Evening journal., 1889-04-01
PULPIT AND PEW.
Some OF Yesterdays sermons-A Colored
Presbyterian Church Pro- ected-Notes
Regarding the Churches of the City.


Presbyterian Church Proiected-Notes
Regarding the Churches of the City.
Rev. Dir. Mason of Kissessing, Phila-
! delphia. preached at ST. Johns p. +.
| Church Yesterday afternoon on the
power of PRAYER. His text was Psalms
| 116 10: II love the Lord because he
hath heard my voice and my suppiica-
tions Because He hath inclined His ear
unto me therefore will | call upon Him
as long as live. He said in part
David was one Of the greatest men of
the old dispensation. He was a
deeply religious man from early days
until the time when be delivered the
kingdom TO his son Solomon. The songs
of David have been mans inspiration for
ages. He was man Of faith he believed
in God an infinite God, who guarded
him and watched over him.
Doubling does not imply wisdom; we
should be sorry for the infidel and scep-
tic and pray for them. God has the
power to qualify his laws when it is
necessary. Prayer is a necessity it is a
condition by which we receive what we
want. Our true richness Of soul lies in
our nobleness ON the earth and happiness.
which are the fruits Of Joy, love and
peace.
Rev. George NJ. Hickman preached at
First Presbyterian Church last evening
on the liquor question. The singing was
appropriate to the occasion. Mr.. Hiek.
man, as preliminary, read circular let
ter from the Law and Order Society con
cerning the liquor question His text
was Proverbs % 29.32: "Who hath woeP
who hath sorrow2 who hath contentionsg
who hath babblingsg who hath wounds
without Gauss? who hath redness of
eyes2 They that tarry long at the wiue
they that 60 to seek mixed wine. Look
not upon the wine when it is red, when
it giveth its color in the cup, when it
moveth itself Alright. At the last it
biteth like serpent and stingeth like
an adder He gave great
many facts to show the curse of drink
and the need Of its complete prohibition.
Authorities were quoted to show
the effect of the continuance of
the sale of liquors. Statistics
were presented showing the in
crease in the manufacture Of spirits.
He said among other things, "Prohib.-
tion is bound to come; it will be polit-
ical necessity. Action will take the
place of discussion. So long as liquor
rules our cities, that long is universal
suffrage a failure. We shall not
continue long great nation unless we
control this curse Of drunkenness
Either rum or the republic must 60 In
temperance and crime are closely related
Drink makes 80 per cent of the l1natics.
As per cent. of the idiots, 70 90 per cent.
of the paupers, 10 per cent of the deaths.
so per cent. Of all crime.
Churches must help to form sentiment
to back up the representatives of the
people against this curse. The saloons
will not support a public benefit. Should
the churches then support a crime Is
that justice? In Wilmington, local op-
tion will be followed by total prohibition.
Is prohibition just? 1t is. 1t is just to
restrain an insane man from jumping
over precipiee. The appetite for drink
is insanity. The Supreme Court has
said prohibitory law is constitutional.
The liberty Of any person is
not taken away when the sale Of
liquor is stopped. No Legislature has the
right to bargain away the public health
or the public morality. The people them
selves cannot do it. Prohibition is
wanted by the best citizens Moral
growth with the Bible as a foundation
will increase the temperance sentiment
Of the city
Rev. Q. A. Grice preached at Brandy
wine M. E. Church last evening from
revelations 2l, z: He that Overcometh
Shall Inherit all Things" He said in
part: The promised Inheritance Of all
things is contingent. There need be no
question about the Inheritance if the i'm
piled conditions are met. Success in
every department of life depends upon
what is in the text implied.
Personal effort is prominent con
dition of success. To reach highest sue
cess in anything it win not do to depend
upon accident or others. These often
help but much oftener hinder Indi-
viduality of effort is the only reliable
staff upon which to lean.
This text further implies a conflict.
Overcoming, in significance implies
getting on top or the other
side of something which interyenes be-
tween us and the inheritance. This calls
for struggle Principles of evil against
the progress and development in church
or state, social life or civil government,
are intentions which must be gotten
under ere we reach the inheritance
spoken Of These overcome and eye hath
not seen, nor ear heard what shall be pos
sessed. knowledge is thus possible pos
session Of all. To enter this inheritance,
ignorance, one of the great blights and
curses must be overcome. We know
much more than those of former years
did. We are finding out more and more
Of the great truths of God and
Of nature. We have made more
progress in this direction in
the last fifty years than was made in
5000 years before. Yet how little we
know. Ignorance, aided by presumption
and Incidence, is still a great gulf be-
tween us and knowledge. Christian
prospection is also passable inheritance
for all. A perfect fullness Of Christ
But it lies on the other side, or above
prejudice, sin and evil habits To reach
this inheritance we must overcome preiu-
dice against methods, means and man
Sin and Satan must be subdued and old
habits in which Satan is seen to lurk
must be subdued. Then will the heights
Of perfection be reached, when the heart
turns to God, who is all in ALL