The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04
THE CHURCHES
A DAMP AND pISAGREEABLE SAB
BATH DAY.
BIT As USUAL, CHURCH-G0k
OFT IN FORCE
MOST INTERESTING FEATURES OF
1UE DAY.
pr. uoge Not Present asst Night NJ Oh"
M.rket HsII-~crmon by bishop
Nbittle-Church
Notes.

down steadily and heavily. This dld not
deter the doyOut church gocrs OF Kich-
mond however. from attending 10 their
accustomed religious duties, ana the
churches were well filed with their &C
customed congregations.
The dav was attended 10y no special
feature Of interest Il, however. except the
sermon of BishOv Whittlc az Christ
Church and The administering by him
of the solemn rite of Confirmation. Dr.
Uogc lid not deliver his usual sermon
~ the Old Market last night, which ac-
counts for It's non-appcarance IN these
columns This morning.
The following comprises the main
church items
BISHOP WmITTiE AT CHRIST CHURCH
Yesterday morning at II o'clock. Right
Rev Z VI White. Bishop Of Virginia,
visited Christ Church. on Ncnaolc street,
and administered the solemn rite of con
nrmation 10 four males and ten females.
The Bishop preached an eloquent ser
mon from the first md second verses oi
The fifteenth chapter of ST. Luke
Then drew nigh unto him all the put.
licans and sinners for 10 hear him And
the Pharisees and Scribes muimured,
saving This man receiyeth sinners and
eaieih with them
Il was II very remarkable fact record
el OF our Saviour. said the speaker that
all the Yuhlicans and sinners Hooked 10
hear him preach The publicans were q
class of people very odiOus 10 jew
though generally "a Jew himself bat his
occupation. that Of tax gathorcr. was one
which represented 10 jew two things
which displcGsed him the most. the loss
of money and of liberty The publican
was alWags mentioned in the Bible
along with sinners 1hcg were loose
and soriid in their disposition The sim
ners were those people who were
VIGOROUSLY sinful. wicked abandoned
people These were the classes of peO-
Die who habiiuslly pressed on the Saviour
10 hear him preach NheTeves He went
thew came out after Him Zsccheus a
publican, climbed up tree 30 as 10 see
the Saviour pass hy An abandoned WO-
man crowded in on Him at q banquet 10
annOint His feet The wicked people
hooked 20 hear Him preach
such characters DO not now crowd
our churches 90 hear The preaching of
the Gospel Thai kind of people now
have 20 Pc sought ioI in the byways and
hedges Men and women c0nsOrt with
people Of their own inclinaiions and
character So IL made the Pharsees mar
vel when they saw the publicans and
-inuers docking 10 hear Jesus preach,
vet Jesus was no sinner He was purity
itself The greatest charge ever pre-
ierred against Him was that they could
find no fault in Him. His life reached
The heavens and was hid in God We
find Him retiring 10 the DIES.
ert of the mountain and spend
ing the entire night in PRAYER
We find him sitting by Jacobs well
weary and hungry, and when His dis
ciples urged Him 10 eat said that lie
had meat, which they knew not Of. and
that was 10 do His Fathers will There
was no similarity of disposition between
Christ and the publicans and sinners.
They were az different as poverty and
depravity, as light and darkness
MANY people have formed the idea
that Christ was SO gentle and compass
sionate that he did not regard sin in the
sense that it was looked at by God the
Father, but the idea is erroneous Christ
hated sin and said SO. The worst woe
pronounced against sin fell from the lips
Of the meek and lOWly Jesus lie spared
neither rich or poor, high or low
his winnOwing fan was always
IN His hand lie told them OF their sins
10 their faces, and wound up His con-
domination OF sin by saying, How can
YOU escape the damnation of hell +" just
before He ended His earthly career. lie
a. l. - ].
He wcpt over Jerusalem. but al the same
time pronounced her awful doom. His
denunciation of sin together with His
personal purity caused Him TO be feyiled
and finally cruciied
What minister would today tell his
host nj the table that he ought 10 spend
his money in gl0ryfying God instead Of
spending the amount on banuuets, What
minister would tell his host that he
should not invite his friends TO dinner.
but invite the poor and the wrctched.
and the stranger, But Christ did not
hesitate 10 do SO Who would DO such
preaching as that now He hated sin in
every form. and laid down His life in
order 10 show that the wages of sin is
death
The charge made against Christ WAS
true. but not in the sense the Pharisecs
meant. He did receive sinners The
publican and sinner were Outcasts NO
one gave them thought. no one cared
FOL their morality or their soul SO He
went and told them that The kingdom OF
God was al hand To the weary and
heavy laden He offered rest lie offered
life 10 The dying and forgiveness TO The
sinner He offered three OutCasts love
and affection He spoke 10 them as
never man spoke No doubt his very
face shown with sympathy and tender
ness. 1t was the way ne received and
talked with sinners which constituted
the secret OF his power over them.
just after beginning his ministry
Christ went into the synagogue Of Naz-
sreih. and taking up the prOphesy Of
Isaiah he read. The spirit OF The Lord
is upon me because lie hath Amounted
me 10 preach the Gospel TO The poor. He
hath sent ne 20 heal The broken hearted
10 preach deliverance 10 The captiycs,
and recovering OF sight TO the blind. 10
set at liberty them that are bruised, 10
preach the acceptable year
of the Lord lie then sat
down and all eyes and attention was
uAtu on MN. lie Dithc the suspense tA
saying This day is The scripture full
filled in yodr ears lie was on earth 20
do what the prophet fOretold would be
done lie was here 10 pardon and sane
tify the sinner 10 give them a glorious
Immortality lie mingled with them So
as 10 give them salvation. His name was
Jesus, because he had come 10 save them
from their sins How strange II is that
the Scribes and Pharsees should have
abused Him for doing what he came To
do. The common people heard him
gladly The pubhcans and harlots entered
the kingdom OF God before the teachers
OF religion aud the doctors of the law
because Christ said SO.
No one can get 10 Heaven who does
not Lsaize deyouiedly that he is sinner
and 90 10 Christ and give himself up
The rharisee of Older days, like those OF
TODAY, relied on himself He practiced
u few virtues, reirained from certain
vices, and was particular about the