Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-10-05
HE ENTERS A DENIAL.
- r,,w~r> P~e.~sss sense HARD
Eacss xAc~~isx Thst Church A.
scusnn>s IN America N Vet
an pecsaenes-



.rcrkxrx n shis discourse OF Dr. Aal-
naSe while cezying she accuracy OF
statistics which represent sunday ae-
Sssnces a. diminishing Text. ne
srsus io.Ss, ~Nos forsakinE the a.
s-rnb,inr Of ourselves eoEeSher-
startling sratsmcnts have been mace
In many os the polPiss and IN sosns o.
she religious newspapers IL - he~1o
ever ana over again that church At
esntsnce In Amsrsca l. Az cecacence-
1ery the S1ate1asats oy presenting
sons hard facts Ne one VII oispuse
sAs fact rha. there are more csnrches
an America than ever before one &C
nomination averaging Two ae"
churches every day 81 the year ne
asw 81 demand and supply Is as mex
crabs IN the kinEdc-n 81 Cos * ~ :
in the world More churches snPPhse
srr-aes more church privileges osl1'sDo
Cd. More banks. more bankers, noFe
s.cfories. more zanufsciurerss nore
shsps. zno-e importers. more o1i-zene>-
more attendants
In al ourerifics within feW ys-fs
churches have been built large enoNSn
% swallow ID TWO OF three cf tne oic-
sims churches 7 cannot unSersts1o
WITH whzt l<iac ef arithmetic ano slatt
reuofl nan calculates when Re cones
=, ~ conclusion that church atteno-
nnra n America - IN cecRdence- Take
<hs Aggregate of TIE Number q people
Who enter the hours q Goo now Gno
cozps-e 81 with The aggregate 81 she
peerls Who crtrrrS Tie house q Goo
3 wears ago. and he present attend
Rrcs i four 70 enc TIE fScts sre
-u-.t exhiizrntiuE instead 90 being &C.
pressing. That nan who presents the
opposite statistics uust have been
NEST untortu-xte a. liz church &C
guaintancs-
You are net 20 argue adversely be
cause here sd there church - &C.
p,eteG. Churches have their day
Fou-ttuss merchandise VII entirely
c-cupv q n-ishborhoo5 ans crowd cut
fhe churches and families ordinarily
attendant Hpe1 then Sometimes =
church perssheE through iute-uecins
STRIFE. Bot there are nc facts 10 over
<h-r- he stat-Derr thsf have made
A. regard 70 the incrszsinE attendance
uprn 1he house q God. Nov. I hm
ready % a6uis, ss every iEteiiisent
uau VII admit. that there are
churches which have ser depicted
wrs n is hirh rs-1e thzr q sermon Be
wr@aeh-5 Tor TIE he--ft q ycune mer
wbo .re Susr entering fb< Gospel rrin
ar1rT ara FER fbs waning 81 prosper
sus churches a. 20 -hst sre he causes
90 decline n any case u merchandise
crowd cut q church. that cannot -
nsipe6. bat un1rr al other circuI
stances te-a6eDes IN church attend
n-es Is the fault either OF the churci
o. CT The psstc-.
Churches are st-er cleared 81 ther
uu5israex ~ tn atts=pt 70 trszkplsH
che modes q The paEt into the pres
en- Tie moses ans method 81 ;
wears ago are - mere appropriate IL
fo-6av than the modes and methods q
se-asv VII Be appropriate for 80 year
hence. D.. Ezrk Dr. NcEiroy. Dr. M
sor. Dr.. De WIT. D.. Terullyez an
hundreds q o-her M just Es Goe
a. thev we're never lEcks6 audience
becnrse they rere abreast 81 the tx
IN uhsch hey nved. People VII *
be interested IL what Ne szy unlei
ne un6ers1zue fkr spirit % The day
wkick va I've Al the Epe-beEoni.
statistics are given ~ those who al
srrsnx in our tine 70 work wltE z,
worr-ou. mack fuerF % the past flus
Eurk uBsr =ighr 51sf as vel tkrcw q
furnaces cut of GUY church bsKernen
ard substitute the foot stoves w1l'
our tuorhsrx usec - carry wi
xhenn 70 meeting. ard tkruw out o
orxa0. an6 our comets and take 9
ols-fakhioae6 tsning fork sfriking
O. n. krse ard ther lifting il 20 Z
ear 70 catch the PitcA cf ths hyrz
szS ufght As ~~il throw out orr M
err psstsorr AID mo6erE prlplfE Z
Substitute re wi-eglasS pulpit
which The rnfnfster nseS 20 eliE1b 70 Z
div Aeignf Of Mont Blame solitsrfn.
80 sh~n 20 = out 90 sight and Il
the door after h&D- When yOu c
s~t Ike grea4 masses % fh- people
fske passage from Albany 20 Bu9'
an Stage coach o. canal beat tn pref
ercs 70 the Ngbts.zx express trl
wSzeh does s. sn four hours then ,
ean get the Rrest masses Of the ?
rse 20 &c &c . church hsIf century
HAD the ztrns-
The srouble begins sway back "a
Theological se-nizsrieg. y II sha
that larger provision - not made
ministers ef religion. for The sick I
the AGED snS fhs tsfrtn who have ~
themselves ouf is The service q 9
We havs ravzi zsyiurns and soici.
asTirrns fer men wno fought On i
erc sea fer crr eouutry when II
ne. have become ages OF er1pP1kc,
n is n shane that iargsr proylsioi
rot made fer the good soldiers q j
Chrsxf who hase worn themselves
An b9ftssng for The LORD. But lacs
pro~isson ss shez respect makes . "a
~ncv 20 lgrn cur fheologiczl sespfns
into hospitals for sick and ages
fnfru zuiniStern When q man De,
-. <<.~n they 2fae him the It'll