Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-08
WITH THE WORSHIPERS
Hot Weather Has NoEffect on the
 Attendance.
BEAufiFUL SONG SERVICE
Adds Much to the Eloquence of the Learned BWines-Synopsis of the
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 Despite the fact that the mercury was dancing around 90 in the shade. the wor- shipers were out in great numbers both morning and evening yesterday to listen to divine instruction from able followers of the meek and lowly shepherd who came on earth and offered himself a liv- ing sacrifice that sinners might be saved.
 The several pulpits were filleda by learned disceGrsers of the doctrine of Chffgrs and their eloquent discourses fell not on dull ears.
 Too much cannot be said of the rapid strides being made by the different choirs of the city. With so much able talent it is not, however. to be won dered at
 The song service at the First Baptist church last night was marled-illus- tratfon Of the fact that Birmingham has excellent choirs- It was the regular monthly song service and the atready large choir was greatly enhanced Dy the addition of Miss Gertrude GriSwold or Chicago and Mir. J. M. Cooper of the ca thedral in Atlanta These with Mes danes Chandler and Clint Reese and Miss Patti Ruffner. with others, afforded the audience a delightful service. One of the numbers was 1NDSSitll SuDhhi0 matus" by Miss Griswold and full cho- rus and was brilliantly executed.
 South Highlands Presbyterian Church.
 Rev. John Barbour administered the co1nmunion, talking on Heb. xii. 2s-29: "Wherefore. we receiving a klngdoHi which cannot be moved let us nave grace whereby we may serve God acceptabiy with reverence and godly fear, Tor our God is a consuming ire.
 He said: The writer has in mind the glorious kingdom of Christine klng dom of the truth set up by Him, which pervades all other kingdoms, using all and outasting all. The Sinai system IS gone. The quaking mount IS picture of the system shaken and put aside. Df, vine as it was. it reached it's end, and has. been merged In the kingdom or Chrfst us the bud in the flower.
 This is that kingdom which Daniel prophesied that God in the last dayS would erect, The Assyrian and Babyio- nian dominionS are gone; Persian, Greei< and Roman sovereignty has been put aside. To the Roman succeeds the do- minion of Christ; it is nothing less than a historical demonstration. The little stone cut out of the mountain has laid low every other sovereignty, and sup plants them all. There can never be an- other worldwide dominion except Christ's.A His reign Is to stretch from sea to- sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. There is not king dom, a dynasty, philosophy, race or power when Christ came that is still in power. Even the Chinese empire Is only an apparent exception. Christ has not yet.invaded it with His truth. In little while every nation of the earth will suffer reorga nization by His spirit, and the spiritual reign of Jesus will be estab-
 This is the permanent kingdom, which is not to be shaken.
 Now, how secure is every believer hav- ing part in this.
 How firm foundation,
 sli. Ye saints of the Lord.
 Is laid for your faith
 In His excellent word.
 And this is a present possession. "We are come" says the apostle, ito Mount Sinai, and unto the city of the living God, and the Heavenly Jerusalem"
 The Kingdom of God is in the earth. Its seat is in Heaven. from whence He shakes the kingdoms of man and sends down his salvation. but the saving work is done here. Here is the place where the sinner finds his Savior; there is the place of glorious manifestation.
 In. view of these marvellous realities how great is the guilt of a man who re- jects the gospel Sinai had its terrors but ''if they escaped not who refused Him that spoke on earth. much more shall not we escape if we turn away from Him that speaketh from Heaven"
 And we who profess to be His people, we have no less need for care in draw ing nigh. Our God is still a consuming fire. As the fire in the furnace burns up the fuel and runs off the dross and the -slag that the pure iron may be se- cured, we have all to undergo the ordeal of fire.
 Let us have grace today. that we may draw near aceeptably. with reverence and Cody fear. Let us bring every un- holy ambition. every unhallowed lust, every unworthy desire and every lag ging purpose under the searching fire, that coming forth from that baptism of fire we may stand unscathed on the day of final account
 For our God is consuming fire"