The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-08
The CHURCHES SUNDAY.
What Was Said From rlany Pulpits During
the Day.

Church congregations yesterday were
small. Particularly was this so In the
evening. A dissagreeable storm of wind
and light rain arrived In the afternoon
and while tho elements did not continue to
rage 1t was disagreeable sufficiently to keep
| Tho churches therefore suffered. Rev. Il.
| b. Short was In good spirits aud notwith.
standing the unfnvorable weather condi.
tons of tho day, and preached two good
| sermons. Tho evening sermon was from
Corinthians, 10, 30: ''If after tho man
ner of men have fought with beasts ut
Ephesus what prof,toth. 1t mo, if the dead
rise not.
Mir, Short said the fighting with wild
boasts is u conflict in which Paul was On
gagged and also one in which mon to day
are compelled to take part or else be flnal.
~ destroyed by their ravenous natures.
Tho first beast man has to fight said he
rs immodesty. See this highiy.colorcd
brazcn-iaced, home destroying and virtue
wrccking boast rs it marches TO and fro
devouring all upon whom IL lays Its dsad.
ypaws. 1t causes Virtue to veil her face
and move on with bowed h1ad and a sor.
rowing heart, while up from her soul she
cries to the God IF all purity to be saved
from being destroyed from tho rud.eyed
beast of hell. This beast is seen upon tho
blll-boards OF our city, sometimes, when
ipiIlo VI NuIHcn Ill hCillJ ulllTt
thereon.
Where is there u man who would stop
in front OF one of these boards and study
this picture with his mDthcr or sister? No
decent. man would think Of doing such o
thing GondCr goes another trait of this
beast on; II diamond framed bicycle sho
wears golf stockings, u knickerbockor or
perhaps. even worse than that, boomers.
Please do not misunderstood me- Lam not
opposed to ladies riding tho wheel; indeed,
most heartily approve of it, but most
positively disapprove, and so do you of
many so.calicd bicycle suits which are
sometimes seen in our midst. ldleness
and intemperance were construed as other
beasts. Concerning idleness Mr.. Short |
said.
"He is sleek and looks rs though he just
came from tho laundry, but no means |
dealh to all upon whom he pounces, He |
loiterS in front of our sasoOus and cigar |
stores, waiting for innocents to come
along. This beast is heard to mean out |
devllish words when feminine purity |
passes by. lam told that one Of our young |
women once stopped, turned around and !
struck one Of he beasts In the face with hor
her parasol for making an unkind sinua-
ton us she passed by him. God bless her |
she Is to be honorei.
'Two of these virtue thirsting wolves
sometime ago kept following some young |
ladies' until one of our policemen was call
ed on to stop it. He did So And just here
permit me to say, that believe Whining
ton has one of the best police forces in the
world, from the chief down.
IN OTHER pULPITs.
On Sunday next, Bishop McCabe will
preach and Mrs. J. A. Fitch will sing both
morning aud evening at Asbury Church.
On November q. at 10 30 a, M, there
will bn IL nnl Dnw npMprul services nDIpr
the au ipiccs of the w. G. Y. U. Rev. Ezra
Tinker, the pastor of the church, will dc.
liver an address. On November % there
will be resclo services, conducted by Chas.
n. Crittrnden OF New York
Within the next few days number of
memorial windows will be placed in ST.
Paul's X. G. Church at Fourth and jack.
son streets, which is now undergoing ex
tcnsivc repairs aud alterations. Onu of
these Window will be presented by tho
Ancient Order of IIibernons another by
the school children and others by indlvid.
uals
Bishop Coleman preached at ST. johns
Church yesterday from the text:
"Thou arc worthy. Lord, to receive
glory and honor, and power; for Thou hast
created all things and for Thy pleasure
they are and were created" Rnvgla ion 4,
II.
The Rev. O. G Buddington preached an
interesting sermon yUstel day morning at
bethany BAPTIST Church His subject was
"'lhc Slead,ast Face The text was Luke
. ). He steadfaotly set bis face to go to
Jerusalem"
Mrs. w. u BiAndy Of Now York con-
lucted revival services at BraldywinC NJ.
Il. Church yesterday, Mrs.. Within II.
and Miss peara Smith sang
Frank Cunningham the boy preacher,
concluded his services at the First NJ. p.
Church last evening
The Rev u NJ. Gibson of Martinsburg,
Pa. preached at the First Presbyterian
church yesterday.
William Taylor of Midllctown has given
he lumber for new NJ. Il. church ut St.
ilichael's, Md, and the use OF his saw mill
% cut it into proper shape.
At Wesley NJ. Il Cnurch tho Rev. w.
" Sharp preached II short sermon o child
'en yesterday morning, and in the evening
Preached on the question: is Sntnr day
II Sunday the Christian Sabbath"
A the Second Baptist Church last even.
ny the pns!or, Rev. +. f. Briggs, preached
IN intcre ting sermon from Acts s, 2 to 3.
The Rev. ). r. Maxwell of Smith
Stand began revival services at Union NJ.
g. Church yesterday
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