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


text word of the convention, and SAID "
would be his aim in the moments alio"eu
for his annual message TO take his audi
tors as Young disciples up a little way
upon the stairway builded b. experience
and let them look forward INTO the prgnt-
ness Of the glory that WldenS before tue
true disciple of Christ.
"rhere are to-day" he said. las there
have always been since Christ came INTO
this world. two great multitudes OF hu-
manity-one with their faces set Zion
ward: one with their eyes hNed upon the
world and It's treasures
The speaker went on TO show that the
human life can only find its fullest de-
velopment and true heart satisfaction
fhen Il IL brought into proper relation 10
God. that IL finds that relation only
through accepting and obcying His word.
and that when turned away from God in
wilful disobedience or unh0ly ambition,
IL surely comes into an awful darkness,
where there is weeping and gnashing Of
teeth.
There is a great truth that is some
times lost sight OF by the young he said,
IL is the fact that true happiness, or COM
plete misery, springs from being and not
from having or falling 70 have.
The crying and grooming in the world
comes from the slums and prison-houses
where slaves Of evil habits cry out from
the gilded palaces Of those who have
lived for riches. There is no sacrifice
that God has called upon His disciple TO
make that is not compensated to him
hundredfold.
The speaker emphasized the need for
heroes in the ranks: men and women
who would die for Christ.
Mr.. Chapman went on 10 speak OF the
great benefits of discipleshlp with Jesus.
To-day. he said, every nation walks in
the light or gropes in the darkness just
in proportion TO the extent OF their know
ledge and acceptance Of Christ.
We talk Of a Kingdoms wealth Of re-
sources OF the extent of it's domain, of
the numbers Of its subjects, but IL power
were governed by those things. China
would be the greatest nation of the earth
to-day What has China done that she
should be rent into pieces as the ice in
the river breaks in the springtime floods?
Nothing but closing her eyes to the light
that for eighteen hundred years has been
streaming upon the world from the Cross
OF Calvary.
Why has Japan been able to rise and
make her voice heard among the nations?
Only because a little of the light has
been poured within her borders. We
talk OF the power Of military discipline
and training. but Russia, a nation of
soldiers. is crying out for peace, because
she has found that the military strength
of her peoples arm is as often q menace
as a defence. (Applause)
THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.
Culture is not the secret of a nations
power, or France would be mistress Of
the world. Her rulers have been trying
to strengthen her borders by calling in
those devils servants, lying and deceit,
but to-day she is retracing her steps with
weeping and the men who perjured them
selves have found the outer darkness,
and some OF them have gone TO a suicides
grave with weeping and crashing of
teeth. God help the lying statesmen Of
Francei Better TO wear out a life in
utter solitude upon Devils Island. sus-
tanned by an innocent heart, than TO
bear the empty symbol Of an officers
honors and walk beneath the frown of
God. loud applause)
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
There are two great nations called by
the name Of Christian to-day upon whom
the eyes of the world are turning. Eng
land sits upon her island throne and
watches over the Eastern Hemisphere.
Every nation Of Europe is a better place
TO live in because Of Englands influence.
Russia has softened her voice somewhat
10 match the tones OF England. France |
is less frivolous. and Germany less Sc
we're than they would have been had !
England possessed less of the salt of the |
earth But it is not the size Of her |
navy. not the vgor of her soldiers that |
has given her her place OF power. Wen |
did their poet sing. Lest we forget. lest |
we forget" Let England not forget that |
il is what her people are that makes her |
power felt, and IL is the light Of the Cos
pei i'm the cottage homestead that makes
them what they are. (Applause) IL un-
holy men should try to lead the armies |
OF England into unrighteOus warfare; IL |
the politicians greed of gain is ever al /
lowed 10 overcome the citizens sense or |
right. England will find the power she ]
Yields as helpless in the presence OF the !
foe as was the army Of Israel when I'M |
righteous men carried the ark into bat |
tie. May God keep her right. and keep |
us right. until side by side our two great |
nations stand as truly Christian nations |
and show 10 the world what may be done |
by a people whose God is the Lord. Gap |
plause)
THE PROBLEM OF EXPANSION
"The United States has to-day taken a
leading place before all the world. CON
quest, righteous conquest, l believe, has
placed many peoples in our hands. but
the testing time is yet 10 come Not what
we rule, but how we rule. will be the
measure whereby We shall be judged.
loud applause)
THAT nation having a form of Godli-
ness, but denying the power thereof
from whose hand our new possessions
have been taken, found a place OF weep
ing simply because she trampled upon
Gods laws. Think not that we shall es-
cape more than they. if the distant isles
shall see wrong and oppression minister
ing to selfish ends. (Applause) Let us
all rightly appreciate the difficulties that
come to those upon whom the heavy re-
sponsbilities of administration rest Let
US be slow 10 crircise. and earnest In
our desires 10 help. and not hinder IN
the settlement of vexed questions The
hand that can tear down a castle may
fail in trying to rear a log cabin, and
there have been men discussing the pros
and cons OF expansion and antl-expan-
sion who could not wade through the
intrcacies of conducting a newspaper
stand. But however the difficulties are
settled. it will be true. after all Is said
and done. that the real issues or our COM
plicated relations must be met by the
disciples Of Christ. Let no vain pOiiuclan
smile at this statement, history stands
as an incontroVertble witness 10 bear
out this claim. When the foundations
of his republic, Of which We are 50 proud
was laid. was II not the disciples or
-,,..t-. chair desire "a vUorehfn Cod