Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
CHRIST In OUR LIFE.
FINE SERMON ON THIS SUBJECT III
BIsHOP JAGGAR.
Mr.. MARKS BEGINS HIS Passionate.
He f. Greeted by Large ConGreg"-
tious, who Enjoy His Exceiiens
.e Professor HnrrisOD's
Latter 70 Grove-Avenue Church.
Dfscourses y
Letter to Grove-Avenue '

L communion DAFh"s
sermon Of rare beauty and power appIo-
priate to the occasion. He took as MS
text aye will not come to Me that ye
might have life
"As we come to-day" said the BishoP,
"to think Of life symbolized in the oread
and wine Of our sacrament. / cannot help
being sorry for those who turn habitually
away from the tokens Of forgiveness ana
will not com to Christ that they might
have life" He said: 'The Saviour In HIS
life and teachings stroye to lead men up
70 the spirit and the life. Christ was
striving to lead them 10 see the light
that was struggling through the clouds
the light of Gods fatherhood, and the
life Of sonship towards Him. 1t was mans
condemnation that he would not loon
and live. Life is the blessing which Is OF
fered us in the Gospel Of Christ. saliva
| ton" he said. sis not a scramble to get
our poor souls out of a burning mousse
II is the opening Of shattered windows
70 let the eternal sunshine of Heaven
into the closed room, barred on the lh'
side where we are smothering.
sAbNf
WHAT LIFE REALLY II.
possing 70 q moments consideration OF
what life really is, the Bishop asked win
solemn emphasis. rs it life to count the
tickinqs Of our clocks, and TO feel that
with DAYS and months and years SO RAPID
ly passing we have no destiny but lhe
toll.ng bell and the grave? Is II lie 10
live by the ticking Of a machine, Whlch
- Lta11ra g., WALL ~ TrHt.
or grain in Chicago? Is il life 10 watch
by the bedside of our dying and WIN
breaking hearts to see them pass out lluo
the shadow. and no word coming back
but this. so soon passeth il away, ana
We are gone ? Is life only one long,
smothered sob? is it life TO revel out our
youth. with its splendid possibilities IL
frivolous measures or suicidal and con-
| ceited scepticism. and stand shiyering at
the last on the brink Of the grave, having
no hone and without God in the "oilu! -
IL lie TO toll for existence win no ny
tive TO make it noble, no 1aitn Which
will put a song into IT. and no coiAlor.
/ save the clasp of a few friendly hahus!
H.. end le Quincy had made a strange
calculation showing how, IN the loHses1
nfe after deducting the time given TO
sleop. necessary recreation, ieedlhs' anu
tho IRRESPONSIBLE period Of childhood there
were only eleven years of solid time re-
naming. This is the short period 70 an
sorb and develop the divine lie when Is
waiting to possess US.
lie said christ lived. died, and arose
aeain TO make available for rs TINS aDuh-
dant life. lie is working III the
world to-day by an invisible spirit Just
as sure as the forces Of the coming
| spring are working TO make Nature Dud
49, n-. 81 CON not tIIl now. UAi
lust as sure as l speak. my spirit Is con-
| scious of a certain inflow of suggestions
that there is such a force. There mas peeh
breathed into the being OF man a spiritual
mind. Thousands of souls can testiy
thar I'm the light and life OF TINS splIlludl
force they have lived and ~triumphed-a
triumph over sin. selhshness. the hmlta-
tions of time. and the fear OF death, d
salvation unto a superior me- hNeu III
the sense Of sonship with God, a perfect
confidence that mortality shall be swdl-
lowed up of life. This mighty power has
come into the world and our literature
orr homes. our moral standards, our mis-
sionary work, our philanthroples' our
heroisms. both in private life, on the
battle-helds. and triumphant death-Deus'
all fully attest it,
LET IN CHRISTS SPIRIT.
TheeBishop then passed 70 a delineation
OF the method and power OF Gods spirit
to ~recreate the lives of men. Let US put
ourselves into right relation with the
spirit of Christ. Men may argue, dlsDe-
Heve. or reject as they may, but the NE
Of Christ and His spirit have opened up
new and divine possibilities Tor US an
and we cannot, living in the kno"IeusI,
of that fact. be the same as II they Hdu
never been. We may, by Obedience 10 MS
requirements. realize power TO become III
fact sons OF God. or We may close our
corsciences against Him and die In our
eelf-made dungeon. The bolt is on tht
inside under our hand, and at our Will
and God IS on the outside pleading ioi
admission. The communion service VIM"
We to-day celebrate Is a pubic setIns
forth Of our relations to Christ, as the
Hfe Of orr lives. He dwelling IN US ana
we I'm Him. Not 10 let Him be IN US j.
to starye the divinest part or our pelhs'
rho Rishop. with splendid imagery aho
Illustration. pictured the deadenlhs enc
of sin and sordid habits upon the spiIl'ua
life. and how, as time wore on lhe poMoi
IN rise became less and less, and the mar
mora and more bound TO self and sin. u
can find" he said, mo worthier am
for myself in life than to so 1--we ina
when this mortal shall find its burlal
something shall spring from II mat may
AaH 4 q
mount with wings as al eaSle-morlaHt'
winged FOR Immortality.
Al the conclusion of the Bishops ser
mon the communion service was cele
hrated. the largest number Of communl
cants participating that havs been seei
in ST. Paul's church for many years
Rev. Mr.. Marks's First Sermon
Rev. G. A. Marks. the newly-chose
. pastor of the First English Evangehca
4, Iutheran church. assumed charge OF ina
CONGREGATION on Sunday, n was warm
greeted. At both morning and eVeninI
services the attendance was uausualL
, large. and the fine sermons OF the eloqueI
= divine were followed with close attention
4 NJ. Marks is one OF the most loieIDi
|. and convincing of the Lutheran minister
I who have visited lie Is
1 noIished rhetorician. and soundly logica
). H. his discourses. His coming has infuse
a healthful vigor into every branch Q
the church work, and IL Is confidently eA
: pected that this will now go forward VII
The happy results that attended keV. .
Morehead's successful ministry.
Mr.. Marks will be a decided acquisitio
10 the Ministerial Union of the city. ii
: will be given "A reception by the con
= ereeation in the near future, and IN
y regular services will now be resumed
a His sermons on Sunday were soundly doc
trinal. but eminently practical.
In the morning he took his text fror
Matthew. l., 2l-the one word, Jesus.
Jesus was a Saviour, he said, but not IN
noitical Saviour that the Jews expecte
ar such a Saviour as many men desir
to-day-namely, a saviour from pefu4No
but not from sin.
n The great burden OF humanity. he sal,
was a feeling of condemnation. Whereve