Evening journal., 1900-03-26

''t VISITING MINISTER'S OCCUPlED
VARIOUS PULPITs-MIssIoNARY
ANNIVERSARY LAST EVENING.
In all the churches yesterday special
services were conducted and visiting
ministers occupied the pulpits
Epworth Church was literally crowd
ed to the doors all day. and many peo-
/ pie were unable to gain admission.
The services began with love feast
$50 o'clock in the morning. con-
hcted by Rev. w. L. S. Murray. Of
/. Pauls M. e. Church
The devotions continued uninterrupt-
erlys until 1890 O'Clock. when Bishop
Andrews assumed charge. The Ep-
worth choir. directed by George E.
King, sang two anthems The bishop
read the Scripture from Isaiah 6s, and
Matthew 8.
Not of the letter. but Of the spirit, T"
was the text chosen by Bishop An
drews, it being chosen from II Corinth-
ians. iii, 6.
After describing the beauties Of the
Bible the bishop said that he found in
the New Testament that when men be-
lieve in Christ they cannot help being
bound together in one great society. The
bishop could not find that either Christ
or His apostles laid down any explicit
rule or construction for the Christian
church. Every place where man
goes" said the bishop, lis allowed for
worship. Where man is that is the
place to preach the GOsepl.
Il have read Of Christian men" said
the bishop, who have read the Book to
find some rule for tithes. From my
way of looking at it that is nonsense. ]
believe there are some Christians who
cannot afford to give one-tenth to the
church, and there are some who would
not be doing much by giving ninety
nine one-hundredths of their income To
the church.
80 busines men ask. May l deal in
margins? May sell things that / don't
approve Of at all, such as coffee or whis-
key? May / sell adulterated goods? May
/ take the highest interest the law al
lows? / turn over my New Testament
and do not find any precept about It
but l find the spirit there. May l &c
to the theatre?' The only mention
find about this is where Paul wanted
to go to the theatre. but some Of his
heather friends would not let him
May l dance at home? May | play
cards? What about my political lire'
May / vote for the lesser Of two evils
1t is pretty hard to find answers in the
New Testament for these question. L
is not in the letter, but Of the spirit.
The bishop concluded that all thes'
questions were. really for the persons
themselves to answer We ar
to deal with general cOnse
quences and not particular pre-
cepts of the New Testament. AS Il
theatres, persons should inquire int
the character of the play and of tn
performers. Find out whether the ac
tors get divorced too often" SAT-
Bishop Andrews, "and it must be con
sidered whether the time and none
are judiciously spent"
ORDINATION SERVICES.
Ordination service, at which fourtee
young men were ordained to minis
terial orders by Bishop Andrews. wa
held in the afternoon beginning abou
2 o'clock. Presiding Elders Watt, Mar
tindale, Corkran and Baker partici
pated in the service.
DeacOns' orders were conferred upo
Omar E. Jones, Floyd E. Bloxton. I
X. Moore, John w. Jones, Harry Tay
lor, A. Howard Covey, James II. Caro-
ner, Milton Mccain and W. Erne:
Greenfield. Luther Z. Poole, Clarenc
e. Hastings, Thomas R. Vandyk
Hugh b. Kelso and George r. Ell
were ordained elders.
Preceding the ceremony Bishop Al
drews gave an explanation Of how II
ministry is constituted in the Meth'
dist church.
During the service Presiding Eide
Baker read the epistle; Presiding Eld'
Watt read the Gospel lesson, and Pr
siding Elders Corkran and Martinda
offered prayers. After the service Il
congregation sang "A Charge to Ke'
/ Have" and Rev. e. w. Casswe
preached a sermon
MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY.
The missionary anniversary W
celebrated in Epworth Church la
evening with an address On missi'
work by Rev. w. T. Smith, d. d.
T.. Sudler was chairman. In his a
dress Dr. Smith said the receipts of I
mission board for last year. as repol
ed by the treasurer, were about 81 80
000 The speaker took an optimis
view of the affairs of the world a
said he had no sympathy for pessimis
Expansion figured TO a great exte
in DR.. Smiths address. He said the 4
tion had suddenly become a wo1
power and attributed this fact to [
power of Providence. He spoke {
Enthusiastically of Admiral Dewey a
the famous battles of Manila bay a
Santiago bay, and said the Unit
States is getting in touch with
world after having lain dormant
many years.
SERVICES IN OTHER CHURCHE
The afternoon session of st. Pat
M. E. Sunday school yesterday was
pecially interesting. some of the form
pastors being present. Rev r.
Adams. DR.. l.. Z. Barrett and Rev.
l.. S. Murray delivered interesting