Year: 1878

THE CHURCHES SUNDAY.


METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.


D. Bagley, Pastor. Morning -Funer>
al service. Subject; Resurrection body.
Text: How are the dead raised up, ard
with what body do they come" The
speaker observed that in earlier times
Of the Christian system, the resurrection
was an important factor in teaching that
this fact was for soul food. He remark
ed that the dead were raised up by the
power of God and not by any natural
process. Also, that there was and would
be body; that it would be spiritual
body. one of essential identity. one es-
sentially immortal, and affected in its
future condition by character and con-
duct here; as it was law of our being
that the present is ever in its influence
reaching over and affecting the future.
Evening subject Pure Religion. James
1885. In the discussion it was empha>
zised that the reality and Divinity of
religion were responded to by an inborn
faculty; that this was shown by the feel
ing of resistance when it was pressed to
the conscience; also by the complete
satisfaction when embraced and lived in
its purity; thus feeding as with the
proper food the hungering soul and
quieting and meeting the conditions of
the immortal mind.


METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.


The Pastor, 1. Dillon, preached in
the m orning on the subject of "Faith.
Saving faith was defined. Historic il>
Illustrations of its great power were Civ
en-. and oil were exhorted to personal
faith, and to the exercise of faith in be-
half of others. The sermon at night
was a review of the prophet Elijah's
memorable prayer-test with the prohets
of Baal and its glorious issue. With
the removal of sin and idolatry from
their midst. God was pleased at once to
restore to the people of Israel all the
blessings of prosperity. Such is His
love to this day. Sin brings disaster
after it, but return to the Lord insures
His blessing. God still answers prayer
by fre-the fire Of His Holy Spirit.
Let His people pray for it.


CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.


The Pastor preached morning and
evening. The following is from the
morning sermon: About town here see
good many people with the interesting
trade of standing round" They
serve to prop up corners of buildings.
to keep hitching posts from falling
across the sidewalk, to hold down dry
goods boxes. and the like. They seem
to eat well, but look fabby, reminding
one of Thackeray's ''puffy sort of man."
Their eye is losing its deep and splen.
did lGstre and the whole physique of
these men is degenerating. There is a
law which Congress cannot repeal OF
amend, which medical faculties cannot
counteract, viz, eating without exer-
else produces plethora. absences. fat>
ulence, and brings tho entire system,
bones and internal organs as we'll as
skin and flesh, into an unwholsome and
loathsome condition. and renders it
aefenceless against disease, even predis-
poses it to disease. I have gotten hold
of that law down on the street and
found that it ran up hill as we'll as
down. discovered that it ran up into
the school house and on into the Uni
versity. Eating text books without
vigorous recitations turns out intellec-
tual lubbers! But the law reaches be-
yond the University. Follow it along
and before you ars aware, the door of
the Church will open before and close
behind you; and here you stand and
see people devouring prayers, texts,
homolies. and washing them down with
hymns and anthems. and closing with
dessert of doxology. 1t is to be hoped
that these things are good diet. But
wha. if the people. having eaten them,
simply loaf round spiritually till the
next feast is spread? By the law of the
street and the school we shall have
lot of religious gormands or dyspeptics.
too stupid or TOO feeble to work! In the
parable the shallow rooted vegetation
was withered by the sun; the very agen-
cy and elements that should have stimu>
lated and fructifed it served only to
blast it! Here the very meat and drink
that should support life and give vigor
may tend to sickness or slothfulness-
without work following to transform
food into nerve and muscle these dis
astrous conditions are as inevitable as
fate.


The State of Georgia lets out
her conviets for S14 a year
apiece to companies who furnish