Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-08
Church Chat.

VI buh1uuy huc
attendance at the churches was up
to the average, both at the morn
ing and evening services,
The Liberty Street NJ. E. Church
folks are delighted with the new
electric light at the corner of Lib.
erty and Jefferson streets.
1t was announced Saturday that
Rev. j. A. Matthews would hold
service at st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, but owing to the severity
of the weather and the fact that the
pastor had just risen from a bed OF
sickness there was no sermon. A
lay service was held instead,
1t being foreign missionary day
at the Christian Church, Ed. j.
w, Higbee, after reading the 9Th
chapter of End Corinthians, and
drawing special attention to the
fact that the Lord never command
ed a Christian to give, but rather
suggested it, delivered an appro-
pirate discourse for the day by CIV
ing a brief history of cooperative
work among the Christian people
extending back to 1871 and 1912,
and also showing by carefully
gathered statistics that while we in
America had one. Protestant minis
ter to every seven hundred and
sixty nine persons, there were, in
the foreign field, but one Protestant
minister to every three hundred
and ninety six thousand, nine
hundred and forty-one persons, and
that in comparison to the eighteen
million dollars that had, during
the life of the Foreign Mission So
ciety, been spent for home mis-
sions, but from four to five million
had been sent abroad.
Ed. James Bradley was absent
in Liberty, Mo-, and no service was
held at the Monroe Street Baptist
Church. The regular meeting day
at this church is the fourth Sunday
of the month.
Rev. c. III. MeDermond, pastor
of Liberty Street M. E. Church,
preached in the morning from Gal
atians SO, setting forth the fact
that no n could occupy a neutral
position or shut himself up in the
narrow limits of self as far as in
fiuence is concerned, and while this
carried with it a responsibility, it
opened up grand opportunities
with reerence to Christian effort.
He closed by referring to some of
the circumstances leading to dis
enlargement in Christian work. At
night he preached from Ezekiel
1876, on mutual responsibilities
and their results.
Rev. A. M. Vardeman preached
to large audiences at the Prone
made Street Baptist Church yester-
day. His text was from Phil. LII
in the morning. Both sermons
were very interesting.
Rev. E. K. Miller preached to
good audiences DO tn morning and
evening yesterday at the Prone
made Street NJ. E. Church, South.
In the morning he took for his
text: "And knew not that it was
Jesus" xx-14; "The Recognition OF
a Present Savior" Both morning
and evening discourses we're able
and interesting. 1t is impossible
to do either sermon justice in a
few lines and lack of space forbids
a comprehensive synopsis.
Rev. Mr.. Wallace preached an
excellent sermon from this text:
"Father, the hour is come" John
17:1) at the Presbyterian Church.
Theme, Christ's crisis hour. In
this transaction two parties are
concerned, viz: Christ and the
world. 1t was a crisis in the life
of Christ. First, because it was
the event long looked for by Him;
and concerning which the prophets
wrote. Second, it was a crisis in
hthat it was the hour of His greatest
need; the hour in which He must
stand alone, his disciples having
deserted Him and even Gods face
was hid. Third, it was at this
hour that He felt the weight of the
worlds sin. Fourth, this was the
hour of Christ's greatest humilia-
ton and, also, of his greatest exal-
tation. Christ in his crisis created
a great crisis for man. Life comes
to fallen man, only, in the death OF
Jesus. His crisis was in his death;
ours is in our life. In this life we
determine whether or not we will
accept His atonement.
The regular services were held
at s and 1920 O'Clock yesterday
morning at the Catholic Church,
by Rev. Father Dempsy. During
Lent night service will be held
every Friday.
Bob Feels Better.
From the Centralia Guard.
Rob White of the Mexico LEN.