Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-10
COMING OF CHRIST.
Rev. Dr.. hndrum breaches on II as a
Signal Of Trouble.
TWO SERMONS TO YOUNG MEN.
Br. Pitt on Christian Work-Tbe
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Ing on the text. when Herod the King
had heard these things he was troubled,
and all Jerusalem with him" The sub
feet was "Chris;'s Coming. a Cause Of
Trouble" The preacher drew a parable
between the effects produced by the
SaCloArs first advent and those likely to
follow His second coming.x Among other
things. DR. Jandrum made some peril
men; local applications: "If Christ should
suddenly come TO Richmond our CHER
OF Police would realize that in attempting
10 enforce the Sunday laws ne is but
honoring the immutable commandments
carved by the finger OF the Almighty on
the very constitution Of man." declared
Dr. Landrum. "Our judges would be-
come wonderfully acute in reaching
proper decision as to things called DEEDS
Of necessity and deeds Of mercy. Our
church-members would rush out OF their
hiding places Of complacency or coward
Ice and cry aloud for the reign Of de-
cency. sobriety. law. and order; and pull
pits would cease their pipings OF peace,
peace when there is no peace, sOuhu
out the clarion note Of warning. prepare
We the way Of the Lord, throw up
highway for our God
If CHRIST SHOULD COME.
IF Christ should return Wednesday
evening. would any OF you wish Him 10
md YOU absent from your covenated
place OF prayer and praise; II lie came
on the Lord s-day morning, would you
be happy To be discovered Ia The smoking
car of an excursion train whirhnS alohg
10 Ocean View or Virginia BeachE Ii
To-. a 70 TfI
would lie smile on you as you pedalle1
your bicycle through Reservoir Park? III
ne came on Saturday night, would you be
glad 10 welcome Him in the theatre Wit
Messing such a play as the Devils Auc-
tom?
All the Baptist pastors were In their
pulpits Sunday. with the exception or IT
Hatcher who Is detained in FIuVanna py
an attack OF sciatica. His pulpit was
filed by Rev. +. Y Mullins. ID. d., asso-
ciate secretary Of the Foreign Mission
Board
ASPECTS of Christian work.
Rev. Or. r. H. Pitt was In his pulpit
OF the Barton Heights Baptist church on
Sunday morning and evening The ser
mon in the morning was on Some As
1%cts Of Christian Work" and was BOT
So much a discussion Of the duty 81
Christian activity as an attempt to sus-
gest certain varieties OF Christian en-
deavor which all might perform.
In the evening his discourse was founded
on the words This Life" found In
Acts. v, - He spoke first Of the Chris
tian religion as centerng historically in
a rfe and flowing out from that NE
Secondly. Of Christianity as practically
naenifcsting itself in the life Of its fol-
lowers. beginning with the importation Of
"A new life" and continuing in the de-
velOpmcnt Of this new principle. Thirdly,
OF Christianity as promising the more
abundant life 'on which the disenthrailed
soul IS to enter.
Br. Pitt has during the summer taken
no vacation. has been al his desk for a
r1rtiJn Of every week save one; mas
filled his pulpit every Sunday except one,
and has attended six Baptist assoeia-
t,ons-meeiin2 in Tidewater. Middle Viz
GINA. Piedmont. and the Valley.
Sermon 10 YoHng Men.
The Rev j. T. Cooke. who has been
preaching FOR Mr. ]. T. Cannon during
his illness. delivered a most instructive
and entertaining sermon Sunday morning
u large congregation. Ills text was
taken from Genesis. xiii. Il: "Aoram
dwelt IN the land Of Canaan. and Lot
dUelt in the cities Of the plain and pitch-
ca his tent towards S0dom' The min
ister cid not say anything about the
ladies' and their bicycles. but he spoke
very frankly to the young men. and adj
vised them TO keep good company and
avoid all dens OF disrepute they wanted
10 be successful In this world and the one
TO come.
DIR. Young to Young Men.
Rev. Dr. w. J. Young preached pow
erful and eloquent sermon TO young men
-
nlQbt. His text was jeremiah xii, 49,
"He shall be buried with the burial Of an
ass. drawn and cast forth beyond the
yates Of Jerusalem" DIR. Young said
nat these words were written
If Jeho!al.im. one Of the later kings of
Judah. whose life, filled with oppression
dishonesty, idolatry. disregard of obli-
,ations, assumed love OF display. ended IN
NE ignominiOus manner described In the
ext. in spite OF the fact that he was
king. at would be well for all Of US
said DR.. Young. but especially those
who are just facing the realities OF life, to
ask ourselves the question. What influ-
ences shall / leave behind me? What
record am ! making? Every one has
some influence. Even the nothings of
me world have TO be digged out OF the
way Of its progress. And this influence,
whether for good or for I'll, fingers after
Ne are gone. even though the name may
Dc forgotten. How. at a time when we
,annot reach out our hand to correct
ne evil we have done. the unkni words
,r wicked deeds shall bear fruit from
generation 20 generation. Tom Paine
has been dead for some time. but his
book still does II damning work.
AS TO PUNISHMENT.
at would be well FOR Us TO think Of the
80 IL In A.
aght Of this truth. Shall our punish
ment continue as long as our evil inhu-
Rnce lasts? If So when shall 1t end?
We are often deceived as To our infiu-
snce by the kind words of fiattering
friends. Men VIII praise us because OF
our wealth or influence. or because we
add To the fun Of the circle In which we
move. Sometimes we are fiattered be-
cause we are partakers In other mems
crimes. thus furnishing an excuse for
their vices.
but, in the end, the estimate made
Of us by the world. and even by God,
will be the estimate We make Of our
selves We show our opinion OF our
selves, not by words. not by our de-
fence OF our reputation. but by the life
we live, by the use TO which we put our
bodies. our minds. our souls. Jehoiakim
lived Ike an ass: Ike an ass he ended
his days; Ike an ass he was buried Is
II not true that the great multitude are
living on this lower. materialistic plane2
Where Is the skeptic who often seems
anxious 20 disrrove the existence OF his
h her. spiritual nature, while at the
sane time he removes all the true
..ounds OF moral obligation?
ABOUT THE OTHERS.
There is the sensualist. who forgets
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