The Portland daily press., 1893-06-15

lure dealer who was showing them some
black walnut goods. ''Don't show us
that cheap stuff, show us some pine"
Mr.. Merrill rendered his warmest con-
gratulations at once to the committee
and to the members of State Street
church. He said he was not there mere
~ as an Individual, but in representa-
tive capacity, and meant to speak for
| the Second Parish church, the church of
| Payson and his successors. He congrat-
ulated the State Street church on having
| perhaps the best church in the city.
He did not congratulate the church on
It's success alone, but much more, be-
cause 1t Is part of the widely extended.
and widely extending kingdom of God.
The highest type of Christian civilization
is attained by recognizing that the relig-
ion of Christ is the most important fac
tor in the life of a city. DR.. Merrill
| spoke of the fact that representatives Of
all churches were present and eloquently
appealed to all to remember that they
are themselves temples of the living
| God.
ISIS DR. Fenn's Address.
| Dr. Fem said that after living in
trunks for a week it Is lawfully nice"
| as the girls say to get home, and SO the
people of State Street church, after hav-
| ing tried that for months, must feel that
| tits like coming home to get back, and
SO it is to spiritual home, and you are
glad to be back on the old camping
ground. s
DR.. Fem said he was in State Street
Church late lone afternoon months ago
and heard it say some things. In gener-
al churches are lonely. They stand
alone six days out of the week. 1t
seemed to him that he heard voices Of
the generations that had passed to their
| graves. He4was reminded that he had
| seen the walls tremble with song and
heard from the pulpit the gospel pro-
claimed. Come back now to the church.
AS Plato said practice is impersonal, but
| beauty is personal. Take this beauty
and make it yours. Come back to the
| old pew. / congratulate you in the
name of Christ and of His church. Come
| back again.
But above all State Street Church is to
be congratulated that it has come back
to old ideals and to great possibilities.
The church meant something in the
past. = 1t stood for the word Of God, for
public worship, for Christ and the posi-
bility of salvation. The church Of
Christ must grow broader or it is lost.
We are a part of the people and we
| must look to legislation, to charity, to
the public health, to the press, that
mighty engine, for good. We must get
4 elage down to the heart of the outcast.
Come back then to- old ideals. Come
back better. Come back to higher
hopes. If you won't out doubling come
back believing. If you went out feeling
that you were of mall,importance, walk
these courts a child of God. Go out
among your fellow ciJizens stronger
man because you have been, and, are a
member of this congregation.
. In the. house of God we do not come
to ourselves alone but to another. We
do not stand alone, but thank God are
responsive to the good in others. In
Germany he heard thousands sing
Lutherls mighty hymn, when all forgot
themselves, remembering only Christ
| To the people of State street church he
| would say come back to God. Our re-
Violations are locked up in no book on
! earth, not even in our Bible. God is
progressively in his church. He is in
reason and in the hearts of man. DIR.
| Fem closed with an eloquent appeal to
the people of State street church to
make the most of their opportunities.
Rev. Mr.. Pratt's Address.
Rev. D. M. Pratt of Williston was re-
minded that President Hopkins once
said that his ancestors for eight genera
| tions had been protesting Christians, and
he believed the most of them real
Christians, so Williston can say that the
churches from which it descended for
| 105 years were protesting Chris tians,
and the most of them real Christians.
! AS he listened to the music of the
| grand organ, and noticed the beauty of
the church, it seemed to him that it was
a departure from the days of old when
Protestant Christianity had little to do
| with beauty, and yet it is among
Christian arts. The church of Christ is
waking up to the redemptive power Of
music in itself religious. 1t is the crea-
ton of God and not of man. 1t gives
expression to love, prayer, devotion.
That hymn my Faith Looks Up to
Thee is prayer Of trust So Of other
hymns Of the church. We must under
stand the power Of the ministry Of
pressed by those who feel what they
sing. We need Gods blessing and power
| in the musical department as we'll as on
the pulpit. Like the great composer
| whose manuscript was wet with tears we
need to see the throne of God through
our hymns.
| To this richness of architecture and
of music you need the added spiritual
richness to be found in some remote
churches. In conclusion the speaker in
voked the blessing of God on pastor and
people.
Letters were read from Rev. DIR. George
Leon Walker of Hartford, Conn.,, Rev.
| e. Y. Hincks of Andover, regretting
their inability to be present, and tele-
gram from Rev. Mr.. Bayley of Denver,
Col, referring the congregation to Colos-
SLAMS II, 81. The choir then sang Haydn's
1.-THE Heavens are Telling magnifcently
and DR.. Jenkins gave the closing service
and benediction.
The Council will meet at p. m. in
reference to the installation of DIR. Jen-
kins and the installing exercises will
take place at 7.30 o'clock. Rev. Frank
lin Carter, D. D., president of Williams
College, will preach the sermon, Dr..
Fem will offer the installing PRAYER and