The commemorative services of the First church in Newton, Massachusetts, on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its foundation, Friday, Sunday and Monday, Oct30, Nov1 and 2, 1914 . the holy place proclaiming the everlasting Gospelto remember what we owe to our fathers in the generationsthat are past; and grant us Thy grace to be faithful to thetruth as it has been revealed in Thy holy word, and to re-member the injunction of our Pilgrim Fathers to welcomealways the light that shall continually break forth from thesacred pages. Lord, if it please Thee, we humbly beseech
The commemorative services of the First church in Newton, Massachusetts, on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its foundation, Friday, Sunday and Monday, Oct30, Nov1 and 2, 1914 . the holy place proclaiming the everlasting Gospelto remember what we owe to our fathers in the generationsthat are past; and grant us Thy grace to be faithful to thetruth as it has been revealed in Thy holy word, and to re-member the injunction of our Pilgrim Fathers to welcomealways the light that shall continually break forth from thesacred pages. Lord, if it please Thee, we humbly beseech Thee speedilyto bind Satan, not for a hundred years but for the thou-sand years, for the endless generations; we pray for themillennium, for peace with righteousness; defend our coun-try from all conspiracies, from all wars and dissensions,and keep this old church, we beseech Thee, as a citadel ofThy presence and a source of the endless grace of Godgoing forth to all generations. Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantlyabove all that we ask or think, according to the power thatis working in us, unto Him be glory in the church by ChristJesus throughout all ages, world without end. Rev. EDWARD MacARTHUR NOYES HISTORICAL SERMON I Kings xxi: 3—The Lord forbid it me, that I should give theinheritance of my fathers unto thee. X^HIS is a just and natural sentiment. Naboths- indignant refusal to sell to king Ahab the homeof his fathers is approved by all serious and earnestmen. It recognizes the debt of every generation tothe past, and the obligation to hand on to its suc-cessors the undiminished heritage. There is an oldgrape-vine in Hampton Court from whose branchesOliver Cromwell and John Milton plucked the purpleclusters. It still lives and every autumn is richlyladen with abundant fruit. But the vine does notbelong to Englands king. It is his only to enjoy thegrapes, prune the branches, and fertilize the vine belongs to generations yet unborn. Thepol
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