Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-29
CHURCH NOTES.

CHURCH NOTES.
Doinss ut the Howard Avenue Con.
ereeational Church-Rev Mr.. ScO-
aeld,s Sermons Yesterday-A Pow
erful Revival in PrOgress-ClOse of
the Evangelist, Mr.. johnson, at the
Epworth Church-A Mark ed Awak-
ening.
Rev. w. ]. Mulch preached yesterday
morning at the Howard avenue Congrega-
tional church on the theme liability Not
the Measure of Duty" he ssids I'VE believe
that God calls every person to do more
and greater things than our own strength
ia equal to. But that call constitutes duty
and everyone who accepts the duty may
rely upon God for sufficient cooperation
to bring us to the accomplishment of our
aims"
The thirtieth annual meeting of the La
dies Sewing society will be held Wednes-
day evening at the church. The business
meeting comes at 2 O'Clock and supper will
be served at 8.
o. Friday evening the Y. F. 8. G. E.
will give social at the church parlors.
Next week the Loyal Seed Sewers circle
of Kings Daughters will give concert,
assisted by the Cecilia quartet and Miss
Mary Dudley Burk, elocutionist.
AT GRACE N. E. CHURCH
Rev. Frank A. Soofeld, pastor of the
Grace N. e. church, preached an interest
ing sermon yesterday morning on the title
sour Inseparable Friend" on the text
"ae Will Not Leave Thee Nor Forsaks
Thee" Hebrews Kills. He said: "Christ's
last promise to His disciples just before His
ascension into heaven was as to his contin-
usl presence with them. he would not
leave them comfortless, but would come to
them, and throughout all ages Christ's
presence with His people has been His in
spiration and His strength. He was with
the three Hebrew children in the fiery
furnaces. He was with Paul and Silss In
the dungeon. He was with the aged John
and the lonely Patmos. The presence of
Christ with us has always a sanctifying,
assuring aud comforting influence on our
lives. He smoothes the rough places. He
tunnels the mountains and bridges the
rives SO that His people may pass over in
safety. If We have Christ with Us on earth
We have the sure promise that We shall be
with Him In heaven forever"
In the evening he spoke on the Rasur-
rectlon from the text John v, %. 20. He
said. 1--WE are standing on the threshold
of an awful future. In single moment,
by accident or by disease, We may be gone
gone to try the realities of an unknown
life. This idea of immortality Is universal.
Tho untaught American Indian bad his
bow and arrow buried with him for uss in
the future world, which he conceived as
the happy hunting grounds. The ancient
Egyptian had his body enbalmed In order
to prepare his soul for future existence,
while all peoples of history have admitted
the immortality of the soul. There are
many and diverse opinions concerning the
of thinkers teach that the only
resurrection taught in the Script
ures Is Of a spiritual character,
and that We shall have no further need for
the body. The husk is thrown away and
the valuable grain stored away In the
gransry. So, they say, the body will
moulder to the duet, whence 1t came, and
the soul only may partake of the blessed
nees or the despair of immortal life or
everlasting death. Others teach that there
is no future until after the resurrection.
They say that the soul eleeps in the body
until Chriss's words call forth the spirits
of those who have accepted life through
Jesus Christ, and that the others suffer
eternal humiliation.
According to tho teachings of our the
ology we believe ~ in a spiritual resur-
rection, which takes place when the soul
is converted by Gods redeemtng grace and
love of holiness, which take up their abode
In the heart. When the believer dies we
bslieve his soul goes straight to heaven,
crosslots to glory, by no roundabout way.
(2) We believe in physical resurrection,
and that in the consummatfon of all things
Christ shall come and His voice shall call
the dead to life and the good and bad will
alike be raised. To the good He will say.
Come ye blessed of my Father, and enter
into the blessedness prepared for You from
the beginning of the world, and they shall
enter into life everlasting. To the others
He will say, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into the punishment prepared for the devil
and his angela
"Th!s is In short the teachings of our
church which ia founded on fair inter
probation of the scriptures
Mr.. Scofeld Is conducting q revival of
exceeding interest at which the powe. of
God has been manifested as not before In
forty years at this church. 1t has affected
every department of the church. Yester-
day the Sunday school attendaL ce rescued
the high water mark of 31S. There are
now 200 male members Of the church.
Ne ,tings will be held at the church every
evening except Monday and Saturday. On
Windsor will preach. The fourth pay
ment on the church d. bt will occur on
Tuesday evening. This evening the Young
Mems Alliance, led by Charles e Stoddard,
will conduct missionary meeting at the
corner of Oak and Orchard street.
AT EPwoRTH \ CHURCH.
Great interest has attended the special
meetings conducted by the evangelist,
Rev. Mr.. johnson at the Epworth church,
which yesterday came to q close. The
meetings have been largely attended and u
deep religious feeling has been manifest.
Mr.. johnson lie a very earnest and impress
sive speaker. His exhortstions are power
full and hs appssls to all with great power
in behalf of the higher religious life. He
has made a very deep impression upon his
hearers and by his ardent sincerity.
heart stirring appeals has both stirred
his hearers and draw them to him
personally. Many have asked for the
prayers of the church. The common peo-
pie heard him glsily, and all have been
impressed by his powerful appeals. There
were three meetiDgs held yesterday. Mr..
johnson had the sincere sympathies of his
hearers yesterday, his little child, which
has won all hearts during Its visits to the
meeting, having been Frustrated With
severe and dangerous Illness and Its con-
dition yesterday being critical.
The afternoon services yesterday took
the form of great religious mass meeting,
the audience filling the maia church, the
Sunday school room and the galleries.
The spirit of CO operation was manifested
by the presence of Rev r. &, Luckey of
the Humphrey street Congregational
church, Rev. J. A. Elder of the Hope Bsp-
tist church and several of the n. E. pas
tors of the city. At the evening ssrvice
the Spirit of God was present and many
souls sought God. The Epworth church
and pastor bid Rev. and Mrs. I. T. John
son q hearty Godspeed as they go to labor
with the Grace II. e church at Westerly,
r I. The services ct Epworth church
which have bsen 30 gloriously inaugurated
by Evangelist johnson will DO carried on
the coming week by the pastor and MEM
bers of the church, services being held on
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings.
FINE SINGING Al ST. MARY's.
Miss Helen Crotty, the new soprano who
has been singing with 60 much success the
last two weeks in several of our local en-
tertainments, made decided success yes
terday, singing an save Maria" as an Offer
tory at st. Mary's church. The beautiful
quality of her clear soprano 70 ce made q
fine impression. It IL rare that one finds