Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-26

The handsome house Of woYship Of the
Unitarian church was filed last evening
with an audience Of our leading people,
a.sea,bled to witness the ordination
and installation Of Rev. Elmer Ellsworth
Sewlpert az pastor of the church. The
church interior was rendered even more
beautiful by the elegant tropical and posts7i
plan,s and cut flower. at,raetsEely arranged
about the pulpit and at either ode Of the
pulpit arch.
The exercises Of the evening were in
accordance with the following programme :;
organ voluntary. Anthem, "Ms2nih-
cat, Whitney opening sentences, the Rev.
&c. Guild. BrHns1iek; invocation, the
Rev. \. j. PettengiiI, Brewer; hymn, tune,
"Manaah !" scripture lesson, the Rev. j. T..
seward, Waierville: prayer of ordination.
the Rev. :. {. Beach, Bangor response,
The I>ordis my Shepherd" (Barnby) :;
sermon, the Rev. Edward 4. Horton. Bos-
ton. Mas. solo, tine thing Have De
sired 81 the L0rfi," Iarstonj charge and
riyii, hand Of fellowship file Rev. J l..
Marsh. Saco response. Lovely Appear, s.
iGpgnod charge to the eongre CATION, the
Rev !. &. Perkins, Portland; ily mn, writ
ten for the occasion hy Rev. Abraham VIII
lard Jackson, Concord. Mass. benedietion
the pastor.
Rev Hr. Horton took for lds text Rev.
q ! and preached a most eloquent AMI
.ehoisriy sermon on the subject Il saw a
Sew Heaven and Sew Earth" Modern
progress ia the unfolding ~ this text and Is
full Of Illustrations pointing 10 this text.
Optimism j. but looking on the bright side
Of life ard YET the signs Of the times are
not altogether cheerful az regards Christian
development. In ali this civilization. as we
term Il, there is struggle for the soul to
keep right. Rivalry thirst for knowledge
pleasare, all satiat. and make US unhappy
restless and morbid. There are
TOO many using raw material instead of
Weaving il into the complete
fabric Comparison as ~ relative position
/. too mnrh INDUCED. In religion we are
becoming too much attached 70 church ma
rhinery and theology rather than more prac-
teal material things. BE independent.
.,And upon your own feet, face the sky and
walk your own path. We are told to 60
bark to the simple things of years ago, be
satisfied with lees, as cure for this condi'
ton of affairs. But We do not want this
Christ Himself furnishes us the key in the
phrase Il come 10 bring yon life more
abundantly.7 When this comes the posi-
bility Of a new heaven and new
earth SHINE out brightly. We must believe
the central love and power. We must do
what comes to he done today, There are
those who cannot ace the new heaven and
new earth so far ss actual dlscernment is
concerned DDctrinal differences are but
the simple difference in the Interpretation
Of the same principles The Increasing
unity of laws should encourage US. W.
see the central interest of life brought out
with greater ciearness Amid all theology
ral disputes let us remember that there can
never be ane doubt as TO the mind and spirit
nf the Christ himself. The problem Of
this country u the transition
from force irfo voluntary
Obedience Make man responsible 10 bis
conscience and more afraid of It's reprovnl
than the sentence Of Il magistrate or the
gloom of the four walls of cell. There Is
too much in new spapcrs of the search for
all that j. of bad repute and not of good re-
port We let one eye rest on these dark
nesse- and then we think the whole world
t. pclipsrd We DO not receive the good
there Il in the world To what purpose is
all this timber What aftrrward2 Science
has done a great deal but it doth not yet APP
pear what we shall be. There is still The
sense of doubt. told coin does not come
from lead meat 4 belief IN immortal life
must be entertained The great law OF To
dav IA firm within. out. The heaven that
shall preeee,le succeeding heavens must be
built here Let us all work TO attain this
object.
The sermon was most helpful one to
those who are overcome with the seeming
prcponderancc of evil on our earth and was
full Of sound logical premises which led to
the Just and stable conclusion that the King
dom of our Lord should finally be trium-
plant.
The ordination prayer the right hand of
fellow ship aud the charge to the people
were most Impressive ami helpful.
Re, Elmer Ellsworth Newbert, the new
pastor, il vet a Young man. lie was rdu-
Gated at the Bangor Theological Seminary
and later wa. graduated with honor from
Haryard University. He is a native of
Maine and /. an able preacher, All enter
tanning speaker aud has already made him
self much liked not only bv his o. people
bu, by our citizens at large. Th, orrlinn-
ton exercises most successfully maugH-
rated the pastorate of one of the most pop
MAR ,.taryV,pD of MIR rity