Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-22
STANDARD OF PAUL.
THE GREAT APOSTLES IDEA on
COMPLETES MANHOOD DISCUSSED.
FINE SERMON BY DR.. HAWTaORSE.
lie Discusses the Elements OF bo"'
Mind, and Spirit, and E"rhes''
pleads for the wise Use Of the
Present Manufactured Notes.

Present World-Cburch N"'es'
Al 0rcvs-Avenue Baptist churcn "
Sunday morning Rev. j. y. Ha"'ho'i''
took for his text: II pray Goa So"'
whole spirit and soul and body preserves
b,amc,ess unto the coming OF our Lore
Jssus Christ" II. Thess.. v 2 with
great power and eloquence DIR. Ha"-
ttorDe pointed out how the Apostle
Pants standard 81 complete manhood
comprehendcd three elements OF being
body. mind and spirit--and showed that
10 approach the Apostles standard OF
life and character, we must make
wise use OF the present world. He said
"O,rr work IS not in Heaven, but mere
The path Of duty is not off yonder among
the saints and seraphs. but down mere
I'm the realm Of flesh and blood-doWh
here among sickness, sin, ana sOIIo"
down here where great burdens nave 10
he borne and great battles have TO De
fcught. An the means for developing
man physically. intellectually. and spirlt-
ualIy are I'm this material. visible world
we cannot make these bodies subsist on
angels food. All the means for pre-
serving and developing the mind are
within this sublmary sphere. All inc
means OF moral and spiritual growth
are within the horizon OF earth ana
time
EDUCATORY AND DISCIPLINARY.
"The whole economy Of God. in this
lower world Is educatory and discipl-
rary. IL IL intended TO develop and ena-
BILE man, and prepare him for grander
scenes and activities Of the life 10 come
Fail. struggle. conflict. and pain are
parts Of the Divine process by which We
are to be chselled into final form ana
beauty. The ideal manhood which the
Apostle sets before US must be sought
not only in sanctuaries and on hoiy
DAYS. and by means which are common
" designated religious. but in our daily
business vocations, and by all the means
that the world calls secular"
Among many apt and peaceful Illus
trations. the preacher referred to the
life of william f. Gladstone, and said:
"For more than half a century William
Il. Gladstone was "A conspicuous figure
I'm the British Parliament. A more
truthful. transparent. just, and incor-
rrptible legislator. and a more clrcum-
spect and concentrated Christian than
he never lived upon this planet. HOW
nobly ne lived, How serenely and glo-
riously he died,
"The last hours OF his life resembled
n gorgeous sunset: not the going down
OF a tropi al sun in unclouded splendor,
but the sun sinking behind the Alps
kndung upon every mountain peak a
blaze of glory. and pouring food OF
golden light upon the clouds which hung
their solemn drapery about his dying
couch?'
LOYAL SERVANTS OF CHRIST.
"There is no legitimate profession, or
trade. or business" said the speaker, ''in
which man cannot be "A loyal servant
o. Christ and illustrate every Christian
virtue.
81 pray God your whole spirit and soul
and body be preserved blameless unto
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
My friends. the Lord Jesus Christ the
Universal King the Final Judge. will
come: TO countless millions He has al
ready come. They have stood before
His bar He has passed judgment upon
them. and their state is fixed forever.
TO each Of you He will come We
know not when. nor where. 1t may be
amid the sweet repose of home. IL muy
be In the cOunting-roOm. 1t may be-
In the workshop. 1t. may be In the
social gathering. IT may be on the high
way. IL may be among the smoke and
carnage of battle. Somewhere ere long
He will come to each Of you. Let it be
your supreme purpose. so TO live that
you win be neither afraid nor ashamed
q see His face. Make record for your
self OF fidelity TO truth. duty. and God.
and. then, so far from calling on rocks
end mountains TO fall upon you, and
hide you from the face. Of the approach
ig Judge. you will look up with con-
fidence and rapture. and like the dying
stephen, eXclaim, come Lord Jesus,
ccme quickly"
DIR. Whitsift at the First.
For the third Sunday Rev. Dr. w II.
Whtsitt preached at the First Baptist
church. The day was hot, but he had a
very large audience, considering. His SER
mOn like the other two. was thoughtful
and original, and full Of interest 1t is
very interesting TO listen TO DIR. Whtsitt
as he unfolds some profound and beauti-
ful thought that instantly strikes you as
new. Yet YOU wonder you didn't think
OF 1t yourself No one can listen TO Or.
Whitsitt half hour without being con-
WINGED that he thinks deeply along I'M
trodden ways.
THE SUMMER CONGREGATIONS.
The church audiences are holding out
only tolerably well this summer. A great
many people are out of the city, and
many are not A lady remarked few
days ago that many other ladies who
We're in the city would not 20 TO church
because they did not wish other people
to know they had not gone away. But
few OF the churches have services on
Sunday nights during August. Many OF
the pastors are out of the city and their
pulpts are filled by clergymen from
other places.
Some of the supplies Sunday were DIR.
a. j. Burton. at Second Baptist; Rev. G.
w. Bull. at the First Presbyterian
church: Rev. ]. Louis McClung, at the
Second PRESBYTERIAN and Rev. Mr..
Gwaltney, at Leigh-Street Baptist church.
Nearly all OF the Methodist eivines were
in their pulpits