Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-16

nm sofely troubled, because 1 know
pen o%n ana nan 80 q q my ssy tss . ~
Nv anu Peg his pardon. 4 go out In the
nses-ysrd semewhere. aud hnd the little
| teIow around the corner on the back steps
| crying Ike as II his heart would bsak. and
| tske nun mp Ia my arms and kiss him
| snu esk him 10 please grant my pardon.
| ,son, didn't mean 81; am sopy" aud
tnen. when the little fellow stops crying.
Ssr. and PsI9 5on '9 You %s mot y 1 ES
hsa memonitior that there was IN old
pear IN there. yoI know how IL is, bro
TIER. don't you: lLaughter.l And we are
| preachers. too!
TEMPER AND TONGUE.
we must preach patience and we must
preach Justice. But we are unjust. Unjust
10 what? Unjust 10 God. Justice means
equally balancing; IL means q straight
edee. and be who has he Spirit OF Christ is
gong 10 do right There are heap OF peo-
PIE WHO On beat me ON temperand tongue.
but they shant beat me in asking any ones
crooked.
The speaker then deprecated that spirit Of
msngniy which existed long after the oc-
csson which gave rise 10 IL bad passed
away. and counseled q spirit Of forgiveness
lnsssneiDg the saying or Christ. . Let not
lne sun go down upon your wrath"
AnrGGIyG ILLUSTRATION.
1never understood these people that could
80 AHau anu stay mao Win one buothcts
have told them many a time II you could
nhd me man on Gods earth that did not
love and bring him here ] would mug him,
and II you will ind me woman on the face
OF THIS globe that don love and bring her
up here, why-I will get my wife 20 hug her
iLanghter.l Love gives you great many
privileges. You can go where you please II
You love everybody, and you can do what
you please and do think that 10 il posi-
BILE for you TO say what you please II you
Just have love in your heart to your fellow
man.
WORDS FOR THE CONFERENCE.
II Is hard 10 talk To a General Conference
that has more curiosity than 10 has prayer
but can put up with any sort OF a sermon
myself. and you ought To have prayed lit
tie more, and then, perhaps, you would
have got a better sermon out OF me. You
had me up before you the other day. aud
you said fine things OF me. And want TO
say that the best friend | ever had was the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the next best friends
are the Methodist preachers. There isn't
Methodist preacher in this country that
couldn't have q half OF every dollar have
II he needs IL, and hope you Will stick to-
gether and die 10y one another, and above
everything show the world what Christ Is
and preach Christ. lCries OF Amen j
Being IN Christ Jesus presupposes long
ing for Christ. on IL We only Just had a
longing as Penelope had for Uly ssess re-
turn. After waiting ten years, and sultors
we're pressing for her hand. still she waited
and folded her Ia his arms. We must not
get tired Of waiting for Christ 10 come. We
must have rushing longing for Christ.
BOOST THE DEVIL OUT.
Thank God for the privilege OF prayer. IL
will comfort us when nothing else Will. We
can seek that for consolation when all else
fails. Don't let the devil get In between
Christ aud Us because II the devil gets the
advantage OF us in that way the chances
are that we will have hard work TO boost
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better, and recollect that the nearer you
get to Him the faster the devil retreats.
Therefore, being in Christ Jesus presup-
poses, first. longing for Christ, then a
rushing 10 Christ, aud then a submission TO
Christ and submission 10 Christ means 10
lay everything else aside and do Christ's
bidding. Submission is religion at last,
and religion at last is submission 10 God.
heard a fellow say once that be never bad
any trouble with his wife as long as he did
what HE wife wanted him to do. Who ever
did? laughter What Christian ever
had any trouble with the Lord as long as
the Lord let hi m do as he pleased? ? The finest
picture ] ever saw Of this was illustrated by
n hunters dog who obeyed the signs and
motions OF his masters hand In his evolu-
lions IN the field, and finally when the
hand vas pointed dJwnwards returned 10
his master and laid submissive al his feet.
"'HEDGISG ON THE LORD"
Iwlsh oil pres cheers in the world had this
spflt OF submission. When ! first Joined
q Conference thought the Lord would give
ne my appointment. ! AIN sorry that !
ever found ont the contrary. ! am sorry
that / ever found out that people were
writing Letters before Conference and
hedging" on the Lord and the churches
were liking things 10 get a certain preacher
instead IF some other one. Laughter /
wish you could all submit 10 God and lot
Him make the appointments. when the
day comes In tne Methodist Episcopal
Church economy when your bishops and
the Lord get uncommonly thick and cons
suting one another at the Annual Confer
eIce, you are going 10 have trouble. A
voice II will be n sorry time
No MORE WIRE FULLING IN THE CHURCH
II will that. Your bishop. II he consults
GCd and the presiding elder In their meet
!ngs, you are going TO put down great deal
OF friction; but God may not have sent you
where you went last year. brethren, but he
VIII 90 with sou wherever you goand bring
YOU out all right. Let us pass resolution
like this:
Resolved. by the grace OF God. that there
never shall be any more wire pulling In the
Methodist Episcopal Church, SOUTH lCrles
But WIN tell You. some OF the brethren
would be out OF job for some time !! such
resolution passed. ILaughter.l IL takes
whole months To pull those wires. Let us
submit 20 God in everything, and let him
control Us in our ways.
CARDS AND THEATRES.
lam against cards and theatres and every
thing 81 that kind. We are Just out OF
big war in baltimore on that subject. They
got up In arms because i denounced these
Il ings as irreligious. ! turned my gun upon
them. They said they had got me tied up
on That subject. | said You Just wait
until J AIN done and / will show you
whether have changed on that one Bit
Said e. wouldnt give the accumulation
under that finger-nail and have the KIND
hispCsliion OF every man, woman, n i'd
child In Baltimore II ! had 10 sacrifice one
truth to get IT," will stick 10 the truth.
And. brethren, they have had enough OF
sam Jones aud sam Small In the papers.
We can afford any day TO retire back 10
little country Circuit IN Georgia where l
come from.
All this reputation grew on me just as my
finger nails grew ON me. | had no more 10
10 with one than | had TO do with the
other. ] am ready TO 90 back TO Georgia
and have the Bishop give me any circuit
be ple8ses; but. God helping me, when
am out 10 air these old towns am going 10
DO II, when / am fighting for the right.
tCries OF AmenlJ l am ready to go back
but when Christ says "GO" go. and when
delight Of my soul Is 10 see the smiles on my
SsviOur's face, and / never look 70 see
whether men frown or not.
THE FEDERATION.
Brethren, here Is religion in It's highest
conception. Now, Just one word more and
unsatisfactory 10 myself but have done
the best / could. and pray God To take
these scattered truths this afternoon and
drop one In everybody s heart that Will do
them good. Let US go ahead 10 be more
like Jesus Christ, and II any boiy says any
thing against Us, let IL be something that
you have said against our Lord while he
lived among men, and never let anybody
say anything truthfully against you and
defsme your character by any word or deed
which YOU may have committed or said,
and / pray God that he may bless this
General Conference. and bring out OF your
consultations and deliberations day by day
the most berefcent results TO our Church.
And want TO say TO yon. as | thought when
read OF your proceedings the other day
about the evangelical question: Brethren,
you are touching on dynamite there. am
glad the wisdom OF this Conference sat
down on all that move and said We viii
have nothing 10 do with II; our progra NINE
Is sufficient 10 meet all our wants" And
want 20 tell you that II you had opened up
that road there IL would have been full OF
men in less than three years that you
wouldn't have known what to do with.
Your first trouble would have been hunting
evangellsts, and the next trouble would
have been getting nd OF those fellows that
You thought We're eyangelists.
God bless you al, and give us al peace
full. happy life. and in Heaven give Us all q
crown OF bright, everlasting life. Pho
ionged appiause.i
Closing Exercises.
At the conclusion of the discourse
the hymn " How Tedious and Taste
less the Hour" was sung, and Rev.
DR.. Sutherland, Of Mexico, led the con-