The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-16

Rev. JamesY. Far speaks 10 Large Mum
Der OF Young hsn.

At the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. the bad weather OF last Sunday dld
not have any effect on the attendance,
which was Is large as ever before. The
n Getting for boys was held in the mig hat',
and Mr.. George +. Tibbitts me seheral
secreta~y. Ia q charge OF II as usual.
= he singing was conducted by his efficient
assistant Mr.. W. W. Turner the orahe"
and blue choirs rendered some Naiut'
nle assistance. and the talk when MI
Tibihtts gave the boys was impressive
and eagerly listened TO By the juvenile
Audience.
At4oclock the meeting for young men
was held in the library and reading room.
The rooms were beautifully decorated
with palms and OTHER dollhouse plants,
and the music was made a special tea-
ture. Mrs. vs.. = Knowles, soprano MISS
r.. O.. Bennett. cOntraltO, Mr. Waiter A.
Watkins. tenor. and Mr.. Oscar r. HOW
ard. bass) were the auartette. who sang
"Swt ct the time. exceeding sweet lftoi-
brook and NOW Is Christ risen 90
renz). while Mr. Howard also sang solo,
There is bright beyond" Mr. ). NJ.
Brereton. formerly a leader Of the Blues
Band but now the leader OF the famous
Stonewall Brigade Band In stanton VINO
is spending the holidays I'm this city, very
kindly contributed his share 10 the at
Effectiveness of the services I'm playing the
accompaniment on the cornet, while Mr.
". Reginald Walker played on the plano.
Rev. James Y. Fair -. D., pastor OF
Grace-Stre Presbyterian church. made
an eloquent address. and spoke or the mi
raCulous influence which the Saviour eN-
ercised over his fellow-men whom he
came IN contact with. the physical
touch Of the Lord with his surroundings.
he said. was not accidental lie felt that
he had 10 come IN contact with men,
and he did so most readily. This was the
secret Of his eficeint work. wherever
human beings congregated. the Saviour
could be found. and he reached forth His
hand Of sympathy. His conduct teaches
the church great lesson, that, II we
wish 10 do the Masters work We must
come in contact with men. We must
have compassion with men, that - 10 say,
we must suffer with them and lift them
up There Is nothing I'm the world so
sweet as human sympathy. We have 10
come In touch with men, stand by them,
and win their hearts.
Anarchism. communism and similar de-
formities Of human governments. can be
made 10 disappear II they are brought
under the power OF Christian love. HUI
man souls do not want any mechanism
or machinery, but personal contact. per
sonal sympathy. and this rs the true mis-
sion of the church. II possesses refine
ment and talent sufficient TO save tho
world but the great trouble Is that II
does not come IN contact with the world
sufficiently. We cannot save people. eX-
cept Dy going among them.
But sympathy Is not all we need. for
IL cannot convert a human soul We
want this sympathy 10 be c0nsecrated
and We want the power or Christ, we
have to touch God before We can touch
men. Men who have power with men.
alse have power with God The greatest
topic that is at present discussed In re-
ligious papers IS how to reach the masses.
Christ met this problem by walking right
among them. II We wait for the harvest
10 come 10 us. we will have 20 wait until
the day Of judgment The only way now
10 reach the masses is to reach out for
them.