Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-26
YARxs0N,s~ CHURCHES.

YARxlON,S CHURCHES.
Yesterdays 6erMsns by the PASTORS of
several OF tho Congregations.
Pastor Bsadley's address, at the Con-
gregatlontl church insthe morning was
founded on the text / Pet. Eli. Thence:
Example Better than Law" At night
it was the eleventh in the SEXES in the
sife of Christ. Topic: 'sSimon on the
Mount" The wisest of men for 1900
years have been astonished at the won
drous words uttered that dsy. Neither
in breadth Of theme nor beauty of illus
~tration, nor strength Of dictior is there
any other speech or discourse or sermon
to be compared with this one. The topic
OF the sermon is the kingdom of heaven
The first l6 verses of the 9th chapter of
Mat. Our Lord speaks OF the character
OF the members of that kingdom. The
inner life first spoken OF as pure in heart
those that often are meek, hunger and
thirst after righteousness, pure in heart
merciful to man and beast, peace makers.
He next shows the outward character of
the members OF the kingdom.
Rector Botn, of the Episcopal church,
preached in the morning: "The Son OF
Man Game to Seek and Save Our
sympathies are always aroused when
we hear of anything lost. We have all
been lost-the son of God has come to
seek and save us. We have been lost TO
happiness, lost to virtue and lost to
heaven. At night he took the question
of PLATE to Christ for his theme: What
is Truth" This question asked in de-
%rision, Plate q skeptlc. All the educated
men OF that age in the pagan world were
skeptics. This class had lost their IN
fidenoe in the mythology of the times,
yet did not desire to distrust the belief
OF the masses. PLATE regarded Jesus
the leader of a sect, the deluded foun-
der.
Pastor Burdick, of the M. r. church,
preached in the morning his Easter SER
mon, because other themes demand his
attention next Sabbath. His text was
Nov ia Christ risen from the dead"
His theme YES: Fruits of the Resur-
rsotion." Did such q person as Christ
live? Was he crucifed? Did he die ?
Was he buried? Did he arise from the
tomb? In the evening his subject was
"Righteousness, Temperance and Judg-
mentto Come Righteousness includes
action and thought: Purity Of thought
as well as action. Temperance, moderate
use of all thlngn beneficial. Total alb
stinence and prohibition of all things
huftful. Three divisions of the temper
ance question: Moral suasion, prohibit
tory legislation, political temperance.
Baptist church-O. w. Brinstad. Nor
ning-1 Cor. III, II. "For other foun-
dation can no man lay than that is laid
which is Jesus Christ" We are con.
cerned chiefly with this idea Of Christ as
a foundation Of mans religion. We are
to build ourselves, and LIES business is
not building fortunes, not building sep.
utations, but building ones own char
acter. In the evening Mr.. w. d. Fuller
delivered a very able address on the sub.
ieot of temperance. The speaker said
the liquor traffic is a bane which God
calls upon His people to exterminate.
We must not look upon intemperance
as a necessary evil, simply because it is
so prevalent. "God is God and right ia
right" and SO will win the day ulti-
mately. bat 1t is the duty and the privi.
legeoi every peraonto hasten the day Of
victory.