The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
IN The CHURCHES.
What Some of the City Pastors
Taught the People Yesterday.
AT THE Y. M. C. A. HALL,
A Very Interesting Address In Connec-
Chapel at the Academy Avenue Con-
gregational Church-Other Discourses
Summarized.
The Academy Avenue Chapel.

Appropriate services were held mt the
Academy Avenue Congregational Church
yesterday morning, in connection with
the opening of the new chapel. The ser
mon was preached by the Rev. l.. 5.
Woodworth.
Before giving his sermon Mr.. Wood
worth briefly congratulated the church
members on their new chapel, which. he
said, was the gift of kind friends. He
then read the report OF the business com
mittee of the church. IL wos stated that
I'm former years the receipts had fallen far
below the expenditures, but this year the
church was only $lG0 behind hand. This
sum was due on matters in connection
with the church and not with the chapel,
which was entirely paid for. IL was rec
commended that each member of the
church should contribute To wipe out this
debt, thus beginning the new year with
out being in arrears.
Subscriptions were asked for and S127
was pledged by a show of hands. Blanks
were passed around and the sum was
raised TO $4,000. The church committee
volunteered TO make good the balance of
tl910.
The text for the sermon was taken from
Deuteronomy xxi, 12: Gather the peo-
pie together. men and women and chill
dren, and thy stranger that is within thy
gates, that they may hear and that they
may learn. and fear the Lord your God
and observe TO do all the words of this
law"
The Rev. Mr.. Woodwork said: "Way
back in the olden time we find there is a
Sunday-scbool where the fathers and
mothers and all met TO learn the word OF
God. What may be learned from this
The Sunday-school is the place for the
people TO study the holy word. With
these adequate means the full meaning of
the text should come to us with gIeater
force. People who are not interested to
como to Sunday-school are not interested
to study Gods word at home
An object that all NAV go to Sunday
school is that they may fear the Lord their
God. Faithful teachers are needed who
love Gods truth, and who love the teach
ing of IL. Faithful scholars are needed to
make Sunday school. 1t is found that
in practical Sunday-school work, the CO.
operetion of the parent is essential to the
best work and what is needed is to have
the aid Of the parent in assisting the
teacher.
We need the stranger to make the Sun
day school. A successful church is one
where the stranger is looked out for and
welcomed. The average New Englander
worships the heather provided that he is
far enough of. DO not liken n stranger
TO heather but make him welcome.
That is the secret of the success of many
churches.
The scholars should be loved with an in
terest that never gives them up. One OF
the hardest problems is to hold the boys
TO the Sunday school who are fast grow
ing up.
The evening services were conducted by
delegation from the Blown University
Young Mems Christian Association with
Edward B. Dolan as leader. The text was
"Adam, where art thou" The following
subjects were discussed Gods question
10 every man; To churches; to individual
Christians land TO those who never con-
fessed Christ.
Revival services will commence at the
church next Sunday aud will be continued
throughout the week. They will be con
Quoted by the Rev. L. S. Woodworth.
The chapel isan extension TO the church,
and work has been progressing on il since
last June The services of yesterday were
the first that were held in it. The room
for the Sunday school measures G0x36 and
is capable of seating about GOO. The school
will be under the general supervision of
the pastor, the Rev. +. O. Bartlett, ID. d.,
with Mr. Fred GoH as superintendent.
The infant room is directly below the
upper room and seats $50. This depart
ment has an average attendance of 100 and
is under the charge of Miss Sophie Brad
ford and Miss Louise Nj. j. Brough and
several other young ladies. Besides the
infant room in the lower part of the chap
el there are two class rooms Prof Ran
dali of Brown University will lead the
ladies' Bible class and Louis H. Meader
the gentlemen's Bible class. There is also
complete kitchen outfit for use in con-
nection with socials. The chandeliers are
the gifts of the Boston Store. Work is
going on in the church. Pews are TO be
put in and a gallery is TO be built similar
to the one in the Y. M. c. A. building.