The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-17


he armed the builders OF the walls
nrganilel intm into companies, snC
while laying mortar and stone they haC
he sword at their thigh. He did hii
work lie built the walls. Because a
he himself has recorded. for The pe0pA
nad mind TO work"
That I. my theme to-day. People
must have a mind 10 work. People if
the church must work the farmer mus
woik from the time be ploughs the ground
10 plant the seed before be can gather the
gram into bis barns.
God said Let there be light, and there
was light" tie could easily have stood
over against the broken walls OF Jeru
aiem aud said, LET these walls b,
Dui.i," aud they would have been bull
Instantly. Bur lie did not want it done
ihai way lie wanted the people "a
nave a mind 10 WORK, and the people &
the church must work. God could cause
church buildings 10 grow up like the
trees, but lie does not spread the gospel
thst way. lie knows That work is neces
safy for the welfare Of His church
work qulckcus interest You may not
sbout which 20 many articles appear in
lhe papers, but tue men who write these
articles make 1t study and know every
detail They work with a mind
When the Earl OF shallesbury was
leaving a missionary meeting one day, a
lillle peasant boy stopped him and said
We had grand meeting" The great
philanthrOpist ask ed him, why, my iadf
Said the boy. because ! gave d penny.
there vas evidence OF that boys interest.
lie had given penny and the meeting
was grauer TO him than IL was 10 The
great and rich earl.
If We ere busy, and have a mind for
work, we cannot 90 down. Then we
shown our faith, and God will judge our
faith By our faitfulness. Not only lie,
but ourselves can Judge 1t. We can ask
ourselves daily what are we doing ia
work for Christi
UnanimilY is necessary to church
work. IL takes one hundred cents TO
make one dollar. We learn from the
bee that It takes many single grains of
s., Id to build their castles. One bee
gathers little honey, but collectively how
much The Coral Islands, miles IN cir
cumierance, are built by insects so small
that it requires a microscope 10 see them.
Yet each does his part, and the unanim-
ity aud faithlulness Of them Is appar
ant all Oger the ocean
There is an understanding that work
in the church is done by the few. | find
il the same In lodges aud in politics but
at Jerusalem az the people had mind 10
work, and did it. So we need heartiuoss
on the part Of each Each should carry
out the idea conveyed Ia the words,
whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do
it with thy might" You must be right
down In earnest, and therefore heartiness
Is necessary.
In reviewing the history Of st. Johns
Church for a few years past, and parlicu-
larly the past few weeks, we find that
success has crowned our wishes, and be-
cause il was brought about Ike what
Nehemiah said Of his co-laborers " The
people had mind TO work" We hsye
lust had q bazaar The men OF the con
gregatlOn had done their utmost 10 make
Il success. We then went TO those who
are our comfort in sOrrOW, who always
have a ready wit 70 suggest when men
fail-the wonderland, God bless them,
there was unsnimity In their work. II
there were any laggards they were too
few 20 be noticed. The church was a
unit. found men engr0ssed In the Affairs
Of business, women With large household
cares, sick children and anxious thoughts,
who found will to work, and when they
found # they found the way. l thank
my people for their work. / thank in
their name many from the denOmlna-
tiOnal churches and many members OF no
church al all, who have helped them; but
above sll we must thank God We
prayed 10 him 10 send Us His blessing, 10
send US good weather, 10 send us the
sympathy of friends and lie answered
our prayers, and our success largely tX-
ceeded our anticipaiiOns. The results
have been carefully audited Our gross
receipts at the bazaar were Sl,2J6sJ :
our expenses, S25e10; our net receipts,
81, ,OOOl0.
/ will communicate from the yestry
10 You. We have erected the Weddell
Memorial chapel. 1t cost $4,000 exclud-
ing some private gifts IL was my
pleasure yesterday, in company with
your finance committee, TO take out Of
bank the last note due on It. We owe
nothing now, and in d short while the
Bishop will be with Us 10 c0nsecrate It to
the worship of Almighty God for all
time.
The Chapel Of the Good Shepherd for
col0rei people, on Church Hill, has been
built at q cost Of 5000 On
IL we owe balance. The i'm.
pr0vemenis to tie church excu-
siye Of the chsncel furniture, and the
memorial windows, all private gifts, cost
81 600 That IS all paid The old rectory
on Twentieth street was sold for $4,000
A new one built, with later improve
ments. cost S4700; on II We owe bal
ance. The contingent fund to the coun-
ell, S40., was paid without calling on the
members. We now owe about 81 800
An English drummer boy was captured
and brought before Napoleon The en-
peTor told him TO beat the retreat. The
hey responded, Il never learned how"
Must we retreat No, we Will not We
will work with heartiness and unanimity,
and pay this debt, and we will then have
together a day Of gladness far surprising
that day when the two divisions with
Nehemiah at the head OF one and Ezra
the other. met from the two sides IN the
courts of the temple.
Rev. DR. Cooper said, salt and meat
must 60 together, for II you remove the
salt from the meat, the latter will certain
ly 90 to decay. Our Lord Jesus Christ
said, that you are the salt Of the earth.
believe that there are 10000 persons In
this city who never darken the doors of
any house Of God and who know nothing
Of God. Now SO much as the Christian
salt of this city shall keep themselves
away from the masses Of the people, we
a1all have trouble here when the master
sail meet us face 10 face and ask Us,
what did you do for these people Why
did you leave them ~ destructiony II
will be appalling 10 itself Now this so
ciety can fiud houses in which to hold
prayer meetings, and we want halls and
stores; we want places where the masse:
OF people can come without any feeling
Of embarrassment.
| hope another thing will be brought
about, and that thing 10 that this society
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