National Republican., 1888-02-20
ECHOES FROM THE PULPIT.
TOPICS ABLE DIvINES DICuSSED TO
THEIR CONGREGATIONS.
Curative ETects OF sunshine-Concor-
dia Church's New Pastor Installed
with Due Ceremony -A A Lawyers
Effort at Preaching - Conversations
With Caiaphas,

ing; thou wilt make all his bed In his sick
mess" The influence OF the inclemeut
weather OF the past few weeks upon persons
suffering from disease was the opening
thought and the curative effects Of the suu
shine, such as frightened this Sibbath, fur
nished much matter for thought and dis
cutsion. Disease, he, is proof that the
laws of nature have been violated In some
manner at some time. Emerson was quoted
as saying that "sickness is a felony" The
reverend gentleman said that when he felt
sick he always felt ashamed, and had to
apologize to those who sympathized for
having done anything TO offend or disturb
good mother nature. The evils Of too
much medicine were referred to, and II
was recommended that less OF drugs and
more Of sunshine, pure food and regular
habits was what this age needed, and the
remark once made by Oliver Wendell
Holmes, the oet.do tor, was repeated,
"if all the medicine had been thrown into
the sea IL would have been worse for the
fishes but better for mankind
The power of the mind was being recog
nizcd. The old physiciSn treated man as
an animal, and considered disease 4 physi-
cal alment, and perhaps the dcvOtees Of
the mind cure 30 too far toward the other
extreme. IL is too heavy n draft on our
crcdulity to believe that the han er which
comes Of days fast, the effects Of the
blow Of q puelist or of collision VITA
locomotive, or the cholera or measles are
the results OF imagination. Mental troubles
have, however, broken down strong consti-
tutions; many young woman has gone
down 10 premature grave as direct re
suit OF blighted affection, Of lacerated feel
ipgs. The power Of the human will was
pleasantly discussed, and numerous Inter.
esting examples given.
The influence Of kindness was the princi
pal theme, ard much good advice was
freely distributed. ave lave seem said
the doctor, "a coffin covered with Il ,wers
so that nothing could he seen beneath the
beautiful binds, and have known that hal
few Of thos" flowers been strewn on the
pathway of the one then lying cold In our
preee1 ce that the coflln woul not have
been Ieedcd so soon.n The quiet herJism
of the invalid, OF the devoted attendant,
of the poor end the suffering who existed
and struggled when no one knew of their
poverty or pain but God was touched on In
very impressive and touching manner.
"The first lesson OF sickness" concluded
the doctor, ''is prudence, obedience to the
laws Of health; the second one is, that we
should be possessed OF the faith, the hope,
and that good cheer that conQuers disease.
SO that when disease does come 1t will
quicken our better nature to such an eX.
tent that when death appears It be as au
angel to gently part us from death and take
us to that heaven where sorrow and sick
ness are no more.
INSTALLATION OF THE NEW PASTOR.
Concordia Church, corner OF Twentieth
and G streets northwest, was well filed
yesterday morning, 1t being the occasion of
| the installation OF the pastor elect, Rev.
| John Mueller. Rev. j. Peterson, one OF the
most prominent divines in the general
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and president of the first district confer-
ence Of New York, was present 10 his Off.
cial capacity to perform the impressive
ceremonies. He took his text from First
| Corinthians, xvi, 10: snow, II TimOthene
could see that he msy be with you without
fear, for he worketh the work OF the Lord
as also do"
~ am reioiced," said the divine, that
the Lord has opened door In this the cap
ital city "for cur great body OF the Lrthe.
| ran church, so well known for its lirli ad-
| beIence to its standards. | am here iu my
ofllcisl capacity to induct your newly.
tcted pastor into the Office 10 which YOU
have chosen him, in Keeping with the cult
and order Of our chuith Our text Is rs
| II itwere especially cut out for tho ucca
| sion. II apples 10 both pastor and pc Iple
/ shall inst turn my attention 70 the lstor,
He is here, as the text SAYS, to he vita you
without fear. II is well that he shou'd Cver
RENT mber this. There is no pastor who ut
times is hot tempted for convenience sake
to yield to popular voice and wauts. The
| pastor must have no other standard but tue
woid of God. That mu.t be preached
| whether H. pleGses the people or not He
| must also be the shepherd-ihit is, nn' Onl 7
to feed but lead the lck. He must vi.it
the sick, comfort the sorrowlng, adml ,ter
to the dying, and give the milk OF the Gos
pei to the young.
"The pastor must be faithful to the stand
ards of his chuicn. No church 90 eartu 81
clearly divines the word ard 80 empnati
cally breaches the Gospel ard its llbelt as
the Lutheran Chu.Ch. am glad To see tht
departing pestCr In the spirit VI the church
step boldly TO the front aud cry halt Il
the legali2irg split Of the day. The law
purifcth no flesh. This must lie our themt
in tbis day, when sects ptrvcrt the q ,spe
and breathe into II the harsh spirit OF thu
law, and thus mn,tinlv sin. The Gospe
denounces them as one Of the evil signs o
the latter day. andes Of the devil. Neve
lose sight Of the Lutheran doctrine right
divIning the word. Neither more nor les
is required than TO be found faithful"
DIR. Peterson then TUNED his attention to
the congregation Of the church, and in elo
quent manner pointed out TO them thei
duty both as members Of the church aud I,
their pastor. In conclusion he said: 'S.rlv,
to be true to your name, Concordia Lee
there be concord between yourselves ant
your pastor all working together for th
ssGc end, aud may You all be found al thI
throne of God"
At the conclusion Of the sermon Dr.
Peterson, assisted by Rev. Schneider An,
the church council, inducted the new pistO
into his duties In the beautiful ceram . lie'
OF the church.
CnNsT's CONVERSATION WITH CAIArnAs
A COZ gregation that filled every seat il
Metropolitan Nj. +. Church listened atten
lively last night to the Rev. DR.. John
Newman as he continued his series OF dis
courses termed "Conversation3with Christ.
The one given last night was entitled
"Chrlst's Conversation with Caiaphas,h ant
the text was, 81 adiure Thee, by the livlnl
God, that Thou tell us whether Thou b
the Christ, the Son Of Godn-Matthew
XVI, C3.
''snce the days Of Pontus Pilate," sal,
the preacher, "to the present time th
great question Of the ages has been, 'Wha
shall we do with ChislY After the laps
Of go many centuries the question is s.il
the most veXRtlous, aid at the same tim
the most profound for the contemplation 0
this, our age. 5, ME have answered 1t man
fully in the light OF evidence; Others hav
hesitatcd; others again bave refused TO ia
vestigate. Still the question, like the fable
ghost, viii not down, We may defer IN
answer from rosy childhood TO decrepi
age; we may cover it with worldly pleas
uIes; We may sit in Judgment o
It; we may declare that lie WAS III
greatest OF Tetolmers, the purcst OF teacl
els, the Grandest Of men; still the questio
comes again. In the pure light Ut ever
sabbath, In the sick chamber, in the chlI
Der where man meets hIe ilnal fate, -
question cculs again and GgAin. It mu
lie answered.n
Avery clear historical sketch Of CAiaphat
the Sddducee and the high priest, was the
given. The raising Of Lazarus from IN
dead had caused great cammotiOu an
something lad TO be done to quiet II