The age-herald., 1900-06-04
ABLE SERMONS BY
 DR. ". ". LANDRUM
Preached to Students of Howard
 College at 1 T a. mA
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
In the Afternoon He Addressed Meet ing of the Y. M. c. A. and Aroused Great Enthusiasm-Ser-
 mon on the Mount.

The Rev. pr. ". ". Landrum, pastor of
 the First Baptist church of Atlanta. preached the commencement sermon be- l fore the students of Howard college at the East Lake Baptist church yesterday at Il l o'clock. The church was crowded to over | flowing, many men standing throughout | the services The Rev Dr. w. B. Crump- l ton introduced the preacher. Dr. Landrum chose for his text, And I saw in the right l hand of him that sat on the throne book | written within and on the backside sealed | with seven seals-Rev. v., l. His theme | was Christ, a key to the mysteries of | God" Dean Stanley Dr. Landrum said, | has given the most satisfactory explana- 1 tion of the Book of Revelations. He calls l it crytograph or secret writing. In high l colored language it was clear enough to 1 the man who wrote it and those for whom l it was written. John knew what he meant, and so did the Seven Churches. But if the l Roman government had found the manu- script of this book, no one connected with that government would have been able to make anything out of it. And we who 1 live today do not understand it.
 Things Incomprehensibie
 The preacher said that God has book | of secret study. God wisely prevents us l from knowing some things. We are not to
 attempt to know the unknowable. There are many things that our weak intelli-
 gence could not comprehend. It is wrong for us to try to wrest from God His se- crets But Christ is revealed in the text as the key to all mysteries. Our duty is to follow Christ, to understand our relation
 to Him, and our relation to our fellow men. We are put here for wise purpose and our end is immortality. It is our duty and privilege to have close relationship with Christ, the key to the mysteries.
 Dr. Landrum warned his young hearers to be careful how they criticised the Bible. | They must not find fault with it because it contained mysteries. lie elaborated his
 theme very fully, and from beginning to
 end his discourse was very eloquent. At the '. M. C. A.
 In the afternoon Dr. Landrum addressed the Young Mems Christian Association. He first made little talk on the associations s aims and work, and then delivered a short sermon on the beatitudes
 He started out by saying that the Young , Mems Christian Association was his club, the only club to which he belonged. It was a club that kept open 365 days in the year.
 Its aims were noble, and he thought it was doing effective work There are two
 classes that do not give their support to the association he said. "One class is composed of those who say it has got to be nothing more than club; that it has lost its evangelizing power. The other is composed of those who expect the associa- tion to do everything in the way of con- verting the world Because it does not ac- ! complish everything in the way of evangeli- Zation they regard it failure.
 T deny" he said, that the Young Mems Christian Assoication has lost its evangel- izng power. Many a young man belonging to the association has had his heart pierced by the arrow of conviction Many a fel- low is made better by being a member of it. As for the other class, they expect too much. They want to roll too great a bur den on the association. They bring to my
 mind some of the quack medicines; some of the medicines that are to make such wonderful cures. These patent medicine
 men have testimonials that go to show won- derful results. One man wrote to the Elec- trical Bitters company: was born with out arms or legs, but after taking your bit 1 ters l have two good arms and two good | legs. Another man wrote: I was born | without liver or lights, but after taking | your bitters I have a good liver and two good lights. The speaker referred to the | fault finders, those who expected the Young Mems Christian Association to do everything, as men who would be satisfied with nothing short of results equal to some l of the quack cures that we read about. Should Own Its Building
 Turning to the secretary of the associa- l tion Dr. Landrum asked:
 l Does the Young Mems Christian Asso- 1 citation own this building?"
 "No." was the reply
 Then the good people of all the 1 churches should get together and put up
 a building"N
 Dr. Landrum here paid a glowing tribute | to Birmingham the greatest city of the 1 south. "I am prophet enough to say that 1 Birmingham will soon be the largest city | in the south. I feel sure of this and I 1 say it at the risk of getting my remarks | in the Atlanta papers. You know Atlanta
 makes big claims. We Atlanta people
 | classes of Americans, the class composed
 of those living in Atlanta, and the class | made up of those who wished they did | live there"
 l He emphasized the greatness of Bir- l mingham and thought if the effort were 1 made the Young Mems Christian Associa- 1 ton might soon be in possession of a home
 | of its own. His remarks throughout were
 l cheering and were listened to with great
 | interest by all those engaged in the Young
 l Mems Christian Association cause
 l After hymn, Dr. Landrum read the
 l first part of the Sermon on the Mount for
 a text and then preached a practical dis
 | course, explaining and applying each one | of the beautitudes. He brought home to
 his hearers many wholesome truths of re-
 | lgion and made a deep impression upon
 | all who listened to him.