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SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS
Sunday Discourse by Dr. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
Why Men Do Not Attend Church — Some
Reason Given dy Non-Ooers— The
Value of Sympathy.
New Yong Ciry.—~The Rev. Dr. J. Wil
bur Chapman, the popular pastor-evangel-
ist, who is now preaching to overflowin
congregations in this city, has furnishec
the following eloquent sermon to the
press. It was preached from the text
“And the man said, The woman whom
Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me
of the tree, and I did eat.” Genesis 3: 12.
This may be counted a strange text for
a sermon with such a theme as this and
vet we will all agree, 1 am sure, that all
men are the sons of Adam in this respect
az well as in others, for there is always a
digposition to excuse self and place re
sponsibility upon some one else for wrong
doing and fariure. 1 have sent out letters
through some personal friends asking those
were non-attendants upon church to
» me the reasons for their position, and
I have been amazed to gee how many have
found fault with the char and how
very many with the ministry and how re
markably few with themselves, 1 shall
give you these ex as they have sent
them to my and yet 1 doubt not
but if men perfectly honest
ould say that they were from
God something in
18g
heart which made
Cues
friends,
were they
Away the
ol because of
own
rebuke to
attendance
we have to
in unportant question
More than half the
untry do
hurch goer
and there are
men in this land of ours who have no con
nection with the church whatsoever A
few of this company attend occasionally
some of them are employed and cannot
but the vast number have become
indifferent. In New York City not more
than three per cent. of the male populatic n
the rote nt chur
the majority are
ctuglly mi
lions of
come,
hes,
1% said
$34
districts
Vv seem
i disease,
Christless rich az well
It is true that a crowd
i nsidered
get a
crowd
be said al
has a
pensatic
it draws )
18 NeCesss
mspira nin a great
Howe . 3 not
the greatest serm
have been
spent an
oes not
ongd
ua
ns in
hed
th
evening wiki one
nrea
no man h
bet
1st needs go throug)
at the
pre ached on 1% generation as
ever preached, and Nicodemus
child of God. He m
Samaria and stops
ob because there
had her life tr
Ame 5
well cur
ne I
when
stiered
as then almost
i hing: when
go on ¥
text and began to
acher i
his own chur
Christ the
Charles
led
pre
His name
Yas i am per
*Ua hat what 1 » to-day Ix ne
“0
he that
children
are
can rem i
own bo I's days that no
dren. however or
right to
God I
he next generation
unless the church
hil
had
Va
young
stay away
tremble when
of
of non
the reforms
One young man writes that
has come to beleve no?
to attend church
upon the family life
that t is
That i= a reflection
for the father of the
house ought to so reflect Christ in hs
home life that the children could easily
say, “Of all the good men the world
my father iz the best, and if church at
tendance can produce such a character 1
shall never be absent.”
Fourth-—-“1 do not attend church" says
another, “because | am too tired.” and in
many respects this is the most reasonable
excuse presented. 1 helieve the time is
coming when the business life of our large
cities must be adjusted 0 az to give those
who toil more time on Saturday, thereby
in
day to worship God, and yet one of the
busiest men in this country, with whom
the Hon. John Wana
who attends church every Sanday
late at night, de
to be associated.
maker
from early morning unti
that it rests him. and that he be
ging Monday alwaye refreshed. Rest is
not idleness, but a change of ocenpation.
Fifth—One man writes that he had rath-
that 1» pure, unadulterated selfishness. A
selfish man ix one who is out of proportion
I have no right to consider simply my own
comfort. I am a citizen and | am respon.
sible for the morality of my city. |
onght to be willing to do anything that
make my own life betler or my
brother's life better.
Sisth—"1 do not attend chuarch because
the sermons are too long.” said another,
and yet he confesses that he has not been
in church for years. 1 am well aware that
the sermons used to be long. 1 have rat
many a time through an hour sermon with
my father, but as a mater of fact very
few men preach long sermons to-day, and
yet strange to say the very men who ob.
ject to long sermons could eit through
urs of a theatrical performance which
wonld be crucifixion to some of us,
Seventh—"1 am fed upon dry husks when
1 attend church,” writes another, and that
is true in some places. There are so-called
Christian churches where nen preach any:
thing but the gospel. They are a disgrace
to the profession and a dishonor to Christ.
It ie, however, my privilege to know as
many ministers as the most of men, and
know Comparatively few in all thie great
ho preach anything but the
gospel of Christ, It is true, however, that
the world feeds upon dry husks, Remem-
ber the story of the prodigal.
Eight-—"1 am net an good se the mem.
bers of the church; why should I attend”
But that is not at question that
should be considered by the writer of this
jetter. He may be as good as some mem-
bers of the church, but is not it a little
strange that men who take this position
always pick out the weak members and
line up beside them. Why nol take the
strong characters of the church instead.
The question is, “How does vour life com-
pare with that of Christ?’ He is the
deal.
Ninth-—'"The reason why I am away from
the church is because when | attend the
sermon rebukes my manner of living.”
Then I beseech You, in the name of Christ,
change wvour life, and the man who
writes this letter I send out a special plea
that God may lead him speedily to Him-
self,
Tenth — “If 1 should
writes another young man,
to give up my evil companions, and I an
not prepared now to do that! It i= an
awful thing for any young man to say that
his love of certain companions hinders his
desire to be right with God, and the writer
of this letter presents the strongest reason
why he should turn quickly into
straight and narrow way that feads to life.
Eleventh the side of life ap
peals so strongly to me that 1 find my
gpiritual interest is bes {eadened
writes a man who used to be smber
the church, “and for this reasor
attending.” It
men live in a
this, and I wonder
men in their place o
Stock Exchange that
as they are. It 1s
and sooner later
leasly
re
to
attend church,”
“] should have
CCU al
Ning
ol
im not
4 :
i8 easy to understand how
vou.d
when |
wan great oily Kay
amelimes Bed
i b
they
an
themselves hope
These are th
would be better
cuses, for ex
them ex
ifierent irom
An exen erfuge behind
men hide: ne are entirely dif
fe " 2 yng have ¢ 4 x 1 in
remarks, | ' { }
pure
reason
ferent A
{ above
exe
he
are Uses
It is said
good for the =
things that we
and as pasts
t 1 $
ieRnow edge tirst
First—We ought
cannot be driven
may be attracted
their
io
because 14 1s
hible them
won, and we ou
rch
the
i
tells
AVErage «
week with
minent up
Hn
ind the
chur
The
times
ries
did
the gent)
and he
were
i}
oped
forces,
records
the
ticed a bunch of
nd bad asked a sen
guard them
been reversed, and for »
fier had been standing th
those
the neod of
SOME Man wh
hich has been given to
turies and make
thes and
here are some
preachers more particular about pro
nunciation than about the lifting of a soul
the kingdom of God, In we
these are few number
it be known at men have
never been found in great numbers in
church where the preacher lacks a holy
holdness in the presentation »f the truth
Men will not come to the church to hear
theories or speculations; they want the
truth, the whole truth and nothing bat
the truth
pulpit is the most pleasing to the pew
Fifth--It is the Christlike spirit that
draws. Education isa well, philanthropy i»
not to be despised. culture is a
thing, but the church that makes ite hold
upon society is the church that feels
need and makes its contribution to meet
that need
are
then leads th
LHe
into are
Fourth Let
ANY
St. Paul's, in London, chimed the mid.
night hour there used to be a tall, thin
gentleman with a lantern and one or two
assistants going from arch to arch and
roup to group, stooping down by this
iY man and that ragged beggar, pick
ing them up gently, feeding them and
clothing them, but better than all, telling
them of the Lord Jesus Christ. and #0 he
spent his nights, robbing his sleep of its
allotted time. Who is this man? He hae
in his veins the bluesi blood of the Britieh
rovalty., He is Earl of Shaftesbury, who
Jeaves his palace at West End to dig with
in the hith and squalor of these places of
the Hilton viaduct. Finally the coster
mongers said they would not receive help
from Lord Shaftesbury, for he was too
proud and his blood was too blue. and so
the great man became one of them, with
cart and donkey, and with his crest ome
blazoned on the harness. and when they
saw that they sad, “Lord Shaitesbury
stands with us and he shall help ne”
“When did vour reformation begin?’ a
gentleman asked a Christian man who had
been formerly a great criminal. “With
my talk with the Earl, sir,” he replied.
“What did the Earl say?” asked the gen-
tleman., “It was not so much anything he
said, but he took my hand in his and
said, "Jack, you will a man vet! It
wis the touch of his hand electrified by
his soul of love,” and that will be a great
day for the church when men sit in ils
pews and pass out, and others say to thel
“And what did the preacher say?’ an
they reply ibly, “Well, I cannot tell
what he said.” “And what was his text?
wight be the question. and the answer
“1 do not know his text.” Well, then, o
what value was your attendance upon the
church, and if the reply could be, “1 on
know that while the minister preached
determined to be a better man,” preachin
of this sort would draw the un-churche
ond win a multitude to Christ,
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Dispatches Boiled Down
Quick Reading.
Special for
PENSIONS AND PATENTS GRANTED.
Bank Robbers Lock Themselves Out
Bridegroom Was Absent Boxer Acquitted
of Manslaughter Burns Cause 8 Woman's
Death Two Tragedies gt a Railroad
Bridge Young Swimmer Shet.
Oy
:
thieves gained
arganizea
president
and A. E
Henry Meier,
elected principal to
van, who was recently
superintendent
Fhe Tulpehocken German Reformed
Church, near Lebanon, paid to Ihllwy
Wistar, a descendant of Caspar Wiagr
= rod roses as rent {or the ground o
The pe
terms of Cas
the in
143
which the church
in accordance w
par Wistar's demand at
ground was given
R. Smedley Hal, of Cheste
been in Pittsburg fou \
in a delirium from typhoid fever, rie
16 kill his Miss Trella
tana vinent
ith the
ne fp
Over Aa Yoar, un
*
frase i chran
his throat with a razor.
eves entered the residence of Sad
ney H. Pool, Ardmore. and plundered
the place of all the silverware to the
value of several hundred dollars,
The burial casket and planing mill
factory of M. H. Mackey & Sons, Aj
toona, together with the contents, was
destroyed by fire. Two adjoining «ta.
bles were also burned. The loss is ant
ooo; insurance, $10,000.
The dead body of John Adam Strach.
a Jackson Township farmer, was found
in a fish dam on his father's farm. A hal
let wound in the right temple mdicated
that Strach stood in the water snd chor
himself,
COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
General Trade Conditions.
Per
s
He
be
prin
St 0a Oo
Poor
A _- COWS,
&y Loal. 00 heifers $2 t0ah 20 butlle,
i a0. 80 ; Texas ted
lexans, $418
SH.g%a7 40;
7.38a7.4715 : rough
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$2 0007.30. Sheep—sheep steady ;
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ast Liberty Cattle steady ;
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Sheep lower. best wethers, $4835a5.00;
culls and common, $2002.30: choice
fenbs, $40.08; veal calves, $5.50ar.00
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Michigan postal clerks have organized
Barbers in Holland receive about $6
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. Laundry workers
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Labor organizations at Bangor, Maine,
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steers, $:o0al rass
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