Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-22

.,[o iifg. duties unpTs Spared? fhs.::ssz
are prophetic of failure. The a!1tisan
ard professional men who are mot will
Ting. TO undergo pa:aie1t preparation
nius,s be VIKING to take The SECOND
place in their vocation. In 1hlis age
II canlpe'aition and busy rush irnpa-
tenre is Il national sin. But Hine1e is
perhaps more restless impa;ienSe in THE
religious sphere than anywhere else.
The unhala5wetl and secular machinery
are am evidence of ilnparience with
Sod. We are not content with Gods
Way of our giving as Worship. So we
fave!., ,'l.e fisil pond, the grab bag. The
ahnl].sy ball. etc We are i1npasttn
with Gods, way uf salvation by grace
Gods way of working whsm and 'w7here
He wil!-sSi We invent machinery for
getting up Ta'vivahs and lit becomes
the work of man instead the work OF
God. Patience With Gods method is
what we want. Patience us whiting to
| do things Gods way and await Gods
| time for results. Patience is mot a
| fretful drea mer about ideal conditions.
| Ii uses the opportunities that el1-e. Pa
d.ence liz not idle because there is Moth
ng great to do. but it is willing 10 1'rl-
| lsaI'tailf. wlle little service OF the hour.
Tltetl. I spoke of patience i'm sfckret:ss
| and quoted the pvaanlGs:a OF comfort
| The nlsri', patience is exercised t!1e nho1's
| !, increases. Fourth, we hLaye read nf
| patience. in ternp'ta,ciun. Are you
| Il
| cns ard memories of former sims? Are
| the dreams cast out struggling for ad-
mittance once mere? Is The old be-
! setting SIN clamorins for dominion
again? Remember the promise that
/ Christ Win succor and With every
| temp;ra.sFn riaere is made a way of es-
cape Christ is the ideal patient nna.
He waited th.Ity years TO begin His
!ife't: work. The Whole account OF His
life is a Story OF Patience Heb
REV. G. H LAArBETH's SERMON.
Sunday .l,un1r:ng Rev. G. III. Lambeth.
If the West End Methodist church,
preached from Hsb. - part OF THE first
verse-''Lat US run with patience the
race that is set before US"
Mr.. Lambeth SAID in part:
The patient RUNNER wins the race,
rot the spasmcfiic RUNNER who spurts
awhile, and drops out of the race for
awhile; not the half hearted runner
vino is a,tilac'ted by every passing in
nuence, but the earnest, persistent run
,rsr, who lends every energy to the race
and allows nothing to turn him from
ulle course.
IN order 10 patiently run the race, a
thorough understa ndfns of tine courss
$ necessary. Whoever heard off a racer
winning a race except he first knew t'hs
s'ouise he must run ard the conditions
he must fulfill? SO in entering tht
Christian race there must be thorough
unterst a,la'hng of the demands and aihs
| 4andi.ons, before there cam be intel
ligent Ewing. Many people are brough
INTO the church upon the wave OF son1s
GREAT emotion, and when THE eniotioT
subsidies tlleir Christianity Asllbs.de:
too. They have not weighed the de
mands and counted the cost, hence
) they endure for season and then fai
away. We may know at stlhe start ex
a,ctly What Will be demanded OF US il
: this Christian race. The Apostle says
r THE race that is set before as w,
may go to Gods word and find ever.
condition.
Something more than this is nee
D eSsary. There must be a firm purpose
! There is no more striking example o
an intense purpose than the racer. EV
lery impeachment is lard aside, ever,
k power and energy of his being i
Q brought into play His face us set ii
grim determine ton as l1e speeds pas
the spectators. OH. for such "a consum
r ing purpose in the Christian Tace-sucH
9 a purpose as dominated THE life of TN
apostle Paul. the motto OF whose lif
was: This one thing I do We Wi
need "a: grand purpose. Temptation
: trtbula.tion, failure and discouragemen
!. all await us. and nothing but AN un
" tiinehing purpose will enable us to TIL
r p ltieruly and hence successfully tn;
j race.
"a last requisite of patient runnin
is faith in the Son of God. The eye {
d the racer Is fixed ON the goal and O
e the prize. So the eye of THE Chnstia
is not on the long and nAId course, nc