Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-15
SO he would meet him in the family and
make the fight there.

children. See that you inculcate ODE
dience on the part Of your children.
Disobedience on the part Of child to
his parents is the starting point on
career Of vice.
The Church should make the young
men feel at home, give them something
to do, and keep them at it.
REV. DIR. w. e. HATCHER
was the next speaker. He said that it
was good thing to help young man
who needs II, and it is very hard to do.
The best way to help the young man is
to get hold Of the boys. He believed in
"boys' meetings." and would give to
them his best thoughts and his best
work.
He would let the young men know
at once that they come not as beneficial
ries, but as helpers and workers.
He would try him at various things
until il came out Just what he could do
best.
He told several very touching and
telling incidents illustrative OF his
point.
MR. MOODY
spoke Of o young man who makes II
his business to ask those he meets to
comes TO church.
He spoke of the failure to hold the
Young men in the Sunday school and
the church in large parts Of the coun-
try. :.
[Dr. Hatcher said that he believed that
this was not true in Richmond--that a
large proportion Of our young men are
in our Sunday schools and churches.
Mr.. Moody congratulated Richmond
on this state Of things.l
He wanted to plead for the young
men away from home, who are not
looked after by their employers, so that
they do their work. He spoke of the
peculiar temptations now besetting
young men away from home.
He pleaded for a place where young
men away from home could find place
to spend their spare time amid moral
and religious influences. lie really did
not know where a man Of wealth could
better put his money than in such a
building. He really thought the best
investment that could be made to-day
in Richmond would be to put fifty
thousand dollars, or one hundred thou
sand, in such a building.
lie said some very sharp, incisive
things, which seemed to make fine i'm
preston on all present.
Dismissed with the benediction by
DR.. A. L. Dickinson.
yesterday Afternoon.
The hall was packed an hour before
the time for opening, many having re-
mained in the hail after the morning
meeting.
Rev. DR.. Hoge led in prayer.
Mr.. Moody said that he wanted to
thank God for the unity which had per-
vaded this series Of meetings. He came
here an entire stranger, but these Chris
tian ministers and workers had rallied
around him and had given him from the
first their warm sympathies and active
cooperation. lie said that in all of his
travels he had never seen anywhere
more entire unity than he had found
among the ministers of the Gospel and
Christian people of Richmond.
His heart was too full to express his
gratitude to God and to his brethren
for the cordial reception and hearty CO.
operation he had had in Richmond.
He had wanted ever since the close
Of the war to come into the South, and
he thanked God that he had come to
find the heart of Christian Richmond
beat in unison with his own.
lie wished to thank the choir for
their regular attendance and sweet sing
ing. He had never found more willing
workers in the "seryice Of song" and
he should not soon forget them.
He wanted to thank the ushers,
whom he had found not only very eff
cient but perfect gentlemen.
He desired also to thank the press
for their reports, and especially for the
kindly tone in which the papers had
spoken of the meetings. At some other
places there had been adverse criti-
cisms, but if there had been one here it
had escaped him.
He had another announcement to
make which gave him very great plea
sure, and which he was sure would give
pleasure TO the congregation. At a
meeting of a few businessmen held
since the service of the morning the
sum of sl5,500 had been secured on
the spot for Young Mems Christian
Association hall in Richmond.
Mr.. Joseph Bryan had been made
treasurer of this fund, and he urged all
to send Mr.. Bryan for this
object a contribution, large or small.
If any one wanted to make thank Of
lering for the blessings of the past week,
he knew no better direction to give it
than a subscription to this effort to ben
eft the young men of Richmond.
In the prayer in which he then led
Mr.. Moody prayed Gods blessing on
all Of the classes he had mentioned, and
prayed especially for a better feeling be-
tween the North and the South--that
all bitterness between the sections may
be banished, and that there may be a
growing unity and fraternity.
THE SERMON.
Mr.. Moody preached on Faith from
the text, " Now faith is the substance
Of things hoped for--the evidence of
things not seem" Faith is the founda-
ton Of all business and all society, and
faith is the link that binds us to the
promises of God. Faith involves know
ledge, assent, and laying hold on Christ.
Want Of faith is not misfortune, but
The crowning sin Of the ages. Unbe-
lief tells God to His face that He is a
liar.
Faith cometh by hearing, and hear
ing by the Word of God"
There is a vast difference between
Christ by hearsay and know
ing him intimately by personal trust.
There is no ground for unbelief, since
God has never falsified His Word. He
Illustrated this point in a beautiful
md striking citation Of opposite Scrip