Evening journal., 1890-02-03

sense Of their responsibility to God Is
continually preparing them for good citi.
zens. The statesman only formulates
and puts into proper form the les-
sons that experience has taught.
They do not make citizens. There Is y
sense of obligation TO God among the
people Of the land, no matter how men
may disregard 1t, which rises up in great
crises. The church is storing this up in
mems hearts, and it comes out when 1t is
needed.
"Let us say with thankful heart, 81
believe in the holy catholic church and
the communion of saints.
The Service Of ssnE.
Last evening the church was crowded
to the doors at the early service Of song,
In spite OF the Indictment weather. The
chorus, led by N Dushane Coward and
accompanied by ]. d. Kurtz, numbered
nearly 100 voices. The program an
nounced in the EVENING JOURNAL on
Saturday was rendered. 1t was a SPLEEN
did volume of melody. Probably none
such was ever heard in Wal.
mington church before The solos by
Miss Mary Thielman and Miss Lillian
Jackson are worthy of special mention.
The Evening Sermon.
Rev. ]. Richards Boyle, d. D., former
pastor of the church, preached at the
evening service, taking as his text,
Romans XIV, 10: "Now the God Of hope
fill you with all JOY and peace In bslev-.
ing, that ye may abound in hope, through
the power OF the Holy Ghost
The New Testament chapters are
proclamation Of hope to the suffering
race. Hope Is the comfort and power Of
the Gospel. God Is the basis Of man Z
moral hope. Patience, consolation, feel
ing and hope are the qualities combined
in God. God is the foundation Of Chris
tian optimism. Hope of the Gospel is not
based on the fact of the divine existence.
The text adds to hope the fact that God
is the revealer of hope. There is nc
hope in nature outside of God Modern
science, vigorous and ambitious, has I'M
dertaken TO prove that there is no person
atty of God in nature. 1t has under
taken to prove the first cause of the uni
verse and claims to have taken the inner
citadels of the cosmo realities. TIL,
scientists state that they have found thai
unorganized matter and impersonal force
are the two principles Of the first cause
and that there is no God II that wer'
true, there would be no hope for men
life would be despair.
The speaker discussed certain portions
Of the anti-theistic theory Of the future
of the earth and other sideral bodies HI
said that this furnishes no star Of hope t.
, humanity, or to morality. This crue
philosophy brings out with greater brill
} ancy the beauty of the text. God Il
the hope OF the universe. be is tn
! cause Of the first causes Of creation
> Human thought can not explain tn
: foundation of hope. but belief begets hop
and through hope is hope explained H
8 alluded to the great work done by tn
: church In every way, and told its member
5 to take hope as their watchword 70
I the future. He read quotation on hop
Q from Pope, a beautiful closing peroratioI
The Closing Meeting.
= The closing exercises of the silve
! jubilee will take place this evening.
i Will be d Sunday school meeting and w
H. Curry will preside. The following
program will be given. Orchestra vol
untary singing by the schools, "Churcl
Of God Awake; !" prayer Scripture lesson
!. singing by the schools, "Our Glad Ju
, bilee" paper on THE History of Grac
. NJ. +. Sunday schools, by Henry O. Cor
y rad, Esq; singing by Young People
: Association, Marching On; address b
4 E. Baldwin Springer singing by infaI
!, school, Little Pebbles" a.
: dress by the Rev w. w. Cool
y man; singing by the school, ''Sing On
J scriptural exercises, by infant scho,
e class; singing. by Young Peoples AssC
: citation, IAN is Well" address. by IL
= Rev. Jacob Todd. d. d. ; silver offering
orchestra playing Lost Chord qua
q tette, choir, address, by w. II. Billany
: singing, by the school, making Melody
! address. by G. w. Weldin solo, Mis-
Thielman address, by W. Tasting
;, singing, by the school, ''By the Grace
| God We'll Meet