Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-12
Services i'm Amartcnn Churehea

Services i'm American Churches
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Nov l1.-There was no special Martin Luther celebration in this city. At the Richmond street Congregational church Saturday night the Rev. J. H. Larry delivered a lecture embellished by stereopti- con views and a German society sang. At the various churches to-day the great re- former and his work formed the theme for the majority of the pastors.
 HARTFORD, Conn Nov. 1.-The four hun dredth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther was celebrated at the Park church in this city. A large number of local and visit iting clergymen were present Rand occupied seats in the rear of the preschsr's desk. The church was crowded to overaoWing. The exercises opened with an organ voluntary followed by scripture lesson and prayer. Then was sung the hymn '"The church of one foundation Rev. W. L. Gage delivered the introductory address, after which Bucks Te Deum was sung. The next address was delivered by Charles Dudley Warner, follow ed by the singing of Luther's martyrs hymn The Hon. H. c. Robinson delivered the next address. Fin Feste Burg ist rinser Gott was next sung. Senator Hawley delivered an ad- dress. choral hymn closing with the Lords prayer and benediction finished the exercises.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The four hun dredth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther was generally observed throughout the city to-day. A union service was held at the Memorial Lutheran church this evening and the edifice was crowded. At the opening of the service an anthem was sung by the choir, at the conclusion of which the following words were repeated by the pastor: 70 come let us sing unto the Lord; let us make joy- full voice to the rock of our salvation" !" Gloria Patri was then sung by the choir and the apostles creed repeated by the people in concert. This was followed by the reading of the forty sixth psalm and prayer and hymn. Brief addresses upon the following subjects were then delivered: Luther and Calvin, Rev. W. A. Barker, D. D.; Luther and civil freedom, Hon. Judge Strong, IL. D.; Luther and religious freedom, Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D.; Luther and Professionalism Rev. l.. H. Green; Luther in the present, Rev. F. D. Power; Luther and Wesley, Rev. w. J. Mckinney, and Luther and the future, Rev. J. G. Baker, D. D. These were with anthems by the choir and at the finish the battle hymn ''Ein Teste Burg'' was rendered. After hymn and the repeating of the Lord s prayer by the congregation the meeting was dismissed.
 Grace English Evangelical Lutheran church, Thirteenth and Corcoran streets, eel ebrated the occasion in their services to day. The chapel had been beautifully decorated for the occasion. A large arch with @ por- trait of Luther in the center was erected in the chancel and illuminated with gas jets across the chancel and around the portrait Over the arch stood the figures 1517, the date of the beginning of the Reformation. On opposite sides were the figures 1483-1sS3. The walls between the window ws bore banners with notices such as 'Eisleben, Wittenberg," etc The altar was tastefully decorated with flowers. Dr. Harris, the pastor, preached an appropriate discourse. This church claims to represent Lutheranism as taught by Luther as contained in the Rugsburg comics sion and as other confessions of the book of Concord and justly felt it's importance in this jubilee as the representative of Gods words in its purity; the sacraments in their integ- rity and the confessions in their entirety.
 Services were also held at the Church of the Holy Cross, where Rev. Pere Hyacinth presided in the morning. At the Lutheran church, corner of H and Eleventh streets, Dr. Dorney, the pastor, preached in the morning and Rev. Pere Hyacinth in the evening. At both services the attendance was large. The church was tastefully decor ated for the occasion. The rain which has continued all day prevented large attend ance at the various churches, still all of them were crowded.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-At fully thirty churches in this city, seventeen in Brooklyn and many in Jersey City and throughout Long Island to day the pulpit orators select ed as their theme various points in the life and teachings of Martin Luther, rendered timely by the four hundredth anniversary of his birth. The principal celebration in this city was in Steinway Hall, where fully three thousand people connected with German churches of this city and vicinity assembled and participated in an enthusiastic service of song and praise, the exercises being conduct ed in German. The principal orator was Rev. J. w. Mann, of Philadelphia.
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 dredth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther was generally observed in this city to-day, the different churches being unus- ualIy we'll attended. Exceedingly interesting discourses were delivered by Rev.John Lyon, Rev. 0. s. Wing, Rev. Charles Coleman and Rev. S. D. Gaylord. The music was excep- tionally fine and appropriate. The Rev. s. D. Gaylord, after quoting from the Catholic Review substantially as follows: "Who was Luther and what was he but an abandoned villaing' made use of the following character istic language: ''It may be, in the centuries to come, that in some corner of the world there may be found those who, regardless of truth of history and justice, will say that the Washington of this century, the Washington whose memory we all honor and revere, was an abandoned thief and villain simply be- cause he was not an angel"
 BOSTON, Nov. 1.-The four hundre dth anniversary of Luther's birth was celebrated in all the leading churches of this city and of New England to-day in course of the regular services, the preachers as a rule preaching on the Reformation and it's results. The Han del and Haydn society of this city gave an excellent concert in Music Hall, producing Bach's cantata written in 1739 on the two hundredth anniversary of the act making: ::Luther's religion the legal religion in Saxony and based on Luther's choral, ar, ts',u Feste Burg'' The Old South s.ud Central churches united with Ine Berkeley street church at the latter, where chorus of sIit- tie Wanderers' sang hymn in eommemora- ton of the fact that Luther when a pupil at the Franciscan school at MagdenbuFg sang
 Tucker, D. D., delivered an sddress on the work of Luther. His most striking thought