Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . dinvested by the president for his behoof He reachedhis native village on a beautiful summer day. Thedoors of most of the cottages were open, and many ofthe women and children were seated outside enjoyingthe balmy air. He came to his own door and walkedin. The arm-chair, where his father sat long ago, wasempty, and he sat down in it. Three gray-haired 179 maidens were sewing, and none spoke. After a little helooked at one and asked, Are you Janet? Aye,was the answer. Again he asked another, Are youMary ? Aye. And a
Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . dinvested by the president for his behoof He reachedhis native village on a beautiful summer day. Thedoors of most of the cottages were open, and many ofthe women and children were seated outside enjoyingthe balmy air. He came to his own door and walkedin. The arm-chair, where his father sat long ago, wasempty, and he sat down in it. Three gray-haired 179 maidens were sewing, and none spoke. After a little helooked at one and asked, Are you Janet? Aye,was the answer. Again he asked another, Are youMary ? Aye. And a third, Are you Elizabeth ? Aye. The wonder grew. At last one hastily roseand said, Are you John ? I am. The three seizedhim, and held him in close embrace, Will you staywith us ? By the help of God, I will. We shall livetogether, and when we die we shall sleep together inour old grave-yard. A friend of mine visited him when he was nearing theJordan. His end was peace. The everlasting arms wereunderneath him. May our last end be like his. Yours affectionately, Robert Sacramental Hours. ^ Friday, October ^o, i88^, at 7. ^o P. M., the PreparatoryCommunion Service was held. Prayer was offered by theRev. Erskine N. White, D. D., Moderator of the Presbyteryof New-York; and the Rev. S. M. Hamilton, D. D., preachedan impressive sermon from the text, fohnv. i-g, The Im-potent Man at the Pool of Bethesda. ? zAt a meeting of the Session, fourteen new members werewelcomed into church fellowship. ^ On the following Sabbath morning the Rev. John Thomson,D. D., delivered an able discourse upon The Bread ofLife. In the afternoon, at four oclock, a great congrega-tion gathered for the celebration of The Lords Supper, manypersons coming from a distance to participate once more inthe Communion as administered in the old home church. Hearts melted and eyes overflowed as the one hundredand third Psalm was sung, in the Scotch version, withoutthe organ accompaniment. The tune was Balerma, a
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