Evening journal., 1897-07-19
SOME FOOLISH WOMEN,
THE SUBJECT OF REV. DR.. WoLFE's
SERMON YESTERDAY.


REV. A. A. WILLIAMS. OF PHILA-
DELPHIA, PREACHED ON THE
TEACHING OF CHRISTI IN WEST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. George L. Wolf preached an in
teresting sermon on Some Foolish
Women" at the First NJ. p. Church last
evening. He said in part:
1T is not a difficult thing to find fool
ish men, for in whatever direction one
may turn he can be found But with a
high degree of reluctance we are COM
PEELED to acknowledge the fact that
there are some foolish women. Wisdom
is better than gold; but to some foolish
ness is worth its weight in diamonds.
Shakespeare says life is a stage aad we
play part, but It's a sad reflection that
many of us have played the fool On
this stage women are playing an active
part. Some play their parts well, but
other certainly evince lack of com
mon sense and make some dreadful
mistakes.
Woman has a throne. and she ought
10 mount IT, Yes, mount it, / say and
never leave ii. A woman cannot afford
to make a mistake; If So she does II at
the expense of her character and what
has a woman without character? She
may be rich. finely attired, of good so
cial standing; but withal, she Is as a
pauper
"Fair women in the prime and flower
OF life have always formed a part, and
not the least ornamental part Of grand
scenes, in all ages Of the world.
20 womanl be consecrated fully to the
Lord, and when the cry shall be heard
go ye out to meet the bridegroom. Wo-
men can be a mighty power for good
and what our sons and daughters OF
another generation will be, mothers
will make them
Rev. A. A. Williams, of Philadelphia
preached to a large congregation yes
terday morning in West Presbyterian
Church. His subject was: THE Teach
ing of Christ" He said in part:
These words are the confession OF
the officers of the law, who had been
sent by the chief priests and Pharisees
to arrest Jesus the Nazarene. For near
ly three years Jesus had gone up and
down Judea and Galilee. ministerine
unto the people and preaching The gos-
Del Of kindness. Now. He is again al
| Jerusalem, and is found in the temple
courts, the centre Of an excited multi
tude
"The discussion concerns that thai
| important question. Is Jesus Of Naza
reth the Christ, the messiah promised
in the Scripturesg There was a divi
sion among them No man dared to lay
hands upon Him. They returned with
out their prisoner. To the demand WHY
have We not brought Him? they re
piled: Never man spake like this man.
"The three years of Christ's ministrl
have been multiplied by hundreds until
nineteen centuries have passed away
Through them all it has been the voic
of the Christ that has stirred man
soul to its profOundest depths, rouse'
it to most heroic endeavor and filled
with divinest consultations. BY IN
Word and by The Spirit of Christ mil
lions have been raised above the low
common level Of the world, while som
have climbed toward the summit Of tn
highest virtues shining in all the ra
dance Of the Sons Of God.
"The Spirit of the Age Is drivin
man far away from God. The glory O
the kingdom Is still burt a vision of tn
future. The vital power Of godliness !
but feebly felt in the conflicting cur
rents OF lnlS WOIlu lllt liN NhNAN
, itself seems drifting with the tide. Tn
Sabbaths Of the Lord our God are rap
id degenerating from holy days .
/. holidays. Sentimentalism is crowdin
! hard on faith in and devotion TO tn
! Lord Jesus Chris"
Rev. George S. Trull. the new pastor
preached his first sermon at the Eas
, Lake Presbyterian Church yesterday
Rev. A. II. Miller. rector Of st. Mich
: ael's Episcopal Church, preached hi
last sermon as rector OF that churc
yesterday. He will study law.
st. Joseph's School, at Clayton, ha
one of the finest trained boy choirs ]
: the state.
Rev. r. G. Merrill. Of the North Bar
tist Church. and Rev. II. b. Harper, {
Philadelphia. preached at Bethany Bar
2 tist Church yesterday in the absence {
. Rev. O..G. Budding,on, who is attendin
the national convention Of the Bapti'
Young Peoples Society.