The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-20

Neither will offer burpa offerings Il
the Lord my God OF that whssh doth cost
ms nothing" IISAmuel, IA: "a. The
above quotation formed tho text Of the
sermon OF the Rev. John d. @. Hanna in
Union M K Church, on Sunday morning.
King David had sinned In numbering the
people, and he wished to make burnt
Offering to expiaie his offense. and to
check the plague Of which 10000 of the
! people had died. David, agreeably to the
command of tho Lord, applied to Araunah
ihs Je5usits, 10 buy his threshing floor on
| which TO build an altar, and upon Juran-
nah Offering TO give hun the same and
oxen aud wood for the purpose, David ro-
| fused as he would not offer sacrifice that
cost him nothing, so he bought tho thresh-
ing floor, tho oxen and wood for the sacri.
fee, for fifty shekels of silver.
The example OF David was commended
| rs religion that costs nothing is worth
very little. Persons must learn to make
sacrifices, to deny themselves, II they wish
10 grow in grace and exert an Influence
for good in the community. lie did not
mean that they should punish themselves
by putting pebbles In their Shoes walking
on hot irons, or crawling on their bare
kneas The psrsans who do so were to be
piied, but this example Of devoutness
should teach a salutary lesson to all pro.
fessed christians. He did not believe in
hiding all good deets. as all were advised
TO let their light so shine that others may
be encouraged to emulate them.
Some years ngO lie said to q rather
wealthy member OF the church that he
thought he did not contribute as literally
as he should, when tho gentleman replied
that he belonged to class whu believed in
not letting the left hand know what the
right hand did. To this he responded, II
you did let the left hand know all that
tina right hand was doing, 1t would DO
greatly ashamed of you
Hecondemned the accumulation of great
fortunes. He did not believe that any one
could be consistent Christian who did not
relieve the sufferings Of the poor AMI liber-
ally aid oil charitable work. In the accu-
malation Of IL million dollars he believed a
million persons must sulfor. and the COM
munity must bs InensIrably injured
tie objected to the building up Of such an
establishment as that belonging to John
Wanainaker, rs II meant the ruin Of hum
dreds of small dealers in ths city. Per-
sons who rush to that place should tukc
the hint aud shape their conduct accord
ingly. He next spoke OF bearing and for.
bsarng. Sometimes things had boon said
about him lie did not like. fle did not
mind any one saying that lie was poor
preacher, ~ he was we'll aware OF that, but
when they questioned his sincerely OF pur-
puso uc ouAlebiIles ibit ike nuuGlnR
Thorn up and giving hem some
good advice, but when hs reilected over
the matter wenty -four hours he concluded
to pass 1t by us the idle wind. The neces-
sty If self-sacrifcc was illustrated by q
coll ection to raise during the year $500 to
pay interest and other expenses 10 this
fact we suppose must be attributed the
MI nher Of alIsentees, as IL il seldom in
decd that SO many seats were unoccltpled,
.t,lrf nX Il t..r
eS.
Raw George L. Wolfe, D. D., ftho First
NJ p. Church in the morning preached an
excellent sermon On "tleavrnly Merchant
men and Their Treasures, to q large cou-
gregation. During the services several SO.
10, We're sung by Mrs. Ainsworth, DR..
oife took his text from JOB 25. 2s:'Buy
the III, and sell It not
Last evening at the Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. William A. Waiting
continued tn. series OF sermous on tho
Bible.
Mr.. Waling tnok his text from Psalms
1it l65: Great peace have they which
love Thy law
At the close nf the service TWO were
baptized. This is the sixth Sundny night
with only one interlnission) that there
has been baptism Conversions occur
every Sunday. Wednesday evening the
church will have roll call and Christ.
mas Offering.
Bishop Coleman held special contlrma.
ton services at Old Swcdes Church vns-
tsrttny. There WIS gJnd attendance.
The class numbered Fix persons. Bishop
Coleman made All interesting address.
1t is expected that tho conversions OF
the new church of the German Lutheran
congregation will lo laid on Sunday, jan.
Work Is beng pushed with that subject
IN view.
Mrs. j. T. Fitch sang at Brandywine NJ,
n. Church last evening.
Revival services vera held at Wesley NJ.
Z. Church last evening"
Dr. Henry Il jacobs, tho lean of the
Lutheran Seminary In Philadelphia
preached at st. Stephens Lutheran
Church last evening.
At Calvary Baptist Church yesterday
morning Rev. Elmer W. Powell the pIs-
tor, prs"rh"d q sermon to the Ordor Of
Hertasophs.
Rev Milton Mccain preached at the
First NJ. L. church last evening.
Presiding Elder l. =. Barrett preached
at dnr' i~on Ssrceo NJ. Il. church last even.
Haven NJ. t. Church held rally yos-
tnuay
ih' Rev. J. T, Cole, tho secretary of the
American Missionary Soceby, preached at
l:nlll me! Episcopal church.
HANovEE's ANNIVERSARY.
The anniversary exercises Of Hanover
Presbyterian church last night were yrry
'nJ"yA'ile and were heard by largo audi
rntn.
lhtcxnrcisaa were conducted BY tho cl;l.
dren "f the Sunday school. AT err singing
ny tht school and prayer by the IA tor Mo