The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-04
WILL ATTENDED Bi USUAL C0>GRE
CATIONS YESTERDAY.
MOST INTERESTING FEATURES
OFTHE DAY
DIR. Hoer.s Old MAuK.r SERMON.
Impressive services az All saints church
Common sense -ornon hN the Pas
tor-Chureh Notes otner
Local News.

tive accustomed IIalta 90 NVt0"lp. NC
congregations wct as usual large and
attentive. and while there was no special
ly notable event 90 mark tlr day, the ser
vices were al interesting and impress
sivc
The following were the main features
of the day
Dr. Hoce at old Market Han.
lRcporttd FOR the DAILY TrMrs
TnE GOOD MANS GRIEF
TgX-.-Pnlm iia. IS. # b,held the trans
gr,ssors aud Nas grove =,
4 religion without sympathy and car,
for others is religion not worth hav
ing. IL isa religion in name only. with
out any reality iu TO- The Bible com
mands us 90 look. not only on "our own
things. but also ON ihe things OF others
Ii saws 10 those who enjoy the blessings
which the Gospel brings. Freely y'
have received. freely give 10 -tcfnl}
rebnkes the man who asks. Am ] ms
brothers keeper boat it anyone should
say. Il call no man my brother VINO l-
not the son of my father and mother Zee
cannot saw he has no h.gh'or Well u
man once asked our Lord, w Do u.s. my
ueighbor Iie taught him that % neigh
Dor was not one whO lived next door Oh
him. OF ana acquaintance that he met
from day 90 day. hut that everyone
was ncighb0r Who VAS 80 need and 60
whom he could show kindness. Common
humanity would require That much' nul
Christianity b. more diam common hu
manitv. II makes every Truly converted
person who has received pardon for hi-
own sins long that others might Dee par
doned ior Nesr sins II makes everyone
who has hope ior salvation mo-" ana q
hope of Heaven hereafter pray that
Others NAV have the same hope aud De
prepared for the same Heaven.
syMPATHY AND CoNCERN FOR OTHERS
David. speaking Of God s. mercy 10 him
said He took me up out of "a horlpI'
Dit and out OF The miry clay and set my
feet upon r. rock and put b new song into
NV mouth 1ou have heard The old
HYMN beginning-
How heppy are they whom The saviour
AND ending
% that all IN sht believe snd salvation 10
And Their song aud tleit jos be the same.
Well. David had pity for those who
were siill in the mire M sim he Wanie,
them % bee pllcked oui of the horrible
Dit. he longed 10 ~re them standing at hn
Side on the solid rock. bee wanted 90 hea
them singing the same song that had beei
put IN bis mouth be- new song D.
not solitary When Mr. Leitwicl
or CAPTAIN Cunningham sings piece FOL
Us, by himself. We call ID sDDt but lh'
new song is not % solo Faith is not
monopoly-thai u.s. NOT private dish "a
the Lord banquet. and the ne" song u
all the sweeter when great many JON N
II suppose CITY should be afflicted with
sleat famine and thousands OF peopi
we're starving for food, and 10 should d.
discovered thet man 10 10 had his hous'
nDed with provisions from cellar TO gar
Iet-mOre than be could consume IN
lifetime-what would YOU say II he wouit
neither sell or give single loaf OF a crus
out Of his ya.t stores 4 man would b.
a spiritual miser, who had been fed witt
The bread Of life himself. and then no
care how many persisted with hunger
Ruf such p man never existed. W hel
the bread of life satisfies tie hunger o
The soul. the first and strongest desire o
that soul is that Others may be fed ant
satisfied Such a man is always full o
sympathy, full of pity for the destitute
and that love and pity will constrain hin
10 make immediate efforts for their sup
plv. The more one enjoys his own re
NGion. the deeper viii Doe bis sorrow an
concern for those who have no feh2io
10 enjoy Like David. he will mourn to
his own sins. but he knows that other
are guilty. also. and so while me coniesse
and laments. he is not unmindul d
Others. but is filed with intense anNlet
for them. While he cries Have mere
on me. O God. blot ont mine iniquities,
he also looks abroad over an the world
and when he sees how full it is of wicke
men. the sight Ills him with deepes
grief
sion OF i CHANGED HEART
stop now lust "a minute 90 say, her
YOU have good way 20 test the realit
of your own conversion ii YOU hay
tasted the iovs of salvation you ca
never rest cOntented until others shar
with you in that salvation The NOR
penitent You are for your own sins "a
more YOU will mourn for The impcniten'
The fuller YOU are of Gods free spirit th
more earnestly you win pray that trans
eressOrs NAV be taught Gods wa
and sinners be converted unit
Him You may talk OF your fine eXpe
rience, you NAV fancy because 80
are 80 correct in your life yo
are one of Heavens particular favor
ties: YOU may De 30 absOrbe
with your own Transporting prospect
of future bliss that you forget those VIII
are without God and without hope IL
the world but II SO, YOU are like Oh
man u an experience meeting Who sail
that for five wears Dee bad lived ON th
Mount Of TRANSPORTATION -imi is. Oh
the mount where Christ with Peter AM
James and John. talked with Moses am
Elias while Heaven glory shown aloun
ihem-but The pasioro THIS boasliul ma
suddenly asked him How many soul
have YOU brought to Christ ~ The maj
was confused. and stammcred out BE-
don't know" Have You saved any
was The pastors quick and cutting ques
tion. None that know of, said tht
man. "Well. said the pastor, 1--WE don
want that mountain sort of experience
When man gets SO high that be cannO
reach down and ny 90 save poor sinner
there Is something wrong
WHAT TRUE SYMPATHY WILL Do.
II is better 10 Doe like Andrew when h
was converted He went Straight aite
his brother aud said, " We have iounC
the Messiah and brought him 10 Jesus
Ii Is better 10 be like The little girl IL
This city who Was converted ami ihei
persuaded. first her brother and then he
father. 10 attend the revival meeting
then IN progress, and had the happiness
of seeing both OF them converted. Nor
affecting still IS the case 81 the child wh'
said TO the good minister who was visit
ing her in her last illness " My fathe
never attends preaching anywhere, bu
when | am dead he viii come 10 my
funeral. Try and say something That vii
touch his heart hen 30 is tender for me.
Here was one whose concern for another
was so deep that she took comfort 10 th,
thought that even her death might be She
means OF life 10 bin.
WHO ARR IRAN-GREssOksf