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PASTOR ORDAINED. 
(Continued from Page 17.) 
Then followed the singing of the 
Ordination hymn, written by Deacon 
Joseph A. Torrey, as follows : 
Thou who didst send a chosen few 
’ Thy word to preach, thy work to do, 
We for thy servant at this hour, 
Invoke the Spirit’s quickening power. 
May he in all his life fulfill 
The gracious purpose of,thy will ; 
Nor he alone, — thy people, too, 
With love and zeal and power endue. 
Make thou this Church a beacon-light 
To guide poor wandering souls aright, 
A fount of life, a home of rest, 
In faith and love divinely blest. 
Send forth thy light, thy truth extend 
Unto the earth’s remotest end, 
Till in all lands beneath the sun, 
Thy love be known, thy will be done. 
Dr. Parker’s Sermon. 
Dr. Parker’s sermon was based upon 
St. Paul’s words in Second Corinthi- 
ans, 4:7— ‘‘ But we have this treasure 
in earthen vessels.” 
“The treasure spoken of is the 
Knowledge of God’s glory revealed in 
Jesus Christ.” He said: “Mankind 
needed this. A revelation of it was 
requisite. The revelation is made in 
Jesus Christ. It is conveyed to us in 
the Gospel. Likening this to a treas- 
ure, St. Paul says that we have it 7 
earthen vessels. This figure suggests 
infirmity, limitation, inequality, and 
diversity. It applies to all the forms 
in which the truth and grace of the 
Gospel are conveyed and held, and to 
all the historic persons through whom 
the truth has been transmitted. We 
ourselves, in the frailty, limitations 
and diversities of our minds, are 
earthen vessels, and possess only so 
much as we have capacity to receive.”’ 
This fact Dr. Parker illustrated and 
emphasized in many ways. 
“The ‘Word made flesh’ is the 
first and most significant example of 
it. The revelation of God in condi- 
tions of humanity and mortality, the 
incarnate Word, is a putting of Divine 
treasure into an earthen vessel. Much 
more so in respect of the written 
word, the humanly-composed record 
of revelation. Human language is an 
earthen vessel. 
‘«‘ The ancient fathers, the scholastic 
theologians, the Protestant and Puri- 
tan divines, however great and godly 
and learned, all come under the con- 
clusion of St. Paul’s figure. We 
know in part. We look at things 
from different standpoints and have 
different views. All these are incom- 
plete. 
“But our different and partial 
knowledges are all of the same great 
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and transcendent sphere of truth. It 
matters little at what points of con- 
tact faith takes hold of the truth.” 
From this line of thought, which 
was fully developed, Dr. Parker went 
on to urge the paramount duty of 
cultivating the largest and warmest 
Christian sympathy with all who, 
holding other views than ours, still 
manifest Christian grace. A man’s 
religious peculiariities of belief never 
seem so petty and paltry as when he 
seems shut up in a conceit of their 
exclusive merits. Dr. Parker illus- 
trated and urged home his point by 
apt historical and poetical quotations. 
He said that controversy is not to be 
deprecated, but the lack of candor 
and courtesy and charity in it. 
‘‘When men confuse creed and 
character, and push disagreements to 
the disruption of the bonds of peace 
and spiritual fellowship, they make of 
themselves a sorry spectacle; they 
inflict injury upon the Gospel and the 
church of Christ.”’ 
Dr. Parker made a second point — 
that it is no reason for discouragement 
that we have the Gospel treasure in 
earthen vessels. 
«We have it in the measure of our 
several capacities,’ he said, ‘and 
therefore sufficiently for our necessi- 
ties. The parts we do not and cannot 
know are not necessary to be known. 
We must accept ourselves, others, and 
see the forms in which we receive a 
knowledge of divine things as subject 
to frailty, limitation, and manifold im- 
perfection ; we must abide in humility, 
and, above all else, cultivate charity 
towards others. Then we are to re- 
joice in our partial knowledge, as suffi- 
-cient for us, and as the most sacred 
and precious treasure that we possess 
or can possess. To cherish and com- 
municate it is our high and holy call- 
ing as Christian men and women.” 
Following is the program as carried 
Outs -— 
Organ Prelude.......----+sseserre ress 
Minutes of the Council...---- By the Scribe 
Anthem, “Send Out Thy Light”.. .Gounod 
Invocation..... Pte ave tiie tate Maat sluiaians shire coal 
Scripture... By the Rev. Frederick J. Libby 
Hymn No. 1216.....-...--.++seeeeeee: 
“Q God, beneath thy guiding hand” 
Tune, Duke St., Page.351. 
Sermon. By the Rev Edwin P. Parker, D.D. 
Ordaining Prayer......---+++++eseees> 
By the Rev. George E. Lincoln 
Charge to Pastor......--.++-s+seeeueee 
By Prof. Alexander R. Merriam 
Right Hand of Fellowship.......---:. 
aie hak By the Rev. Edwin H. Byington 
Charge to People......-.0:++ss+sseeees 
..By the Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, D.D. 
Trio, “ Once again the day hath flown’”..Abt 
Welcome to Manchester........+-.+++: 
Per By the Rev. E. Hersey Brewster 
Hymn (Original)...... By Joseph A. Torrey 
Concluding Prayer........++-++s++s5+: 
adres By the Rev. Israel Ainsworth 
Benediction.. 2% seater By the Pastor 
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