Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-29
SPIRE AND STEEPLE.
Notes Gathered from the Vari-
GUS Houses of Worship.
Rev. A. M. Growden Begins Series Of
Sermons at the Christian Church
other Religious News.
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.


sermon was from the Commission,
as found in Mat. %, 18, 10, 20 verses,
and was an earnest appeal for foreign
missions, showing the obligation
resting upon the christian world to
send the gospel to heather lands;
the great work done by missionaries
in the past one hundred years of the
millions of people who had never
heard the gospel; the present
needs of our missions and the duty
of every christian to consecrate part
of his means to the spread OF the
gospel. The sermon was preparatory
to the annual collection to be taken
for foreign missions next Sunday. 1t
was an earnest appeal and had a
good effect upon his hearers.
AT night he began series ofsermons
on "Men of Moral Muscle" reading
Gal. iii, II. "The just shall live by
faith" taking the life of Martin Lu-
Their as the subject he gave as hort bio
graphical sketch of his early life, his
trials, his success as a teacher and
preacher, and drawing strong pic
ture of his hatred of error as he found
it to exist in the church at that time,
and particularly of his faithfulness to
the teachings of the word of God,
which neither persecution, imprison-
ment nor the power of the komish
church could shake. He set on foot
that great reformation of which the
Protestant world is to-day the re-
suit.
Luther's faithfulness to God, bold.
ness for right, humility and sweetness
of spirit were presented as examples
which all could imitate-with the as
surance that our Heavenly Father
would crown all such with eternal
life.
The lessons taught us by the lives
of other Christian men will follow
each Sunday night.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. f. M. Harrell preached to
the Methodist congregation yester-
day morning DIR. West being still con-
fined to his room. Mr.. Harrell is do.
ing good preaching and is taking a
} firm hold on his congregations. Rev.
II. b. Re ans, the, presiding elder OF
the district, came in from Mount
Carmel last evening, where he had
been holding quarterly meeting, and
3 preached at the Methodist church a
night. He preached good sermon
delighting his audience. 1t is very
gratifying to the presiding elders
friends to know that his health is en-
tirely restored.
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
DR.. Lupton addressed his congre
CATION yesterday morning on TIT
duties of an elder, taking Moses a
q an example. His text was from thu
q Sd chap. Heb, "a verse: "Mose
, was faithful in all his. house."
| The speaker thought it best, as h
: had spoken to the people the prio
: Sunday, to give another good quail
: ty of Moses, that is, he was faithful
$ 1t is not a rare thing to find a maj
n faithful in one thing, but exceedingl,
d rare to find man lai hful in every
il thing. Moses faithfulness was not
e faithfuluess that saves, hut was due
$ no doubt to the early training re
e ceived at his mothers hands-a faitl
e fulness that, if followed out, wi
e surely lead to a saving faith.
y He divided Moses life into thre
u paris: First, forty years in the pa
y ace of the Pharaohs; second, his res
e dence in Mt. Horeb, and third, tn
: teacher for his people in all thei
= wanderings in the wilderness,
~ The sermon was an excellent ont
the central thought being that tn
- work of an elder should be to st
70 that the truth was being preache
% and that it was being lodged in tt
d hearts of the people.
ii AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
'e Rev. A. Z. Boone preached an alb
- and convincing sermon yesterda
morning from the following text
ale that winueth souls is wise.
- Prov. ri, 80.
The saving OF soul is gran
:. triumph which will run throue
70 eternity, gathering strength, beau'
& and glory in its flight. If there
II any thing the value Of which can NJ
% be estimated, ii is the salvation of
~ soul. 1t is OF more value than
10 thousand worlds. He who would |
We Instrumental in leading soul fro
IT,. darkness to light must have peculi'
IN talents. 1t takes the swisdom Of
H. serpent and the innocence Ola dov