Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-22


~ linked by chain of logic that was
unanswerable Or. HOse proved by Wit
ncsscs every proposition he advanced
and i'm the two sermons made every one
who heard them feel that he had demon
strated. outside Of Divine authority, the
certainty OF those things wherein they
mad been INSTRUCTED.
Dr. Young ON Stealing.
Tark-Place church was crowded Sunday
.eht Dr. Young chose for his subject,
Stealing As Fine Art" said Dr.
ioung. in the course of his sermon: "Our
lndcmnatiOn Of crimes against property
IS out Of all proportion with our con-
iemnltiOn OF other vices. We are prone
20 forget that the God who said, Thou
halt not steal also said, Thou shalt
l0t commit adultery But this proceeds
rom our love of gold-naught must inter
.ert with the making Of il. And, so, on
he other hand. the same community Will
tolerate forms Of dishonesty, provided
they are in harmony with custom, and
are the things that everybody does, just
because money-making must have no hind
rance put in its way. The use Of money
the way in which it is made, and the way
n which il is spent-is a fair indication
f character. The man who is honest. not
according to the law Of the State. nor ac-
ing to the law Of God, is likely to obey
al the commandments; while he who
breaks the eighth commandment needs to
be watched in all other regards. But Is
ii not possible to sin In good form in this.
as well as in lying, as We saw last sun
day night?
THE man so foolish as TO be guilty of
the coarser forms OF stealing is shut out
Of sight behind the bars of the peniten-
tiary If some one in the higher walks
Of life makes a slip in this direction we
call il klepIomania; and so the name
CLOSES over the vice. There are many
ways in which men steal in good form.
At times they use the strength of their
wealth. in somewhat the same way that
The hlghWayman uses the strength OF MS
arm. TO deprive the poor of their proper
pay. The poor woman starves TO death,
while she stitches from early morning
until midnight, while girls are often, by
tho same cause, driven into lives or I'M
morality. We need another kingsley 10
preach TO us about cheap clothes and
nasty. There are methods Of speculation
that are only forms of gambling. and all
gambling is theft. i'm which every one
tries to steal from every one else Bryce
tells US, In his American Common
wealth" that on Change five times ar
much cotton is sold as Is raised, ana
that in lsS7 the Petroleum Exchange sold
five times the amount Of that year
yield.
There are the people who buy with
out any prospect Of payinS-they WOuli
scorn TO break into the same stores ana
steal the goods. There are the adnitera-
tions of trade. and the saloon, which says,
money and your life, to the poor drunk
ard and his family. There are the tax
dodgers. who think it smart to fleece the
state out of what they owe H. Now
wish to say. with all emphasis, that
however the stealing may be done, II mas
written against il the words OF Coo, lhou
shalt not steal The chief trouble WIN
LIS is our love OF gold. We ADORE IT. uhtH
the multitude think the aim OF NE 10 DE
Money does work Won
ders. Ii puts low-born ihdh III
ciety: IL places men in high position III
the church who would otherwise not pe
endured: IL covers up the grossest I'M
Now, we need 10 preach more
and more that no amount OF money can
atone for effectiveness OF CHARACTER "ie
that a man may be man. even tho"sn
he lives Ia a howell Let rs reInempei' a.
we have been often told, that shrouus
DO not have pockets. What fools we shan
appear. when standing before Dou
throne some day. we find we LETT our hola
little or much-Snu '""'
that was all we had.
Qualifications for Henven'
The theme of Rev. X. ]. Wilson'S
sermon was. Qualifications loi
based on Matthew VII, A-.S'
True discipleship Is the essential quar-
fcaiion for Heaven" In discussing what
constituted true discipleship the speaker
said. while a public profession OF CHRIST
was necessary, yet. in itself, II was not
eficacious In securing an entrance mo
tIeayen. While the Master had SAID II
men would not confess Him here He wou!a
NOT confess them hereafter. He also sald
'hat many would profess Him. OF whoin
He would say He never knew mem. nor
- ,vorks done I'm the name OF Christiani-
~ necessarily marks OF true disciple
min for Jesus said some would claim IN