Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-03
Volume XLIII.---No. 25.

ready Tor the infant Ol0u mt 10 Oe
made "a member of Christ. the child
of God and an inheritor of the King
dom of Heaven" Here since first
Apostolic hands were stretched forth
in this land, in this Church to give
blessing. the blessing has heen ready
for those who will rally to receive.
Here for two centuries these hills have
looked down upon valley, now vocal
with the happy concourse gathering
with swift pace at the House of God,
to hear the Church's benedlction OH
those who had just filtered olt the
vows of welded love. A valley now
silent but for the muff1eJ tread Of the
slow procession moving to this House
OF God to hear again the Church's
benediction from Him who is the Res
direction and the Lifr. "He that be.
lieveth in Me though He were dead
yet shall be live"
During these two hundred years
seventeen stewards Of the mysteries
of God have ministered'in this Church.
They followed one another in close
succession being no long and wasting
vacancy. But very unequal the length
of their stewardship. Three, the Rev.
William McConc'le, the R-v. John
Weems and the Rev. Lemuel Wilmer,
ministered here jointly f'r The long
space of one hundred and twelve years.
This permanence Of the relation be.
tween pastor and people testifying to
the devotion and respect Of the parish.
toner's for their X .ctor. testifying in
days gone by and testif ing today, this
permanance has characterized in a re-
markable degree the last century Of
this Church's life. In the year 1887,
the year that our Federal constitution
came into being. John Weems became
Rector of this parish. Weems, Will
mer. Lewin-but three links in the
chain stretching from 1887 to the be-
ginning OF the present R+ctorship
Weems, Win r, levin, for more than
fourscore and ten years they gave to
this parish, each according to his sew
eral ability. their labor and strength.
Would you have thera eulogy? Go
forth this evening and look up to the
star-lit sky. They that turn many to
righteousness "shall shine as the stars"
ami beyoni the fading stars-they
"shlne forever and ever" only differing
one from another as star ditfereth
from star in glory.
And what shall say Of tn: present
Rector and Of you. II you ask for his
eul"gy and your eulogy look around
you, see your Christ Church finished,
offered as a memorial to God d."with-
out spot or wrinkle Of debt, conse-
Grated, crowded with worshipers, the
crown and culmication Of the Cnurches
which in succ" ssive generations have
been built here by godly men and wo-
men to the glory Of God. The first
Christ Church was built at short
distance from the site Of the present
Church, and parted from it by the
stream which once flowed among these
hills. The first Church gave place to
second and the second to y third.
But the enduring fabrics built into
that ancient structure has been built
into each succ .ssor, so that this
Church in which we are now gathered
is linked with the churches of the
past, as this generation OF worshpers is
linked with the generations of days
gone by. And you who looked upon
any one Of those former temples Can
find no eau Sc for lament today in any
diminished proportions, in any inferior
glory Of this 'latter temple" The
most venerable among you, to whose
eyes the distance past is wont to be
draped in iluslve glory, must see and
rejoice to see that the glory Of this
latter temple is greater-far greater
than "the glory Of the former temples"
Vanished the stream that once flowed
in this valley, but wider the "stresm
that makes GAL this city Of our God"
By Gods blessing on your labors and
sacrifices and the perseverance Of your
Rector Ua perseverance that triumph
ed against and over all difficulties, ~
perseverance that went right on to
achieve this arduous enterprise, the
light will shine brighter and brighter
on this more perfect day.
Brethren of Christ Church here your
light shines. A thousand acts Of sac
rifce of a hundr~d different hues are
clustered and crystallized in these
walls. and voices murmur from turret
to foundation stone "with such sacri.
fees God is we'll pleased"
Fathers and mothers of Christ
Church here your light shines. Dark
days may come; in the future clouds of
unbelisf may gather, and mildly drift
ing ob,curs t,e light of heaven.--
Amidst such gathering darkness let
your children your children's children.
when men would shake their faith in
God, look up to this your monument
and say. o, God! We have seen with
our eyes and our fathers have declared
unto US by their noble works, that
which thon didst in their days and in
the old time before them.
Christian brethren all-ransomed,
washed-let your light shine. For if
on earth through grace you glorify your
Father in Heaven He will rec i've you
mid the gloryof His Heavenly Temple
with the blessed company o: ali those
who in these valleys and around these
hills having finished their course in
faith do now rest from their labors.
"For impudenee you take the palm"
as the lass said to the dude when she
slapped his face.
Professor Wiggins is more Of man
than people generally supposed him
to be. He now lays the blame Of his
unfortunate earthquake predictions to
Mrs. Wiggius.
Give the sheep mess of ground
oats every evening from now until the
lamblng period. AS soon as the grass