Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16

Pittsburg Synod at the English Luth-
eran church, yesterday, were interest
ing and impressive and attracted very
large congregations.
In the morning there was a COM
munion service in charge of Rev. John
Weidley, of Pittsburg, especially for the
ministers and day delegates of the eccle-
siastical body, and Rev. w. M. HANNA.
of Washington, D. c., preached an ex-
cellent sermon upon the subject,
'Broadness of Christianity the text
being, Il have seen an end of all per-
fiction, but Thy commandment is ex-
ceeding broad"
The exercises of the Sunday school in
the afternoon included addresses by
Rev. w. H. Nicholas, of Apollo, Pa;
Rev. Eli Miller, of Butler, Pa; Rev. G.
L. Streamer, of Greensburg, Pa; Rev.
H. c.. Michaels, of Allegheny, Pa; Rev.
S. A. Zimbeck, of Collonsburg, Pa, and
Rev. c. r. Streamer, of Greensburg, Pa.
Last evening an ordination service
the president, assisted by Rev. ]. Elmer
Bittle, the secretary, and other minis
tiers of the synod. Rev. J. w. Schwartz,
D. D., of Worthington, Pa, delivered a
sermon upon the theme, "a wise master
builder" after which c.. r. Streamer, of
Pittsburg, was ordained with appro-
pirate liturgical ceremonies to the Cos
pei ministry. During the evening the
choir, under the direction of Mrs. Her.
bert Riheldaffer, with Miss Annie Israel
as organist and John J. Brockhardt as
violinist, rendered sContate Domino, +"
by Crate. Dream or Paradise" by
Hamilton Gray, was sung by Mr.. Chas.
Brand and Come Thou Fount,". by
Willard, was rendered by Mrs. Rihel-
daffer.
Rev. Schwartz spoke in part as fol-
lows:
1T does not need very much study
of the great work of missions among
the heather to show us that converts to
Christianity do not at once become
firmly settled in the faith, or entirely
free from sins in their daily life. Their
growth in holy living must of neces-
sity be very slow for years. This was
oil in ponl5c lou q
churches of the early days of Chris
tianity needed to be cared for as babes;
their spiritual life was, indeed, in its
infancy.
"A wise master builder is careful to
lay good foundation.
In a theological sense, foundation
is a doctrine or system of doctrines SO
| important to any system of religion
! that that system of religion stands or
falls with the system of doctrine. In a
Gospel sense, fundamental doctrine
is a doctrine in which we must believe
in order that we may obtain eternal
salvation.
There is not a Sabbath days SER
vice in which there are not some per-
sons in our congregation that need to
| be taught the way Of eternal life. And
! then, too, so prone are men to forget
these things that it is necessary that we
repeat them again and again, so that
we may fasten them in their memory
ineffaceably.
Men professedly Christian are seek
! ing to destroy the doctrine of the divin-
| ity of Christ Theologians who claim
! to accept the Holy Scriptures as the
| word of God are hard at work under
mining the doctrine of its inspiration.
| There are men professedly Christian
who teach the doctrine of the annihila-
ton of the wicked when they die. Men
are teaching that the doctrine of Orig
inal Sin is all delusion. And so 9TH
er truths are attacked until one won
GERS what shall be left of Truth for us
to stand upon.
at is of the intensest importance
that attention is drawn to this subject,
because in some of the divinity schools
of our land these heresies are taught.
Happily none of our own institutions
are chargable with this. But this is
true that some of the young men of
cur own household of faith and candi-
dates for the ministry in our churches
study in seminaries of this kind; and
how can it be otherwise than that
their faith should be shaken.
There are two very important OBJ
jects the Christian ministry should
ever keep in their mind. They are, as
one has so well said: To lead men to
Christ and To build up men in
Christ
If any mans work shall abide which
he hath built therefrom. he shall re-
ceive a reward. If any mans work
shall be burned, he shall suffer loss.
THE reward will be the joy that
will come from the fact that his work
abides There is iov in the heart ut