Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-15
CALM AFTER A STORM.
Not a Trace of a Cloud Visible Over
The L. ?. Skies Yesterday.
SOME VERY ORTHODOX SERMONS.
Ch1drens Day Remembered in Many of the
Local Churches.
oTHEE PULPIT TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The interests of religious people vester-
day naturally centered about the pulpits of
the Reformed Presbyterians The heat
generated in the stormy sessions of the late
Synod had not cooled perceptibly, and the
action of the friends and supporters of the
elected ministers had given the ecclesiastical
horizon stormy appearance. The dis
courses of the reverend gentlemen were,
accordingly, awaited with lively expecta-
tions. But unhappily or happily, dis
cussions of the ve1ed questions were un-
heard, and, instead, prayers were offered
that sweet peace might come to the troubled
hearts of all the warning flocks.
Rev. David McAllister, of the Eighth
Street Church, most conspicuously con-
rected with the decision of the late Synod,
preached to an audience of usual size in the
morning. His sermon was on ''The Incom-
prehensible Worth of Gods Law" Mans
boarded millions. his intellectual superior
itv, nay, even the spiritual lore contained
IN Jhe Carnegie Library, said he, are not
sufficient to show man his true purpose in
life. We only have hopes of perceiving
and Of reaching the true goal of life bv fol-
lowing the Precepts of the Holy Scripture.
The history OF the race is another proof of the
great worth of Gods Law All good works
anl the greatest spiritual welfare of man
invariably have been accomplished through
tAeDaid OF the Christian religion.
Dr. NIcAnister on DIR. Briggs.
In the afternoon, scattered audience
listened to an exposition on "The Divine
Guidance" Although of controversial
nature, nothing referring to the late re-
hgious schisms was uttered, except a
casual reference TO Dr. Briggs DR.. Nc
Allister agrees with DR.. Briggs in warning
she masses against the evils of Bibliolatry,
but he does not sanction the fippant and
off-hand manner with which the divine of
Union Seminary treats the Holy Bible.
With equal interest and expectancy
great throng of members and visitors gath
cred IN the First Reformed Presbyterian
Church on Grant street, Rev. Nevin Wood
side, pastor. 1t had been announced that
Rev. J. !. Huston, of Belle Center, O.,
would fill the pulpit He had been en-
phatic in his support of the expelled minis
Ters, and the audience was warranted in ex-
pecting Something" But they listened
10 an earnest, energetic sermon on
People in This World The dis
course was an eloquent protest against
the false notion that asceticism and seclusion
promote a Christian life. He maintains
that it is not in the cloister or in idleness
that the spirit Of man is TO grow in right |
eoUsness, but by everyday contact and |
sympathy with the masses. His Royal |
Highness the Prince of Wales was evil |
dently before the preachers mind when he |
touched upon the evils of idleness and |
gambling. He disagreed with DIR. Briggs |
in the theory of the probation of man after |
death. He thinks that here among the |
trials and labors of this world is the only |
probation that man will ever have.
Quiet All Along the Line.
Even in the East End and in Allegheny |
there was no sign of the expected storm. At |
Rev. o. b. Milligan's East End church yes |
terday morning. Rev. S. ID. Johnston, of /
Seattle, Wash, occupied the pulpit for the
first half hour. His text was from st. Luke
xviii, 81: 43; the subject, Jesus of Naza-
reth Passeth BY" After an elegant dis
course for the time allotted him, Rev. o.
r. Milligan gave a lecture for the remaining
half hour, talking the Forty-sixth Psalm for
his subject. At the afternoon services Rev. |
f. NJ Milligan preached purely orthodox
sermon, taking for his text the fifth chapter |
of Corinthians, seventeenth verse. In none
of the sermons was any allusion made to the |
action Of the Synod. The attendance in the
morning was nearly $50, and in the after
noon 80 great many of whom were
strangers and were disappointed not to
hear Rev. o. B. Milligan.
Rev. J. r, J. Milligan, the suspended
Coyenanter minister of Allegheny, preached
Two sermons yesterday in Cyclorama Hall,
Allegheny. Each time he addressed con-
gregation of over 400 people, including four
of the elders of his former church and
almost the entire congregation. In neither
Of his disccGrses did he make any allusion
to the recent troubles, save to announce that
the congregation would be united with the
United Presbyterian denomination. A
meeting Ct the congregation will be held
Wednesday evening at the .. P. Seminary,
Allegheny, for the purpose Of forming a new
church.
II the morning Mr.. Milligan's subject
was Nv aiting or God," and in the after
noon he spoke on the text from Luke,
'Where Are the Nine; Were There Not Ten
Saved?' His sermon was entirely on the
theme Of people not recognizing the good
ness Of God He said every member Of the
church should be a committee to look after
The lost nine.