Daily Republican., 1889-03-14
A Grand Success.

Sunday, the 10th inst, WAS a e g'adsome
day at Wilmington NJ. E. Church, South
Wilmington. The banner rally was a
grand success. The exercises OF the day
were as follows: At II a. m., the church
being well tilled, the services were opened
by reaiing hymn t2l, responsive reading
lp3d psalm, after which the choir sang
with ecstasy, "The Lord Ia my portion"
Rev. j. II. Smith preached good ser
mon from Psalm 15D, 6, ard our hearts
were made glad by the preaching OF the
gospel. At 1l.45, Pursuant to the call
made by the pastor, tue captains of the
tribes, with their officers, took their posi-
tions and the contests began. After an
engagement of thirty minutes the tribes
reporied, and the morning collection
amounted to $6.l5. 1t had been previ-
ously announced that the afternoon ser
vices would he conducted by Rev. j. K.
Waters, pastor OF Ez,on NJ. Il. Church,
and the choir Of said church. At the
eaIly hour OF clock crowds could be
seen vending their way to the little
chapel, and by o'clock every available
space in the church was occupied. The
services were opened by singing hymn
3l6 and prayer by J. II, Smith followed
by singing anthem aud hymn 1856.
Rev. Waters, preached as usual an
able and powerful sermon from Prov. IL,
q. The sermon was an excellent one,
and made such Impressions on the hearts
of the people that will lot soon be ior-
gotten, and we could say with assurance
that the gospel of Christ is the power OF
God unto salvation.
The memb RS and friends of Exon who
had followed their leader at bis call re-
Had Il
ward and presented us with the neat
sum Of S!l,02, for which We returned a
vote of thanks. The choir
with G. H. View, chorister, and VIM.
Wilson, organist, certainly rendered ex'
cellent music, and as their melody filled
the air Heaven seemed 10 echo the strains
and God answered with h spirit; vote
OF thanks was rendered them. The Capt.
again took their positions a1d soon re
ported S9.26 At 3 O'Clock =. M, Rev.
Toner OF Madeley Chapel gave us quite q
talk from Ps %, alter which the cap
tains arrayei for battle again, and after
three short but earnest efforts reported az
follows: Tribe OF Jacob" Charles II.
Colbourn, Capt. S26.0l; Tribe of "LeVi, -
Les Is II. Bautum Capt, S52 23i; Joseph's
Independent Co, James Mlediord Capt,
S62. IS. To the surprise OF many the lat
ter company which had laid In ambush
all day sailed forth with their guns We
charged defeated the Jacobs" nj
st vitos" and carried oil the banner.
The Levites IL vel; her band vsi
few, but tried ard true, The leader l.
in bold, caused Joseph's men to trembe
when Levi's name was told.
The Jacobs" were not the last if the
least, and in proportion to numbers, the
victory would have been theirs; small
band with brave hearts.
| We had asked for 800, but wher
coun ing the total for the day, found 1
10 be Si5j00. We closed the day feeling
that The Lord had ahundantly blessed u
and crowned our efforts with success
We shall soon c'ose our years wcrk a
this point with a'llghter heart than whei
we came the 7th of last May. God hs
been with us In onr labors, and signs O
success have been seen all along the line
With a working memhersh p OF about 30
aided largely by the c0ngrega ion, W
have raised for all purposes t925.Ts. w
are about ready to arrange for our ne'
church, and, having the building pla
and specifications, wish TO advise tn
builders and contractors who wish
put in their bid to call aud examln
them at the parsonage, Townsend stree
near b.