The Washington times., 1901-10-07
THE INSPIRATION OF HOPE.
With Faith in God. Says Dr. Turner,
the Darkness of Despair Ends.

the DETssuPss OF Despair
After an absence of several months from
this country on visit to his old home in
Kent, England. the Rev. Dr. w. r. Turner
rector of the Church of St. Michaeis and
All Angels. corner Twenty-second Street
and Virginia Avenue. preached yesterday
morning the first sermon since his re
turn. and was greeted by large congre-
CATION. The Rev. DIR. Turner said that 1t
gave him the greatest qualification to greet
his friends again at yesterdays ; service
During his travels abroad he visited many
ancient and venerable places of worship,
places which We're probably older than
this country, he said, but though Eng
land was his home he never felt while
in that country that he was among such
good friends as when with the members
of his church and his other friends in
this city.
The Rev. Dr. Turner's sermon was
founded on the text st. Matthew iv;22
and treated OF the miracle of Christ walk
ing upon the waters. in the course of his
sermon the speaker said
Many circumstances of this miracle re-
mind US of one which is very similar to
it, which is that of Christ stiiling the
tempest But in the first instance their
case he is absent and the disciples real
lied that they were in direst straits. In
the first miracle they were in the dark
ness and the voyage was made by night
In this case the ship is in the midst of i
tempestuous sea. The disciples were row.
ing and toiling ah'ut their unmanageable
craft. and they did not recognize their
best friend when Christ appeared TO them.
But Christ constrained them to start out
on this journey and he had not forgotten
them. He had his own point in view; he
had not forsaken his disciples and in due
season he appeared on the scene
I'm this sad affiiction we do not stand
alone; the whole world mourns with US.
W hile in England | stood in houses of
worship where. with the dignifed and
heartfelt prayers of the English Church,
consolation and comfort and sympathy
We're offered for us in our afiiiction. They
played the death march of Saul and the
death march of Chopin. The first in men,
ory of the Empress Dowager of Germany.
the latter in memory of the President Of
the United States. The sorrow in Eng
land was just as real and manifest upon
the death of our beloved President as 1t
was at the departure Of enc Of her own
reigning daughters. The sorrow was deep
and real and the sympathy was genuine.
This, however, was only a return for the
deep sympathy which the American peo-
pie signified when the beloved Queen Of
England died.
4 see Christ walking on the waters.
These are the times when We need God.
If it brings the nations Nearer, My God
TO Thee, and the nations nearer to each
other, we shall glory ia the tempest OF
the sea, as it is for the glory of God.
our extremity is Gods opportunity
After the sermon the Holy Communion
was celebrated and nearly the whole
congregation took part During the vaca-
tion absen nee of the rector the church has
been considerably improved, and new
steam heating apparatus Installed. The
fund to pay for this Improvement has
been paid up or subscribed, so that the
parish will not have To assume any in
debtedness. The parish is now more fully
equipped than ever for carrying on the
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