The record-union., 1899-10-30
LOVE FEAST AND JUBILEE.
METHoDISTS CONCLUDE THEIR
BRILLIANT SERVICES.
Rev. DR.. McC1ish's Eloquent Ser
mon to q Large Con-
gregation.

The golden jubilee of the Sixth-street
Methodist Church was closed last night,
after a day of brilliant services.
The morning old-fashioned Methodist
love feast was what Rev. S. J. Carroll
called "the best I've ever seen at this
church" and the sermon of Rev. Dr.
McClish was heard by a large congre-
cation.
The following program of the days
services shows how the jubilee was
conducted:
Services-9:30 a. m, love feast; II a..
M, sermon by E. McClish, d. D.; 12:10
p. m, Sunday-school, c. II. Dunn, Su-
perintendent; p. m, Wesley League;
6:30 D. m, Epworth League; 1870 p. M,
addresses by Drs. McClish and Bentley.
Rev. DR.. Eli McClish read from the
sixteenth chapter of Matthew, partic-
ulary emphasizing the words, whom
do men say that l the son of man am ?
But whom say ye l amp
He was followed by the pastor, who
made a few remarks before the SER
mon. Rev. DR.. Carroll said he had
been very gratefully indebted to the
skill, energy and taste of the sisters of
the church for decorating the church
and giving refreshments without cost
to anybody. He also said the choir
had been even more largely faithful
than those Of the pew, and he thanked
God that the sister at the organ was
able TO be present again.
Rev. Dr. McClish read for the text
a part of Matthew, chapter sixteen, the
words emphasized being Get thee be-
hind me, Satan!" and an account of
Christ's prayer on the mountain, when
the voice from the cloud said, This is
my beloved son; hear him."
The speaker said he had discovered
as he came into the meeting in the
morning that the people had reached
a state Of intense gladness He there
fore selected a text from the mount
of TRANSPORTATION, that the cOngrega-
ton might take a look backward as
well as forward at Christianity.
He drew a picture of the deathbed,
where dying people want but few dear
friends near them at that solemn hour
So Christ selected Peter and James
and John in the deepest, saddest hours
of his life.
said, Eve are alone. There are thoughts
that we cannot express even to our
dearest relatives, even to wives who st
and hold our hands in the hour of
gloom.
We do not know what mountain
Christ visited; some say Taber, others
something else-but Whittier's poem
expresses it best, wherein he says the
love of Christ has no geographical or
time limits. In California, on the
prairies Of the West, in England. in
Germany, everywhere by the holy spirit
the same blessing of Christ dwells. The
Mount of TRANSPORTATION may be any
where, and let us take our position
there and dwell for a time with Christ
and Moses.
If you could talk with Moses what
would you say? If just out of college
you'd probably ask about Genesis and
geology; but when the disciples talked
with Christ they spoke on the great
theme of Christs death. Yet we have
churches to-day that do not discuss
the awful fact of Christ's blood: vet
the cross of Jesus Christ is everywhere
through the four gospels. In John,
in Revelations. everywhere it is the
story of the blood of the lamb. The
one great theme is that which the dis
ciples heard that day
The church that has civilized bar
barians, saved men and women from
the gutter, is the one that sings There
Is fountain filled with blood, drawn
from Emanuels veins and Rock of
Ages, Cleft for me- That is the church
that goes forth saving and conquering
The redemption taught by the great
churches is that salvation is purchased
by the blood of Christ ANY church
that does not teach the doctrine OF
Christs blood is merely a Sunday club
1t is not permeated with the conquer
ing force of true Christianity. The
poet Longfellow sings, There is nc
death, what seems so is transition
If this doctrine of the Christ is true
there is no death, and when you mourn
Tor loved ones you are only mourning
over little separation. You may sit
with Tennyson, and say:
on, for the touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of voice that is still.
but the voice is not silent the dead dc
not sleep. In fairer reals there Is
N4ANN AAAiAAANA Act4 yOulIl- IN the Ughl
OF Christianity the possibilities Of hu.
mamty impress one as marvellous. The
christ light, the spirit light may shine
in the life of the humblest. There !,
not washerwonlan in Sacramento SC
poor as was Christ, who said He haG
not where to lay his head The bird,
had nests, and the foxes had holes but
Christ had not where to lay his head
You may laugh at the old Christian
who cannot speak the Kings English
may smile at his grammar and bad
pronunciation-but you'd better trea-
with courtesy one who is movina
toward an angels seat"
The speaker pleaded for courtesy anC
Christian kindness in all the relation.
Oh lie. He thought all men would bt
more cheerful if they got the Christian
thought that death cannot hurt a hu
man soul. A soul filled with tn,
thoughts Of the Mount Of Transheura