The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-03
IN THE CHURCHES.
Sermons by Providence Pastors Yes.
terday.

Yesterday the Rev. Ernest Wesley be-
gan his fifth year as pastor OF tho Park
Street Free Baptist Church, and In OBJ
servance of this fact preached an ami
versary sermon. The text was taken
from Romans xv. 30-32 and 90
Mr.. Wesley said; Paul was In Corinth
at the time he wrote these verses. He re-
joices in the faith OF the Roman Church
and he says that he hungors TO preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ. These words seem
peculiarly appropriate 20 this time when
we begin the fifth year together as pastor
and people. l believe that after these
years OF acqnAntanceship we onght TO
understand each otbor better and De more
willing and able 70 work:
From my own side of the house / can
say that have found no pastorship SO
pleasant As the one in this church. III
should leave tomorrow / should do so
with many pleasant thoughts OF my SER
vice here,
II believe that God is waiting for more
patient, careful and self-denying work OH
your part and mine than heretofore.
We have Paups request, Nov De
seech you brethren, for the. Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love or the
Spirit. that We strive together with me
in your prayers To God for me.
You may not like the pastors preach
ing, but IL you would go home after hear
ing that sermon and pray for the pastor
you would help your own soul much
more than by grumbling and growing"
Mathewson Street NJ. r. Church.
The pastor of the Mathewson Street NJ.
f. Church, the Rev. Clark Crawford,
preached we'll directed sermon last
evening on the "Secularlzation OF the
Sabbath" taking his text from Exodus
xxxi:l3: Every Sabbath yc shall! keep"
In substance the pastor spoke as follows {:
the Sabbath question is one OF the
great questions OF our time. Shall men
work seven days in the week or shall one
day be set of for rest, Moses received
the code OF morals on Mount Sinai for all
time. This was the ten commandments,
the fourth of which is Remember the
Sabbath day TO keep IL holy is immuta-
BILE as any one of the Ten, stated in the
most positive language OF them all. The
position OF Israel at that time, sur
rounded as they were by ldolatrous ma
tions, make IL necessary for them TO set
off one day for worship. As long as they
kept that day they never degenerated
into idolatry.
1.-The mind of man needs one day out
OF the seven in which TO change from the
secular to the spiritual. st. Paul, in his
arraignment or the Gentiles and Jews,
ends with the alleged reason for their
sins that they hal forgotten Gods holy
day.
Persons who give their physical ma
ture full sway and debaucn ana dissipate
are not inclined to ALLOW their liberty to
be curtailed but the majority OF these
are foreign born. And many OF these
foreigners want to make our Sabbath
| like that Of their own country to make a
| holiday of n holy day, sensuous day of
| sacred day, and new laws must be
| framed to put them under proper control.
"Many OF our Christians are too leuient
| in their views on the keeping of the day
| sary on the Sabbath. The Sabbath was
| TO be day in which mankind should
break away from the woes of earth aud
| think of heaven. Let the Sabbath fiend
loose aud we shall soon be heathens
| again.