The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-11
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,ic,s were crowded The special ser
vices I'm ne churches are here given.
DIR. Hogc In Old Market Han,
fRcpor,ed for the DAILY TINES
ans GREAT GATHERING.
Ts,r. Mnrh b. a.. They came 10 Him from
every quaftrf'
In a few short. wonderful words our
Lord once told his hearers Ills purpose
i'm coming into The world. lie said ~
The lifted un. viii draw all men unto
We lie did NOT am tnai when he
,,oa liffea un ON Ills thT. uein Heaven ana
crowned with glory and honor lie would
draw au men unto Him by His Nngiy
nn,ror hui That when Hc Wa. lifted up
ON the cross such would Doe the aiirac ion
Of suffering love that the hearts OF men
,yonld be melted into pcnitencc. and then
so fuof with thc hope of forgiven IS
mat they would gather around Him IN
over. increasing numbers 10 seek and find
salvation. This vas prophecy, but as
time moves on 10 is becoming history.
The cross of Christ is The world great
magnet. drawing the nations nearer ana
nearer % IL. i'm fuldilTeni OF another
great prophecy spoken nearly Luz wears
before Christ was horn Unto linn shall
the gathering of the people be- in refer
encc 10 the DIV when Che kngdomo of the
world shau acknowledge His authority
and crown Him Lord q. all
srR,Nar rsAND ECCENTRIC SERMONS.
As lonr as the ministers of the Gospel
hold up hrist the suffering Saviour IN
The eve. of their fellOw-men. and as long
as men continue % look az the crucined
one fainiinE. bleeding. dying, not Tor
Ills friends. bat for III, enemies. their
hearts viii DC iOuchedand soiiened, ana
subduci by the sig.t Therefore the
Great motto of the sChristian minister
win be- we preach Christ crucihed,
md those who do This most faithfully.
LOVINGLY and tendcrly will be the great
reancrs in the harvc.i-hcld of the world.
This is the only kind OF preaching that
will continue 10 attract and hold the
multitude II Is not necessary 10 take
strange texts. or preach sensational
sermons 20 draw and keep the people.
they eei tired of that. and then disguised
with 3D. bat hey are never tired of hear
ing of the God Man i'm the grace and
glory of He DIVING love as seen on
Calvary
THE GREAT FACT
But long before Christ was lifted up
ON the cross He began TO gather the peO-
rle i'm great crowds about Him. The
text saws they came 10 Him from every
quarter This ticf IS mentioned in SO
many places in the account the sacred
writers give 10. of the life of our Lord
that ] want 20 impress il en- YOU By in
wiling yOur attention 10 few Of the
most interesting illustrations of H. and
then will try to show YOU ,shg it was
that the people came to him from every
quarter
Almost in the beginning of Matthew $
gospel we read that seeing The multi
tudes. Tie went up into mountain AMI
there began 10 teach them A syna-
rosue would have been too small 10 hold
the conrreraiiOn The Gentle would
not have been allowed 10 come into the
temple. 80 Tie went up into noun
lain oven and free 10 every one, where
poor men could come in their everyday
clothes. where lecgar- might come in
their rags. where mothers might come,
bringing their children, where strong
their arms or on couches; where kind
hearted friends might come leading the
blind o. helping the lame 10 climb mp "a
the place where Jesus sat. where all
might come with their burdens of sin and
sorrow 10 Him who was ready TO heal
and comfort and save.
In another place We read that great
multitude. were gathered together unto
Him. so that lie went into ship and
sat. and the whole multitude stood on the
shore" Here lie made the ship His pull
Dit. and the congregation stood listening
10 one who knew how 10 calm the tu
multi of the people and the angry waye'
with a word.
At another time we are told there fol
lowed Him great multitudes of people
from Galilcc aud from DecapOlis, and
rom Jerusalem. and from Judea. and
from beyond Jordan Here YOU SEE
how "thev came 90 Him from ever quar-
Ter Many of them came from a long
distance. most of them on foot, many ON
crutche- Galilce was in the FAR north.
Decap0lis was iggiOn OF country on
the eastern side of the sea and Was 81
called because there were ten cities IN IT,
and among them Damascus one OF the
oldest ciiic. in the world The people
flocked 90 Him from affair." and IN SO do
Ing had 90 leave their homes, their busi-
ness. tL.ir cattle and farms and shops
in their eagcTness 10 see and hear Him
Pleasure. gain. worldly engagements
were ali nothing 10 them compared with
the privilege OF hearing sermon from
His lips.
On another occasion We read that
when he was come into Jerusalem the
whole city was moved. saying, who Is
this =" This j. "a wonderful fact Jeru-
salem wa, then very large city, and at
that particular time IL was full OF
stranger, And vet We are told the
whole citv was moved. There are
many things that can interest parl of
the people of city, but usually what in
terests one class of citizens is something
the rest do not care for \ railroad con-
vention would attract crowd of rail
road people So would convention of
of banker. or farmers or lawyers or
medical men hut thousands would take
no notice OF either The visit OF q great
general or of "a foreign prince would at
tract great crowds. The news of a fire
which consumed city like New Orleans
OF New York would move all the people.
TRAGEDY il RICHMOND.
IN event once occurred in Richmond
so startling, 30 mourniul, so impressive,
that il might truly be said the whole city
was m we'd by IT, II was what Was called
1.-THE falling Of The Capitol. though the
whole building did not fall, only one
floor OF il, yet that fatal floor was so
crowded with people, many of them
widely known and greatly beloved,
that when it cave way and hundreds
were precipitated into the depths be-
meath. manglcd, palpilating mass,
crushed by falling stones and timbers,
the calamity Was one which sent thrill
of horror in all hearts, and there was
probably no, one in all the city who was
not deeply moved II was an emotion.
TOO, that Wa long felt On the following
Thursday The event WAS commemofated