The herald., 1894-12-24
PASTOR AND PULPIT
SERVICES IN THE VARIOUS
CHURCHES YESTERDAY.
Especial Mass As tho Church
Of the Sacred Heart

Of the Sacred Heart
The church services were generally
largely attended yesterday. Rev. ]. s.
Thomson preached an interesting ser.
mon, taking his text from Luke Ii: IA.
Bishop Montgomery oficiated at an in
teresting ceremony at the Church OF
the Sacred Heart, assisted by Rev.
Father Hartnett. Rev. ]. W New.
ell of the Bethesda Presbyterian
church preached an instructive sermon
from Psalm ii: IL. The music at all
OF the services was of the elaborate Or
der and avtistically rendered.
UNITY CHURCH.
Yesterday morning Q sermon on The
Song Of the Angels At Christ's birth was
preached by the pastor, ]. 8. Thomp.
son, taking the words from the revised
version. "Glory to God in the highcst;
and ON earth peace among men in whom
He is we'll pleased. Luke. 2:14.
The song Of the angels contains the
gospel in brief. II assures us that God
10 worthy Of our highest praise, because
He is all.wise, ali-p0werful and all-goed.
This 10 surely good news for the whole
human race. The Jews. the Greeks,
and Romano, believed that God hated
mon, and that sacrifices must be offered
to Him to paoify His rage. Animals.
birds, fishes. captives and children
were sacrificed to make the gods friend
ly to man. The Roman, the Greek and
the Protestant churches teach that
God could save no soul without
the shedding of Christs blood. God
hated man, made an eternal hell for
him and will laugh at the everlasting
agonies OF countless millions of his own
children. No demon could have q worse
character. Mary's son was not the
whole OF God, and he never said that he
was but he would certainly be mil
lion times better than the God whom
Christiandom pretends to adore. But
God is neither mad, nor cruel, nor arbi-
trary in the angels song. The divinest
angels OF the highest heavens worship
him for his goodness. He does not need
to be reconciled to man, for he never
harbored any spite against his children.
According to Paul, "God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Him
SELF" and I'VE pray you in
Christ's stead. be ye reconcled TO
God" The divine purpose OF Christs
mission, as declared by the angels. is TO
induce man to be reconciled to God, to
examine his dealings with man and to
appreciate his love; to make himself
right instead of attempting to make the
Infinite Goodness rieht. The revlvalist
tramps who prey upon communities,
telling them that God hated Christ
n vrhi inc fC .ln ifc nj nj
salvation, who make unthiuking paope
hystericsl by saying: "God gives you
chance only when | am around" repre-
cant the Almighty as a being having all
the worst features of savage tyrent;
and they call this horrible n,iepresenta-
tion of God gospel. The anRee'
message declares peace among men
and nations The root oi all EVIL 10
ignorance, the mother OF pref i'iice.
hatred, persecution, and ell ain. When
ignorance is rem oved, good undcrstaad-
Ing ariees among Gods children npon
earth. The message 10 o prophecy. ci
that rcalized kpnwiedse which u
make men like Christ We hive the
angels word for it tnat God is we'll dis
posed towards ue. The angels could not
effectively preacn the gospel to the
world. l, must be incarnaied il Jeens
1t must declare itsef in life and iu
character. The world must ses il in
flesh and blood. We must sse it ighs
successfully with iAe evils in life.
When God wills to give the world II
the grand thought 10 ecience, ar,
religion. politics. he lodges 1t in
mind of a genius. Abraham. Mosee,
Moses, CHRIST. Paul, Xavier. Aqunas,
Luther, Channing. Wesley, Calvin.
Booth. Washington, Angelo. Shake
spesre. Bismarck, O'Connel, Tolls
toi, Tesela. and thousands OF other cele-
brated namss, arc canes OF incarnations
Of Gods plans and words in various de-
pRrtments OF civilization. We hope
that a Moses, or Washington, may aoon
be born in America to lead the we'll
balanced people out Of the Egypt OF
political and social confusion and sin,
into the promised land OF justice. order,
law and peace. The gospel in poetry.
music. architecture, society, home and
character was discussed. The angels'
song came in the poetry and music Of
the heavens-the grandest song that
earth ever heard.
THE PLAZA CHURCH.
The local choir will be greatly aug
mented in which some OF the best musi-
cal talent of the city will be included. .
Sopranos--Mi Amelia Santa Cruz,
Miss Theresa Clarke, Mrs. IL. Held.
Miss Rose Harrington.
Altos-Miss Theresa Keys. Mrs. A.
Scott Chapman, nee Santa Cruz; Miss
Katie, Clarke, Miss Mamie Sullivan,
Mrs. Helena Lareux, Miss Lizzie Under.
wood. ~
Tenors-Herr CARL Smyser Thrower,
Mr.. g. jackson, Mr. William Fallon,
Mr.. James Pirie.
Bass--Mr. Joseph Scott, Mr.. Thomas
SCOTT, Mr.. Ed Hayes, Mr.. Arthur Neil;
first violin. Mr.. R. v. Musso; doubls
bass. Mr.. John Musso. Miss Amelia
Santa Cruz and Herr Carl Thrower will
sing the duet. o Spouse eIlli-Newkomm.
MIR. Scott will sing Rosmini's o, Salu.
taris. Herr Thrower will sing In Native
Worth, Haydn's Crestion and Cujus
Animani Rosini. 4f 4.
The high order Of the magnificent dc.
votional music OF the church, under the
direction OF the talented young organist.
Miss Theresa Sullivan, will enhance
very much the splendor OF the i'm posing
services. Az q whole, aud in every par
ticular, the usual sanctuary decorations
will fer surpass those Of previous years.
BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. J. W. Newell preached an inter-
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