The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-28
CITY NEWS
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PENINGS.


"a the BEGINNING of the ecclesiastical, or
church wear. Services and sermons ap.
propriaie 10 the dav were held and
preached in the various Episcopal and
Roman Catholic churches, and the i'm
portaucc Of the day, added to the beautiful
weather. caused the sacred edificcs TO be
crowded with dcvOut and interested con-
rrerations The general drift of the dis
courses was on the great mystery of the
Trinity. the Triunc God. In every in
stance wholesome lessons were conveyed
and the doctrine taught that what God
docih we know not now; but shall know
hereafter when the mystery of the
Trinity and All the mysterious dispensa-
tions of Providence will be revealed
MEMORIAL SERMON
r f. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans
and Phil Kcarney Post Grand Army of
The Republic last night went to Grace
street Baptist church, where Rev. Charles
II Corey, ID u president of the Rich
moni Baptist Theological Seminary for
the education of colored Baptist preach
crs. delivered an eloquent sermon on Me
mortal day and the lessons 10 he drawn
from the great deeds, valOr. and devotion
of the heroic soldier and the yearly tri-
butte To- their memories so warmly ten
dcrtI by those who survive.
"THE CHAINS THAT BIND YOUNG MEN
LlCENTIOUsNEss
The last sermon of series of fOur,
describing the chains that bind young
men. and addressed TO the young men of
this citv. was preached at the large hall
Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton Yesterday afternoon. The number
0i Young men DESTROYS TO be instructed
in such manner has been increasing
every week, and yesterday the spacious
hlll was well filled I'm the absence of
Mr. Charles l. Thomas, the secretary of
the association. who has left the city to
attend the annual convention of the
secretaries of the various associations OF
this Stale the Rev George III. Wiley con
Quoted the meeting The same gentle
man also delivered the sermon on LII
ccntiousness,' which was attentively lis
tened tO by the large gathering. a
number Of hymns, sung by select male
uuartette. made the meeting still more at
jractiyc.
Pastor Wiley began with reading He
=
for bis sermon. The speaker thought
tlai "a certain amount of curiosity might
nave prevailed among the young men
who hal come 10 attend the meeting. To
see what kind of language would be
used lIc however did not think tiat
the desired effect was depending on what
Wa. said, unless tbe Lord was with tie
speaker as well as the hearers. The
chain of liccntiOusness was the longest
one ot those that bind young men. ii was
certainly longer than that of drink and
gambling, although it was a well known
tact that 10000 men every year died "a
drunkari's death. LicentiOueness or
lasciylv was also the heaviest harm of
the four held Quito young men. He was
fully convinced that of a hundred young
men whom he might meet al a street cor
ner. about fifty were more or less heavily
addicted 20 drink while twenty-five more
were moderately indulging iii the vice
tie G'7o had no doubt that out
OF that same number not only
crime of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and that
twenty ihrec out OF the remaining TWEEN
ty-hve had been at least temporarily un
der ill., cham of lasciyity. OF the nu-
merou. Young men whom he met during
his li' ime he could count on bis fin
gers those who had lived virtuous life
unit. they were married. To what eX-
tent the chain OF liCeniiOusness had tied
down mankind the speaker endeayored
jo prove hy illustrations taken from the
Bible, as well as from the history Of all
nations and all ages. 1t was sad but
true spectacle 10 see men under the ban
of this crime among the members of the
Church where they bow their heads as
Icyerently a. all the rest When the
Christian people entered China they did
not need % make the poor heathens IA
miliar with this vice, which they knew
only too we'll When the white men
made the savages of this country ac-
qusinted with the effects of the fire.
water hey did not need to teach them
anything about lascivitv they knew ex-
acily how to indulge in this sin.
While men have TO sit on card tables
before they can become gamblers, and
while they have TO drink whisky first,
before they can have craving for that
deadly poison, the desire for licentious-
ness is already in their hearts, and This
very late goes 10 prove that TINS Is the
heaviest chain. But how can this chain
be hrokeny The answer is by earnest
prayer TO God But we must really
pray and not only say prayers.
LlcentiOusness Is not only the longest,
hut also the strongest chain which binds
men more tightly than the others. Men
have "a natural desire for il. while they
have % learn the other sins first \ good
many men ia the Church OF God look
upon il rs a necessary evil which, how
ever Ia reality II is not There is moth |
Ing 10 be found in the Bible to corrobor |
ate such a view, but on the other hand
that book teaches US that God has the
power 10 take away this desire. The
chain OF licentiOusnesS, although the
Longest, heaviest. and strongest, can be
broken. Gods word proves it in Psalm |
CHA, Q, and We can escape this sin by the
blood 1f Jesus Christ, which cleanses us
from a.. sins, aud ii we only believe in
Him We will by Him be lifted into eternal
happiness
CHURCH NOTES.
Yesterday evening at 4 o'clock the
congregation OF Pine-street Baptist
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