The daily gazette., 1878-05-20

bis commandments. The sermon then
proceeded, in grand thoughts and beau
tlful aphorisms, to unfold the meaning
Of the text, as applied to man in his
course through life it urged upon him
life of holiness, uprightness, selt-sacri-
hcing devotion to the will of God. Re-
pentance was sure means of salvation,
and he who repents Of his transpression
and leans on the grace of God shall
achieve eternal safety through the blood
" Christ. In concluding his sermon
the Bishop eloquently alluded to his
prospects for eternal blessedness in the
life to come, where he could meet all his
loved ones who had gone before; and
where, like David of old he could say :
~ shall be satisfied, when / awake, with
thy likeness"
AT ST. .PAUL's CHURCH
Bishop Bowman preached and read
scripture lessons from the second Psalm,
and the second chapter of Ephesians. His
text was Ephesians, I'd, chapter, 14th
verse, viz:
"For ne is our peace"
He first referred to this chapter, which
he had read and compared what we were
by nature, with what we are by grace.
He next quoted the text, az come not to
send peace but a sword" showing that
" hch ~ was III Lut lb
was intended to convey it was easily re-
|conciled; spoke of the moral nature of
God, and that of man, and said it was
man that refused to have peace because
he was sinful, and as long az sin exists
war will exist also. He compared science
with our religion and said the difficulty
was with the Scientist themselves, who
did not agree, and again, the rea son why
war exists is of the looseness of the adj
ministration of our laws. 70 bring peace
we must obey the law especially Gods
laws. He divided his subject into three
different heads and said he would preach
until his time run out, which he did very
forcibly, and showed that Christ was our
peace and that God SO loved the world
tina he gave his Son to reconcile the
world unite himself. 1t was an excellent
discourse ard the congregation was much
pleased.
In the evening services were held as
usual in st. Paul's church, and an accep-
table sermon was preached by the pastor,
Rev. j. II. Caldwell.
AT AsBURY CHURCH.
Asbury was filled to its utmost capacity
yesterday morning to hear discourse
by Bishop Peck. The sermon was q very
fine one, and was attentively listened TO
AT the conclusion, two persons present.
ed themselves at the altar, seekers after
religion
The sermon was preached from the
first epistle general of John, chap. 8 to
10 verse inclusive.
"This then is the message which we
have heard of him ,and declare unto you,
that God is light, and in him is no dark
ness Mt all.
"If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth.
"But If we walk in the light, as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin.
''If we say that we have no sin, we de-
ceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
us.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteouness,
"lf we say that we have not Sinned, we
make him liar and his word is not in
u.s."
The points made by the reverend gen.
tleman were: We are great siners; we
have great saviour; we have great
salvation. In reference to the contami-
nation of sin he referred to family all
the members of which might be holy,
they might be righteous, but upon COM
ing in contact with the world, they would
be in some manner contaminated with
sin. In support of this assertion, he re-
ferred to Noah and the Ark, Noah was
set aside for the purpose of testing whe-
ther family of righteous would CONT nue
TO be so as well as their ofisprings, but
the experiment failed, as sin came out of
the Ark with Noah But we have our
remedy, inasmuch as our Saviour died
that we might live, or that our sins might
be forgiven. He closed his discourse by
urging upon his hearers the necessity of
atonement for their sins.
AT BRANDYwINE CHURCH
the congregation was ministered to by
Bishop Andrews, who preached an elo-
quent sermon from the following text;
"And the apostles said unto the Lord,
Increase our aith."-Luke, 18th ch., 9TH
verse.
"Seest thou how faith wrought with
his works, and by works was faith made
perfect. James, ID ch., 22d verse.
The sermon opened with the assump-
ton tfat Christians may have faith and
yet not be perfect. Days will come when
doubt and eternity will stand out in dark
relief, when Heaven stands open and
earth grows into insignificance. Then
the word of God becomes of supreme in
terest and consolation. Then there are
times when earth swells unto unusual
and business of the world be-
comes the absorbing interest with the
people. The faith of the christian at this
time wavers, but blessed be God there
are times when the christian is envelo-
ped in the Divine spirit, and when the
days are dark and 1t seems that all the
powers of earth are arrayed against him,
this spirit of the Divine nature sustains
him through all the gloomy trials, and
brings him finally into the light of joy
and truth.
The reverend gentleman next descant-
ed at large upon the various kinds of
faith that are developed by a christian
life and experience, and described the ap-
plication of each upon the various class
es and conditions of life. He thanked
God for the blessed Sabbath day, and for
the grand encouragement then received
from the expounded truths of the Divine
word, which enabled the possessor to
pass unscathed and unshaken through
the worldly trials and temptations of the
week. In conclusion he advised his hear
ers to cling closely to their faith, and hold
to it steadfasfly to the end, when their
reward would be life of everlasting
peace and Joy in the world to come.
THE OPERA HOUSE MEETING.
Long before the time announced for
the opening of the meeting in the Grand
Opera House, last evening,-7.30 o'clock
the auditorium was crowded in every
part, and about two hundred chairs. on
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