The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-10-22
DIR. PALMER IN ABBEVILLE.
LONG CANES CENTENNIAL!
Brilliant SerInon-E1ne Address
big Crowd.

Brilliant SerInon-F1ne Address
Big Crowd.
On Thursday night Of last week, DR..
Il. NJ. Palmer, Of New Orleans, preach
ed in the neutrality-suspicious. Church
The house was filled to its full seating
capacity, and in the aislcs were chairs
and benches for the increasing assembly.
DR.. Palmer took for his text, these
words, from IL Peter, LIST chapter, and
18th verse: "Whereby are gwen unto us
exceeding great and precious promises !:
that 10y these we might be made partak-
crs Of the divine nature, having escaped
the corruption that is in the world
through lust
We do not undertake to give n synop-
sis Of this sermon because Of u lack of
space. But the speakers wonderful
command Of language, his copious vo-
cabulary. his clear enunciation. his log
ic and his familiarity with the Script
urcS combined to make 4 sermon of un-
surpassed power.
At Long Cane the next day the scrvi-
ces were Of 4 most interesting nature.
They were held in honor Of the one
hundrcdth birthday of that historic old
Church. The people from Abheville
and the surrounding country for many
miles had assembled till there were
about eight hundred gathered together
in the grove about the church where a
stand had been erected and seats provid-
cd.
Over the front Of the stand, which
was prcttily!decorated, wcr, the words
and figures
1774-WELCOME-lsS4
On the stand were DR.. Palmer. Rev.
Mcssrs. Martin, Pearson, Itushton,
Bradley, DR.. Sloan and DR.. Lindsay, and
Mr.. Leroy Wilson, who was elected an
Elder in the Church III 1850.
Mr.. Pearson, the pastor, welcomed
those present in n few kindly words,
and spoke fcelingly Of a member Of the
church n%inuty-four years old, who had
been confined to her bed for four years.
Mr.. Martin opened the proceedings
with prayer, after which Mr.. W. a.
Tcmplcton read an interesting historical
sketch of PrcSbyterianisin in. upper Car
DINA and Of Long Cane Church. We
had desired to publish this address, but
certain reasons put it out Of our power.
DR.. Palmer arose at the conclusion of
the reading Of the essay and asked the
congregation to sing the one hundrcdth
psalm, which he said was Watts finest
pnraphrasc, and 10 sing to the tune from
which it should never be disSociatcd-
Old Hundred, which musical authorities
considered an epic in music.
DR.. Palmer then read from 47th
Ezekiel and ODD Revelation. and took
for his text the last clause Of the 9th
verse of 47th Ezekiel, which is render
ed thus /; And every thing shall live
whittier the water tioweth." = T
The gifted speaker in showing the ap-
position that exists between the prophe-
cy Of Ezekiel and the vision that John
SAW, when on the island Of Patmos, was
peculiarly happy and forcible. In
graphic language and beautiful periods,
he reviewed the circumstances and con.
ditions under which these visions came
to Ezekiel and John. They were sym,
bolical and figurative he said. The wa.
ter Of life Of which they spake in the
passages he had read was emblematic oi
the grace and the free and boundles.
love Of God, which grace and love bore
it's healing power to whoever accepted
it. In justice to DR.. Palmer We have
refrained from attempting to give
any outline Of his discourse. Nothing
but the reproduction in its %conplct,
form Of the whole sermon could convc
any proper idea Of it. In brilliant con.
ception and imagination, in grace of lie,
livery and choice Of language it was tn.
finest pulpit orntinn we ever heard.
AtitS conclusion DIR. Palmer asked til,
congre CATION to sing the Narscillc.
hymn Of the Church, "All hail the pow
CT Of Jesus name
DR.. Lindsay pronounced the blessin!
on the vast of people an,
Long Canes Centennial was done.
On Saturday and Sunday Dr.. Paine
preached ut Greenville church, and OF
Sunday night at Due West.