Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-05
CHURCH NOTES.
Ananfas and Sapp1lfra-Sermon al Calvary Church-Prof. Whitney al the United Church.

l A &AU hs 1 Calvary Church-Prof. Whitney al 1 the United Church.
 The Rev. Emery J. Haines of Brooklyn I who preached in Calvary Baptist church last | evening, took for the theme of his discourse | the story of Ananias and Sapphira, recorded l in Acts. The speaker presented in strong light the great sin of these persons and
 brought home the truth applied to all acts of deceit, dwelling upon the support that 1 was given by the one person to the other,
 enlarging and applying the case to the ac- tions of the people of to-day. Startling al
 most in his representations the speaker DOT
 trayed the character of these two persons,
 that are so well known in Bible history, in a light that could not be mistaken; the fact
 that they had lied to God; the enornity of
 the sin and the inevitable result, all being
 dwelt upon and applied to the course of
 human conduct. As peroration the case
 was presented as it should have been, name ly without deceit, and the characters of
 Ananias and Sapphira drawn in bright re-
 presentations of what characters should be in like cases, beautifying truth and enne- bling all acts of uprightness coming from IOu di10 aS DeluS DleSScu Dy HILL
 AT CENTER CHURCH.
 Dr. Newman Smyth spoke yesterday morn ing at the Center church from the text found in the sixth chapter of St. John, forty-sev- enth verse, f'He that believeth in hath eternal life." He emphasized the fact that the believer ''hath eternal life'' as @ matter of present possession and enjoyment. In oonDaotioD with co,nmencamant of a naw year and beginning upon what in our tenn poral life we call a new allotment of time, he said that our marking of time into yari- ous periods of duration was human means of calculation, peculiar to a people; that to the ether world it bore no relation. In the future life, in eter- nity, time was measureless. Inasmuch as we turn oyer one another's page in 1ife's volume of our earthly existence, we should pause un- til we settle in our own hearts the great and important question, Have we eternal 1ife do we enjoy its divine use and hope? First let us look to it that we be enrolled in the book of life and enter upon this eternal pos session at this threshold of another year.
 UNITED CHURCH.
 Prof. H. M Whitney, of Beloit college, Wis, again conducted the worship at the United church very acceptably. The if teenth chapter of the gospel of Luke was read the morning lesson. The three para bles in the chapter were the subject of the forenoon sermon preparatory to the com1nun- ion service. The attendance was full. The services were solemn and interesting. The orphans and their teachers were present and added their usual number and good conduct to the exercises of the Sabbath school, held after the morning service. The singing was by the congregation, led by the organist and luartette choir.
 The praise service in the evening conduct ed by MT. Potter at the United church ,hapel on Temple street was 8 very excellent l one. An orchestra of four or five pieces of | music assisted in the service of l song.
 The attendance at the church in the even ng was lessened by the little snowfall. The | earnest, instructive discourse of Prof. Whit | vas the text: 'FSay not it is four months and | hen cometh the harvest. Behold the fields | llready white for the harvest" The chapter | vas read at the opening of . the | ession. The unfolding of the gospel l md Christ's sure declaration of his Messiah hip to the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well, md the revival that followed on the same af ernoon in the city of Jamaica, was part of he evening sermon.
 The professor also further spoke on his ext of last Sabbath-''The kingdom of | eaven cometh not with observation" I'm mediate conversion and permanent turning rom sin to righteousness was the true lesson f the gospel. The work of the Salvation Army was commended as putting the same ew life into churches and communities, for nal and dead as did Whitfield and the Wes- sys and others of the Methodists a century go. Although conversion is often as the sed, the blade, the stalk and then the full orn in the ear, it is oftener immediate, sud en, full and complete.
 At Trinity M F. church communion seT- l ice yesterday morning there were nineteen ersons received on probation, twenty one y letter from other churches, five whose rotation had expired were received into 1ll membership, and six were baptised. All these except one were adults. One month go twenty y-seven persons were received into le church. The religious interest that has cen developed at this church has been with ut excitement or extra meetings. After 1 lis week of prayer it is expected that 8 'ries of revival meetings will follow, to be ,ntinued several weeks.