The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-28
SUNDAY EVENING SERMONS.

AFTERNOON he peBinhinH 10 oner more
and more attractive program for passing
ones Sunday evenings profitably.
In many OF the churches the pastors
are in the habit OF preparing for Sunday
evening discourse an address OF popular
nature which not infrequetly touches on
some timely topic OF the hour and makes
| a text OF Whatever may be uppermost in
the minds OF the people, the topic not
necessarily being a denominstionai one
or even a religious theme, though q rels-
tionship between mems religions and the
things OF their daily life and interest may
be always brought about il not assumed
to actually exist.
We are always interested in looking
over these church notices to learn what
our friends, the ministers, are up to and
what they are going to talk about OF Sun
day evenings, as distinguished from the
"sermon" which is the traditional fea-
ture OF the forenoon service Some OF
he ministers give us "lectures" and
sometimes call 10 their aid a stereoptican
TO further interest their congregations
and tempt outsiders TO assemble with
their flock. Some OF them call their
Sunday evening discourse an "address," "
others "tslk." In some churches
on the other hand, tho almost
ing is to enjoy "praise SERVICE" with
no sermon, address OF lecture. This is
particularly the habit, we believe, with
our friends, the Episcopslisns.
Last evening, for an average example,
there was an attractive diversity OF ad.
dresses, lectures and sermons to choose
from, ell OF them OF undoubted jnter-
est, many of them of a character that
could command an admission fee to hear
IL delivered outside a pulpit. Rev. Ed
WIN BROMLEY of the Stewart Street Bsp-
tist Church propounded and answered
the question: "Is God Quick TemperedH"
a fetching subject, we should say, sus-
ceptible OF furnishing q becoming expo
sition Of the character of the Creator in
His dealings with His children. Rev.
Mr.. HoLyoKE, at Friendship street, dis
cussed the "Ancestry Of the Man Won
derful," which seems to us delightful
subject to treat OF and to think OF. At
the Union Congregational Church Rev.
WALLACE NUTTINo began series OF Sun
day evening discourses on "Heroes,"
and he also spoke on "Ths
Churches and the Enforcement OF Law"
timely, up-to-dste, and full OF sugges-
ton for a discourse on Christian citizen
ship. At Plymouth Church, an old
friend, DIR. f. A. BoRroN, told his audi
ence of his journey through the Holy
Land, and they must have enjoyed hear
ing the story as Dr. HORTON can tell II.
Rev. Mr.. LARRY gave his ideas of what
"A Citizens Duty" should be to his
Richmond street congregation. DIR. LAR
RVS ideas Of what a citizens duty should
be are always wholesome, and there are no
branchings off OF expediency from the
broad and straight highway OF duty as
Brother Larry conceives II. Rev. II. b.
CADY, In the Chestnut stree, sanctuary,
had for his subject "Buying Wife,"
and we may easily have judged how in
teresting he could have made such q
theme. At the Ruggles street Primitive
Methodist Church the pastor told OF
"The Bible; Its Trials ana Its Triumphs,
a topic that might easily furnish sea-
sons series OF instruction and interesting
discourse. At the Bell street chapel, Rev.
ANNA GARLrN SPENCER reported the re-
cent national Unitarian conference at
and We are sure she had no
trouble in interesting her audience In the
proceedings OF that notable assent blsge.
Al the Mediator Rev. W. c. sEILEo.s dis.
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