The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-04
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
Watch Night.

t'lN'' biII bllV 81 Nltt was luJtiF SllnA
throughout. The programme was as
follows:
$3.50 r. m.-Trvocation.
Hymn-"All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name"
Scripture reading Prayer.
Music.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
The Nineteenth Century Secular
w A. smith, Phi. d.
Remarks Hymn. Music.
The Nineteenth Century. Religious.
Hon. l. p. Padgctt.
Remarks. HYMN.
Poem-John Trotwood Moore.
Music.
LOOKING FORWARD.
The Twentieth Century.-Secular.-
w b Gordon
Remarks. Hymn. Music.
The Twentieth Century, keligious.-
G g. Hughes
Remarks. Hymn. Music.
DEVOTIONAL.
Remarks PRAYERS HYMNS.
Il o'cIock-Bowing OF head in silent
PRAYER
Hymn OF Conservation. Doxology.
Benediction
New Year Greetings.
The addresses were both entertaining
and instructive. touching, as they did,
upon the progress made teligiousy, edu-
cationally and otherwise during the past
century, and looking forward to the
hidden path of the future. Inter' sting
remarks appropriate to the occasion
were made by Revs. w A. Provine, A.
p. McFerrin. +. B Webb, j. Fl.
| III nol Dolyo, Too oo1 NJ
Fl. p. Figuers.
One of the features of the programme
was the original poem written by John
| TrotVood Moore, and iead 10y Rev. j. II
Thompson, who amusingly remarked
that, the author not being present to
render the poem, he would trend" it
! himself.
The text for Rev. w. r. PEBBLES SER
mon at the First Methodist church Sun
dav morning was from James 1:27-
'Pure religion and undefed before God
and the Father is this To visit the
father less and widows in their Attic
ton, and to keep himself unspotted from
the world" His discourse was full of
practical thoughts and apt illust atoms,
and portrayed forcibly what common,
everyday religion is, according to Gods
standard. 1t is not a perfunctory at
tendance upon worship, but the alb.
staining from things that are wrong and
the doing of things that are right. If it
were possible to condense so much in
few wo' DIS, the substance of his sermon
might be found in the following:
THAT man may last. but never Hpes,
Who much receives but nothing gives;
Whom nCne can love, whom none can
thank
Creations blot, creations blank"
The congregation, as they left the
church, were very enthusiastic in their
expressions of appreciation of the SER
mon.
Elder j. G. McQuiddy, of the Gospel
Advocate. Nashville, preached to a
large sized congregation in the Christian
church Sunday. His sermon was
interesting and Instructive He also
occupied the pulpit at the night service,
but owing to small attendance, caused
by inclemency of weather, did not preach
a sermon but gave his hearers short
and pointed talk which was much en-
joyed. Elder McQuiddy was pastor of
this church sixteen years ago. and his
old friends were G ad to meet him.
The scene was indeed an impressive
one when, at the hour of midnight, the
congregation bowed their heads in silent
prayer, and the various church bells of
the city began to ring out the old and
ring in the new" Clear and mellow the
tones echoed and re. echoed from the
belfries, filling the midnight air with
their reverberatiOns: and then the
doxology was sung, the benediction pro.
nounced, New Year greetings were ex-
pressed, and the congregation dispersed
to begin upon new century.
Some months ago Superintendent w.
F. Tucker of the Christian Sunday
school, offered prize to the one who
would repeat from memory on the last
Sunday in the year all of the subjects
and golden texts of the lessons during
the past year This was done Sunday
by Miss Dena Scotch, aged II, and Miss
Aline Ledbetter, aged IL, of Mrs. T. l..
Cunningham class, and also by Mrs.
f. Yoest and Mr.. } 0 Scotch.
Mr.. John Padgctt preached in the
South Columbia Methodist church Sun
; day morning, and at the night service
the pulpit was occupied by Kew. a. Il.
McFerrin, who delivered quite forcible
, and interesting sermon
Mr.. Lee Accepts.
, At a meeting of the Vestry Of st.
> Peter church last night, Rev. Baker p.
Lee announced his acceptance OF the
call to the Deanship Of Christ Church
Cathedral at Lexington, Ky. Mr.. Lee
visited Lexington last week add was
r well pleased with the people of that
place and the work that is TO be done
there. He will leave Columbia the lat
ter part of January for his new field of
labor.
: The Vestry of St. Peters have not yet
decided whom they will call 10 take Mr..
Lees place. 1t will indeed be hard for
them to find one quite so acceptable.
The heater in the First Presbyterian
church has been fixed, and services will
be conducted at the regular hours next
; Sunday. Communion serrices in the
morning at IL o'clock.