Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-17

She Preaches to a Large Congregation in the Grand Avenue Congregational
 Church - Rev. J. Lee MitchelIs

She Preaches to a Large Congregation
 in the Grand Avenue Congregational
 Church - Rev. J. Lee Mitche ell,s
 Classmate.
 Very seldom does a city congregation have the pleasure of listening to lady preacher, SO the announcements that Rev. Juanita Breckenridge, pastor of Congre gational church in Brooklyn, N. Y., would preach in the Grand Avenue Congregational church, drew out big congregation yes terday mo-ning. Miss Breckenridge is one to preach in the Congregational denomina- tion in this country and the only woman who has graduated from Oberlin Theo- logical seminary. She is visiting her brother, Rev. W. W. Breckenridge, who is taking post graduate course in the Yale Divinity school. This lady is classmats of Rev. J. Lse Mitchell, pastor of this church, and was a member of the Sunday school class of which Mr. Aitchelps father was teacher.
 MT. Mitchell, after conducting the open ing devotional exercises yesterday morning in his church, introduced Miss Brecken- ridge who preached the sermon. He spoke of her in very complimentary terms and said that they had been classmstes together in class of mathematics. Be added that Miss Breckenridge stood first in the class while he was second, but the class was composed of only two members.
 "We consider nature as faithful in all her ways," said the preacher in beginning her discourse. i've consider her laws l fixed. The planets and consultations seem to move all along in unnarying order; but VIC find that their orbits do change. Stars are lost and meteors fall. But the Lord our God shall endure forever. The word explains the world, and the world | illustrates the word. The time has como when science shall welcome and reverence the word of revelation. Life and immor- tality were brought to light by this death. How does the earth bring forth her buds in the irst placea Tho mysterious action l of light and warmth and moisture upon | the bulbs we talk about, but cannot ex- plain.
 '.So this germ of immortality is germi- hating in the earth. The beginnings of the Christian church were small. In a ! manager. was born him who was to subdue kings. Yet the church has continued to grow, and to-day we see her spreadina
 forth her branches to all nations. We
 should not be afraid of new methods of
 work. We should be as wise as the world
 But we are never to sacrifice principle O,
 doctrine or truth. When we proclaim tht
 whole truth, whether they will hear or not
 we should use all of our efforts to hay,
 them hear. We must be very careful ir
 choosing between those methods whicl
 sacrifice principle and those which do not
 We should be careful about teaching ,
 mere half-truth. Each man has the germ
 of immortality planted iu his soul, and W,
 should see that 1t has nourishment. w,
 are to grow in the knowledge of our Lort
 and Saviour Jesus Christ. What are ",
 sowing iR the garden of souls about us
 As Christians NC should SOW the seed o1
 eternal life. Lst us each try to develop
 the material with which he has endowed
 us. Let us keep ourselves in the sunshine of his love-"