The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-24
SUNDAY
SERMONS.
Rev. DR.. Murray Discusses
Christian Science. Dr..
Grice on the Three
Baptisms.

uTlCe On tile lnree
| Baptisms.
Dr.. W. L. s. Murray last evening proach
ed tho second Of a series of serpOHs Cor
christian Science and Kindred putyiects'
in st. Paul's Church lasE night. The text
| was from Romans 1-25: Who changed the
truth into lie and worshipped and served
the creature more than the creator,
Among other things Dr. Murray said:
"The word Of God we under stand to .Fbe
the Holy Bible. 1t is made up OF small
books bound together, thirty -rlino In the
Old Testament, twenty-sevcn in the New
.estament-sixty-six in I'LL. This one
book contains the revelations Of God to
man sufficient Tor mans salvation through
Christ There Is a wide field for differences
OF Interpretation. but no man or society,
church or organization has any right to
change the truth OF God into q lie or to
serve the creature more than the creator.
This book teaches there Is bus one God,
Ihe Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, teach
In Catechism, page 10, there are more Gods
than one
THAT God Is q spirit and they that wor
ship Him must worship him in spirit and
In truth.
I'm tho doctrine and coysnants Of tho
Mormons, Sec. $780, 22: The Father Is
body OF flesh and bones as tangible as
mans. I
"What man is snow, God once was; what
God is now man may become. The word
of God teaches that Jesus Christ was con-
ceived Of the Holy Ghost. Tho Latter
Day Saints teaches that Jesus Christ was
not begotten by the Holy Ghost.
The scriptures teach the personality Of
the Holy Ghost; the Latter:Day Saints that
the Holy Ghost, likehll othcr substance is
ono Of the elements OF material existence.It
Is slinparted by the laying Oh of htnds. The
word Of God teaches that the fall gof man
brought upon man and the race sin ana MI
the dlreful consequences which follow In
It's train. The Latter Lay Saints teach tho
fall Was glorious event; n step to exalta-
lion. They also teach there is but one true
church and they are that church. Others
claiming to be arc founded in the wisdom
of men but not with the authority OF God.
Sut why should sensible mon and women
go after Brigham Young, Joseph Smith
and Others who believe and teach as they
do whom We have Gods word
when Christ is our Redeemer and pat
tern, when the Holy Spirit ia sent into
the world to convince tho world of sin, OF
righteousness and II Judgment to come
polygamy and celestial marriage Is to tho
Latter Day saints u fundamental doctrine.
"Thoy hold this contrary TO the laws OF
the states of this Unior. They promised to
abandon plural marriages to become a slate
and now are trying to Put intl the Con-
gress OF this nation one who livos in open
defiance of tho laws of this nation, and are
seeking by sending out missionurie, and
concentrating heir conye. t. in the West to
make Ibis nation n polgamous nation.
Many people do not know that the Latter
Day Sains are Mormons"
TIE BAPTISM OF FIRE.
Rev, G. II. Grico preached to his morn
Ing congregation ut Union Church yester-
day sermon in which he proved to the
sati ifaction of his hearers that there comes
upon the church Of God baptism of water
Of tho Holy Chest and of fire. Pastor
Grlcs's text was from Matthew 3-l1: l
indeed babtlze you with wa er unto re-
pentanoo but he that comoth after me is
than l. whose shoes l am not
worthy to bear; he shall bnptze you with
tho Holy Ghost md with fro:
In Introducing his talk Mr.. Grice COM
pared the unconverted man to modern
equipped machine plant WHOSE mighty
powers lay dormant because of there being
no fire n'the boiler nor a capable fireman
to operate the plant.
-. AS soon as the spark of fire touches in
III tuS pUliGf Uub ina |
chlnery Is set in motion. So it Is with
mankind. AS soon as the Lord Jesus an.
plies the touch of love to the soul ihore
comes an inspiration to conversion. Ban |
tisln Ey water follows and In the natural
Jrler comes desire for baptism by the |
Holy Ghost, Aftof q season Of devotion
10 Christ, and at a time when the soul |
'raves for purging of the evil thought
md intent which turks in the mind, and |
Vt time whom the Christian .detormlnes
% place himself wholly in the care Of tho
Lord, there naturally comes the baptism
ii fire
Mr.. Grice described fro as being the
)est refining clement, therefore its uss by
Inc apostles In the scriptures. But Gods
ire iseven more purifying than the earthly
luality and the pastor urged his hearers
70 undergo the refining process in order
hat their souls might bs thoroughly
urged. He held that the Tires baptisms
we're essential 10 the christian life and
hat ono was dependent upon tho others.
70 tho children in the galio,y Mr.. Grice
alked OF gca leness and politness which
harncter. he laid down as tho third stone
n character building. Mr. Grice told the
little people that Jesus never was impo-
lie or harsh to any one in his day. Often
ime' ho rebIked people but his remarks
we're always positive ahd direct and never
arsh. The pastor told his yonng hearers
hat in following the example of Jesus
hey would not only please Hin, aud
heir parents, but The world wculd have
hem better because they were polite and
entlc, such qualifications cost nothing
nd frequently develops the most obscure
10Y into noble manhood.
Rev. L. W. Baton, Phi. d., acting rec.
Or OF St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal
,hurcb, preached q powerful sermon at
he morning service yesterday on "Tbe
christians Relation to thu S;ute.n His
,Xt was l Peter 2, 13: Submit yourselves
, every ordinance OF man for he Lords
AXE Touching upon the prophetic words
Micah, DR.. Baton looked hopefully to
le time when ali troubles between nations
hal! bo submitted to tho arbitration of
cd, and what is right and just shall DO
lat which Shall dotormino the relations
one people TO another.
A very In e:rsting sermon was delivered
the First M. p. Church, Inst evening by
ev. j. +. Spence ID. d., LII. D., Cham
'llor of the American Temperance Uni
,rsty of Hartman, Tenn.
AT the CLOSE of the sermon. Or. Spence
'oko OF his work IN Ito mountains Of the
entral South
He began his work there shortly after
10 close OF the civil war.
Since then lie has had charge Of a total
&, 0CO students In three institutions with
hich he has been connected.
The institution with which he 4, con-
'ctod ut present Il known as the Ameri-
II Temperance University and is located
Hartman, Tom. There ara no saloons
Hartman and no gambling of any kind.
Rov. Father Mealy uf St. Mary's Church.
xth and Pine streets, doiivereu last oven
g an eloquent sermon In recognition Of
fist day of st. Joseph, Aptfl, ,e3,
Not In all sacred history, Said tic Rev.
.ther, "does the fnct bect INC more appar.
t that St. Joseph, tho foster Father Of 9
G Divine Rsdeemer, received so little con, Il
nporary notice even from the evange- Ii
ts themselves lis tho hum BILE aud obscure h
rpenter Of Nazareth, who after the lapse
centuries now occupies the exalted po- /,
ion of not only being tho universal pa.- e.
nal saint but completing the trio 81 pro- 81
,tive names in tho hour OF danger I'll
sus, Mary and Joseph" j
At St. Johns Sunday school yesterday ei
enty-six new members attended and the
ltifying increase was alluded to by Arch.
aeon Hall, the rector of tho church, at
morning service. He compiimented thes In
Nhnra nNU aNh n II q 1,ri t.,e Il