Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-17
|OW|E BREACHES BEFORE
CHARITIES CONFERENCE
'ector OF Richmond Church Delivers
Annual Sermon ut Session
In Baltimore.
IEARD BY BIG CONGREGATION
uempts to Express in Some Way
Aspiration and Endeavor of Or
ganizatfon-Pass Resolutions Com.
mending Course Of President.

ual sermon before the National Con-
renee of Charities and Corrections,
." In session in this city. was
reached to-day by Rev. w. Russell
o"ie' d. d.. rector of st. Pauls Epis-
pal Church. of Richmond He was
card by an immense congregation.
Al the session tonight resolutions
ere adopted heartily commencing the
IN and dignified course OF the Prcsi-
eh' or the United States throughout
10 present international difficulties. a
curse that has scrupulously main
hhed neutrality toward the warning
ATOMS. that looks to the preservation
'n hrmly upholds the dignity Of the
nIted States in the delicate situation
International affairs"
Df. Bowie selected as his text, John
10: I am come that they might have
10 and that they might have it more
oundantly." He said in part:
NO one could stand here before this
reat gathering at this moment with
VI deep and rcvercnt sense of re-
1onsibility and of awesome privilege
here is high and almost solitary sig
iicance in the purpose of our assem-
ing now. We are to seek to phrase
Ad bear message that shall explain
such measure as may be possible
e spirit of the whole conference. We
,ok AT the program for the days lust
asst and for the three days to come
M find the rich complcxity of sub
cts almost bewildcrine. There are
ore services than any ono person
ou!d possibly go to. more subjects
Or discussion and more speakers than
ny single one could possibly hear
'e divide and 20 our ways according
our particular dominant interest
w to-day we come together And.
I'm tn" exception of the Presidents
ddrcss which it would be we'll If
2uld pattern after, the message which
gu look for and which ! must try to
I'VE must be more comprehensive in
1irit than perhaps any other utter
nee at the conference. II must try
express in some real way the as
ration and endeavor OF us all.
If there be one word which Is big
no largo enough TO suggest all the
1esirn of this conference. one word
nat can phrase the motif OF all its
ianN-'oned spiritual music. that word
ne We are come here. II SCENE
me, because We ourselves want TO
We more largely And II this CON
renee succeeds. II Will be in the fact
hat when We 20 away we shall go TO
clip carry larger life to the COM
unitics In which we dwell and work
1NE OF THE THINGS
THAT REAL LIFE is
Lot Ne think. then, Of what life is
nc what II might be. as He helps us
understand this. And We may best
'cin by realizing some OF the things
lat the real life is not,
!! Life. 70 begin with, is more than
N!stHrcc. There are times when this
Stincticn has very obvious meaning.
IN Inc
v" said 20 1--we in any Worthwhile
ansc Of tn" word The convict con
ennod to spend tho rest OF his DAYS
II prison, tn endure tho hleous mono
'ny OF barred cells and narrow cor
dor. TO sleep there. to wake there
die there. exists; but he also may
ono to the point where no stronger
- ord may be used. So there are men
nj women in less extreme conditions
no seem merely TO exist. and not TO
ve-ncopic ground down by Ignorance
nh hard toll on tho one hand. or
nothcred by Incidence and sclhshncss
Il the other. The trouble with such
xistence Is that il has SO few points
sensitive contact with the vital pos
Utilities OF the world The over
'orked lahorer. stumbling home at
lCh, with body and mind sodden with
xhaustion. cats his supper and goes to
0n eT--IH Steep TIL tho next morning be-
ms the monotonous round. Work and
BOD and sleep are the only things he
much alive TO. He is too tired or
80 dullcd BY monotony to have any
esponse left in him to thoughts and
imposes which may he stirring in the
Immunity around him. So far as in
diligently helpful citizenship is CON
erned. he may count for no more
nan man dead. And the same thing
T. lay he true OF people who have no
UGH pressure upon them. The man
no in his mean concern thinks only
= himself, his comforts and his lux
ries. and the woman wrapped in her
asy self pleasing, may also be lead
lG an existence that has in il no
efficient noblcness TO be counted in
ny higher sense life. Only at few
lean points are they alive. To great
. anEes Of the worlds meaning they
re duh and deal--dull to duty, to
nseltish service, to the keen joy Of
IGN and eager effort in great con-
erns
80 In the second place, life is more
nan pleasure. Certainty we know that
hen we look at Jesus. That life of
lis was full of shadow. and went into
ne blackness of deepest agony ut the
nd He never sought an easy exist
nee. no" ever made happiness in it
ell Il tciiptfdte OF primary end. And
am sure we must know something
the reason for this in our own best
yncrien"es. There are times when
or the sake Of gaining the real great
ess of our living, we have got to aim
something higher and harder than
ne moments Notwithstanding
: cry different. Happiness may be like
- ne hasking on Il summers day in Sc
enc and sheltered places. but the call
life may he to rise and grid our
6elvcs and go out for costly service
he whole fact of interest in the needs
nj SORROWS and grave limitations of
= ur human brotherhood is not the kind
thing that makes for immediate hap
mess 1t brings us into contact with
luch that is dismaying and heartburn
nning. 1t forces us to become the
2harers in much sadness. =.
For ourselves we know this-and
OF in any magniloquent sense but in
he fine realities of everyday. We
now that the real biGness of work,
- nd satisfaction in the doing of it,
ONE when we are not concerned most
all about having n good Zine. but
bout putting all the faithfulness and
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