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

possibly nynt snow In the GOTCneTH pOIttusl.
For the South Atlantic States, easterfY
to souther'y winds, partly cloudy weather,
and during Sunday rising temperature and
falling barometer. @ :s,
THE WEATHER SATURDAY was partly clear
and cooler.
= THERMOMETER SATURDAY: g A. NJ, 42;
9 a. M., 40; noon, 85; 3 P. M., SO; 6P.
NJ. 54; midnight, 49,.
Mean temperature, So 1.e. !. &
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suntIny Rcnafns---A Scrsnon by Mr..
| a.,1 Moody.
| TFrom tie Baltimore American, Sih.J
ms sermon on nv Wednesday night Ia the
First presby church the new pastor,
Rev. DIR. I.eftWich, used these words ::.ss IL
tlIe EosneI ids been PRES I'M all fts
purity, in all its force and sacconnfno datire
quality TO human needs since the days OF
the Saviour, it has been so twice presented
| within these Walls-once yesterday and once
to.day.n The force OF this reference to the
| first two sermons by Mr.. Moody in this
church is best shown by the fact that DR..
Leftwich is man OF most careful Ut
terancs, graduate OF Princeton College.
divine who occupies the front rank
| in the Southern Presbyterian Church,
and whose name Is the synonym o.
ability and culture. A few days pre-
viously Rev. DR.. Hammer, one OF the most
| influential Baptist ministers IN Baltimore.
said: "The sermons OF this most wonderful
| man are made up OF gem after gem, WIN
yet a string OF gems to dazzle and amaze"
| Similar, perhaps, would have been the Per-
dict OF the eminent Judge Hughes, OF Wiz
! glnia. and many more OF equal claim to be
heard, who sat Yesterday afternoon grouped
around the pulpit OF this richly-adorned
Presbyterian church, with its florid Byzan-
tine architecture and gorgeous stained win
dows, listening to the burning words OF the
evangelist. r.
AN hour before the service was opened
every seat was occupied. the aisles over
flowing, and crowds stood on the sidewalks
looking at the closed doors, hopeful that
they might be opened again, and listening,
for partial recompense, TO the suodned
sound Of the preliminary hymns they were
singing inside. Next week matters Will be
arranged differently. Adnittance will be
bv ticket, to be secured free from officers OF
anv OF the uptown churches, or by sending
address and naming q day to Mr. E. w.
Bliss, at the Young Mems Christiani Associ-'
alton building. The singing yesterday, and
indeed on the three days preceding, was un-
usually good. Mr.. Lester II. Latham,
merchant. who led on the previous days, is
an excellent director. Yesterday Richard
Ridgely Battee, Esq.,, well-known lawyer,
conducted the choir in harmony with as
much confidence as il he had been at 1t. al
bis life. Mr.. Arthur Mcclellan was the or
ganist. The opening prayer was by Kew.
George Schoil, pastor Of theSecond Evan
teelical Lutheran church, and during inter-
Yals between hymns DR.. James Carey
| Thomas and DR.. p. e. Williams also prayed,
Once during silent meditation, while every
head was bowed, in rhe hush OF the crowded
church the pleasant twittering OF many
sparrows in fhe trees outside could De heare
through the( slightly lowered Windows, OF
fering nrtihg prelude to the subject or tue
hour, which was
THE CHRISTIAN PEACE.
| This subject, said Mr.. Moody, occupies
much Of Scripture. In the SD chapter OF
Isaiah and the 7th verse we read: " how
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
OF Him that bringetb good tdings that pub
lisheth peace" Then, again, in the I'd
chapter of Luke, 14th verse, we find the
angel OF hcLord excaiming to the shep-
herds "Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth, peace, goodwill to men," Now,
| Christ's mission TO earth was to make peace.
But a good many Of you arc saying, Well,
how about that sword? TN venture to say
| good many OF you are asking how am to
reconcile that passage IN Matthew, the 10th
chapter and 34th verse. 1t is: think
not that come 10 send peace on earth; l
come not to send peace, but sword.' 1t
goes on: '.For am come to set man
| at variance against his father, and the dauSh-
ter against her mother, and the. daughter
in-laW against her mother-in-iaW, ana
mans foes shall be they OF his own, house
hold" Now, this seems like plain con-
tradiction, but it's like where you'll 1lnd
good many passages that are econtradictory-
fhey are both true. I'll tell you how it
| seems to me: When begin to lead the
Christian life am very likely to encounter
an enemy in my own household. Then the
sword begins. Gods grace and human ma
ture arc not akin. They can no more be
mixed than oil and water. Therefore,
when the grace Of God enters your heart or
mine the sword OF dissention and trouble
NAV be expected. 1t will very likely bring
conflict into the household. The man IN
the flesh never did like the man in the spirit,
and never will. That peace TO the Chris
| tian implies the sword OF the world Is not
Gods fault. It's tue fault of man. Christ
came and made peace. That was all that he
could do. Ii man rebels against redemption
| he is the only one rosponSiDle. AS iobs
| as man refuses to accept Gods will there
must be conflict. AS long as your chill
dreu submit to your parental government
everything will go along all right; but just
the moment they set their will in rebellion
against yours there is going to be trouble
| in the household. We find this very point
guarded. In the l6Sh chapter and 33d verse
of John we read: "These things have
spoken unto you that in Me ye might hsve
peace; in The world We shall have tribula.
tion, but be of good cheer; have over
come the world" 1tsays 'ssin Me" ye may
have peace. This is the only way that peace
in the world can be attained, through Jesus
Christ. The moment Jesus Christ dawns
upon YOU, in that moment you get this
peace. There may be some lady here who
can find peace before she leaves this church,
and that lady's troubles may begin the very
moment she reaches home. This AS Ethe
sword. There have been many VINO never
knew what tribulation was until they knew
Jesus Christ Aslong as there VIII remain
hearts lifregenerated there will be men ae
war with God. .f5s2 2, IN ~, a,,5..
-, q. JOY WITHOUT TRANQUILITY.
In the 11th chapter OF Isaiah we read:
t.s The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid'
and the calf and the young lion, and the
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