Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-06-17
Sunday in the Churohe 5.


CONGREGATIONAL. CnIECII.
CaIldren's Day va. observed WIKI apprc-
pirate services. The pulpit and space IN
front were pfcfa.ely decorated with flower,
and the front pews. reserved FOR the chill
dren. were flied with blooming faces. no
less beautiful than the flowers Children
ard flowers, are the sweetest things God
ever made" SAID Mr. Beech-r on i similar
occasion, and al! presen; IN the church Sur
day, sad amen in Their hearts, a; east
The singing and reading Of psalms we're ~
the children, after which the pastor preached
to them from a text which he said the, had
chosen for him Consider the lilies"
Matt. 8 IS He pictured the scene upon
the hil-slde when Jesus was preaching to
the people. No Goub, there were many
children there, and when they grew tired Of
listening 10 what Jesus was saving. they
began to pick the flowers, aud watch the
birds. By and by Jesus thought he mus,
say something the children could understand,
and so he SAID Consider tor think about
the lilies. Consider the birds. Lttle girls
think about the flowers sometimes when
they pick them. but they think. "Oh how
pretty these flowers will make me" Bows
think about the birds, flying over their heads
sometimes. but they think III only had
stone know | could hit that bird" Jesus
thought about the flower, and the birds, and
the, told him something about God. The
flowers told him God made them so beauti-
full, that even SOLOMON. the richest OF all the
kings, had not fine a dress. The birds
told him that God made them and fed them
SO wonderfully tina, once they had enough
lief, over 10 feed Elijah with. The flowers
and the birds ought to tell children some
thing about God, and about Gods care for
them. They ought TO teach them 10 trust
God. God made the lilies and the birds.
and takes care Of them, and be will take
care Of the children too. If Jesus was On
earth now, and saw little girls playing with
their dolls, perhaps he would say, CONSIDER
just as papa and mamma take care Of you.
and God takes care of papa and mamma
and all of us" May God help US all to trust
him. PRAYER was offered, and the benedic-
ton pronounced by the venerable DIR. Ten
ney, who seemed like an aged father bless
ing his family.
UNITARIAN CHURCH.
Text-Eccl. A. Life is many-sided, the
vain existing as truly as the others. The
worst evil resulting from the vanity of the
world is the falsity it instIls into life.
Deception is written upon the brows of
all those who live at VANITY Fair" As
class they are the weakest, the meauest. the
most deceptive, the most heartess, the most
false and extravagant the world possesses or
can possess. Their highest ambition is to
be fashionable and TO be numbered with the
so called aristocratic world. Nearly all the
frauds committed in the administration of
state affairs or in the business world are
due to the attempt of this class of vain and
assuming persons to keep up an appearance
in the fashionable world. They call them
selves christians for it has become fashion,
able to be christian, but they depart from
the humble character and teaching Of their
professed Teacher as far as He departed from
the pomp and vain glory Of the world. But
there is divine power in the world which
i. daily removing the evils that are con-
stantly besetting life. Such power as was
manifested in the life of Jesus. 1t is the
power of God working within US and where
by we are enabled to purify and elevate our
own lives and the lives of those about US.