Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-08-08
FIRST SUNDAY IN THE MONTH
Good Attendance at The Churches
Some Pastors Say Farewell
Strangers Fiji Some
Pulpits.

Yesterday was the first Sunday in
| the month. and although very warm
| day, the maximum temperature regis
| tering 81 degrees and the humidity was
| oppressive, there was q good attend
ance at most of the churches. Some
OF the pastors said goodbye to their
congregations for the summer, and in
| the pulpits of some churches where
| the pastor had already taken his yaca-
tion, stranger preached.
FIRST N. z. CHURCH.
At the First NJ. E. Church both
morning and evening the Rev. Liston
Pearce. editor and business manager
of the Baltimore Methodist. preached.
| DIR. Pearce was once an army chaplain,
and has had wide experience among
men and countries. At one time he
| was Presiding Elder. He has travel
| ed extensively in his own country and
| in Europe He is an interesting talk
er. In the evening DIR. Pearce preach
ed on the theme And the Mountains
Shall Break Forth Into JOY" 1t was
a very poetic subject, which the
minister treated poeIically in part and
| in part practically. He said the great
mountains of the world that tower
| thousands of feet toward the heavens
declare the glory of God and show his
handiwork. They burst forth into joy
and teach man wonderful lesson of
l Gods infinite greatness as the Creator
of all things and when he beholds
| these mighty mountains the work of
| Gods hand, what indeed sis man that
| thou art mindful of Him, or the Son
of Man that thou visitist Him. = The
sermon was very beautiful in thought
and language and contained many
practicl lessons.
ST ANNE S CHURCH.
At st. Anne's Church Yesterday there
were large congregations to all the
services. The rector, the Rev. Joseph
p. McComas, preached in the morning
a sermon appropriate to the Transfgu-
ration of Our Lord. This is festival
instituted by the Greek Christians
| in 700. Is commentaries the Trans
| figuration of Christ in the presence of
three disciples on Mount Tabor
The sermon was full of practical
| thoughts. The new oragnist, Mr.. g.
Thomas Williams, presided at the or
gan at st. Anne's yesterday for the
| first time since his appointment.
MARYLAND AVENUE NJ. E. CHURCH.
Last evening the Rev. Mr.. Hammers
| ley, pastor of Eastport M. e. Church,
preached at Maryland Avenue Church
His text was from the 116th Psalm,
what shall render unto the Lord. =
He said in part:
1.-THE Lord had been good to the
Children of Israel He had taken
them from bondage and given them
the promised land. In many ways He
showed His love and mercy towards
them. Now the Psalmist was asking
what he should do in return. He had
sinned. 1t is an awful thing to com
nit SIM To break the law of Him
who is continually showering his bless
ings ON u.s. We have laws which are
severe and punishments which are Sc
we're. We know what thing it is to
break human laws and the awful pun
ishment afterward. But how much
greater wrong is it to break the COM
mandment of Him who has created
and taken care of us? Suppose that
our human father should give us every
thing that he thought good for us, and
then we should go contrary to his
wishes and cause him sorrow. We
would censure anybody for doing this.
Bat few have one even better than a
father or mother. David said when
my father and my mother forsake me
then will the Lord take me up. So
If we would do so much for our earth
Iy parents, who loves us so much, we
should do great deal more for the
one who love us so much more. The
one who loves us no matter how deep
we go in sin. The one who. its always
willing to forgive. Then what should
we render unto the Lord? We should
give Him our best service. Come out
from amongst sinners and cleaye to
that which is good. We should not
wink on the sins of our companions
for fear of losing friendship. We
should have no friendship with sin.
Righteousness and sin cannot go hand
in hand. There must be no compro-
mise. We should show the world that
we are Gods children, that we are
doing our best to further His king
dom. Lead others to Him and let
them know that he is willing and
ready to forgive wanderers. Don't
censure backsliders. Go to their help
and forgive seventy times seventy if
necessary.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Rev. George S. Bell, pastor,
preached his last sermon yesterday
before his vacation. The day was
close and sultry, but Notwithstanding
the attendance at both services was
good. In the morning he preached
from Hebrews, 18th chapter and the
latter part of the second verse "Who
for the joy that was set before him,
endured the cross, despised thelshame,
and is set down at the right hand of
the throne of God. " The preacher
said in part:
Life is q race in this age of hurry
and worry when people are not taking
time to.consider the joys of religion.
The Apostle reminds Us that the sins
that cleave to us and the membranes
must be laid aside, and we must look
to Christ, who endured all things for
our sake, that we might enjoy the
blessed reward that awaits them who
endure to the end. 1t does not take
a scholar to see that we have lost the
loys that religion brings to Us. How
often does it appear that il we follow
the incIinations of our hearts we
would stay away from church. Time
was when we would give up any pleas
ure for an hour of worship with God.
Now we look upon it as q burden
and robbing us OF part of our worldly
L .>fo.--wa Thoro II tho caTno old sin