The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-05

daily sought guidance from the King of
Kings. =
..If the Church has nothing to do with
ordinary governmental policies God has
to do with them, and He holds govern
1nents, city, State and national to strict
account and Furnishes them in this world
for their sins. a city, State or nation can
commit sin just as an individual can.
Governments are punished in time; the
rulers and the ruled, as individuals, are.
punished in time and eternity for their
sins. in both private and public life. They
shall all stand before the judgment seat
of Christ to answer for the deeds done in
the body.
1.-THE main point of this sermon is to
urge a serious consideration of their CIV
ic duties upon private citizens. 1t is
religious duty Of Christians to take an
interest in politics and public policies and
elections and to use their influence to
secure good and wise men for Office; and,
more than that-to take Office themselves
for the public good. 1t is charged that
notifies are corrupt. Well, the good peO-
pie who constitute the great majority Of
citizens are in some degree to blame.
Politics should not be left to men who
seek Office for what they can make out
OF it. The word politics has come to be
.odious. Politics should be redeemed and
the name made honorable. 1t is a noble
thing for a man to sacrifice time, bust
ness and inclination that he may serve
the people.
eff Christ came, would He End our rI:l-
ers and the citizens doing their duty? 1
ask the question and leave you to answer
it,
DIR. Kerr's subject next Sunday night
will be IF Christ Came to Society in
Richmond"
Rev. Mr.. Cave Declines.
Rev. P. A. Cave. Of HagerstoWn, Md,
has declined the call to the Third Chris
tan Church of this city. The church has
not yet been officially notified by Mr..
Cave of his decision, but it is expected
that a letter will be received from him in
a few days. The Times telegraphed Rev.
Mr. Cave yesterday to know whether he
had decided about accepting the call and
he replied that he had decided not to
accept.
Rev. II. r. Louthan on Sunday ten
dered his resignation as pastor of How
ards Grove Baptist Church. The resig-
nation will take effect on May LIST.
The following is a list of the graduating
class of the Union Theological Seminary
who have received calls and the fields in
which they will labor:
Mr.. B. C. Bell, a church near Sedalia,
Mo.
j. T. Forsyth. home mission work in
southeast Missouri.
\. D. p. Glmour, Blue Ridge, Ga.
James B. Green, Second Presbyterian
Church, Columbia, Tenn.
Joseph L. Hall, Wichita Falls, Texas.
NJ e. Hansel, Dry Fork Church, West
Va.
d. W Hollingsworth, Blue Ridge. Ga.
Thomas D. Johnson, Morganton, n. G.
Frank +. Jones, Murphy, n. c.
James L. Lecper Presbyterian Church
at Summerton, S: c.
j. c. McAllistcr will spend the summer
in mission work rear Rome, Ga. and
rext year take postgraduate work at
Princeton Seminary, New Jersey.
e. w. Simpson will go as a foreign mis-
sionary. probably to Korea.
Thomas H. Watkins. Tuscumbia Presby-
terrain Church mission.
H. B. Starlight will take postgraduate
work at Princeton next session.
Eugene Douglass has been called to the
Second Church, Rome, Ga.
w. Ii. T. Squres, Bristol. Va
r.. T. T. Woods has been called to
churches in North Carolina.
The two Persian Students. r. 1ohan-'
nan and Michael Y. Sayad-wlll spend one
more wear in America and then return as
The other members of the class nave
not vet decided where they will labor.
Notes About Church Services.
A mass meeting in the interests OF the
Anti Saloon League was held SUNDAY
afternoon at Park Place Methodist
Church The attendance was very good.
The Rev w. b. Beauchamp, pastor OF
Broad-Street Methodist Church, made a
'r,I yfOrI smoke and
was listened to with great interest, and
: Pr ofessor Mitchell, of Richmond College,
pleased his audience With Il mastery ad-
dress The subject discussed by these
gentlemen was, THE Heel That Is Bruis-
ing the Serpents Head
The Bijou was wei. occupied by an in
teliSent and attractive audience Sunday
afternoon at 3:15 o'clock attending che
jefferson Memorial services At the same
place and hour next Sunday the Rev. NJ.
kellogg Schermerhorn will lecture on
1.-The Restoration of Religious Independ-
ence, and plea for q return to NeW-TeSta-
ment Christianity as marked by Thomas
Jefferson.
Mr.. NJ. 3. Ramos was pianist and Cap
tain Frank Cunningham led the singing.
The managers or the Bijou were unceas-
ing in their efforts to make the polse
pleasant and attractive to those present.
The mid-day Lenten services ~ ~.
1905 East Main Street. Will continue as
rs,ral this week. Rev. DIR. Strange, of
st. Paurs Church, will conduct the ser
vices for the first three days. The APP
continent for Thursday and Friday will
be made later All men are cordially IN
vited to spend half hour at these ser
vices from 1 to 1:5O j. NJ
Rev. w. S. Lealle, pastor OF Fulton
Baptist Church, began a series OF revival
services in Ills church Sunday. His
subject at II a. NJ. was An Old
time Revival of Religion" AC 7:45 P. NJ,
THE Sin Against the Holy Ghost ana
How 1t May Be Committed"
The Rev. J. r. Bosnian. pastor Of Park
Place Methodist Church. preached to a
large and attentive congregation at the
Denny-Street Methodist Church. The re-
vival services which started week ago
will be continued this week.