The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-27
PULPIT AND PLATFORM.
SECOND PARISH.

SECOND PARISH.
Rev. Smith Baker, of Lowell, preached from
! Sam. 10:22-"And the Lord answered, be-
hold he hath hid himself among the stuff"
The text was selected like many that Christ
used, not because IL contained doctrine. but
as it illustrated truths. The speaker dwelt es-
pecially upon three thoughts suggested by the
passage. Stuff may represent the business. the
pleasures and the things of this world, all of
which may be good II rightly used, but only
stuff II abused. The men God has chosen are
hidden among the stuff or are now in obscure
ty, but when the time shall come He will call
them forth to accomplish the work He has
ready for them. The mere profession OF any
thing without practical application is moth
ing but stun and useless Many forcble Illus
trations OF this truth were referred to-
CHESTNUT STREET CHURCH.
Yesterday afternoon the services were of I'M
usual interest. Rev. DIR. Day, pastor of ST.
Paul's church, Fourth Avenue, New York,
and former pastor of this church, made
very earnest prayer, impressing his heaters
with sense of Gods presence and power,
after which the pastor, Rev. DIR. McKeown,
preached from the text John xiv:7-10. He
spoke OF the higher attributes of God and
those of man and said they were not different
In kind but in degree. God is revealed to US
as Spirit. God is another name for intelli-
gence. He is beyond the liability to err He
is perfection itself. Ii is the conscience within
us that reveals to us Gods love of virtue and
hatred OF sin. Such a revelation of God is
made possible in a revealed Deity whom we
can know and love. The fundamental COM
mand, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God"
We are able to obey through Christ. The
speaker then referred to a number of instances
in the New Testament where Christ's sympa-
thy with his people in their breavements and
necessities even during the death on the
cross brought God home to them. Holiness is
the indispensable thing. DIR. Day pronounced
the benediction.
AT DIAMOND ISLAND.
The first sermon ever preached on Diamond
IslandSwas delivered yesterday by Rev DIR. A.
K. P. Small, to an audience of upwards Of 100
persons in the new restaurant recently erected
there A number of people came from the ad-
joining islands to listen 10 the preacher, who
took his text from John 7:37-"In the last day,
that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried. saying, ~ any man thirst let him come
Smal's usual happy vein, and was listened to
BY sympathizing audience. The occasion
will long be remembered with pleasure by those
present. A contribution was taken at the close
for charitable purposes.
FIRST PARISH.
DR.. ALL was welcomed back to the First
Parish BY two good congregations yesterday.
In the evening Mrs. Frances Dodwell Siemens,
former member of the choir, now resident in
England, took part in the services. Mrs. Stem
ems voice, always beautiful, has increased in
volume In deuth of nna in hraadth md mo-
bility. Both In the solos and concerted music
last evening it was heard to great adv antage
and gave great pleasure to the congregation.
The other members Of the choir added greatly
to the effect by their own efforts, while the
organ under Kotzschmar never sounded better.