Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-18
"CHRlSTIAN LIBERTY"

"CHRlSTIAN LIBERTY
At the Chestnut Avenue Methodist
churchSunday evening Rev. Major S.
Colonnh, Jr., took as the theme of his
discourse Christian Liberty" The
text was found in the seventeenth verse
OF the third chapter of II. Corinthians
Where the Spirit of the Lord is there
is liberty
There are two possible ways of en-
joying liberty said Rev. Mr.. Colonna.
'.One by abolis,hing all laws and punish
ment. Throw Wide the doors of all the
prisons and turn tire criminals out. This
is the liberty preached by the anarchist.
The liberty of which Christ and Pau!
spoke is that which comes through ODE
dience Keep your laws. but bring the
spirit into conformity with them The
Spirit of God brings about tine death of
the sinful man. By his presence on
earth Christ 'rebuked sin. Wherever he
moved men hung their heads in shame
and devils hid themselves away. BY his
sovereign power he is accomplishing
the work that he repeatedly declared
he came into the world to do-to de-
stroy the works Of the devil Inc
Spirit brushes out envy, pride, lust.
avarice and sin of every kind that has
it's place in the heart. Where THE
Sptrtt is there is life as we'll as death.
Even in the most abandoned wretches
there Is something rood.
son the battlefield of Cullcden. in
Scotland. The beautiful Scottish heather
grows everywhere except at one spot
where q little flower, not found else
where Is seen. It is said THAT where
the blue flower grows the ground was
saturated with the blood and fer,ilized
with the bodies of the brave warriors
shat fell. Wherever the Spirit applies
:he blood the seed of good, long dor
rnart, terminate and bear fruit. The
irit 6ri u
man heart into the fuiness of life. The
gymnasium for the development of
character has all the appliances tina;
divine ingenuity can !nvent, and IT Is
under the management Of loving omnis-
,fence.
Because of the death OF the old ma n
and the birth OF the new there is lib
erty from the dominion of sin. The
most abje5t slavery known is that to
sin. The most glorious liberty ds that
of Obedience to right. Paul was a freer
man than the unha ppy monarch who
:rembled as the apostle reasoned sof
righteousness, temperance and judg-
nent to come.
The liberty is from the legalism also.
The more we 'hlave of the SPIRIT OF God
What is the need o 81 law against dane
ing for one who has no desire to dance?
F,,om the sway Of cererronitalisn
and ritualism we are also liberated by
this self-sam me Spirit
AT THE Y NJ c. A
The speaker at the mems meet ne held
in THE rooms of the Young Mems Chris
tian Associa tion Sunday afternoon was
Rev. B. Il. Lpscomb, pastor of the
Washin gton Avenue Methodist church.
SHOW nhyself man" was the text
quoted by tMr. Lipscomb and he said, in
part:
These We're the dying words of Da-
Wild to his son Solomon. David was not
content that his son should be simply
a king, but desired that he should also
have manly character. This is a prize
within the reach OF all. I4owly birth
and humble station are by no means
Incompatible with manhood
The first essential element of man.
HOud is strength. BE strong said Da-
vid. and show uhyself "a man. 1t is not
Of strength like that of Samson that l
speak, Physical strength is Well enough
in its way, but it is not the highest
type 1t is not the kind characteristic
of man, for the OK. the ass and the ele-
phant have it in a greater degree than
man I refer to what may be called
self reliance. For a man to stand soi-
t.ary, With his own responsibility and
carry his own burdens. So many ARE
striving after a different idea. Some like
TO live off the government. Look AIT THE
large amount paid by the government
for pensions, much of it gaainss to those
who are unworthy, but some of it to
those who are most worthy. Others
follow political leaders in order to get
at the public crib.
''One Of the things a nlata wants TO
learn is to earn his living with his own
right arm or with hrs brain. owe no
man anything, but to love one an
other
Next to strength comes courage
Joshua said be strong and of good
courage Courageous ness enters into all
true ma nliness. The courage of bully
is one thing and the courage OF a manly
man is another.
.sGoHa.th is the type of the bully.
What am talking about Is some times
called moral courage. 1t may cost AN
office or q business position to exercise
it. 1t costs something to stand up and
do 1.-THE right because 1t is the right. It
Is especially hard for young man to
stand up for the right when he knows
that it will provoke the rldicule OF those
by whom he Is surrounded All men.
but young men especially, are sensitive
to THE cutting shafts of ridicuie. but the
man who has conscientious scruples IS
the only courageous man in ,tihe eyes of
God nd of right thinking men.
Another element of mianiiness is
truthfulness. Not simply veracity. but
that Is important 1 mean that truth
fulness which makes one despise a lie
whether it is spoken or acted. A man
whose word cannot be trusted as "a man
no one wants to employ. The love OF
truth is the girdle of character that
holds all the rest of the virtues together.
Learn to despise a lie in whatever
form it appears.
THE last quality of manliness about
which I will speak is purity Keep
thyself pure said Paul, and he was
TO a young man. In Gods sight
purity is just as reedful in man as in
There is no more pernicfous
idea in society than that of two stand
ards OF morality. one applying to wo-
men, the other TO men. 1t will not bear |
the test of reflection, much less THAT of |
the Bible, on which we base our faGth. |
A man of foul life is just as abominable |
N the sight of Sod as a. woman of the /
same type. The crowning grace of "a |
manly charac is purity.
These virtues do not grow i'm natures !
barren soil, but need The sunlight of |
Gods grace. Study the life Of CHRIST if
you want no know how to 1--we. No man
becomes perfect at bound no more
ha n ne becomes "a devil at a jump. May
Sod foster in us all those virtues which
make US men In the sense OF Jesus
Ihrist.''
The service was we'll attended and
nose present listened with closest at
ention ITO the practical talk delivered
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