The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-22
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The Young Peoples Society OF Chris
tan Endeayor have kept up theii
meetings all summer with enthusiasm
Interest and good attendance. They
deserve to be rewarded by having al
the nice ladies and all the nobls
mothers with ehildren-espec ally tn,
babies who 30 mueir4eed cool outinf
join them in their twenty-five cen
excursion to Pennsgroye to morrow
Tuesday.
Tho company will be clean and the
trip q safe one. Boat leaves 7.20 ant
ll.S0 a. m, and LAO p III. Return a
9 p. m, or by an earlier boat II desir
ed. The Endeavorers turned out
good sized meeting last evening, led b,
Mr.. Hoffman. The subject wal
Bravery" and Its Scrlptural meaning
which is Its best and highest, was wei
developed especially by the passage
OF Scripture read by many young
ladies' and gentlemen.
These bright young people have in
vented neyer-failing plan OF bringing
their audience and speaker aud leade
close together. They set their chair,
In tho back part Of the room near tn,
doors, where everybody insists OF
sitting and place the organ and peak
ers desk in the middle OF the room
The seats that get left vacant II any
are at the side OF the leader.
MIR. keigwin, pastor, preached IN
Germantown yesterday, but his ilocl
got two good sermons from Rev
Amos johnson, pastor OF the M. L
Church OF Columbia, Pa, and membe
OF the Philadelphia Conference. Their,
was fair attendance.
Some members OF the choir werl
away on their vacation and there wa
not the usual volume OF voice. TheI
ought to train In some of those younl
Endeayorers as substitutes.
Mr.. Johnson's evening topic wa
mystery"
lie took his text from Tim. III 10
And without controversy great Is tn
mystery Of godiiness.
1t is u fact that mysteries crowd III
ON every side. The air. light, heat
water, sunshine, the earth and tn
heavens are full OF mysteries.
For thousands of years the invest
gattons OF scientists have been battle
by the world OF mystery there is In
grain OF sand and drop OF water.
The speaker very entertaingly d eyot
ed the first hall OF his sermon to Tia
mysteries in the animal, vegetable
min eial, aqueous and starry King
dome. He also found mysteries Il
theology including "fore-knowledg e
and Decentralization"
Ahe addressed two audiences-one O
animals and one OF spirits which latte
he could not see. No person in til
audience could see him /. 0. his spirit
II was only the outward tabernacle O
dust they could sea.
The preacher than treated in ters
and original way OF Jesus Christ III
Son OF God and His mission on cart
and its results.
God could more easily have wipe,
ubiquitous humanity from the face O
the eurth and have created a new rae
than to do and suffer what lie did. |
WIS easter Tor God to create q rae
than TO redeem one. 1t was wonder
ful for the Almighty Jehovah to llv
OIL earth In the person Of the hum bl
carpenter.
But he had solved tor man on cart
has some OF the most important c
the mysteries. 10 the questio
W nat is God2" he had answered Go
Is love; he had showed the nature {
stu aud Its remedy and lie had achieve
triumph in human nature over sin.
MIR. Johnson mnde favorable In
preston and received an ovation c
congratulations from hlswarm -hearte
admirers at the end of the services
He Thought they were Methodists III
was informed they were Presbyterian
and appreciated his acknowledgment
OF such Presbyterian mysteries !
!, ''iore. knowledge und 'fote-ordin,
ton"
Two Presbyterian ministers, Revs
Wni. tampoell aud Vim. Taylor wei
among his hearers. MIR. Johnson wi
70 Meicoine To Presbyterian US we'll q
Methodist pulpits IN Wilmington
There will be no services at Wes
= Iufch next sunday as they will 40 /
central all day-the forenoon beiug /
| memory OF lev. Geo. +. WiswelI, ID. ID
CentraPs tirsit pastor. which will dray
large audiences as his friends Ii
this city are many.
Consequently the Christian Endeavo
conservation aud business meeting
Will both be held Wednesday eveniiii
in connectlon with tn, usual congre
gdtional meeting Next Sunday wrel
stor Keigwin is expected TO preucl