The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-01
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Aabury Church last evening was crowd
~ when Rev. Ezra Tinker delivered an
5uteresting sermon to large number of
fnilroad men. He chosc the following text:
Nehemiah z s:"Tor he was a Iaithsul man
and feared God above many" In part no
Uaid;
"That was record OF doing and being
worthy Of inspired recognition. There Is
scarcely any business with SO many possi-
plllties for veal or woe as modern railroad
ing. Much Of the convenience, pleasure
md happiness Of people depends upon the
xn1thfulness of tho employees Of the rail-
soads of the land.
1.-THE world has more than four hun
dred and twenty-five thousand miles of
railroads. Two billion and four hundred
million passengers are carried every year.
ADout nine hundred thousand men aie
vmplOyed In this country to render coinpe.
rent service to She travelling public
j Il am frank to state that take them all
I'D In all, those men are as faithful to
eheir trust as any class of mon of such
large numbers In any other department of
aNetivity.
This summer dnring journey of moro
than eight thousand miles In our own
lAhd and on British soil, did not come in
contact With single employe that was
unwilling to do all within his power to
make mo comfortable. will go farther
than this aud say that many of them seem.
ID to vic with each other for the op. ortun-
nv OF lending some aid
\ so competent is this service that 1t Is
euthOritatively stated that only one pas
esnger out Of every two million ami ,cight
Aundred thousand is actually killed.
1t Is safer to be aboard on the rail than
% remain at homo about tho ordinary
1uties OF life. II We had the record and
also the time how many deeds of heroism
might be told of men who have been ready
% sacrifice their own lives for tho safety
story of the brave engineer who, seeing a.
little child upon the track, crawied to tho
4owoatcher just in time to seize 1t and save
~ life.
n lido not forget that am In tho pres
snce OF an organized brotherhood OF rail.
8ohd train mon. That brotherhood has as
motto '.Benevolcnce, Sobriety and In.
9pstry.' Three of the cardinal virtues.
6he first word In the motto doubtless has
special reference to tho brotherhood itself
IN Its relation as members the ono to the
other. II suggesss the words Of hQ}zwrit,
sLeok not every man on his ownthings,
nnt every man Also on the things of
ethers." When once the spirit of a true
benevolence takes possession Of a human
1eart there will b. indications of il at
every point.
AZ 40 peIutiui lHpuSnh tnuC mas Danu-
q thts, sturdy toilers together for mutual
protection and improvement. The second
term In this motto Is as significant as the
qrst. Sobriety is one of the most import
INIT virtues of well ordered society A de.
panel oil intellect cannot think clearly nor
a 4ct promptly. And know of 10 calling
chat demands clearer thought than yours.
1T cannot be denied that tho employe
who conscientiolsly abstalns from all in
q 10 fha Il NJ,
everything else being equal.
II congratulate you on your courage in
making sobriety part of your motto and
apart of your every day life. The last
term in thnt motto Is as essential as the
Oeber forms. Practica! benevolence dc.
ponds more or less upon industry, while
industry often rests upon sobrety.
ave are a race of toilers. Tho number
who can live without toll either of tho
hand or the brain is very small. With
our present Surroundings it is fortunate
ehat 1T is so. And among the severcst toll.
sss reckon your brotherhood The text
makes one other suggestion viz: that tho
eOil0r referred to was u God fearing man
That makes the toiler II complete charac-
ter. He rendered his service as ono who
expects to give an account to God. This
b the climax of activity of genuine ser.
ylce. Loyalty to God in railrcading.
Heaven demands it,"
'The Mission of Christ" was the subject
o. an able an eloquent sermon by Bishop
Leo Haid, of the diocese of Wilmington
q. c.: in st. Patrick's church lastcvening
The Bishop will conduct mission at the
% urch, nnd will DO pleased for non catho.
HES 10 place questions in the box He will
answer them each evening. Roy. Nj. X.
failon delivered an interesting sermon
yesterday.
This afternoon ground will be broken
fcr st. Matthews Episcopal church on
Chippey street.
! Rev. W. j. Birmingham will preac h in
81. Mary's church this evening.
At Brandywine NJ. 4. Church revival
services are in progress.
In Rodney street Presbyterian church
yesterday morning Rev. W. II. Lewis
PREACHED to the Loyal Orangemen of this
CITY.
In the Second Baptist Church Miss
Frances M. Schuyler spoke of Mission