Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-28
AT THE CHURCHES.
A Synopsis of the Religious Ser
vices Of Yesterday.
The Ministers are Greeted With Good
Congregations and Deliver Good
Sermons to Their Hearers.

AS usual, the LEAF-CHRONICLE is
able to give its readers brief synop-
sis of the church services of yester-
day. Good congregations greeted
the pastors at each church, and the
sermons were listened to with close
attention. If there is anything in
the world a preacher likes better than
anything else, it is a good listener.
He can not do satisfactory preaching
unless his congregation gives him
close attention.
Rev w. r. PEBBLES preached at
the Methodist church both morning
and evening. His sermon last night
was generally pronounced one of the
best he ever preached here. His
subject, simmered down, was :
"What is Religion?" This question,
as the minister interprets it, is sim
ply to "visit the widow and father
less and keep thyself unspOtted from
the world" This language is figura-
tive and means not literally the
widows and fatherless of the land,
but all those who are in needy cir
cumstances and are afflicted, Not
the rich and healthy, but the poor
and afflicted. The pure and unde-
filed religion is that which comes to
a man, said the preacher, when he
is down and lifts him from the gut
ter of misfortune and misery and
places him on his feet. People have
chances every day to do this kind of
religious work, but seldom stop long
enough to perform it.
He would not give a cent for a
man who would pray for missiOnar-
les and then stop before he
got to the paying point. He
made it a point that it was
a Christians duty to support
the institutions of the church as well
as anything else. The sermon was
listened to with wrapt attention.
DR.. Sears preached two good SER
mons at the Baptist church. His
subject at the morning hour was the
power of the crucifixion. He thought
that the story of Christ would event
ually draw all men to Him. The
whole discourse was on the line that
the gospel would ultimately triumph
and that, through the death of Christ
and the story of His sufferings, peo-
pie would be drawn to Him and
would be saved. DIR. Sears delivered
the sermon in his best style. He
never fails to interest his hearers.
Rev. j. w. Lupton preached at
the Presbyterian church at the usual
hours. His subject in the morning
was the duty man has to perform
in this life. Every man has a GER
tain duty to perform and no other per-
son can perform it for him. He can
not hire substitute. He must keep
up his side of the procession. The
prayers of religious friends will not
take the burden of his duty from his
shoulders. While this is not fair
synopsis of the sermon, it shows the
general drift of his argument. The
sermon is pronounced by his hearers
as being good one.
The regular morning service was
held at the Christian church. Rev.
l.. N. Farley, the newly elected pas
tor of the church, is absent in Indiana,
making arrangements to move to the
city. He is expected to be here in
time to preach next Sabbath.
Rev. Father Japes was sick on yes
terday, consequently the services at
the Catholic church were curtailed to
a certain extent. The minister, how
ever, was physically able to make a
short talk to his congregation.
DIR. Pettis preached a fine sermon
at the Episcopal church at II O'Clock
on "The life we lead and its influence
on others" The sermon was an
eXhortatiOn to his hearers to lead
blameless lives. Every person has
more or less influence, and it is
always for good or bad, one or the
other. Lead life that will always
reflect the image of true manhood
and womanhood. The deeds that
are done in this life follow one to the
grave and into the great future. The
sermon was received with marked
effect.
Rev. J. w. Sullivan preached to
his congregation at the Cumberland
church, at the morning hour, on the
efficacy of prayer. The line of ar
gument taken was that prayer is the
medium through which people make
known their wants to God, and that
He never turns away an earnest pc
titioner. There was a good congre-
cation present and gave the minister
marked attention.