Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-20
Church Notes.

Dr. Barbour at the College Chapel
 Floral Occasion at Wooster Square
 Church-JOttings.
 At the Wooster Square Baptist church last evening there was very large gathering, the occasion being floral concert by the Sunday school The display of flowers was very elaborate and beautiful The programme was as follows:
 By school and congregation. Reading the scripture-By supt. of Sunday school. singing-tBrightly Giea1nsn
 Infant Glass exercises.
 singing-"Holyi Holy r
 Class recitations s-"The Father"
 t'sWondrous Loye-'1 Glass recitations-ssThe Son."
 e'There is Fountain Filled with Bloody Glass recitations-.The Holy Ghost"
 (''The Holy spirit0 Poen1-Written for the occasion
 Duet-Dr. and Mrs E. J. Walker.
 Address by the pastor-Dr. Suffer-
 Benediction
 Prof. Fowler presided at the organ and Messrs. Phelps and Walker led the singing.
 Rev. Spencer H. Bray talked for 10 OF 15 minutes to the children at the morning ser vice at the East Congregational church yes- terday morning. He will talk to the children previous to the morning service for severa Sundays more. Many children attend the morning service.
 The branch Sunday school of the Wooster Place Baptist church on Pearl street, where it has been located since its organization a number of years ago, is to be removed to Nash street on or about the 25th inst.
 Rev. Mir. Babcock, of the Church of the Ascension, preached at St. Johns Episcopal church, State street. yesterday.
 Yesterday afternoon Rev. Dr. De La Matyr, the ex-Greenback Congressman for Indiana, occupied the pulpit of the First M. E. church and preached an interesting dis course on the Holy Spirit, passing his remarks on Acts 1, so: But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth" The speaker very forcibly referred to the condition of humanity without the regenerat- ing influences of the Holy Spirit, and spoke of the change which took place when the soul received this gift of God He also pointed out the danger which will destroy our coun- try in the shape of the flood of emigration that is constantly pouring in among us unless the church, filled with power from above, cares for the strangers that come to our shores.
 The usual Sunday exercises at the Orphan Asylum were conducted by MT. Willis, secre- tary of the Y. M. c. A., who. interested his bright little attentive listeners in songs and Bible stories. They were all about Jesus, taking for text Remember His Words" His address was full of interest and instruc- tion The behavior of these orphan -chil- dren, their songs and recitals of verses of the admirable, careful management of this large company of little waifs of society. This culture and care will make them good and useful men and women in the not far off future. They deserve all the care and means bestowed upon them and will well repay the outlay.
 At the Batten chapel Dr. Barbour in an and instructive way held the at tention of his hearers to his sermon from tte text in Acts about the imprisonment of Peter and John: 'tWhen they were released from prison they went to their own company" The first lesson to derive from these words is the value of restraint in education. Brought up spending life without restraint makes that life unhappy. Crosses and re- straint keep down evil tendencies and practices. They develop all our better nature. Benevolence, mag nanimity self-sacrihce and our best traits of character are brought out only in the teaching power of aff1iction. From the words, '"They went to their own company" he said, we draw 8 lesson not less useful. The company referred to were disciples of the same master. These friends had been taught in the same school of diversity. They event to their own'', as it is more tersely ex- pressed in the original. What people do when released from restraint and acting free ly shows their real character. Here is the test of education. Practical good sense per vaided the discourse, and was fell in all that he said.