Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-08
SUICIDE 4 COWARD
A Self Murderer Cannot En-
ter the Kingdom of Heaven.
SAYS REV. T. J. MACKAY
castor OF the Second Baptist Churc,,
fre;ich sa Sermon on Self-De-
struction. Rev. w. X. Motley
on Love.

AT the Second Baptist church Sunda,
esehlhs many We're unable to gain ad
rhssInh 10 the Sd.fice. The Kastor. Rev
Thomas j. A1ackay, took for his subiac
fiaS d Man the Right to TAKE His Ow,
i-lie! selecting his text from I Sa.r,,e
3 l-4-L\nd Saul f,ll on his swoniI on.
uAed EXoius 20 : 13-"Thout shll
not kin s"''
MI: Mackay said in part:
me closing seems OF the life of San,
mig OF lsrasl. ale fittinsEy ASSOCIATE,
with the battlefield, You VIII rarn..,,.
Ger God had ~commaniied Saul to 6istrL,,
me enenh s of the Lord, but insteta ~
u"'hs SO NJ saved them alive in otde,
- - nn'tsty ms vain heart. Did you ever
MINK or the close association of the life
ui MEG S1.il AMI. Judas? III y came ~
GER dea"h by deception, ard ,yera m
Instruments of their own slayers. sam
liter ne found hat Gtd had forsnkan
'Iii, Vent to the With of Endor anti
htu,s1 oa her his future. He learned
ne sah TACT that God had forsaken him
LIE IS to every man a battlefield. ana
dihu Vhe rear of the battle for h.ead =.
uie voice of Eicl., louder than tn roo p
ol conan rcial life; Come unto me al
, = .nat are heavy laden and l will give
! 80 +ilhld the din of the baGtle of
iS = oitsrl heard q pistol shot anda som
enters the PRESENCE of God unprenared
&c Meet the Cos of heaven and Of ..,r,b
me cry of many is the cry of SAM:
f!Erce me through with a spar or a
W ua'e !et me get out of the huttIe.'
we Sc saul fal. on his sword. ] cry
~: saul, you coward! Why no, fight
aNn ole as a man. Saul wher- is INV
200: me answer is returned. not ,njv
from saul but from many: on tas
- SfihSh me; but | must answer back II
ns.aase you have first .orSakyn your
'ou. h1oW terrible is The sight to s,a
a nan made in the imuee of >;oi r,n
Tom the battlefield Of lifs. CIV 80.
O.. you coward! Jus
Many speak of JUDAS as the enrl,o,1i-
lheht or all tiet is deceptive. but Won
va notice the At that Judas. when he
Many promise, but do not deliver ~ An
.H,!f Promises, judas was man ano,rh
~ ny ana make atonement for Tho naSr
Msht to the h:S priest AMI, cast ths
iIoH.S down and sad: 4 have betrave,1
r :, 'plood.' Her is a man Who
'Hrs misses before CT, and man f., 1ora
,.ol,tI anu Keep her in sickness ard in
health. Gcd. in his loving kindn.ss
Ewes tltan little children to adorn thsir
.iolne. some trouble arises in his husi.
lt hs taxes a pistol and sends a hui
,yo,.s ms Drain. Is this nun not
re HattIstieIs. u ii fSlreeo ID 5enqKdh1 nstaaffht ,t.issse
l cry out with all my soul:
0. you cowald. See the littl@ children
weeping ever the ACE of the dead: and
the loving wife looks back over ~ past
ara asks h rself the question:: Have I
done anything to make his re unhap-
pEE And the answer is; NO ! say
is it a wonder the face OF the dead sui
CD Goes not blush in shame in the cot
fin? VIII We mark his tombstone: AT
rest in the Lord? No. Is God i God of
How can he rest in peace when
MS promise to his family is not fulfill
a.? Do they rest? Sc the wife toll
With the needle from co rly morning I'M
Il. lat@ at night to keep her children.
Is his life his own. when he has brought
children into this word? Nc; by no
means.
Here is a son. the pride Of a loving
mother. She WATCHED over aim from the
craJ!le TO young manhood. Moth RS
pride; the parents have deprived tAem-
selves Of many comforts TO Civ him an
sducat!on. In a homer of i spon3ency
ne oCts himself. Tell NE. is his lie
his oWn? No. in Gods name, a Thousand
times no. What right has a fathEr to
cav behind him a Ctsgrar>d wife and
children? The first question asked is:
Dai they live hupptly tcgeuher?' tn
SHAME must uiID the Wife and chill
dren to the grave. y. mother who has
i ! lSE't TO lean on, a son is deprived of
'hIs AMI s>Ss down solrowiilg to the
grave. You say. but. Mr.. Macikuv.
Thy We're insane I question the mat
'''N ~ MIN SSo 10 IL
rug store. He waits until there. is no
one in the stor, and then asks for the
poison. ihiS is tuS. Tor il is only q rat
running from the battlefield. of life. He
gets it. see him go to his room. To- ks the
door, off hS coat. Ii S down on the
ped. Is this man insans? Here is an
other man. He goes to the right store
TO get the kind of a revolver with which
70 shoot himself. He will huve only on
kind. He pays for 1t. takes thu change,
puts 1t carefully in his pocket. doys uat
give 1t TO the filsSt child he meets. nor
10 the store keeltr for sweet charity,
avoids his sweet Vile and children, goes
10 some Gtiiet place and life is ever. Is
this man INSANE? No, by no means,
There are those that are INSANE, but no
mis- kim. The cause of insanity is a
SfSui Remember. thou shall,
hst kiII? No murderer Shall enter into
me kingdom of heaven. with his hanGs
stained with his own blood or the blood
of a~uother."
THE POWER OF LOVE.
The R~edemN,tive Power Of Love- was
lf'e fheme of Rev, wv r. Mutley's dis.
curse at the Thintleth Street christian
-hurcth SUNDAY evening. Mr.. Motley
aid, i'm part:
The subject Of love is@sss vast in
scope as the universe, as powerful IL
rs workings as God. as lasting i'm its
mature as eternity. 1t mas been present.
ed by h preacher, and expoundeG
from ,tne word of Gei from many ant
varied standards The purity of its es.
sence and the beneficial effects on the
3hi3d OF God have been set forth effect.
JVe!y. but THE feature OF the subjeo
lt1as been almost ignored; that is the re.
de'mptive wv of hove, not only on tn,
enc on whom bestowed, but on the be
strWer. l shall not speakin q Theological
sense. but of love in connection witt
men. | dom mean Hove in word IA M