The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-11

NOTABLE SERMON TO MEN
Attendance. Has outgrown
Church.. and Meeting Sunday
VIII! BE Held in Academy.


wiz BE Held in Academy.
rhe eyangelistic services at the se"-
cnth Street Christian Church attrac,c"
large audiences yesterday, despite tue NJ
clement weather. At the morning ser
vce there were twelve professions Oh
faith. nine being young men. inc altsi
noon meeting at $3.50 o'clock was uhuei
,ha a,,apices OF tho Young Mems Chris
tian Association, and was attendeu NY
| large gathering OF men ana poys =,
| owing to the increasing attendance a.
! the sunday services arrangements ma
/ becn made for the use OF the Acauehy
of Music next Sunday evening, anu
| Evangelist Small viii address q great
mass meeting there at 5 y. NJ. The ser
| vices through the week Will be at the
! Seventh Street Church. as heretofore.
4 In the morning Mr., Small preached on
rrhe second Mile Man. taking az
/ text Matthew y. 40: "Whosocver compeis
YOU to go d mile, go with him twain
The parable, he said, is the shortest
1 given by our Saviour. and IS pased on
the custom OF the Roman ofiicers VINO
compelled the Jews to go mile over
tha country with them where It was not
familiar to them. Our Lord advocated IN
rths parable the principle Of doing more
than our duty. The first mile Is dutJ.
A the second mile is love and sacrifice.
Then he forcefully and eoauently went
on to illustrate the principle In fathers
and mothers and husbands. The second
milo solves the problem of happy nome.
The wife Graves the husbands love ana
affection as well az an allowance inc
second mile solves the problems 81 nap
piness. greatness. labor and capital ana
posthumous influence. The world WIZ
tneyer let die the memory OF Grady anu
Garfield and Lee and Livingstone, ana
men who have gone the second mile
D Sermon to Men.
!. In the afternoon Mr.. Small delivered
| This great sermon on Temptation to a
4 / church full OF men. He was at his best
lin the effort. There were a number oil
! men who decided to live better lives, and
: this, after all, Is the object Of any meet
4 ing. Mr.. Small said in part:
o "'remptation Is the discipline OF life
8 1t proves men; 1t tests men: 1t tries men.
3 Many man says: i wish we could have
life without its trials That's like wear
!, ing the medal without going Into tie
s battle that's like victory without con-
/ flict Would any good soldier think of
d that? Some one was asked II he had
: heaven given him. or theSroad to heaven.
which would he choosesaHe said he would
choose the road ta@feaven Life is a
It battle The frst& chapter OF Genesis
g treats OF God, the second chapter OF man.
= and the third about the devil Man Is
in between good and evil. light and dark.
ness, God and Satan.
Men, remember that temptation al
N ways comes with lying lips. Pierce
n through the sham. II never tells the
= truth. Again. temptation is best foiled on
d your own ground Fight the devil on your
rs own ground. Keep away from the sa'
In loon, the card table, the filthy play. the
L. Nt,t, b5tt
"a house. 1t Is never the policy OF the lior
"a to fight In the open.
l. our Lord did not rush into the en-
&c ,emy's country. He was pressed by th1
,e Spirit to go into the wilderness. Don't bt
presumptuous. Again. remember temp
tation comes to us suddenly. We have L
ut fight with great strategist. That maj
G. comes home from the city with mora
IT scar. Why? Temptation has come sud
10 denly. Prepare! There Is no suddel
= preparation that Will prepare for tn
err heroic. No man can develop sudden he
b. roism to grapple with sudden foe. AL
a athlete trains. You must train, toe
r, r, When you leave off prayer and til
SSsa church and Bible reading and prayt
or meeting, you are in great danger. Jos
err eph's temptation was sudden. He kne,
God, and he had preparation, and IL
met 1t. He felt the conscious presepc
., of God. Culture and prudence are out
20. in Greece and Rome were the rotte
n periods. Prudence goes to the win
80 when the hot blood IN n man cries on
for unlicensed pleasure. Nothing will say
then but Christ in the heart Ally your
NJ self to God. Hang the picture OF Chrl.
ct. up In your heart. This alone will AVA
i, Don't blame God or the world, devil
he friends. You need the temptation. CT
nr seeks for virtue, and that 1t may ext
Ity 1t must resist apd that which 1t resis
be must live. You can overcome the bea
in you and stand upon the crystal SEE
a. His commands"
Ter Christian Union.
it. At night the evangelist kept the be
ng wine to the last. The sermon was
christian Unon--1ts Beauty and Basis
m, n, He held that it would be "a blessing
~ 80 : the home to the church, to the heath
,ed world. to the music In small communlt
red 10 the conversion of the world. II ~
lile again united. We are not united we a
ere divided. We are not one; we are MAJ.
rus 10 answer the Lords prayer for unit
ISL to fulfil the hopes and teaching OF I
holy apostles, we must unite"
ted The union was characterized, not
1he union OF denominations, hut of Chri
w " tians. 1t was not federation
churches, but 4 federation of disciples.
THE union is return to the divi
name. the divine life, the divine or,
nances, the divine standard of the M
Testament. Back of Wesley hack
ey Luther. back of Calvin, back of Ron
back Of the fathers. back OF councils
.,,, right back to Christ and the apost
t'li Here alone we can unite. here alone
'm- can stand. Underneath all our diffe
ess ences there is q common basis az mi,
leir 1t was so for the first three hundr
years OF the history of the church.
the might be so again.
the Exhibited Chart.
l.tr Here Mr.. Small exhibited d carefu
us prepared chart showing the foundati
'ef- Of the denominations, the chart bel
tier headed; Buck to Christ and unity
not forward to tho conversion OF the wo
ters and victory"
by Ihe speaker illustrated his remar