Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-04
SWEARING SCIENCE
REV. Dr. Stars Striking Sermon Oh
tho Evil Of Profanity.
NERO AND rAuL coNrRAsTED'
pr. v,s- Delivers an Instructive "''
covrsc en- the Appeal 10 '"e''
mr.. Kerr's Picture OF 'he
tuu of John the Baptist

r. pr ". G.. Starr preached 10
me, at Broad-Street Methouise
'.,r,b Sunday nieht upon the suD'eo''
b.. p,os,ne Swearing Science or Il
sngo There was large CONGREGATION
,or rainy night and the discourse was
,,,,,nal and entertaining. AS an mex
.,,.. collation. Of one OF the Ten Com
...,6roents swearing was proved by the
-,.,sKer 20 be "a sin without Justification
ans, Ground whatever The gradual
,..,~aflon OF the fearful habit by an un-
.,,.ciops imitation Of examples furnished
nv bad company could not I'm any sense
,suiate the onormity OF the offence.
"Tbose who seem to have reduced Il
., science" said the speaker, must
nave given their whole mind to u. In
.his country we think that every Industry
,pehi 10 be potronized. and that sue
..ss should have il own reward. IT
man swears with the velocity OF a sun
beam. why not give him regular IL
.ense and register his business In COM
nerclal agency? Apparently, his factory
h. Am his mouth. Could we not rest d
SION ON his upper lip by suspennlhs IT.
from his nose. and then turn ms ~
and checks into show-windows' e'i't
clauv when they are swollen or Ieu WI"
q large invoice Of temper? -.
Some people are confined nome ~
The engagements Of busines7-i4e' i,.S
man could carry his power-hons aioG...'
with him. and on orders al snoie n .o,s.,oo
The hanging sign-board wouil iluIo ''l,
him: 'Oaths OF all sizes Manufactured
moro Small cursc-wOr1s reshapeu anu
enlarged with ueatness and dispatch' We
pledee ourselves 10 keep on mana iuii
stock In our line for the accommodation
OF unsuspocting customer. ...
NONE SHOULD 1919 NEGLECTED.
.Iuet,ce TO AN requires that no Citizen
should be neglected. Oleomarsofihe mas
ts rs,bte Buffalo COWS are belled,
ai,bopcb NOT dangerous. The smile OF
AN opossnm g. fully protected by the
laws of the Commonwealth. why shoulu
NOT a boss swearer come In Tor MS
an sbare of attention? Profanity. as
"a business enterprise, might not tnrlVS
An "a religious community. but it would
IT, MS know who are regularly In the
trade. and give an apprthensive man
,1.ice TO Cross the street 20 escape
shower-bsth of sulphuric acid.
ruenrv CLAY. Of Kentucky, once said:
.vhore rs nothing so useless, IT seems
to mo. as the swearing that hear every
dav around my law-ofice and under the
trees ON cOurt-day.' Thomas ". Benton,
az Missouri, deprecated the repetition OF
900 oath in even a private conversation.
Henry W. billiard. Of Alabama, always
Indicated unutterabie disgust whenever a
,9ncv OF profane vituperaton was let
loose I'm his presence. Chief-Justice Mar
shall. Of Virginia. kept a broom at hand
ready to sweep the floor after a cham
pion swearer had retired. after spi ling
unseemly words all over the carpet Does
NOT the courteous treatment which IS hon
csily due TO every one preclude the use
az soied language anywhere and every
where
A REMEDY SUGGESTED.
In reply to the question: j. there
remedy which may be relied upon 10 cor
rect the habit of prOfane swearing? the
speaker said "fifst ask God 10 help YOU
Second pick safe company. Third, cui-
iivate self-contrOl. Fourth. learn TO gov
ern your temper When you feel that
YOU must curse or split. swap your die
tionary FOR better collection Of nervous
prayers and then as soon as your under
Jaw gets up to forty revolutions In
minute, begin 10 express yourself about
the fellow who has wrongei YOU CAL
him "a regular paralleioppedon.' That
would be mathematical. Call his a SUI
prslapsarian theologue That would be
ecclesiastical. Call him non-commis-
stoned midshipman OF a Dismal Swamp
canoe. That would be nautical. CAN
him sephlogisticated sunfower Of ante
doluvian ancestry. That would be his
torical Call him a Louisiana sugar
cane-stalk with a so government bounty
waving at the top. That would be poetic
and patriotic. In this way the most
equatorial citizen might tone down the
climate Gad get his mouth in shape TO
pronounce a benodiction, rather than a
middleton, upon every poor pilgrim he
may chance 10 meet along the journey OF
llfe."
Paul and Nero Contrastcd.
one Of the most eloquent and instruc-
tive sermons ever heard in Grace-Street ,
Presbyterian church was preached Sun
day evening by Rev. James v Fair. -.
D. the pastor, upon the subject, 81 APP
peal Unto Caesar being the words
spoken by the Apostle Paul when he was
held captive by the Romans.
Dr. Fair set up the two meu-Ncro and /
Paul-in their extreme contrast as men.
in that Paul, on the one side. had /
begun life a. bad mar prosecuting the /
Church OF Christ with wicked zeal. but /
had ended his career as good man /
among the few. while Nero. on the I
other side as babe, born into the world I
more auspciousiy perhaps, than any /
other man on earth. began life as one
destined for good thiucs-Centle In man
nor aud loving as a child-and ended In
a way dlsgraceful among the lowest. de-
,li'cd by an even by himself; dying
hy his own hand
The Nrnulxar rfnfurrI a..
noeent, and ever-faithful APOSTLE stand
me face 20 face with that tvrannical
Emperor In his vast and majestic palace
pleading the cause OF Chust-preacbinr
the Gospel of his Saviour He told of
Pauls iast days ia the dark prison and
how ne endured with his wondarfrl
patience and faith the greatest tortures
Then Dr. Fair spoke Of Nero. who mad
caused the murder of his own mother
TO whom 10 his boyhood days he showed
such great affection. He described Nero,s
20 which hc had invited over 5000 Ro-
man citizens. and az which faithful
md fearless Christians were tied with
Non bands TO heavy posts. their bodies
covered with oil pitch. and tar. from
head 20 foot, the posts driven into the
tfound. 10 form fence around the fes-
tive boards. and then. at q designated
ime torches We're applied 70 them, and
lnelr entire bodies cremated before the
multitude 20 serv> as light TO increase
me novelty of the occasion.
llr Fair, after these comparisons. con-
l'asted the deaths Of the two men-Paul,
Nlh perfect peace and trust stepping
rom the dark prison 10 his reward:
'''o' 'reudleas cursed. and hated by
me world forsaken hy his companions
DID wee taking his own life. and going
'' his eternal death amid scenes as hide
''s ds those which characterized his life.
or' herr's Twelfth Anniversary.