Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-02-25
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Ar TIE FRS BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. Mr.. Emnons. of Hallowell, occupied
Mr.. Penney's pulpit, Who is unable to At
tend to his duties - pastor on account of
sickness. Mr.. Emmons preached from the
text, Genesis %: 20.
Ar THE CoNGREGATIoNALIsr.
Prof. Popes of Bangor Theological Semi
nary preached At the Congregational Church
yesterday. Text, I, Tim, III: The low
ing God who giveth u. richly of all things. f."
Subject; "God's Gifts are for our Enjoy
ment." Wealth is given, not as our end but
a. means of enjoyment. Many Christians
are afraid to utilize these gifts, having a
feeling that every hour of joy must have a
corresponding one of sorrow. The forebod-
ing, worrying, melancholy Christian is not a
true Christian. Sorrow is by no means
more noble than joy, while sorrow is the
product of sin, true joy is the beautiful re-
suit of holy living.
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST
Rev. Mr.. Tilden took for his text, John
Is: "a: Jesus ans~ cred him, '.Seest thou
this thing Of myself or did others tell thee of
me-" Subject Hearsays About Christ g"
There were two parts TO the sermon. LIST.
that the great mass of the people in their criti-
cisms and ideas, follow what the enimies of
Christ say of him; and Christians are liable
to take what other christians say OF Christ
The conclusion of the sermon was that it
would be better for all to come directly to
Christ. and study his word and learn of Him
In the afternoon Mrs. Lucy S. Bainbridge
of Providence, X. L., delivered q very in
teresting address on THE Cause of Missions"
to a full house.
Ar TIN ITsIvyRsxrIsr
Rev. Mr.. Mead supplied the pulpit at this
church yesterday. His text is found in First
Timothy, Nv, 10; 1--WE trust in the living
God" The speaker said that trust is natu-
raj 1t is implanted in the human mind
illustrations of it in children were presented.
1t is also necessary. The business world
could not exist without it. No more can the
spiritual. We trust in God and his laws.
We believe in his wisdom and goodness. We
have faith that he has done and will do all
things for the best. Predictions pr reputed
signs of general disaster in the material
world do not shake our faith in the perma =
nency and stability of the creation, or in
Gods goodness. The christians trust in God
will cause him to look upon death without
fear, and to be prepared at any hour for the
change from this world to the other. Uni
versaiists, as a body, should trust in God,
and go forward firmly and faithfully in sup
port Of their doctrine and church
| Ar THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL
| The pastor preached to good sized au-
dience on 1.-The Impossible Service"-Text.
Mathew 6 "a. This is declaration from a
very old sermon, but comprising truth as sig
nficant and authoritive to-day, as when
spoken by the lips of the Divine preacher.
| As in the long ago, when Christ uttered these
words, so now men are everywhere trying to
render an impossible service unto God.
! There are multitude of periodically rel-
/ gious people in the world; TO-DAY seemingly
| in the company of the faithful, but to morrow
found amid the worldly and sinful. No man
can bestow full service upon two masters;
no man can acceptably serve the Divine Mas
ter with a divided heart-there is moral i'm
possibility about this. The inconsistent pro-
fessor is a grief to the good, and stumbling
block to the unsaved. A christians life
should be above suspicion. He should meet
his responsibilities manfully in the world,
but strong to resist the tempter. and steady
in his impulses for good. Irresoution and
persistent neglect of the souls best interests
and the claims of God, bring fearful penalty
at last.
Rev. Mr.. Bradlee also preached at Eureka
Hall (east side) at 2. 80 o'clock r. NJ.
AT THE UNITARIAN.
The pastor preached from Job /: 8. The
unknown writers of the book of Job look at
misery where it has least right to be-in the
heart and home of the good man. Yet, this
beautiful poem is logical failure. 1t does
not explain the mysteries with which it under
takes to deal. And all such books are equal
ly unsatisfactory. Written for the purpose
of leading the scepticsl from doubt to faith,
they fail first at the point at which we are
concerned for their success. 1t is well that
they do. for the mystery hat surrounds is an
educational force of the greatest value. The
book brings before us the time when man be-
gan to see that suffering was not simply re-
tributive, but also remedial. The good are
purified by their sorrows. and good man
made better raises the moral tone OF the world
Let the sorrowful clean their wounds by
sending out all the ire that is in them. When
they can bear tender words, talk to them
about the eternal presence and the immutable
law Look at the individual from the stand
point of the universal II the tender voice
speak to US out of the tempest with an unut-
terable affection, our love springs to meet
the love of the Father, we ask for no proof,
it il enough that He speaks to US, and loves
us still.
AT ST. MARKS CHURCH.
The third of the Rev. Walker Gwynne's
lecture, on the Holy Scriptures was delivered
on Sunday evening, the subject being 1.-The
Method and Limits of their Inspiration"
The text WAS Tim. 3 :i6. The lecturer be-
gan by reminding The congregation that 1.-THE
starting point of our approach to Holy Scrip
ture is the great historical fact OF Christs
death and resurrection and the continued ex-
istence of that Holy Catholic Church which
/ His apostles founded. Before We open our
New Testsm ent, we churchmen believe as
did the primitive Christians who had no New
/ Testsme nts. in the simple but tremendous
truths handed down by the apostles creed,
and bv the universal tradition of the church.
We begin here without the Scriptures
/ and so we approach the Scriptures.
/ The rector. Mr.. Gwynne, then proceeded
to point out the difference between inspira-
ton and revelation. and the large extent to
which the Divine Spirit used the human IN
telicct and ordinary historical methods under
I what is termed inspiration "All things in
+ spired are not necessarily things revealed.