The Washington times., 1895-03-18
GRACE CHURCH REopENEp.
Special Services Held Yesterday to CcIe-
bTate the Event.

bTate the Event
The members OF Grace NJ. f. Church. at
the corner of Ninth and streets north
west, held special reopening services YES
terday, the auditorium at their house Of
worship having been closed since January
while undergoing renovation and repairs.
The congregation was greeted with ample
evidence of the transformation wrought
since the doors were closed in the hand
somely frescoed walls and ceiling. the rev
Carpeting, the artistic improvements uIon
every side. and the evidence Of painters
skill in the TeHev wed appearance given pulpit
aud pews. The stairway has also hgen
Inder the touch OF the wOrkmans sFill,
md is visiby the better forf.
The Rev. J II. Mccarthy, n. d OF the
CENTRAL New York Conference, occupied
the pulpit at 1l:30 a. m. and preached an
interesting discourse based upon the seven
teenth verse of the seventh chapter Gf the
Gospel according TO 81. John.
chr istianity.' he said, .'Canaot be
overthrown by its enemies. Put the wit
neSSes on the stand-Voltaire. Payne, and
the host OF their imitators-and every enc
will confess that he does not know anything
about 1t. Those who are ignorant shall
not be permitted To take up the time of the
COuIt. 1ut OlItcES on Ilc Sl6ul-t dul !,
John Wesley, your mothers, your fathers,
the illustriOIs or earth's Christian pill
grims-and their testimony VIII lie worth
something.
"Scoffcrs attack Chr istia nifty. scien-
fists OF a certain school question its real
ity. but there are more Christian scientists
than all others A blind man cannot in
teIligently discuss colors, a deaf man can
not be expected to talk with you of the
Hf n 4 n
teach eloCution, but those who know naught
OF religion presume 20 condemn it.
Some people claim that tie mystic
ries of the Bible CoudeInn il: they ask
how, and when, and because they can
not really see and hear. they refuse to
accept. They accept mystery, however,
on every other topic and upon all sides
save this one.
Science cannot destroy the Bible IN
til it can explain 20 me why fly can
walk upon ceiling This NJ has never
done, and IL has had ample time ia which
TO prepare It's explanation. Science can
not explain how the body can he TesHr-
reCted. but God can TeSuTreCt the body -
At the conclusion OF DR.. MCCarthy's s
sermon the pastor, Rev. Watson Case
arose, and calling attention To the i'm
proyementS TO the edifice, which in =
cluded the Tepainting of the outside walls,
he stated that the total expenditure was
about 81 600. They needed 5000 more,
however, and collection was raised by
subscription, to be paid IN inStaIlm5nts,
that netted more than one-fifth of the
sum stated.
The Epworth League members, Rev Mr..
Case said, had not long since voluntarily
taxed themselves to the extent of per
cent. of their respective incomes, the ac-
cumulation to be applied to the cxtin-
guishment of the church debt. This had,
in less than six months, amounted TO
500, and the aggregate is 10 be invested
for the purpose of adding to the increase.
The Junior Epworth League, composed
of the wee people, held a special sery-
ice yesterday afternoon at $50 o'clock,
at which the league officers formally
presented to the church a set of Com
munion plates that had been purchased
altogether by the juniors from money
gained from the saving of pennies, and
from other sources.
The pulpit was filled last night by the
presiding elder, Rev. l.. d. Wilson.