The Portland daily press., 1889-08-06


Prof. Sewall preached suggestive sermon
founded upon Luke, oath chapter. 9th verse.
He said the Old Testament is the prophecy
of the coming of Christ, and the New Testa-
ment is its fulhllment At first man enjoyed
communion with his maker. But at length
that blessed state was lost and the time came
when the light of prophecy was needed. This
in the beginning was dim and fickering
and for long time the world clung to the
trembling hope given in the beginning of
Genesis. Gradually the light grew brighter
as it was needed, and man could receive it,
shining more and more unto perfect day. 1t
was cherished as sacred trnSt by Abraham
and his descendants. All the prophecies of
the Old Testament in regard to the coming
of Christ are concurrent testimony, for al
though written In different times and by
many different authors, they all point one
the midnight of the world, He came 1t was
not an hour too soon or an hour too late.
The people had been gradually educated up
to the idea so that here and there he found
one ready to receive him. The work of
Christ began early even before the creation
of the world, and still continues. There are
traces of God in all the heather religions
and upon this foundation rests the success
Of all our foreign missionary efforts. The
light of truth flashes here and there, in all
the sacred books of the Hindu and ether ma
tions The same heavenly life is there,
which was handed down by Noah, but it is
now buried deep beneath a mass of tradi-
tion, and has given way to something better.
General revelation Is not enough, but the
revelation of Jesus Christ is sufficient for
the redemption Of all mankind Christ is
the centre of the truest philosophy, poetry,
science and education. His truth fills the
earth and "all the kingdoms of the world
are fast becoming the kingdoms Of our Lord
and of his Christ"
A double quartette formed the choir on
this occasion. The invocation with which
the service opened was composed by Prof.
w. f. Morse, the musical director; a vesper
Service and an interesting prayer meeting
closed the day. Before the latter brief
praise meeting was held on the river bank.
Today Rev. w. f. Berry continued his
lessons on the reasons why the Bible is
| from God. He said we know it is true
| from the fulflment of its promises in the
person of Christ and in our own varied ex-
! its relations and the elevation of its teach
ings. convince US. 1t is throughout written
candidly. No attempt is made to conceal
the evil or to overlook the good in all that
tee authors have portrayed. Lastly its ele-
vating influence upon men and dS.ot nations ms
! and from the written and spoken words OF
others conclusively prove that it is from
GOD.
Miss Lucy ,Wheelock in the young travel
| lers class took up the mountains of the Holy
Land. They made a map of the country on
| what is called moulding board, with sand
| from the banks Of the Saco. She told them
| the Bible stories that are connected with
| each one of these mountains. She also told
them, in a winning way, the story Of the
drew maps on a card. which the girls were
to outline with c0l0red worsted and the boys
| were to finish with colored pencils.
Miss Wheelock talked to the primary
teachers concerning the best way to interest
their scholars. Music has an important use
in this work. We need that the music suns
by children should be appropriate to theil
understanding and should have words
which inculcate gentle thoughts and feel
ings. Christmas, Easter and harvest festi
walls ara real helps. They. with all the swee
influences that cluster about them, increas'
the interest and form closer ties of love ant
friendship in the school. The birthdays o
the pupils should also be noticed by s0mt
little token, such as a card. Short 0bjec
lessons on the butterflies and other thing:
every young child. Children should be taugh
to pray by bringing the idea of God near t
them and by associating in their minds beau
tiful thoughts of Him, of His tender low
and care. Teach them, too, OF the guardian
care of angels. The influence of the teachee
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dressed to the pupils by the teacher. Mis-
WheelOck is connected with the Sunda
school that is held in fremont Temple, B0s
ton, and spoke of many little exercises an
services that she had found useful In he
| own work.
Rev. j. M. Frost was unayoidably absen
and so his lesson was postponed.
In the afternoon an earnest lecture was d.
livered by Rev. c. FL. Spalding, ID. D., {
Boston. His subject was the "Boy of th
Republic" The boy of today is far beyon
that of the past in the breadth and depth {
his life. He feels the touch of all the worl
and dreams of the future. Cooper's Institut
in New York is the fruit of boys dream.
What boy is and not what boy has, wi
make him famous. This is proved by the Iii
of James A. Garfield. There are two classt
among boys. Those who are always full {
! life and spirit, and those who are quiet an
reticent. 1t is often harder to restrain q
former than it is to draw out the latter. II
many libraries, schools, and other charitit
= of like character built up by men, show, th
: virtue has not yet departed from our boy
3 For the boy is the father Of the man, al
t .'the thoughts of youth are long, lor
!, thoughts" There is typical boy in evel
/ age. He is the embryonic man of that az
) and what his childhood is that shows VIII
the man will be. Although boy may