Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-01
FROM The PULPIT
Abstracts of Sermons DeIiv-
cred Sunday.
6 CHRIST in SOCIETY. .
Rev G c. Cox Arr.,igns Some OF the Social
Functions aud Modes OF the Day.
The Card Table and
Ballroom.

the topic of ths sermon Sunday evsninr
al the ChestEEt Avenue Methoddst
Church. The text was taken from the
first i;4ck If Samuel the a4th verss OF
the Goth chapter'.As his part is that
goth down to the battle so shall f..s
part be that tarrieth by the Stuff
BY way of introduction Mr.. Colonna
said that David, with the APPROVAL of
God, had started in pursuit OF the thiev-
5ish Amaiekites to recover goods that had
been. stolen. Six hundred gallant fell
lows follow the bold leader. But"
sara MIR. Colonna, ..by and by the forcal
march begins TO t;fl on the man, a part
OF the Weary succumb, one-third of tbs
boys, faint and foot sore, step with the
baggage at the brook Resor. The brave
four hundred soon overtake and defeat
IS rs, enemy, capture the booty, and return
to tie brook. The question of how to
distribute the spoils arises ana provokes
net discussion until an order is re-
ceived direct from headqt,arters- Da-
eVfd.S rule of division, as found in the
tsxt. henceforth becomes a perpetual
ordinance of Israel
ihis scripture suggests that in life
there mus always tie SOM persons to
teGry by the stuff. To go forward with
me TOUR hundred meant the exhibition
OF courage, deeds of valor on the field.
9 oYa ticns on tie return march and an
nehora5lt' peace ever afterward in the
6&art OF the nation. To remain with thu
luggage was to forego al this and to
pass the days in mono;ory and ssclu-
sion. RMS is precisely what the major
part OF US must do. There are not con-
s9tcuous places for everyone in life, In
spite of what the fond parent believes.
not every mothers son can he a presi-
sient. The work In lonely places must
7 he done. WhethEr We choose to respect
the collier or not we ara Vapaf dent
Gpon him.. Truth TO tell. most of us too
are not qualified for the higher posi-
lions in life
IA second Inference from the text is
that merit as often iwe.Is in the back
ground as on the field. Tha,t the soldier
Z Is NOT lifted fte' the gtneralship does not
astract from his merit as a soldier The
ttruest worth is often foundsclad in old
greasy rags and feeding on broth. Ig-
norance is no bar to merits Who cares
Whsthsr Grace Darling, as she pushed
the life-boat out over those s,rrrinp
I WaterssHc could Gscline a Greek noun
the The 'I-1il:est gems are often founa. in thu
hospitals and in sick chambers The at
ssiitcteSt man attracts no attention from
,t.ly world e iaink& of Sidney tLantasr. the
-. HIM
self half dead uadar a 10 of human
s:yearsasses on thez DICK ef a steamer
noun for Csty Point. Thatscne is dwell
mig IN the shadow of poverty or igno-
Fance GE misfortune does not detract
from his merits.
~ e are reminded again that h&elty
Is of MS i'm p6rsance than not;y;ie,v
The feyerish thirst for noqorety has
,nesn antly termed puhliccmania Men
nave maze clowns and even criminals
of themselves fer Its saks. The wiser
mode OF action is to magnify the office
SOU mold and to aim CT perfect fidelity
In it. As somebody has sugs stsd. If Won
are Sniy a stoke, s:,ove.lirg coal in the
furnacS, CT the ship. say to yourself: 4
may not be the captain of this ship, but
q am she commander of this shovel
t1onor and shane from TO condition.
rise,
Act wei your part. there all me ho.or
lies"
"a LIVING CHRIST"
TAT thsI Second Baptist church Rev.
Thomas ]. M.ackay, the pastor took for
his zvenlng subject "a living Christ"
Mr.. AacSay said in part:
II came to you tonight with
Chr!st of history and tel! you ne died
ssimpty death OF the body, you wouii
ask me of what bsrefit to US is a Chris,
s6f the past. We want today a living
SnrfSt; one that enters -evSry avenue of
HE and every avenue Of our bSirg-
"a living Christ demonstrated in every
day. What do man care about your
Christ of theory? They want a 2ract;-
cal Christ. You remember the man in
the ton'b When he saw Jesus he fell
down. before him. We do want men to
see this living Christ of today The
Widow Standing 1T tbs. grave. when the
SEQ eco Is heard en- the coffin, wants living
Sshrist to whisper: I an the resur-
8fectien ard the life: he that believeth
IN me. thonsai he wsre dead, y.t shall he
sltve.fsWe want from our nuloits
Christ that is in tauch with the feeling
OF car inlrmity and was in every point
.S i.sIfn Just as We are: I am he>that
I lSIet IN. He lives as the pre-emins IF
CHRIST OF GoI, a living power in the
lives of men Jaga. the b 1ovei disciple.
slaaEed on Jesus breast. How ma ny to,
day SaSe&l leaning on Jesus'.breast? ASH
/: the stint Of Gcd on when she leans
and She Will respond on JESUS. fWe
erect 'nnnun'e nts to our Lees, our
iGra'lts and Washing TONS but who has
erected a monument to the ma me of Ja-.
ssus? Why go 70 'the tomb and the
sang answers the questioE-'why seek
zyesstle living among The dead?' Let.
s,1,gslnsen g. he erected to those who
Z rave n1'ad.se history sublime, burt Christ
4 4 i ls5ss no monument. He is not dead
hut ltvaeh. He lives in literature ans,
! sa'saa rs as5neyarln,en snaks. He lives In
a TIE press Of our eity. fer the papsrs
. print the ser1laans of the men OF God, SO
$i i.. sna scr ss,sHas read them. Ch1'ist
lives II, the protective laws of CTR ma
siofs. Tn Christ of today lives in the
hymns of nsa:se5 that ascend from the
churches. from the hores of tie poor
and from the alece of the wealthy.
si<9eS irEo thtst hon.. Let US place the
curtain 10 one side and there see the
ghoek Hf CID; see the family knetl to
the living Ssarist of To-Day. He lives in
the !iaart OF the curse in our hospitals.
See her as sh kneels by the side of that
4Egrfect stranger. co Sel,S the worst
8drunkard yau can find that we t14-sire to
have him 'szs,w this living Christ who
can give him new h:at5t. Tell the
criminal inearcara .,N in CUR jail Gf we
Dsas cab ita iaiD that Christ WIFI live in
Liz life. Par fr;a.i-'l dces this living
Chris. live in your heart? Take him into
your heart.
A SABBATH OBSERVANCE
1.-THE Sabbath was made for man."
was the text selected by Rev. B. f.
Lipsconnb, pastor of the Washington
Avenue Methodist church, as the basis
for his sermon on Sunday observance
yesterday morning.
After referring to the institution of
the day of rest. which he declared was
one OF the Oldest institutions in the
world. dating hack to the Garden of
Eden. Rev. Mr.. Lipsconb declared that