The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-11
DISCOURSE
Delivered by Rev. Or. Young at Epworth
Church Last Sunday Night.
THIRD sERhOA ON POPULAR AAxIAS.
ssAlI'si Well Tia Ends Wcli'' Was the
Topic and .sAIl Thinra Work To.
gcthcr for Good to Those That
Love God'' Was the Text-A Pow.
erful Temperance Argument.

AT EpWorth Church. on sunday night,
DR.. Young preached the third sermon on
popular n.aXims, selecting as his topic,
"Alrs Well That Ends Well" The text
was, "All Things Work Together for
Good to Them That Love Cod"
1.-THE good" said the speaker. toward
which all things work, Is. as the context
shows. the conforming of us to the
image of Gods Son. The passage read
from Gods Book contains all hat is
good In the maxim, and more, while, at
the same time, 1t omits ull that Is OBJ
jectlonable. In considering the maxim
1t is necdful to ask ourselves what we
mean by the word well as we may use
It. Many of the so-called goods of Wife
are far from being such There are
accumtlations of treasures that are
more than hurtful. Some one has. Well
said that we need the word "illth" to
correspond to the word wealth. There, is
so much ill-gotten gain which covers up
the process of the getting. Not even
scholarship and culture are good thinEsi
of necessity. We are too prone to adj
mire the agnostics of the, day, just be-
cause they are. SO many of'tlem, men'of
large brain power and Of large attain
ments. There are studies. where, in the
spirit of the anarchist. men manufac-'
ture bombs of intellectual dynamite to
put under the throne of God. In the vain
hope of blowing It to fragments. The
aNStioI " pe oNC u Il u De
done with all this learning and culture,
and money mi descent from noble an
cestry? With God only goodness counts.
His universe makes for righteousness
and love. and to that purpose we must
accommodate ourselves. What we call
success In life is often the result Of our
temporary success III fighting against
God. 1t is Il pnrt of the Divine image
In us that we may hunde out. II will
not" We may use this power for aitime
In opposition to Gods plan. You may
succeed. like n friend of mine. who per.
sisted. in spite of warming. In running
his train around n certain curve at great
speed. and who had his fun for q while,
but at last ran his train OFF the track
and was the only one that lost his life.
You may make our money II gain
your knowledge by violation of the law
OF God, but in the end you will find your
portion 10 be eternal death. Then. too,
1t Is worth our while to remember that
many of the things we call ills arc goods
Pauls thorn In the flesh was a perpetual
revelation to him of the grace of God.
Another important question ia this
What do you mean by the word ends
Do you refer to this present moment IN
your life, to the closing days Of youl
earthly pilgrimage or to the life beyond
the confines of this world? Take on,
money-making as an example. We mas
~ - ihhN tAtS JN~N ~ 6Sh'tN
or we may make 1t that we may have
power, or we may look to the pleasure!
1t nay purchase, or we may, as tn,
Master directs. lay up treasure in HeaV
en-. We may look ut the wine glass II
the light of the fellowship 1t gives O.
of the TRANCE thrill of nervous JOY, o
we nay look through it to h outcom,
of which the wise man speaks, IA TIL,
last Il biteth like q serpeant and sting
eth like an adder. We differ from tn
savage in the fact that. unlike him. w
look. not to the brief present only, bu
have Il larger View before and after
And so among YOU who hear me, Their
Is this difference. that some of you thinI
only of tomorrow, while others think @
eternity. a certain great mar has sal
that he owed much of his success In lf
to the fact that he hearkenad to an ad
vice of his father, to do nothing that h
would be ashamed OF when her reache
his SEVENTEEN year. That was n mob
determination, but I give you q noblel
do nothing that you will be ashamed {
when cternity's clock strikes It's las
: hour. You are to live forever. and Go
; would hay you lay your plans with tina
eternity in view.
Things may end we'll In ycu sense
the word. that have scattered mischie
, all along their path. Take the llquo
traffic as an example. 1t pleads IN
vast OF money invested and tn
revenue 1t pays the State. But let 4
i with its money buy back the characte
of that mall in jail as the result c
strong drink. or put the color Jack !
his wife's checks. or give her purit
again to that fallen woman, or enter tn
gates of hell II pay the price tina
Will rescue those damned by drinl
The political parties of the day asser
, their principals as essential to the wei
: fare Of the nation, and then think
L rtphf IN rNnCNet 10 f-a, -, s-.ls-
10 elect the ticket. and good men de
J fend the practice and warn the preache
against n reference u the subject
We are SO afraid of certain kinds @
domination, that we are guilty of fraud
. that will surely work mischief i'm direc
lions we have not dreamed of. 1t /
never right nor safe to do wrong. S
few OF us are ready to trust'the right
we forget that the truth Is able to talk
care of itself, and OF the mar VIII
either lives 1t or speaks 1t. Like Uzzat
we are ever trying with our merel,
human practices to stay the ark OF tn
Lord. We do very frequently like
man who might want wheat flour an,
might put in corn, and then follow tn
corn through the machinery in the vail
hope Of changing ii at some part of'th
process into fiou 1t may speak I,
some young mar who expects to EMO.
the pleasures Of life, and at life's clos.
seek Christ. 1t is not honorable [,
start out with the determination I,
work mischief all your days and ther
seek to escape the consequences of YOU,