Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-20
FOR DEAR OMAHA'S SAKE.
Rev. w. j. Harsha Says Our People
Ought to Go to Church.
OPENING THE PEOPLES CHURCH.
A Tribute to the Eioquence, Zeal and
Scholarly Attainmenus OF tho
Men OF God in Lo-
cal Puipits.
Before the Cross and Altar.

The following PLAN words have been ad-
dressed to citizens of Omaha by Rev. w. j.
Harsha. of the First Presbyterian church:
have long felt that little fatherly ad-
vice on particular matter would do you no
harm. Perhaps l, being the oldest pastor in
point of service in the city, may fittingly give
it TO you.
And firstly, as we preachers say, there
never was a time when the pulpits of Omaha
were so ably filed now. In the First
Congregational church is DIR. Duryea,
distinguished man whose advent to the city
was cause of PRIDE to every citizen who
ynlues the intellectual and moral well-being
of our community, In the Trinity cathedral
is Dean Gardner, one of the most gen.
tlemauly and scholarly men to be
met with in any city. The First
Baptist pulpit is filed by DIR. Lamar, than
whom there is not more efficient aud de-
voted man in his denomination. At the
kouptze Memorial church is DIR. Detweiler,
a deep thinker ana brilliant orator. To
the First Methodist pulpit has just come DR..
Merrill, one of Philadelphia's most success
fu pastors, whose genial voice is bound TO
earnest gospel truth. DIR, John Williamson,
of the Central United Presbyterian church,
is well known Us u scholar and preacher.
At Boyd's opera house Rev. Charles w.
SlkluRc HAS bluILtu MS > CHuTCtI, IL
= movement which should receive the cordial
support of business men of all denomina-
tons. For my part want 10 say that | am
particularly glad tnat Brother Savidge has
inaugurated this movement, and that stand
ready to do oil in my power TO helpit forward.
In the various parts and suburbs of the
city there are men quite as able and devoted
as any down town, among them being Drs.
THAN. Willard Scott John Gordon, Zahner
and House, and Rev. Messrs. Henderson,
Clark, Foster, Brown, Crane and many
others. a nobler set of men can not be
found in the profession, or business circles
in the city These are men who believe
what they preach and live out what they
recommend.
Now for my little word of advice. May
not venture To say TO the people of Omaha
that, loving the fair name OF the city as do,
IL seems 10 me the least thing our citizens can
do is to crowd all the churches where these
men preach, l have noticed in the papers
that when the proprietors of opera houses
make special effort to get his
triOnic talent or high order
70 appear in Omaha they appeal confidently
10 the town-love of the people for large
houses. The same pride ought 10 be felt in
our churches. No one can fairly claim that
Sunday hour spent IN our Omaha churches
is an hour lost 1t Is time that our Sabbath
habits should be revised. A city gets into
bad habits Just as an individual does, and
one of the worst OF Omaha ways is staying
at home on the Lords day.
] say, go TO church at least once a day.
This advice give you not so much on re-
ligious grounds, though might urge these
with propriety, MS ON intellectual and moral
grounds. For the good of your families, for
the development OF manlness In your child
rem, for the broadening of YOUR mental hori.
zon. for the purpose of getting outside of
the little daily round of money making. say:
Go to church. Select the nearest church of
your own denomination, or il you have no
preference OF that sort 20 10 hear the man
who wakens within you the best and k;udli-
est thoughts and resolves, Though you do
not believe the doctrines ho breaches, act
upon the practical suggestions he gives you.
1t will do you good 10 get cleaned up once q