Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-14


which all Christian discipleship was 10
habitually live and perfect itseli.
Chrst's atonement and IesurrevtIoii
pointed 70 this new era. These three
things are what Satan peculiarly lfais.
The Cross. the resurrection, ana the hOi'
Spirit.
LORDsHIP OF CHRIST.
III. The lordshp OF Christ demands
also a new habit or exercise, as the Ia"
Of life in the disciple. ,,.,
There Is a sense in which the disciple
repeats the life OF his Lord. not perfectly
but proximately and habitually. Inc ais
ciple enters the new life with faith ~
Christ az objectirely crucihed and raised
again. simultaneously the soul SUI if-
renders itself to cruciixion OF lts ser ,D nis
and enters on a higher form OF being
The true aim Of all discipleship u w
make this process its second nature 80
that In the end IL can say, Always peI lo
ing about in our body the dylhs vi e,s
Lord Jesus. that the life also OF JsSn11
may be made manifest In our hoi'"i
flesh" c..t..t,n
life needs 10 be taken on the same - us
pie as that on which the nrst ssep w.
taken. The symbolism OF DaptlsIl, ~ 30
that Of death and resurrection covers ,o opo
whole ground. What Is II 10 og q , 80
fist but that we maintain anu I,aus.1 in
I'm our habitual life what Is lnpheu III
our great initial ordinance. -
This then. is the New Testament basis
for the spiritual life. that In the relation
ship Of the disciple 20 his Lord mere mas
been brought TO us all new heredlty,
a new environment and a new habit OF
being.
GOV. NORTHERN FOR DIR. LANDRUM
Or. w. W. Landrum, Of Atlanta, Ca
formerly OF Richmond, who was to have
delivered an address on The Disciple
and His Fellowman," was absent through
| sickness but he sent ex-governor
| Northern, OF Georgia, as his substitute,
who read the manuscript prepared by Or.
Landrum. The Ex-Governor, who Is presl-
dent Of the Southern Baptist Convention
was received with great enthusiasm.
Wherever ne had gone. he said, he had
been met with regrets that DR.. Landrum
was not able TO come TO the convention.
! He was glad that this was so, he said,
| for it showed how the people loved the
| former Richmond pastor. Georgia had
| only loaned Landrum to Virginia, ne said'
| and he was doing much for Atlanta
and Georgia as ever he had done for Rich
mond and Virginia. 1--WE love him In
| Georgia" continued the speaker. be
| cause we can't help loving him, and be-
cause he deserves TO be loved DR.. Lam
| drum was crippled. he said, and was for
hidden by his physician 10 leave his
home Governor Northern then read the
manuscript. The address was an excep-
! tionally fine one and in every way worthy
Of the man.
WHAT FELLOWSHIP IMPOSES.
DR.. Landrum. after discussing his
| theme i'm an able manner. concludes:
Fellowship with man imposes on us the
duty Of living a manly life. What we
reed I'm our churches is quality; quantity
! we have. but the fibre is coarse and the
| stuff cheap and common. We Bapusts
! number a great many, but our weight Is
not proportional. We have magnined not
too much that crisis in the souls expert
ence known as conversion, but 100 niue
that culture which should be lis trult ana
flower What we seem TO require LOT IN
creased efficiency Is not more men OuI
more man What are our churches II they
be not man manufactures. III tnelI pro-
duct come not up to that sample? Chris
tianity may be in doctrine, as sald an
old German divine, sanctlned chlidnoou'
but in duty IT must be an edlned man
hood, after the image or the afche'yPdl
man. Christ Jesus. Anskar, the fearless
and faithful monk. who introduced Chris
tianity into Sweden. in MS rapturous
longings once exclaimed: "One miracle
O Lord ] would If worthy. ask thee 20
Cbrist's grace" Indeed. this is a modern
miracle not so much genius or greatness
not SO much culture even as character in
human soul and lie.
BE SAVED AS INDIVIDUALS.
Would you bless mankind? Then be
man. The world is TO become better not
i'm world revolutions; salvation II not Ior
families as families, for States as states
for nations as nations. You and !. as IN
dividuals must be factors in the eVoiu-
ton of mankind Salvation is OF the IN
dividual: IL is q wonderful personal ieVO-
luton wrought i'm the soul by the power
of the Holy Spirit evidencing itself IN
pure heart. a sound mind and an inteli-
gent and upright will. II comes TO one
and then 10 another; n shows ltselt a.
TectIy ON the conscience and life OF the
individuals then appears as pubic senu-
nent. and finally takes form IN statute
and civil government which rests upon
the consent of the governed. lndiyiduaiS,
make up the mass, but the world WIZ
never be saved en- masse; one by one.
one at a time. is the divine rule for saving
mankind: only in that way will 1t come 10
mass that every one will become the all
If redeemed and gloriGed humanity.
Go forth. then. disciples OF the Christ.
with sunny tempers and loving hearts
co forth and induce your tellow-men TO
betfevo that the religion of our Saviour