Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-27
SUFFERING |NTENsIF|Es
QUALITY OF MANS WORK
Rev. Fred II. Chenault Gives
Vivid, Graphic Sermon on
Elcventh-Hour Men.
SAYS MANY MORALLY LIMITED
StreHscs Possible Potential Powers
Unlocked In Minds of Multitude of
lllltcrrtrs In Our own state md In
the Nation, Revealed by Wnr.


In sermon on Eleventh Hour
Men," Rev. Fred r. chenault. pastor.
of Broad street Methodist Church. de-
clarcd last night that many a man
is forced TO tramp along the path
that he doesn't want to tread-forccd
TO work that his better self for
bids because circumstances beyond
his control ncccssitate IT,
After ALL" he said, sit IL not IN,
quantity or the quality of the work
VIC do, SO much az the motive that
compels us. The things we suffer and
the limitations about US often refine
and intensity the quality OF our
work"
shy" Many Never Have Chance.
me speaker used as his subject.
Matthew xx. 81. and said in part.
There are many born into the world
who never have a chance. They have
physical limitations. Go through the
hospital for crippled children in Rich
"ohu- notice those with misshapcr
spincs and twisted limbs. MANY az
them VIII never have "a real chance
sometimes misfortune ovcrtakes tho
lung man or woman and they lose
their eyesight as George Ma,hewson
ala. or Milton. and their opportunitIev
are limited. There are many mental
lE deficient. II you 40 To williams
burg or stanton or through the
fpiieDtic Colony Just outside of
hSnchburg. YOU will sec scenes that
are most gruesonie and tragic and
heart-rending. Their chances arc
but poor. Many arc limited morally
Ihey are lacking in certain moral
quaiihta'ions. They cannot discrimi-
na'e readily between right and
h.I
incht make II hard To have the same
moral opportunity as Others.
Many have educational IiuI,,,io,,
Ihc war revealed the alarming num-
per OF liliteratcs In our own State
ana throughout the nation. Who
KNOWS the potential powers unlocked
IN the minds Of this great multitudc ,
ihcir fathers and their mothers or
other r"asor>e have put upon them
nhnu,caps that make IL impossible
for them To ever have fair chance
Many a time men are forced into
uhcongeniai work because of either
lack OF educational qualifications or
other limitations. They never find
themselves. They work and work
nara. but forever they feel their souls
cIainped because the paths that they
IKE and the work for which their
souls call Is never open to them
Grey In the "EleEy" goes over the
. churchyard and muses. over the un.
known and obscure lives who are
represented by these "heaving turfs +"
Perhaps he suggests here lies some
mute and inGlorious Milton" pcr-
haps, yonder lies some village Uamp-
dcn' guiltless of his country's blood, :,
or perhaps 'penury froze the genial
current OF their soul" They never
nad a chance 10 show what was in
them. they lived and died unknown.
Eyes Gicnr In Eleventh Hour.
raul Is driven to Arabia just as he
received his vision of Christ He
waited many hours, but they were
not lost hours We all have dust in
our eyes and sometimes II takes just
THIS waiting to the eleventh hour to
get It out. s. D. Gordon tells OF a
gentleman. who was asked by an
artist friend 10 come TO his home and
see n painting he had just finished.
AL the time appointed. he went and
was shown by the attendant into a
dark room and left there. He was
| surprised. but quietly awaited de-
velopments. After fifteen minutes his
friend came into the room with n
| cordial greeting and took him up 10
the studio to see the painting, which
| was greatly admired. Before he left.
the artist said laughinEly. II suppose
you thought IL queer to be left in that
dark room so long" Yes" the vlsi-
tor said. Il did" Well" his friend
| replied, l knew that IL you came in
10 my studio with the glare OF the
street in your eyes, you could not
appreciate the fine coloring OF the
picture. so left you in the dark room
until the glare had worn out Of your
eyes" Jesus has n message OF love
and sympathy for even eleventh. hour
men and women and more than that
there may be in ii purpose divinely
beautiful.