The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-26
PASTOR HENDRICKS
SAYS FAREWELL.
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Covenant Reformed Church Congregation
Hears an Excellent Sermon.
In THE OTHER CHURCHES.
Seventh Day Adventists to Hold Their
AnnualConference Here, Beginning
August I3.

Rev. Charles F. Hendricks bid farewell
to his Covenant Reformed Episcopa
Church congregation last night after being
with them seven years, He took his tex
from Romans XIV, 1-l9. | have fully
preached the Gospel of Christ.
Ever since my first sermon on ave
Preach Christ Cruciticd," tho power of tbs
Gospel mas been made true to you in Civ.
Ing you power and grace to overcome pas.
sions that had terrible hold upon you; ap.
petite5 that bound you with cords that
previously 1t had been impossible for you
&c break, it has changed your life. your
desires, your ambitions. your affections.
The prosecutor Saul became the Apostle
Paul, and tho whole course of your life is
changed wonderfully and the contrast is a
marked one, If you know Of the power OF
this Gospel of Christ unto Salvation which
we have preached unto you.
In the second place the gospel we have
fully preached unto you Is gospel sufli.
cient for oil the experiences Of life. My
grace is sufficient for you Have you had
burdens and troublesp Have trials and
disappo!ntments been your lot, and has
the heart almost been broken by the great
weight of your sad experience? Even so
asyou have lot the gospel of Christ come
into your experience, you have realized
the presence of Him who had said Lo, /
am with you nlway, even unto the end of
the world.
You have then seen that your 'disap.
pointmcnt' was His appointment and as
the cloud rifted.sky after tho storm per.
mi;s tho sun to. shed his light over tho
mo!stencd earth, so have the light, and
JOY Of the gospel, met all that was neces-
snry for your Trial, and brought to your
SOU tile promise that all things work to-
ge.her for good
Whom tried by sore temptations, you
have heard tho still small voice saying:
He was tempted in all points as you are
that he might succor you In tho timo Of
your temptation, and with this blessed as
surance, hope has come and strength to
overcome every temptation.
When sorrowng by the grave Of loved
ones, His gentle hand has taken yours say.
Ing: I am the Resurrection and tho Life, ;
and Ia iife's snddest and darkest hour, YOU
have had tho fact exeinplfed that while
sorrow. may endure for night, Joy com.
9th in tho morning
Ana SO In all the experiences Of life, wo
tindthis gospel more than everything else
to US, and when We come to the valley of
the shadow Of death, we need fear no evil;
for Ho is our light, our Joy and our saliva.
ton
Thirdly. This gospel that we preach Is
our blessed assurance of eternity. Man
has endeavored to look Into the future,
philosophers have sought to pierce the cur.
tain that intervenes but all to purpose.
Tho Immortality of the soul, Socrates
could discourse upon aI tho chill of death
was slowly creeping over him, but he
could not give any Information relative
thereto, 1t remained for the gospel Of
Christ to give this blessed assurance to the
heart of every believer
By this gospel. even now, believing in
Him. we know we have eternal life; wo
know, that when tho earthly house OF
this tabernacle IL dissolved, we have a
house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens And Jesus's own words before
leaving His disciples are exceedingly pre-
cious. In my Fathers house are many
mansions; II 1t were not so, would have
told you. 60 to prepare place for you.'
And II go and prepare place for you,
will come again and receive you unto
myself; that where am there 30 may be
also Oh, blessed assurance to have the
witness That our names are written
there that we are the children Of God
and heirs of salvation through tho gospel
of Christ, which we have preached unto
you
And now our final words to you are none
other than to urgo cvory one to have more
and more an experimental knowledge of
the truth of this gospel. my earnest pray.
ers being that tho principles Of this gospel
may be so cxemEllfed in your lives, that
those with whom you are associated may
be compelled to recognize In tho gospel OF
Christ power, an efficacy that they have
not previously known, and by your efforts
as you faithfully preach this gospel that
l have endcav0red to fully preach unto
you, may you be instrumental In leading
many precious souls from the darkness OF
sin into the glorious light Of the gospel Of
Christ, Amen"
Rev. D. II, Shields Of Shippensberg. Pa,
who is associated with sam Small in temp.
erance work, preached in St Pauls Church
in the morning 1t was not intcnued that
he should preach, but Rev. L. f. Barrett,
ID. D., seeing DR.. Shields in the audience
called upon him to deliver the sermon,
The text was ''as the heart panteth after
tho wator brooks, Sc panteth my soul after |
Thee o God"
AT the close, although on entire stranger,
MIR. Shields was given quito u reception |
by tho congregation, and the Young Peo. |
pies Society are anxious to secure him for |
Il lecture In the near future.
MOTHER pULplTs.
Rev. j. Parsons Smith, who is assisting
Sam Small here, preached at Union |
Evangelist Batter Of Camden, n. j.,
preached at Asbury in the morning.
:. Rev. John MCElmoyle Of Elkton preach.
cd at Rodney Church.
Rev. John France preached at Brandy.
wine Church.
Goodman 81 f, Church congregation
listened to an ah.o sermon by tho Rcv. AS
bury Burke, Of Braudyw!no N. +. Church
yesterday morning.
Miss Maud Williams sang two solos Mt
the twilight services at Epworth NJ. E.
Church last evening
ANOTHER CAMP mating.
Tho Atlantis Conference Of the Seventh
Day AAvent!:ts will bchald IN this city for
tel days beginning August b.
Tho COMMITTEES appointed 10 select n sitc
for tl47 carp c0rslS.s Of Elder J. i. Jnyno
Of New York; Z y, Lcriilo of Bnlu.
more; U. z. Long Of this city; H. W. Her.
,cli Of Mou4t Hnlly, N j.; and George j.
Lloyd Of Baltimore,
They havo selected L0ngwoOd Grove,
near Front and Union streets rs the place
Tho camp will consist Of about lpl tont4.
DEVOTIONAL services will be held cnoh day
nt 6and 10 a. III, and md TG0p. NJ
Addresses will ho delivered during tho
camp by some Of tho best Informed rptak-
ors, being sent horo for that purpose by
tho General ConforoHro from NoY York;
Battle Crock. Mich, Oakland. Cal. Col.
lego View, Mob, South Lancaster MaSsn.
rhusctts Academy, ana O.hcr schools OF
learning connected with tho cause.
Among thcso speakers will ha A. I.
Jones, who las recently returned from the
scene Of the Armenian mNasacra; G. a,
Irwin, president Of the General Con.or.
9ncoi r. A. undrrwood, of Pennsylvania