The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-22

to the members OF the Brotherhood OF
ST. Andrew from the various churches.
I'm this city and vicinity. In view OF his
feeble condition. however. he asked the
indulgence OF his congregation and oc-
cupied a seat IN front Of the chancei.
me AFTERNOON SERVICE.
\ very large congregation completely
nncd monumental churcn on SUNDAY al
f.rnonn vncu Dean barrett, according
% previous announcements, Spoke 10
men. anu especially 10 the members OF
the Gfo, ncfnOOl of 81 Ahitt", l"r "'i
fercn. cnapters of that spicAdld oisah.~a-
ton were wen represented dni no uouD'
derived good zeal OF INSTRUCTION iIOni
the words uttered Dy tnc noted minister.
Doag sarrctt selected as MIS- text matthew
". - and 70. .,. .,o
Therefore. whosoeVeE h.a,et" '' III
SAYINGS OF mine and docth tnein' VIII
Men MIN unto 4 wise man. when punt
his house upon rock. 49,. 800.
And .vcry one that hear'th these say
mgs OF mine. and doeth them ho'' sn"il
bo Nkcncd unto foolsh man winch
built his house upon the sand
There are two thoughts eayeelaly' tNe
speaker said, whicn present ,He ,i.. ~ -
10 young men. that we are an D".i"'. +"
ana ta.f the Bible has a vast deal 10 90
v,fr snccfesfaI buHGug AS We see
l4eat variety OF hulluInes ih "a Guy, so We
See u great variety IN me chaIdct'i7 on
men. As We nave classic NON, ~
We have uncaulay; az we nave " TO
man Colosseum. so We nave Nait
Luther. as We nave q WcSlnina ter All
be,. 80 wc have a. Gladstone ana so We
nave a hero In Virginia ID the character
oil Robert y. Lee ,-,., 49,.
EgsEiu speaks OF seven piihclpics - Vie
charaeicrlstics % good building sacrhcc,
truth. power. beauty. light. memory, ana
The whole building ought to be set
aside TO some purpose, anu so hld4i HI'
ought 90 Doe gacrnced 10 some HAl pva..
IN. pugllisf may be the very best animal.
but that Goes not shO" that ne Is sue
cess az a man. 4 man cannon ht Il sue
cess unless be IS Chria1iah, lot th:.st
Is thr only man who was ever peiiccu|
safe Onfv cousccratl0a viii make man
"a success. but are we liFinE c0nsccFatcd
Avrsy Young men, begin 90 Gay 90 devote
your ives to something nigh, ana don
be successful animals only.
I'm speaking Of truth, Rushln, OF course
meant that "A man must Doe real, genuine.
There are a great many men whose
characters have brOWustoue fronts Whlic
their hacks are made OF Nedthcr-boards.
Life must De frue-WhHt u processes 10
be- A man also must exercise power. he
must have q VIII ard mind OF ms own.
tie must stand out lor ms principles,
which means strength OF character Ike
f,rring 20 the beauty OF "a Duildlng, We
mean symmetry, the same IS 10 be SAID
OF mans character A great danger cN-
lists. IN this time of specialists. TO de-
.elop men abuOrmally. 10 develop them
physically only. ike a pugilist and not
mentally. or mentally only and not spir-
lually. and yet the spiritual is as far
above the intellectual as the Intellectual
ls slOyc tbs physical.
l. oder light we have 10 understand tlat
a mar shall be I'm touch with his time. lie
shall not De a dead man; he shall be
puhi.c-spirited man ana good man. a
great many people are mere cypners, but
4 Christian in his action ought 10 always
suggest Christianity. otherwise there is
something wrong about him. Obedience
means that man must De conservative ne
must respect the law, he must be a law
abiding citizen.
come Worthless when they are very Old
not so with the Bible The Bible is the
textbook for an the trades Of life. IL is
in some respects IKE the tngish news
papers. and Ike some Of the American
newspapers. where the editor selects his
writer's for the different subjects. in or
der that an classes Of people may be
reached. So God ls the editor or the
Bbl. who selected al Kinds OF men 10
do his writings according TO their abilities
Nobody has ever used the Bible as text
book and found IL deficient or railing, ana
yet many people read 10 for one purpose
only. 10 md fault with H.
The Bible builds character by tcllinS
us our faults. IL Is Ike n mirror for in II
we see ourselves as we actually are. II
we have a friend who calls attention 20
our faults we ought 10 value him very
highly. but man who resents that kind
OF correction Us q foolish man. The Bible
gives ug model. 70 shows us Christ AS
perfect man. who possesses all those quail
tiles which Wc eyTec. go find 90 % perfect
building The Bible also builds character
boy giving Gs definite hope. We cannot
build character without nope. for hone
makes our work easy. We live in a ma
teriaiisuc axe. when men generally ad-
fnire material th-Ngs only. We sho"id.
however. LOOK after our souls first. which
distinguish as rom the animal, we should
cultivate our spiritual lifr which makes
us men. and which We should build up
10 become worthy OF eternal life.
Tnt s~Eyics YfsrilDlY MORNING.
Rev r. $. Jarrett was much better
yesterday morning. and al noon delivered
% most interesting lecture TO q fair con-
grcgation at Monumental church.
Mr. Barrett spoke upon Realty in Re
ialon.' on the parable THE Lanorors
100 the Vineyard" he spoke upon what
people We're and what they ought 90 be
people who profcsscd 90 De Christians
ana never did anything eoOd or anything
bad"
Mir. Barrett VIII preach on Reality in
RELIGION every day AT u O'Clock during
This week at Monumental church.