The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-18
AT CENTENARY CHURCH.
DIR. 1UDOR's IysTRUCTTTEsER
ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
ue Took ,s His Subject "The Wages OF Sin
isDeath," and Clearly De-
fined Its Meaning.

A Centenary
r,gh+ Rev Dr. W. v. Tudor. the pas
,or nreached TO large congregation.
taking his text from Romans. vi. %
9Th. wages OF sin is death" DR.. Tudor
/ said:
Wares. wages. low wages. higher
wages. II Is tho great cry much in public
tho,,,-ht AZ this period. There shall be no
cor,,laint OF reduced wagesin the service
Of sin. for it gives FUN pay all the time.
and the wages OF sin is death You
,viu not mead 10 clamor for your wages;
,,v-dav win come. and tho pay-car. The
s,,ror asks for pleasure; the wages OF
sin "a death. The sinner asks for this
..-o-is. IN. wages Of sin is death. The
- aslFS for ufe: the wages OF sin
a. deafb Notwithstanding the pleas
49,, ~ Elm for a season the wages OF
"a, d. daotb A. money is but the rep
resenfative OF wages, 20 the death or
the BODY f. but tho symbol OF the real
wages OF sn--death.
WHY DIE?
Why should ! die? is the question. Why
should life once begun terminate? II
man die. ahau he 1--we again2 Is one
inquiry. bit there is another-if a man
live why should he dic2 Is death the
great end Tor which alone life IS worth
having Is life. with all its furniture
but the richlv-adorned vcsubule 10 the
rrander temple Of dcatir2 Is all this
stable. magnificent palace OF tho material
world brllt for the accommodation OF
thing Of so weak hbre as human life2
Then. apparently, what a waste OF ma
tt.rial and skin. / die, but the sun
shines on. / de but the stars roll on
in beauty. ! die. but the solid world,
hoary with centuries. keeps still its CEN
tire. and bowls along through space, toss
ing it, tree tops in gladness perpetuating
its peculiar glory for every season. and
pulsing with life I'm its restless seas. Is
il not absurd. this life 50 grand. so tena-
cious. so capable. sucoumbing TO 50 mean
n thing as death? What are all my on
terprises and ambitions nand wise
thoughts?-I die.
With the transportation Of the ancient
obelisk. Cleopatra's Needle from tho
shores OF Egypt. a student OF Egyptology
brought out the fact that there are no
obeiislSs found on tho west bank OF the
Nile, ss no pyramids are on the east
bank: tho Obelisk appearing 20 be dec
Grafton OF tho cities OF the living sym
boliaed by the rising OF the sun In tho
east: and the pyramid. tomb, a decora-
ton OF tho cities Of the dead al the
setting bun. Why this-the obeiisk and
pyramid. death and life, facing each other
on opposite banks OF a narrow stream?
For every fact n reason IS somewhere.
We see a tree dying or dead. with bark
and branches upon a stul erect trunk.
Why should that tree have died? DO
YOU see the ring % a naked trunk around
il. where the bark has been cut away
for six inches or fopt? That is the
death girdle upon 81: the returning cir
culation OF the hfe-nourishing sap
through the bark having been cut off;
and the tree must die.
We see another tree erect and with
bark unbroken from root to loftiest
stem and yet IL IS dead. What is the
matter now The reason lies deeper
than the bark Cut the trunk open, and
the heart OF tho tree Is decayed; dead.
IL died just Internally. aud those long.
mOurnful branches. hare of foliage; and
those dropping boughs bare Of fruit are
tho result OF an interior death.
REASON FOR DEATH.
deep within. j do not begin 20 die at
nay nnrer nalis. or from tho oxtreIneties
centrally Aiy body - Dut the bark Of
beng. NO ma tho reasons or death ~
ing deeper than the bark Hence the UNI
satisiact1riress OF those theories which
represent death IS the contended and
natural termination OF a career that
would soon otherwise become burden
some. as the benign pause and rest n
a Dutterny's restlessnoss. / might admit
the geological propositions that death or
dissolution after some sort was n part
Or the Creators original plan the pre-
determines natural rate or the successive
generations or men. making room Tor
tner Successors, ana the admission wouId
rot disturb my inquiry. our bodies could
DC out the lear or bong, or true, essen
uM, spiritual. mlmoTtai beng. Inc deatn
auG Ian or the leaves is not the deatn
or rne tree. Tie oak does not envy tho
evergreen Moreover there is a death m
us All the time or which we never think
10 ask. why should 1 die? Every move
mont or tho body. nay. every thought Of
the NINA u atrenacd WIN the aIsintegrT-
ton or a certain amount or muscU'dr or
nervous matter. as It's necessary condition.
Arlt tlt l4ter' AtafitN. tANifr - NNN'''N'
OF molecular deatn. Ny BODY might be
out molecuie. perisning but 10 repro
cuce more VIGOROUS ma But We nave no
authority from God that death would
n,.ve been al all except. in the day that
tnou eatest thereof. Genesis H., u. 1t
~ tho aeatn winch Is a Condemnation, an
accepted evil. whifh IS dreaded, that
starts the quer-r. why should 1 die. Death
IS not rfpeness ~. IS Tottenness. why these
deaths by nOrrid disease, or injury. In
COMMISSIONS. In delirium7 This death
wnicn IS bereavement, which orphans the
neart ana Widows the life. ana encits the
shrek or parting agonyY why the death
or infants. ana wny IN tho vast proportion
or oeatn IS tho sense or prematureLess
vividly feltg Why death. under the fright
iuI images IN the worlds literature. OF
"a skeleton handishing his dart the griE-
zly king OF terrurs. the pale horse and
ms uder! why Millon's frightfuI pic
ture:
'"rhe shape
II shape 1t might be called that shape
had none
Urstngmsn,lDle in member. JOINT. or nmb,
or Substances might Do called that sha-
dow seemed,
FOR eacn seemed either; black it stood
as night.
Fierce as ten furies. terrible as hell,
ana shook a dreadful dart; what SEEM