The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-31
SUNDAY DOINGS !
WHAT WENT ON IN THE
CHURCHES YESTERDAY.
REV. POWICK' SSERMON ONTHESEA
Meeting of Clergymen Yesterday
Afternoon in the P. M Church
to Prevent the Dissertation
of the Sabbath.

The pastor having returned q few DAYS
ago from Ocean Grove the subject of last
evenings discourse in The Methodist Episco-
pal church was Sea Side Meditations,'
The text was, "The Sea is His and He
made it." 1t speaks to us in its vastness
power and depths Of It's Maker. The offices
i. performs for man in bearing away eartb's
sewage, purifying It's atmosphere, equal
izng its temperatu e and helping 10 pro-
vide Us food supplies from its eight thou
sand vaciet es Of fish proclsims The sdom
a1d goodness of God. No wonder that
Christ loved the sea and frequented lis
shores and that we do the same as oppor-
seaside reso Is proclaim the material pros
pef,y of man. Not only the rich but the
Door are growing richer. Notwithstanding
isolated exceptions a days wages represents
more comfort in The past decade than ever
before, Tue creation of larger wants and
lo(Lier aspirations marks an epoch in the
upward development of the ,ace-inde-
| penden.ly of the question of their realiza-
ton. A struggle ensues for an upward rise
and somehow we get there. Hence paupers
have convenences and comforts within
| their reach which few years ago were
denied to kings. Only christianity fur
nsshes the inspiration. There is no progress
beyond its pale Men may deplore the
changes which have taken place in our
camp meetings but we are powerless to re-
sist them. Od-fashioned camp meetings
are things of the past. We do not need
the camp meeting as dstinctively spirit
ual institution as it was formerly needed
The multiplication Of churches bas done
much to supply the need that called then
into being. But they are needed as sum
mer resorts under religious auspices. W.
read much of the powerful meetings al
Ocean Grove Truel Men preach lkt
Paul and sing like angels-sthough som,
of the preaching and singing are as poor a.
you can fnd anywhere else-but the inside
results are no greater than in many les
pretentious places, showing chat the hard
ness of the sinners heart is a factor in tbt
problem of salvation that deies botl
human and divine influences. Another
thought is concerning the adaptation of re
ligious principles to civil polity. Among tht
unconverted thousands at Ocean Grove h
> saw no one drunk and saw no one quarre
and heard no one swear. Children skipped
and played in perfect safety, Central Park
New York, spends 100000 year to pro
| tect her flower beds and walks but Ocea
; grove with more valuable interests get
along with one or two policemen. Why
, There are no saloons. Incarnate iends ar
, trying to destroy its peace by introducin
| them. But there they encounter men VIII
have instead of "a cotton string down thei
bac1' a real genuine back bone. This
5 all that is needed to make Shenandoah
very different place from what it now is i
this respect Men who instead of dolin
- out moral suasion to inco-rigible rumselleI
D will initiate the meek and lowly JesU
when he made whip OF small cords an
| said to the incorrigible thieves in h
fathers house "get out"