Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-21

but whenever any OF you get jour hs.,o
cup full you can rack out, and VIII
preach as long as like. A generous
man /! I'll tell you what's true, there
are men protesting TO be Christians In
this very house, and God can check on
YOU tomorrow for s100 for cause
that Is lust rs sacred as home and hea-
ven, and you'll swear you "hayent
any money would give it in minute
if had it, and you'll turn right around
and give your check for $4,000 on
corner lot that you got little off on.
Just now swear you didn't have the
money when God checked on you. and
you turn round and pay out $4,000 in
money.
God will put you in hell for lying,
old fellow, understand that. God
checks on you for twenty-five dollars,
and you say, :" If had the money no
thing would give me more JOY than to
DO that" and in less than forty-eight
hours from that time | see in the news
papers you gave an entertainment that
cost at least five hundred dollars, and
God Almighty will put you in hell for
such lying. You think God don't take
any notice of what's going on in this
world. There's a Methodist sitting
right back there. :" | have all the mo-
ney | want. / don't want to add
dollar to my stock" and who
has an income of 100000 year and
he has so much for family expenses and
his church expenses-amounting to
about SO, 200, and he has about s. 900,
and the question comes up what Il he
going to do with that $1,000, and the
pastor says, "I'll tap him for the Or
phans' Home. Give me $500 for the
Orphans Homer" and the old fellow
tells him, g I'd like to do it, but I've
paid out about all can this year." and
he turn round and take that $1,000
and add it to his pile. That's the kind
Of Christian he is.
Brethren, if you're ever damned 1t
will be on account of money; mark
what | tell you. Brethren, these things
ought not to be so. If | had the money
that nine tenths Of your official board
has in Trinity church | would pay more
than you did, God knows, as sure as
my name is Sam. Jones Brother
Joyce, you're never so much with the
church until you get the stingy men off
your board. | don't know how many
you have, but hunt them down, and
tree them, and smoke them out, and
burn 'em up. A church with liberal
board Of stewards never has to rent its
pews to get money to run its preacher.
The stewards wanted me to give you
all Hail Columbia, but mine is a dou-
ble-back- action concern that hits both
ways, and they've got little, you see.
If you all can't run your church
without renting your pews, if you'll
take the pauper's oath-down in our
country, that's where you are not able
to pay anything-I'll take up collec-
tons for you all over the country and
pay your preacher for you. Isn't that
fair? | know it is. Let's quit this
pew-renting and do right, or else let's
disband and sell out to some one that
will. A man can do what he will with
himself-he can stay at a dead level, or
be can go ahead, or he can drop down.
Take man that has two bushels Of
corn lie can make whiskey out Of it
and do heap of damage; he can plant
it and raise five hundred bushels, but
that amt everything: he can give it to
the poor old widow down yonder, and
when the gates Of eternity are before
him he'll be let in.