The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-15
zion Church Opened
Bishop Sanford, Of Harrisburg, breaches The
DadlCatOrlal Sermon.
need FOR The Church OF GOD
School Houses Are Needed for the In
struction of Man in the Sciences
and Languages, but Churches
Are Needed for His instruction in
His Spiritual Welfare Results of
Closing All the Churches.

Zion evangelical church, IN Green
Ridge, was dedicated to the worship OF
God by Bishop W. N. Sanford, of Har.
risburg, yesterday.
The church is q neat substantial
frame structure 30x52 feet, with pulpit
recess and vestiDule, finished within
with southern pine. 1t is furnished
with comfortably cushioned pews and
is divided into two rooms by largo
raising doors. which make 1t very con-
venisnt for Sunday school and special
services, 1t is mission under the
auspices of the Home Missionary So
ciety of the Central Pennsylvania
conference The congregation is young
and has toilsd hard for this new church
home. They merit the generous assist.
ance OF thoss who wish to establish
potent factors for tho moral uplifting
of the city,
The services were held at 1880
o'clock. Bishop Sanford occupied the
pulpit and selected his text from
Palms cxxli; /, i was glad when they
said unto me, Let us 60 into the house
Of the Lord.
CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION NECESSARY.
Bishop Sanford.thought that ClriS-
tiAn instruction was necessary to the
salvation of man, who must first be
instructed in the right way before he
can be expected to go in the right way.
First We must know and then we
must do In order to be in.
formed in the sciences and languages
and in the principles Of good govern
ment, in order that we may become
good citizSns and good members Of So
ciety, we must have common school
education. In order to do this we must
have school houses and such buildings
as will facilitate the acquiring Of this
knowledge. We must have place to
operate in to get the information aud |
am glad to soc that your owe city of
Scranton is we'll provided with gool
school buildings.
Just so, in order to be instructed in
the spiritual things and learn our rela-
tion to God and understand the inter
ests of our souls. we must have houses
of worship. We must have n place in
which to operate
NECESSITY OF THE CHURCH.
The house of God is therefore a ne
cessity to Christian instruction and
consequently a necessity to the saliva.
tion of the world. The house of God
Is more important to us even than our
own homes. II a man should wait IN
til he has paid for his own home before
he helps to build church and every
other man should follow his example,
no churches would ever bs built. The
house Of God is q necessity to the
safety of society and especially for the
preservation of the strength of RSpub-
lican government.
The house Of God sets up self gov
ernment in ones own heart and such q
man needs not the forcs of law to pre-
vent him from disobediencs. Such a
man is the legitimate product of the
house of God.
The houie of God contributes more
than any other one institution to the
value Of real estate and hence if all the
preachers in all the churches were to
abandon this city, and the church
buildings were to be locked up or
turned into business houses, aud as a
consequence there should be no more
prayer meetings and no more Sunday
schools and no more Christian agencie es
for the betterment of society, the pso
pie of Scranton would soon wish to dis
pose of their property for half its pres
ent value.
1T REQUIRES MONEY.
The house of God cannot be built
without money, and it requires sacrl
fees and self denial to build churches.
No money can be better invested than
In this way. Our class here is yst
small and financially week. Since We
have only been here a short time we
need the help of our outside friends anj
assure them that we mean to do them
good AT 7.S0 o'clock services were
also held
Bishop Sanford will dedicate q churcl
at Lock Haven tonight and at Cedar
vile. ILL.,, on Sunday next.
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