The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-29
CHURCH NOTES.

obituary.
CHURCH NOTES.
For change one of THE STATES
NAN reporters attended the services
at the Episcopal church Sunday. The
building Is quite an old one, made OF
rock mgny years ago, and covered
with shingles. Its length is rather
to its bread tn, as
churches are now built. and the build
ing being buj single story, does not
present as unique an appearance as is
desirable in the light of modern ar
chitecture. The church is situated,
however, upon a very commanding
eminence, corner of San Jacinto and
Bots q Arc streets, affording a fine view
of a large part OF the city lying south
to the Colorado river. Judging by the
roll of membership the congregation
has somewhat outgrown the capacity
of the building, and in anticipation of
this the workers of the church have
taken steps to have larger and more
suitable structure erected eventually,
Some 5000 or $4,000 have, we learn.
been subscribed to this end. The con-
gregation, us noticed, is composed
largely OF the more prominent citi-
ZenS Of Austin, many of whom are
well able to make up the balance nee
essary to build 4 fine church edilice.
and will doubtless respond to call
when the Vestry conclude to have I
new one commenced.
The rector, t. b. Lee, is an earnest
and eloquent minister to the spiritual
vel fare of his flock, which has had
marked acceSSionS under his ministry.
the registry now numbering between
AGO and 500 members. Among the re-
cent additions from elsewhere are
Professors Mallet and Brown, Of the
state university.
The Sabbath school, under the dill
gent supervision of Mr.. o. Archer.
has an average attendance of about
$50 scholars, and some eighteen or
Nenty teachers. The church is fort
innate in having fine pipe organ, cost
ing, originally. about 1920, TO which
about $4O0 for improvements has Jeen
added. The accomplished organist,
Mrs. i. N. Crooker, has had charge OF
it for several years, and is assisted by
a fine choir, composed OF the following
ladies and gentlemen, most OF whom
are generally present: MesSTs. G. NJ.
Galloway, Z. II. Edwards and E. HOI-
lis; Misses Ella Carter, Anna Board
man and Lille Walker, and Mrs. lie
More, Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Mitchell. The
music by the Sunday school choir was
also good. About the altar are the in
scriptions: reverence my sanctuary:
| am the Lord. Except ye cat the
flesh Of the Son Of Man, andedrink His
blood, ye have no life in you. / be-
lievc one Catholic and apostolic
church; l acknowledge one baptism
for the remission of sins" 4 number
Of memorial windows are inscribed
with the names of those whose men,
were noted these inscriptions: In
memoriam-Austin Kendrick Dunn
bell, who fell asleep in Jesus October
90, 1679;' and, "In memoriam-D. w.
{. Baker, for many years superintend-
ent OF the Sunday school and senior
warden of this parish; entered into
fc eternal on Easter day, 1881" And
o 'ec5 OF appropriate character. The
officers of the church are: John Bre-
mond ant james II. Raymond,
Wat,lens; John j. WAY land, treas
urer; T. c. Bartholomew. secretary :
0seeola Archer, collector Of pew rents
and superintendent OF the SUNDAY
school; T. l.. Maxey, ". i WaiLef,
Gen. ludlow, EHgane Brelnond, Ed
ward EgGleston and Edward Way
land, cStrymen.
The church contributed $40 TO the
University of the South. at Sewlnca,
Tenn.
The text OF DR.. Lees very interest
ing discourse WAS taken from
Matthew: Render unto Cesar the
things that are Caesars; and unto God
the things that are Gods" The prop
er discharge of secular and religious
duties, he argued. was right: we were
even adm0niShed by the Billie not to
be slothful in business. We have our
relations to Caesar and to God, and the
man who impeaches the first is no
more sipless than the man who denies
the last. The gospel teaches no man
to be an idle citizen. In history it
would be found that men were prom
inent who recognized no inconsist-
ency between the proper discharge of
secular and religious pursuits, but
rendered unto Caesar the things
that are Caesars as well as
unto God the things that are Gods
Gods goodness, his permission to
use the world itSelf,has been fearfully
abused, and the charge to render I'M
der C8Ser and unto God each the
things that are theirs, has been per-
verted. God never designed that
business should be the sole end Of our
living to the exclusion Of all recogni-
ton of duty to himself. Certainly if
the man who can forget his duty to
CeSer in his duty to God, be a weak
man, the one who can forget God in
his duty to CRSer is a wicked one. If
there be any hesitation as to the linn
its of our duties let the error be on
the side of taking from CSeser, not in
trenching upon the rights of God.
When CBSer's sceptre can overawe
the 5ceptre Of Cseser's God, then, and
not till then, may we be afraid to take
from the world that which it unright-
eously claims. Let the best of our
time, treasures, energies and influence
be rendered unto Him who gave
them all to us. and then render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars.
When we have rendered unto God the
things that are Gods. then shall be
rendered unto us when most needed,
that protection, which is in the pow er
of him alone to give, whose name is
King of Kings and Lord of Lords"
THE Express makes considerable
notice about bad blood at Austin
over alleged Sights to Judge Han
cock while in San Antonio. That
@bad blood was only in the fevered
brain of some desperate newspaper
reporter.