Evening journal., 1894-03-26

are great lhiuRa. OuafhClef Nnd fcNuh. |
ment are great things Religions, SER |
vices, ceremony are great things,
but love Is mightier; all are found |
| that cross ] see the fourth Ian
guage is the language Of our civilization. |
Men talk about us outgrowing the cross
and the story OF the cross, and the story
of the resurrection. The world never
needed It more
Il met Methodist minister the other
day who said to me that Lyman Abbott
had given up everything In way OF relig
ion. | told him what had been said
about him. and | asked him II he believed
In the resurrection, and above all things
| Lyman Abbott does believe In H. When
| find a man who accepts that fact, he is
on the high road 10 Christianity. There
Is no fact, so well established as
the resurrection. The fact Is recognized
all over the world There will be ser
mons on the resurrection IN all the
papers all over the United States to.
morrow. Christ rose from the dead
He was crucihed he died. he slept in his
sepulchre, and came forth. That Is
what these noral decorations Bnd songs
mean that he lived aud spoke in the
language Of the cross aud sacrificed his
life.
Methodism In All tho Churches.
Methodsm was TO the fore 10 Salisbury
/ yesterday. IL has been very much In evi
dence throughout the week. but IL has
been confined to the streets and homes
and Asbury M f Church here Yesterday
it extended 10 all other churches, re
| gsrdless OF denomination. People all
over the town had the opportunity of
listening 20 Methodstic doctrines ex
pounded with the eloquence snd feeling
and straight from the-shoulder direct
ness only at the command of a Methodist
parson. Rev j. +. Amos, Of Union
Church, Wilmington, preached at Trim
ity NJ. + Church here this morning
Rev. Aloyoius Green conducted the
night service.
Rev J. 81. Llndale preached the
morning sermon at the Methodist
Protestant Church. He was relieved In
the evening by Rev. J. A. Arters.
At the Missionary Baptist Church, Rev
j A. Howard filed the pulpit In the
morning. He WIS succeeded by Rev. r.
B. Cooper at night. Rev J. D. Locates
preached at st. Marks Rev. J. NJ
Collins filed the pulpit of Wesley NJ. e.
Church, Dover Other members Of con.
ference preached at Princess Anne.
Petersburg, Cambridge, FruitIand. Del
mar, and other surrounding towns.
The Price Of Oranges.
Two Of the Methodist ministers at
conference here entered one of the large
grocery stores recently, aud one Of them
asked the price of oranges.
"rwo for FIVE, or thirty-6ve cents
dozen, answered the storekeeper
The minister said, 'Give me two. " The
| "a. /.
please, said the preacher, and kept on
asking for two more until he received a
dozen. Then he paid the storekeeper
thirty cents. and the latter is still
, puzzling his brain over two for five or
thirty five cents a dozen"
Rev John France presided at the an.
niversRry Of the Freedman's Aid and
southern Educational Society Sunday
afternoon Dr. Weston, of Baltimore,
was the speaker Rev. j. W. Hamilton,
, ID D., was unable to be present. much TO
! the regret Of the conference
There is divine here, who next TO his
, curly locks and daintily curled mustache
prides himself on his dignity Oue rainy
day last week he marched into one Of the
I large stores on Main street, with his
umorella hoisted and carrying It at the
: most approved angle He was so morti.
. fed that he lost his dignity entirely, and
hustled out Of that store as fast as his
ministerial legs would carry him.
. Dr. Rittenhouse, OF the Methodist
Hospital, Philadelphia, as stated In
Saturdays EVENING JOURNAL, addressed
. the conference on hospital work This
hospital was opened twenty two months
! ! ago, and since that time 4 600 patients
. have been treated, 80 per cent receiving
2 / hrovT aud frno fraa A oh,roa q
Z ! made only for the medicines used. The
hospital consists Of six buildings, bright
and airy. There is large staff Of
physicians and surgeons, and q corps of
; experienced trained nurses. Dr. Rlt-
tenhouse asked So 600 from the confer.
: ence. TO endow bed
Rev. J o Peck, d. D., Of New York,
Z was the speaker at the missionary ami
, | versary last night. Thomas Malialeu
= presided at the meeting.
Rev. @. T. Wyatt conducted an Ep-
, worth League prayer meeting at 6 30
:, o'clock last evening
The Latest Slate of To-day.
: Slate after slate has been smashed it
. is said, in the appointment of ministers
, TO new fields Of labor. One of the latest
. lists, It is reported, has been partly
i agreed upon by the bishop and his
4 cabinet-the presiding elders. This has
all been brought about by the undercur
rent from Union Church opposing Rev
y J. Edwin Amos's return. This new slat,
4 is,as follows:
+ Asbury, T. E Martindale; Brandywlne
q J P Otis; Epworth, Isaac Jewell; Kings
q wood, H. s. Dulany; Mt Salem, S. NJ
Morgan; New Castle, Robert Watt Union
p II W. Ewing; Scott. John France; St
q Paul's, 7. f Terry; Silverbrook, w. A
. Wise; Wesley, John B Quigg
Mr Hanna will undoubtedly 60 to New
Il York and Mr. Amos may be transferred
r to Chicago.
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