Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-03
SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY
He rrosobcs nm Inrarestipg Discourse re.
failing some of thc Progress Maus
DuriRg ais Stay ia the CITY.

tniIiug some Us the Progress Maus
During his Stay in the city.
Last Sunday the Rev. DR.. G. F.Kuight, Of
"Old st. James" preached special ser
mon on the occasion of the seventh ami
versary Of his rectorate, before very
large congregation. We print below some
paragraphs OF local interest:
Turning to the Parish records find that
during these seven years have ministered
at 81 marriages, and have baptised i57
persons, Of whom Ill were adults 10
persons have been confirmed, and l have
said tho last office ovor Isl dead. There
are now 3Sl names ON the list OF regular
communicates.
These figures are easily read over, but |
they suggest q lopg aud happy labor, and |
continuous care. Thus, of those funerals, |
the most were proceeded by pastoral visits |
of sympathy, and spiritual counsel and |
preparation for the coming change, by
solemn prayer aud whele it might be 80, by
that sacrament of the Body and Blood of
Jesus Christ, that "food convenient for
tho way"-the passage of the soul up to
its God. So, before each of those confirm.
ntions was a course of thoughtful and
| anxious instruction concerning the
| doctrines of the church, aud the duties of
the spiritual life, aud examination and
| personal counsel.
The ohildren's service on the first San.
| lay of each month, with catechising and
Instruction by the rector has been Kept
| up according to the Rubric, "openly in the
| church,
The gifts In money offered here upon the
altar In these years and then devoted to
various religious purposes within and
without the Parish amount to s54, 45S.55.
Four years ago Guild was organized
here which meets weekly for about six
months In the year to make and distribute
clothing to the worthy poor. Through the
hands of these faithful workers, many
hundreds of garments and other necessa,
ries have been jGdiciously given with kind
words and cheering counsels, and so q vast
good has been accomplished; good which
, will surely receive His bles sing Who at the
last dLy shall say: "Inasmuch as ye min.
istered unto the least Of these, yo did II
unto Me-"
TuB MISSION CHAPEL.
Il The regular service at the Mission
! | chapel, which it seemed necessary to sus
! pend eight or nine years ago has now beer
, | revived, with good and growing atten
! dance of the people of that neigh borhood
!, The Rev. L. NJ. Hardy, whose oonstan
. occupation as Principal Of the Geate
= School, would make it impossible for hin
e to undertake weekly parish work, ba
!, kindly taken charge of this chapel service
!, To him am, as you know, indebted TO
: much and valued help, freely rendere
during the past two years, here at tn
4 parish church. A sewing school for poo
= children and yOung womau's guild, ar
- doing much, and as time goes on will d
- more, at the chapel.
The Sunday schools both there and herr
4 are 10 fiourishiug condition under til
:, care of faithful corps OF isuperintendents an
= : teachers. 4 little fund from which the ex
- penses for text and library books and th
a like can be met, is much needed, and
- think We will have hereafter on some state
= Sunday OF each year special Offering fc
this purpose.
.o The Home and the Orphanage are doin
~ quiet but good work for those who nee
" the help they give, aud bearing witness t
a | the truth that it Is the mission OF Oh
~ church to minister, Gas its Head d
- when He was on tho earth) not only
~ ~ the souls but TO the bodily wants Of ii
90 people. The good these institutions
- might be vastly increased if the endo'
"a ments were larger, and commend tn
hs to give now. or to leave by will after yol
death. There could be no better mem
rial to your dad and no better monr
ment to yourself hereafter than generor
,h gift to the Home or ths Orphanage.
- there shall be those who after the gca
20 has grown green upon your graves, sba
81 "rise up and call you blessed"
D st. James' day schools under their PREF
y = ent able teachers are we'll attended, ar
- being conducted with strict aud wi
90 economy, are supported.
20 - 4 DAILY SERVICE NEEDED.
- Returning now to the more immedia
80 thought of the text, the worship of Il
| paFIah I hny a Tay words IN hafnra
~ close. 1t is my earnest desire that Il
"a time may come when the church can
80 opened for daily service (; since 80 only O.
=, the provisions of tho Rubrcs be carri,
., ~ out, and the ideal of public worship as s
Do forth in the Bible aud in the use of q
~, branches of the Catholic church in ancie
os days, be reached. Bat am called fro
ea town frequently by church bus
St ness, or to minister elsew hero, al
"' 8 single priest In o large parish fin
constant aud imperative engagement
8, such as those growing out of sickness, al
- the burial OF the dead, which make I'll
- daily service impossible. IL our cler.
aao ~ could only work, as the Lord at first SO
% His preachers, ''two and two," this servi
~ could be easIly maintained. 1t is som
~ thing that we have frequent weekd;
I services, and daily In Lent aud the 9th
"a more solemn times. 1t may we'll
"a wished that these services were bett
:; attended. know that for the most
% men and women, on weekdays, work
"a well done, as in His Sights worshi
- When once we are mindful of His pre-
~, ence, la6ordre sst Ordre,t to work is to pra
" BY the will of God, then, the duties Of mo
~ psople, most of the time, lie not inside Il
'p' doors of the church, but out In the wori
~ But surely in q parish as large as thi
81 there must be msuy who have no SUI
'o pressing outer duties that they cann
withdraw for half an hour into the still
nt ness OF Gods house to pray for themselv
lie and for Others, and find solace and re
~ there.
Seven years ago on coming here l esta'
lished an early communion on Sunda
no and holy days. And this has been mai
lac tanned since, to the glory of God, and to q
great comfort of those who frequent
VI And am sure that if only more of our pc
ob pie would once realize how favorable is d
" time-before other food has passed Il
- lips, before other thoughts have engross,
~ the heart and other occupations the hand
-. "a in the stiffness and freshness of the ne
iS day--for drawing near to Him who is o.
~ ~. life, in the way which He himself has g
N oa before u.s. far more would come to o,
to early celebrations. SO the aspirations
~, the holy Psalmist would seem to be fl
e~ oo filled, "Oh God, Thou art My God, ear
Opp will seek Thee
1E -. "a.