The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-29
THE CHU RICHES.
Usual Services NeSter-
dav at the Various
Churches.
INTERESTING SERMONS TO ThE 10
COMOIIvE ENCINLERs.
Church Notes and General Mention.

were filed With their usual attentive ana
interested congregations.
The most interesting events of the day
were The services especially for the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
At & o'clock in the morning the order
attended in body at the Clay street NJ
L. Church TO listen to a sermon specially
preached TO them by Rev. DR.. Atwiil,
pastor Of the church, and again at night
they attended in body at the First Bap-
tist Church to listen to an address from
Rev. Dr. Cooper.
SERVICES AT THE CLAY-sTREET CHURCH.
The service at ;he Clay Street church
tegan at 1870 o'clock, and the attend
ance Of the engine ers, together with the
usual congregation, caused the building
10 be filled almost TO its utmost ca
pacily.
The services began by singing the
6j4th hymn, second stanZa:
Twas grace that brought my heart TO fear,
And grace my fears relieved
After this hymn was concluded DR..
Atwill took his text from the Book OF
Daniel, 1T chapter and sih verse, and
from The 18th chapter and 18Th verse:
" But Daniel proposed in his heart that
be would not defle himself with HE por-
iion of the kings meat nor with The wine
which he drank" But go
thou thy way til the end be, for thou
shall rcst and stand in thy lot at the erd
OF the days"
The preacher found no difficulty IN Sc
curing the undivided attention OF the en-
tire audience by his able and eloquent
address. AS lie portrayed the sublime,
noble and heroic character Of Daniel as
sci forth in the Bible, he was listened 10
with profound admiration by the Broth
erhood. who expressed themselves in
terms Of the highest cOmmendatiOn over
the eloquent, and, at the same time,
practical lessons deduced from the text
Dr. Atwill also gave them warm vel
come to the sanctuary and prayed for
great blessings for the order, and that 1t
might always be true. brave and good.
After Dr. Anvil had conCluGed-and
we regret being unable to give
fuller synopsis of the mastery address,
Chief Arthur Of the Brotherhood offered
up the closing prayer, and after the long
meter Doxology the congregation was
dismis sed with the benediction.
DIR cOOPERs SERMON.
At night the First Baptist Church was
crowded TO overflowing, every seat in the
spacious building being occupied, ard
there being scarcely standing room.
Shortly before o'clock The Brotherhood
Of Engineers, many OF them accompa-
MED by their wives, entered and were as
sigued TO seats reserved for them. On
the platform were Rev. Dr. Cooper and
Rev. J. William Jones, formerly Of this
ciiv. but now Of Atlanta, Ga.
After the usual preliminary services
DR.. Cooper began his sermon by extend
ing a cordial welcome TO the engineers to
the city and the church. He was espec.
ially pleased TO see them present in such
large plumbers and to note the courteous
respect which they paid to the Sabbath
and its services He hoped their visit
would be both instructive and pleasant
He then took his text from Pauls de-
fense Of himself before Felix from the
charges Of heresy made against him by
Terlullus, as found in the oath chapter
of Acts, 10th verse And herein do
exercise myself to have always a con-
science void OF offense towards God and
towards men" Paul, in using these
words, virtually said, | am accused OF be
ing a hereto. This charge Is brought
against me because | am religious man,
and do what my religious convictions
prompt me TO do towards God and man.
For thus doing what | conceive to be my
duty am srraigned this day.
The speaker then proceeded to advance
practical suggestions deduced from the
text, to be practically applied to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
In following out the line OF argument he
divided his sermon in three parts:
First. The chief factor OF daily life is
man. The day has not yet been reached
when mechanical appliances have been
so far perfected as to render any set Of
men independent Of each other. There
is a community OF interest between all
classes, the high as well as the low. The
rich need the poor man, and the poor
needs the rich. True, on railroad trains
air. brakes and similar inventions had en-
abled the working forces TO be dimin-
ished, but still the fact remained that the
prime factor in their management is man
Second The best results of industry
can only lie attained by the highest and
best type of manhood. What you are
in daily employment" said he. affects
what YOU do" Others may preach a
different gospel, and point to individual
instances where men lead corrupt and
vicious lives and yet succeed, and many
conditions exist which prevent industry
from realizing It's best results. The haste
TO be rich, the expressions OF fraud and
corruption, and the miserable homes into
which labor is too often driven, frequently
leading their occupants into lives OF i'm
morality, all combine to bring about this
result. Nevertheless the truth of the
statement could be maintained that bad
work is the result OF bad morals, ana
good work results from good morals.
This truth Is being recognized by the
industrial classes. and now one OF the
main objects of cooperative associations
is to ineulcate and promote morality,
temperance, sobriety, justice ana clean
ness of speech. These were now acknoWl.
edged to be the foundation stones OF
labor organizations, and the industrial
classes seemed determined TO wipe oil
the reproach that formerly attached 10
them and their relations to each other.
Third. Personal religion Is the means