Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-30
ON VA N Vt oP &c S
Local Pastors Discourse on Texts Taken
From the Bible. g.
The Recent Fire Teaches q Lesson
..... DR.. Stakely On ON His
..... Vacation. ~

At the morning service yesterday Rev.
w. B. Carr of LatrobeS Pa, occupied the
pulpit of the Eastern Presbyterian Church,
corner of 9th street and Maryland avenue
northeast. Rev. DIR. ID. H. Laverty of
Erma, N j., had been expected to preach
there, but on account of sudden illness he
was unable to be present and his place was
taken by Rev. Mr. Carr. The preacher
took for his text Romans I:16-"For / am
not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for
it is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that beieveth; to the Jew first,
and also to The Greek" The topic that was
discussed was THE earnestness of Paul.
the great apostle
Sabbath Pleasures.
Rev. George w. Luccock, pastor-elect of
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
preached yesterday morning on Sabbath
pleasures. He spoke of the many ways in
which The Sabbath is profaned by river and
other excursions, by the publication and
reading of Sunday newspapers and other
forms Of dissertation. These, he declared,
to be contrary TO the commandment of God
to remember the Sabbath day and keep it
holy.
The Zuni Indians.
Yesterday morning at the Peoples Church
Prof. Frank II. Gushing, the famous STU
dent of Iuni life, delivered the last of the
series of lay discourses before that congre-
cation, choosing for his subject primitive
Religion" His words were spoken from
years of experience with primitive people,
especially with the Zuni Indians, in whose
tribe he lived seven or eight years, and out
of considerable study of the subject His
ideas were illustrated by incidents in the
lives of animals and savages, tending to
show that religion is older than man and
the Oldest of human arts and Institutions
ha ala
were in the natural and physical world be-
fore man was developed.
Were Made Whole
DR.. Stakely of the First Baptist Church
is off for his summer vacation. and yester-
day his pulpit was filled morning and even
ing, by Rev. George w. Sandelin. D. d.. OF
North Carolina. DIR. Sanderlin preached an
able sermon, taking for his theme, "A Pur-
poseful Life" He read a number of Scrip-
tural selections. all exemplfylng the same
idea, and closed with: '"As many as touch
ed Him were made whole" At both services
the subject of his sermon was the same the
sermon in the evening being a logical CON
tinuation OF the one delivered in the morning.
Ready for Death.
Rev. Mr.. A. Allen of the First Presby-
terrain Church. who has been preaching a
series OF sermons lately on timely topics
turned his address last evening to a con-
the great fire last Wednesday morning. Per-
haps he laid the most stress on the devotion
to duty, which these heroic firemen had
shown, but from that he drew the lesson
that we should all be ready for death when,
ever 1T may come and in whatever form.
At R.lnnd Chapel.
Yesterday morning Rev. s. NJ. Hartsock
preached an interesting sermon at Ryland
Chapel, taking for his text Psalms %, iv:
''One thing have l desirtsi of the Lord that
will | seek after; that 7 may dwell in the
house of the Lord all the days of my life
u behold the beauty Of the Lord and to
inquire in His temple" In the course of
is address Mr.. Harfspck spoke Of the
beauty of Gods service and worship. An
assembly of legislators brought together
TO enact laws is a great thing an essen
bly, OF philosophers seeking knowledge is a
sreat thing, an assembly of philanthropists
doing good to mankind is a great thing,
but the greatest of all to mortal eyes is n
congregation of men, women and children
met to worship a loving God and transact
business of eternity.
In ConstuntinopIc.
Rev. u. w. Fisher. president of Han
over College. Indiana, addressed the after
noon meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. yester-
day on the missionary labors of DIR. Cyrus
hamln in Constantinople. DIR. Fisher
spoke of the history of this man as one of
the best examples of Christian devotion
and self-sacrifice in the annals of mis-
sonary work.
Y. NJ. c. A. Speakers.
Secretary Pugh of the Y. NJ. c. A. has
arranged for the following list of speakers
during the month of August in the order
given: Rev. w. ii. Penhallagon. pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of Decatur
ILL.,; Rev. Charles H. Dodd. pastor of the
Pedie Memorial Baptist Church, Newark
~ j.; Rev A. F. StlllweIl, pastor of the
CT at 4
J. q. Sanderson, chaplain of the Minnesota
Brigade, Knights of Pythias.