The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-10
THE SUNDAY SERVICES.
DIR. YOUNG breaches a SERMON
70 YOTNG MEN.
DIR. " ,llinrham on the Biblc-Scrviccs nj
pIn.-Stre and Grove-Avenue
Baptist Churches.

Al rark-Placc Methodist church. sun
dav night. Dr. W. J. Young preached
sermon specially addressed TO young
men. taking for his text Jcr. Z2l9, "Hie
shall be buried with the burial OF an
ass. drawn and cast forth beyond the
rotes Of Jerusalem" Among other
things the speaker said that these words
wcrc written on Jehoiaklm. one OF the
later kings OF Judah. whose life hlled
with oppression. dishonesty. idolatry, as
rceord OF obligations. assumed love OF
display. end in the ignomnious manner
described In the text In spite OF the fact
that ne was a king II would be wen
for all OF us. but especially those VINO
arc Just facing the realities Of life, TO ask
ourselves the question. What influences
shall I leave behind me? Wh1 record
am | making Every one has some IN
fucnce. Even the nothings Of the woii"
have to be digged out of the way OF us
progress. And this influence. whether
for good or for m. fingers after We are
gone. even though the name may DC
forgotten; how at time. Whch we
cannot reach out our hand 10 correct the
evil we have done. the unkind words
or wicked deeds shall bear trult from
generation 10 generation. rom Idine
has been dead for some time. but ms
book stnl does its damning WORK. IL
would be well for us to think OF the doc
Urine OF future punishment IN the hsht OF
this truth. Shall our punishment con-
'imue as long as our evil influence lasts
v so when shall 10 end? We are often
deceived as 10 our influence by the
Kind words Of hattcrng friends. Men will
praise ug because OF our wealth, or In
nuencc. or because We add 20 the fun OF
.hc circle I'm which we move. Some
,,.,tos ,ve are BATTERED because we are
,,rtexors I'm other mems crimes. thus
furdshing an excuse for their vices.
But. i'm the end. the estimate made
% us by the world. and even by God,
Dill be the estimate We make Of our
selves. We shbw our opinion Of our
.,lves not hy our words. not by our de-
fencc of our reputation, but by the life
&c live By the use TO which we put our
bodies. our minds. our souls. Jehoiakim
lived Ike an ass. like an ass he ended his
DAYS: like an ass he was buried. Is II
not tue that the great multitude are
living on this lower materialistic plane;
There is the sceptic. who often seems
anxious 20 cisprove the existence Of his
higher spiritual nature. while at inc
same time he removes all the true
grounds OF moral obligation. There Is
ihe seusualist who foreets that his senses
ale hut doors of entrance 10 the soul
and erslaves his nobler powers to tAat
pant of his being that relates him TO the
beasts of the nald. There is a man who
while De admits the trdth of all things
moral and religious, is. NOTWITHSTANDING,
Indifferent 20 them. At the same time,
he bends all his energies TO mOney-mak-
ing or 90 plcasurc-seckiug. There is the
mar whose one cry is business. business.
lie forscts that his business may be writ
Ten over with messages from God. so
that his daily affairs may bring him near
of to Goa unul he is dragged down 20
the level Of his salt-bags ana sugar-bar-
reis.