The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-10
FINE CONGREGATIONS
Gather at the Various
city Churches Yes
terday.
Ciii kCH Oh THE SACRED HEART
DEDICATED
or' hogs's Ola Market sermon.
or. hogs's Ola Market sermon

Though slightly overcast at times, yes.
terday was "a balmy, spring like day, and
the church-goefs were out in full force
The usual sunday services were held, ,
nearly all the various palpils being oc-
cupied by the respective pastors. One
OF the most interesting occasions of the
day was
BISHOP RANDOIPH's sERMON
at II Psuls The right reverend divine
took his text from 81 John, 9Th chap
ter, l2th verse This Is my command
ment that We love one another as / have
loved you lie spoke at some length,
and with his Characteristic eloquence
upon the duty of love 10 and charity for
our fellOw-men. We should not, be said,
dare 10 contempiuously call any man
common or unclesn, for they are all
Gods creatures Everyone had some
good IN him and II was far more In the
spirit of Christ 10 dwell upon his good
points Than 10 be picking ont his foibles
and weaknesses, and dwelling upon them
with evident delight The bishop incul.
csicd with force and earnestness the duty
OF helping, aiding and assisting all per
sons In need Of assistance, and closed by
urging that the commandment Of Christ
TO love one another be Obeyed ty every
Christian Tue Church was crowded
An o1D.TINE wABEING-As SEEDFuI
NON As EVER
Dr. Hoge preached again last night IN
old Market Hall to great assembly He
took his text from the Book Of Exodus,
SXiii ., "Thou shalt not follow a multi
GA ie TO DO evil
The first thing that arrests our atien-
lion is the fact that this command comes
so early in the Bible. We find IT IN the
book of Exodus, the second book OF the
Holy Scripture The first book Is called
Genesis which means the beginning, for
that Is the hook that tells Of the creation
of the world. of the first man, Of the first
marriage, OF the first sin, OF The first
death, of The first covenant, In a word, Il
is the beginning of human history. But
the second book Is called Exodus, which
means going out, departure Here We
have a history Of the going forth Of the
lsraeites from the Land Of Egypt, and Of
their great jurney 10 the Land of Pom
ise Between TWO and three millions de
parted al the command OF God, under
lhelr great leader Moses, six hundred
thousand al them, men capable Of bear
ing arms II was mighty host massed
together in one vast body, easily swayed,
easily inhenced Tor good or evil by ex-
qmple therefore such q command as that
IN the ,ext was especially necessary.
Living as they did in a crowd, every
thing that happened was Immediately
known, everything was public, and II
ANYTHING remarkable occurred the news
spread like Wildhre al through the hOsl.
If a maa did a brave thing, a noble
thing, or d generous thing, everyone
quickly knew II ifhe committed crime,
If he broke law, if he headed an insur-
reciiOn, that was Immediately cOnsDicu-
Gus also. So the people were always in
huencing each other for better or worse
and in either case the influence spread
quickly through the entire camp
Wheeler the action performed was good
or bad 1t was like thrO wing stone into
still pond when the stone strikes the
smooth surface there is splash and
small circular wave rises from the place
where 1t struck, and that little ring Of
water widens and grows larger and
larger until the margin OF the pond Is
reached all around. The agitation OF the
water begins in one spot, but If It does
not stop there. 1t keeps on and on,
covering more and more OF the surface,
until the whole pond feels the conmo'
lion. So il was with the great marching
army of the Isrselies-if man robbed
another, or assaulted another, or II there
WAS an act OF rebellion, OF idolatry,
everyone saw il, and what all saw, all had
either TO approve or condemn.
Unfortunately, when anything wrong oc-
CURED itmet with more approval than con
demnation. and this Is the only way by
which we can account Tor the strange
things that happened on that wonderful
march la the second month OF Their
exodus from Egypt some OF the people
became dissatisfied because of the search
~ Of food. and the discomfort spread un @
nh the whole camp murmured against
Moses and Joined In the cry OF "Wny did
yCu bring Us out from the land where We
had plenty TO eat Why did you !ead
us into this great wilderness. where we
are liable 10 die with hunger, Another
revolt ACQUIRED few days after, because
of the scarcity of water, and they rose up
IN mutiny against Moses and threatened
10 stone him When they reached Mount
Sinai we have q record OF the most
eyfrsordinary occurrence In history.
In all human annals II stsnds un-
naralied Tor folly and wickedness. At
tbe very tins when the tribes we're en-
camped around Mount SINAI, aud While
the cloud of ire and smOke upon the
summit betokened The presence oi
J<hovab. and while Moses was Standing
within the sacred darkness to receive the
law from The lips Of God because he was
40 long shrOuded from the sight OF the
hosts below, the people began 10 uoupl
y.h-fher be would ever return, and then,
at the very base Of that Mount of Terror
and Glory. they wose guilty OF sLother
~evolt. not against Moses, but against
r.hoyab Himself They said Let us
make ourselves gods that shall 60 before
ma and they made Il golden call ana iell
down and worshipped II, and WIN shouts
and songs celebrated their deed OF irsnuc
impietv and strangest Of all, Aaron MIN
self Welded 10 the clamor OF the multi.
L tuUC-lHt ulhU Nit 1uONib H"'N
the popular wave, was 0VeF~heIinen py
II and became for all time startling IL
lustfation Of The danger OF comply ing
with The demands OF the evil multitude
Now we see how necessary 1t was ior
God to give the people this command
msssed altogether as they were Ia a
roightv thrOug, excitable, impressfbie
md like Under. ready 10 take fire al any
max. liable TO tumulis, panics and eA-
tfayagances Of every kind -,
Now In our days the conditions OF life
are very different We dwell IN our sep
arsle homes with pursuits infinitely dis
similar. aud yet We form a part OF thai
great procession which for six thousand
years has been moving across The plain
of lie and disappearing on the horizon $
verge Of the undiscovered future. We
are moi crowded together like an army on
the marcb, bst I'll Ibe yorld Is drawing
closer Together. FLe planet on which we