The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-14
Sermon by DR.. Young.

The sermon was delivered by the pas
tor of Centenary, Rev. w. j. Young, D.
D., who was assisted in conducting the
services by Rev. J. William Jones. D. D.
The text was from the second verse of
the thirty-second chapter of Isaiah: And
a man shall be rs an hiding-place from
wind. and covert from the tempest:
as rivers af water in dry place. as the
shadow of a great rock in q weary land"
DR.. Young said in part:
These words. while referring to the
Messiah Jesus, We're primarily meant to
describe n coming gloriouY manhood.
which should have in 1t a sheltering and
protective power for the weak. The dou-
bic reference is easy to understand, when
we remember that all true men are In
the divine image. and ought in measure
to be n revelation OF God, and to be able
TO say, He that hath seen Me hath
seen the Father The life of r. f. Lee
was in n peculiar sense a benediction
and a shelter from evil to the South in
his day, and now in yet richer measure
extending ever beyond the South to other
parts of our nation and to The world.
"He was as the shadow of great rock
against final disaster. Nowhere does he
shine with greater glory than he does
against the dark background of Appomat-
tox. No one can tell how much his life
at this time meant in keeping the South
from utter despair, how still the lesson
comes to us in hours of material loss.
that not the outward but the inner, man
is of lasting value. and that often the
veil of material snin must be withdrawn
before the true man may be seem He
was n defense against neglect of duty.
Everywhere this was his watchword and
when he resigned his commission in the
United States Army and gave himself to
his State. it was in this same spirit:
while after the war; in humble ways, he
continued his conscientious tread in the
same path. We need to learn the same
lesson, not going in the way Of ease
and of outward applause and success,
but listening to the voice of conscience
and of God.
Record of Service.
''Nobly too. did he shield our manhood
from selfishness and inglorious ease. All
he did was from the standpoint of ser
vice. not TO fill a place or to make a
living, and laborlng after the war closed.
when so gladly would the people of the
South have cared for him So his record
is a spur to serve our day and generation,
to lind our daily task a means of SER
sice, and to determine that to the end
we shall in. some way do the work as
StritTI hs ,IVt. Bpbu ana lOr
the glory'of God, He was a guard, too,
against unbrotherliness. He always spoke
of the enemy with respect. He had no
hate. no spite, no malice in his heart.
Large. noble men are the bond of union
among men, in the church and in the
state 1t is the small narrow men who
cannot see over the walls of their VIII
lnges and their churches, who create the
divisions in the worlds thought and life.
He was rs the shadow of "A great rocl,
from the materialism of the day. and still
Is. lie refused offers OF positions which
would have been mere opportunities for
gain by the use of his great name. Tho
day is filled with the mad rush for gold
me Midas touch is In all our life We
need as never before the leadership Of
men who have nothing to offer the world
but Ideals and visions and dreams. whose
cry IS the cry OF the old prophet, Come
ye, buy wine and milk without money
and without price He was and is n pro-
tective power against impiety and nm
belief. He always found time to pray in
nome and school and tent He always,
even In the darkest hours. expressed fair
IN an everything Providence. The lessons
which come TO lis are plain, to find time
In our busy Gfe for fellowship with the
Unseen. and TO retain our confidence in
Sod IN days of greatest strain upon our
faith