Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-05
Religious.

Services at the CHI istian church will be held in
the basement for a few weeks longer.
Regular services ut the Christian church to-
morrow morning by Elder c. S. Lucas.
Rev. Geo L. Leyburn will preach at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow morning.
Rev. q. L.. Leyburn will preach vt Maple Glen
schoolhouse tomorrow evening at 8 O'Clock.
The Cumberland Presbyterians are expecting
soon to he able to build u good church edifce in
Odessa.
Services tomorrow morning at the Methodist
E. Church, South, by the pastor, Rev. W. N.
prottsInsn.
The state convention of the Christian church
will meet in this city on the Goth inst. 1t is ex-
pected that nearly Q thousand delegates will be
in attendance.
Daily services at the Catholic church. Sk
O'Clock, .. m; Sunday services 8 and lOk
O'Clock. b. m. and en- O'Clock. p. M, Rev. J.
j. Lilly o1icixtIAR.
Father Francis Curran will hold services at
the following times and places at 10 O'Clock, 3.
m.:-Higginsvilie, lst and 3rd Sundays; Odes-
ga. End Sunday; Alma 4th Sunday.
Rev. w. 8. Woodland, OF the Methodist
church. writes US. ''The church-house IN Bates
City, Mo . will be dedicated. d. ", Sunday.
August Is. at lOh a. M, by Rev. DR.. Protts-
man."
There will be service at Christ Church (Protest-
ant EpiscopaD. tomorrow morning at IOx
O'Clock; and in the afternoon at 4 O'Clock; Rev.
+. NJ. Pecke. the rector, officiating. Sunday
school at 9 O'Clock, y. m.
All the members and officers OF the Christian
church are urgently requested to attend the
special services tomorrow morning, to complete
the programme for the approaching state con-
vention August 20, 30. 81. e. 3. Lucas.
The auditorium Of The Christian church is IN
dergoing repairs and improvements. and Will
not be ready for Use before the 9th of August.
when the appearance will be considerably i'm
proved, aud the acoustic properties rendered
first rate.
Union services for August:-First Sunday,
Methodist church. sermon by Elder c. s. Lucas
second Sunday. Presbyterian church, sermon by
Rev. tleO. l.. Lcybnrn; third Sunday, Baptis,
Church, sermon by Rev. H. Talblrd, ID. d
fourth Sunday, Christian church, sermon By
Rev. W. NJ. Prottsman.
Extract from DR.. Madiera's sermon, At thu
Temple. Kansas City. last SundRy:-ssLet me
tell you. atheist; let me tell you, lnadel, il YOU
wish to blot out the divinely human character
Of Christ, you must fret blot out history; Vol
n.ust hrst impeach, indlct. convict history rs {
cheat. u swind,er anu a liar, II false witness
whose testimOny is not to be received for anv.
thing. There Ii not one other thing In all tn,
planets Career upon which history concentrate,
greater force of testimony than that there livet
at Jerusalem some l 800 years ago, q singular
parsonage, who called himself the Son of God
did such miraculous works as electrified tn,
nation in which he lived: that he was born ut tn,
very time aud under the very circumstances de
clared by The sacred writings hundreds of year
before; that he was put 10 death because b,
claimed divinity; that he rose from the dead ant
built a kingdom distinct from all other XII ng
doms and yet welding vaster power than an,
other kingdoms kingdom which from the frs
took hell Willingly, not only upon the ignorsn
anti Larbarous. but upon the most civilized M
tiOns OF the earth, and has ever maintained tina
hold; and thus marching down the ~centurle,
with the t,ead OF a cohqueror has subdued be
fore II the IiOlatrics OF superstition and tn
skepticisms OF human wisdom. Ii any set .
facts stand out palpably upon the pages OF his
tory they are these"