Daily Republican., 1888-10-22

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Whist 10 the differences betuosn the
southern pAst Of this hemisphare and
the ndrthern part OF Is. They hMdu't rs
much Of the gospel down there IN South
Am sFioa ~ In North America. They
wAntei moro RIaDoIs AsbuFys down
there ard lesa ooid formalisR. II tho
French had built more houses for GOD
inBtead OF oloisteFB aud mon Asteries they
would have saved thtmtelvss from that
fsuEful a IOd Of inddeliIy that led 10 this
French revolution.
Our fathers built churches aud need
Cd no bsatiles. 1hey didn't 81 the time
thAs.t they were buildIug . western en-.
pire of loyal BtAtes Of the Union.
When the corner stone OF this church
was laid was Q critical period Of eur
loountry's history. There were foes ell
around. Iphdelity raised lie head aud
against she builders. Mr.. etubbs here
very graphically described ony fathers
In their teats Of lighting, bat not with
loArnAl WesponB, the enemies OF God
and Of the church. BE advised 9 watch
20 DO kept over the young TO see that
tney start right, TO see whether they
wert 20 the humble manaer Of the babe
of Bethlehem for then hrst religious
guidADos, or whether they laid tham-
selves GU: upoo the cold sab Of formal.
ism.
Al . critical period In our country 3
history, God cent Ma1hodism along the
line. What was it2 Il was simply
christianity in earnest There were
churches 10 the land, bat the real live
spirit OF rellaiOn was wanted. God
sent along the Methodist itinerant He
Wasn't anchored down with much real
estate. His wealth was 10 his heart
Aod In hia sAddlebARa. He planted
churches hero aud there and aft@r be
put Ihem into operation, he plugged
h .thsF into the forests and planted StIlI
more clutches uatil now over two mil
lion Nc hOiiats Arc the result Of their
lAbola,
Refernng again to Asbury, MI. stubbs
asid she Was practically the oldest aotiVe
church in the country. There were few
older, and It vas proper that she should
be baptiBed with the name Of her great
bishop. Mt, Btubbs then showed that
In those days theFo was more care sxeE
olsod In the reception Of ministers into
the connection. Speaking Of Bishop
AsbuSy, he said be was . mAu OF Gods
own buildiBg. His mind va specially
adapted 70 the work 10 which ho was
called. Mr.. Btubba thouaht We could
measure him better than those who
lived In his day, though he thought We
lived too near Blth)p Taylor 70 aee
AsbuTy in his true character. He re
ferrod 10 the great City Hall building
Of PhilAdelphia that looked more ma
isstlo = dlstSnoe on than whom close to
it ~ illustrative Of the light In whioh
We soc AsbuFy. We At distanos OF 90
years are bottoF able ~ Judge OF the
character Of AsbuFy than those who In
his day associated with him. II would
mos be possible ~ the present day to
write the history Of H0Rland without
having the name Of Wesley in Il and q
complete history OF the United Blatea
oJuld not be written without having
the name Of Asbury in It.
thiDk I see them, said Mr.. Btubhs,
call him namea, but without mindina
them he goes steAdily on inward In the
discharge OF his duty. They suspect
him Of not being loyal to the country,
and he is selEed Whils standing under
hts umbrella At Basaett's, and was
thrown into prIsOB. When be was re
leased he started ont 80 II nothing had
happened, raising his voice as ons in
the wilderness and saying: Come 70
tha Lord and seek salvation" God,
0AptIEs as with moro OF the spirit OF
AabnTyi l Iqusstion whether any man
except Washington, the father OF his
country, did more to bring about the
independence Of his county than did
Asbury.
But where there IL q father 70 the
! country there must be . mother, and
that mother has been the church. Were
a there not other churches thAt were enti-
tied 10 the highest respect and praise au
. we'll ~ AsbuFy7 Oh, yes, but bhey
I didn't preach she EoepeG as Asbury cid.
They had somehow left out some Ina
, portAnt stones In the gospel arch that
, Weakened them. This feather and that
feather had beon pluoked from th III
, wings and they couldn't Ay any more.
Justification BY faith, perfect salvation
and such important points in the gospel
had bsen left behind. People said, 0Il
, am In the church l am sinner; II /
am out Of the church am . siAnsr; 1
l might ss we'll be sinner O0t Of IL. and
will stay oul."
But AHouFy came presiding Jesus
, oruoiaed onos for ell; By His death We
are Esdesm0d; His blood clean seth from
all sin. Men caught . glorious glimpse
OF what the gospel should DO They saw
/ christianity In q different light They
laid hold of the promises, an the early
} MethOdisbs under AsbuFy became
flaming torches for Christ. Under this
I inspiration this church was built, and
none oAn tell the good lnf1uenoss 10 has
, had, not only IN Wilmington, but upon
} the whole country. Mr.. Stubba closed
his sermon With An earnest and clio.
| quent sppeAl to get back TO tho old time
spirit OF MsthOdiam, An appeal that was
met with many hearty RESPONSES all over
the large congregation
Rev Mr.. Bryan coming TO the pulpit
said . number OF working men coming
home from their daily labor one even
ling saw . hAndbill posted, which said q
Mr.. 30 and go would deliver an address
, at . certain hoRF . N. The puEHle with
them was TO knew what .. m. meant,
AZ last one OF them said he know, and
while the others awaited his opinion be
sAid IL meant "affar money" This said
Mr.. Bryan 10 what We want now.
Trastse Floyd then brought in a black
board, which Was laid of in blocks,
each block represen ting $40 Three ears
ago the debt OF the ehuroh after exten-
siVe repairs was t4io00. By various
msaas that debt had been rsduoed,since
then unttl only sl.e00 was left, and that
amount Mr.. Bryan wanted,
Mr.. BFgAn then give . brief running
Oh etoh Of Asbury OhQroh from the time
II was dedicated on the Is Of October,
l7So IL vas then 4 smAll church, %
fest square, reaching from the front
back to tue third window. Part OF this
material In the old church IA still In h.
TRenty yeAEE afterwards, Asbury said
ct that time. thus far have We come.
Ths church ak that time. contained -
white and 10 oslored members, who had
l met In Q school house At Third aBa King
streets, where the REPUBLICAN, Ofiice