The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-16
Union N I: Church

The services were held IN tho basement
of Union NJ. n Church on Sunday morn.
ing, on account of the rain which inter-
fered greatly with the number OF ntteL-
danti in the dltftreut churches of he city.
Rev. J. ID. G. Hanna spuko to the children
abont the petition Give us this day ouG
daily broad" Bread was the staff Of life.
but from whathe had seen he was tempted
to think that sIue bays and girls fanced
that cake and candy could be substituted
for it,
He described the drilling of wheat tho
growing ot tho plant the cutting and
gathering Of the grain and making it tuto
flour, and the ilnu' into bread
We ask God Ia Sivb uI Our daily broad
because Wa need it aud could not get
along without it II Gnd withheld the
rain all over thisen, tn for three months,
all the people would perish. We could
therefore sHs tho impnrtanca Of tho rain
and sunshine. They ware Necessary to
our existence Ihira was another thing
equally as imp>rantaS bread for our well
hning, and that WAS the grace ut God
After completing his talk to thl chit.
dran Plrson Hanna took Tor his text the
fourth verso of the second chap er Of Acts
of the Apostles: And they were all filed
with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak
with other Tongues as the spirit gave them
lutheran co.
Ha spoke of tho dif1srent feasts, the
feast OF lentirost came fifty days after tho
cruciiixion of Christ In explanation Of
his meaning of heroiSnl he referred to tho
daring of Commodore Dewey in crushing
the Spanish llAat and tho capture of Ma
Mia.
The courage Of the men who believe in
Christ partpok of the same character. The
people nsad he baptism Of Christ just as
anti I I,, i,Nn No.,
Semh!sd at Jerusalem to await the coming
Of Christ presented an example that should
I've followed We needed the waiting spirit
to atauire this enLOwmens Of power, 1t
dil not depend Ou What the preacher said,
the baptism came from God. There were
set Of men who had claimed that they
cnUid CAUSE he rain to fall, bat they had
flt'cd, tn, rain came from God aad SO it
was VITA the Hoy Ghost. Man was pow
rritsi to control it, ana Ao WAS glad that
autA was the ease.
some clergynan seem to think that there
WAS greater baptism for the preachers than
for the cDmnlJn ptupld. This was not SO,
tho GrnG1 Of Gol WAS alike for ALL He
mparc Il to tho wind or sun it was FREQ
to ali, II hal ths power to drive sin out
Of th, sou! Aul put In that which is good.
The purifying effect OF the Hnly Gho't was
ais, compared via ths melting Of metal
~ UNptl Gt.l tuutt'l Is u sl'pihlHE ClIltl
A ftcr TIA hayo pentcGOst men whO hGh b..
fN.S talked fooii'hiy, talked wisely
with perfect roHiiianct.
Per. .nns wh> r1nll not talk in the church
needed rabapt'sm If the Holy Ghost. II
they were full Of Christ their mouths
wollh be opened nHi their tongues looscl,
rs were th 'ss OF iAa apostles after the day
Of PtntecO>t, whtn th.y concluded speak
ing tharo we're added unto them about
three thousand souls In conclusion the
preacher cited several parties, among
" hom were Messrs. Bruce and Williams,
who declined to preach unless they fclt in.
spired by he H1ty GIo.t. and he thought
that other ministers might nccompli h
mora good If they were influenced more by
tho Holy Slillt