The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21

! material. Thoughts OF the gospel lift I!
/ curtain of the invisible. We don't know
: why We are here, but RereIu'ion$ show II
why, and hat WE have 4 mission here. /
shows Us that Iiud placed Us here to b .
power for good. with the tc.rtul condition
! Of being u power Tor evil. We may hell
men mp to heaven or down to he'll.
The Bishop then Went on 10 explain tn
mistake of men of science. They eXalnin
| The body and find 10 spirit and say ii Is :,
matter. They Stop f"" soon. He The.
dwrlt al length i'll beautiful language upon
the infinite extent of thought opened hv Th'
first passage of Scripture, " In the hrgi:,
ming God created The heaven and the earth,
NJ. He spoke in a feeling manner Of rh'
thought of departed friends for those o,
earth, and of the home which Christ ha,
gone to prepare for His followers, with al
appeal 10 young men 10 cultivate trust an
belief and to tortgo Scep,iri-m antt dou ht,
closing with "a touching reference 10 tn
houSe MOI lHaue WITH NalttS eternal III tN
heavens.
SOLICITING DESCRIPTIONS.
After the sermon, Rev. Mr.. Murray Offered
prayer, when the work of securing >ub>crip
tinns sufficient to liauidate the debt remain
ing upon the church was undertaken. \
statement was made 10y the pastor of til,
cost of the work, the amount already So.
cured, and the balance needed. The entr.
cost of the Improvements was about $500
and of This amount s., rs 81 relnainrd 10 /"
raised. John w. Shippers, T. a., WAS caiIe't
Ia act as Secretary; and MtS>rS Vim. Scot
ten, c. W. Shippers, Thomas Nicer icken
min, and K. l.. Thomas We're sent out a.
collectors. After an earnest effort, about
$500 was realized, bat as This was rot sutfi
cient 10 iiuu,late the debt the i.,cator>
service, which had been SET for this hour
was postponed until after the evening ser
vice. This was Il great disappointment In
many who could not remain until night.
They, however, We're forced to make th.
best of IT,
At halt-plst three, a Sabbath School meet
ing and reunion WAS held. This service Wa
Il veIy interesting one: to some, the most
attractive of the day. The meeting wa>
opened with PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Avery, ot
Elkton, and addresses were delivered by
RsvS. Alfred Scott and w l.. :. Murray,
both former pastors OF this congregation.
THE EVENING SERVICE
In the evening, Rev. Jas. Neill, of Phila-
delphia, preached a strong sermon from 2nd
eff,,rt was made to relieve the church at
debt, which was successful. All but about
SS62,Sl was subscribed on the spot. and :,
sinking fund was established, hY which the
liquidation of thi renlainin. amount is as
Sure,i in Il short time. This being accom-
piish',i, nothing now rem lined in the way
of the dedication, which was ut once pro-
cerded with by Bishop Simpson. C. W.
Shippers, J. w. Campbtl!. Alfred Ford, T.
&. MrCrackem, 7. Snow,len Thomas, |. \.
Benjamin, Samuel Scotten, w. I. Ham
m"nd, and John Roach, the trustees, took
their places ut the altar and the ceremony
was soon concluded, and the service ended
by singing The doxoloyy and the bencdic
ton by the Bishop.
This ended the programme of the day, and
the congregation rapidly dispersed +" their
homes. The arrangements for the occasion
Were complete. The music was excellent
Il IL
WAS above criticism.
The ladies' of the Mite Society, by Their
Efforts, procured the handsome carpet. a
handsome call-brll, for list. in the Sabbath
School, WAS presented by Miss Clara Stout.
The handsome central chandelier was the
gift of Mrs. George Mccullough.
HOSPITALITY TO STRANGERS
The good pe"pleo North El>t threw open
their homes to visitors, and all strangers
pre>ent-and The number WAS large-were
hospitality entertained. JUDGED We feel safe
IN saying that The day WAS TO all present
one of unalloyel enjoyment.
To" much praise cannot be accorded to
The huilding c"nmirtee-cump"s-d OF Rev.
.ht- s'H'lIdii tpl>lbT t.-N. l. sNlloNutl
Thomas, VIM. Scotch, Thorn Is MrCracken,
Alfred Ford, and c. W. Stm,.erS-tur their
earnest and liberal etf;rt> in forwarding the
interests of the church, and to the ladies ot
he congregation, TO whom the committee
5 greatly indebted for vilu BILE. aid and
We would he pleased to
designate by name some of the>. fair work
FRS, but as to name all would he impn>>i-
Die, we refrain from specially naming any.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
We give below Il list ni the names of the
To the fund for the repairs ana
the church. The VI. L. Church
being emin-ntly the church Of the people,
l glance at thiS list will show the reader
hat the North East Church maintains this
feature. The contributions come
rom large number of persons, represent
ny nearly every family in the ntighbnr
hood, constituting it really Il church of the
people, in which they all have Il personal
interest, and not the production of any one
nan or set of men. The names of the
builders of this beautiful elitice are as fol