Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-25

but is not all of it. The tendency, on our
times is to consider hunoanitarianisn
| ana beneVolence as religion.
God wants the two cour'bined. Re-
| lgion may be said to consist of tirst
being good, and s. condly Of doing s,oo.,,
That is the order; you can't first begin
to do good and then be good Christ
Went to the vital spot when he sa4,l.
blessed are the pure in heart Like
a wise physician, be went to thu bot
tom OF the disease and found sin to be
the result of an impure and diseased
heart. u sulate that and all the rest
VIII de right. Chalmers spoke of reli-
glon as the expulsive power of a new
anectlcn God puts in the heart new
principle of action, love for God. des;us
Tor righteousness and makes man for
get the side shows OF the world, Re
genera ton is the imparta ton. usse new
principle of action which win purify the
ny; Pure character must come ;trom
inanIies totian Of This prinGinl.4 In Itfa
in conforrnItory with Gt tmespe 10 1 me
must have our lives made right by hay
ing our hearts set right with God
Some say the times are too hard, for
them to hep support th@schutch Did
you ever see the times too hard for
worldly mi nled people to see a circus
when it comes to town or attend the
or. IA house? All that is needed is lever
age to get the money OUT We can get
love of God is in the hearts of the p4o-
pie. SO instead of trying for good times
let us try to- get the people + ligicsls 7
have been pr a. hing Tor twenty years
ana nave never seen anything but
hard tim yet.
Jesus Christ in his conflicts With the
temptor welded NOS weapon q,ut that
found in tbs word of God. The life Of
Christ is void OF Significance unless you
and can follow in his footsteps Christ
G G1so ,Hustrated the other part OF the
Christian .ifs, for He went about doing
s'oGi. Let US try to be like Him in
nome. office. shop and c!lslrch Learn
the blessedness of helping others. Go
>'hout doing good and you will ffrd 10y
anus happiness. Pure religion first ma kes
man Duns' then sends him out To 1o
good" ~ "
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.
At the Second Baptist church tho no
tor. Rev. Thomas j. MacKay, preached
70 large congregation both morning
ana evening. The new lamps were in
place and gave entire satisfaction.
Inc pastor took for the subject of the
eFenlng.-Iuke 81, Seeking truth" and
said in part:
F.ei;> IS no one in divine presence
trust but mas co1le-tn seek the truth.
y man may have a knoVleaa of the
ruth and that truth be aof no benefit
20 him. 10 know the truth q man must
=
u all that is implied in truth and truth
conferred in Christ is that which makes
as free. If man says this is true. it
mpiies that he has Investigated and
':steo the f, matter. The grand old Chris
aked recnrding the divinity of Christ,
ana made the reply of my text, Thou
sSalt know the truth ansS.4the truth
she'll make you free Pilate asked:
1850 there We're more than one hundred
where Is truth? The Bible is truth 1t
las proved its inspira ton by its dura-
oility. Men have entertained the
thought chat they had destroyed the
last volume: that they have sent it up
n smoke. but it lives in the hearts of
Gods children.
-Four and five million Bibles: in the year
1880 there We're more than one hundred
ana SiXty-fVe million Bibles printed
ana given tn the world by eighty Diff
ferent Bible societies. printed in 200
:anguages or dialects There is a lee
turer going about the country Occurring
IN the MS takes of Moses. I should like
TO hear Noses on the mistakes of the
lecturer. 1t does not take very brave
man 70 kick a dead lion, and much less
to talk about a man after he has been
lead for thousands of years.
Let us notice how the Bible Ina $
associated with human life You will
ind IL in the office. in the factory and
Will find the miner reading it with the
aid of his mining lamp 1t is associated
VIII ma rriage, for from it's pages comes
he marriage service. You need it at
ne sick bed, for from its inspired pa ges
you have gained comfort and consola-
ion. From its precious truth will be
AIKEN text at the last service over
your remains. Remember, in this book
treasure lies. If You dig deep you will
lind the prize. Go home and tel! that
Did saint of God that You will take her
Bible from her, and She will tell you
take her life. Take this Bible into
your homes: let it be to You the flower
bed of God. for from its pages you will
1ather flowers of consolation! If you
Ire in need of a spiritual rose, go to
Pauis epistles- If you are in sorrow,
so to the rose bush of Job and of David
and you will find roses of comfort and
consolation that will be a sweet per-
June 10 your sorrowful heart. And
above all go to the rose bush of the
lie of our blessed Lord. There you will
find hahn and "a rose that will send
forth a holy perfume in every avenue
Of life. Il
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
God is thinking about you" was the
subject of Rev. wv. r. Motley's dis
course at the Thirtieth Street Christian
church Sunday morning. His text WAS
Yet the Lord tninketh upon me-
Psalms 40:17. Mr.. Motley said in part:
'.'This text teaches us that God is not
a kind of quie.sence pervading and per-
meating all creation. but that He is 4
living, active personality. having a
special habitatfon.
1T teaches that Sod did not create
this world and leave it to its fate, blu:
that He is present I'm His world and
guides it in it's course: that God did not
formulate a series of ma tural laws and
allow them to move and carry US for
ward a. their own disposal, but that He
IS back of these laws and causes their
suspension whenever the weekly man
requires it; that he is not interested in
the world as a whole, taking no notice
OF individuals, but that ne calls us by
name, knows our personalities and
numbers the hairs of our head: that
His thought is not confined to the learn
ed and rich and strong, but in VIVA
condition His children may be He is