The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-07

than II once was. l. your heart A. ten
der now as il was in youth? Are You
n easy 10 move ~ you were in That re-
vival when YOU were under deep conVlc-
ton for sin: when YOU resolved ana re-
solved. and then broke your resolution
and went on as before Oh no. not az
before. for IL Is harder now 10 arouse
your iniercsi-hardcr TO touch your
heart. Take care. lest by triiling with
salvation the Gospel should become an
unmcaning Gospel to you, and the Things
which belong 10 your peace be hiddeh
from your eyes
Yesterday a lawyer told me that man
came 10 his Office TO ask him TO write his
will The lawyer was ready TO do II a.
once-ihc man seemed ready, too; hut he
said he believed he would come in the
next day and have il done. The next
day he was dead lie died that night
What thy hand findeth to do do u
with thy might, and do it without delay
whether in temporal or spiritual things
il they be things affecting your earthly
or eternal welfare.
Remember the sad. tender words OF
Jesus. "Oh, If thou hadsi known, even
thou. in this thy day" Now is the ac-
ccpted time ] p ace YOU beneath the
tears of Jesus. ] ask yout TO listen 10
what he SAYS: Him that comeih unto
Me will in no wise cast out II the
/ invitation is rejected what can lie do but
say: "The things that belong 20 thy
peace are hidden from thine eyes"
/ REV. Mr.. GRAMMER oN GENEROSITY AND
CHARITY.
At St. Marks Church yesterday morn
/ ing. PRAYER was read az 81 o'clock in the
/ Sunday school, and tire children
catechised At II o'clock the hiany
and communion service was read. The
sermon was preached by Rev. Professor
/ Carl Il. Grammer, of the Theological
Seminary of Virginia. In announcing
/ the notices for the week, DR.. Dashlcl,
/ the rector. stated that he wished as many
of his congregation as possible would al
tend the meetings OF the American
+ Church Missionary Society at II. James
I Church in the afternoon, and ST. fau,s
al nirht lie was anxious that they
should 20, not only to show loyalty 10
our Saviour, but loyalty as well to the
church
Professor Grammer took as his text the
ninth verse of the seventh chapter OF
Second Book of Kings Then they said
one TO another, We do not well. this day
. IS a day of good tidings, and we hold our
peace if we larry till the morning light
some mischief viii come upon as now
therefore come, that we may go and tell
the kings household
One Of the most memorable sicgcs
known in history. excepting the siege OF
Jerusalem bv Titus and Nespasian, was
the seige of Samaria By Ben iadad, Alng
of the Syrians. For years that Syraln hlng
and his hosts encOmpassed it. The
people within the walls suffered every
manner of priyation: food had gone
every comfort was forgotten, and every
person in the Syrian camp expected THAI
the city would fall Had there been
gamblers with them they would have bet
ON the day ON which the city would sur
render. The military critics OF the day,
no doubt expatiated on the forthcoming
fall and capture Of the city. IL did not
fall
-Four lepers sat at the gate of the city
They were suffering from an inculable
disease. They argued, if we enter the
city We will die of the famine there; II
we sit still here we viii die also. The
best thing for us 10 do is 20 go to- the
host of Syrians If they feed as we will
live: If they kill rs we shall but die SO
they went TO the Syrian camp. Reach
ING there they found it deserted. They
picked MP gold and raiment from one
and another, and hid 10, and then after
thought said one 10 another. We do /
not well this is q day of good tidings. and /
we hold our peace" They went back 10
the city and told their pastor of the
fight of the Svrians and the quantities F.
of cold found and raiment left behind. /
The action Of the four lepers eXempll- I
iies that great principle. generosity. II /
was a small one. as displayed by the +.
lepers, hat the principle is one which /
every right-thinking person values most +
highly. Nav. the whole world value II F.
above all other virtues So great Is the .
popular appreciation OF the generous f
open-hearted man that all other things
about him, vices or not, are
lost sight Of 4 man may .
be ANYTHING. even forgetting his own /
self-respect. but none forget him when
he is said to be a friend OF the poor
This virtue of generosity, like the .
palm in the desert, is an oasis which
makes refreshing spot in the character
Of q man.
A popular novelist once tried 10 make
a hero ont or a selfish man. The novel
fell fat Generosity alone can make
popular hero
Ii is said Of CorJez, when he made the
conquest of Mexico, that he could never
have succeeded had he not had an ally,
in the persons of number OF tribes who
lived i'm the domain OF MOnlcZuma. With
their assistance ne conquered the coun
try. task which. with his Spanish sol-
diers alone he could not have done. We
must have an ally. We must, Ike Cor
tez. have landing place We
are under the heaviest guns OF
the enemy passing through The
strictest scrutiny. We must ally
ourselves 10 that virtue, generosity.
Arc there any starving Samariians
among youy Are there any among YOU
who have all they want and refuse 10
follow the example of the lepers and do
their duty 90 the suffering and needy
Are there any here who will 60 from
tent 10 tent, collect supplies, and give
the same 10 the starving OF our city
There are some who will not
II You people, men and women, have ,
no good tidings If You have presented ,
no one TO the Saviour, the question !
comes. Have YOU yourself found tie .
Saviour" You have not the good
tidines yourself If YOU have the good (
iidings you should tell them in practi- :
cal way, not hold your peace. You /
should display them in your business, in /
the social the moral world. Give the !
iidings of a consecrated heart out TO a
everybody, for be il remembered, OF I
good tidings there is an infinite supply. =
| saw travelling salesman going 4
through a train once putting religious n
tracts on all the seats. | asked him what 4
made him DO it, He replied that he =
could not hold his peace aud keep others :
rom knowing the glad tidings which he 4
possessed 1
The tidings if You viii scatter them 4
about by your personal presence, will q
.oothe the pillow of the dying, comfort y
he unfortunate, make soft the bed of o
he painful, because then they will know "
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