The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-18
SENSATIONAL NEWSPAPER.
Dr.. Carmichael Says Ii OYerestimatsS The
Evil Of the World,
WHItH Is HADE ONE HIDE0US CRIME
The Lentcn Services for 1896 DIR. Kerr
Lectures on Mount Hcrmon at His
ChurcI, DIR. Corey breaches for DIR.
Hutson AT Sacred Heart Church.

vices Sunday, being the next beloit
Lent. and the rector. Rev. Hartley Car
michael j.. D., preached an interesting
and able sermon from the text. 81. Luke
Ky. And when he hath found II, nc
layeth 1t on his shoulders, rejoicing
Or. Carmichael said:
FULL TEXT or THE SERMON.
There Is something very pathetic in
the setting of this parable. Nothing
gives US a truer idea OF nciplessness than
this lost sheep, strayed from the lock, un-
able to nno ats way 10 The fold. PROVIDED
with 10 natural n.cans OF detencC-a
prey for every beast. The feeling of pity
arises In OR hearts from the stupid IN
capability of the poor thing, joined with
its utter loneliness. This natural pathos
is well expressed In one OF the lew well
written hymns in the Sankey and Moody
collection, The Ninety and Nine'-a
hymn that, well sung. seldom fails 10
touch the heart.
Note how the Lord assumes that the
higher characteristics OF the human race
arc reflective OF the same characteristics
in God. what man Of your is Christs
appeal to his hearers. IL was an appeal
to what We call the common instincts or
humanity. and the inference from IL was
that II a man, led by slch instincts,
would seek the lost sheep, q lOruou
would God seek the lost soul lnhuman-
ty, Christ limited, is terrible thing.
II reyolts rs when seen IN any characteT-
much more would 10 revolt us in God.
It would be something in God AKIN 20
nhumanity if ne did not seek tle lost
soul; but perish such q thought He
must. because OF his pity and affection,
search untiringly for fallen man.
Nf
very different one from that here
enunciated by Christ. For them the
| deity was actuatcd by entirely different
motives from those on which the higher
specimens Of mankind acted. They in-
terpreted the words, My ways are not
| thy ways" 10 mean that 10 was impos-
sible Tor men TO judge tho character Or
God from the character OF man; that IN
fact II was possible for God TO act IN
a way that, in the case OF man, Wouid
be called gross inhumanity, but that IN
Gods case. he could not be charged with
crime. inasmuch as lie could not be
Judged by human minds. Ihis was
! very terrible theory. TOR n entirely de-
prived God OF morality. took away from
Him what made llm the onlet OF the
Highest worship; TOR what hish-mlnded
soul could adore being whose mofAl
qualities were inferior 10 those or iairiy
GOOD men? or what would we thnk OF
a deity who was utterly careless about
| the miserable and the outcestf
UNDERESTIMATE THE EVIL.
said the Pharsees differed in this
matter OF the character OF God from
| Christ. His position was practically TINS.
God has in Him an that Is true, beau
tiful. aud good IN man. II the human
shepherd seeks his sheep for the love
of il. much more VIII re, OF wnom tnal
shepherd is but feeble and distorted
image. seek the soul until lie nnds H.
| 10 speak otherwise OF Coo Is 10 plaS-
| phcme His holy name.
Moreover. the Master bid us remember
that God was bound 10 the sinner because
He owned him. The shepherd IN ms
search for tho sheep was partly moved
bv affection. partly by his own self m
terest The sheep was lost property
and he could not afford 10 lose his prop
ertv. The loss OF a soul, the Master sald'
is a loss 20 God. lie has made us we
| belong to,Him. and lie will not, If 1t be
i'm the power OF God, lose us. lie VIII
seek until lie nnds. The flock OF God,
| said Christ. Is incomplete, even thoubh
ninety and nine be In the Told ana one III
the wilderness; the garden or Goa ne
lights Him not II one plant De not
| there.
We are ant. in the hurried and leNerish
way in which We look at lie, TO come 10
come TO quick. but very erroneous con-
illusions concerning It. We are apt 10 over
estimate the evil IN the world. and 10
| shut our eyes to the advance OF the Bood
| We do not wish 10 press the notion that
the evil I'm the world Is TO the good as
the one sheep on the mountain was 10
the ninety and nine IN the Wilderness
| hut we do say that IN our dOWncast
moods we are apt 10 entirely underValue
| the influences that are working Tor Sool
| I'm life and To unduly magnify out OF
| All proportion the power OF eVll. our
| feelings are treacherous guides. ana
when we are in low spirits, on account
! OF dvspepsia, or are even afected' as
some people are. by the gloomlness OF
| the day or the oppression or the AT
mosphere we are apt 10 take pessimlsuc
views Of everything and look sourly on
all we meet. II we continue IN ms
| mood. or n IL often recurs We VIII M
| ocuIate others with our dark way OF
considering things, ana in this way num-
bers OF people. without knowing the
cause. take a hopeless view OF humanity
and mistake their own iH-huinor5 lof
actual sins of the race.
THE SENSATIONAL NEWSPAPER.
Again, many things that strike as as
evils in ihe world are only apparently
so. Believe the political papers, and all
! the chief leaders on the Republican side
are. 10 the Democratic editors, villains
and tricksters. while, 10 the Republican
editors. nothing IS 50 low a. the De-
mocracy. Each side calls the other
black: but all the time politicians are
not so bad as they are painted. The
leading men or both sides. as Mr.. Brice
profoundly said, are not all white, nor
! are they all black. they are gray. The
political world is not given over 20 sin
! by a long ways Again. readers OF the
! sensational newspapers are led 10 think
that this world is one hideous crime.
Tho various kinds OF wrong-doing are not
| any worse than they used To be, but
/ they are made 60 appear worse. Inc
/ headings OF columns placarding the latest
/ murder In the largest type the morbid
/ accounts OF criminal executions, the de-
Light the reporter seems 10 have in these
papers OF fraternizing with condemned
| uurderers, a. though he preferred their
society 10 any one else: TO read am ultra
sensational newspaper all the year
round. and TO preserve at the same time
a healthy way OF looking at the world IN
which our lot is cast. seems TO me an
| imposslbility. We see one side or life
only. and even that is carcature and
distortion. All the while. deeds OF benevo-
lence and sef-sacrihce and heroism are
being done, but they never get into the
newspapers. All the while there Is a
world where there are loving parents and
happy children, brave men and women
LAYING down their lives for others; pa