The times., 1897-05-24
Impressive Services at New
Trinity NJ. E. Church.
SERMON BY BISHOP HURST
Universal Postal Congress Referred
to as q Sign of the UnificatiOn Of
Gods Creatures-The World One
Neighborhood and Mankind One
BrotheEhood- Donations.


impressive service.
The soft hues employed In the freseoes,
the windows and furnishings of the church
were varied by the bright sunshine of a
perfect day, the brighter hats and gowns
of the W omen, and the brightest OF flowers,
which were banked around the pulpit
The dedicatory sermon W as delivered by
Bishop John F. Hurst, the music was sup
piled by the choir, under the leader rsli D
OF r. X Strattan, and the amount pledged
toward the liquidation Of the church debt
was 50 GOO. ~
ALL o'clock the choir rendered grace
ful, swinging hymn. Rev. DR.. Huntley,
pastor OF the cnurch, introduced Rev Dr
E. L. Hubbard, of Baltimore, who offered
prayer. DR.. Hubbard asked the Almighty
to accept Trinity as an offering from His
faithful children He asked that the
Ruler Of ali things help these faithful
children in their humble effcTts to be
come the image of their Maker He
asked Divine blessing upon all the homes
represented Ia the congregation and upon
the rulers of the nation
Bishop Hurst read selections fTom the
Second Book of Proverbs, and from the
Epistle of Paul To the Hebrews. The
selection from the Book of Proverbs was
from the sixth and seventh chapters: The
Lord said he would dwell in the thick
darkness, but / have built Him a house
for His dwelling"
Tie contribution boxes were then passed
at the suggestion of Pastor Huntley, who
urged that the donations be generous
oIf, III, Ar
Thompson, of Trinity choir, sang a solo
with dramatic effect Hymn No S62 fol
lowed, and then the bishop arose To de-
liver the sermon OF the service. He began
10y congratulatipg the officers OF the
church, the members of the congregation
and the citizens OF the neighborhOod on
the completion OF new Trinity. He said
that the completion OF the church " as the
result of great labor intense prayer and
magnificent faith. Bishop Hurst read the
third verse OF the eighty-seventh psalm,
GLORIOUS things are spoken in thee, Oh
city OF God
The church, he said, had often been
called the city of God In the ancient time
the city represented the center OF Sc
curity and the seat OF the intellectual life,
OF the patton 1t was usually perched on
d mountain side, TO be more secure from
its enemies, and in order TO escape the
heat OF the plains Of the eastern countries
One conception OF the church was that il
always pointed heavenward, aud in it al
the time burned light for the guidance
of the mind and the steps.
One OF the functions of the church was
to harniouize the antagonisms of men
In the church, the rich and the poor NET
There is no longer any opposite side TO
this world. There aIe 20 roles, and there
is noenuator The world is all one neighEor-
hood and man kind one brotherhood Bishop
Hurst mentioned many OF the discoveries
and inyentins which had done their share
toward unifying the people Of the earth
He talked OF steam, of electricity, and
laid great stress upon the powers OF tie
printing press lie paid u Iating tribute
TO tie Universal Postal Congress as one
of the signs of the unifieation of Gods
creatures He mentioned the fact that
today the Bible Is printed in $50 Ian
guaees, while within his pulpit experience
it was printed in only eco.
Then the bishop paid tribute to the
English language. 1t was absorbing other
languages. 1t was better understood in
the three northernmost countries OF Europe,
Norway, sweden, and Denmark, than was
the German tongue 1t is easier 20 make
a tour of Europe with a knowledge OF
English than with knowledge OF French,
which only a few years ago was the COS
nnopolitan speech. To show the rapidi-y
with which English was absorbing and
killing other languages, Bishop Hurst
said that it was not so very long ago
when in India, 800 languages and dialects
were spoken, but today only 100 are
spoken
Bishop Hurst said that the churches
were also coming together il beautiful
unity. The great friction between the
denominations which ran riot 100 years
ago, was 10 longer heard of in the pulpit.
Bishop Hurst spoke of what he termed
the Observation-Disclosures of the age" He
said there still existed differences, but
the fences betwesn the churches Were
getting lower each year.
Then the bishop told OF the good which
has sprung from the Christian church. He
first fnstanced the eleemos ynary institutions
of Northumberland Hemaintafned
that Christianity is the crystal spring, from
which the current OF charity flows. In the
existed no orphanage; no institution for the
blind or the needy.
He maintained that the Christian church
was the center of the intellectual life Of
the world In the last quarter of CEN
tury, more than S120.0oo,0Oe had been
given to the cause Of education In the
United States. He traced the origin of
Harvard, Yale. Princeton and many other
seats of learning TO Christian sources
Bishop Hurst paid his respects to what
has been called ''higher criticism He
wondered why they called it 'higher
criticism He could not determine, uu-
less the higher critics had called 1T so them
selves. The higher criticism" had never
stopped the building of a single church
1t had never stifled single prayer.
The people are stubborn Despite this
"higher criticism the people persisted
In sending their children to Sunday
school
He reported that. despite the depression
In business during the last year, the Meth
odist Episcopal church had spent as much
money as usual In the spreading Of the
gospel
He closed by admonishing the congre-
Cation that its work had been but begun.
lie wanted them to make every ragged
man or woman and every homeless child
that passed the door of the church feel
that Kind hearts beat there and that loving
words were spoken there. He advised
them to find the man who attended no
church and the child that had never been
to the Sunday school, and to lead them
into the church.
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financial condition of the church. 1t had
cost $40 600 SaIes of real estate had