Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-18
AS CO-PASTOR
Rev. Mr.. Allen Takes Charge at the First
Presbyterian Church.
The Exercises Participated in by
Several Presbyterian PnstOrs-Rev.
DIR. Easton's Defense of the Faith.

The members Of the First Presbyterian
Church, located on 4 1-2 street between Q
and d streets northwest, turned out in force
last evening to be present at and participate
in the installation service OF Rev. Adolos
Allen as co-pastor. The young man who Is
to assist Rev. Byron Sunderland in the
work Of the church is a native of Iowa City,
Iowa. His early life was spent in New
York. and later he attended and finally
graduated from Princeton College.
1t was evident from the large attendance
when the exercises began at 7:30 o'clock
that the membership of the church as a
whole was interested in the new co-pastor.
On the pulpit platform were seated Rev. 3.
f. Bittinger, d. D., Rev. Joseph T. Kelly,
Rev. George B. Patch, DID, and Rev. Byron
Sunderland. DID. DR.. Bittinger presided
The order of exercises was opened with an
organ prelude. This was followed by
Mozart's Invocation" anthem, the prayer
of Invocation closing with the Lords Pray
er, the congregation joining. Hymn 116 and
Psalm cXii followed in the order named.
The congregation stood and Joined in the
Gloria Patria," after which a Scripture
lesson was read and then Wagner's anthem,
BE Thou, o God, Exalted High" was sung.
The sermon of the occasion was delivered
by Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton, D. D.,
and was entitled THE Old Gospel the Best"
the text being Luke V, 30. why should the
Sue0S at a banquet pc asked suddenly to
change the old wine, the age-softened juice
of the vintage?' asked DIR. Easton in OPEN
ing his discourse in defense of the Bible.
"Why change what we have been drinking
for something not so inspiring, that lacks
what the wine drinkers call the bead ?
Surely the old is good enough. Truth is
forever Interchangeable. Moral truth cannot
ever be discovered, but must be revealed
from the mind of Him who said L am the
truth Truth, like God. it's author, is the
same yesterday, today and forever This is
the answer of the church to our modern
Phlistines, who demand q surrender of all
faith upon the speciOus plea that the pro-
gress Of the age demands new thought, new
doctrines, new wine-a new Gospel. The
old is better"
Defense of the Old Faith.
The speaker then considered at length
some permanent distinctions between the
old faith and the new and why we should
love the old wine of the vintage His theme
was divided into four parts. namely: THE
old is historical, the new is speculative;
the old is positive, while the new is mega
tive the old faith is instructive, while the
new is destructive, and a new religion is
no more required than q new world"
May the Holy Ghost, the chief executive
of the God head, attend the proclamatio
of a free, full, eternal salvation, that here
in years to come as in years past Christ
NAV see the travail of His soul and be
delighted. Amen and amen" concluded
DR.. Easton.
The constitutional questions as contain ed
in the form Of government of the church
We're propounded to Rev. Mr.. Allen by DR.
Bttinger. and in reply thereto the former an
swered: Il do" Rev. Joseph T. Kelly de-
livered The charge to the co-pastor. 1t