SPIWTIAL HAPPINESS Sunday DI»cour»e by Dr. Chapman, tbt Noted PaMor-Evantellat. Wky Mea D» Not Atte^ Chart* - Sa«a« Rcisoa Qivca hy Noa-Oaar*—Tha

Valia ot Sympathy.

Xrw York I'itt - The l!cv. Hr. J. WilVur t'h»pm»n, the popular pa^l.ir evao^ellit. who i» now- preacliing to otrrflotrinfi contTT«»tion* in tln» tity. h»» (urniahed the follow-)nit eloquent nrraon to the prea*. It wi« preached from the text ' And the man Mid. The woman whom

Wir- &xr> s

Thu may be counted a atrange text tor

a aermon with auch a theme

yet we will all a*

n are the eona well a» in olhei

ahould be eonaidered by the writer of thla ^e l ™ r of Vhe^hur^h.^n^U not‘1t > a^t?e atranjte that men who take th« poaBion

mge text for aa thui^and

lam in thia rci r there ta alwi

disposition

eponaibility upon aome one elae for s doms ahd failure. 1 have sent out h through aorae peraonal fnenda aaking who were non-attendants upon rhur

■re ta always a and place re•‘"“ES

-no -..v .......unts upon church -- rive me the reeaona for their poaition, and I have been ainared to are how many have found fault with the church, and how very many with the ministry and how-re-markahly few with them-elvea. I shall give vou these excuaes as they have tent them to my friend*, and yet I doubt not bat if men were perfectly honext they would My that they were away from the ehureh attendance a constant-rebuke to of our country do not attend church; of the non-church goers the majority are men. and there ’are actually millions of men in this land of ours who have no connection with the church whatsoever A few of thi« com|>nny attend occasionally, some of them arc employed and cannot come, but the vast number have become indifferent. In New York City not more than three per cent, of the male population are members of the Protestant rhnrche* and of the ehureh membership it i» aaid three-fourth* are women. Not only is thia true in the rities, but in the rural district* aa well. All classes of people to day seem v-> have becojne affected with thia disease, Christies* [X. C ItW t'^tha't a’c^wd IS not the only thmgto he considered '» church attendance. It is easy to get a crowd; a balloon ascension always draws a crowd; be said about sensational preaching, while it draws u does not bold, and yet a crowd is necessary to consider, lor there is great inspiration in a great company of people. However, let us not forget that some ol the greatest sermons in the world's history have been preached to the few. Je*ns

spent an evening with

preached

jg%a-«is T&rtrssi ' Ninth—"The reason why I am away from the church i» because when I attend the 5S“bS^",.r» , sr~~Vsa. * Tenth - “If I ahould attend ehureh.” writes another young man. "I ahould have desire to be right with God. and the writer write* a man who used to be a member of the church, "and for this reason 1 am not attending.” It if easy to understand bowmen who live in a great city would aay this, and I wonder sometimes when I sec men in their place of business and in the .Stock Exchange that they can be as good

THE SABBATH SCHOOL IntCTMUoaal Lcsmb Comment* For

Sahiact: Pul Croaae* <o Europe, Acta irk, t>l5—Ooidca Teit Acta Mil, I8-Me«. cry Veraet. ♦, 10—Caanaeatary oa * lb tin'* I else*.

"risers tsifJ

themae

The*

ge that they can be as good

„ /.Iris “'"a s hopsleaaly rn*laved and loit rhe*e are the reasons presented. It

...mid be better for us to call them excuse*, for excuse* are very different from reasons. An sxcute is a subterfuge behind which men hide; reasons are entirely dif-

sr.u? ir,

are excuses pure and simple.

It is said that an honest confession is good foi the soul, and there are some things that we as members of the church and as pastors of the church might as well

acknowledge first as last.

First—\V c ought to recognize that men cannot be driven to the church, but they may be attracted. They will not go simply

Ssru ;^z

won. and tve ought to remember that the average church building, shut up tor the week, with the undertakcra «ign the most prominent upon its exterior, it not attract-

:cond—\Vi4f each new i

*— —— a new order of bu-—“ .—1- -V

otje man and

^ a- Ssrt

fis. b Zrs His teaching.

S'JTJ 'fc.r’a K d,d “sia

the pews. He was then almost persuaded to give up the preaching; when finally he did go on a boy up the gallery beard the text and began to live, and the boy was the preacher who led 13.000 people into bit osm church and drew a multitude to Christ the wide world round. His name seas Charles H. Spurgeon. Yet I am perwhat we bear on every *>dr, but rather

as

men have suggested to me for non-church First—One man wrote-. "I am out.", babit of attending church.'' It ts a very wsvsnS -"i itjt this respect in these day*; for with over SsfeUrstVS' iSSSt' church, they lower the spiritual atmi phere of the city and their last state

h, j;.

tended church, now the children are conspicuous for their absence. I ran remember fn my own boyhood’s days that no one of the children, however young or

I think oi the next generation of n church goers unless the chutch

— to attend church. That is a reflection

uZ-'L •si. ra i? ,'ZH

* ch ™” *.

Fourth—'1 do not attend church.” says gnother. "becncse I am too tired.-’ and in

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li* country.

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dare, that it .-cts him. and that he fcegms Mon-Uy aiway* refreshed. Rest is -Fdte rss'r.i, ■elfish man is one who i* out of proportion. I have no right to consider .imply my own comfort. I am a citjzm and I am responsible for the morality of my city. I

SSi

gion rohnd” About Hurlbut thinks the

' this prorin-te.

but a* quick! ’'glsyr

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very heart of avilircd heathendom. The Sr-s ras-nSS;

frotfHiBMl gardl. J^R. WALTER S. LEAMINO.

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tmtU restrained Paul « that her route remained open except that

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methods may be absolutely valuelew. and -e have a Scriptural warrant for changing mmsm SlHrlrC-iS out the window why a sentinel was stand-

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and he did not know, and then he quesand guard them. The order had n»ver of an old method or an old tradition im .trad of shaping themselves to the times. We have a gospel infinite in it* beauty and it* sweetness, and we with such ought to make encouragement apparent to lost men. Third—We have to nreach to a comtween rich and poor are to be despised; the ESStVi STLi-SntS business upon them, and he is the •—* KZSZte.'&St ISS.'S 1 : KS into the kingdom of God, but we are

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ehureh where the preacher lacks a holy boldness in the presentation of the truth. Nfen will not come to tty ehureh to hear theories or speculations; they want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, aud a positive theology in the pulpit is the moat plearing to the pew. Fifth—It is the Chri.flike_ spirit tl

lurch that feel* it* mtribution to meet that need. In other days when the church bells of St. Paul’*/ in Txmdon, chimed the midnight hour there used to be a tall, thin gentleman with a lantern and one-or assistants going from arch to arch group to group, stooping down by this hungry man and that ragged beggar, picking them up gently, feeding them and clothing them, nut belter_tban " *

where traveler* from the upper the writer of this hietory. and a naUve Struts ffih’JrsA:

sr^y pri i&f-a ■'Macedonia." This most celebrated coona;’.7. c -ia, ^;rUnderstood by Paul to be a call from the TSi &* sr $ After they were not permitted to remain EiasSr ^ “ I’. “Samothracia.” A rocky island in the Aegean 8ea. near the coaat of Thrace. aeapert Philippi, cixty-five miles from ^^‘‘PhiH;

7a5:rg,"A^£“^^rss;: with Roman laws, the Roman langnagc aD l d | R? W* n, ^ D t." Pa«l. with his fervent earnestness. These were the gospel workand her colonies all men known

tn,^Ls

The Macedonian women o< !?V^hre£ C onw n tbi^’ 0 oUi W 14. “Lydia.” A ‘woman

force. She ‘

forbidden to apeak. The first Asiatic'

European soil, aa ^ —

and were h-ld other parts of tbc

at the very provn. by the Spirit, first Asiatic con-

vert on European soil, aa Cornelius seat the first European convert on Asiatic soil. These two cases of Lydia and Cornelius were the two .pan* of the bridge which united Aria and Europe by the gospel. “Rcllcr of purple.” Lydian women were celebrated for the art of purple dyes and fabrics, the traffic in which was profitable, they being worn chiefly by the prince* and the rich. .lodge. 8: 28; Lake 16: 19. “Worshiped God.". As a .proselyte in f

1 is Earl Of Shaftesbury, who ilsiee at West End to dig with-

* if these places of

—— m —— -— -—_ H1UUHUB mmmm . ..—. —civs help msCe my -own life belt** or my from Lord Shaftesbury, for be was too tfce sermon, are too ^ong.^ nut another, cart and donkey,.and with his crest em-

in rhurch for year*. 1 am well at the sermon* med to be long. 1

huve/hi*'palace in the tilth and

' iaduct. Finally, the

they would not recc"

baftei" ’ ‘

or years. 1 am

a used to be long. 1 have sat

many a time through aa hour aermon with my father, but a. a matter of fact very fur" men preach long sermon* to-dav, and yet .trance to aay tty vary men who object to long sermon* could ait through boars of a theatrical performance g-hich would be crucifixion to aome ol ns. Seventh--"! am fed upon dry husk* when I attend church/’ writes another, and that n tree in some place*. There are so-called Christian rhurchc. where men preach any-

-thm; but the gospel. They are a disgrace

to the profession and a diafconcr to Orist. Jt if. however, my privilege to know aa

• many minister* aa the mart cf men. and

I know comparatively few in all this great company who preach anything hut the gospel of Christ. It i. tree, however, that the world feed* upon dry husk*. Remem-

T_the story of the prodigal

Bat that i* not st all the question that and

donkey, and with his crest eraled on the harness, snd when they that they aaid. "Lord 8haf(rebury _« with ns add be ahall help at/’

"When did your reformation beginV a arntlemm asked a Christian man who had been formerly a great criminal. "With my talk with the Earl, sir," ty replied. “What did the Eari say?” asked the gentleman. "It was not *0 ranch anything he aaid, hot be took my band in bis snd said. Mack, you will be a man yrt/ It was the touch ot hi. hand electrified by hi* soul of love, and that will M a great day for the church when men alt in its pews and pass out. and others say to theft. "And what did the preacher aayr and

t trfi

is his textr

t nine was your attendance upon tb* ■ch. and if the reply could be, '1 only r that while the minister preached I

what value

know that while the 11 minister preacbeO nined to be a better man, preaching • sort would draw the un churched

in a multitude to Christ.

— prepared to receive toe truth. To give bCed.” (R. V.) She received al.d obeyed the truths of Ihc gospel. 16. "Household.” All whp n-Vbe iaeluded in this term joined with i.ydia in her new faith. "Faithfol.” If yoa have confidence in my profession, then do 1-ooor to me by routing into Iny bouse. “Abide.” V. e have here the first extmr*-' ~ r tiao hospitality which was o 1. Cecil in the apostolic church. Tiding* from Atbcmanc county are to the effect that Col. A. L. Rives, father of Princess Troubetzkoi, who has been critically ill of appendicitis, has improved somewhat. Kanawha Lodge. I. O. O. F., of Charleston, has let the contract for a fine new temple, to be erected on the lot owned by the order, comer of Capitol and State streets. « The grand jury of Buchanan county returned indictments against H. C. King. \V. A. Wilder. C. L. Dixon and Watkins Blankenship for bribenr.of witnesses. The County Court of Jefferson County -- ordered all tollg— — " “ — turnpike closed.

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