Centennial celebration of the United Presbyterian (the old white) Church of building 1797-1897 : Salem, Washington County NY, November 9th, 1897 . this house, itmay stand another hundred years. You all know that ifyou go through a community and see the church runningdown, the shingles loose, the clapboards flapping, thewindow-panes out, the paint coming off, you need no oneto tell you that religion is at a low ebb in that community;you know very well that the will of the Lord is not beingdone by many people there. But where Gods people havethat regard for the place of meeting that they care fo
Centennial celebration of the United Presbyterian (the old white) Church of building 1797-1897 : Salem, Washington County NY, November 9th, 1897 . this house, itmay stand another hundred years. You all know that ifyou go through a community and see the church runningdown, the shingles loose, the clapboards flapping, thewindow-panes out, the paint coming off, you need no oneto tell you that religion is at a low ebb in that community;you know very well that the will of the Lord is not beingdone by many people there. But where Gods people havethat regard for the place of meeting that they care for it,it is one of the best evidences of their piety. And so Isimply say that I believe that, whether we sjjeak of you asa congregation of people, or the house, the meeting-placewith God, there is a bright future before you, withsplendid prospects and glorious hopes. God, in His providence, has removed from you one whoso long held forth the truth; but God, in His kind provi-dence, has brought to you another, under whom, sup-ported and sustained with unfaltering loyalty and faithfuldevotion, you will preserve the best traditions of this work. REV. DAVID CRAIG STEWARTInstalled 1897 OF OLD WHITE CHURCH. 6i of tlie Cliurch ; you will broaden and deepen its beneficentspirit; you will make it even more than ever before theplace of nourishment and refreshment for the struggling,toiling, weary souls—a place of discipline and inspirationfor all the strong and courageous and hopeful souls thatcome beneath its roof ; and, until you cease to be, you willlove this place. Forgetting, then, the things which arebehind, press forward toward the mark of the prize of thehigh calling of God in Christ Jesus, for from it are the bestthings and grandest things. The glorious hope of theChurch is beyond in the future. Bright is that may we rise, and all of the people of God, to theblessed privileges and responsibilities just now before us. « « « « Address by Rev. Dr. E. P. Sprague. Gets
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