The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-10-21
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
Right Rev. Bishop Spaulding
dictates Twice at st. James
and Administers the
Sacraments.

~ 0BaAtAtuk DiSuOp VI
the Episcopal Diocese of Salt Lake, paid
his second visit to Eureka this week,
arriving from Ely. White Pine County,
by Wednesdays stage. He held ser.
vices twice in st. James Episcopal
Church and on both occasions the edi.
flee was filed with a large congrega.
ton. The Bishops brief, lucid and
strong ~counsels left their impress on
his hearers.
On Wednesday evening there was a
prayer service and the Bishop preached
from John Ills, taking for his text
God Is Light" He defined light In
three ways, physical, intellectual and
moral. Life, he said. was light, truth
and power, therefore GOD is the source
Of our life. our truth aud our righteous
ness. He pictured the past and present
by referring to the time the people gave
to God in religious worship. He said
it was the custom in years gone by for
our ancestors to dutifully attend a three
hours service and listen to a long ser.
mon. go home and rest awhile aud re-
turn to church for another service,
but nowadays many people said they
had no time for church, or gave the
briefest time to God and prayer. This
condition of affairs he deplored and ut.
tributed it to the mad rush after ma.
terial things. losing sight of the spirit.
ual. The commercial, professional and
Office man and the minister who did his
work briefly and to the point was up-to-
date. and consequently the popular man,
the man people wanted to do business
with. In harmony with his opinions
the Bishop read short texts from the
Bible and his lessons were brief and
pithy. The Bishop addressed the
candidates for Confirmation and empha-
sized the honor they ought to feel in be.
coming members of the Christian
Church, the noblest of all the societies
in the world to-day, and he exhorted
them to live up to the teachings of
Christ. In conclusion, he spoke of the
family who lost their home by fire last
Saturday and invited the congregation
to join him in prayer asking God to
succor and strengthen them in their
trials.
At the end of the services Confirma-
ton was administered to the following :
Mrs. A. Fletcher, Mrs. II. q. Bremen
kampf. Mabel Spinner. Irene Mendes Of
Duckwater. Nye County; Stella Reid,
Grace Yost, Ben Regli, Tom Leighton,
all Of Eureka.
On Thursday evening the following
children were baptized by the Rev.
Bishop: William Russell Anderson,
Harold Andrew Anderson, Alfred
Dewey Anderson, ali of Prospect;
Gladys Caroline Cicala, Abram Laird,
Mary Jane Collins Laird, Wendell Ma
lone Porter, Frank Tippie Jones Porter.
Herman Bremenkampf, all Of Eureka.
After the baptisms there was Com
munion Service and a sermon by the
Bishop, who took for his subject the
TRANSPORTATION of Christ"
The divinity of Jesus, he said, was
shown not in the fact that he was trans.
figured ON the mountain top. but that he
refused to listen to the suggestion Of
Peter to stay up on the mountain where
all was peace and quiet. and after
a time in communion with Moses and
Elias he went down again into the
plains to labor and consented to suffer
and die. So, too. should all followers
of Christ transfigure themselves on the
spiritual mount and after communion
with God 60 down again into the plains
armed with a love of justice and a
strength to be brave and devoted IN the
performance of all our duties, both civic
and religious. as true soldiers of Jesus
Christ.
Bishop SpAlding left Eureka by FRI
days train for Austin. Lander County.
aud will hold services there on Sunday.
He will then visit Elko and return to
SaIt Iaka Citv