The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-15
SUNDAY In THE
CHURCHES.
t&.s =
DR.. Murray Talks on Peace
and DR.. Grove on the
Doctrine of He'll.

In nearly all tho churches yesterday ref
erence was made to the fact that no longer
O condition o. war exists. In several church
es patriotic music Was rendered and peace
sermons dolived by tho ps.stors.
Dr.. Murray talked on peaco at St. Paul's
church in the morning, taking his text
from Psalm 4S 8; "G0d makcth wars to
cease unto the end of the earth. lio break
eth the how and cutte.h the spear in sun.
der, He burEeth the Chariot in the fire.
When the ringing bells announced tho
protocol had b,cn signed many sung
PRAISE God From Whom All Blessings
Flow" Tho Psalmist said God made tho
Assyrian war to cease by destroying their
mice were sent at night and cut tho bow
strings so they could not shoot the Israel
ties. Who has not heard of the poor gun
merry of the Spaniards-they could not
shoot. Was this becau>e the Spaniards
were not we'll trained or because greater
light and intelligence characterizoI our
soldiers and sailors?
Eft from greater light and in diligence.
has God not given vic o"y. Has He not
broken the BOW again and caused the war
to cease? He also in anciont Israel broke
ths spear and rendered this formidable
weapon useless against His people Again
He burneth the chariot in the fire. As
fearful then MS the battcship now.
$50 God has in my Judgment, through
His agents, burned tho fleets of Spain and
given us the victory. God has madc tho
war to cease by influencing the minds OF
the leaders OF this nation ard also Of
Spain to airrc to quit. This, we believe,
Is in answer to prayer. God causeth wars
to cease and has brought us peace with
Victory. How different with Span-pence
to ttem but he peace of tho vanqnshcd
This peace has come with but few ia
tnlitics Not dozen mon killed in the
navy. not n ship lost, not prisoner taken
except Hohson and his men. who asked
Cervera to take them, less than three hun.
drcd killed in both army and navy; about
three hundred have died with fevor, md
CbllullllS NV ~bO WIN pC' ihiASN VIZ epo
Maine we have scarcely lost Thousand
men; and only about one third Of our men
saw real service, though anxious to do so,
wlie Spain has lost thirty hvo ships and
moro thousands OF her men than VIC havo
lost hundreds, and Nil her possessions in
this hemisphere. This, if not miraculous,
Is marvellous. This is peace with the
shortest war we nave ever wngrd. 1t Ia
six months since the Maine was blown up.
Three months and half sincowar was
declared. Wonderful, very, very wonder.
ful.' This is q peace over which united
country rejoices no North. no South, no
East, DO West. The descendants Of Linz
coin and Davis, Grant and Lee have fought
under the samo flag and rcjoico in the
Same blessing of peace.
This ia peace with grca5 enlargement
of territory and consequent enlargement
OF responsibility to civllize and Christian
iza all who have come under tho flag,
whether in Cuho Porto Rico or the Philip.
pines. All honor to that grand man in tho
Whl e.House, President Mckinley. the
man Of peace, whom Col has exaltod to
the throne for such n timo cs this.
"Ail honor to tho brave men in both
army and navy, who havo so wondrously
pushed hosti.itios as tn bring this prayed
for peace. All honor to the memory OF
tho millionaire. Fish, who fell by tho side
Ct tho cowboy for humanity and the flag.
All honor to the richest woman in tho
United States, Miss Holm Gould. who
gave largo check for war expenses and,
although deprived because of hor Sex o.
fighting for the cause, goes into tho hos
ptal, administers personally to the sick
and wounded soldiers md said: Colonel,
draw OH me for anything these soldiers in
the hospital ncels
livery war the Untea States has wag-
ed has been blessing to humanity. We
believe this will bring manifold blessings
to tho oppressed and down-trodden far
beyond our territory, yea, even to the onds
of tho earth. 1t will open gates to con-
merce and the cross, and the God WHO has
made the war to cease will give to the
pooplc Of the cnr,h tn, greater victories of
peace.
BE still and know that am God, will
be exalted among the henthen. I .:ill
be exalted in tho earth. The Lord of hosts
is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge"
THE DOCTRINE OF HE'LL
Rev. James Grove, Phi. D., preached in
Asbury Church last night on tho Church
Doctrine OF He'll" Or. Grove considered
first the objective purposes of hell, which, .
he argued. was made that q heaven would
result God does not punish man for
tho sake OF punishment, for God is RENE.
dial. Therefore hel! was not made to
punish the ungodly, but to protect the
righteous.
The minister also made enquiry concern
ing the fact Of hell. He said that hero are
four words that have been translated into
"hell" In the authorized version. Tho
first is The Hebrew word ''Sheol, which oc
ours sixty-fve times in the original writ
ing. Thirty one times it has been trans
lntcd into "hcll, :" thirty-cne times into
grave and ouce into ''pit,' DR.. Grove
said 1t means "the place of the departed
spirit." La or 1t came to indicate more
particularly, those out OF sight In no
place is IT used in reference to the pr"'
lnent of the body for sin,