The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-28
KNIGHTS OF MALTA.
Listen to a Sermon From Rev. Mr.. NC.
Gilvray.

The Knights of Malta of Portland and
! Deering attended service at the First
Presbyterian church on Park street, yes
terday afternoon and listened to sermon
from Rev. Mr.. McGilvray, pastor of the
society, who is also member of the or
der. There was large attendance of the
regular congregation also.
The choir consisted of double quar-
tette, and Miss Anna Wiley presided at
the organ. The music throughout the
service was very inspiring. The exercises
began with the choir singing Coward
Christian Soldier" followed by BE
Thou o God Exalted High" The pas
tor then recited the Lords prayer. and
was followed by the choir who sang
1.-The Lost Chord with much express
sion. The pastor then read the 18th chap
ter OF Isaiah for the Scripture lesson, and
the choir sang the ''Gloria." Mr.. Nc
Gllyray then offered prayer after which
the choir sang with much effect, Like
as a Father Pitieth His Children" The
offertory was taken and the "Holy City,
was sung as tenor solo, followed by the
congregation in Hymn IA, "Come Thou
Almighty King"
a Mr.. McGilvray then took for his text st.
Paul to the Ephisans, vi. 10: "Where-
fore take unto you the whole armor OF
God, that We may be able to withstand in
the evil day. and having done all, to
stand" The apostle likened the armor of
the soldier to the defenses of the good
Christian. He tried to impress upon the
church the necessity of being well
equipped in the conflict with the Moham-
etans. The preacher said there were two
principles that were the rallying cries OF
the knights of old, the principles of 10y
atty to truth, and protection to the weak.
These principles pertain to the Order OF
Malta today. The knights of today are
compelled to fight as hard as ever their
ancestors did against infdelity. Debas-
ing literature abounds from Maine to
California and corrupts the minds OF
youth How few are there trying to search
out Gods will and follow 1T, compared
with the efforts Of science to discover
everything it can about the earth and
tn heavens. We protest against any
church that claims salvation alone can
be the portion of it's members. We pro-
test against any belief that Peter exer-
cised more influence over the Master than
the other disciples 1t was James, if
any, who possessed that influence, but it
was John that was the beloved disciple.
Ac Ghric 1cfh no 1nua1 N tho
trutha and not let any party or sect pre-
dominate over us. We must defend our
land SO firmly that bigotry and ecclesias-
ticism shall be abolished, and love and
joy reign supreme.
There must be unity among members;
the whole armor Of God. Without unity
success is impossible. You have sworn
allegiance to God and you must urge uni
ty on your companions and refute skep-
ticism.
The preacher then paid high tribute
to woman. He showed what protection
and encouragement had done for her
under Christianity and what beast Of
burden she was under heather bondage.
He claimed equal pay for equal work
on the part of woman. Man cannot de-
grade woman without degrading himself.
Half of the churches in the world would
be closed If it were not for the women
Therefore women should be protected.
Remember you have promised to protect
the weak. Our command then is to stand,
and we must pray daily for Divine as
sistance that we may fight the good fight,
that we may stand, and that in the end
| we may claim the reward we have SO fair
| ly earned.
! The choir sang as the postlude Volkmans
1.-THE Knights and the benediction
was pronounced.
Capsized in the HarbOr.
Yesterday afternoon about O'Clock a.