The Newtown bee., 1891-05-15

than pay homage to our JenOVan! IS It then right to neglect or even half obey the call from the mission field abroad? l have worshipped in splendid houses
 and l have worshipped in bare huts
 where, for want of a communion table,
 the elements were spread upon the bare
 mud floor; in each case, the place repre-
 sented the best the people could give and
 the worship was acceptable. But what
 matter few additional refinements in a
 grand church? The money for these
 would make glad the hearts of many mis-
 sionaries who can provide hardly the
 barest necessities.
 At the close of the address, which was
 without notes, the sacrament of the holy communion was administered and new
 members received into the church.
 There was another large audience in
 the evening, when the program consisted
 of praise service conducted by the pas
 tor and an address by Rev Dr Charles
 Ray Palmer of the North church. Here,
 as at the morning service, the choir ren-
 dered admirable service and the congre-
 gation joined heartily in singing the
 hymns and reading the responsive ser
 vices from "Iaudes DOmini," the new
 book issued by the Century company.
 Dr Palmer had the close attentiOnof his
 audience to the end of his discourse,
 throughout which ran evidences of the
 deep feeling with which he regarded this
 young church. Taking for his text the
 parable of the supper and the guests who
 refused the invitation, as recorded in
 Luke XIV, And the Lord said unto his
 servants, Go out into the highways and
 hedges and constrain them to come in',"
 Dr Palmer first explained the meaning of
 the parable, the great supper being the
 feast of the kingdom of Heaven, to which
 Gods chosen people had first been invit- ed; on their failure to accept, on their of the invitation, others were bidden; then, as the cry went up, "Still there is room," he said, in the words of the text, "GO ye out into the highways and hedges Chat is, from the city, their home, to the less known and cOmpara- lively untraVelled roads of the country at large) and COnstrain them to come in, that my house may be furnished with guests; for 1 say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper The church must sustain in the community the appointed means of grace; notably, foster and promote the cause of education. Some had said that a church was as nothing if not evan gelistic; but this was the view of an eX- trcmist. The spirit, the heart, the very might of man must be fully enlisted in the work of the church. then could re- suits bcnefcent be expected. Not money alone could sustain q church and build it up; the heart of man must be in the work, ere he could sustain it properly. The church is the witness of and for the presence of Christ in the community. By the voice of the church, uplifted in stern protest against wrOng-doing in State and Nation, the majesty of the law is upheld, ,tG CNslfn ttlE Ind II1n church, a community of faithful souls within itself, stands firm as barrier against injustice, crime, corruption. No church is worthy the name unless pro- testing against evil and at the same time lpholding what is good. The church, Christians as a whole, must aid aggres- sively in spreading the Gospel; in bear
 ing witness to the infinite truth of God. The church must organize and perpetu- lte evangelistic services which shall go to the root of the evils of society, eradi- cate and cure them. Foreign missionary work has simply given an increased i'm petus and livelier interest to home mis- siOnary work. To relieve human misery,
 it is necessary to reach the springs of the character of men. The people constant
 y talking about the necessity of church Inion were not, always, open to sug- gestions; they wished for total union or nothing. With not a few, he feared, it was like the prophet who, when called, 'eplied, "Lord, here am l; but send him )r some one else" Heartily believing in practical church union, the best way ap- oeared to combine first in individual or even with individual people.
 Home churches do not as well, in pro- portion to their means and opportunities, Us do the struggling foreign missions. )nly sanctitied church can evangeliZe
 community and more home missionar- es are needed. Not for ourselves, but
 or all men and for all time, even eter- lity, are we working. Large measures if faith, loyalty to Jesus, the special blessings of God are invoked upon this
 Vest End church; it's pastor and his wife, and all the men, women and child 'en who now, or during the past six 'ears, or during the unknowable future, Ire or have been or may be doing their work here, to build up a Christian home, | school of purity, charity, usefulness,
 aithful witness unto Christ.
 Again was the church we'll filled, Tues lay night, when the last of the dedicato- y services was held. A large floral an- ,hor fastened to the partition doors be-
 ween the church and the chapel was mo- 5iceable. The service was opened by singing 'I love thy kingdom, Lord," which was followed by the reading of
 he Scriptures and prayer by Rev Dr dovey. A free will offering was then Lord, all glorious above," was sung and Rev W. V. Garner of the First Baptist church was introduced as the first speak er. He preferred, he said, to speak upon
 Diversity in Unity" rather than "Uni- 5y in Diversity" He congratulated peo- Dle and pastor upon the completion of he beautiful church, handsome and unique in it's appointments. Nature is full of diversity in unity, but far beyond Ill other examples was the social union )f Christian denominations, on such oc- ,asions as this. The world he believed, lad passed the Petric and the Paulic ag- IS and was now in the JOhannic age, the lge of love. Some of his ecclesiastical brethren sang, "Im glad I'm in the army if the Lord" but he sung it, ''I'm glad
 m in the navy" All the differing de- nominations of the church, inspired by he true spirit of God, were doing, each n it's own way, grand work for the Lord. 1e would utter no Jeremiads against hose whose thoughts ran in different hannel than his own. Perfect unanimi- y was thing impossible. Rev H. A. Davenport, bearing cordial congratula- ions and kindliest greeting from the
 first Presbyterian church, spoke upon The church as teacher" Christ was
 re-eminently teacher and one of his ast words was, "Go ye into all the world
 nd teach the people," The apostles aught daily; the church, the successor f the apostles, should never cease to ound Johns cry through all the moral wilderness and never fail to teach the 'ospel to all. The church, which is to each people who know not God, must self be taught. It is painful to see the mount of dormant energy, dormant be- ause even protesting Christians do not
 now their Bible. Good teachers and
 right speakers at religious meetings are
 ard to find; prayers and remarks in leetings are too often set phrases reeled