and they |
amounted IN the aggregate to over 500. 4
~. with the BASKET collection, made
the total receipts of the morning reach (
the sum of 1921.
Alter the collection was through with I
tae services closed with the uoxolugv
aud benediction.
IN THE AFTERNOON
tho assembled congregation was enter
tame with short,aldresses by RevG. l.. +
Moore, of Green Hill PRESBYTERIAN
chH!c ,, l;ev John France and Rev. Al 4
ired l. Scott, former pastors of the |
eAurch and by DR.. Dashiell The Doc /
tor made anotherappeal for aid and the
{ 5iltctions from the Sunday school aud
additional subscriptions amounted 10
over Sl00.
IN THE EVENING
tle services comm need at O'Clock, and
after the opening hymn, and prayer by
f-v. John France, Dr. Djlshiil stated that
a7 Tue people had got the best Of mm in
The morning, by going away after the
sermon, before the collection was taken
up, he would now take the erecau'ion of
proceeding with the collection before
commencing 10 preach.
" lie the coil. cton was in progress
'he pastor, Rev, G. +. Sheppard read the
following financial exhibit of the church.
Iotal cost, SIC, 80 50
Amount collect, d. S5S1g69
Good subscriptions, g0j2O
Total assets, 6724s9
Aaa.lh9 debt of S., 3,S3564
OF this deficiency, $1,000 was loan on