The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-20
IN THE
CHURCHES.
Many.Preachers and Many
Kinds of Sermons on
Sunday.

service for young people under the
auspices OF the Epworth League
was held in Grace Church last
evening. The church was crowded
The Rev. DIR. Baker preached his
closing sermon of serieson Power,
the subject being "Ho" to use
Power Miss Josephine Fletcher
sang the 1.-The Holy City, in an
artistic manner, and 'Come unto
Me-" being accompanied on the
violin by Samuel y. Compton. The
offertory selection was the bass sole
20 Salutaris. by Frank Fl. Mason,
and was well received.
DR.. Baker chose his text from
Acts go: 'I.ord. what will Thou
have me do" which he said'was the
talismonic of the subject "How to
use Power. That tact is neces-
sary for the proper use of power.
Talent and tact together are capl.
tai. In the use of power personal
limitations always are to be recog-
nized. The largest individual is
only Il cipher when standing alone.
Y. M. c. A.
A well attended gospel meeting
was held yesterday afternoon at the
Y. NJ. {. A. rooms. The Rev. w.
f. Ireland of New York, a convert
ed actor, was the speaker. He
spoke of the corruption of the world
and the, temptations oflife, and how
to successfully combat with them
His address was a mastery one.
Next Sunday the Rev. F. +. Briggs
of Second Baptist Church. will speak
on "How to get Strong " Sunday
December Sd, the Rev. w. f. Lewis
will be the speaker.
KINGSwooD ANNIVERSARY.
The twenty-sixth anniversary Of
King>wood M. e. Church was cele-
bratcd Sunday with special ser
vices. The church was filled to
ovcrhowing at both morning and
evening. y fund ofSo4O was raised
to pay off the mortgage and incl
dental expenses. The Rev. S. II.
Sherwood, of Brooklyn. preached at
the morning service.
To the musical programme in the
evening the anthem "Praise His
Name. .. and solo, 1.-The Holy
CITY," by &. W. Snetzlcr. were
added As special numbers. The
Rev W. r. Hammond of Pleasant
Hill preached the sermon from the
text. Psalms 81. 10. Il had rather
be a doorkeepcr in the house of my
God than to dwell in the tents of
wickednes,. :
SERVICES IN OTHER CHURCHES.
The mission for men which has
been conducted at st. Paul's Il. G.
Church by the Paulist fathers. con-
cluded last evening. The sermon
was preached by FathHSmith. -
At the Railroad Y. M. c. A. yes
terday the sermon was preached by
the Rev. w. B. Harris of East Lake
Church.
Bethany Baptist Church cele
brated Bible day Yesterday, In
the evening there was baptism.
Revival services were held in
Union NJ. e. Church last evening.
Du Pont Post. G. A. r., attended
Brandywine M. +. Church in a body
Yesterday morning and listened to
an interesting sermon by the Rev.
T. w. Eas1ev, The Rev. Mr.. Easlev
spoke of the service which the old
soldiers had done their country, and
urged al! to become soldiers in the
Christian army.
East Lake PRESBYTERIAN Church
held temperance exercises last even
ing.
Revival services are being held at
Second e. p. Church.
Rev. l.. J. McLaln filled the pull
bit of Second NJ. p. Church and
preached a stirring sermon in the
interest of souls. Mr.. McLain will
be with lis during these meetings.
At Rodney Street Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning the Rev.
w. Frederick Lewis preached Il
second sermon on debt raising.
Special services will begin at Oil
vet Presbyterian Church this even
ing. They will be in charge of the
Rev. J. X. Milligan and Thomas
McCorkle.
Mrs. McFee. the wife of Staff
Captain McFee of the Salvation
Army in Chicago, made three inter-
e>ting addresses in this city yester-
day. In the morning she spoke
in Harrison Street NJ. e. Church.
in thc afternoon at the Salvation
Army hall and in the evening in
rirs. PRESBYTERIAN Church. All of
the services were well attended.
Mrs. Melee spoke particularly on
rescue work and work in the Slum>
All her addresses were interesting
and gave good idea of the kind OF
work the army is doing.
At ST. Johns Church Yesterday
Archdeacon George {. Hall, the
rector. preached from the text. IL
am a Jew, the words of Mordecai.
who declined to bow to the favorite
Of the King of Persia. The vested
choir sang excellently under the di-
rection of Francis II. Morrison and
Walter Bennett sang a solo.
Rev. w. f. Dawsontpreached an
interesting sermon Yesterday morn
ing which was very appropriate on
the eve of revival. He took as his
text, Nehemiah g, ): Il am doing
great work. so that | cannot come
down" After reviewing the jour
ney of the returning eNiles led by
Nehemiah and their carnival at Je
rusalem by night, he referred to the
deceit of Sanballat in making Il
feast in pretended friendship to en-
tice or lure the peoplefrom the work
of rebuilding the walls and to Nehc-
miah, the deeply religious man. and
also an ardent patriot and a noble
of the court of ArtaXerXes. He for
got not his own country and for its
welfare worked as well as prayed.
Mr.. Dawson referred with much
feeling to the reply of Nehemiah to
Sarballat in the text II am doing a
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