The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-02

The Epworth League of Grace NJ.
E. Church last evening held services
in the church OF patriotic order.
hAviuf reference To the celebration of
Independence bay. William Ii. Smith
read the Declaration OF Independence
and DR.. Hulburd addressed the audi.
ence on An American Church. and
the Church Of America During his
talk he said.
The near approach Of our national
holiday in which we celebrats the
birth or tho nation makes pertinent
and appropriate the consideration OF
the claims OF the Christian Church to
recognition in our patriotic Thought
us among the influences contributing
TO our nutlonal life and the perpetuu
ton of our institutions. The student
OF history connot fail to he i.lpreesed
with the wisdom OF the fathers III pro-
viding for tho separation OF church
and state; ut the same lime two things
should DO borEe in MINI: That II tht
state cannot DO committed to the sup
| port OF Il denomination neither must
| il be arraysd in hostility to any; that
II 1t would 10 un-Amerlcan to yielt
any thing 10 u clam Tor temporal pow
er OF the Papaey. IL Is not less
unpatriotic to commit ones eel
/ W lll0 vi uiltN1d Uppp5lbiOi W Nht NV
man Catholic Church ol the A. T.
A.-cy; and second. that If an atteIup
to ally the state with the church wouit
be treason, 1t would not be less to di
vorCe the state from Christianity
Christianity aud tho church are not
identical. nor contermlnouS
The American Church must be new
one, mobile. flexible. young. conform
ing to its environment as the nrganl
zatlon; but flied with the power O
the old Gospel. JQ5JTlS tae times de-
mand 1t, 1t uppears. As spirituA
movement it had bean abI2Sl IN tbs
land for sixteen years; QUE or
ganlzatlon. without cree bad M
language but cry; but Q KEEP
sounding that cry as theN = tbs
wilderness. As force ke
harnessoi to organizat - was a
yet only man on horsebaci; 1t hal
neither set up carriage nor got read,
far housekeeping Untrammelel b.
tradition or precedent, its theolog
fluent and molten, with no set grooves
could run and spread over tho land
Without polity. 1t was fies TO groy
one which should be indulgence to tn
soll; and go 1t grow up with the lnfan
republic without patronage or frlc
ton.
lie closed by showing coplous illu
tratlon the history and government q
the Methodist Church as the analogu
OF the republic, and said: The storm
of the Revolution rocked both cri
dles.n As q church 1t took form iii us
: five years before the adoption OF til
Federal Constitution. and just
time to assist In arresilng the tende
cy to an exotic iniidelity Import
from France.
st. Paurs NJ. L. Sunday sch Dol Gle
ed yesterday for the summer vacation
j. aud the occasion was made Il Four
of July celebration. Rev Merrl
Hulburd delivered an address al
Rev. L. L. Terry read tho Declarati,
of Independence. Tne scholars ais
saTg patriotic songs.
st. Stephens English Lufheri
! Sunday school will give picnic {
3 July II.
, At the East Side Baptist Mission 81
Rev. Robert Bowden, OF Grocer SEN
nary, preached.
At Rodney Street Presbytorir
E! Church yesterday, In tho absence
the pastor, who is in Europe. tho Re
W. II. Gill, d. D., OF Philadelphia
preached.
r Tie Rev. A. Edwin KeIgwln. the q,
/ Of the Rev. A. n. Kegwin, preach'
at West Presbyterian Church yesterd
morning.
Tho lev. John Saadi, former m
Q s,onary to Morocco, preached
i, Oliyet Presbyterian Church yesterdG
Twilight services seem to be- 81
J. cess III tile churches where they Il
g held.
n The Rev. Robert Watt. OF Scott
Il. Il. Church, preached yestert
morning on How to BE Happy"
i A new Presbyterian church will
built at East Lake as soon as prop
site can be selected Lewis X. Spring
ia drawing the plans.
, Lewis X. Springer Is preparing pla
!, for an addition to West presbyteri
Church for Sunday school purposes
{ The agitation over the individl
/. communion cups has been allowed