Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-23

sion or the mission conducted for thu | Spanish-speaksng part of the eons.S
 gation. Father Meurer was celebi ans.
 assisted by Father E. Barrat, tae as- 1 aistant pastor. and Father l.. Fabre-
 quez. who had preached at the ui,s sion during the week.
 Father Meurer estimated that at
 last Sundays services more than uass
 thousand people assisted Even the evening servlce. not withstanding the snclemency of the weather, ~as crowded at this service. >qhs papal. Blessing was given
 Rev. Father Meurer seems to mary up his people before Lent. duran.
 whieh time the solemn celebration of
 marriage is restricted in the Catn-
 ole oaurch. Within five days he has
 performed nsne marriages.
 Impressive services at the Presby-
 terian church were held Sunday as ioi-
 lows:
 In the morning the Sacrament of
 the Lords Supper was observed. and
 in spite of the weather the number
 of cemmunicants was large. Tweihs
 adults wFe received into the church, q majority of them coming by letter
 Rev. William T. Elsing df New York
 City was present and chirstened h:s
 granddaughter. h the evening Mir.
 Els.ng. who for mere than twenty
 five years has been conneetd as q
 city missionary with the Dewitt Me.
 mOrial church On Rivington street. .i.
 New York City. spoke of the bright
 side of Efe in that most densely bop ulated tenement house district nl
 which his chucFh Is located He staIec that tAere is more wealth. more yh- tue. mere charity in that district than is generally supposed. Many WeIe the interesting and amusing and in- structiye incidents he mentioned. Tue power of the Gospel to make clean. pure. godly lives finds many illusu as trations in the work there Taose who heard Mr. Elsing were glad th,n tley did not let the stormy weather keep them from the service. and rv.- sorry that the weather was not such bye i-oSpfrom.f thon ally dwalyau as would have given Mir. Elsing an opportunity to speak to moce people 1
 Rev. Mir Raiey spoke interestingly i on Stephens martyrdom from tle Nj. | E. pulpit Sunday, He said in part. |
 The -nartyrology of the Roeniail contains list of over 14VU | m l'tl's. beisies oti1ar saints clas- sified and arranged to cover all tze: ! days of the year. the most prominent i and tae earlier ones talk 'ng prece- dence. To this list is added a nu- merous company 4 saints who ~ele not martyrs. The oldest list is dated il2 \. D. In 1600 the Pope reserved the right 10 admit any more to tho list.
 There are three classes of martyrs according to t1e Roman church.
 First-T'hose of will and deed Those who were willing to be mar i tyrs and those who actually were martyrs, stephen was in this class.
 Seconj-Those who were willing but were not required to make the actual sacrifice.
 Third-Those who were not will Ing but were put to death, anyhow.
 The Christian religion is q sacrif- c'al religion. There were 1000 years 1f preparation for this feature of All through the Uiu Testament the sacrifice is made prom nent.
 Christianity was finally begun but ! perfect sacrifice was then ncces;- sary by the Son of God. The Lamb of God. the High Priest over all, the Derfect sacrifice once offered for all that His blood cleanses us from all sin might be fulfilled
 After the death of Christ the c-arrn began its evangelizatiJn Of the world going 10 all nations as Christ had commanded. Success attended the churcl rom the start. ThOusandst were converted and many were ad- ied to the church daily" but th.s sue tess cost bravery. sacrifice. heroism, faith, blood, suffering, death .n. of this the mightiest In- 5titution in the worlds history had to have the martyr spirit iD the lead,-i.,, he spirit that has always been ele- mented fin the foundations Of great .l and good enterprises. In the nineue-:. of the church's history we must confess many bloody pages, and not all inc blood put there by th,, ,1s gan or outside world, but much of It. most Of il, put there by Llc church it seE
 stephen is one of seven men ciiu- sen to assist the apostles in canduct- ing the services and the affairs of th,, church.
 stephen dad a short. brilliant career. be stepped suddenly into the cent.- Jf the stage Oa which was being the most intense drama of { he worlds history He lived his , short day. played his part adn passed ike a meteor snto the silence ana | mystery of the unknown forever. But stephen acted hss prat like a man. Ike a hero, like the Son of God him ieH. His chief characteristics pointed ( 5ut in these two chapters are as fol- ows: Full of the Holy Spirit, full v1 , Full Of grace, full of power, able to perform miracles. full oa I aith. good reputation, full of boid- : hess. a good preacher. a prepared { preacher, a man of vision. willing 10 , give up his life, willing to toe g..e [ hose who put him 10 death. Ii For US the leading lesson Is the pre- 2 1aredness of Stephen to meet the test Shen t came. He was good, edu- iated, learned in Scripture hIs,us,, l, slOquent, bold, ready to suffer any E hing if called to it.
 Frederick the Great, Prince William. ] Cromwell. Napoleon. Washington. l.y- irap, ptswey, 1were men prepares f md soon had men prepared for rnc and the test.
 Keats. Pope. Scott, Stevenson. Browning. ParkInan, Prescott. Milton. Chopin. Handell, Hen. are a few ca | he great literary and musical .,,el. .rippied. sick. blind. lsufsirers. vce 'cidly and resigneiW meeting the est when duty called fheu T.,ie