The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1882-05-31
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
!. the Different Churches on SIM
day.

Notwithstanding tAe iiio"'
o ngregations at the different
Sunday were very large.
rur OHIO STREET NJ. E. CHURCH.
The services at this church, it be-
mo "children's day. varied from
tbe regular order, and were very at
,-act;ve and beneficial. The church
was grandly decorated. A tsrraced
nlattorm. erected in the pulpit off
set was covered with the rare eHotics
and house plants of the ladies OF the
evergreen notices.
crosses and crowns, anchors, etc,
,rere fastened to the walls and in
the center of the room were suspend
ed two rings from which swung
numerous cages of birds, carolling
their sweet songs. In the morning
the REGULAR Sunday school was held,
but the program was altered to meet
the demands of the day. After Sun
day school the pastor delivered
morning discourse to parents and
children upon the subject ''The re-
lation Of religion to the human intel
lect.o using Luke, AS, as basis
for the sermon. AT 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon the Sunday school con-
eress. which had been called for that
t,me met. The house was filled to
its utmost capacity and the audience
was instructed by well written essays
and appropriateremarks from differ
ent ladies and gentlemen upon topics
relating to Sunday school work. AT
night the annual concert of the chill
dren took place. The program was
long and the exercises simply beauti-
ful. Every seat in the house was
occupied, children covered the pull
pit and numbers were turned away.
The whole days work will long be
remembered by the participators and
spectators who were present.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
Elder Sage filled the pulpit yester-
day and delivered two sermons with
his usual earnestness to large con-
preyations. His morning subject
was 1.-The pastors work with his
church," and text, Acts 2o:2S. In
the evening he pre- ached from Luke
I7:I7. His topic was ''lnqu'rlns
after the nine He said that about
one-tenth of the members OF
churches lived up to their profess
ions, and illustrated the assertion b,
describing the aspirations of ten pro-
fessed Christians, crediting the de-
sire of gloryfying God to only one on
OF that number.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Elder Reid preached IN the morn
ing upon the topic ''Self-denlal,
choosing Mark S:34 for text. II
the evening his texts were Gal. 5:2
and 6:z, and topic, sympathy to
the drunkards.' He said that III
man ever made up his mind to ilv'
the life of drunkard, die the dealt
OF drunkard and go to the doom @
drunkard; it was not a premedita
ted crime and therefore we shoui
show sympathy for the perpetrato
of it ana lift him up. There weI
two confessions in the morning ane
two additions by letter at night.
THE DAKOTA STREET NJ. E. cHuRct
Rev. Wood, the pastor. preache
in the morning upon the topic, III
Condition Of Christian Disc,pleship
taking Mark 5:34 as basis for Il
discourse The scripture which
chose for a basis OF his evening sc
mon was Mark s s:35-s7, and his top'
ssThe worth and the loss ot the soul.
Both sermons were dcliveredi i'll Re
Woods characteristic style and cal
ed tor close attention from his Co
gregatiens.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The .patior, Rev. Newton. preac
ed in the morning upon the aceou
of the feast in the house of Simo