The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-12
ATTACKS CARDS
AND THEATRE.
DR. W. L. S. Murray De-
n0unCed Both at Last
Nights Meeting at
St Paul'S Church.

| Deing ana was present MIN rii on social
occasion, and approved innocent: :ple"surei
And nm nsemenlS.
"Dancing-Therc are two opinion con =
Cerning it. Some in and out of the church
who advocate itand some who condemn It,.
Some say there is no harm in 1t, it is not
so bad nS gossip and slunder 1t makes peo'
p!0 graceful and ia good exercise. Ga the
other hand it tends to evil. dos ;roys In cr-
est in sacred things, dancing people are
are wo to set 10 it? We arc in u world Of
good and evil, We are endowed with
power to choose. Wa are responsible for
our choice. How shall we decide? Take
! all he facts. Lool; at Oh lists life, his ex.
ample then ask: What would Jesus do?
| "Cards-Are approved aud condemned
in the same way as dancing. The Method
1st Church in New Yu.E sta! ted in tho
| blazing light of u pack OF cards snatCheh
from tho hands OF players by Burbara
| Heck and thrown into the fire, after which
! she exborted II local preacher from Eng-
land to proach the Gospel nr tho blood Of
| souls would he On him. He lifted his
I voice and Methodism began to take root
] here as in England. But it is quito FASH
| ionabe to play cards now, and often Is tho
ministes, nsked II it IL wrong. Why do
pspple ask me IL there Is harm In dancing
and card playing? They never ask is 1t
wong to read tho Bible or to 60 to church.
There Is no doubt here. buL In dancing
and card playing there Is doubt How
shall we settle it? Who is our example?
Let us ask: What would jesus do?
THOUGHTS OF ELIJAn HIS GoD.
"W here is the Lord God Of Fiijah:' was
the subject of Rev G. A lGri - morning
sermon at Union NJ. H. Church yesterday.
and more inspiring discourse was never
preached by the young phs.or. The text
which is found in ii King, ii II. and Is pro.
ceded by thoughts Of the man of God who
was carried to Heaven in Il churio of fire.
Mr.. Grise said the words OF his text were
pertinent to conditions of to.ay.
From every quarter of tho world comes
revelations Of Gods power which man To-
CARDS simply as natural consequences.
Had they occurred when Christ wa. on
earth they would have beon considered
miracles. The ma urul tendency uf man.
! kid is to deprive God OF all glory and to
claim it themselves and such vii! be he
case until the world receives the power of
Elijah's God. The Lord Ged of Elijah is
evo, ywliere MIR. Grise said. He Is IL prayer
answering God: God who has the pow er
to roll back back the waters of the sea and
those of sorrow which threaten to enguIf
his children; God possessed Of the power
to consume by fire the sacrifices made to
him, and a God who sends chariot to
carry his people to their eternal home.
Well may the world ask Where is tho
God OF Elijah. Tho world needs that Gau
today moro than it ever has and when it
accepts Him humanity will be uplifte ed
and Heaven will be but u step in the dis
tance.
Mr.. Griso invited all, as he always does.
to accept the God of elijah rs their God,
assuring hem that he would keep them
as He did Elijah and give them as tri-
umphant IN entry into tho Kingdom OF
God ~ had tho saints of old
Rev. W. j. Birmingham delivered an in
terssting lecture yesterday afternoon in St
Jos eph q Church His subjec WAS Ireland
in America" Among those present were
the members Of tho Ancient Order Of Hi
berians.
Father Birmingham said in part
" E'Let the shamrock be entwlnel with
the iaurels of the Revolution and hand of
Justice guiding the pen OF history lnscribe
on the tablets of America 5 remembrance,
External Gratitude 10 Irishmen."
Mark what the Loyailst galloway says
before tho House of Common. in London.
Among tho questions h8 was asked was /.
what were the troops in the service Of
the Congress composed ot?' He. replied,
Il can answer that with precision. There
were scarcely one e-toutth naiv of Ameri-
Gu, about one-ha!f Irish. tho other fourth
English aud Scotch. We need rot wonder
then at Lord Montjoy's unchallenged |
statement in tho House off Commons:
4 You have lost America through thejLr- |
ish. 'd0ihot look on the assertion rs exag- |
gerutcd when we remember that from I'll |
to l773 almost one hundred thousand Irish |
migrants landed on our shores.
"G,nl!emen. hail you to-day as loyal
sous Of the Republic and fond lovers
of Erin. love with an undying love
the Isle of Destiny her heroes ana her
history. The literature OF the age sig
niticant OF tho tendency Of its people
teach that religion and civil institutions
are hasteuing to q crisis-a crisis, let us
hope that shall behold the reign OF truth
over terror-of Justice over injustice. In
that inevitable revolution may Irsland's
wounds bo healed and the fountain Of her
tears be dried.
BAPTlSMAL FONT FOT NEW CHURCH.
At the First U nited Pre- byterian Church
yesterday morning Rev. j. j. Huston an
nounced that he had recently received a
letter from an old friend. Rev II. w.
Temple, pastor Of the First United Press
byteran Church of Washington. Pa, and
he " shed to read part Of it to the cons re-
Cation, which he proceeded to do. Tho
letter made known the fact that the in
fant class Of tho Rev Temples coagregu-
tion presented to the new congregation
in Wilmington u beautiful silver bap-
tismul font and expressed tho hope that
many infants and adults might receive
the ordinance of baptism in this congre-
CATION. The pastor after reading tho ex-
tracts from the lotter unveiled the font
it TO tho people and thcn led in
the de iicaion prayer During the even
lug service tho congregation gave hearty
vote of thanks to he donors and expressed
q hope that the lit le sivers might enjoy
many birthdays. The gift was purchased
with their birthday money.
Raw n Cornwall JannjpUa doltvara1 tha |
s1dress at he Y. NJ e. A. meeting yes
ertlay afternoon. His subject was 1.-THE
spiritual Man Is Mad
Rev. Dean William Sheafe Chase of
" Noonsocket X. l., preached in St. An.
lrews Church last evening Oh the text:
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your
Father In heaven Is perfect
Corint THAN lodge, Shield Of Honor at.
ended Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
morning.
ANOTHER ATTACK ON THEATRES.
Rev, J. W. Easley preached in Brandy
vine last night on the .ubjlct "S,ppho'
N an awakened Public " The Ext was
rom lst Coriplhian Ii chapter :3 verse
BE not deceived. evil communications
orrupt good manners" All the evils Of
life. all the corruption Of youth. all the
urscs OF he card table and wine table
omes from not observing this. In speak
IN VI oappuo Ho suiu thdb ~ was One OI |
he most wretched and viest books that
ad been ever published. aud what couA
70 expect as 1t was written by u French
nan who Ii not very particular.
81 have never road all tho book nor
lever expect to, but have glanced over
'nough Of 1t to convince me what 1t is.
Rev. Easley then spoke Of and condem-
led theatres in general. In Wilmington
70 have two theatres and people are con-
tantly flooding these dens Of vice. They !