The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
|D1c1 FOR THE OPPRESSED.
d. JoRDAN's SERMON ON
REV WIDOWS, ORPHANS


I'm 90 the baptist Church-A
Ut. TO Ministers Who nave
IA Their Lives to Coos SER
without Salaries.
,,,r ID. Jordans sermon at the
A''' n,n,s- church yesterday morning
fHs' saqi,,ently broad and universal IN
-,-,f,7rfon to enlist the interest ana
Us apr .,r.fderation of all who heard 1t.
l91''' -.7,iscr was in the nature of plea
l'I .,.,rassed. and particularly the
W and orphans. A collection was
e,. state missions, orphans home,
'.I.,.ss ministers and their WIDOWS DIT
90. NOT altogether with a view TO
,r, interest and obtaining large
-',e,ttor for these purposes that the sub
mas selected. To the average man,
',r spch sermon before collec-
has tine effect of stirring sympathy
~hI.b nromnts greater liberality. In this
", rho sermon was productive of the
.,.st Good as a handsome collection
taken and one that will be helpful
>. .be institutions to which it is to be ap-
Piled. .,n.,,o-
The text was from Isaiah Iii: Relieve
,bs oporessed; judge the fatherless; plead
for the widow
oHow would you judge nation as to
r0igon. charity and love?" asked Rev.
rorlan in opening. Some answer by
their courtesies; the respect they have
for their dead as shown in keeping their
u.oves clean and fresh That is a good
NOV, IN iudge. like to see people honor
tho memory of the dead and care for the
little spot that marks their last resting
Mace our national cemeteries rehect
honor on our nation. AS l pass through
our own beautiful cemeteries and see the
GENTLE hands busily engaged arranging
flowers and planting roses, 1 feel like
removing my hat and bowling low, in
reverence and sympathetic prayer. To me
the most pathetic and eloquent thing L
have ever seen to the memory of the dead,
is found in the devotion of our Southern
women to the memory of our Southern
soldiers. Noble soldiers were they, and
exceeded in nobility only by the mother
who bore them, and the wives, sisters
and sweethearts who cherish their memo
ries.
yet would not judge a people so
much by the manner in which they Keep
the graves of their dead" continued Rev.
Jordan as by the way they care for their
oppressed-their widows and orphans.
With our dead it is a memory of the past
and a hope for the future. linked to a
love that is Undying and faith that is Tn
wavering. With our oppressed it is an
everything and present need, where good
can always be done.
Oppression is the result of sin. Sin is
the oppressor of the whole nation and its
people Sin drove Adam and Eve from
their beautiful home in Eden, and has
since driven millions out homeless and
helpless Under its mercllGks lash, mil
lions are being driven to-daW sand wherever
oppression is found be sure sin lies at
the bottom of the trouble. If you ask
what is the remedy for this great evil,
i viii answer, Christ, the crucified Christ.
For without the shedding of blood there
is no remission of sim. Unless sin is
extirpated, the evil results must abide. The
apostles were first charged 10 preach the
gospel of healing about Jerusalem. By
a local application that would teach US
TO attend to that work first in Georgia.
and I appeal in behalf of our beloved
state. The marginal reading of the text
gives us a suggestive thought and instead
4 Of saying, Relieve the depressed 1t says.
Set right the oppressor' That gives US
4 key to solving the problem, a diagno-
sis Of which locates the fault in the op-
pressor, and if we would remove the
cause, we must apply the remedy at the
origin They tell us the rich are oppress-
ing the poor, but if that is the case we
/ Will never remedy the evil by disbursng
charities to the poor. AS the doctor some
times gives an opiate to alleviate distress
until the main trouble can be reached, so
should We work and leave the rich to
/ Christ No OnUe fafl 10 Oh
NY, but our chief duty is to give the gos-
/ pei the sincere milk of the word ana
me strong meat to the people.
lear We lay too much stress on the
preaching Of the word, on free lunches,
ana giving out old clothes. The world
IS not to be converted by serving free
lunches. Our Lord had thousands of fol-
.o~ers as long as he served free bread and
Asn, but when He declared himself to be
lHe bread of life and exhorted them to re-
4 Peutdhce and better life-quit serving
uee lunches-they departed and followed
nun no more. My first plea then, is to
give Georgia the gospel of God and that
we Hlt up the banner of the. cross on ev-
cry MIL top, in every valley, and in every
nome and heart.
judging the fatherless was interpre-
t Tu W rev Jordan as defending and nur-
turing them. While it seemed Incredible
e. u "oulo Cypress this class, yet he said
~. - done He said he had seen 1t in his
U III, NE and had witnessed its effects
nd'lls been fatherless since nv child
oa you' nave no apology for saying the
aust Oh the fatherless lies near my heart
van say the man who imposes upon an
T.pldn mas a heart worse than that of a
49, 49, when a helpless orphan, | have
~ eTiu men pray in the church and ask God
eD nelp ana pity the orphan, and my dis
PROMINENT can be well imagined when
on, n'SSeu lhe same men on the street with
VOL Ell getting pleasant smile or kind
orrL 0od proposes to be a father to the
Cbnie1n Dut He must act through the
bo ,,'s'ian people. We have an orphans
fra l,e III Atlanta, where we gather orphans
, I'm over the entire state. and I appeal
~ you to help in this noble worl, ;,
tbof n miu9W! How lonely yet how familiar
u VIZ word sounds to ALL was nursed by a
wiz WV lea by widow and clothed by a
raaV ", Inc Widows needs and the orphan
NJ nave known full well for our nearest
,ol, o"Dor was widow. I have heard meu
Sor aDout widows, gossip about and SLAM
all r,or ''!, until l thought in my soul that
let were liars. Instead of slandering
~ pedd and pray for them
Co.. IS no Baptist widows asylum in
for s,a' out the church makes provision
This 'i.'' IN minister's and their widows
bo 1~S Is under the supervision of the state
Rev ro ".l an earnest plea was made by
he va, 'u ran Tor aid in this regard. He said
tists "d a. reliably informed that the Bap.
denonin,U,Ie1oorg la outnumbered any other