The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-01
PRACTICAL RELIGION
THEME At R. R.Y. N. c..
Rev. w. A. Cooper, Pastor of Central
Methodist Church, Speaker at
Tuesday Club Luncheon.

The Tuesday Club held very pro-
fitabie session yesterday. After a very
good dinner, which amply satisfied
the inner man." Rev. w. a. Cooper
was introduced by the acting chair
man, General Secretary Thomas. Upon
being told that he would be allowed
to talk until / .55, as most of the men
present were railroad officials and had
to be on the Joy at 2 o'clock he said !:
Il will have the train into the station
on time"
His theme was practical Religion"
The minister said in part:
Activity for men is the first key
note for the growth of men. and the
first step Is evangelism. and am TAX
ing the superstition that every man
here is a Christian. | remember how
we used to sing song a church which
said. II want to go, ! want to GO.
want to go there We all sang 1t,
but every one of us were lying because
the first thing we do when we get
sick is to send for the doctor and get
him to give us pill to keep us from
going there. / am more interested in
the moral and religious conditions of
Richmond than / am in the hereafter.
We ought to recognize virtuous man g
life. and he should have the reward
from God and man. St. John speaks
of the city coming down out of the
heavens. 1t also stated that the city,
four square, which is to be interpreted
as meaning that every one will get a
square deal and the laws will be the
laws of Justice. Our main thought
should be the uplifting and the Chris
tia nization of our city. Not only men
should he religious. but our city should
be religious as well. and it is squarely
up to the mems Bible classes of Rich
moDd to evangelize the town. There
are about five thousand men in the
Bible classes of Richmond, and as
they are the majority Of the voters.
they alone are responsible for the ex-
listing conditions of this city.
Why Love should Rule.
II want to leave with you three
main rules why love should rule in
every mans life. First. love should
he the governing power Of mans life
In his business. home. politics and
industrial relations. Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God and thy neighbor.
Thy neighbor means every man. wo-
man and child in the city OF Rich
mond and the state of Virginia Love.
when applied to the social side of
life. will give every child, whether
the child be@Tich or poor. the same
equal privileges and 1lanees Tor adj
vancement in this world. The world
will never he saved until every man
equally divides with his fellow-ma
Second. that the living wage shall
be a sufffciency to keep the woman
workers in health and give them a
comfortable living. man or en-
ployer, has no right 70 take the best
of workers strength and not pay
a minimum wage.
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forth his best efforts in every way
and give of his efforts to the world.
The man who discovered the antitoxin
serum gave il ont to the world that the
little ba btes and children might be
saved The manufacturers who got
hold OF IL put the price up about 46a
percent above what II should have
been and the babies and children had
to suffer and die In our State until
the State of Virginia took hold OF the
matter and purchased the serum, to be
used that our generation might not
be destroyed
II read an article on one OF yes
terday's evening papers, written by one
of our prominent citizens, In regard to
the establishment of the court for jul
veniles and domestic relations He
stated that IL would be only munt-
cipal luxury. That man is living forty
years behind the time, even before
we had bath tubs or sanitary plum bine.
He is living in the day of dry closets,
Here Is a court that would save many
a family from being separated and
thereby running the future OF many
children, and here is man who Is liv-
ing forty years behind time. trying to
tell us that we do not need this court.
Men. ! believe in living clean and up
right Christian life, and trying to help
my fellow men to become Christians
and Eternity will take care OF 1T
self"
DIR. Lloyd T, Wilson, of Grace Street
Baptist Church, spoke on How TO Sue
coed in Prayer. at the eyangeltstic
service last night at 7.45. II was one
of the most powerful sermons ever
heard in Richmond. and all present
went away with the Arm resolution.
that they would spend more time In
prayer. and follow the points given
out by DIR. Wilson, He said, Il have
been conducting n great many evan
gelisfic meetings in the past few years
and / always use How to Succeed In
Prayer" as a start. and get firm hold
on God to bring success to the meet
ings
AS s. text ] will use Genesis se:2s.
Many years ago one of the great COM
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his death bed. and his friends saw that
something was worrying him, and they
commenced to tell him OF all the great
deeds that he had done, but he didn't
say word. but finally he turned to one
of his friends and said. "My friend.
tell me what YOU know about prayer"
This was the great General Grant talk
ing. and II shows us that We all come
to time when we would be happy
if we only knew how to get an audi
ence with God"
There are four points to follow to
Succeed in prayer" First He must
beliye In the efficiency in prayer Sec
ond Defniteness Third, Get grip on
God. Fourth, Hold on. Matthew 1919
Or Chas. F. Weigle. the Chicago
Evangelist will preach his initial ser
mon tonight using for his topic ION
the Job for God and will preach every
night. at 7.4s and Sundays at $50
until the close of the meetings Sep
TENDER IT, All Railroad men. their
fa ~, tlies ana friends ara Ma