The Washington times., 1894-11-12
cHRIsTIANITY's NEW STAR.
The brotherhood or Andrew and Philip
It's Aims and Its Hopes.

The Brotherhood or Andrew and Philip
Its Aims and Its Hopes.
The annual sermon to the Brotherhood of
Andrew and Philip was preached last night
at the Western Presbyterian Church, II street
near Nineteenth street northwest, by the pas
tor, Rev. Howard ". Ennis. The subject
was "A new astronomy" A large number of
members of the order were present.
1t was the belief of the ancients,' - said
Mr. Ennis, that the vault of the heavens
was an immense crystal and the stars were
fires shining through. Modern science long
ago rejected this and taught Us that the
moon and planets are burnt out stars, the
stars, burning suns. We look upon the moon
and see nut reflector OF light. Like this
are souls who, being saved find no service to
do; but other souls saved by the same Lord
are not so satisfied. They are burning with
desire to do the Masters work.
Within the last few yeats new star has
arisen in the Christian ornament 1t is the
star of the Brotherhood OF Andrew and
Philip. 1t is red in the blood OF II N who
saved the world. set in the orange field OF
Gods sunshine upon the dark background Of
the world sin and Woe 1t has the red OF
the Swiss coloTs, the orange of the Neither
lands and black of the German, typifying the
three nations within whose borders was
fought ont the tremendous struggle for q
free Bible.
"The brotherhood stands for orthodoxy.
but broad-broad with a breadth that comes
from communion with GCd. There are some
people in the world who are perhaps too
strict for all it sanctions. They are alike
narrow-minded and narrow-ehested. They
have never taken Christian exercise and can
not stand the Tree and pure air they breathe
who walk with God. But the brotherhood
stands for all that IS true orthodoxy, but an
orthodoxy that takes in the whole man. 1t
believes IN the saving OF the intellect, and not
OF the intellect merely, but OF the body and
then best and above all, OF the soul
Il knew a veteran preacher once who said
when he was young he was full Of doctrine
and ready for discussion any time. Al
thiIty-hve he knew only about sixty doe
trines, at forty years these had become fifty.
at sixty he knew only ten. and at seventy-fve
all had centeTed in one, that Christ came into
the world to save sinners. That Is the doc
trines of the Brotherhood OF Andrew and
Philip. 1t is enough for any.
1T is told of Thorwaldson that when he re-
turned from Rome with some OF the great
creations of his chisel he unpacked them al
his Danish home and some OF the straw wa:
scattered in the streets. Then when spring
came again strange and Beautiful little flower:
appeared along the curb and among the cob
bic. They were blooms from the Roman
gardens springing on the streets of Copen
hagen. So iar and unheeded are scattered
the seeds of Christian truth by the Brother
hood OF Andrew and Philip
lit is seventy years sometimes after II
leaves its fercely burning source that the
starlight reaches the earth, but the light o
the Star OF Bethlehem shone straight down
into the souls of men; and since it rose upor
the earth it has steadily and swiftly sent out
an invisible means for the salvation of men
the Holy Ghost. 1t is by this the brother
hood is bringing unto the cross those tha
shall be saved, and these shall be the stars il
its crown in the eternity OF Heaven"
The song service for the occasion had beer
prepared with special care and was very ef-
| fective.
1t was announced that Prof. Haze1's lect
ure on Tuesday evening before the brother
hood will be on Long Distance Weathe
/ Predictions.