The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-08-13

| and the music was nne. Inc cllolI coiSloIeu
of Miss Sullivan, soprano; Miss Poor, con-
tralto, Mr.. c. +. White, tenor; Mr.. Z. [.
Brooks, bass Miss Faunce, organist. The
order of service was as follows;
| Organ Voluntary, Batlste
Miss Faunce
Anthem, .lubilate, Briggs
| Choir
Reading, "The Fatherland,' Lowell
| Rev. Harry LutZ
| Solo, Home. Sweet Home,
| Miss Sullivan
Responsive Reading, Psalm 10.
Gloria,
| Prayer, heV ndIIS LuGL
Response, SIN Him Contiding'' Gilbert
| Miss Pettengill
| Scripture, Isaiah p :1-12
| Rev. Harry LutZ
Solo, My Redeemer
| MIR. Brooks
| Sermon, "Our Heritage from the Past,
Rev. Harry Lutz
! ssWatchman, what of the night? The
| Waterman said the morning cometh." lsa.
| y Hip.
| Old Home Week brings US again to visit
the old homes and revel again in the men,
ories of earlier days and to
| "Review the scene
| And summon from the shadoWy past
| This occasion is not only one of delight
some memories of former days, but also one
| of deep questioning. 1t calls us to pause
i and reckon the time in our cycle OF exist
| ence 'sWhat of the night?" The soul S
questioning is answered in the depth OF its
! consciousness by lifes great watchman,
ssThe morning cometh y The present Is
| ;nLt of ba m aSt nd
! the dawn of the future. The present day
of life sums up all the past and prophecies
ali the possibilities of the future. Thus al
| the retrospectons of the past are turned
upon the pivotal point of the present mo
ment's questioning and directed to the flu
ture.
In one sense there is no past or future
They are not real, but only dreams, phan
tasns of the imagination; no yesterday nol
a Tomorrow II is all now The only rea
point Of time is the present instant, whicf
passes as we mention ii. and yet is forever
here.
! "Nothing is there to come, and nothing pas
! But an eternal now does always last,
| -Cowley
In another very real sense there is pas
and future. They are embodied IN eacf
personality From the present moment We
construct the past in memory, and the in
ture in ideals and dream-worlds that thrill
inspire and uplft In ourselves is gathered
up all the past, laid as foundatlon-oul
character-wh we are, upon which We
build the future, what we may be.
The world is better and wiser than evel
before But we are indebted to the past fol
the accumulation OF wisdom wrought out by
it's faithful souls-the work of ages. We
begin upon the summit of what they at
| tanned. Would we be worthy of this ricl
heritage from the past ? Then, we must at
tend to the present, to serve the present life
of the world and build even greater things
The hope of the world lies in what we d'
to-day that will issue with the dawnine
morning in a better tomorrow. greater
world lies Just beyond, if we create it, b.
nobility and completeness of living, fulfil
ling the divine intention, shaping the pres
ent to the loftest conceivable issues.
"Build thee more stately mansions, o m.
soul
As the swift seasons roll. q
| Leave thy loW-vaulted past.
Let each new temple, nObler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with d dome NOR
| vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's un
| resting sea.
Holmes
HYMN, "The Old and New White
Choir and congregation;
Benediction, Rev. Harry Lut
March, "Tanhauser,' Wagne
Miss Faunce.
There were no special exercises at tn
Raptist church The decorations consiste
of vases of cut flowers and the music wa
furnished by Mrs. E. P. Frost, soprano
Mrs. f. 5. Pitcher, alto, Emery F. White
tenor, f. S. Pitcher, bass, and Mrs. w.
Fletcher, organist. Rev. Irving B. Move
of South Berwick, formerly of Belfast an
for a time principal of the Upper Gramma
, School, occupied the pulpit to the pleasur
of his many friends in his old church home
Mr.. Mower took for his text Luke 4-l6 'll
came to Nazareth, where he had bee
f brought up" He prefaced his sermO
with personal "reminiscences of Old Hon
W eek and incidents pertaining thereto, an
, his sermon was Oh three topics, heredit,
environment and grace. He treated here(
itv from its natural manifestation an
scriptural prophecy; in environment h
empbasized the influence of home and pal
ents: and argued that grace was stronge
| than both 1t is the regeneratlng fore
oneratiye in human life. The discours
WAS logical and appropriate.
There was good attendance at the Metf
odist church The platform and pulp
were prettily decorated. The altar ra
was covered with white drapery with del
. cate sprays of green. A cluster OF nastul
: tiums stood at each end and vase of seal
/ | let flowers in the centre The pulpit wa
l covered with vines, and the front of tn
, organ was festooned with vines, wit
. rosettes of red and white blossoms. Th
4 sermon by the pastor, Rev. G. E. Edget
; was able and logical, and had special rel
erence to the Old Home Week. The musi