The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-17
At The ELM PARK Church
Closing Services Commemorative of
First Anniversary.
SEVERAL ELOQUENT SERMONS
Rev. J. II. Day, d. D., of Syracuse, Spoke
in the Morning and Rev. J. X. Boyle,
ID. D., of Wilkes. Barre, in
the Evening.

Park church concluded yesterday. At
an early hour the chimes were heard
ringing out the dedication tunes of
year ago.
At the morning service a distin-
guished member of the Methodist min
istry, Rev. j. r. Day, d. D., chancellor
of the Syracuse university preached to
a large congregation, which comprised
many prominent Scrantonians, repre-
senting all churches and creeds to be
found in the city.
Previous to the sermon the church
quartette rendered the Cantate Dom
ino, by S. p. Warren, and other sacred
selections. In preaching the anniver-
sary sermon, DR., Day based his re-
marks upon1 Cor. xiii, 8, For We Know
in Part and Prophesy in Part" and
said
"The emphasis upon the first clause,
some minds are self assertive and con-
fident in discussion. They are not the
most profound minds, neither are they
the best informed minds, and little
mind knows no embarrassment in being
able to discuss profound subject with
the greatest confidence. There is the
pamphleteer scientist who says that re-
ligon and service are irreconcilable, the
curb-stone theologian in every town
who breaches that every man should
believe his doctrine, and 1t Is doctrine
simply because he believes in it; but
the Apostle Paul says: For we know in
| part For now we see through glass
do oYly y1xy. Ittt fop tn |
know in part, then shall l know even as
also l am known
Man Who Does Not Know 1t All.
"Your man of unfledged thought has
claims to prophecy and an eye to the
unknown, but the great man who
knows enough to know that he does not
know ALL is even cautiously making his
way along the high road of truth. All
the great discoveries are but as astron-
omy, a few street lamps in comparison
with the great light of God, and yet in
face of that fact, there is considera-
BILE school who argue that the just
claims of Jesus Christ cannot be dem
onstrated by logic or tested by the or
binary process of the best affairs of life.
"They will not accept the Gospel be-
cause it appeals to faith, and this they
are not able to fully understand 1t
is best answered by arument of the
Quaker, who was approached by an in
fidel who did not believe in supernat-
ural. being and was asked, Hast thee
thee seen thy brains% There are
Yes when the Quaker asked, Hast
thee seen they brains" There are
others in the world who will not believe
! without ocular demonstration, and yet
| it was the simplest thing in life that
would prove the fallacy of their posi-
| ton.
"All the Christian has to do to turn
out the pamphleteer scientists and the
babbling intldel is to ask him to explain
the mysteries Of nature. The fact is,
all knowledge we have is as little en-
| trance to the vast temple of things un-
known and unknowable.
'gThere are two facts which are
| brought forth: First, this book teaches
men, and, second, teachers do not
understand. Every page has lesson
in it, yet each page has some PROPOSE
|
There are things in it which were never
| understood
1t Comes from God.
81 can understand things that origi-
nate in man, but this book comes down
from the Almighty God, and there will
always be so much in it that 1 cannot
understand. 1t is like the kindergar-
ten school, where the infinite mind is
| talking to the finite, childish mind.
When a boy, looking at the rainbow,
/ was told to run into the fields to Sc
cure the end, but the whole thing was
| illusive,' and afterward l learned to
| look at the top of the rainbow arch.
The end of the bow may be mysterious
but / could always see the top of the
arch.
"There are a dozen different theories
as to the doctrine of the atonement,
men who will not accept the doctrine
until by common consent all agree to
| one view. So immense is the question
| that men cannot grasp 1t, but in this
book is to be seen the one great su-
| preme fact of Atonement, so what more
need we care as long as we have that.
| Get the main fact of atonement Jesus
saves me and that is atonement. To
understand it is too immense, too tre-
mendous. If we cannot get the sun,
we have sunbeams, and that is all we
need.
"The infinite great God made this
world and God is trying to make men
and women. He works in different
ways, but always let the plan with him.
The philosophy of part knowledge is
such as to stimulate us to know more
j and what is most blessed is that what
don't know. One has been sent for the
| express business who knows for me.
All don't know He knows" DR.. Day
then concluded with a powerful appeal
for implicit faith in the Holy Word.
Meeting in Afternoon.
In the afternoon a mass meeting of
Sunday school teachers and scholars
was held. Mayor Connell was present,
but his physician had forbidden him to
speak in public owing to severe cold
liObi Wdo ouiCiih6s "A ldlB sc
orchestra accompanied the choir and
several selections were rendered dur
ing the afternoon. Rev. f. A. Chaffee,
of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal
church, delivered brief address, in
which he Congratulated the scholars
upon their first anniversary in their
new home. He wished them God-speed
in their future career. City Solicitor
Torrey, as superintendent Of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Sunday school, con-
veyed the Presbyterian congratula-
tions upon the memorable accession.
Rev. Mr.. Powell, of Wilkes Barre,
spoke upon the past of the school and
the marvellous growth of the work, and
was followed by Rev. DR.. Manley Hard,
ex-presiding elder OF the district, who,
in humorous manner, related his
"reminiscences Of his early Sunday
school life. He urged that they should
upon all occasions keep faith with the