The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-03

righteousness have taken 80 little In
terest IN politics. There Is such tf,ins
I az PAD politics, and then we have g60t
polt!cs. 1t Ia not wise, to mix up with
me pnd. but Mt tho sumo time 1t lis the
duty OF good men to advocate and pray
Tor good politics. am not ashamed to
advocate III pulpit. Iii private. and IN the
press tEnt which am praying for every
uay. It 10 my co1lsc.cncious conviction
that soon we would see better times. and
me cause Of Kingdom greatly advanced
in Richmond. IL men who are folio wsrs
OF Christ. and arc constantly praying for
purity OF politics, and for good men In
Office would go out and advocate and
aBltate, md help bring about an an.
swer to our prayers
we must stand together. All things are
poss1ble to them that believe.
ORGANIZED LABOR.
The Ilev. r. b. Egglestor. pastor OF the
lhird Presbyterian Church, preached In
the evening on "Organized Labor from
a scriptural standpoint. 55
NIT. Eggleston declared that the effects
on organization IN all things nre powerful
disorganized army or church can ac.
compl1sh little. Tho rout Of the people OF
Jerusalem by Nehemiah had resulted in
the obstruction Of the wall. and the scat.
tered remnant of the people was gotten
togetner, ana the wall rebuilt by or
gahized and concerted effort. Jesus Christ
was the first organized labor leader the
world had. for His disciples were selected
and organized. and won't about their
work IN a careful. deliberate and care
iuly planned manner. He was the leader
IN the scripturnl and spiritual sense
Nohemiah believed that It was q con-
V1ctlon which prompted him to gather
the Remnants Of the people, who had
been overthrown by the hosts of Ne.
puchadnezzar. and to build the wall.
concentration of effort was needed to
remove oil obstacles and do with their
might whatever they undertook. The
hrst thing to do was to remove the rub.
Dish. and the obstacles to work. In
the members should eliminate
nate. Jealousy. vanity false pride. and
concentrate themselves in efforts TO move
In concert
Combination followed IN succession. A
religious man should be willing to 90
something for Christ. The reclamation
OF waste places In churches was matter
which was worthy OF attention. The
church needed strong men to uphold and
strengthen the weak
THD PULPITs PROVINCE,
In his sermon ut the night service at
st. James Methodist Church Sunday, the
Rev. w. A. Cooper, discussed the pro-
vince Of the pulpit and made reply to
Dr.. Kerr. whose recent sermon on the
same subject attracted considerable NJ
tention. Mr.. Cooper said in part:
The ministry must not go into politics,
we are told. Then ask. where under
Heaven can we go? The laws govern
these great questions The laws are
enacted by Legislators, elected by your
votes. You are responsible for the char
acter OF legislation and IL the Christian
pulplts Of this State wake up that sleep
Ing giant-the Christian taxpayer and
voter-to his responsibility these evils will
then, and not till then, be correct
ed Let the pulpit of to-day LIT
UP Its voice against all forms Of vice.
public and private, and preach tho Cos.
pei Of Christ in all Its length and
breadth and heights and depths. Let
us demand OF the men that we elect.
that they enact laws for the government
Of this Commonwealth and this nation;
that they bring these laws into harmony
with the principles Of the Gospel Of Jesus
Christ. Lot us not be fri ghtened and sub.
sidized to silence"