New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
ADVENT MISSION THOUGHTS,
EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAYS SERMONS.
THE SERVICES EvAYGELIsTIc AND IMPRESSIVE
LARGE ATTENDANCE.

tbev had been held during the week, and showed nc
diminution of interest. They were conducted Dy 'it
mssioners some Of whom from England ana Oapaua
and Others from cities this country The sermons were
fun OF gospel truth and were delivered with conVncH
power They were mainly free from doctrine Dut
abounded In practical preceDts and earnest Appeals LOT
holy living The Rev. W. Hay Aitken VIII continue the
MONDAY meetings for business men at TRINITY Churon
during the week. The acknowledged success OF Tue MIS-
sion Is largely due to the efforts OF the Rev. Dr. henry
Satteee Of Calvary Church. He has been asslSteu III
the services in his own church by Bishop Ellot OF
Texas and Bishop Tutte OF Utah. The sermon IN the
morning was delivered by Bishop Elliott IL consisted
mainly exhortation to those not members
OF to accept OF the free salvation offered in the
Gospel.
At St Georges Church the services were largely at
tended. Seats provided around the pulpit Tor
those standing In the asles The Rev. Mr.. Rainsford
the rector conducted short SERVICE and then prepared
the minds OF the audience for the sermon by saying:
you come here as empty vessels, God Will delsht 10 HI
your The Rev. Mr. Aitkon said In part 90 Unworthy
sfeterna life that certainly all OF us are Does IL
not stand that hDte merit can never entie
us to Infinite recompense Indeed, the two things are
utterly incommensurablc. Think what eternal life Is
extending through vast cons with happiness unImag
ined here If for each year Of virtuous living here we
we're to enjoy year Of heavenly glory would That
not be far than ample RETURN especially when we
remember that virtue is Its own reward, ana IL Is Dest
for this life alone to live virtuously But who would
dare to claim that th ty forty years OF viruous lv
ing entitled him eternity Of such bliss We know
that we do not deserve It, Yet while no human being
merits It, be satisfied with anything SNORT OF
it so between the horns OF dilemma either
eternal life Is something We cannot nave OF else i.
be free git from the Ine-Glver III we cannot
me xpressible longing for what he was meant to
have Turning the other alternative. we learn to our
10Y that by supreme effort Of the divine beneVolehce
the gift Is ours DO you say Is unreasonable for us
preachers stand up and assert tAa the worst criminal
great Creator is shown in this more
than in anything else. that He Will bestow His gracious
GIT upon ALL with no respect OF persons
In the Church OF ST. Mary the Virgin Father @. c.
Belts OF Louis, selected for his farewell text Re-
penanco Toward God and Faith Toward our Lord Jesus
Christ" " Repentance and faith he SAID are TWO
parts OF tho sacrament Repentance Is aeKuOwlcug-
should acknowledge to God in an honest effort TO DO is
will. The importance OF repentance hinges on the lact
that man Is free agent he can either accept or reject
God A general thing man naturally rejects hlni.
Man IA sinful because free agent II he could not act
have sip There three parts to mans nature. the
animal mental and the spiritual II he can promote or
a man has wilfully degraded his body. and many man
also educated for grand purposes and trained IT 10
alone. lie must educate his spiritual nature also
Scholars often learn many different languages aud study
literaturrs but there ia language and Literature OF
Heaven which Is beautiful indeed. There Is the song OF
redeemed and the great doxolosy OF the heavenly
host Educating ALL the physical mental and spiritual,
makes the complete Christian man. kepentance Is the
Faith is belief In action faith Is given by God. To let
90 is destruction to hold It is salvation"
The Rev Francis Plgou Vicar OF Halifax. England
preached a crowded congregation at the Church OF
the Heavenly Rest, on tle soul compared WIN the
whole world saying In part: "Chris would never nave
spoken ~ He did II the loss OF the soul is impossible.
The body time Is reduced 70 handful OF dust but the
soul is I'M porishable Scientific men have abandoned
idea that reason Is the dividing line between man
and the brute. God made man In the image Of His own
eternity At the resurrection the body is TO he goried
soul Will lose it, Identity, for 10 IS eternal
Three characteristics OF The ancient church most affected
the heather mind the sOlemnity Of worship. the care
The soul Is the lie which we nave In common with
the brute ana the vegetable We are to look for The
origin Of man in Paradise. and not IN the
Geological Garden. The scientists who deny
that there Is such thing annhlation in nature II
perception IS all we have why do we try to IN.
crease enee Oy tue use OF the or telescope
Granting the conservation Of force. affection l. itself an
The whoe scheme OF shYatioh rests on tue immortality
O the sou. which Itself rests not on the Bible, as some
suppo,G, Dnt In t.e human mhi. II I1o '"uI Is lin
nged and IA outer darkness"
A large audience listened in the morning TO the elo
quent and impressive words Of the Rev. T. Walpoe
Warren, OF London, in the Church OF the Holy
Trinity He announced that the meetings woud be con-
tnned another week la1ing nP inc parable oi me ma
just wari. he said 81 Is faut In preaching that
background. We ask you to come trusting In the Lord
Is result of past conduct: BE- sure your sln will
mud you OUT GIVE account Of thy stewurd-hp for
thou may'st he no longer steward. This Is not the
account shall have TO render before the judgment
scAt Of GOD; there We shall be unwilling agents IL
Vas w ~ w" ~" '.'iiJ "'Nh.t wv" .HOntiAy
account with God tor the talents that He has given
Power OF Conversation ability to attract people
trusted To your care. wire uses her husbands ahec
ton for herself alone and loses her influence keep
him from tho club. where he is running himself A
mother thinks II her child as toy. laughs at his mis-
cci. condoues his waywariness and last finds she
has wasted her influence that she cannot induce him
TO become Christian. You are indebted to God for
everything You cannot salty his claim upon you by
paying 90 TO 80 per cent Of your duty"
The union services OF the Advent Mission held by tho
Church of the Incarnation and Zion Church Will he
IN nap tfaR nj fr fha
Incarnation the Rev. Mr. Carmichael said In part I'VE
began our work with the beefn the personal character
OF the Holy Spirit aud His power and influence IN the
salvation of men The prophet Lacharahs great trouble
was not on account OF the lack OF willing
spirit upon the people, but the iewness OF those who
the Church II were In state Of ruin because her
standnrdbcarr "a and rank and file were alike remss In
this he received comfort from vision OF the future
prosperity He that the true church would not be-
chuIch Of broken walls and OF artened people
east down by enemies within aud without, and the
time he saw aud heard how the future glory
TO be accomplished IL was In the vision that the voice
my spirit shall this future glory be attained. saith tho
prophecy all along the line of history ever
since. 1t Is recorded IN nigh eolors on
SCENTS pilgrim band Of Puritan. pushing on the shores
OF England. while venerable whte-hared divine
with oustretehed hands mpores the presence OF the
spirit 10 be with ana comfort these wanderers while
world But it IA the personal ndwelling of the Holy
Spirit IN the individual as indvidual-nOt in the
ton as "A natlOn-which has done all this"
The seats In st. Marks Chapel, No. 2sS East
feminist, almost entirely filled with
children yesterday morning who listened atentiyely
the words Of the Rev BrOokholst Morgan, assistant
rector OF II. Marks Protestant Episcopal Church.
preached achildrens sermon His address was on duty
10 God, ana ne mterspeTscd Ii WITH stories that the
children would appreciate and drew from them lessons
showing their duty TO God and His love for them.
Advent mission services held I'm the Church of
he Holy Communion Sixth and Twentieth-st, by |
The Rev Frederic Courtney three times during the day
yesterday In the afternoon at o'clock service for
hn 81 lnp hAlH md fhn
minister preached to 200 young people. Love was the
subject Of his discourse and he pointed out to his
the way 90 obtain the love OF God lie said
hat they must hrs love the services OF the CHURCH.
rho church illed by 1880 O'CLOCK last evening |
md there was not standing for tho late corners
TOPICS IN OTHER PULPIrS.
HOLY LIFE THE SECRET OF A PEACEFUL |
DEATH