Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-10
STORY OF THE CROSS.
REV. MIR. HITE DRAWS LESSONS
FROM .THE CRUCIFixIoN.
OTHER SERVICES OF The SABBATH.
New. Mr.. Benuchamp Makes an Ear
nest Plea for Temperance IN '"c
uuc.tfpp of Methodist Sun
day-scbooI society-other N"'e'
chnmp Makes nm Ear

.-The Passion Of tho Cross was "
s,h,ec, OF tAc morning sermon 'y
Lewis T.. Hitc at the Mission i'o''' 49,.
west Marshall street on su"u"s' -,
.so,,s,, % tho sermon vas that inc -
,,exton was the elimination OF 'he LIZ
80 81 tho Garth. and as His "ho'e "Ae
ike the entire Bible. was one 80 - =,
h,e conveying to men the hpii''u"' -.
.,,uction necessary for their sa4'@''o''
eternal welfare. 50 this last ACT N'0
..a,.,,,ol meaning Of supreme impor'ai'o'
,r.;s Concordance has been recognized -
a. chr,stian Church in making the c'o's
the symbol Of Christianity anu '''0
sion Of the cross Christianity 'V'''.-
s,ooe hut the selfish heart o. nan an
his spiritual blindness have roDDeu ~
.ect of its larger and deeper hio''Ai'ie
,,A reduced II essentially TO an dppo''
,ho natural sympathy which every o"u
- Tor a sufferer. ADDED 10 tn,9
elaborate system OF thcOiosiCdi anu -
diVonal Interpretation makes IL ne@L =.
s.oDossibl- for men now 10 We" tno
A. tts simplicity. II we once get cledl ~ ~
,bsson of the Lords life as a Whole' "hlVn
a. in a word, that lie assumed mo-
nature and the body OF hesh' puIiiio"'
perfected. and glorifed them, ana so Iia1 ~.
them the direct source or dlVihe me ~
men. the lesson Of the crucihNloIi - 800
sccn. The passion of the cross. the Douly
LIN NJ death which Christ suffered on
INC cross. corrosponded TO the pam OF
.clf-renunciatiou which lie ehuureu
1broughopt His life, and supremacy IN
the act of yielding Himself up into tne
hands of those who hated INN 70 10
made the subject Of the most cruei IN
dicnifios and then crucihcd. The struggle
a. cost Him brought out great drops Oh
sweat like blood. and the completeness
of His victory Is shown by the lacl 'na''
with all their cruel treatment. Ills PerS1
cutors could not arouse one spark Oh
sentiment in Him, and after IL was an
over He prayed: Father, forglVe thehi'
they know not what they 40
OVERCAME THE DEVIL
II we recall the words, "And when INC
Devil had ended all the temptation, ne
Departed from Him for season IL
Will help US 10 see that the spiritual sig
niicance OF this victory was that in 1t
The Lord overcame the Devil In his final
attempt to break down the resolution.
which the Lord with perfect fidelity adj
bered 10 from first 20 last, TO i've I'M
selhshly the life of love for the good OF
others. The Devil could approach the
Lord through His inherited human ten
denotes TO live for self. TO make use OF
Ills powers for sclf-satisfaction and en-
fovnnent We cannot conceive Circum-
stances better adapted TO arouse all the
natural human instincts Of sef-defence
and self-assertion than those which ac-
companied Christs condemnation ana
death. and in resisting and repelling
these impulses lie Overcame the Devil
and all the forces of he'll behind them.
In doing this lie brought under His
human control all the powers Of evil both
in humanity and in hell and thereby re-
leased men from bondage to sin. From
that moment it has been possible for
every man 10 exercise the human con-
troll over evil which the Lord then ac-
uulred, II only the man will make the
effort in love and obedience to Him.
This. then. is redemption. one side Of
the divine work the Lord came TO do
and which lie finished in the passion Of
she cross.
Ought not Christ to have suffered these
things and to enter into His glory" This
declares the other side. 10 bring the full
ness Of the divine life down into the
exercise Of His human powers, thereby
making His humanity divine.
saloon in the Home.
1.-THE hovol. the house the home-the
Grst slgnifying a place of poverty and
degradation; the second denoting place
OF residence or business: the third
home-awakens in every true man and
woman's breast sensations Of JOY and
recalls memories glorious and sweet"
With these words Rev. W. Il. Beau
champ. OF st. James Methodist church.
begun his sermon Sunday night on the
''SalOon in the HOme"-a discourse or
unusual oloquence and Astounding in OPP
posite illustrations and vivid word-paint-
ing. The speaker followed up his open
ing sentence with an interesting picture
of a home in the country in which he
was reared-a few years ago happy,
contented home, but now a place of
mourning, because Of the entrance Of
"that serpent of serpents." the saloon.
slow many homes in this city. in this
State. in this country" he asked. have
sorrow in them? A serpent has come into
them. robbed them OF JOY. and happiness,
and rendered them the veriest hells."
After dwelling on the sanctity of home
and the evil of the saloon, Mr.. Beauchamp
told I'm pathetic language, which caused
many in the congregation to shed tears
an incident recently coming under his
observation. In which a home rad been
transformed from happiness and afuence
TO place of penury and wife-beating
lie continued. mo words can name the
nameless sorrow of a mothers heart; no
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