The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-10

drsnksn In the twenty nth Chapter ard
nineteenth; ;yerseof, Deuteronomy IFe read !:
I. He blessed himself ID bis heart sagsng,1
shalt have peaee thought walk in thetmagi-
nation OF mine heart and add drunkenDess
to thirst" How many men are adding
drunkenness to thirst? HeM many are try
ing : tna IhiEss fhemselves ? know OF q
Christian man In Chicago who actually went
10 New York and. went the rounds OF all
It's amusement and gaiety Just in search of
peace. or cenige he ,didn't'get It. it's, a
decree OF Heaven that there Is no peace for
Che sinner. +, 4. ---7~'-'
y TEE TURMOIL OF TfiE WORLD.
.Thcreiisno peace, says the Lord, forithe
wicked. In the Third ehapter OF Romans
We read = sfTbeY are alI gone out OF the
way; their throat Is an open sepulchre;
with their tongues they have used deceit.
and the way OF pence. have they not known
In the Hty-seyentb chapter of Isaiah. also,
canuostest. ," Who ever saw the sea at rest
WaVe aEter wave comes and goes. and the
tide shasg no sooner done coming in than
1t goes. ont again. So it is with the
wicked. No peace, no conten,tient, in
this world or the next sTstie angry waves
OF sin and retribution lash and asam
and fret, and Il ROD IN sugiy break
ersr; so Is tossed the, STAR bEt the Chris.
tian. like the rock, Iernaing paSslge aHd 3sn-s
movable. p There is no peace outside OF Je-
sus Christ. The world knows no peace.
Only Christ can stretch forth asiiand and say
to the troubled waters. "Peace, lie stiil."
So, If you want peace, Pll tell youwherefo
get it. In the twenty-second chapter and
twenty-6rst verse ofJob: "Acquaint now
thyself with Hin and he at peace" II YOU
will find me man or woman who is well
acquainted with Jesus Christ I will show
you one who has peace continually. Inthe
one hundred and nineteenth Psalm and the
one hundred and sixty.ffth verse we read:
Great peace have they which love Thy
law, and nothing shall offend them"
That is the sign OF the peaceful
Cbristian-noihing offends him.. When
a man begins to see the faults of everyone
else It is pretty sure Sign that he is onthe
downward path himself. The Bible is Che
only book that tells Us authoritatiyely about
God. Oh how much we need more read
ing of it, In the twenty.sixth chapter OF
Isaiah it says: Thou wilt keep him In per-
feet peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.W
1t does not say. whose mind is stayed on
himself. II q Bible could be found with
that rendering guess it would have ire
mendous sale. I guess there would be
good many sold right here in Baltimore.
Peace cannot be made by man, because 1t
has been already made by God. You do not
have to keep peace, because peace Keeps
you.
REMEMBERED IN cHR1sT's WILL.
Tn the goth verse OF the 1st chapter OF
Colossians we find: "And having made
peucetbrough the blood Of his cross by Him
to reconcile all things to Himself" This is
how peace to be found. We have not to
make our peace with God. Our peace with
God has been made already, All we have
to do. is to accept ito enter into it. Peace
was made eighteen hundred years ago. Oh,
how thankful Lam that it is finished thing J
OF, course wecan't get peace without right.
eousness. In the 37th verse Of the 9th
Psalm it says d" Mark the, perfect man,
and behold the upright, for the end OF,
that man is peace" Peace comes to us
in reli2 ion, 81 like a mother waking up
her child with a kiss, The riyer.o peace
that is flowing through the world and suf-.
fuses our very soulstakes its origin IN the
wounded side OF the Son OF God.' 1t is what
God is to rs that briggs us peace or conflict,
as the cage may be- In-the ,14th chapter
and 9th verse Christ says: " Peace leave
with you, my peace l give unto you; not
rs the world giYeth give unto you. Let
not your heart De troubled, nsithar letit@he.
afraid" You know in old times, instead
of saying "how d'y' do" as they say now,
they used to salute by saying "Peace be
with you;'' or '' Peace be unto this house,"
when they came in. / wish we could 60
back to this old way, for it's a great deal
better than ours. There's something very
sweet about it. In the very first sermon
Christ preached He called down nine bless
ines, and He almost always prefaced what
He said by exclaming, "Peace be unto
YOU" How consoling is that 9th verse
believe T have never been remcm-
bered in anybody's will, but I am
truly thankful that was remembered
by Christ. You know He left us all some
riches. TO His Father He gave His soul.
His body He gave to Joseph. He gave Jonn
His mother. How thankful is my heart that
He left peace to His disciples. Salvation
He left q heritage to all mankind. 1ou
know your will and mine may not stand.
We may make this disposition and that, but
we cannot tell il it will be ever carried out.
There are great many lawyers now who
are anxious to break down mems Wills
But. thank God, no LAWYER can find q faw.
in this. No Judge can set aside this dying
bequest OF the Son of God. Why, did He
not come up out of the very grave to exc
cute the will, and has it not stood nearly
these two thousand years? Who will dis
puteit nowy Oh, may the peace OF Jesus
Christ enter every heart to-day Let us
pray. ...s = ~. .)itE:!.sls .r,s.-g - 6.
Following the PRAYER and hymn short
time was spent in brief cXhortations by
Rev. Dir. Backus, Rev. Mr.. Ke,foot. Rev.
DR.. Smith, Rev., j. 3. Shoutz, and other
clergymen after which an inquiry-meeting
was commenced in the body Of the church.
Only the Christian workers and those who
were willing to be talked to remained.
At night Mr.. Moody spoke i'll William
Street Methodist Episcopal church, which
would have been filed il it had been twice
as large. A thousand persons, at least,
could not get in. The inquiry-rooms were
not large enough to hold the inquirers, and
the conversions were many.
Baltimore Conference M. e. Church
s:F South.
correspondence of the Baltimore Sun
SALEM, VA, March 6. 1879.-ln the ses-
sion to-day OF the Baltimore Annual Con-
ference NJ. E. Church South, Rev. David
Thomas, presiding elder OF the Rockingham
district, reported nearly eight hundred con-
versions in his district during the year, ana
nearly three thousand during the four years
of his presiding eldership. The names OF
the ministers of this district were called,
and the characters Of all Of them passed. =,
Roanoke district was called. Rev. X. Il.
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