The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02


Finances
Amount of money raised by
parish in twenty-five years $2S0,5S9 80
Parish Improvements Since 1875
In 1S78-Payment of church debt.
In 1SS0-Building and furnishing Par
ish Hail.
In 1SS2-Twelve memorial windows
placed in church.
In 1SS6-Purchase of the rectory.
In 1SS9-Building and furnishing of
St. Pauls Church.
In 1S92-Church furnished with can
delabra, electric lights and carpet.
In 1S97-Purchase of new organ.
Programme of Services.
The programme of the morning serv-
ice consisted of:
Professional, hymn No. $40, Rejoice,
Ye Pure in Heart" CA. H. Messiter).
Kyrie Eleison in A Flat (Chant 1873
(Mendelssohn).
Gloria Tibi in A Flat (Chant 1922
(Anon).
Nicene Creed.
Announcements.
Hymn No. 472. 80 Come. Loud An
thems Let Us Sing" &C. Burney).
Sermon by the rector.
Ofertory.
Anthem Incline Thine Ear to Me"
Of. H. HimneD.
At the presentation of aims: "Dox-
ology' with Amen (Rev. E. V. HaID
Sursum Corda in E, SanctuS in E
(Chant 1881 q. Camidge).
Communion Hymn No. 225, Bread Of
the World q. S. B. Hodges.
Gloria in Excelsis in G (Chant 204)
Gold Chant.
Benedction.
The Sevenfo1d Amen, (Sir John Stain
cry.
Recessional, Hymn No. AGO. GLORIOUS
Things of Thee Are Spoken" (F. J..
Haydn).
''Messe Solennelle" (Gounod).
Mr.. Strong took as the text of his
sermon l Cor, IL. 1-5, And 1, breth-
rem, when came to you, came not with
eXcellency of speech or of wisdom, de-
claring unto you the testimony of God.
For / determined not to know any,
thing among you, save Jesus Christ
and him crucified.
And | was with you in weakness and
in fear. and in much trembling
And my speech and my preaching
was not with enticing words of mans
wisdom. but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power:
That your faith should not stand in
the wisdom of men, but in the power
of God"
Anniversary Sermon.
Mr.. Strong began his sermon bv
saying that everything in life that is
worth doing must be the result of
some great inspiration; that there is
vast difference between mechanical
work and inspired work This propo-
sition he elaborated and explained bv
citing examples from painting and
| literature, and said that the same
truth applied to religious work. which
| ought to be marked by the greatest
! inspiration.
Where is this inspiration" he ask
! ed. 1T is not in the church
for the highest function given to the
! church was simply to be a witness.
! nor is the inspiration in ideas or creed
! it must come from the heart of man -
Mr. Strong said he regretted the kind
! OF theological knowledge that the
universities fit men with and an
| nounced that the kind of God that is
taught in the Gospel and the God that
he should preach in his sermon were
entirely different from the God that
he had been taught to think of when
he left his university.
Some of the differences of the belief
he had been taught and that he now
/ hpihS AiN tADiallltus ana SdlQ ne had
been for years solving the puzzles OF
the questions that had presented
themselves 70 his mind while study
ing the former belief. and that had he
not solved this question to his salts
faction, he would not be prea ching the
! Gospel of Jesus Christ to-day.
The speaker told of how he had re-
ceived the telegram notifying him Of
his selection for the rectorship
] OF 81 Johns Church then SOFA
Il came not unto you, as 81 PAM
\ says, with eXcellency OF speech and of
wisdom, but l determined / would
7 know among you one topic. one great
/ force the love, beauty and grandeur
1 OF God In his suffering for men. A
/ conception Of a God as he Is Interpret
/ ed IN the life, sufferings and death Of
Jesus Christ A. g. Paul / rejoice
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