Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-26
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Bishop WhIpple at Christ Church-Holy
Communion and Confirmation-Rev. S. c.
Smiths Portrait of "The Fast Young
Man."
bishop Whipple at Christ Church.

Bishop Hhipple at Christ Church.
Bishop Whipple preached at Christ church
yesterday morning The attendance was
large, and the services were of particularly
interesting character. Besides an able SER
mon from the prelate, the rite of contirma-
tion was conferred upon class of nine per-
sons. The services were conducted by the
Rev. Wm. p. Ten Brock, rector of the par
ish, assisted by his brother, the Rev. M. Ten
Broeck. At the conclusion of the services
the sacrament of the Holy Communion was
administered, large number of communi-
cants remaining to share in the holy Office.
The music was appropriate to the confir-
nation services, and was beautifully rendered
by the choir, consisting of Mrs. Will, Miss
Pierson and Messrs. Buckelew, Draper and
Wood, organist
Bishop Whipple's sermon was appropriate
to the occasion. and may be styled an ex-
ordium to the applicants for confirmation,
during which the beauty and usefulness
of Christian life was portrayed. The text
was selected from st. Paul's Epistle to the
Galatians, Chap. III:3:
o foolish Galatians, who hath bewitehed you that
ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set FORTH crucihed
among you?
The reverend speaker, at length, elo-
quently and forcibly inculcated the benefits
of Christian life. He pictured the prosper
ity of Christian nations, the peace of Chris
tian homes, and contrasted them with the
plight of the heather world, In intelligence
or the beauty of charity. Individually ap-
piled, he called upon his hearers to call to
mind the countenance of Christian mother,
the peace and beauty of her life, and asked
if acquiring such beatific glory of mind and
character through the love of Christ and
Him crucified, was not worthy of imitation.
Nothing could replace the Christian religion.
Philosophy or science might detect or at
tempt to point out faults, but it failed, if
once dismantling the fortress of Christian
virtue and love, to replace it by anything
that gave comfort. In this connection,
the reverend speaker alluded to the
gospel and spoke of it as opposite to all class
es of men, to every individual want or senti-
ment. 1t was Gods revelation of love for
his creatures. The main point of the gos-
pei, its abiding strength and power, was de-
clared to be the resurrection of Our Savior.
Of this fact there could be no doubt; it was
established as well as any authenticated his
torical event. The speaker recited the &C
count of Christ's temperance to his disciples
and held it was the fulfllment of his divine
mission. Itwas preached by all the apostles
as the feature of Christian belief, and 1900
years had attested to its truth, in the pro-
mitigation of Christian religion and the
power it had attained. Having concluded
his argument in reference to the resurrec-
tion as directed to sustain the custom of
commemorating the Lords supper, the
speaker addressed himself to charging
the duties of Christian life
upon those about to take the obligation. In
this part of the discourse, he appealed with
pathetic and eloquent earnestness and pic
tured the charms of a Christian life in woe or
as softening the one and augment
ing human capacity for the other.
Throughout the discourse was attentively
listened to, and the impressive manner of
the speaker added to the zeal with which the
discourse was received.
During the singing of hymn, the candidates
for confirmation knelt at the chancel rail,
and in turn were duly confirmed by the lay
ing on of hands. The ceremony was deeply
impressive. The benediction was pro
nounced and the congregation withdrew.