Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-07
A NEW PASTOR.
breaches TO LARGE CONGREGATION
SUNDAY LAST
Rev. t. j. Brown Begins His Passionate in
This City Under Auspicious Conditions
Pleased His Audience.

Pleased His Audience.
Sunday, May marks an import
ant event in the history of the Con-
gregational church in Lancaster it
being the beginning Of the pastorate
Of the Rev. T J.. Brown. The com
mencement was suspicious, clear skies
balmy air, and glad sunshine instiil
into the heart of man sentiments of
thanksgiving and praise to the Giver
OF all good. Such were the conditions
last sabbath morning. A large con-
gregation assembled to hear the new
minister and to rejoice together that
the Congregational church of Lancas-
ter again assumes its place as an
active agent in the reformation and
salvation of mems souls and in the up
building of all things that tend toward
Righteousness.
The expression OF one member:
Doesn't it seem good to have the
church open again, seemed to voice
the thought of all.
The altar was profusely and beauti-
fully decorated With spring blossoms
and blooming potted plants.
A quartette composed of Mesdames
Geo. B. Carter and George Clement
son and Messrs John Howe and JOS
Clementson with Miss Bertha Morse
at the organ very acceptably rendered
the musical part Of the program.
Rev. Brown is man Of good pres
ence, agreeable address and polished
manners. He is in the prime of life
and apparently blessed with the best
Of health. Sincerity, earnestncss,
and disposition bubbling over with
good nature and the seeming charact-
eristics of the new preacher.
In his sermon last Sunday morning
the Reverend gentleman took for his
theme Progress and the following
synopsis indicates the line of thought
pursued. Reference WAS made in the
introduction to the marvellous triumph
of the 10Th century, The Worlds Fair
not the spontaneous product of this
age made possible by the proceeding
eighteen centuries. 1t was an evolu-
tion similar to the electric light. which
came through the wicker, Kerosene,
gas lamps Each successor was de-
pendent on its immediate predecessor.
The modern locomotive was simply
the development Of the crude ideas of
James Watt and George Stephenson.
The multiplied facilities for trans
hitting thought and uniting conti-
nents are the outgrowth of crude
means agencies.
The typewriter is a goose quill inn
proved to suit the need of modern
times, every department indicates
progress, it has proceeded simultan-
eous along different lines yet unity of
purpose is clearly apparent 1t is
impossible to detach or insolate one
thing from its related parts and say
we see Gods thought in that anymore
than one could take a spindle out of
loom, and say that represents progress
the real failure. The progress the
world has made along social and edu-
cational lines, is unquestionably a
part of the whole plan for the worlds
redemption. Truth comes not as the
ton OF coal. brought by the drayman,
no more no less, but as something
likely to increase, 1t is germinal and
when planted in substantial soil and
congenial cline will develop into
strong stalwart stock bearing rich,
ripe kernels. Creeds are necessary
but it is impossible 20 compress all
truth in the 10Th century into a creed
that will represent the growth and
development of truth in the 10th cen
tury. Men living in advance of their
time are frequently called on TO sur
fer for their new ideas; heretics yes
terday cannonized saints today, exc
Grated today and immortalized to-
morrow. Why all this? Because
truth in its progressive developments
recognized the value of their thought
and rendered unto Caesar the Things
that are Caesars. The church in its
infancy was attacked by malicious
prosecutors and the most vindictive
hostility, manifested toward it. vet, it
grew through repeated prosecutions.
50 sickening in detail, so brutal and
devilish, as scarcely to bear repeating