The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-11
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Confirmation Yesterday ct ST
Matthew's and st. Lulse's
AND TWO YERYELOQUENT SERMONS
by Right Iscv. Bishop Pctcrkin pain
Sunday Observed ut other Churches.
Holy Week Bcsun-Thc Jewish
Feast Of tho Passover also Begins
this Evening.

Yesterday was an interesting day in
st. Matthews P. L. church. Rev. DR..
Swope had prepared q class OF twenty
n and Bishop Potorkin was present to
perform tho solemn rite OF confirms
ton. The bishop preached a strong,
practical sermon, from Mark 1921:
"Ono thing thou .~lackcst." Tho dis
course was a plea for a practical Chris
tian life. Tho speaker said that a moral
lifo, although in itself highly commend
able, could not take the place OF God in
tho heart, tho one vital, essential
thing. Tho sermon was attentivcly
listened 10 by n large congregation.
ORDER OF ST. ANDREW.
Tho work Of tho Brotherhood OF st.
Andrew, q laymcn's organization in
tho Episcopal church, was the subject
Of 4 discourse at st. Matthews church
last evening. Tho st, Matthews divi.
sion Of the brotherhood was organized
last autumn. after an address delivered
by 4 Chicago business man, n promi-
nont member OF the organization. Yes.
terday evening Mr.. II. L. Parmalce, q
business man OF Orange, n. j., was in.
troduccd by the pastor, Rov. DR.. Swopc,
and delivered q plain, practical talk on
tho work Of tho brotherhood.
n Mr.. Parmalco said that there was q
definite labor marked out for the mem
bers OF the brotherhood OF st. Andrew.
He referred to tho twenty-irst chapter,
twcnty.eighth verso Of tho Gospel OF
st. Matthews. "Son, 20 work to-day in
my vineyard" and said that the broth
erhood's work was in line with theso
words.
1t was easy, Mr.. Parmalco said, to
talk about how tho work OF spreading
the Gospel could be done. 1t was not a
difficult matter to get together OF IN
evening and discuss tho matter and
then 20 home, believing what wonders
n had donn in the work OF tho Lord;
but it was Il different thing to put on
ones hat and coat and 60 out on the
street and do it. Prayer wal the most
essential aid to the proper performance
OF work in this direction.
s'That prayer is all important" he
said, two have heard all our life, it is
an old tale, but
DO WE PRAY?
and in what way? st. John speaks OF
tho twerty-four elders standing around
the throne OF God, holding golden walls
in thcir hands, filed with the odors of
the prayers OF the Saints. Ii YOU were
suddenly transferred to the presence OF
God, and il you were allowed to look
into those walls held in the hands OF
the cldcrs, would you recognize your
own prayers. On rising this beautiful
Palm Sunday morning. the sun stream
ing in at your window, did q solemn
prayer OF thanksgiving to God 90 up?"
Mr.. Parmalee thought that the aver
age prayer, including the whole worl!.
and all that was in it, was apt to be-
come perfunctory and q mere matter OF
rote. 1t was his opinion that a prayer
should have some definite object, and
not be general in its nature. The name
OF the person II is praying for should
be inserted in the prayer, and there
would then be q directncss about it that
would be q constant spur to renewed
activity. There was q great amount OF
false doctrine floating around, he didn't
know whether it was doctrine or only
some saying OF men. Some men took n
sentence in the Bible, considered it
apart from its surroundings, and alter
twisting and turning it, managed at
last to fit it ON some theory Of their own
and then went around and proclaimed
they had anew doctrine, justified by
the Bible.
Business men put in six days in
pleasure and worldliness, and veneer it
on tho seventh day with
ONE 1IoUR or CHURCH GOING.
You see a beautiful piece Of furniture
through a show window. You think
it is beautiful, and solid, bit on cxanl-
ing it at the bottom you find that it is
OF pine, with 4 thin piece OF mahogany
or cherry stuck on. Some day you and
l will stand in the presence OF God,
and we will be examined from top to
bottom, to see il VIC arc sound wood.
We must act go that younger men will
look up to us and follow III example.
The object of tho work of the st. An
drcw's brotherhood is twoiold, to pro-
mote the honor OF Gods dear Son, aud
to got the wanderers into tho fold. We
can't ell preach the Gospel, and it is the
duty OF laymcn TO bring all men within
tho reach of the sound of the Gospel.
Tho trouble is, hat when q man is rich
We are afraid TO- tackle him; if he is poor
and in rags VIC dou't want to 60 within q
rod Of him. We think it is enough to at
tend 10 our own material affairs six days
in the week, and to go 20 church an
hour or so on Sunday. Ii q man in our
employ were'to put in his time up to
three o'clock every afternoon doing no.
thing, and on Saturday were to como
around and ask Tor his pay, VIC wouldn't
pay him a cent.
Mr.. Parmalec concluded his remarks
by again urging on his hearers that it
was the duty OF members OF the church
to do their utmost to bring all mon
within thcreach OF tho sound OF tho
Gospel, no;matter how poor or how
rich they might be.
At ST. LUKE's.
Yesterday afternoon Bishop Pctcrliin
preached at st. Paul's mission, at Elm
Grove, and last evening he preached Mt
St. Luke's, OF the Island, where he also
confirmed = good class. Tho congrcga-
ton filed tho church.
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