Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-04
NINTH ANNIVERSARY.

Ninth Yenr of His Pastorato over
 Dwight Place Church-An Interest," | ing Sermon on HThe Remembrance ' of Gods Benef1ts.''
 Yesterday was day of special interest at the D Dw,ght Place Congregational ohurch, 1t being the ninth anniversary of the pas torats of Rsv. pr. J. E. Twitchell. He preached very interesting sermon on "The Remembrance of Gods Benefits" from the text: ''Bless the Lord, O My Soul, and All That is Within Ne Bless His Holy Name. Bless the Lord, o My Soul, and Forget Not All His Benefts," psalms 103:1-2. The pastor spoke in part as fol- lows:
 It has doubtless occurred to many of you that last Sabbath we closed our ninth year of mutual work and worship, and that this morning we enter on our tenth year of the same. have not purposed review in detail of the last year, but cannot lot the morning pass without the mention of the goodness of God to us indi- vidually and as company of Chris tian believers. I have chosen for our consideration the call of the Psalmist upon himself to praise God, and keep in mind his benefits, both for his own encour- sgemsnt in the divine way and as 8 stimu- lus-to a divine service.
 The speaker then gave resume Of the Psalm as @ whole and then continued ss follows:
 You notice here that we have the writer talking to himself, or rather summoning himself to the discharge of conscious duty, ss if his soul had bsen in some sense delinquent and needed the whip and spur. Whether the writer was @ mental philogo- pher or not, however much or little he understood of the faculties and powers of the human soul, he certainly would have every element of his nature employed, in praise. We know we have conecience i'm | sgination, reason, affection, will, thought, power, and, most wonderful of all, mem | ory. What if all these faculties and power wsre employed in real prsise. Man is g wonder to himeelf; he may not be ablo to | locate conscience or any of these other them and that thsy are capable of exercise l GodWard.
 The second verse of the text bsgins like tho first, but ends with an appeal not tc l forget the benefits of God.
 l The speaker then went on to define the | word benefit and illustrated 1t by referring
 to various associations and organizations
 for mutual help.
 The writer of the text, ss ss may sup
 pose, had nons of these things then in mind, but rather Gods proyidencs and pro-
 visions of grace, which are so large and | varied and continually upon us. His coun.
 gel Is to keep those things in mind ai | proofs of Gods eternal fatherhood. Hi l counsel is, "Lst my soul be stirred within
 nae, in view of what God has done for m,
 and is to me-" It goss without saying tha
 ws are inclined to forget the benefits O
 God-psrhsps not so much tho larger anG
 more conspicuous, but the common ant
 less obvious ones.
 The speaker referred at length to tn
 depression in business and the suffering
 that have been experienced all over the lant
 by a great many of the unemployed. Af
 ter drawing vivid picture he continued
 Who of us has gone hungry or cold o
 expsrien csd real wanta It ia natural fo ) persons in prosperity of any kind to con
 grstulate themselves as being shrewd an , fortunate. But whence this endow 7 ment of shrewdness and good fortune
 We had nothing to do with tn ! making and endowtng of ourselves. Bac
 stands the living God, with heart of lov l for us, an eye that watches over us and } hand that ministers unto us.
 : The speaker then referred to the man
 cslamities that have caused great deal c ) suffering throughout the land. But ou city and common wealth and all New Ese |, land has besn wonderfully protected. Tn } western prairies may have their richnes. Florida and California their climates, tn
 rolling Rockies tbsir scenery, and gian , 1 cities their marvels Of architecture and IL | Ruk Naxn E1n1ord on1 our own fair city, has its restfulness. Tn } benefits of God upon us hsre seem UT 3 csasing. What we need Ia remembrance
 and acknowledgment of them. There ] l not one among ua all who cannot discovs that things might have bsen, far wors l with us than they have been. With man
 they have bee far worse than with oul ? | selves. To hear the murmurirgs of th
 masses one would think that nothing goo f ] was ever granted them.
 , The spirit of complaint clouds hnma
 life and takes out of 1t all glad song an puts into it the poison of contagion. D [ ! Twitchell then spoke of the prosperity (
 the church during the past year and the 3 | mentioned the following who have been r
 moved by death during the psat yea . Mrs. E. H. Barnum, Mrs. Hsrrist E Cha
 field, Mrs. Susan M. Treat, Mrs. Mary { : Johnson, Ar. William E. Boardmsn, Mr , Samuel Church. This ia the roll call (
 the year, and these have been the victcri, achieved. Fifty-nire have been added | s the church during the pass year lnakin ? the membership 779 Special mention ws 5 ! made of the sstsndancs at the Sabbat
 worship and in the prayer meeting. in th Sunday school and among the ,everi 3 l young people societies in the church. THE EVENING SERVICE.
 The tenth anniversary of the Young Pet . ple's Society of the Christian Endeave was held at the church last night. The ar niversary remarks were delivered by F. E Belden, jr., president of the Y. P. s. 0. I
 Remarks were made by the pastor an , others including J. Y. McDsrmott, Geore B. AoGowan, Joel I. Butler, M. L. Black : man, B. W. Hitchcock, Helen F. King an
 Emily K. Beecher. The location of th 1 church is such that it's growth has bee , very large during the past year, and ssems that with the friendly spirit tbs exists among It's members the present yes ) will show further marked increase membership.