Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-07-17
A NOVEL RACE.
Sunday Discourse by DR.. Chapman, the
Noted PastOr.Evangelist.
Wealth and Power VIII Not Avail the Sinner
on Judgment Day - Two Ways
Into Heaven.


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Chapman, the popular pastor VI ,ne t;on ' W. W.
Presbyterian Church, Whose lop' hs ,r "'
an evangelist IS second 10 none, n ah pr
pared an Interesting sSind l'o, "po Is rre,cbnd
lect "A Novel Race, wh'ch Is oRT ftaunc ~
from the text, Proverbs "a: H. lhero 10
way which seemeth r,gn' t Im'0 war ,''1 ~
but the END thereol aie 'ho ways Va
death. .: l,;,r lat srr,nor tho Row.
Some time during iast su,l'inei . INC n.y. ny,
Joseph Parker, the pastor o. tnG i,o NY Ky
Temple IN Boston, was ashea " 'I me , ,ns
editors char OF the LONDON sun ne "n s
gwen lull liberty 10 pllhI Jus' Mi nf ,ho
wished IN the paper OF 10 Keep ou. " Wy
columns what IN ms }udslnen. W ns, Jaw dI".
conducive 10 MAKE an l!le'l papei. UnI a .aSS
IN the place OF the racing news w,,'tn 'lii
readers OF the sun hau neeI En- uceu ut;om %
TO peruse ne printed u1ioer .hc ."p.;ion " "
"A Novel Race Record DESCRIPTION o.
the race OF me, anu lor eaih p',,'L n.y. CIV.
emphatic IN the lives oi t sIHsu wiz Wiz, nc
quent the race course anu lol'oM iI f So ,s
nusincss ne Presehteu P1so"se ~ ILL,
ture' inns was, TO say tlie ieas.' s'ar .ts
cne OF our New tork paTels, I"S S,'r
from ms "tteTlngs III 'he 'ohuon S"N'
printed the lolo",ns:
NOVEL RACE kECohD.
London-The Rev. Joseph Parker prints
in the Sun today in place of the usual rae.
ing column what he calls corrected race
record, as follows:
The Eternity Stakes.
The Start--Born in sin, etc Psalm IL: 5,
The Racial gone out of the way, etc,
Romans III: IL.
The Finish After death the Judgment,
etc. Hebrews TX: q.
The Weighing Room--Thou are weighed
in the balances and art found wanting
Daniel ": q.
Settling Day-For what shall it profit q
man if he shall gain the whole world and
lose his own so,l. Mark VIII: SO.
This outline for sermon has been in
my mind since first my eyes lighted upon
it, and to the great London preacher |
am indebted for the suggestions of this
sermon, and yet am quite free to confess
that the only reason | have chosen the
outline, aud indeed the only reason |
preach the sermon is that l have a great
desire that those of you who are running
the race of life should lay hold upon eter.
nal life. 1t is a great mistake for men to
preach without giving their hearers an op.
portunity to confess Christ. When Mr..
Moody first began his public ministry in
Chicago he went through course of SER
mons on the life of Christ, and came at
found impression had been made. He felt
as if he ought to give an invitation, but
neglected to do so. The audience was dis
missed never to come together again, for
that night the great contlagration in Chi.
cago was upon the city, and many of his
hearers were quickly ushered into eternity,
and so while present this novel race rec.
ord / present it only that you may run the
lace with Christ.
L A.
might say some words concerning the book
in which the text is found. 1t has been
said by some one that there is no part OF
the Bible which more thoroughly proves
the inspiration of the Scriptures for no
mere man could have written these wise
fayings; another has suggested that the
fhirty-one chapters in the book contain a
lesson for each day of the month, and no
man would find himself failing so frequent.
" ii he should imbbe the wisdom of these
savings Indeed, there is not a condition
of life that is not met by the wisdom of the
writer of this book | might also suggest
the different figures which are used in the
Bible which describe a human life 1t is
spoken of under the figure of a voyage
with its days of calm and nights of storm,
its south winds blowing deceitfully against
us, and telling of prosperity that never
comes and its hurricane which almost
IL,
but one of the best figures is that of a race
for no man walks when he races, but runs.
lie must be desperately in earnest. and no
one really makes a success of his life with.
out this same thing is true of him. There
is little place for the laggard in human
life to-dav. We must run if we would
win, and no race is permitted without CON
testants. In this race of human life which
we start there are three contestants which
strive earnestly to defeat us. The first is
sclf-the greatest enety that the most of
us have is self Other men fight battles
and rest when the victory is won, but no
man has ever vet been able TO rest in the
struggle with himself. The Bible is true,
Greater is he that ruIeth his shirt than
he that taketh city" and MANY a man
las been a hero in the battlefield and
made n miserable failure with his struggle
with himself. The world is generally
men speak well OF you, and II no one op-
toSes you !. Is "oii ~ s'ot, anu see Mht .i
III you may pe wrong; puI possibly VIC
greatest adversary OF all IS the deVll, the
,hird one OF th!s TRINITY OF contestants, lor
ne matters ana uecel'es 1htll AT last the
strongest character Is maze weak ana inc
fohcers"d anout the running or lhc race
gust at tins time as the preparation ior the
END. he text Is STRIKING one. lhere
= way winch seemeth right unto man !:
put the end Thereon are the ways OF
death, There IS way that seemeth
right: take 1t that none OF us have de-
termlned deliberately to be lost. Our
mothers memory Is too sacred and our
fathers example too powerful to permit us