The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-16
PULPIT AND PLATFORM,
SECOND PARISH CHURCH.

oECoNO PARISH CHURCH.
At the Second Parish last evening, Rev.
Dr. Whitaker gave the second of his inter-
esting lectures OH the Bible. his topic being:
"The Necessity Of the Bible" Considering
this he said:
I'm the words of Solomon, Where there is
no vision the people perish; but he that
keepeth the law, happy is he.' 1t is a fact
that nations which are without the Bible
are sunk In degradation, and trouble and
tian nations are growing more and more
peaceabie., Considering, then, the necessity
of the Bible 1t monifests itself In eight differ
ent directions. 1t furnishes a complete sys-
TEN Of II instruction for the path Of virture.
for their own good, and in furnishing this it
does what no human agency can do, for sout
OF Zion goeth forth law finite man cannot
make infinite laws. The second necessity
OF the Bible is that 1t furnishes revelation
Of the moral character Of God, The human
heart needs an object Of affection. As 1t is
capable of unmingled affection it needs
pure object; Of constant affection, an immuti-
BILE object of, the deepest affection, an infin-
itely lovely object. Unless there is nothing
wanting to the heart 1t is not satisfied. Moth
ing but God can give all of these attributes
SO that the third point is that the Bible fur
nishes an adequate object Of human affec-
ton. The fourth necessity Is in time of tri-
al and bereavement, when 1t words fall like
the healing winds Of heaven on the troubled
mere grief, the terrible consciousness of sin
and the ceaseless longing for redemption.
The Bible satisfies these, too, and declares
that though sins be as scarlet, they shall
pc whittier than snow The Bible also sat
isnes ana qulets the discontents. of life;-
young men wish they were old. old men
wish they were old, the rich are haunted by
lear OF thieves no one is happy but God
says in the Bible. Come unto ne We who la
Dor and are, heavy laden, and
Twill give you rest Then the Bible furn-
gives complete victory over the King Of Ter
rors, the end OF life, when we pass to the
undiscovered country. With the Bible none
need fear, for it says: death is swallowed
TURNER'S ISLAND CHURCH.
Mr.. VIM. W. Jackson, Jr., of Lowell,
Mass. lectured before large and attentive
audience at the Methodist Church last eye-
ming on "The Requirements of True Man
hood" His treatment of the subject was
first from the negative and then from the
positive standpoint. Negatively considered
true manhood is not to be bound in wealth,
royalty of birth or blood, and in one sense
intellectual attainments; butin the affirma-
tive 1t does consist In humble submission to
the Divine Government in persistent effort
for the formation of Christianity and in an
effort also for the ameliarotion of the condi-
ton of the human race.
SERVICE ON sHIPBoARD.
Mr.. E. P. Pickett held prayer meeting on
the schooner Matte j. Dyer last evening,
assisted by Mr.. Frank McKenney, Capt
johnson and others. About 100 sailors at
tended and were so interested that at por-
tions of the service you could hear pin
drop. At the close of the services a young
man. one of the crew of another schooner,
arose and asked the prayers of the meeting,
as he intended to lead a different life in the
future.
HIGH STREET CHURCH.
The following programme was rendered
at High street church last evening:
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