The evening times., 1898-10-05


Gods laws and Gods guidance. We
mean to be up and doing. May / not
pledge you. brother churchmen and sis
| ter churchwomen, that we shall awake
| arise and take III hand to do what is
| nearest and wisests and best. Only
| throughout all active doing let us place
J on the throne and keep steadily there a
| law, Hfe and love. 1t Is found, / am
| told that in the hurling Of modern mis-
siies of war, that if the projectile has a
screened cap OF steel it better goes
through the hardest and toughest ship
armor. So hard, sharp points of project
ed discipline and doctrine will better
| penetrate for good IL a soft cap-piece of
charity be preixed. allowance making for
others Strictness for ourselves, charity
| for all However wide and hard the task
we are summoned to.
a Plea for Love.
I'VE ought to be fun of love Then love
would make work Hight. 1t would change
| missionary duty into pleasure. 1t would
| be kindly cOnsiderate and cement a real
brotherhood 1t would cast ennlity and
| jealousy out of the hearts and put there
instead the sweetness of forebearance
and gratitude. If in our hearts there be
some love for Christ and some sharing
OF his love for men, then missionary love
\
end of missionary work. For with love for
our spiritual glassees we shall see breth-
rem only who profess and call themselves
Christians, and I'm a Christian brother's
face we shall see Christs face, and in his
hands Christ's hands, and in his feet
Chrtsts feet to do Christ's work of good;
then some of the peace which passeth all
understanding may possess our souls in
thought of the achievement of Christ's
militant church on earth. Thrice blessed
quality of love. 1t blesses him who gives.
II is blessed of him who sees and knows
And a thrice blessed lengthening of the
cords again 10 take mercifuily In and well
come lovingly a great, wide church of
faithful believers and holy livers, where
of our prayer book church is solemn,
though l hope not a narrow, and. 1 trust
q loving-l pray not an enYying portion.
'2 How fixed the faith and clear the
truth of the church should be.
Strengthening the Stakes.
Here comes in the strengthening of
the stakes, and here it may safely be
said that we of the prayer book herit-
age are highly favored above every
other nation. The worship is common
prayer-common to the master and the
people. The master does not monOpoize
all. The people have their work TO do.
and their part 10 enjoy. The periodic
revolutions of the earth in her orbit
around the sun have been harnessed to
the Christian course, and tell out, as
through the pipes OF some vast instru-
ment OF music, the different stories of
differing parts of the sequences OF the
Christian year
Does conservatism grow timid and
tremble because of the lengt thening of
the cords, the loosing of love flung wide
out for the merciful admission of the |
many, and stretched free and far in the |
warmth and life of the generous brotherIy |
kindness? Prayerbook, brethren there Is !
no need. Liturgy and creed and sacra-
ments and scripture ministry and relation |
to the Christian year are hammer blows. /
You can almost hear them with the ears !
repeatedly beating down and strengthen |
ing the tent stakes OF the earthly taber- |
nacle of the church and driving them |
home for stay of everlasting steadiness.
No, lengthening OF cords she il ready |
for. Wide lengthening for progress. for I
science. for benefcence. for brotherhood, |
and her canvas must never flap help |
less to the winds. nor sunder nor sail /
away to ruin. So. list TO the hammer
strokes again. struck hard on the heads |
of the tent stakes. strengthening them.
Preserve your souls in peace. what
ever winds do blow. Love and duty to
God love and service to felow-men
life. and death comes to life. not end.
that sort of life
Celebration of Communion
Immediately after the sermon an Of
fertory anthem was sung by the choir.
Send Out Thy Light" during which an
offering was taken for the current and
domestic expenses of the missionary So
ciety OF the church in the United States.
The offertory service was read by
Bishop Satterlee.
Communion was celebrated by Bishop
Whipple, assisted by Bishops Doane,
Dudley. Paret. Satterlee, Harris and
Scarborough. The sacrament was ad-
m'nistered to over 500 persons. The bish-
ops in the chancel received the sacra-
ment first. They were followed by the
delegates, each of whom marched up the
center aisle to the chancel rail where he
knelt and was served with bread and
wine.
The Arms basin used in administering
the sacrament is massive affair of beat
en- gold. and is used only at the con-
Ventfons of the church. 1t was presented |
to the Church of America by the Oxford
Society of England in 1851
After the communion was celebrated |
the choir sang the recessional hymn and
the procession of bishops was reformed |
and marched out as It had entered led |
by the choir .
The first business session of the con-
vention will meet this afternoon at 3:30 |
0 clock. The house of bishops will hold |
secret sessions in the Sunday-school
room, but the meetings of the house of |
delegates will be held in the body of |
the church. and the sessions will be
open to the public. 7