The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-04
PULPIT ANo PLATFORM
ST. LuKE,s CATHEDRAL.


Rt. Rev. j. F. Spaulding, DID,, Episco-
pal bishop of Colorado, preached at st.
luke's in this city. at both the morning and
the evening services. In the morning his
text was III. Corinthians, X, 16: ITO preach
the gospel in the regions beyond you" The
church, he said. is progressive. 1t has been
20 from the start, and always will be so. 1t
IS constantly ramifying in all directions
from the great centres. Indeed, as body
corporate. the principal clause Of its charter
commands this very thing. go we and
preach ths gospel to all men," was the CON-
nand which sent the early church fathers
ont, aud they obeyed the command we'll.
They laid the foundation of church in Je-
rusalem, then leaving it to develop its own
strength they went forth to Samaria, to
Thessalonica, to PhillipDi, to Corinth, to
Galatia, and all over the world, planting
churches and preaching the gospel in the re-
gions beyond them. He sketched briefly
Paul's travels and labors, showing that this
idea to spread the gospel over as great G. K
tent Of territory as was possible, was the
leading idea of this magnificent Christians
life. He then made personal application
OF the text to his hearers, saying that the in
junction was as much on them as on Paul
himself. To preach the gospel in the regions
beyond you. Where are the regions beyond
me? Everywhere where you see oneloutside
the church. Begin with your next door
neighbor, then the Inext, and the next. All
are beyond, and as you preach in these re-
gions it opens up yet other regions beyond.
10 tha,, int tpn nj ~ he
formation of iseveral churches in Colorado,
ending with an eloquent appeal to his hear
ers to contribute money for the support of
missionaries in the mining towns which ear
nestly desired e haze diuis1--s.,ivrs con-
SECOND ADVENT CHURCH s
Rev. e. p. Woodward. the pastor of the
Second Advent church, preached yesterday
afternoon on Ascension Robes" Prior to
the sermon he took up collection of S37, to
put the church out of debt He then an
nounced that at an early daya chapel would
be built for the use of the society.
He said the special feature of the work of
the Adventist church is the proclaiming the
fact Of the second coming of the Lord. For
ty years and more'ago, a man was called Of
truth they were in great danger of forget.
ting. Perhaps his work was roughly done
but the world was aroused, and the greaj
central truth, Christ will come again, was
recalled.
But is it truo that for forty years people
had been at work making spotless robes in
which to meet Christ at his comingP No;
that Is not true.
A man is said to have devoted one chapter
Oh book on Iceland to snakes, and this was
the entire chapter: There are no snakes in
Iceland" SO the man who writes the histo-
ry OF the church will have to make his chap
ter on ascension. robes read: "There never
were any ascension robes"
Inc preacher said that during his thirty
years connection with the denomination he
never met person who ever got ready lit
eral robe, and never saw one who ever heard
OF any other person who did do it. The lit
erature OF the denomination now forms a IL
Drary, and yet it does not contain one word
ABOUT literal robes. The denomination
Tunes" issued In 1843, has been active, but in
all the papers issued since 1843, not one word
has been said about literal robes
LII may be that some one, craZed by excite
ment, may have got ready real robe, lust as
men crazed by religious excitement believed
fer of $4,000 is made for case where Sec
ond Adventists, who were looking for the
second coming of Christ had made bodv
robes 10 which to meet him.
Mr.. Woodman then spoke Of the second
coming comma OF Christ, by which earthly troubles
SAID was held by all Christians. Then there
VIII be worn ascension robes, hut robes not
made with earthly hands. The preacher
said, The signs of the times point to some
change. The time for the end will come.
even If we know not when"