The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-06
SERVICES In
OPERA HOUSE.
Twenty Converted. Other
Church News.

| Ferdinand Shivera spoke at tn
Opera House yesterday under th'
auspices of the Y. NJ. {. A., and dur
ing the services twenty men profess
ed conversion, The meeting wa!
the most remarkab Bile ever held in thu:
CITY,, Mr.. Slnvera was very strong
in his address and seemed to have {
way Of reaching his audience thai
was surprising. The attendance yes.
terdav afternoon was large, between
900 and 1000 people being present,
The stage was occupied by the chol
and number of prominent church
workers. In addition there were sew.
eral ministers present. The services
opened with prayer and several hymns
after which Mr. Shivera spoke OIL
"True Manhood. - lie told In his
plain and unetfected way. what many
young men mistakenly considered te
be manhood. True manhood cons sts
in beingable to say no to things " hicl
are wrong and yes to things which
are right There is no true man.
hood without principle and no princi-
| pie unless there is character. lie
dwelt upon the necessity for good
| character.
The speaker told Of his own coll.
version by Mccoy, the great eyange-
list, and told mauv stories Of eyange-
liStc work among the various classes.
He told bis audience that they must
ask Code hel aud assistance If they
would live the lives they should, and
at the conclusion Of his address there
were more HYMNS and, prayers. In
IL short time number Of men had
walked to the front Of the hall for
prayers and after more hymns and
prayers about twenty OF them pro-
fessed conversion. II is not believed
that sight Of the kind was ever
seen in the large theatre before and
those who were interested in the
services were delighted with their
success,
Yesterday morning Mr.. Shivetea
preached sermon in Rodney Street
Presbyterian Church. The attend.
ance was large and the sermon was
listened to with attention. The
speaker outlined his plans of work.
In the evening he preached in Olivet
Presby terian Church where another
interesting meeting was held. A
large congregation was present and
was much interested in the sermon
and services. lie will continue to
preach In Oliyet Church each evening
this week and during the noon hour
will speak to the men at he works Of
the Pusey and Jones Company.
So successful was the meeting in
the Opera House yesterday afternoon
that the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION at once secured the promise
OF MIR. Shiyerea to preach IN the same
building on next Sunday afternoon
at tle~same hour.
AT ST. MICAAEL'S.
Tie services at st. Michaeis Church
Chestnut and Adams streets, ycster
day were we'll attended and the new
rector, Rev. William Doane Manross,
feels much encouraged. In his morn.
ing discourse the rector spoke of the
duties members owed the church. lie
had found in his experience in drnm-
ming up people as mission worker,
that persons really presented trivial
excuses for their non attendance at
worship. Some thought a church
"too high" and they could not 60
while others thought it "too low. -
In certain diocese he knew of two
large and innucntia! churches that
they had refused to contribute to
m issions because they did not like
something about the Bishop. All Of
this is wrong, said the preacher. The
clergy are merely representatives Of
Christ on earth.
SERVICES AT FARNHURsT.
ST. Andrews Chapter of the
brotherhood OF ST. Andrew, con-
Quoted services at the county hos.
pital at Farnhurst Yesterday after
noon. Director T.. b. Coy was in
charge. Edwin Palmer was the
organist, and kev. HuberlW Wells
rector Of st. Andrew 8, made the
address. The service was formerly
in charge of Calvary Chapter. but
it also gave monthly services at
Minquadale Home, and the work at
Farnhurst was turned over to st.
Andrews. There was a good'y at.
tendance Of the inmates. Familiar
hymns were sung and chapter OF
the Holy Writ wasread. Mr.. Wells
based his sermon on the "Thoug hi
of st. Paul" as set forth in the
chapter, namely, that all things
else may pass away. but faith, hope
and charity, or love, will abide aud
that the foundation of the matter
is friendship with Jesus Christ.
MISSION AT ST. PETERS.
Under the most favor a BILE auspi-
ces the Italian mission opened ;n
st. Peters Church yesterday MORN
ing IN charge OF the Rev. Umbcrto
Rocch, priest of the congrega-
ton Of missions. The largest nun.
ber Of Italians which have ever
been gathered tog ether in one
church in this city we're there aud
entered into the services with zeal.
A high mass was sung and ser
mon preached. There were famll-
les from Wooddale, Bellevue, Kent
mere and other outlaying districts.
who walked all the way to the
church and al. the way back again
tor both the morning and evening
services.
At the late mass Vlcar-General
John A. Lyons announced that dur
inp the week there would he no