The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-05
Sundays Services by Differ
ent Divinas in the Gen.
t,'aI City.
where the People wOrshipped
in the Name of the Fla iher,
Son aud Holy Ghost. 1
The Interest which ia BEING
Manifested In the Word OF
God-Church Notes.

hVb-1 hutGt NVttts
Again Sunday the many beautiful
churches of our city were filed with
worshippers. Those who belonged
to different denominations attended
Exa MiYisR, and selected churches
where they expected 10 be best outer
tanned. We can boast of having a
G cd fearing and God-loving people,
anu tncsr VIM uttuuttvd uu.vnv vf
the churches Sunday, can testify to
these facts The First Baptist church,
with nearly five hundred members,
down to TO the little church whose |
band numbers only thirty or forty, |
were all filed with hearers.
REV. DIR. J. NJ. PENDLEToN
occupied Dr. CAROLS pulpit at the
First Baptist church. DIR. Pendleton,
though an elderly gentlemen, is yet
hale, and has strong voice; his de-
livery is free, and his touches of elo-
quence and pulpit oratory, made his
sermon greatly admired by tho con
gregation. The doctor has been
preaching tho word for fifty-three
years, and is making a tour through
Texas, coming from Pennsylvania, OBJ
serving our people and our country.
His text was from the Acts of the
Apostles, Goth chapter and 2lst verse;
"Testifying both to the jew sand also
to the Greeks, repentance Christ aud
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
The first step toward repentance was
when the sinner felt his unw0rihiness,
I L.. l.. Z
God. lie said the great southern
general, ALDER, Sidney Johnston once
remarked that there should be but
one will in an army, and that the Will
OF the general; just so with the world;
the will of God was the great ruling
power, and we must in suppliance bend
to IL, ii we would repent of our sius.
After repentance then comes faith
faith in God, the law giver, aud Christ
the Savior. Faith denotes either the
principle of trusting, or the thing
trusted, or believed. First repen'
lance then faith, and having faiti
unto the end we are saved.
At night the Doctor again filed thu
pulpit and preached TO a large con
, grcgation. His text was: st. John
! irst chapter and twelfth verse: "Bul
as many as received Him, gave Ht
! power TO become the Sons of God
: even TO them that believe on his
name"
REV. q. W. BRIGGS,
editor of the Texas Christian Advo
: cate, filed the pulpit at the Fiftl
: street Methodist church both morn
s ing and evening. Being sacramento
! Sunday the sermon was entirely u
G keeping with the occasion. The well
u known reputation of the minister 10
G eloqucnce and fire, drew orowdc'
g house, and he was listened to atten
Is lively to the very close. -.
.. His text was taken from the sixt
&c chapter ofIl Corinthians: .We thei
n as workers together with Him, b'
j. seech you also that ye receive not th
y. grace of God In vain. IS
, hold, now Is the accepted time; b.
rs hold, now is the day of salvation
The speaker gave ample evidence ,
his powers. His flights were ea'
:. aud graceful, his gestures perfect, h
y, ~ illustrations strikingly beautii,
y. The EXAMINER regrets its inabili
IN to present even q synopsis of the &c
Nv mon Suffice IL TO say that none hea
" him who were not filed with desi
", ", to hear him again.
u. In the evening DIR. Briggs again (
he cupied the pulpit, and taking for
t,ext Luke XIV chapter, II yer
n. preached most eloquent and
rs pressivc sermon, the theme being
Vi .Prodigal Son." His word pictu
of the perfect home, of the enter
shadow of discomfort, of the allurI
I &, attractions of the great wide world
ave seen from the home; of the power
IN money, of the glittering, hollow
led by the prodigal, of the, sud
OH ruin; of the young mans vain APP
to society for aid; of the debi
amy swine-herd; the sudden coming
n himself; the memory picture Of
,een old home; the resolution to ret
ties and. best of all, the humble ret
ties aud the grand welcome from the
any. giving iather, We're all as clear
wildly painted as if done OH the
vas by the hand of some master a
cad. The large audience which file
, A house to overlooking, were vi
dare affected by the doctors sermon,
NOR were silent and attentive list
lash throughout.
, for OTHER CHURCHES.
nmo- Elder ID. Pennington preache
large congrega ions, morning
~ night, at the Fifth street Chr
q. church.
Presi- Rev. j. r. Hodges preached
licoit sermons nj the Cumberland Pl
Genl, terrain church, and was listene,
Ierans with much interest.
0 the DIR. King preached in the for
at the Austin Street Presby
church, 10 his usual large con
IL, ton, and at night he held no 81
"Opens but occupied the pulpit with
lie cub Mr.. Briggs at the Fifth Street \
1 and dist church.
coun- Father Badelon held usual
ed aud at the Church Of the Assumpti'
Golden North Ninth street.
ployed At the German Evangelical
ton south EiQlh street, Rev. II