Evening journal., 1897-12-20
SUNDAYS SERVICES.
Strong Sermons Preached in
the Churches Yesterday.
REV. wALIING ON THE BIBLE
BISHOP COLEMAN CONFIRMS A
CLASS AT OLD sWEDES CHURCH
YESTERDAY - DIR. JACOBS
S. S.NIHdaLS Us LV qIHOVaHd
LUTHERAN CHURCH.


Rev. William A. Walling preached
another sermon on the Bible at the
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church last
night, taking as his text, Psalms, 1l6,
165: Great peace have they which love
Thy law" In part he said: The text
does not mean to love the leather and
paper that the book is made of. Nor
the simple words of the law. The ex-
preston Of the law of God in daily life
brings peace. Protestants have been
wont to accuse the Roman Catholic
Church of Mariolatry. With equal JUS
tice our Roman Catholic friends often
accuse many Protestants OF Bibliola-
try There are many who hold that the
Bible is divine, and on that account
they have it on their parlor tables. The
book is never opened. Not one of its
teachings is practiced. The book is
worshipped, and not God and Christ,
whom the book reveals.
Prayer is essential to communion
with God, but reading the Bible is es-
sential to the building up of Christian
character Mr. Moody has well said
when | pray l talk to God, but when
! read the Bible God is talking to me;
and it is really more important that
| God should talk to me than that
/ should speak to Him. In prayer we
often say TO God what plcases us. But
/ things Distressing to as are spoken TO
us 10y Goa in His Word Hg speaks
lhus in order that we may ct.G.ghlen
.ut tho crooked places in cur lives. In
reading the Bible be sure you see IN
| each character sCme portion OF your
self. When their faults are rebuked,
hear thou God rebuking you for your
sins.
Rev. George L. Wolfe, OF the First
NJ. F. Church, preached a strong SER
mon yesterday on Heavenly Mer-
chantmen and Their Treasures" He
took his text from Job, %, 23 buy
the truth and sell il not" During the
| services solos were sung by Mrs. Aims
worth.
DR.. Henry e. Jacobs, dean of the Lu.
theran Seminary, at Mt. Airy, Philadel.
phia, preached last evening at st. Ste.
phens Lutheran Church.
The Order of Heptasophs ATTENDED
services at Calvary Baptist Churcl
yesterday and listened to a sermon
preached by the pastor, Rev. Elmer w
Powell.
Rev. J. r. Cole, the secretary of tn
American Missionary Society, preach
ed at Emmanuel Church yesterday.
Bishop Coleman confirmed a class o
six persons at Old Swedes Church yes
/, terday and made a strong address.
2 At Harrison Street NJ. E. Church las
= evening Presiding Elder Barret
\ preached the sermon.
e The cornerstone Of the new Germa
. Lutheran Church, at Sixth and Jack
C son streets, is expected to be laid OF
p Sunday, January 2.
r A Christian EndeavOr service will b
t held in Calvary Baptist Church o
e | Christmas morning
Rev. T. r. Montgomery, pastor of tn
First Congregational Church, will Civ
Christmas festival on Thursda
evening.
y The children Of st. Joseph's r.
4 Church on ifhe BrandywiHe' viii pr,
. sent drama entitled The Hol
a Night" on Wednesday night.
o The mems mission, which has bee
a in progress at st. Paul's r. C. Churc
n for the past week, closed last evening
! It was one of the most successful mi.
a sions ever held in this city, the churc
being crowded at each service.
Hon. Thomas +. Bayard has presen
ed to Old Swedes Church two illustri
n tiOns, one a picture of Old Swede
from an illustration in Figaro, and II
other THE Doctor from a famol
London painting.