The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-17
Evening Service

pronounce the efforts entirely worthy of
the distinguished divines who preached
them.
Evening Service
At the evening service the spacious
auditorium was full to overlooking, and
the lecture room had to be thrown open
and was soon nearly filed up.
After the singing of an old and famll-
lar hymn in Welsh, in which every one
present, familiar with that language,
Joined with much earnestness, Rev.
Mr.. Williams, of New York, offered up
most fervent prayer. After the sing
ing of smother hymn, Rev. DR.. Thomas,
Of Leayenworth. arose and began the de-
livery of very eloquent, practical dis
course, from lhe text: "The same yester-
day, to-day and forever" Than Him
concerning whom these words were
spoken, by the inspired writers, none
other was more worthy; ay, to none 9TH
er created being could such
an expression truthiully apply;
the evangelists nor anyone else down 10
the present day had uttered such words
as these concerning the wisest and best
of their cOtemDOraries. Naming over a
list of some of the greatest divInes,
statesmen, scientists, ETC., the speaker
declared that to none of them could we
truthfully apply the words of this text.
In the natural world we see thai which
almost eompels US to cry out: 'The
same yesterday. to-day and forever" yet
change after change had taken place
with everything We see about US, and
these changes would continue to the end
of time. Their Creator. though, would
never change; ale is without variable
ness or shallow Of turning: the same yes
! terday, to-day and forever
Passing on TO another stage of
the subject, the speaker said this
was an age of remarkable activity; no
man was satisfied with what he had seen
or achieved; it was his disposition 10
reach out after that which exists in the
future, and particularly active and agrees
sive in ibis direction was the present age;
now we accomplish in a single decade
what it took our foreiathers whole Gen.
fury to do. To assist US in our research
es and coveted accomplishments, we
have the example and experience of our
ancestors; we see, too, that they were
not lmmutable, and thereby take cour-
| age for the battles of scientific research
and other great accomplishments, feel
ing that ii we fail, we will not be ALONE
| 81 I'D
ers failed to accomplish that which they
may have hoped to become immortal
that we shall accomplish more than they
did, we feel confident and go forth to the
battle of life with energy and high
hopes. It was often lamented that men
die of hard work, but he believed
far more die because they have no work
at all, or are struggling out of their
sphere. Man, naturally, is lover of lib
erty; it is not his nature to be hampered
by creeds or governed by despots; by
glancing at the situation IN foreign
countries, we may see that the
people arc becoming dissatisfied with
monarchial institutions, aud the great
curse of their lives is the yoke which
binds them to an exacting master; such
freedom of speech and boldness of &C.
ton as characterize the course of the
subjects of many kings and princes to-
day, under the reign of Henry VIII, and
cotemporaneous rulers, would have
been looked upon as the rankest of trea-
son and dealt with accordingly. The
/ = oV.d ha
coming better; the age of governing by
force is past; men move and are actua-
ted by reason rather than force; indeed,
it is a time of revolution and great
change; but while all this tumult and
change is going on IN this mundane
sphere, there is One who looks on and
T sees all, but is immovable. unchanged
BILE, 1.-THE same yesterday, to-day and for
ever" Men are skeptical and unsettled
about many things, and par.
ticularly are they engaged
in the solving of great scientific prob
lens, and in all their undertakings they
may fail, but Christ and his gospel are
unchangea will never fail
Christ himself said heaven AMI earth
should pass away. bnt His Word should
, never pass away. The gospel of Jesus
Christ had stood the test or had Tough
battles, for centuries; out of each con
,, test it had come triumphant, adding
new trophies to its already bright fame
/ The reason why it had SO gloriously tri
umphed was because it was SO broaC
and comprehensive in its plan
and purposes; when the sntok,
] OF battle clears away. gentl
loving voice is heard: "Glory to Go,
! in the highest, peace on earth and goot
T will to men"
e] In regard to the hold which the re
. ligion of Jesus Christ had on men, tn
| speaker said it was erroneous to say, a:
: many do. even Christian preachers, tina
t this is skeptical age. Never befor
d was there such reverence for Christian
q ty and more earnest seeking after tn
!. truth; what men wanted wa
= the truth without dross; creed
!. and dogmas they were coming To detcs
!, and shun; they held it as their righ
l
II king should dictate to them who OF no
n they should worship. The one great d'
= sire of the human heart was TO learn th
truth concerning Jesus Christ, and tn
= result of the disposition which no.
It characterizes the majority of men, I
- study into the mysteries of science an
J. the gospel of Jesus Christ, would be I
o establish truer, firmer, more abidin
8 faith in the Christian religion than eve
before. ALI men, in time of trouble
look upon Christ as a savin
q power, and they call upon hii
le when they realize that no other
y able to save, and how blessed it was I
e be able to call upon this sll-poWerfu
s. compassionate friend in time of trouble
lie and particularly could the Christian az
s. preciate such situation.
IF In this time of trial, change an
e tumuIt, said the speaker in conclusion
he let us stand firm, remembering thu
4 Christ, our Savior and King, is 9Th
same yesterday, to-day and forever"
,e The services closed with a short, bt
40 earnest prayer by HcV.J. L. Hanna,
a the Methodist church, and thus ende
is one of the most eventful and prohtab
le days in the history of the Welsh Con
1t gTegatiOnal society of Emporia.
r;
Is The May Festival.
!. The May festival, TO have been give
e this evening by the young ladies of Il
Presbyterian church, owing to the mu
Of tiplicily of entertainments gong on tn
rs week, has been postponed till some e