The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-19

Passion sunday Large Attendance st the
Churche.-Call Meeting OF the Com
mon Council To-NIgbt-The Budget and
the Gas Works Lease General Notes
Yesterday was known TO the Ecclcsias-
tlcal world rs Passion Sunday" which
ushers Passion week or the week preced-
inc the last IN Lent, known as "Holy
week" The day was bright, beautiful
and balmy in marked contrast TO the day
before, consequently all the churches and
various places Ot worship were filled with
large congregations, and the services and
sermons everywhere were apparently
much enjoyed.
In the Episcopal and Roman Catholic
churches services especially appropriate
10 the day were observed. particularly in
the latter was the Passion OF Christ dwelt
upon with peculiar carnestness, and les
sons taught in accord with the solemn
season.
Yesterday evening at half-past three
O'Clock there was meeting OF Sunday
school teachers and Sunday school friends
In Centenary Methodist church A large
number OF the city pastors were present.
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attentive audience, many having to stand
and several hundred turned away from
lack OF room.
Rev. T. G.. Dashiel. president of the
Sunday-school Union of Richmond AID
Manchester, presided. After religious
exercises
MR.. B r. JACOBS
gave n lecture, lasting an hour and a
halt. He said tLat one of the great
things which made successful religious
worker was overcoming difficulties. The
more difficulties i'm the way the better IL
would be- for the training of teacher II
he or shc had the energy and perseverance
10 surmOunt them, with the strength OF
God backing their endeayOrs He urged
that The best men 10 have at the head of
a Sunday school general organization
were the busy mtn Get all the well
known men in high places You choose
for ornamental officers, but have a few
good conscientious laymen who are
always engaged in private business, and
Won will find that they, as the execu
tive body. will do the work and do
II surely.
Mr.. Jacobs expressed qualification at
the ulttllOI Ol ltttlltlH NhtNluhl hlttl-
noon. From what be then learned and
from visits he and Mr. Reynolds had
made 10 sunday schools yesterday morn
in. be was satisfied that Richmond was
the equal of any city in Sunday school
work and cfiiciercy. He wanted Rich
mOnd workers, however, To keep at work
and become like fremont Temple in
Boston, where 1000 workers met every
Saturday afternoon for instruction in the
lesson for the following morning
lie wanted it well known that II was
Christ himself who first taught that a
child was the medium through which Ills
religion was To be conveyed. Tie taught
il by His example, when AT Is years OF
aye he entered the tenple and sat among
TIE doctors Of the law both hearing and
asking them questions. All Christian
workers must lead the child TO Christ II
is only through the child being properly
trained that the true and unsullitd re-
Hrion of Christ be made to promote
humanity.
A. to teachers, he said great mistake
was made in selecting them. Dld you
ever hear OF a Public School Board max
Ing reQues, of a teacher 10 teacaf NO;
YOU ask for applications and select the
one best qualified. Something like this
must be done In Sunday schools. You
must yet the teacher who Is most partlcu-
larly qualified for teaching such and such
4 class. a religious class, non religious
class young children, adults, young men
and girls. tie illustrated this idea
by several apt references TO teachers with
In his own experience, referring partlcu-
larly 10 one lady who took charge OF an
infant class that was going to pieces,
soon lad 200 attentive scholars In II, ana
was finally engaged at a salary 10 travel
all over the State of Illinois to organize
infant classes aud teach the teachers how
to teach He dwelt al length on
THE BIBLE AS A TEXT BOOK.
No religion can exist SO pure and un-
deflcd AS that which is gained by care
full and painstaking study of the Word
OF God The Bible is now being used
in many universities and colleges as a
textbook, and the probabilities are thst
all of them will use IL before long. Yet
il must be remembered that the Sunday
school Is the. great field for Bible study.
There, young and old alike, from the
todding child to the aged man or woman,
become imbued with its holy teach
ings. and there their hearts and minds
are developed in the spirit, fear and
love Of God
lie further said that Gods thoughts
and words are not like our thoughts and
words. aud the reason OF II is that we
don't have Gods thoughts II we had
Gods thoughts how many people would
there be living in sin. Even among men
none have the same thoughts, yet 1t is
our duty 10 so struggle together ana
plan our actions so that Gods work may
be increased and his glory shine as the
sun
nUMANfTARfASisA.
Il has been claimed that there are men
who have humanitarian feelings Just like
the Christian, and accordingly do practi-
cal work for man's benefit. ] grant that
ba, they borrowed it from Christ ana
they could perform their work much pet
ter if they had the spirit OF Christ 10
re-enforce them The speaker used many
illustrations 10 show what willing hearts
and hands have done, and appealed TO all
TO Law the Bible TO their hearts and study
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