Daily Republican., 1880-05-17

ing has been throughly repaired anC
fressosd ahd PRESENTS neat and attrac
tiys appearance. The carpet WAS fur
nished by Adams 4 Bro. and was laiG
by McCartnsy& & Rowland. The follow
ing gentlemen did much toward i'm
proving the edi6ce Frescoing, Mr.
Bowleg, of Philadelphia, Pa, carpsn
tsring, Henry Laps; plastering, Rober
Haddock; painting, oardweil 4 Wall
papering the hallway and Infant De
partment, J. K. Holt; repairing ths or
gan, Diamond State Organ Company, o
New Castle.
THE MORNING sgRvFGR.
There was good attendance at th'
morning setvios. At sithsr end Of tht
p1lpit were q number OF beautiful
exotics and within the chaRcal was a
table upon which theeommunion sacra
ment was spread.
! A quartette, consisting Of Misssi
Cooling and Hirst and Msssrs. Lobdell
and Cooling, sang "how Beautiful are
Thy Dwellings, o Lord" Rsv. DR.,
Weston read 4 portion Of ths sixth
chapter OF Matthew and Rsv. J. B,
Cook offered prayer, which were
followed by tins choir singing "Nearer
to the Cross"
Rev. Henry G.. Weston, D. D., PrsSi-
dent OF Crozier Theological Seminary
chose for his text Matthew :; 28 and %
said the speaker, ".he marvellous bean
ty Of Christ's sermon on the Mount is
the source OF human eulogy by the
friends OF christianity. Christ's object
ia 70 make msn perfect. and his concsp-
tion OF perfection is found in Ills first
sermon."
Some persons think ii is utterly i'm
possible To fulfill what the Saviour
| taugbt. They suppose life would be a
thoughtlsss nockery to take no
tn hought, for the morrow, or in other
| words bs anxious for the morrow. We
are not to consider the New Testament
as giving rules. The Old Testament
gavs specific iustrustiDns, but Christ
gave his disciples principles and not
rules. Often in obsying the rule the
principle is diminished. Many q man
violates the principles Of the New
Testament by adhsring too closely to
rul4s and many person would do any
thing TO frse himself Of deciding what
he shoald DO.
Persons generally do rot see the ne
osssity of Christ's injunction in the
text. They think it means to be care
less, but rather II is the ideal OF chris
tian life. II ia a life Of constant and
joyous activity. II dOes not mean to
20 beyond where Gcd has appointed. ---
In living ws are 10 adorn the earth with
beauty. What is more interesting
than the lily in the field : Down in
the ground ars its roots, and busy
agents are employed in manipulating
them for a purpose. Thus in our OF
forts all our faculties should be employ
ed joyously, Tor God. Disobediencs
mars our lives. If it wsre not for care
We would come up to the courts of the
Lord as full OF joy as the lily nodding
in the hsld. We look at the wonderful
miracles performed by Christ and SEE
the man whose Withsrsd hand was
healed, We sse the man who was blind
have ais sight restored and We behold
Joy. We sit at our tables and eat the
fruits Of Gods bounty and if it were
not for tho care and apprehension OF
the future and the thrusting ont of our
a r,,,s f,nr 81 ,rh;,h In5 he's n ~ ~;var
as would w not be filled with the joy
Of what ws are now deprived What
good has care dons us! We have look
ed for clouds and Affections which nav
sr came.
Sorrows which We thought would
threaten Us have never come. Wa
have horne enough burdens to sink US,
but God did not place tasm upon us.
In sorrow there is ono arm which sus-
tains US, and there are some persons
who are willing to pass through ahaic-
tiOn that they may feel that arm as it
spstains them.
The christian life will rightly inter.
pret God. There is difference between
the spirit OF the New Testament and
the spirit of the world. The spirit OF
the world presents sorrow, while the
spirit of the New Testament bathes
everything in gladnsss. Lock at tbs
beauty OF life and see how everescent
is that beauty. Christ looked at the
grain in the isld to-day which will be
thrown in The oven Tomorrow and be-
held it all aglow with the love Of God.
The life displayed in the New Tssta
ment is lifs OF christianity, a life with
intense Joy. 1t recalls all God has done,
Is doing and will do.
The christian life confers pleasure
upon others. There are persons who
are as bread to the hungry, feet for the
ains and education for the ignorant.
rhs speaker said ne was not preaching
20 that class especially. He was speak
ng to all christians, the strong and
weak and the large and small. There
s life which if carried out according
10 Gods will that will bo constant
pleasure to others.
William Lobdell sang very pretty
iolo, entitled "Nearsr my God to Thee"
After the congregation had been dis
missed the members Of the church par
ook of the communion service.
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES.
In TIE afternoon ths Sabbath school
the forty fourth anniversary. ,
Hiss Florence Hirst presided at the or
IAN and John W. Todd was musiosl
lireGtOr.
The school sang very prsttily "An-i
ther Year has Dawned."
After Srriptural reading Rev. Thos. T
\. Plummer offered prayer.
"Come Forth and Shout the Jubilee"
yns nicely rendered by The school.
The Secretary, Mr.. Lookard, reported 0
he school to be in a good condition. I
During the year two scholars, George b
Wiley and Matte Crowding, have died. il