Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-20
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES.
Fine Weather Brought Out La'ge
Congregations - Sermons
BY The Several
Pastors.

Rooms. preached Sunday night from
gt Marks Gospel, 3-2s. 30, taking
| for his subject 1.-THE objectionable
| Sin. = The preacher said in part
THE objectionable sin must not be
| confused with other sins, which,
when INDUCED in persistently, lead 60
fatal results. Violation of any one
/ Of the Laws Of the DecaIogue will
| bring a soul 10 hell if continued 70
the end, but any such violation may
i be forgiven, if forgiveness IS sought
i in time According 10 Christ the IN
pardonable sin is attributing his bless
| ed doing of good TO evil purposes
/ and mower. And the scribes which
/ came down from Jerusalem said; he
| hath Reelzebub. and iby the. prince OF
| the devils he casteth out devils But
| he that shall blaspheme against the
HOLY Ghost hath never forgiveness,
/ bur is in danger of eternal damna-
| ton. Because they said He hath
/ an unelean spirit. !"
| 1.-The scribes were so given over 10
/ sin as to be unable or unwilling TO
/ believe that Christ could be doing
| good with a good motive. They had
| sunk so low in hyprocraey as to think
that the best life, the Christ life, was
but the highest refinement OF hypoc-
racy. Their blasphemy of the Sa-
yior's blessed program was the final
condemnation of their own souls.
| The sin against the Holy Ghost is I'M
pardonable. because it is spiritual
| self destruction. The blasphemy of
which these unspeakable scribes were
guilty was not a mere sin OF the
moment,a mere rash uttarance spring
| ing to the lips without deliberate FORE
| thought. 1t was the expression Of a
hopeless condition of soul.
They had destroyed the highest
| functions of their spirits. This is why
such an attitude toward Jesus is call
ed the sin against the Holy Ghost.
The Divine Spirit works for the sal
vGtion of man through those functions
which the spiritual suicide destroys.
The unforgivable soul is so morally
color blind that he rushes past every
danger signal that the Merciful God
has erected on the broad road OF sin
to sure destruction This afwul sin
has it's beginning in a spirit OF self
satisfaction that refuses TO see the
need of repentance and eliminates IN
declaring its wholly corrupt possessor
no worse than God himself The man
who repeTts of his sin, whether it be
small or great, and walks humhly. be-
fore his God, cannot commit the I'M
pardonable sin. F"
MARYLAND AVE NJ. f. CHURCH.
Rev. G. Herbert Richardson, presid-
ing Elder of the Baltimore district,
preached at the Maryland Avenue Nj.
L. Church Sunday evening. lie took
for his text John, nth chapter, 10th,
| 10th and nth verses eff We believe
| in Me, keep My commandments, and /
will pray the Father and He will send
another comforter He said in part !:
1.-The promise of a comforter is to
/ the children of God. To those that
love Him and keep His com mand-
ments. This is one of the many prom
Uses that God has made to us who seek
TO be like Him. All of these promises
blend like the colors of a rainbow into
one glorious halo. There are three
things noticeable in this promise.
First-Chfist is TO ask these things
for us. He is TO be our advocate.
Second-.-He viii give the Holy Ghost
to comfort us.
"Oftentimes when we feel down
cast and the mountain of sins that
we have committed in the past comes
up before us and almost overwhelms
us, then it is that the Holy Ghost
comes and restores our peace by say
ing that all of these are under the
blood. We should be dependent upon
the Holy Ghost now and forever.
Never will the time come when we
shall be independent of God. Another
name for the Holy Ghost is The
Spirit of Truth. This Spirit makes
us like unto our Father. The object
of Christians life should be to grow
like his Father, and to do His will,
even as Jesus did the will of His
Father which is in Heaven.
1--WE should think of our life as the
continuing of the work commenced by
Christ The Savior's work was not
finished when He was crueified. 1t
was only begun and now it is still
going on
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Rev. George S. Bell, preached
morning and evening at the Presby
terian Church on Sunday. His morn
ing text was from Matthew's Gospel,
old: "Ye are the light of the world
"A city that is set on a hill
cannot be hid" He compared the
church of Christ TO these cities set
upon hill. The buildings were all
OF White material ana could De seen
far away; the church of the Lord
Jesus Christ is an aluminium body and
reflects His life and character. This
is what His disciples tried TO impress
upon the people, and His ministers
are teaching the same doctrine today
Christ, he said, is the only perfect
one-He stands traDscendently above
all. He is the great sunbeam of the
world that sheddeth light to all
around. The world has advanced in
science, literature and art, but the
teachings of Christ are the same yes
terday, today and forever. At night
he preached from Luke's Gospel. 1912
and 19-10-taking for his subject
Physical and Spiritual Blindness, =
in which he showed what believing
faith did for the Pharisee and Pub