The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
DIR. long At CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Or. \. \. Long, the New Pastor Of tho
Christian Church, Ireachc, His
First SeTTnon-A Strong 0:s-
courSe--He Talks ..boat
Practical Things.

Rev Daniel Albright Long, ID. D.,
the newly elected pastor of the CHRIS
tian church OF this city, preached his
first sermon on Sunday morning to a
.arge and apprec. ative congregation.
The church here is to be congratulate
ed upon securing the services of Dr..
org, who IS one of the strongest
preachers in North Carolina. In all
the State there is possibly no minister
OF the Christ an church more suited to
the work here than DR. Long. Al
though a native of North Carolina. he
has spent many years of his life out
CT the State. For a number of years
he was the president of Antioch Col
lege in Ohio, and a prominent educa
ter in that State res. gning .@hiel: %.
sition he erturned to his native STATE,
settling at his old home near Graham
and entering again actively into the
m nistry. Owing to sickness in D..
Longs family he will not be able to
move to Raleigh for several weeks.
He will be present, however, every
Sunday, preaching both morning and
evening, and probably spending Il part
of each week in the city among the
members of his congregation. lie
preached two strong sermons on Sun
cay, peraching both times from Fret
Corinthians, 1871 For the fashion
Of this world p1aseth away Or.
Long began his discourse by referrins
to familiar incidents in thl de- clop-
ment of our own States history and
OF how great changes have been
wrought in our way of doing things.
He spoke of the recent inauguration
of our new go. err or and of the ;u|Cn-
ing OF new Legislature. ana OF how
the administration Of today differs
from that Of years ago. He referred
- the nations of ancient history, re-
calling especially certain facts con-
nected with the downfall Of ancient
Greece and Rome. Here he quaIed ms
second text, found in the Psalms:
1.-THE Lord God omnipotent reigaeth.'
He laid special stress throughout his
discourse upon the fact that in til ?
history of the ancien. nations OF earth
the period of downfall dated invar3 b.
" from the time when they fore OF
God and lost cefard for the sabbath.
He discussed he weak points in the
governments OF many OF the leading
rations Of today, speaking especially
Of France, Gel many, itusS.A Ia::an
and the republics of South America
He showed how lliteracy ard idolatry
had led to the insurrection and rev.
Citations of the past, Speaking OF Gor-
eminent and laW-TallinS, he referred
again to our present Legislature now
y session. saying in this connectiG:
"SVe cannot always depend upon orr
Lawmakers, they ara not always good
Inen. If all the bills which are pre-
scented should become laws the gov
ernmcnt of our State ard nation would
soon be wrecked. The chief business
OF our lawmakers is not So much GO
make laws. as to prevent bills from
becoming laws-the fewer the laws the
cfrOuonr The government.
The climax of Or longs sermon
was reached in his evening discourse
which was but a conti1uanc" OF tie
thought of the morning He grew
eloquent and profoundly Impressive as
no spoke in closing Of tho govern
ment OF the family and Of the home
life as being the basis OF all govern
plent-national and otherwise.