The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
HEAR DR.. CHRISTIAN
Pastor of Union Station MethodlsG
Church breaches Special Sermon
to Boys and Girls.

DR.. Asbury Christian preached Q
special sermon to young people at
Union Station Methodist Church last
night. His subject was, Nurse the
Beginning, the End Is Old Enough to
Take Care of Itself" HIS text was
the first four words OF the Bible. I'm
the beginning God.
DIR. Christian spoke OF this the
greatest OF all truths as the only words
with which the Bible could rightly
begin. This was great statement OF
truth that opposed the teaching OF
science. so-called. which said: In the
beginning matter" or I'm the begin
ming force" The truth is, I'm the
beginning God, infinite power. eternal
wisdom. unbounded love. To human
minds the beginning must be limited
to creations morn. God was not only
in the beginning then. He is In the
beginning now. The Importance of
the beginning is completely en-
phasized when we say God Is there.
Only the unwise and the foolish ignore
the beginnings. God is in the begin
ming of all good. II God IL not In
the beginning the devil is. This APP
plies to all the experiences In life.
The orchard, ripe in fruit today. II
the end of good beginning when
wise hands made a beginning, planted
the little trees.
DR.. Christian spoke of how good
movements had small beginnings. H0
told OF the little frame house in which
a business enterprise was started. II
had small beginning, today It owns
the most valuable buildino in Rich
mond. the Mutual Assurance Society.
The call for the representatives OF the
colonies to associate themselves to-
gether was the beginning OF the
7 Fr~tt
In the despised village of Nazareth
there was beginning. Men despised
lit and scoffed at it, and prosecuted the
humble followers. 1t was the begin
ming OF the great world power.
Christianity. God was there.
Beginning OF Life.
The preacher then spoke of the be-
ginning of life. The baby attracted
little notice. except that OF mother.
father or family. He spoke OF the
little baby born In WestmorelAnd
was there. The end was the great
Washington, the father Of his country.
Xavier said. give him the children
until they were seven, and he would
take the nation. The hope Of the
nation Is in nursing the beginning Of
life. Let God be there and the end
will be a blessing. DIR. Christian urged
the young people to love God IN every
beginning and to keep Him there.
Where God is not the devil 10.
Every life Of sin and crime ana
misery has it's beginning with the
devil present. No one pfunges at once
into the depths Of sin. but. Hike .
child walking into the ocean, he be-
gins with the water touching his feet
and goes deeper and deeper until
the cruel waters swallow him. The
desire to sin In the beginning can
often be cured; neglected means
death. The dishonest act Is the be-
ginning of crime: the first glass n
the beginning OF the drunkard
There was no greater truth that
could be impressed upon the young
mind than that in the beginning Of
all good God Is there. and will cOn-s
tinue Ii but given the hospttable wei-
come, and where God Is not the devil
is Those who. were present were
solemnly warned to Nurse the Begin-8
ming, As the End Was Old Enough
to Take Care Of Itself"