Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-11

from the dead. On that day on
more than one occasion He met His
apostles between his resurrection
and ascension. On that day the
church Of Christ was established.
Acts i'll On that day the apostles
received The Holy Spirit and spoke
with other tongues. Let Christians
honor Christ by observing the Lord s
Day-the first day of the week. In
imitation of the apostles and early
Christians let them share the COM
memorative loaf, which speaks OF
our Liberation from sin and the bond
age of death. On that day Christians
ought to be especially busy about the
Lords work. 1t would be an ever.
lasting shame for America to open
her great exposition on the day on
which Christ arose from the dead-a
day forever sacred to the memory OF
Him who suffered for our sins and
arose for our justification.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The pulpit at the Baptist church
was occupied yesterday morning by
Rev. w. A, Haynes, of Springfield,
member Of the Cumberland Pres
bytery, good congregation being
in attendance. The text of the dis
course was from lst Cor, 8, 2l-23.
Mr.. Haynes preached an excellent
gospel sermon upon the Power of the
Church of the Living God, as illus
trated in the lives and character of
Paul, Apollos and Peter. The
preacher affirmed with eloquent fer
vor that the next best thing that God
ever did YVES the establishment of his
church on earth. The proposition
was sustained earnestly and logically
throughout. The minister took oc.
casion to alude to the great service
rendered this people by the late DR..
Sears-words that touched a respon-
sive chord in The hearts of his hear,
ers. Tears came to their eyes by the
awakening of the tenderest associa-
tons. At the conclusion of the SER
vice, by his request, the mothers in
the congregation went to the p each
er and gave him the hand of fellow
ship.
At night the Rev. DIR. De Witt
preached to large congregation. He
chose his text from John SO: ave
are of God" From these four
little words the distinguished clergy
man delivered one of the finest dis
courses heard in GAINESVILLE in a long
time. The LEAF CHRONICLE regrets
that the demands upon its columns
is SO great to-day that it will be inn
possible to give anything adequate
in the way Of a synopsis of it. Many
have complimented the sermon very
highly.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The pulpit of the Presbyterian
church was occupied yesterday
morning by DR.. Dewitt, who preach
ed very able and interesting SER
mon, taking as his text the 25th verse
of the first chapter of the First Epistle
of Peter. The preacher portrayed in
living characters the transitory ma
tue of all earthly things, the passing
away of all the glory of man, the
crumbling OF his great cities, burying
in their fall the monuments of his
art. He contrasted with all this the
enduring nature of the Word of God
as contained in the Bible, enduring,
not only because it is sustained by
His almighty power, but by virtue
of certain inherent principles which
he set forth with convincing iorce.
Turning then to another feature of
his subject, he referred to the Old
Testament as that which gives law,
moral and ceremonial, and to the
New as that which gives the gospel.
Law is the manifestation of justice
gospel, the manifestation OF love.
Justice he represented as the other
side of love, the back of the hand of
mercy. The light of the gospel, like
an electric light swung over the
haunts of crime, has expelled much
evil from the world, Transforming
character, habits and customs. He
elaborated his points and enforced
them with much power.
DR.. Dewitt is a very interesting
preacher. His thoughts are well de-
fined, delivered with earnestness, and
have special reference to the subject
he has in hand. They do not run in
ruts worn deep by much travel; they
have an exhilarating freshness about
them.
CUMBERLAND CHURCH.
Rev. w. r. Grafton preached fine
sermon at this church Sunday morn
ing on Character Building" The
pulpit at night was filled by Rev. G.
NJ. Oakley, who delivered strong
sermon of "Christian Warfare"
There were good congregations at