The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-26

round his brother. and there were five,
and then there were twelve. and mon
seventy. and then one hundred and TWEEN
fv. and then three thousand. and then
five thousand. and then. IN the times Sl
Tacitus. a multitude which could not De
numbered.
III they could not crush Christianity
In is infancy. how shall they 90 Il now
that IL has come to its maturity? II they
could not Kill Il in its cradle. how snail
they stay its progress now. that II ls com
ing into IT'S estate OF glory ana power.
Those who are doubtful as 10 The issue neeI
10 remember that the Gospel which could
conquer the proud Greek and the sturdy
Roman. the Goth. tho Angles. The Sax.
ons. the Germans. the Brton. has power
10 conquer the Chinese. the Japanese ANA
the Hindoo. and the islands OF the sea, u
It Is faithfully preached.
THE ISSUE CERTAIN.
"Then. again. j am confident as 10 the
issue. because 4 believe that the best
thrro is i'm the world is for the whole
world. This IS a principle that applies with
equal fotce 90 the arts and sciences ana
literature and mechanical C0ntriyances
and government and religion. This Is a
small world. God made il as small as
He could TO make IL as biz as Tie 90
il Is getting smaller all the ilme. Inc
railroads and steamship lines and cables
and telegraph wires are only so many
bands with which our Lord is tighienlns
the girth and bringing the world into A
smaller compass. The world is coming
10 be lust one neiehborhood. When you
sit down al your fresi,e with your paper
the world sits with You. A fire occurred
I'm London some months ago and was re-
ported 10 the world. by cable. at 6 o'clock
in tho evening. London time. ] read 10
, about 5000 miles away an hour before u
hanponel MINNEAPOLIS time.
MEMORABLE LAW.
Everything in the world is face to face
wlth everything else I'M the world. TINS
means that the law Of the survival OF
the fttest is 10 have its way everywhere.
There was a time when superstition,
whether agricultural or political or re-
iieious could hide itself away in some
out-of-the-way corner of the earth ana
hatch its ugly brood and reproduce ltsel
unmolested. Now we turn on the hsn'
and soon there will be no place 10 hide.
When they are brought close together inc
fail must give place 10 the threshef the
re-aping-hook TO the se.f-binder. despotsm
IN liberty. superstition 20 truth. false re-
lieion To- trus. r.
.What form Of government is finally
10 ureyal in the earth? The best. Nht[
manufacturing Inventions The BEST.
What religion? The best.
The text for the evening sermon, j. Corr
18Th chapter. 5Sth verse.
In The sermon Mr.. Morgan developed
the idea of the relation of the Gospel 10
the doctrines OF immortality ana brother-
hood. OF its power to change me eHaI-
acter of Paul. of it's relation 10 steadiast-
ness of character and service.
At Grove Avenue.
pr Hawthorne preached morning and
evening al GrOVe-Avenue Baptist chuIch
to great and enthusiastic congregations
The text of the morning sermon was me
path of the just is as the SHINING hshl
that snineth more and more unto perfect
dav." and the theme which ne deu"oei
from il was. 1.-THE Dignity, SlrehEti anu
ciorv Of Gods Ideal Man lie said.
"Tbe shining light TO which solomon mere
refers Is the sun. His declaration is not
scientifically true. The sun does MOI sNtte
more and more unto the perfect gay. IL
is NOT brighter az one period OF the day
than another. Biblical writer's use NOT
the scientific. but the poetic method OF
describing natural phenomena. Inc SEE
entifc method represents opJecls as t"el
really are but the poetic method repre-
SCENTS them according TO the impression
made bv them ON the physical SENSES
when therefore. we speak OF the sun as
rising and setting we use. not scehliI@
hut poetic language. Thus understood the
Bible is not in conflict with physical SEE
ence.
we are 10 consider the character of the
man whom the inspired writer IN TINS pas
sage compares TO the sun. lie Is calleu
".the Just" Literally, no man IS Just IN
himself. The best human being IN the
world is morally defective. Even the
Apostie Paul WAS imperfect. lie says;
.Nhen would DO good evil is present.
with me Though no man is absolutely
iust Am himself he may become legally
iust-iust towards GOd-by faith in Jesus
/ Christ. Christ is the end of the law
for Righteousness TO every one mat be-
lieveth. Being JUSTIFIED 10y falth we nave
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Chri.t'
o.. man may be comparatively just in
himself-that Is he may possess a good
degree of personal righteousness In
everything that constitutes he may be
So far superior TO the generality of men
as 10 warrant us in calling him a just
man.
"A inst man rs one who understands. APP
proves. loves and conscientiOusly cndeav-
ors to obey the great moral principles laid
down an the Word of God for the regula-
tion of human conduct. The character
Of the just man IS "a combination OF quail
Ties. every one Of which is indispensable
to integrity. 10 is more than this. ii IS
a combination of elements in right pro
portions. 4 man may have possibly too
much Of one quality and too little of
another. This makes a defective char
acter.
"a mans Intellectual conceptions Of mo-
ralitv may be almost perfect, while in
practice he is very immoral. Look al
Lord Bacon, How sublimely he taught
how miserably he practiced. Verify, he
was the wlsest. the greatest and meanest
Of mankind. Who had Il loftier conception
of moral integrity than Daniel Webster?
But every one familiar with the lfe OF
Webster knows that it was stained with
some OF the most disgusting vices.
IMPULSINE MORALISTS.
1--WE have In every community what may
be called impulsiye moralists-the man
who considers himself just because ne oc-
casionally surprises the public by some
unusually honorable and useful act But
il IS not what "a man does once in a de-
cade rOr once in a year. but what he does
every day that manifests his real char
acter.
You must not consider yourself just,
because YOU are conscientious. Some very
conscientious men are VIGOROUSLY unjust.
An ignorant conscience IS a dangerous
- session. II may incite you 10 cruel
II huffman deeds. An ignorant con-
.L. sG. valtytgl-. QFanE-fhn