The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-04
DR., DIXON Greeted
By LARGE AUDlGkCE|;.
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ously of His campaign Tor the legislature ~
In North Carolina on one occasion.
lie announced. as was customary that
INSPIRED by the desire TO serve his couia-
,ry md at the earnest solicitation oi his
f,,e,,as he had been forced into the cam
paigss. while, in fact, no man on eafah
had ever mentioned the subject to MN.
md lie was relying on one speech he iiad
carefully prepared. for Ills success
This speech was d good one. but before
i. had #boea delivered four times ne hau
been advised by friends IN diiiesessal So
t.ons TO cut out this or that reference.
which advice had he followed Would nave
: left lgsla absolutely with no speech &.
Their warning was not heeoea NV
eyer ana t,y its continued delivering ne
,,sis ,si..,.ted 70 the Legislature by a large
,,,,iie,iIts Il have had pretty " o.ia
,ex.seYi.s,Ict, n PREACHER. he Announces.
= yes ,i1,ettg broad for in the twelve
Years Sgy1s in the pulpit l'aa ~
charges. and am not i aet!loeisl' = issse
charges eStensi@d over ssssttai :. = -. 80
Now in Boston had sooa eii''. 80 80 ~
said 10 myself NOW. my bos, eiil E -
( ,sn,,,.5 chance TO please every body.
.,,,,,o neopIe Ii, my congregation We're
dalso4astfill cultured. refined and ;li3o-
co.i,er lovely. but in that church mere
r.;,s one nfall who didn't IKE aiis . ioee 800.
fion OF the organ. j said 4 take II cow
threw ii otlt ANOTHER gen fefnail TOOK g,
',',ssrf,.,s II, he roof OF the church. lie.
,bci,elt. ii had always been an eye sore
j said all right. take ii of.
New. rho roof was gone, when anolilss!,
!, 5i.sfcor, iii the church. lodged hitf#
against the wallis. They were always oeei-5
Ing Off, They peeled in wet weather. Dry
weather and all kinds OF weather, ana an
the first ,,Inc should never have be cen
built of That peelirg mateliai. ~ .l,e
walls went. Now they had left the lot.
We're they satisfied? No, There We're
two men in that church who never had
liked that lot. Then it was in order 10
fiji the ground full of powder and blow
,l,, tho lot, and the church had a hole IN
the earth. Now YOU say please eNelyh body.
No. 1t strikes nne. said the speaker, hat
n preacher should use little lnsiscniar
MS well as moral suaSion at times.
WANTED A MIRACLE
He told OF a drunken man who once
e,3tcrea a church and interrupted the min
lister BY asking for the immediate per
sol'mancc Of a miracle
The worthy divine after enduring the
annoyance of the drunkard for a time,
walked calmly from tie puss.t. TO where
the man was sitting. and said. though
tl1N power OF miracles il.is
from US there is one power left. Ind
that IS the power 10 cast out darils md
With that demonstrated the truth of.his.
statement. The man with the courage
OF his conviction standing on the rocket
BILE a man without it is not taught but.
lsiclSed.
AS q sample or II man with the cogras e8
OF his conviction staiidf on the rock Of
principle pr. Dixon told of a man. though
drtnkard from his infancy. bounded
and crushed by the curse Of drink gave
the sober moments of his life. 10 fight
ing with ali his strength the battle for
prohibition. The man who stands for
n principle. will gss frs q curse. a kick.
but then The cheers and hlIrralis of t..G
people,
There lis no conflict between health aud
principle. said DR. Dixon, and in t'iees
connection he brought before the alrf-
nnce the wonderful lifeaf aleSa11der T.
Stevens who though IN i,iTa.-rr'. reve,.
knowing health OF strength. became one.
OF the great mtf ~ the nation.
SPECIALISTS
perhaps you strike man. s.id Dir.
Dixon, who knows moro than Won do and
The world is getting fun OF these people
now-a-.iays- YOU usually fiad he is an
expert Say he is a specialist on anats.
15n knows n g1at's anatomy; has caassht
md captured all kinds OF enats. has
driven snats in pairs and in four around
RS laboratory.
IL can see gnat on mountain miles
off, bllt he can't see the mountain lor.
Dixon spoke Of the effect of environment
on character beautifully illustrating it
by the characteristics of the man at the
North and the man at the South.
When mans Imperial soul SAYS I WILL
imnossibiitics become possible, and noun
tains melt into nole=hills. To viii is to
live and when man ceases to live he is
dead and should be buried Man has
tlat God has given power 10 viii aud
to do and Were ii not so he could walk
up on tho final day and say TO the Great
Judge. here. Lord, / am. see what YOU
have done. But not so. Man was given
in Gods great wisdom the choice to do
the right or the wrong. and accorded the
power. to viii. illustrating this he closed
with one of the most graphic and beau
tiful descriptions ever delivered from a
platform OF the herosm of the locon1o-
tive engineer In preventing by his cou;aee.
quick will and acton, what would have
been a disastrous wreck.