Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-30

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| often knocks down another to set ITSELF
| up; not so here. Those who sought ana
| secured religious liberty sought for all
| others as well as for themselves. In THIS
the Baptist fathers of Virginia. through
| Washington, Jefferson and others. bore
no small part. one hundred and twenty
years ago there were about 2oco Baptists
In Virginia; to-day more than $4,000 Tin
| the same territory, Virginia and West
! Virginia), and the key with which our
fathers were locked In Jail for preaching
the Gospel is in the museum at Richmond
| College There IA not time to speak or
temporal besslngs-food. ralment, homes,
Inventions. wages. and living.
The speaker. illustrating the sacredness
| OF the Individual, said: THE ancients
would work to death 1000 men to build
one monument One little child In Rich
| mond Is greater than the City Hall.
What shall we do with this sacred trust
OF blessing7 Use IL as an unworthy
son. and still hang like y parasite upon
| the home. or use II for our develop
| ment. that we may reflect glory on our
Father. The nation that will not serve
me shall perish says God himself"
l. AZ Christian citizens let US settle by
peaceable victories those questions that
look towards revolution. Let us remem-
Der that "in the sunburst OF Rome's
y
II not be said by US. AFTER me the
deluge"
2 Personal purity, pety. honesty.
n holy life. so that the angels with the
prophet. may say. blessed is that ma
ton whose God is the Lord. and the peo-
pie whom He hath chosen for HIS in
heritance"
\ voluntary offering of over 500 was
made to the Aged Ladies' Home. and the
Swiftly By"
Thanksgiving at Fulton.
An immense congregation gathered in
the Fulton Baptist church. The
pulpit was beautined with choice
flowers and ferns. The choir was
full, and the singing inspiring.
| Doxology. followed by the national hymn.
The other hymns were. Joy to the
World" and "Old Coronation"
The pastor. Rev. John w. Daugherty.
delivered q sermon from Exodus XIV, /:
Then Sang Moses and the Children OF
Israel This Song and Spake. Saying. l
VIII Sing Unto the Lord, For He Hath
Triumphei 1loriously"
These people sang. Mr.. Daugherty said.
| because they Were redeemed, delivered
from bondage and oppression. and this
| FnttfS INTO our sung lO-idy, VIZ nav
! been redeemed from the same thing. il
was national thanksgiving. the whole
nation participated i'm the rejoicing. This
! national Thanksglving-day of ours
is rapidly becoming truly national, the
day Of true patriotism. and will magnify
the patriotism Of Christianity. II will
become the great day when Il nation will
gather at the footstool of God and bless
| Him for the eyer-promnent privileges
and liberties he has given them, and his
| discriminating merclos as the years go
10y. Referring to political and religious
liberty, the speaker said he had read an
article in the Richmond Times from a
| Catholic Bishop. on our government lie
said the good Bishop might have added:
"AH thanks 10 God through Protestant
| ism" How, eaid he, can an Intelligent
| Romanst look into the fair face of Ameri-
can liberty ard not blush with
real shame? He said Also that it was sig
| nificant that the loud call for a national
| THANKSGIVING OF the people In their
churches was not made by the pulpit. but
by the press. The press had ascended the
pulpit unordained ny man. but commits
missloned by God. and cried out: Unto
| Him Shall the Gathering Of the People
| Be" The great dailies and weeklies OF
the land had become preachers of right
| eousness. and stood before many pulpits,
as Nathan did before David not remind
in, them of sins Of doing. but sins of not
| doing. \ conservated press promises to
| fully redeem the nation. The sermon was
| heard with eager interest. Altogether. the
services were characterized by spirit
Of joy and enthusiasm.
| AT the First Church.
LET your conversation be without
covetousness and be content with such
| things as We have" w'ne the words OF Or.
| Cooper's text. Man people VIII think
this Thanksgiving ~ sadly misnamed'
| the speaker observed. This is a day to
give thanks. when hard times" press
| sorely; when men have lived years In
| the past twelve months; when so many
| are out of work, and there's little to
earn with many 10 keep; when many n
| home suffers keen privaton; better nave
| a day of fasting and prayer. 1t has been
n hard year. but one furnishing the truest
| causes for Thanksgiving. our best joys
| are those which have some dark ground
| TO reflect their beauty and sober their
mirth. Every thunder-cloud has n rain
bow in H. Things are not as bad as they
| might have been The worst is over.
| The year has given another proof of the
| recuperatlve power Of our national lie.
| We are not hurt badly. Every genera
| ton needs the lessons we 1--we been
taught. II is no day for croakers or
| croaking Better times ahead; improve
| ment is already apparent. Economy had
| become a lost art among the people. The
| tendency OF our life is toward extraya-
| gance More people live up To the outer
| margin Of income than IN any other ma
| ton. We needed the lesson OF economy.
| Many have found out that they could do
| without the luxurles they thought essen
| tal and be just as happy.
The day also rebukes the spirit or IN
| tolerance, which is one OF the oanetul
| fruits OF such years. Some feel that they
| suffer in larger measure than others more
| fortunate and better able TO endure. The
| man OF large business can stand such
| times. but the clerk, who has only a
| salary. and that reduced. says he can
| not. and so he complains that the oppres-
| sion is unduly severe on him. OFTEN this
| Is as unfair toward the employer as II is
| ignorant. During the year in this city
| industries have been kept moving ana
| salaries paid to employees at loss to the
| proprletors. Because one man has little
| more than I that Is no reason why |
| should thoughtlessly throw out the impu-
| tation that he f. cold, selfish, Grasping.
| Hush the senseleSs spirit Of intolerance.
| People OF moderate means are the hap
| piest people In the world, but they do not
| know H. Money brings neither health nor
| happiness. Give up harping on the OLD
! string of unequal divisions Of life. Men
| are not born equal. Even II they were.
twenty-four hours would destroy the
| equality.
BE contented. not ambitionless. without
| spring. with no enthusiasm in ltfe's pos
| sbnitles. dull, lazy. When Paul, from
his Roman prison, said he had learned to
be content he did not mean that II made
| no difference to him where or what he
| was, a prisoner or preacher, but that
| he carried I'm his soul that which made
him superior to any circumstances. II
took him forty years to learn it-not by
books, but by burdens heavy and sore;
! not by intellectual gifts, but by heart
| griefs, abasement more than Astounding.
| IL has been a good year 10 learn this
| lesson. viii We? Shall We sit at our
windows to-day and looking out I'LL the
| future with fears of every shape, or shall
we open the window and let in the sun
shine of contented gratitude? Thread the
| bright beads OF blessing on the string OF
| gratitude. Let croakers go to their holes.
but grateful men and women go home TO
| dinner.
The Offering for the Baptist Home was
generous one.
Pinc-street Ba ptist Church.