The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-21

before large audience at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday evening.
The pastor found his text in the
Tenth verse of the Fourth chapter of
Nehemiah, "hnd Judah said, the
strength of the bearers of burdens
Is decaycd and there is much rub
bish; SO that we are not able to
build the wall" The pastor fol
lowed the text theme, There is
Much Rubbish. "
Rev. Rourke named the factors
that tend towards a condition of
paralyzed activity. He said that in
order to clean up and dispose of the
rubbish. we must drive out the sub
jective or internal evils which are
infrmity indifference and Indulgence.
On the other hand. there 4, the OBJ
jective or external to guard. and un-
der that head comes, environment
lenticement and enslavement.
At the morning service, Rev. Dr..
Rourke preached on the theme.
Something For Everybody" He
found his text in St. Luke. CPS:
Woe unto you when all men shall
speak well for you for SO did their
fathers to the false prophets" The
pastor followed the line of thought
that popularity isn't always the med
ium for placing an estimate upon
character. He denounced the person
who babbles, pronounciug him as us
ually a vulgar and uncouth man q.
Rev. Rourke said that many men
have been popular for their mean
ness, naming several ancient kings
and rulers as examples.
The second quarterly conference of
Wesley M. e. Church, was held Sat
urday night and was well attended.
The meeting was in charge of Rev.
j. II. Fitzwater, of Delaware, pre-
siding elder of the district The
regular business of the quarter was
attended to, and the reports showed
the church in excellent condition.
Yesterday morning at the regular
services, Rev. Dr.. Fitzwater conduct
ed the quarterly communion services
and followed with a practical SER
mon on christian Life" The speak
er told the congregation that the
Christian should not only lead n
etralghtforward honest life. but must
worship God in his daily life. He
also said that the Christian must not
he content with making his own life
perfect hut that he must bring 9th.
ers TO Christ.
Rev. Dr.. Fii2water will on
Wednesday resign as presiding elder
of the Delaware district confercnco
10 accept "A more Responsible posi-
ton in the mission department of
the church lie will he succeeded by
Rev. William McBrackney, of
Marysville, Rev. l.. A. Hartford. OF
Forest. will succeed to the charge at
Marysvile and Rev. r. T.. Carter
of North Lewisburg, will assume
charge Of the church at Forest. Rev.
Carter was formerly pastor of the
Wesley NJ. II. Church. A preacher
from the Kentucky conference will
be selected to succeed Rev. Carter.
In the evening an old fashioned
love feast and testimonial meeting
was held and Rev. G.. T.. Rowley,
the pastor, preached an excellent ser
mon.
Revivals are continuing successful
| ly at Wesley NJ. T.. Church and l30
converts have been brought to the
altar, Tonight. Rev. C. Il. Rowley.
pastor will he the speaker, and an
interesting session will be held To
morrow night, Rev, D. II. Bailey, of
Epworth church. will deliver an ad-
dress.
The meetings are said to be the
most successful ever conducted at
the church and large congregations
are in attendance nightly.
The attendance was large at he
regular afternoon mems meeting at
the Y. M. C. A. Sunday and a very
anu iHiClSSllllS lltcllUS
resulted. Secretary j. H. Oatey act
ed as chairman of the meeting, which
was called to order at 3 O'Clock. A
pleasing vocal solo was rendered by
Harvey S. Martin the accompaniment
being played by Prof. Frederic Berry
man.
Rev. Byron C Piatt delivered the
third of his series of lectures to
young men on "Life's Problems. -
His theme yesterday was "The
Young Man and the City" He said
that one of the most striking hap
penings of the present day Is the
massing of the population in the
cities. He accounted for this by nam
ing the modern inventions, such as
the railroad, steamboat, etc., also the
natural tendencies OF the people to
closely associate themselves together.
The speaker referred to the stren-
ous life Of the city and spoke of