The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-03
Rev. Mr.. Capers in Richmond

The Rev. Walter b. Capers, rector
Johns Memorial church, Farmville, oc-
cupied the pulpit at Holy Trinity sun
day morning. His text was taken from
Gal. vi, part xiv.-"God forbid that
should glory save in the Cross Of our
Lord Jesus Christi
After a pleasing introduction, Mr.
Capers said that of course the apostle
did not mean to glory in the material
cross, but in the redemption of cruel
fled SAVIOUR, upon that cross, "fOr,'
said he, Gin the tragedy of Calvary the
apostle saw revealed the grand con-
summation Of Chri,ts mission'tO man
kind, for in the death Of Christ he
read: reconciliation to God by the
death Of His Son IL was, therefore,
in this atoning mediation and sacrifice
that st. Paul centered all his joy; it
was i'm the cross that he found his
proudest boast'
Mir Capers then coutrasted the mean
ing of the cross, that of ignominy and
shame in the apostles time, to its SYM
bolism in the present day, and then
asked if it did not seem strange that
the apostle should find his chiefest
glory in that which had, until the
death Of Christ, been the symbol only
of shame and disgrace? The answer
is that Christ's death upon it sanctllied
the cross and that He reSsaled its true
Interpretation to st. Paul after that
lightning flash from heaven had struck
him down in the way and the Divine
voice called Saul from his base mission
to the service of the Christ whom he
prosecuted.
The speaker then spoke Of Christ as
teacher, and the perfect example, the
Messiah, and the wonderworker, and
asked why il was that st. Paul did not
make his proudest boast Of Christ in
any or either Of these capacities? Why
Christ. the crucifed? Simply because,
said he, the apostle realized that some
thing more than teaching and example
are needed for human redemption, for
Christ the Teacher proclaimed Himself
to be Chris. the Saviour, and this saliva
ton was accomplished by His death.
Yes, His teaching is to be needed, His
example is to be followed, but these do
not i'm themselves save men, but saved
men follow them and are thus saved
by His works, His sunerings, and His
death. This, said Mr.. Capers, is in
direct accord with the declarations Of
Scripture as interpreted by the Uniyer-
sal Church, which Interpretation leaves
no foundation for the errors and ration
alizing teachings which are finding
favor with many Christian people the
world oyer.
Here Mr.. Capers quoted portions Of
Scripture to support his position and
closed by declaring that - profoundly
mysterious as this doctrine seemed to
the human mind, that if we will accept
the Scriptures we must believe that
there was nt-salvation-in the
death of Christ. The speaker made
an earnest appeal that men should not
substitute a merely moral code for the
religion Of Christ and that they should
not attempt to rationaize every thing
mysterious out of the Scriptures.
In the evening Mr.. Capers preached
at st. James church and spoke ON the
, subject Of Spiritual depression, taking
Eliiah's surrender Of himself, as told in
/. King. xix, as illustrative Of his sub
ject. He said that our spiritual and
physical natures were closely allied
and that sometimes we mistake phys
zeal exhaustion for spiritual collapse.
That active, consecrated work is the
secret Of happy life and so active
faith. with earnest work, is the secret
Of happy spiritual life.
The young preacher spoke clearly
and with much earne,tness, and made
fine impression upon his audiences.
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