The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-28
10Th ANNIVERSARY
or TRINITY CHURCH
Splendid Addresses and In
spring Music Commem-
crate Its Founding.

Alderman, of the Capital university,
Columbus, O., and the Rev. Oscar
Tressel, of Dayton, O., delivered ser
mons in the morning and evening, re-
spectively. Large congregations at
tended the services.
DIR. Alderman took for his text BE
We strong therefore, and let not your
hands be weak, for your work shall
be rewarded" The subject taken by
the Rev. Tressel was Success in the
Christian Warfare"
DR.. Ackermans sermon in part fol-
lows:
ASA, the third King of judah after
the revolt of the ten tribes, was in
general a ruler who feared God and
ruled his subjects righteously. One
era of peace characterized a good por-
ton of his reign. Walled cities were
built and his kingdom grew strong
and prospered A southern king, how
ever the king of Ethiopia came up
against him with a mighty host, much
larger than he could marshal But
Asa feared not. In all confidence he
cried: Lord it is nothing with thee
to help, whether with many, or with
them that have no power; help us, 0
Lord our God; for we rest on thee and
in they name we go against this null
.titude' And the Lord smote the Ethi-
opians before Judah.
Returning to Jerusalem, Asa was
net by prophet of the Lord who ad-
dressed to him words of encourage
ment to faithfulness and zeal in the
Lords service, closing with the words
of our text, BE strong therefore, and
let not your hands be weak; for your
work shall be rewarded Asa gath
cred the people together, put away
the abominable idols and made a SOL
semn covenant to serve the Lord with
hart and soul, and they were reward
ed with an era of unheard-of pros
Iperity.
Future Calls to Duty.
"As we are gathered here this morn
ling to celebrate the twentieth ami
versary of the dedication of your beau
tiful house of worship, it seems to
me these words of the prophet to
king Asa and his people speak with
great emphasis to you. A look into
the past should cause you to cast
aside the abominable idols which you
have perhaps set up. And look into
the future calls upon you to be strong
and to consecrate yourselves anew to
the Lords work in this congregation
and city.
For period of twenty years this
church's doors have swung open to
ynla tn n,,x
that time a gifted and holy man of
God has broken to you the bread of
life. Have you grown in knowledge
of Gods will as you have grown in
years and increased in the conformity
of your will to the will of God?
"The world has learned to accept
some things from the church, and in
it's outer garb has somewhat changed
But on the other hand the members
of the church have often conceded so
much to the world that it would often
be hard to tell which is which, and it
becomes almost necessary to label
them both. Let us not be deceived
Whatever outward ways the wonld pre-
sents, it's ways do not bring us
strength. 1t is still the same wicked
world and the carnal mind still rules
1T. We need but lift the cover from
every grade Of society to see.
"As individuals you will all grow
stronger in such service and your con-
gregation will grow in inner strength
and outward numbers. You founded
this congregation and erected and set
apart this church. You are united to-
gether in this congregation. Each one
is member of the whole body and
each one has his or her work to do"
, Rev. Tressei's Address.
; Success in Christian warfare, said
the Rev. Mr.. Tressel at the evening
service depends upon three things:
right courage; correct knowledge of
the enmity and proper equipment and
its faithful use.
He said in part: "The power and
| strength that the Lord gives us per-
mits us to go ahead in the face of
obstacles and gives us the strength
to overcome all difficulties. The true
Christian knows no such thing as fail
ure
"The correct knowledge of the en-
envy means tnaC We must know what
evils may beset us in the walk of life.
We must be ready to fight against the
powers of darkness. There are mani
fold ways of evil and we must look
and choose the good which will over
/ come evil.
+ The proper equipment is faith
righteousness, truth, hope of salvation
and the word of God which is the
sword of the spirit
The roll call of confirmed members
at service held at $50 o'clock
brought forth responses from many
who had been added to the church
! through this rite. Letters from absent
members were read. George Deuker
made spirited address in which he
exhorted the young members to re-
main faithful to the church.
Splendid music featured all the ser
vices.
This evening at 1880 o'clock, the
Rev. c. E. Krumm, of Piqua, O., will
deliver a sermon in a service devoted
to the interests of the organizations
of the congregation. Ezra Weidner
will speak on the Sunday school, War
rem Beck on the Young Peoples soci-
ETY. and Mrs Henry Wickemeyer IN