The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-13
must TAKE UP
CROSS EVERY DAY
Terms OF Christianity Exactly
To-day As in MI Former
Years.
WoMAN.s AUXILIARY MEETS
Reception Will Follow Business
Session Tomorrow After-
noon.

1. ~. morning service yesterday. not
withs,andins the hold Ia grippe Is as
.;,n,lne over Richmond. there were ohy
a few we'll known faces absent, WINS.
a number of visitors had been tethp'po
10 Journey thus far by interest III '''e
chuch and service, also by the glorious
weather conditions existing III giving o"'
the church notices. pr Evans, h'Aoo
an earnest appeal on Dehalf OF INC W.
mans Auxiliary of the Board OF MIS-
sions which holds Its annual meet
inv 10. morrow at +. NJ. On Inc same
day al S:15 p. Nj. is held the annual meet
ing of the congregation, whlch' at''' ~
tending to reports of the various soe'e
ties connected With the church, VIII re-
solve into a social gathering where re.
Fresbn,ents viii be handed ro.nd Wy
Young lady members OF the congregations
and whore those who meet IN worship
will have n chancc1to become Detter
nrouninted: the rector accorded a very
hearty Invitation TO all present TO az
tend The offcrtory was in AID OIL tue
Diocesan Missionary Society, an orsah'-
cation founded TO keep open and ph'
stipcnds for poor and needy parishes III
the Diocese.
~ evans took the text for his sermon
from 81 Luke IN. verse %, And Fle
said 10 them all, If any man will come
after Nc. let him deny himself aud
take up his cross daily, and follow Me-
The preacher pointed out that there
was no need Of introduction. the appeal
was made to all the disciples and was
still applicable to the whole multitude o.
HE whole multitude of the church, me
plain terms were then anHo !, NC !, ~
stand for ever vitalzed by the divine
so;rit ana stand to-day to all who WISH
10 follow Christ Sometimes individual
acts Of sacrifice are demanded by rel1s.
4 I'm such as, go and sell that thou
hath and give to the poor there were
still such social demands, but inc. ul-
y deriving principle is UNCHANGED. ooc.e.S
IS composed of diversified claims ana -
e. loft 10 the individual conception 20
-,,orl ait thc idea of the text: there was
no such thing as caste in the Kingdom,
tl,e message, is to all TO follow Me- to
+ rich and poor, to the king upon ms
throne. 10 the lumblest sailor tossing oi
y r1,e5 deep. to Dives in his palace ana
Lazarus lying at his feet; the society
lady might say that what appiles 70
her coarhn1an does not apply W le., =
before God they stand aiike ana III -
other wav.
The command is to all, and so easy
with Christ as exemplar Of life to use
Il ,,,;lit,r,. torn, # meant. fall into line, and
~ euffor with Him, never bidding man to
60 where he has not trod. as Win the
great Caesar, it was never go, always
Come The allegory Of the shepherh
md his sheep was on Ike plane. 30
Is the soldier in the battles OF eaTth
Kingdoms to-day. In cold and snow they
lie down on the battlefield So does
their commander The same lessons were
tncuca ted in ancient history by the arts
( tic Greek and the martial Roman. Christ
was the Son of Man, not q. man; nut
eyemplar of manhood, and he who tol-
lows Him, becoming Christlike, will at
tain the highest type of manhood.
An Englishman, contemporary With
Shakespeare. in speaking of Christ, Is
reported to have said: "He was the best
Of men that eer wore earth about Him;
the first true gentleman that ever
breathed.'' But He humbled Himself
So does the individual who enlists in the
service OF his country sink his individ-
uality, denies himself, and belongs to
self no longer, but subordinate to his
countrys demands. This subordination
Is necessary in religion
Or. Evans depicted the cgotist as a
poor Christian, and enlarged on the ne
I ccssity in religion OF taking up unpleasant
duties, some disagreeable task 10 cross
+ Out UNI liiC'iititioiS, VI uSil otu pI.Ju'
dice and cost the soul an heroic effort,
End instancedSwhat he meant by alluding
to bitter. .rnp.tr Existing between two
men, once he clasost of friends, one of
whom, having heard Of the sickness OF
q the others daughter pocketing his pride
and condoling in his sorrow with his
once friends; thus burying tho past,
lie took mp his cross. winning
q victory grandcr and loficr than VIC
(. tories of men
Tho preacher closed with an appeal
TO his hearers 10 take up the duties thai
were unpleasant and thus follow Christ