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" "Watch ye, .stund fast in tlie fiiith, quit 'jo-u like men, bo strong." I Cor. xvi, 13.
Vol. 1.
DURHAM, N. a'; APRIL, 1895.
No. 6.
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Religious Services ia the Navy.
BV PfcOP. K. L. FI.OWKRS.
It is gratifying for Christian
people to know that 'while wo
haw no established religion in
..our country, the authorities of
the government make provision
r for the religious life of thoe wlio
are in its .service.. "Chaplains
aie attached to all Navv Yards
mm Marions, ro an receiving
and tniiiiintr ships, and to al
riiost every sea-going" man-of-
Tiie Chaplairisare appointed
by tlie President npourecom
meiidation of the Secretary of
the Navy, and their appoint
ment is continued by the Seriate.
'Denominational connect ion
has verv little influence in their
selection. In the Chaplain Ser
vice of our Navy there are rep
resentatives of every prominent
denomination, Catholic as well
as Protestant: " Thev rank as
Captains, Commanders and Lieu
tenants, though they are seldom
if ever designated by these titles.
They do not. wear the, the regu
lation naval officer's uniform,
but dress in a clerical garb which
is of regulation strle. f
As a gonenil rule the Naval
Chaplains are men of education
and culture. j
The following is an article for
the government of the Navy:
Art. kJ. The commanders of
vessels and Navals Stations to
which chaplains are attached
shall cause divine services to be
i mWnie.
stances allow it to be done. It
is earnestly recommended to all
officers, seamen- and others in
the Naval service diligently to
attend at eiery performance of
the worship of Almighty God.
On Sunday morning when ser
vices are to be-held on board
ship the tlag with a cross on dt
maybe eeii . floating- fronj the
mast-head, and. it is .kept up
until the services are over. It
is a very impressive spectacle to
seeapowei fill fleet of man-of-war
th ing the "stars and stripes"
and the flag of the cross.
The services are conducted
very much like tho-o in churches
on 'shore. 'There is usually an
organ and a choir. The of
ficers as a general rule are very
punctual in their attendance,
hut comparatively few of the
sailors attend. The majority of
sailors in our American service
are foreigner, and they are not
inclined to be very' religious'.
At-Naval Stations and Yards
services are-'conducted every
Sunday morning. At the Unit
ed States Naval Academy . the
battalion of cadets in full divss
is formed, and marched to the
chapel. They an? ; marched in
and seated by .companies. Af
ter the services are over the offi
cers give the necessary eom
commands arid tin different
.companies are' marched out and
fonnediiutoa battalion. in' front
of the chapel. The cadets tyive
religious services in the chapel
iT"Simd:i"afriioon; and by
this means have done hiTielufor
the religious life of the Institu
tion. The Chaplain, conducts relig
ious exercises in the dining hall
of the Academy. every morning
just, after .breakfast. The ser
vices at the Academy are very
Knuitifui, but the glitter of the
uniforms.' und-the' clanking of i
the swords detract- very much1
from the 'solemnity of the occa
sion. . '
Every evening tfbo'urd ship.
the whole brew is called on deck
just before sun set. To this call
every one is required to respond,
dust as the sun sets, every one
stands . with uncovered , head
while the National flag, is low
ered for the night.
As soon as this is over the
chaplain reads -a short service
followed by a beautiful prayer
For tlie safety of the crew during
the perils and dangers of the
night. This is always -an im
pressive service and it , is espe
so when the storm is raging
so fiercely that vou feel it will be
the intervention of divine providence-
if land is ever, sighted
again. On occasions like 'this
however the chaplain is not the
only one who prays. There are
'many -fervent prayers by those
who have never made" any pre
tentions to religion before;
Many solemn resolutions are
made, though usually forgotten
when the storm has abated.
The Naval regulations' in re
gard to conduct are verv strict.
Art. 3. Any irreverent or un
becoming behavior duringdivine
service jshall.be punished as a
general or summary court mar
iial mav direct.
; . .....'
There are .-many; officers of
high rank in our American
Navy who are c o n sec r a ted
Christian men. 'Hiey do much
for the religious life of the serv
ice. It is however a fact that
the religious life of the Navv is?
a peculiar and in some respects
an isolated life for a great part
of the time.' It has its special
temptations' and difficulties, and
only thoe who have tried it can
know how hard it is to lm a
Christian under these circum
stances. The chaplain is not
always treated with therespect
his position and his work de
serve. The barrier which mili
tary rank raises between an .of
ficer and a seaman, keeps a re
ligious officer from exerting
much influence for good over
any except his associates among
the officers, and,thevsame thing
holds true with respect to the
chaplain in his work. . There
are religious men 'tnu'ong the
sailors, but this is rathbi1 an ex
ception than a rule. ;
They are kind Jiearted and
true, but for the most part irre
religious. Tle Navy islincrea's
ing its number of chaplains, arid
it is to be hoped these efforts
made by a christian government
ft 1 tlie betterment' of the relig
ious life of its seaman1' may be
successful.
"Rara's Horn" Wrinkles. '
It must iuzzle angels .to -understand
why" some men niake
so much noise in church" with
their mouths, and so little with
their money. s
Tiiere is not much use in ask
ing Hod to bless . the whole
world as long as we are not will-.
big to stand our share of the
exense..
'There art' too many eople
who think that the best place
fm them to serve the Lord is
where the pay is best. -
The religion that1 never goes
away f rom home, to do good is
not the kind that comes from
Christ. " -.'
When some . people say they
are willing to do anything for
the Ix)hl they can, they mean
anything tliat is.popular.
l ' . m " . .. . - - -- ...
An Epworth (League Talk.
A talk made to ti;e Epwortb League of
Crarepdoa Tex., l Miss Snirie Itogera.
First, mr idea of - a good
League is one an hich all the'
members work i6t only) willing
and ready to ivovk, but anxious.
We need not'?. expect a live
League until atileast a majority
ox our mem ben; are working
We should nots expect jt'd, come
hero Sundiiy rtfih'dih
no object in i yjc except to he
entertained, j. e, ;:qaielvea
individually, "Should ! entertain
as well as others Thereb much
more in life ; than ' merely the
pleas it rer of t T(e( passin g mo
ment, and. -if wevould jmt more
time in .thinking, of where we
shall spend, eteinity, we! would i
be more anxious i to spend more
time here as a &rl"er. in' (Ihrist's
vineyard. Nowhere in the Bi
ble can we finof-qwhere we will
receive more thm we merit, or
have worked foi; but promises
to faithful work kis are abundant,
alth o ugh thereof ii' condiiion to
every prom ise' A Ve" had far
better have" a Letigue of tin live
energe tic " meriuirs than forty
"dont cares,,4W don'f know
hows or (I crxt,s.,r Tc tliese
T wo dd sav, ,tVv vour best, do
it anyhow, arid.o ahead : i Now
the League d.(Hiffn, t belong to
only the Pres;cl out, the Vice-"
President, or. taty one or two
peisons, so if y.iu have any sug
gestion to niak jvin any depart
ment , 1 1 wonl d be gladly receiv-
ed ; but if somf diy everythirig
seems fo'MWnkoiifl
ana v ell, max ih , iixv
dry est old affair 7I ever f saw;
why don't they do so and so?'1
Instead of that, give lis ybnr
aid, if you "'.please-you may
be the missing spoke which
would set the wheel in motion.
4 'There is something for each of
us rioio to do" not to-morrow
or next day, but now.. I doubt
if anv of us know how the
League originated :
colors, and flowers.
its motto,
It origina-
tei in the General Conf eren ce
of 1890, whicli authorized the
Sunday School' Board to form
y o u ng peoples societies, and tliis
board adopted the Hp worth
League for the name The last
Conference approved the work
done by the board and adopted
the League as dri institution of
our Church. Our motto -is All
for Christ" broad and ihspir
iug. " Tlie iio vver is the niapno-lial-emblema
ti ,:; in ;its richness
of blooni and fragrance,- of the
old time Southern life. , Our
colors are white, and goldj col
ors of the magnolia. There are
about 1,100 Leagues throughout
the Church wth ;an average
membership ot'40 to the League,
making about j33,000 meiniers,
so you ses our! Epworth League
is "no small alfair; and it is
growing all tliB; time, so let us
make. our Leagtie in Clarendon
a power in the work. The, question-
arises, 'Hw, we can make
-work felt here in our vicinity?"
I think througiiour Department
of Charity and Help. Let eachj
of lis keep ouf eyes and ears
open, and wheit we hear of any
one sick "or needy ;reiort it to
the committee, and then let, us
visit these people in Christ's
name, and unfer tfye colons of
the Eiiworth League. It won't
do 'merely to talk these daj
we must act. f !
Acmin. how can we maKe a
good impreseiou 011 visitors? By
the earnestness ?anu zeal, we pari
into our work, by faithfully dis-1 every way worthy these talented
charging any and all duties as-1 gentlemen. - Alfogefher it was a
signel us. ' If put on: a pro-Jday not to be forgotten in, the
gramme, we should do our best, j history of tlie college, but will
no matter if that best is seem-;1eyer"v:.;' stand ' !'-to mark another
ingly poor. Another good way jeioch in her onward maivli to
is in pursingirig Let'us every) waitl still higher and grander
one sing as though we meant it; success.,' The work was "px-ose-Don?t
merely open; arid close) cuted with yigor bv C. II. Nor-
lyour mouth in a half hearted
way; sing with spirit, ; make Iti beautiful structui-e was dedi
lively: 1 Icated on the 12th of Oflto!cK
Ipl mentiO
i'v'?dpldverit
ie
of the Header in pntycr. We
ought not to Took around the
rqpm while some one is graying
and still expect a blessing. We
should unite our prayer vith the
leader's and let them go up to
tlie ttirone of uoft as one great
powerful pmyetfwhich, like
Jacob's of old, wijft prevlill with
God. ; Ajid"so in everything we
nder cak e, let li us: d tr i t 7 with
unity, ever remembering that
4co - operation is union, -and
union is strength . J ftp icorti
History of Trinity Church.
BV JAMES SOUTnCATK.
CHAPTER V.
One of the most imjbrtanti
undertakings dunnghepter; ! the building of a hew Sunday
ate of Dr; Yates; rvvaH final re-portr
jectiiVandcpmplefion ofiTiinity for the year, he ojills attention
College,which will forages stand to the fact that all the collec
ts a monument to.- th'e tenevo-1 tiqns ordered by the anniiaj con
lence, energy;;and ; enterprise of j ference had been paid in full,
the city of Diirliam. : While and: that the collections for for-manydeyontAIethodistsihvari-jeign
missions far exceeded the
ous
f riend s 01 44 (.) let -.Trinity
bitterly opposed to its removal
to Durham, yet it must
be ad -
mil ted that the greater
burden
of i the expenses of this h.
uge en-
terprise was borne by four citi-
zeiis. It is well knovrn that
our liberal !and . entfrpiising
friends, the Dukes and .1. S.
CaiT, contributed largely and
almost entirely the money and
land re
for the poIlegefv
and it was
a grand time, for
Durharii when the coriier-tone
was laid. We are indebted to
the Trinity Arctire for the fol
lowing account of this interest
ing "occasion : ''According to the
announcement, the eoiiifjr-stone
of the main building of the col
lege was; laid at Durham, No-
; vember 1 1 , 1 890, under
spices; of the Masonic
tlie a u-
order.
The e Yen ing was beautipil-'and
inviting. iSirl y in the af ernoon
the people began to assemble on
the grounds, when the, jproces
sion, which was fonned in town,
arrived on the spot: ' There had
marts y 01 rue rotate "were assessment- He reoorted on the
already an lmiueiiscipwjsl.pith-i mined to have estimates made, 1
ered to do honor to the occion: ) arid the the best
Trinity Colle3 suspendejl: 6 jw?r architects : was : obtained,, plans
action at the old stand in Itiiii-1 submitted and contract let out
dolph county for that' dijy-and j to Messrsr Porter & Godwin,
a large niiiriber of the boys, as builders, at (?oldsloro, for the
well as several memlKi-siof the vork. Tlie cougregation en-.,
faculty, were with gladj heartsi gaged the court house as'aplac-j
in attendance to catch a glimpse! of worehij). To close this im
of the new scene of opeitilions, hnense undertaking and , tlie in
and for the purpose of tness- j convenience of t lie court hou
ing the ceremonies, which ,wae for accoinhiddatifi.tr the congTe
to them peculiarly interesting; g.itioncoinf6rtably,lnmdif-aped
and important. The niilitary jthe paster very 'considenthly ;
coramny was on parade and the? vet. in siite of all hindrances.
band Intersrersed the exerciv3s'
t , . ...
with delightful music The two
oratoi-s of the duy, (ion., P. P.
Vance, who dMivei.d the Ma -
sonic onition, and Hon. T. J.
Jarvis, who favored the .alien
tive audience with the '"Educa
tional Address," were listened
to yrith interest and ;weie both j
exceneni pixxiutuuas uuu m v
toriythe contractor, nmV the
- r ;.". ; :
PevIl. J.-Jkloorman succeeded
Kev. Dr. E. A. Yates and served
tlie church during the year 1!.
In his report to the second cpiaN
terly conference, he states that
tlie general sta to- of the church
was ericouraging, the condition
of the finances grai if y ing, and
from all the indications, prog
ress ha'd been made. Fifteen,
conversions were reported as the
result of a" revivfd, most of whom
joined, the church. A gooilly
number were received during
the year by 'certificate;:.- He re
ported the Sunday-school in
good condition, and the number
on the roll showed an increase
over the last year. He called
I attention to the contracted facil
ities for the accommodation of
the Sunday-school, and advisM
eports
gregation as good as usual, with
fcme indication of divine power
and blessing. The marriagearr
eirionies perfonned were : 1'rof. ,
Thomas J . Simmons and Miss
Lessie Isl. Soiitbgate ; Lewis
Barnes rand Miss tJva Lyon.
Tlie foil owing d eaths were a n long
those recorded, viz : Emma A.
Lockhart, Ruth A. Parrish.
Tliese had r been members , of
Trinity church from its early.;
beginning, , and wei-e faithful to
every trust. Father, mother
ami daughter are now united in
the church alove.
Jley. It. C. Beamah served the.
chin rch during the' ymus 1 892 v
anil 18U3. Eiirly in his pastor
ati he saw the necessity of build
ing a new church or making such
repairs in the- old one as would
give more seating capacity, hav
ing better fivcili ties for the Sunday-school,
and in -'general to
ha,ve a building more in keeping
with tlie growth of Methodism '
iir the town, j It was soon deter-
h-keot his reorle to-r th'-T. ;:;d
- , , . -j '
t hero wre" a guodJy number rf
:; e.--i';: during tlie y-u
jof Sunday-t :iioc . .r
; to the quni terly conferem ' .
it was wcdl equip H.rd an I doing
faithful and efficient wotl:. He
- also nrts the Sum!r;y--cho 1
in North Dnrhain, in cIjuil:.- of
ex kivkzd 05 tiiwj n -j
weif ous vear. lie retjorts the con-
i