Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-16
CHURCH NOTES.

spoke of the evils of intoxicaticn and it's baneful effects both upon the body and soul. He showed that the wages of sin is death and powerfully held up the reward of righteous living.
 CALVARY CHURCH.
 A very large congregation was present at the Calvary Baptist church yesterday morn ing. In the audience was, as usual, 8 large number of young people. The singing was unusually fine and the congregation was not slow to recognize the familiar face and voice of MT. Knowlton, the tenor of Boston, once more in the place which he filled so long and well. He is visiting in this city for a day or two. The pastor preached 3 powerful dis course from the words in Psalms XIV, IA: "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him." The preacher earnestly counselled the choice of the ways of righteousness, whose paths are paths of peace. He eloquently spent, frightened by the Christian hope. The life of the agnostic, the unbelief of the pres ent day, the hopelessness of life without @ God in it, were matters treated by the pas tor, and the discourse was closely listened to.
 CHRIST CHURCH.
 The Rev. Mir. Camp, assistant at St. Pauls church, preached an excellent sermon at Christ church yesterday morning from the text: ''That Christ may dwell in your heart  and part of the 17th verse. The ofertory, "Lord Protect Us," by the quartette was well rendered.
 UNITED CHURCH.
 Professor R. A. Rice preached at the United chuRch service morning and evening. The fair weather contributed to bring out full attendance. The orphans with their teachers from the asylum were in the north gallery. A full choir in the gallary in front I1-- = .-ad kI,n opening chant as usual very finely. They. led the singing by the congregation. who joined in all the hymns by invitation as they were given out. The best notes and power of the organ are excellently rendered by the organist, MT. Beach. For the scrip ture lesson part of the first chapters of St. Johns gospel and of St. Pau1's letter to the Philippians was read. The text was Philip plans 1, 21, the first clause of the verse: 1For me to live is Christi" The present, said the speaker, is an age of criticism The sacredness of tradition and old established beliefs are now freelp criticised. Individual judgment and character bear sway. The per feet ideal is sought after and worshipped to the neglect of reality and the com mon conditions of life. We for get our fallen nature by reason of sin and fail to appreciate and to study the character of Jesus Christ az made known in the gospel. In vain we Seek in human
  ligion, to find satisfaction of our needs in this life and in the life beyond the grave. The true ideal even God, our Father in heaven, is alone revealed in Christ, our sa- viour All are called to come to him and obtain eternal life. The desire of soul is for Christian peace and joy in believing. Distracting doubts, un- ceasing care, anxiety and woe are done away by life and belief in Christ. The speaker closed with the words of the text, s1For me to live is Christ" Notices were read of an afternoon children 's meeting at 312 o'clock and praise service in the chapel at 7I o'clock; of the meetings in behalf of the Indians on Thursday and Friday; of the meeting of the church council at ? p. m. and the installation of Dr. Munger in the ev ening. A contribution was taken up in be- half the Ladies; Missionary Aid society of the church.
 DAVENPORT CHURCH.
 At the Davenport Congreg ational church yesterday morning Rev. MT. Calhoun, pastor of the First Congregational church in Milford, preached in exchange with Rev. Mir. Meserve. MT. Calhoun's text was the words in Job, .tOh that I knew where to find him." The pastor expressed the thought that men in all ages of the world has made 8 similar en- quiry and enforced the thought that earnest ness in seeking God and in Christian living
 
 of the kingdom of Christ
 CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. ev5fs aR5 eh auty h HensfozS Sns . e9 words of Ezra: ''They offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to custom, as the duty of every day required" The character of our duties was first considered. They were three-fold-to God, to man and to ourselves. The requirements of God in re- gard to our every day duties were next men toned. Persistent fidelity is one, earnest effort another and continual patience third. And then the spirit with which our daily duties are performed was considered trustfully, we are called to labor every day, building character, helping humanity and preparing for the future. Present activity in little duties prepares the worker for emer- gencies.
 The evening discourse was upon the assur ances of Paul that all things shall work to- gether for good. It was optimistic pres entation of the doctrine of Gods loving pur- pose experimenting providence. The text Romans viii, 2S) was treated as 8 promise, an assurance and prophecy. The sweet mel ody of Gods old, old story of Gods love in Christ shall at last fill the universe. DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH.
 MT. Twichell preached in the morning from the text: 'And they that went before ana they that 1OllOW0Q cEl0Q, saying hOSau- nahl Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'" The discourse was supple mentary to that of the Sunday morning previous and portrayed Christ as conqueror. They who gave utterance to the text didn't comprehend the nature and mission of the man whom they landed. To most of them his divinity was significant only an aid to temporal power. They could not associate the divinity of Christ with humanity of his humble type. So men now cannot recon cile these two qualities of the Saviour, all though in their possession consists the pecu liarity which distinguishes Christ from all other characters of history and which to take anything from the humanity of Christ for that is the ladder by which we climb to heaven; nor from his divinity, for that is the reservoir of ali our hopes for the future. The pastor touched effectively upon the miraculous triumphs of Christ over na- ture, and showed that these, as also his per secutions and death, were but steps in his assumption of the kingly crown. The dis course closed with one of the pastors happy applications in which he showed our duty as subjects to our heavenly king. The time of the usual evening service was devoted to ex- ercises and singing by the Sunday school. COLLEGE STREET CHURCH. Rev. Dr. McLane conducted bible read ing last evening. The subject was "The devil, and his opinion Of man." The choir sang finely and was assisted by a quartette of four brass instruments. Rev. MT. Will lard, of Westville Congregational church, preached in the evening in reference to pray CT and prayer meeting.
 TRINITY M. E. CHURCH.
 In the absence of Rev. Dr. Peck, the pas tor of Trinity M. E. church, who is in To- ronto, Canada, the pulpit yesterday morning was very acceptably filled by Rev. Robert L. Marsh, of Kansas. The preacher selected as the basis of his remarks Hebrews 12, 2S-29: "Wherefore, we receiving 8 kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear"
 'tFor our God is a consuming fre." Mir. Marsh, who is young man and taking 8 course in the Yale theological department, preached entirely without notes and his dis course gave evidence of much original thought. He is s fluent and interesting speaker and evidently feels the importance of the great work for which he is preparing himself
 In the evening Rev. Mr. Cunningham of the East Pearl street church supplied the pulpit and preached an interesting discourse to a large congregation.
 On Wednesday evening of this week the second in the course of lectures and readings l. s.,