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UK. CHAPMANS SfiKMON | A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY TKE NOTED PASTOR.EVANCELIST. Subject: Wlv Met. Do Not Attend Church S'mnr Koukoiia Given by Non-Goer*— I The Value of Sympathy Spiritual IfappincßM I-'outkl In (iod'i Love. New York City.— I The Rev. Dr. J. WiJ- 1 fur Chapman, the popular pasture vangel- | ist, who iw now preaching to overflowing , congregations in this city, has furnished j the folio wing eloquent sermon to the | prese. It was preached from tlie text j “Ami 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. 'J his may be counted a strange text for a sermon with rfueh a theme as this ami yet we will all agree. I am sure, that nil men are the sons of Adam in this respect as well as in others, for there is always a disposition to excuse self and place re sponsibility upon some one else for wrong doing and failure. I have sent out letters through sofne personal friends asking those who were non attendants upon church to give me the reasons for their position, and 1 have been .amazed to see how many have found fault v ilh the church, and how very many with the ministry and bow re markably few with themselves. 1 shall give you these excuses as they have sent them to my friends, and yet I doubt not but if men were perfectly honest they would say that they were away from trie house of God becalm* u something in their own heart and life which made church attendance a constant rebuke to them. This is an important question we h ive to consider. More than half the inhabitant of our country do not attend church; of the non church goers the majority tire men, and there are actually millions of -men it- .‘hit land of ours who have no eon neetion with the church whatsoever A few of this company attend occasionally, ton; ■ of the n ar’ employed and cannot come, but the vast number have become indifferent. In New York City noi more than three per cent, ol tin male population are members of the Protestant, churches, and of the church membership it; is said three-fourths arc women. Not only is this true in the cities, but in the rural districts as well. All classes of people 1o day seem to have become affected with this disease, for there are Christless > ich as well an Ghristless poor. It is true that a crowd i not the only thing to be considered in church attendance. It is easy to get a crowd; a balloon ascension always draws a crowd; i! the minister m sensational he usually )as a crowd about him, but there is this to be HitiJ ahgpit sensational preaching, while draws it does not hold, ftiurye! a crowd is necessary to consider, for 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. Jesus spent an evening with one man and preached on regeneration as no man h;s ever preached, and Nicodemus became a child of God. lie must needs go through Samaria and stops at the well curb of Jacob because there is one poor woman there, and she had her life transformed by His teaching. One cold rainy night in England year ago a minister said, “I do not think I shall attend the church to-night, for no one will be there,” and when finally he did go be found a scattered few through the pews. lie was then almost persuaded to give up the preaching; when finally he did go on a boy up the gallery heard the text and begun to live, and the boy wa the preacher who led 13,000 people into his own church and drew a multitude to Christ the wide world round. His name was Charles 11. Spurgeon. Yet I am per kuuded that what is needed to-day is not so much ministers that will draw, that is what we hear on every side, but ratlin churches that will hold the people that at tend, hold them by Mieir sympathy, hold them by their manjMtation of the Spirit of ‘Christ - These 44r the leasons wnieb men have suggested to me for non-church attendance. 1. First- One man wrote, “l am out of the habit of attending church.” It is a very easy thing to form any kind of a habit, but it once broken it is difficult to begin ugaiu, especially if it be a habit to do good* Our large cities are remarkable in this respect in these days, for with ovn thousands of people in them professional rhureh members who do not frequent the church, they lower the spiritual ntmot nhere of the* city and their last state i frequently worse than the first. Second Another man wrote that he was not a church attendant because be had never been trained to it in his youth, and tins is certainly true, for tin* homos ha\i changed; for while it used to be that the father and mother and tin* children at tended church, now the children are con tpicuoiis for their absence. I cm remem her in my own boyhood’s days that no one of the children, however young or however old, had the right to stay uwa\ from the house of God. I tremble when J thin!; of the next generation of iiu;:- ciiurch goers unless the church reforms k-peedilv. Third One young man writes tha: lie has come to believe that it is juft maul) to attend church. That is a reflection upon the family life, for the father ol the bouse might to so reflect Christ in his home life that the children could easily say. “Of all the good men in the world my father is the best, and if church at tendance can produce such a character 1 shall never be absent.” Fourth “l do not attend church,” says another, “because I am too tired.” and in many respects this is the most reasonable excuse presented. I believe the time is coming when the business life of our large cities must be adjusted so as to give those who toil more time on Saturday, thereby giving them a better opportunity on Sun day to worship God, and yet one of the busiest men in this country, with whom jt was my privilege for a number of years to be associated, the Hon. John \\ a \ maker, who attends church every Sum! iy from early morning until late at night, de clares that it vests him. and that he be gins Monday always refreshed. Rest is not idleness, but a change of occupation. Fifth—-One man writes that he had rath er sleep and read than attend church, but that is pure, unadulterated selfishness. A selfish man is one who is out of proportion. 1 have no right to consider simply my own [comfort. 1 am a citizen and l am respon jaiblt* for the morality of my city I ought to Ik* willing to do anything that would make my own life better or my brother’s life better. Sixth ”1 do not attend church because the sermons are too long.” said another, and yet he confesses that he has not been in church for years. I am well aware that the sermons used’to bo long. 1 have sat many a time through an hour sermon with mv father, but as a matter of fact very few men preach long sermons to-vfhy. ami vet strange to say the very men who ob* iect to long sermons could sit through imirs of a theatrical ptromance lyhieli would be crucifixion to some of us. Seventh—“l am fed up, n dry husks when 1 attend church,” writes another, and that is true in some places. There are so-called Christian churches where men preach any thing but the gospel. They are a disgrace to*the profession and a dishonor to Christ. It is. however, my privilege to know Pp.my ministers as the mast of ir.ni, and V know comparatively few in all this great company who preach anything but the gospel of Christ. It i> true, however, that the world feeds upon dry husks. Remem ber the story of the prodigal. Right—“l am just as good as the mem bers of the church: why should I attend?” j Fut that is net at aU the question lhai ! should be considered by the writer of this letter. Me may b** a.s 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 not take the strong characters of the church instead. The question is, “How does your life com pare with that of Christ?” lie is the ideal. Ninth—“ The reason why T am away from the church is because when I attend the sermon rebukes my manner of living.” Then I beseech you, in the name of Christ, change your life, and to the man who writes this letter I send out a special nlea that God may lead him speedily to Him self. Tenth “lf T should attend church,” writes another young man, “I should have to give up my evil companions, and I ajn not prepared now to do that.” It is an awful thing for any young man to say that his love of certain companions binders his desire to be right with God. and the writer of this letter presents the strongest reason why he should turn quickly mto the straight and narrow way that leads to life. Eleventh—“ The secular side- of life ap peals so strongly to me that 1 find inv spiritual interest is becoming deadened,” writes a man who used to lv- a member of the church, “and for this reason I am not attending.” It is easy to understand how men who live in a great city would -av this, and 1 wonder sometimes when I see men in their place of business and in the Stock Exchange that they ecu be *;- good they are. It is an alarming condition, and sooner or later such men will find them solve* hopelessly enslaved and list. The.-e are the reasons presented. It would be better for us to call them ex cuses, for excuses are very different irom reasons. An excuse is a subterfuge behind which men hide; reasons are entirely dif ferent. A few reasons have been given in the above remarks, but the most of them are excuses pure and simple. 11. It is said that an honest confession is good for* the soul, and there are some things that we as members of the church and us pastor.) of the church might as well acknowledge first as last. Firs* We ought to recognize that men cannot be driven to the church, but they may be attracted. 'Hay will not go simply because it is their duty or because the Bible tells them to go, but they may be won, and we ought to remember that the average church building, shut up for the week, with the undertaker’s sign the most prominent upon it* exterior, is not attract ive to the un-church people. The inside of the building may be beautiful, but doubt less they do not think that. •Second—With each new generation new conditions present themselves. Within twenty-five years the methods of business have entirely changed, and indeed within ten years anew order of business prevails, and the church must keep up with the times. The old truth is sacred and can never he changed. God pity that man who tries to present anew truth which cannot be found in the word of God, but old methods may be absolutely valueless, and we have a Scriptural warrant for changing our methods every Sunday until we have one that will win the indifferent. This warrant is found in the little word “un til.” in the parable of the lost sheep, tl,— lost piece of money, and the lost boy, for the Shepherd searched, and the woman looked, and the father waited until the lost was found. The Emperor of Russia in passing through his palace with a distinguished visitor one day was asked a.s they looked out the window why a sentinel was stand ing at a certain place on the grass. The Emperor asked the sentinel of the day, and he did not know, and then lie ques tioner! the gentleman in command of the forcer, and he could not tell, but when the records were .studied it was found that years ago the wife of the Emperor had no ticed a hunch of wild flowers growing there raid had asked a *cruinel to stand there and guard them. Tin* order had n-.-in born reversed, and for years and years the soldier had been standing there, and there are many people in these days who stand guarding some withered flower in the shape Vf an old method or an old tradition in stead of shaping themselves to the times. Wo have a gospel infinite in its beauty and its sweetness, and we with such ought to make encouragement apparent to lost men. 'Third— We have to preach to a com* pos te man. Jf a church makes its plans to roach the rich only it is not Christian, wliai' ver el e it may be; if it plans sim p:> t< reach the poor it. is not an Christ would have it. The distinction made be tween rich and poor are tobifdespised; the gospel for nil. 'There is not more elec tricity to-day in the world than twenty* tiw years ;-.go, and not more in America than in the heart of Africa, but Edison harne- ed ;t and makes it useful, and that !.* the need of the day for the church. Oh. for some man who can take the old gospel which h.-.v been given to the world for cen turies ;ud make it attractive. We find men with the influence of the week ot bn- :i*-s upon them, and he is the best preacher who finds men as they are and t hen h ads them to Christ. There are some , . v ackers more particular about their pro r'.uneiation than about the lifting of a soul into tin* kingdom or God, but we are thankful that these are few in number. Fourth- Let it be known that men have never been found in great numbers in any church where the preacher lacks a holy boldness in the presentation of the truth. Men will not come to the church to hear theories or speculations; they want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but tin* truth, and a positive theology in the pulnit is the most pleasing to the pew. Fifth - It is the Christliko spirit that draws. Education is well, philanthropy is not to be despised, culture is a good thing, but the church that makes its hold upon society is the church that feels its need and makes its contribution to meet that need. In other days when the church bells of 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 group to group, stooping down by this hungry man and that ragged beggar, pick ing them up gently, feeding them and clothing them, tint better than all, telling them of the Lord Jesus Christ, and so he snont his night.-, robbing his sleep of its allotted time. Who is this man? He has i:i his veins the bluest blood of the British royalty. He is Karl oi Shaftesbury, who leaves his palace at West End to dig with in the filth and squalor of these places ol tho Hilton viaduct. Finally the coster mongers acid they would not receive help from Lord Shaftesbury, for he was too proud and his blood v.as too blue, and so the great man became one o. them, with cart and donkey, and with his crest em blazoned on the harness, and when they saw that they said. “Lord Shaftesbury stands with us and he shall help us.” When did your reformation begin?” a xrentleman asked a Christian man who had been formerly a great criminal. “With mv talk with the Earl, sir.” be replied. “What did the Earl say?” asked the gen tleman. “It was not so much anything he -aid, but he took mv band in his and said. ‘Jack, you will W a man yet.* It was the touch of his hand electrified by bis soul of love,” and that will be a great day for the church when men sit in its news and pass out. and others say to theft) "Ami what did the preacher say?” and they reply possibly, “well, I cannot tell what he said.” “And what was his text?” might be the question, and the answer. "I do no; know his text.” Well. then, ot what \ due ws* J-iny attendance upon the church, and if the reply could be. 'I only know that while the yiunister preached 1 determined to be a better man.” preaching of this sort would tiraV the un churched and win a multitude to Ch rist. - MEDDLING MAIL MAN MURDERED Fatal Shooting in Atlanta, Ga., as the Outgrowth of Neighbors’ Quar rel—Two are Held for Crime. While driving from his home to the postoffice Thursday morning shortly before 7 o’clock William H. Simpson, a mail carrier, at Atlanta, Ga., was shot to death by Willis R. Riggers on Crew street, near Ormond. Riggers and hi? brother in law, H. I. Sterne, have been ordered he!d on the charge of murder, and Mrs. Biggers, Mrs. Claude Goza, Mrs. Riggers’ sistei* Samuel H. Craig, a nephew of Mrs. Biggers and Mrs. Goza, are held as accessories. Biggers has put up a plea cf self de fense, claiming that Simpson shot first. Five shots were fired, and according to the testimony of the undertaker who prepared the body for burial, five bullets pierced Simpson’s body. Biggers and Sterne waited for Simp son on Crew street at a point where they were hidden by an embankment. As Simpson passed the shooting took, place and he fell from his buggy and was unconscious before he could make, a statement. He was taken to the. Grady hospital, where- he died three nours later. The shooting was the outgrowth of an attempt made to have the home of Mrs. Biggers and Mrs. Goza declared a disreputable house by the police. Simpson lived at No. 490 Crew street and the women resided next door, at No. 488 Crew street. A short while ago Simpson presented a petition to the chief of police asking that the women be made to move from the neighbor hood. The case was called in the re corder’s court and withdrawn before there was a trial. It was thought by the police and the friends of all parties interested that the matter was at an end. According to the statements of Big gers and Craig, Simpson continued to harass the women with his accusations §nd they wanted him to make an ex planation of his conduct and that led to the shooting. BAYONETS AWE STRIKERS. Soldiers Called Upon to Suppress Riot ing |n Pawtucket, Rhode Island. For the first time in the history of the city of Pawtucket, R. I„ bayonets in the hands of soldiers ordered out by the the governor of the state tio sup press riotous disturbances glistened in the streets of the town Thursday. The astonishing increase in the num ber ot lawless acts directed against the United Traction Company, whose union men have been on a strike since June 2, and the inabi Ity of the limited police force and deputy sheriffs to sup press rioting induced Governor Kim ball to call the militia. Numerous scenes of disorder occur red during the day and more than a score of persons were injured, one fa tally. In the presence of about 1,000 per sons and the militia Thursday evening Adjutant General Sackett read the riot act. The city was taken possession of by the militia. A provisional regiment was formed, composed of companies from the First and Second regiments, with t-he first battalion of cavalry. The regiment responded to an emergency cal! promulgated by Governor Kimball and Brigadier General Herbert S. Tan ner assumed command. In the after noon orders were issued calling out the third division of the naval reserve and the machine gun battery. DEVIL IS AGAINST CANAL. Senator Morgan Declares His Satanic Majesty Dominates Waterway. Senator Morgan, n a speech on isth mian canal Thursday intimated that Minister Silva, of Colombia, had been recalled from Washington because the’ Colombian government could "raise no money on his opinion,” which was not in accord with the views of Colombia as to canal concessions. He said that Colombia, if the United States should pay $40,000,000 for the Panama canal, would get $1,000,000 down, “ana how many millions more, God only knows—or his satanic majesty—who. I think, has more to do with this busi ness than the Almighty.” A QUERRY FOR ROOT. War Secretary Asked to Explain Dis missal of Miss Taylor. Representative Shallenberger. of Ne braska, a member of the house com mittee on civil service reform, intro duced a resolution Tuesday requesting the secretary of war to communicate to the house “the causes and reasons ter the dismissal of Rebecca J Taylor from her position In the classified ser vice of the war department.’ Miss Taylor is the clerk dismissed by the war department for criticising the president in connection with the administration of Philippine affairs. UNCLE SAM HAS VOLCANO. Kilauna, Hawaiian Islands. Gets Busy After Ten Years' Rest. The correspondent of the Associated Press at Honolulu states that the vol cano Kilauna. on Hawaii, has broken loose again. Flames and smoke are rising above the crater The outbreak took piace June 3 and up to the time of the last reports from Hawaii, dated Friday, it was still continuing. One Cow Skin. An instance of military thrift and of a red-tape system which is not pe culiar to Germany comes from the Prussian war office. In 1866 the guards were breakfasting hurriedly. They had, on the previous day, fciuglst the battle of Soor, and had accom plished, altogether, a nine days’ march. This was not the era of can ned meats, and to each regiment had been allotted a certain number of cat tle, which had been killed, skinned and cooked; but while the men were still eating, scouts came in with the news that the Austrians were near at hand. The men got into marching order, and in a few minutes were in rapid advance toward the enemy. The Grenadier Guards, conspicuous Sv ways for their dispatch, hurried to such purpose that they failed to se cure the skin of a cow which had been made over to them for rations. When the official who was respon sible for the value of the hide came to ask for it, it bad to be reportea missing. Inquiries were set on foot, evidence was collected, and a vol uminous correspondence lasting four teen or fifteen months failed to ao , coiifit for the skip. There had Teen a cow. She had beeh made'ortr to the guards. She had a hide. The hide was govern ment property, representing a sum fixed by official tariff. The govern ment must be credited with that sum. The hide was not forthcoming. Who should be responsible for its cash value? It was at last decided that the col onel of the regiment should be held and a year and a half after the conclusion of the Seven Weeks' War he was requested by the war offi'de to remit the sum of three thalers, the price of one cow skin lost by the Grenadier Guards. 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