Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-06-28
MEssAROs AT CHURCH.
The Northwestern Congregation Assure
Their Pastor of Their Fealty and Sup
port.

The Northwest Congregation ssure
Their Pastor of Their Fealty and sup-
port.
A group of three people somewha,
anticipated the tide OF church goers
that poured into the Northwestern In.
| dependent Church, at Nineteenth and
Master streets, yesterday morning.
They strolled up the latter thoroughfare
from house just west of Sixteenth
street. The man of the party carried 9
neat silk umbrella, done up in q navy
blue case, which he swung nonchantly
from side to side as he walked along
He wore very shiny silk hat over his
long, curly hair. Where his neat black
cutaway coat parted At the throat /,
showed light, small-checked Summer
cravat and collar of conventional
height and shape. A small watch
chain showed for little way below the
fourth button Of the university cuta.
way. The gentleman's shoes were
Dicely blacked and his trousers fitted
excellently.
One Of the ladies with him was elderly
and somewhat majestic, albeit good
humored in aspect, with gray curls pro.
trudtnR from beneath her bonnet front
The other one was slim and pretty in
her close.ftting dark dress and striped
Tan O'ShaDte ter.
Although IL was yet ten minutes be.
| fore the hour set for service, ct 10 30
there was knot of men on each of the
four street corners, and to the many in
each group that bowed the gentleman
raised his shiny hat from his long hair.
A Nineteenth Street car stopped at the
corr er just as the trio were about to
ascend the steps of the church. A'news
boy jumped from it with an armful OF
woodcuts under his arm, and SET up a
shout:
"Papersl papersl All about the
Messaros soandal-Rith full illustra.
tionsp'
Apparently unconcerned by this little
coincidence, M. Messaros, his wife aud
his mother in-law, Mrs, Locke, walked
into the church and, among the earlies.
comers, bent their heads in prayer over
the back of the eighth pew from the
rostrum on the left aisle. The church
filed rapidly, and every woman and
nearly every man before taking her or
his seat looked toward the PASTORS well
known pew. Each looked as bright,
nearly, as the gay Morisco decorations
of the walls when it was seen that the
apparently unshattered idol of the flock
was present. If the pastor has any
enemies in the congregation they stayed
away. Mr.. and Mrs Coulston did so.
SO did Mr.. Turpit. One of the Sunday
school teachers said If Mr.. Turpit came
to the Bible class in the afternoon there
would be trouble. He also said WORD
about Mc. Turpit that he never learned
In Sunday school.
REV. DIR. GRAHAM'S PRAYER.
Rev. DR.. Graham, in an incandes-
cent white vest, assembled the rostrum
and the choir sang the 35lst hymn, and
DR.. GIaham prayed, saying during his
prayer: 1--WE thank Thee, o, God for
this church and It's pastor and the great
attachment which exists between them.
Thou hast done great things for hi
and them, and we hope for even greater
things"
There were women's sobs min gled
with the amens when the prayer was
concluded. The fifth chapter of the
Second Epistle Of St. Paul TO the Co.
rinthians was the portion of Scripture
chosen by DR.. Graham "Fur we
know that If our earthly house of the
tabernacle were dissolved, we have q
building OF God, honse not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens .
The subject OF the sermon was the
proofs of tho resurrection, and DIR
Graham found his text in the siKtt
verse of the fifteenth chapter of the
First Epistle to the same church;
| 'After that he was seen of above 500
brethren at once, of whom the greater
part remain unto this day, Eut some
are fallen asleep"
When the benedictiou was pro.
Inounced and the choir had sung the
404th hymn the congregation proceeded
to act very differently from the way
congregations generally do at this
period of the service. At first they
stood or sat still In their places. Then
little concentric circles OF humanity be.
gan to whirl about the pastors pew.
They were mostly composed OF silk OF
muslin, but interspersed were spots OF
broadclosh. Six devoted women sat
three in the pew behind, three in the
pew Enthusiastically about Mr.. Messarot
and his family. Despite the ruff ing Of
their konnets and back hair consequent
upon the extension over their heads o
scores of hands to be shaken by the
pastors, they resolutely refused tt
bulge throughout the ceremony.
| The first woman who shook hands
said in q whisper:
"I hope you are feeling WE'LL"
81 feel better, thank you," Mr.
! Messaros replied.
THE PASTOR SURROUNDED.
This formula was not departed from
to any great extent from twenty min
utes of IL to twenty minutes after
Many of the women cried, but ware
contented TO do so quietly. When Tie
last member OF the church who wanted
to shake bands had done so, Mr
Messaros walked out in ieisurely
manner, accompanied by one of tn.
ISunday school officers and followed by
Ibis wife and her mother, walked home
ward down Master street.
Mr.. Turpit did not attend Sunday
Ischool in the afternoon, so that tn,
Iquestion whether he would be put ou
or not was not put to the trial. Mr.
Coulston sent in his resignation IS sec
retary of the school and at q teachers
meeting held after the session it wa
accepted.
The resignation gave no reason fo
the action except that Mr.. Ooulstol
Thought it wonld be better for him t
| vacate the place. There was no com
Iment or discussion rs to the acceptance
and Librarian Smith was at once elecl
ed to the vacancy.
The church was thronged again 9
. the evening service. More hand sbak
. ing went on after 1t was over, but Mr.
Locke was the sole recipient of the COZ
/ gregation's attention. Her son-in-la'
aud his wife concluded to stay at hom'
Mr.. Messaros has not yet set time fC
3 nis departure from the city.
ii At tho Old stand,
mo. 9E Fourth street. Won will find