The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-04
SABBATH
SERVICES.
Pulpits Were Again Occu=
pied After the SUM-
mer Vacation.

Rev. S. A. Gayley, president of the New
Castle P-esbytery occupied the pulpit
OF Olivet Church yesterday morning,
preaching from the text Revelations,
%, IA: Blessed are they who do His
commandments .hat they may have right
to the tree of life and may enter in through
the gates into tho city"
Last evening prayer and praise service
in charge of the Rev. J. r. Milllgan,
pastor of the church. DR.. Gayley and
Thomas McCorkle was held.
At st. Johns Church yesterday the
vested choir. under the direction Of Francs
r. Morrison, sang for the first time after
Its usual summer vacation. 1t did good
work.
In the morning Archdeacon George c.
Hall, the rector of the church, preached
an interesting sermon from Revelations
%, TO-: s'And He saith unto me, soal not
the sayings of the prophecy of this book;
for the time Is at hand"
:. St. Pauls M. Il. Church after a vaca'io lon
of two months has resumed evening
preaching serv!cci The song service was
inspiring and earnest. led by HI Guthrie.
The pastor had Miss Anna 7. Lincoln read
Edward Markhams poem, The Man With
Hoe" after which lie set over against
him "rbs Man With Hope
He said in part: "The man with hoe
looks down and 'gazes on the earth"
The man with hope looks up. The emp.
tiness of ages is In the face OF the former,
the light of heaven on tho brow OF tho
latter. The burden of the world is on the
back of the man with hoe. The man
with hope casts his burden on the Lord.
The one Ia dead to rapture; the other sings
on the sunlit heights Of joy.
"'The man with hoe is a romance to
the universe; tho man of hope is the salt
Of thp ear h, tho light Of the world. There
Is, says Mr.. Markham, auf betwecn
Tho man with hoe and Plato and the
swing OF the Pleiades but inspiration says
of the man with hope Ali things are
yours. Tho former has irrsdeomabls woes
the latter no suffering or sorrow that
heaven cannot heal. Tho man Of hopo
must save tho man with ahos or all Is
blackness and darkness. Tho poem
referred to by DR.. Murray has touched
popular cord and is said to bs the poem of
the year.
Rev, ]. L, Polk of Fogg's Manor preach
ed at Central Presbyterian Church yester-
day.
Bishop Coleman preached at Now Castle
yesterday in the absence Of Rev. +. NJ.
Munson who preached at Rehoboth.
Rev. William +, Lewis did not arrive
home from Europe in time to preach at
Rodney Street Presbyterian Church yes
terday
Thomas McCorkle made an addres, at
Oilvet Presbyterian Church last evening.
Tho Home Mission has repaired its lodg.
ing house on Shipley below ourth.
At Siverbrook Nj. Il. Church yesterday
the auditorium was reopened and the pas.
tor Rev. e, White who has just returned
from his vacation preached tho first time
AT the Y. N. g. A. mems meeting yes.
terday afternoon an address was made by
the Rev. J. W. Easley Of Brandywine NJ.
E. Church. Mrs. William II. Ainsworth
sang several solos in an appreciabls man.
ner.
Kingswood NJ. E. Sunday school held an
imp. es,ive memorial services yesterday af-
ternoon in memory of Alfred Ironfleld.
Addresses were delivered by the pastor
Rov. f. S. Mace, Rev. Jabtz Hodson. Rev.
Milton McCnnn, Superintendent George
w. Todd and odhers. Resolutions were
adopted by the Sunday sch ool expressing
regret for the death of Mr. Ironficld.
Tho new Methodist Episcopal church at
Kirkwood was dedicated AMI used for tho
first time yesterday large congregation
from the surrounding country being present
Rev. DR.. james Grove Of Asbury NJ u,
Church occupied tho pulpit of the new
eaifce and preached the dedicatory sermon
Singers from the Railroad Y. M. G. A.
OF this city and from Delaware city fur
nished music at tho dedication service.
In the evening the pastor Rev. S. 0. Glib
bons occupied tho pulpit