The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-21

blcd with those questions and doubts tliaE
are botheTng lazy ones. Their Joy Is full.
When Christ went away he didn't take His
with, Him., He left all of that done here.
When we are full OF Joy, bow easYSit fSfor
ms to get, over tron bies. There Isl nobody
but whose troubles might het greater.
Help. somebody else u you are in trouble,
and the pit you get them out OF wii be the
grave in which your own sorrow will be
buried. Jobs captivity was turned Just as
Sion as he began 70 pray for his friends. In
the very act OF helping some one telse we
will be helping ourselves. Go and read for
some Old man who has lost his eyesight.
You. iadies, hunt UP some Of the hundreds
20! poor women with large families who
never get out Of doors, even 10 church, and
repeat over to them the sermon your min
lister preached on Sunday. There are plenty
OF ways Ct doing good. Spread the gos-
pei. II man or woman is rot Interested
in home or foreign missions itsa pretty
good sign they haven't the spirit OF Christ
in them. We need more work. I'ye been
in great many cities, but the best bearers
[ ever heard are you Ba1timoreans. You
come out to the meetings splcndidly. You
seem never 10 get tired listening. It's
HEAR, HEAR, HEAR,r
all thc;timc. Now, II you were only as good
at working as you are at hearing there would
be no chance Of this work stopping. for it
would run itself. But some of.you will say
you haven't the strerg 9Th. Many persons
never make hut one mistake, and that is
they are so afraid OF making one they never
do thing, and remain perfectly quiet.
Now, il ! wanted to be carpenter guess
Pd spoil 4 good deal OF lumber before |
became one; but that wouldn't deter me.
or course. YOU can't do anything without
making some mistakes at first. It's 4. good
deal bettcrto .have zeal without knowledge
ttan to have knowledge without ZEAL Up,-
my friends, aEC go forth in the name OF
God. He's not going to waste grace, but
He'll give it 10 you as you need 1t. Don't
grrmbic because you baven't rs many t.il-
cntS as some other person. II l haven't as
much talent rs some other men ON this plat
form that is no reason why Ishoud not use
what little I have to the best advantage.
I've got work 10 de-, and Pm going to do
if. l can't do The work OF d.. Backus, nor
DR.. Backus can't do mine. We each do our
own. If / can't be lighthouse can =;
BE TALIow CANDLE,
anyhow. and in great darkness even a tai
low. candle may give out a good deal of
light Suppose each Christian inthrse dark
days OF in1ldelty was q talloW-cgndle,
wouldn't they make lot of light when they
got together? John Wesley said If he had
a hundred men who hated nothing but sin
and loved nothing but God lie would con-
vert the world, aud he could have done it.
There have never been one hundred such
men on earth at one time. What you call 81
lent partners in firms here they call sleeping
partners IN England. The sleeping partners
H. Il 4l,n ftt,N
partners Go the work and have the ability.
l'm afraid the Church has too many sleep
ing partners. We want more enthusiasm.
even among those who shake their heads
and think IFS bad thing in Church. The
Young people won't stay in their churches
if you don't get 4 little more OF animal life
into them. BE happy; and to be so, know
TINT the service OF Jesus Christ is the only
thing that can satisfy your eternal soul.