The evening times., 1895-11-04
SUNDAY IN THECHURCHEs.
DIR. TaImage's Sermon Drew n Larp,
Audience-Dr Muir r'xAuuiyersorv =

Dr- Iaifnhges = sermon Drew n Large
AudieDce-Dr. Muir ir'sAnaiversnry. =
1t is now fairly evident that there will
Tor sume time to come be a great crush at
the evening sermons uf DR.. Talmage The
second of the sermons of that distinguished
preacher as co-pastor OF the First Presby-
terian Church was delivered in that build
ing last night when the scenes and incl
dents were similar to those OF his inaugural
sermon.
The evening service began under these
circumstances at 7:30 o'clpck. The hymns
for the evening for the whole congregation
were Joy tn the World, the Lord Is
Come" and at the close, Lord, Dismiss Us
with Thy blessing The solo and Concerted
music was by members of the very efficient
choir of the church.
If anything, DR.. Talmage spoke with
greater force and persuasiveness than ON
the former occasion here. The utmost si-
ience reigncd throughout the vast congre-
CATION as the speaker developed the inter-
esting theme.
Dr.. Talmage's subject was Remarks
for the disa bled,' the text selected being
/. Samuels, xxx:24, LAS his part is that
goeth down to the battle, SO snail his part
be that tarrieth by the stuff
Rev. j. Russell yerbrycke preached a
special sermon last evening before the
Mems Club at Gurley Memorial Church,
Florida avenue. between Sixth and Seventh
streets northwest.
The members of the club attended in
body and were seated in the front pews,
which had been reserved for them.
The services at st. Pauis Episcopal
Churchlast evening were under the auspices
OF the Brotherhood of st. Andrew. A
large congregation was present and lis
tened to an eloquent discourse by Rev.
Gilbert S. Williams on the Philosophical
view of Infidels and Infidelity.'
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held a largely attended mass meet
ing yesterday afternoon at McKendree N.
E. Church. Massachusetts avenue, between
Ninth and Terth streets northwest. DIR.
Weidman. the pastor of the church. opened
the exercises with an address OF welcome.
Mr.. Charles II. Chase then sang i solo,
after which DIR. Mary Wood Allen, one
of the national superintendents of the
woman's Christian Temperance Union, of
Ann Arbor. Mich, delivered an address
upon temperance, taking '.Heredity'' as
her subject.
Rev. DR.. ]. ]. Muir. pastor of the E-Street
Baptist Church, yesterday morning preached
his sixth anniversary sermon before his con-
gregatiou.
At the close Of the service Mr.. William
Fletcher, on behalf of the congregation,
presented Rev. DR.. Muir with large
and beautiful bouquet OF roses.
The music at Hamline NJ f. Church yes
terday was up to its usual standard OF ex-
ceilence. AT the morning service the choir,
which consists of twenty well-trained
voices rendered with beautiful expression
shelley's "Savior, When Night Involves
the Skies"
In the evening service quartet. Misses
Maize Rose and Emma Williams q nd Messrs
j. Arthur Rose and J. Walter Humphrey,
sang another OF Shelley's pieces, THE
King of Love My Shepherd Is" and a bet
ter rendition of the selection could hardly
have been made. Miss Ida O'Neal and Mr..
Humphrey also each sang very effective
solos.