Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-14

Mai. George A. Hilton was introduced
to the audience by the president, S. j.
Newell, as one who was specially compe-
tent to guide in evangelistic work in this
city.
By graphic description of the practi-
cal deeds OF the good Samaritan, he in
dlcated the duty OF the mem bership of
our churches to do something for some
body. Some OF bis points were: The
Gospel union was born to do something
for somebody. Love is fruitful, and the
Jericho road needs us. The Florence
mission in New York rescued over 800
of the fallen last yeas.
Reference was also made to the
McAuley mission, and work in Wash
ington which has nine mission stations.
There were 872 convert members in the
Washington mission last year. Syste-
matized visiting is contemplated here.
Why has not the evangelistic work been
done before. The Gospel union has
been launched for work, not for any
sentimental reasons. We need 10000
this year, and if the 5000 adult Chris
tians of Los Angeles will give cents
a week, this amount can be raised.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. Stewart, of the First Presby-
terrain church, yesterday delivered a
very instructive and practical sermon,
taking as his text Remember the days
of old, consider the years of many gen.
erations."
His talk was mainly on the English
Puritan and the Scottish covenanter.
We learn how to look forward by look
ing backward, and for person to be-
come acquainted with the different ma
tions, their people, their characteristics
and interesting features it was necessary
to 80 back hundreds of years in history.
Bible readers are not stupid and to
them do we largely owe our present en-
lightment and freedom. All credit is
due to the Huegenot and Hollander for
their brave stands for right, but no one
will find fault if the English Puritan
and Scotch covenanter are emphasized.
The hardest part OF the fight for freedom
had been fought long before Lexington.
Cromwell, John Knox, and Others all
had great deal to do with it. A re-
formed theology is step toward re-
formed democracy, and national religion
is the chief freedom of country, and it
was fought for and gained on English
shores.
There never has been a set of people
who have excited SO much ridicule and
inspired so much respect as the Puritan,
and with all his peculiarities he should
be claimed by every country where God
is worshiped. The Puritan was like
Jobs horse and scented the battle from
aiar. They 6isliked the shedding of
blood, but when necessary would sub
NIT with stole calmness to the inhu-
man and atrocious cruelties of Claver-
house. They drew their inspiration
from the bible and stood for principle,
and this was the cause of their wide
spread influence.
1t has long been the custom to make
fun OF the Purtan's ways, and also call
him a hypocrite, but when Charles III
was chasing butterflies with his court
and London was threatened with the
Dutch fleet, the people all cried for the
days OF the commonwealth. No hypo-
c.ite could fight as the Puritan at
Nasty, Marsdon Moor and other places.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH.
The pastor, DR.. Stradley, gave an ex-
cellent sermon, the text being Luke 25-
1927, the leading thought being that
all preaching conferred around two facts
the death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ-and the two great doctrines
growing out of these facts are the duty
of repentance and the privilege OF for
glveness.
He introduced the subject by saying
that every minister, in preparing his
sermon, was largely influenced by what
style was best suited to his congrega-
ton who also demand that kind,
whether literary, sensational or other
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them. All preaching to be effective
must center around Christ, his crucific-
tion and rising and the two doctrines.
EMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN.
The dedication services of the new or
gan were held yesterday at this church.
Mrs. DR.. Owens rendered solo, and the
new organist, Professor Mason, made
the inspiring tones of the instrument
resound through the edifice. A very
large congregation was present. DR..
Chichester took his text from 4th verse
OF the 150th psalm.
He delivered very interesting and
instructive sermon upon church music,
the metamorphosis of the organ from its
primitive origin of the pipes OF the
shepherds to its present perfection. The
main thought was that all instruments
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the gods. The shepherds played on two
or three rude pipes, and from time to
time added more, until it necessitated
their being held together by box, and
finally 1t terminated in the modern tri-
umph. He quoted passages from the
Bible showing that the organ was des-
tined to be used and intended for
a sacred musical instrument. From
the seventeenth century it had had
very hard time and even up to the
present, but it was now universally
acknowledged to be eminently the
proper instrument for the worship OF
God. He also dwelt upon church music,
saying that the necessity OF musical cul-
ture was almost as important as the
preaching. A good choir was needful,
too, but the congregation were the
proper ones to sing. He told how Mr..
Robbins while in New York was written
to and asked by the speaker to try and
help them toward getting an organ, and
how the gentleman first donated a
$4,000 one, then changed it to $4,000, and
finally of his own free will changed it to
$4,000, and also bore the expense of hav-
ing it put up.
CHRIST CHURCH.
Rev. ]. W. Haskins delivered an ex-
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