Evening journal., 1901-10-28
Joseph g. Darlington s. Co.
lI26, ll2S Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
NOTES OF THE CHURCHES.

LIN First Unitarian Church last
night, the Rev. A. II. Bowser repeated
by request the sermon he preached on
the morning of Sunday. October 13.
His theme WAS THE Heart of Relig-
ion" and was taken from the text
Father II thou be willing, remove
this cup from me; nevertheless not my
will but Thine, he done. Luke xii
AZ"
In part he said: The heart Of religion
Is prayer, and the essence OF prayer is
the consciousness of Gods presence
faith in his ability to hear and answer
us when we call upon Him. and sub
mission to His will. Hence any thought
or emotion. or aspiration that makes
the presence of God real TO us, filling
mind and heanl with feelings of trust,
devotion. self-surrender. is prayer. We
believe in prayer because we believe in
God and have confidence in the Divine
love and care. But saying prayers Is
not always praying. for
Prayer is the souls sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed:
The motion of a hidden fire.
That trembles in the breast"
The Rev Frank ID. Gamewell. d.
d.. one Of the heroes of the siege of
Pekin. made addresses in Grace Church
Yesterday morning and last evening.
He is the missionary who was formally
thanked by the English. German and
American Governments for saving the
besieged in Pekin during the Boxer
uprising. His story was an interesting
one, simply and mOdestly told. He
says that the good work Of the mis-
sionaries there has not been undone by
the Boxers.
4 Marion Lawrence. of Illinois. gen.
eral secretary of the International
Sunday School Association, is making
a series of addresses in this State. Or
Saturday evening he spoke In st
II DashF'-FFF alsozFestI shrdl hrd 4
lPaul's NJ. E. Church. where a reception
was given in his honor; yesterday az
ternoon he made an address in Wes
Presbyterian Church and another las
might in Delaware Avenue BaptisN
Church. He made speech before tn,
Wilmington NJ. e. Preachers Associa
ton this morning.
..At the Y. NJ c. A. Gospel meetin,
yesterday afternoon the address wa'
made by the Rev. Aloysius Green, o
Newport. whose subject was "Charac
ter. the Basis Of Manhood"
80. Grace Cleaners met in the home o
Mrs. Washington Hastings. No. 11Ol
, Delaware Avenue. and prepared
. Christmas box for shipment to Japan.
/ In First Presbyterian sunda
school the annual rally was held yes
I terday afternoon. when an interestin
musical and literary program wa
. given. The Rev Thomas II. TaggaT
4 preached in the church last night.
/ MANY Methodists Joined in cel5
I brating the 121st anniversary of Bar
= rats Chapel. near Frederica, yesterda
afternoon. The Rev B. r. Warren, {
a the Union NJ. T.. Church. New Yor
!, city. preached the sermon from the ol
: Latin Bible from which he had preach
ed his first sermon in the chapel whe
16 years of age.
. The old place Of worship, despite II
ravages Of time. is in a fine state
q preservation. In the interior but fe
II changes have been made, and the
r, principally to preserve the structur
y Until within about fifty years the foo
Il was simply the ground, but fioorir
has been added. The walls, also ha,
been improved.
n Il was in this building. on Novemb,
. IA. 1884. at quarterly conferenc
~ when Bishop Thomas Coke met Frai
els Asbury. who became the fir
American Methodist bishop. The ben,
upon which they sat during the col