Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-15
CENTRAL CHURCH.
The PaEtor-elect Preached Yesterday.
Installation Friday Evening and Recep-
iIon Next Week.


The Pastor-eIect Preached Yesterday.
Installation Friday Evening and Recop-
tIon Next Week.
Rev. William p Swartz. pastor-elect
of Central Presbyterian Church. preached
for the first time in the church in that
capacity yesterday. The church was
well filled at both the morning and even
ing services and the congregation we're
much pleased with his first sermons. Mr..
Swartz used notes yesterday, but paid
little attention 10 them. He has pleas
ing, though deliberate delivery. His voice
is fair. His articulation good. His pic
turing. apt and clear, and his illuesretions
and method Of deducing from them ex-
csllent
His text yesterday morning was First
Corinthians, 10, 30: And why stand we
in jeopardy every hour. In the opening
he described how the apostle Paul stood
in jeopardy not only from his own conn
trymen, but he could see the growing
opposition of the heather, which culmi-
mated in the riot at Ephesus lead by
Deme titus the silversmith. He was
also in jeopardy because Of his opposition
toevil The speaker showed by givingex-
amples of the prosecutions under which
the early Christians suffered, giving in
stances IN the Old and New Testaments of
the persecution of the prophets and
apostles and citing the prophetic utter
ances Of Christ as to persecution that
Gods people must stand in jeopardy at
all times from an evil world.
Every man who makes a manful oppo-
sition to wrong must stand in jeopardy.
| The courage of the prosecuted and the
manner Of il we're then described and
the assertion made that Christians must
not count their life in comparison with
obedience to Gods will. The reason that
| Christians should stand opposition and
/ jeopardy was because God who rules all
promised His care and watchfulpess anC
triumph in the end This life is not all
every man who hopes to be accepted il
the last great day, must be positive in
the face Of all opposition for the right
and God They must now stand in jeop
ardy Of men, or in jeopardy Of the watcl
of God for eternity.
A man who has no enemy in the com
munity is sure to have God for an enemy
A man who is positive must have enemies
! The sermon ended with an exhortation Il
the congregation as lovers of God e
oppose the sin in the community and tn,
/ WISH Iudl III Illkhh eAttlA ~ liht ttIi
would have many enemies, such as Goo
has
In the evening the sermon was based
on Matthew 70, AZ to 45. The sermon
was forcible and eloquent and the speaker
more at ease than in the morning. Tn,
lives of those who think it polite ant
popular to belong to Christian church
who live moral lives, but have never giveI
their hearts to Christ, were described
The fruitfnlness of such lives and tn,
uselessness Of a moral reformation in The
end was impressed in forcible language
Christ must enter into the heart and thu
reformation must be made through him
Mr. Swartz will move to this city this
week The parsonage has been renovated
and recarpeted. A reception to the pas
tor and his wife will be given in tn,
church parlors, some evening next week
The installation exercises will talk
place in the church on Friday evening a
Z 30 o'clock Rev W. W. Taylor viii
preside, Rev. joel Swartz, ID. D. Rev. J
Howard Nixon, d. d., and Rev. Mr.
Reed will assist in the services.