Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-07
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The iOO.h anniversary of the birth of f,
| Uric ESiugh, the swiss refOrmcr, was !
celebrated Ia all the Reformed churches |
| iu this city yesterday. Memorial sermons |
were preached by Rev. j. A Peters, Of
| ,hv First church Rov. Dr.. Shumlkoi, of |
! s.. Pau'S Roy. NoeH, of ST.. Johu's
/ x y bichlttCr, Of ST. Luke's, aud R,y
| DE-. Gcrhlrt at tho college chapel.
The most marked celebration took place
| IN tho Fwst Reformed church. To tho
elaborate Christmas decorations were
! aided beautiful bank of howers on the
| al,ar while in front of the pulpit in silver
| letters, was the name LwINGLI" aud
on eiJher side OF 1t the dates " liSi"
" lNSi.' The pastor, Rev. J. A. Peters,
! . conducted tho morning service aud
/ preached IN, mortal sermon, OF which the
/ following IS a brief abstract
Psalms xiv /; 1--WE have hoard with
our ears, O God our fathers have told Us
! what work thou didst in their days, ia tho
! timoS of old" The sontim mt IS pecu liar
| application to the memory of Ewingli, and
! tho period OF the Protestant Reformation
/ in which ke lived aud labored. Whom God
needs men for any extraordinary crisis, He
/ iA'NtN NANlh ul, anu luhiillts tutW iOT
their special work. The annals Of
the church, both Jewish aud Christian
are full Of examples in illustration
of this fact. Thus did lie call
and qualify LNiugli for his mission The
! speaker then passed IN hasty review the
/ principal events In the life of the refurmer,
speaking Of his birth at Wildhaus,
switzerland, January /, l4S4 /, his parent.
! ago his bOyhooi spout as a shepherd
On the Alpine heights his student life at
Weseno at Basel, at Berna, aud subse.
quently IN the universities OF Vienna aud
Basel his pastorates at Glarus, Mt Eiusie
don aud at Zurich, and his death on the
oattlo field OF X Itf1l, October II, 1881, in
the ASH year OF his age. llo did young
comparatively, but his name and work
still live,
The speaker then dwelt upon the more
active part which Xsiugli performed in
the work OF ths Reformation, aud pointed
Out some Of the blessings, which the
modern Protestant world. and the Re
formed church particularly, owe to his
memory. Gratitude to God for raising up
= man with such heroic nature, at such
An epoch in the worlds history was en-.
jOyed. Lwiugli was one of few who had
the courage 20 teach men that God $
world stood not on shams, bat on reali-
ties.
The Reformed church owes his memory
also debt OF gratitude for the irUuical or
peaceful spirit which hn manifested to
others who differed from him on critical
dJctrIual points. The conference between
Luther aud Lwingli, at Marbury, was rs-
viewed, and the manifestation of a broad
Christian charity was attributed to the
> SIss refUrmer. The Lord regns, how.
ever, aud uYerrulos the wrath of mau for
I ll.4 ETatgN naNAuntn mi mt
ant aud necessary it may bc in the present
stage of the church's history is, however,
Guly iuterimiStic and preparatory to q bet
ter era IA the future, when the ideal church
shall bs realized among men, in which
b there shall DO 4" but one fold rs there is
but one shepherd"
The Union neeuUg.
In the evening union meeting Of the
Reformed Congregations was held ia the
FIRST Reformed church, the attendance
; being very large Notwithstanding the
bitter cold-the thermometer being but a
few degrees above zero. The opening
service was conducted by Rev. John q.
Frtchey, tho oldest Reformed minister il
, the cty y, aud Rev. DR.. +. V. Gerhart, fol
lowed with n prayer in English. Rev
DR.. J B. Shumaker read the Scripture les
son, after which the united chOirs sang a
. To D-um. Rev. Neeh, pastor of ST
Johns, delivered spirited eulogium II
German, at the conclusion of which the
German congregation sang Luther's battle
: hymn, " Elm Feste Burg" Rev. DIR
. John ;. Stair, of Franklin and Marshall
, college, followed with au address in Eng
lish, and a prayer in German was Offered
4 by Rev VIM. I. Gerhard. \ collection
for foreign missions was next taken up
= during which Mr. Prezinger sang a very
tine solo The united congregations, led
y by DR.. Theo Appel, recited the Lord
. prayer, aud the whole congregation sang
: the doXoloGy. BenedictiOn was pro
I, nouuced by Rev. Theo. Appel. The
= service throughout was earnest, the mus
spirited and the addresses eloquent-tht
whole forming fitting tribute to th'
; memory Of the great Swiss reformer.
T., Rev. Thos. G.. Apple, president o
! Franklin and Marshall colleg,, preached {
. memorial sermon yesterday in the Salem
. Reformed church, Harrisburg. Tn
u PItrio! says DR.. Apples sermon was re
plete with interesting matter. In th
= evening there was q general union me
u mortal service in the Reformed church O
> Harrisburg and an address was deliyere,
by J. +. Meyer, a student Of Franklin an
Marshall college, Lancaster, on the lif
aud character of Uric Zwingli.