The morning times., 1895-11-11

The congregation of Calvary Baptist
Church held Sunday service for the last
time yesterday in the Sunday-schoul room,
at least for long time TO come.
The main building of the church has for
many months been undergoing extensive
and elaborate Improvements which inter-
rupted for the time worship in the church
proper. These have been completed and
on next Sunday the congregation will re-
sumo worship in their handsome and prac-
| ticaIly new edifice.
| The improvements have been expensive as
well as extensive, and the once plain au-
| ditorium q the church has been transformed
| into O really beautiful place of worship
| The entrance has been remodeled and i'm
( proved and on either side, within, stair
| ways rise to the grand auditorium. Over
| the chancel has been placed magnificent
new organ, which cost $3.50
| On entering the auditorium the organ
and the new pulpit, standing out cunspicu-
| ousiy, at once attract attention. The pull
| pit is slightly raised above the floor and
is FURNISHED with TOUR handsomely carved
oak chairs, destined for the accommodation
of visiting clergy.
COSTLY BAPTISMAL FONT
Perhaps. though, the handsomest feature
of the new ornanieBtation is the beautiful
Sienna marble ba ptismai FONT, which has
been constructed in the middle of the pulpit
Connected with the baptistry are robing
rooms and heating apparatus.
The interior OF the church has been fres-
coed and decorated, conmodious galleries
have been built and the seating capacity
more than doubled. The old pews have
been replaced by.new and comfortable ones
OF carved oak.
Ta.a
interior of the church proper was viewed
by nearly the whole congregation, by many
| for the first time since II has nedred COM
pIetion. The inspection was pleasure
and a surprise, for it was found to be hand
sonier than described and the qualification
they felt in having had some part in this
beautiful work was plainly dlscernabie IN
their countenances.
The services were conducted by the pastor,
Rev Samuel II. Green, and the sermon was
by Rev. T. A. Chambers, pastor of the First
| Baptist Church, Saratoga, n. Y. His dis
4 course was eloquent, argunentatiye, and
scholarly, and was an earnest appeal for
. man to reform and conform TO the Will OF
God.
Rev Mr. Chambers took his text fifty
3 sixth Psalm, part of the twelfth verse, Thy
] vows are upon me, o God, will render
4 | thank offerings to Thee" In discussing
his text he likened the life of the true
3 Christian to that of the knights of old, who
4 sacrificed their all in defense of the faitt
and their VOWS. Those were the days, III
. said. when men were tried and proven be
fore they had the honor of knights conferred
2 upop them. and then it was that they lait
a their swords upon the altar and swor
& fidelity and faith.
Il He had made his vows and there wa
II no faItering. he faced and preferred deaf
n itself to the slightest deviation from th
8 teachings of the Master.
MANFUL CHRISTIANITY.
= So il should be with all good Christia n
they should face the battle for Christ an
R welcome death rather than deviate frol
3 the principles of righteousness 1t ma
I be a hard word, but 1t is nevertheless tru
There is no doubt what our course shoul
] be. for Christ demands Christian love
We cannot be Christians and idolize self {
papder to the wants of the world, f
If auy man love the world the love of u
Father is not nIiin. Nor is it he wi
4 respects the Father in name only, but
who doeth the will aud bends all In q
to the commands of Christ, who respont
~ 10 the will OF the Lord.
Man, he said, is afraid to come face
face with God because he has not bet
m | actively engaged in serving Christ. The
IN are the despised both by God and ma
II We are too apt to forget our religiS
r in the active pursuits OF life and say the
"a time for all things, business is bu
ness and religion is religion, and let 4
hereafter take care of itself, aud thoui
once willing and determined to oear I
cross have been lured away from our du
to the Maker.
In conclusion he compared the lives
ds many to that of a great ana beautii
tree n the Yosemite valley.