The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-06
reverend BISHOP
OPENS MISSION
BISHOP BREWER BEGINS LENTEN
SEASON IN MISSOULA WITH
SOLEMN SERVICES.


Holy Spirit yesterday at 10: 80 O'Clock
in the morning and at $50 O'Clock in
the evening. The service for Ash
Wednesday, the formal opening of the
Lenten seasol- was read by the rector,
II two mastery were given
by the venerable bishop.
Mrs. C. w. Norquist sang the
morning offertory and Miss Ida Hur1-
but sang in the evening. A special of
fering was taken in the morning for
the Kings Daughters society which
amounted to $40. other services this
week will be that of holy communion
this morning at 1870 o'clock. a ermon
by Bishop Brewer this evening at 7:30
DOM and one by him Friday evening
on Conversion
Morning Sermon.
In his sermon Yesterday morning the
shop tDok for his text, Joel ills,
"Rend your heart, and not your gar
ments. and turn unto the Lord your
Cod and his subject was the duties
n obligations OF Lent. He spoke in
substance as follows:
All Christians and nearly all persons
in civilized countries love to celebrate
Christmas day because of the JOY that
m to human hearts ut that season.
They get that JOY through celebrating
the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
as they fill their hearts with Christ
mas joy it breaks out into their lives
and reaches humanity carrying the
same JOY into other lives.
We ought also to follow the trials
and sorrows and sufferings and death
of our Lord, M VIII n we do we get a
glimpse of his human life with its
foundations like ours. its sorrows. its
disappointrents and failures, it's suf-
~ferings, spiritual and physical. and
finallv death, Just as all of us must
experience. We learn how our Lord
met all these difficulties and by what
power he endured them. and by what
mower he won his victory. and that les
son will be helpful to us in all similar
trials and sufferings.
Lent is the season when the church
through the passages Of the New Tos-
lament annointed To be read a+ these
services, brings all these conditions Of
tho 'ife Of Jesus Christ before the pe0-
pie. It is, therefore. the great revival
season of the church When men are
urged and inspired to revive Christian
haracter, Christian living and Chris
ian virtues in their personal lives.
1t consisted of about one day at first,
then it was heightened TO three days,
ana tllNaIly to the forty days preced-
lAs Easter day, exclusive OF SUNDAYS,
me cnurNn mas nowhere Ia4u Gown
-e14l, uut u NdltIul STUDY OI me COZ
tG-to, epIat4eo ana gospels Tor Lent
VIA SNOW ,nal fasting is one OF Its
tedelliAea. Inc Climate IN TINS part
u tAu mUrIu does Aut make 1t sensible
TO 80 without IoUu, especially for those
WHO WORK nard, ana GOd does not want
US TO 90 anything that would injure
Inc pOdy or impair its usefulness IN
the Worlu. The real lesson to learn is
selI-coAlrul, Tor II a man can control
MS appetite, or ms desires, during
These forty days he may be able to
coh1roI them at any time during the
rest of the year.
1t is a season of self-denial also.
which, II practiced in the right spirit,
Will bring a blessing, We have been
accused of being a worldly church be-
cause we do nOt teach it is a sin 10
uaIlce, play cards and go to theaters
1here is Il great deal in all Of these
aihusements that is good, but our peo-
pie are asked TO lay them aside DURING
Lent Tor this holy season is a special
llne to think about God and the con-
dl1lon of our soul in his sight.
There should be an earnest STRIVING
10 get closed to God durins these forty
days. and we should lay aside all the
luAurles and amusements of our ordi-
nary llVes and spend the time in more
earnest prayer, more frequent church
gong, and read our Bibles instead Of
novels.
Evening Address.
In his evening sermon, Bishop
brewer took for his topic, "Repent-
afce,' with the text, Repent We. for
the kingdom Of heaven is at hand" He
compared conditions in America of the
tim of the revolutionary war and
now, showing that with the 1reman-
dous growth in wealth and power has
come equally great increase in privi-
reyes and opportunities for Service. Ha
urged repentance of the people as a
body polite as the only cure for the
Ills rough on by the extremes of
wealth and poverty Of the present time.
Ihe wonderful changes that have come
10 Montana since Bishop futile held
MS tlrst service here in 1867, and since
Blshop Brewer began his ministry here
III 1871, were used in the same fashion
10 make real and practical the call for
repentance right here in the churches
OF Montana. The large audience