Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-11-02

shall feel themselves bound to keep
them, and when n man who will not
repept of his business iniquity. but
goes on wishing to satiate his cannibal
appetite by devouring widows houses.
shah. by the law OF the land, be COM
PEELED TO exchange the brownstona
front for the penitentiary. Let the
golden calf perishl
Demolished Idols.
But IL we have made this world our
god, when we come 10 die we shall see
our idol demolished. How much OF this
world are you going to take with you
into the nextf VIII you have two
pockets - one In each side OF your
STROUD? VIII you cushion your casket
with bonds and mortgages aud certifi-
Gates of stock? All. no, The ferryboat
that crosses this Jordan takes no bag
gage-nothing heavier than an imma-
terial spirit. You may, perhaps. take
$500 with you two or three miles I'm the
shape of funeral trappiugs to the GEN.
etery. but you will have to leave them
there. Ii would not be safe for you 70
lie down there with gold witch or a
ton to the pillogers. II we have made
this world, our god. we shall see our
idol, when we die, ground TO pieces by
our pillow, and we shall have TO drink
IL In bitter regrets for the wasted on
portunities of q lifetime. Soon we will
be gone. Where are the men who tried
Warren Hastings I'm Westminster hall?
Where are the pilgrim fathers who put
out for America? Where are the vetcr-
ans who on the Fourth OF July, 1874.
marched from New York park to the
Battery and fired n salute and then
marched back again? And the Society
OF the Cincinnati. who dined that aft
ernoon at Tontiue Coffee House, on
Wall street, and Grant Thorburn. who
that afternoon waited 10 minutes nj
the foot OF Maiden lane for the Brook
lyn ferryboat, then got I'm and was row.
ed across 10y two men with oars. the
tide so strong that IL was an hour and
ten minutes before they landed? Where
are the veterans that fred the salute.
and the men of the Cincinnati society
who that afternoon drank to the patri-
otto toast, and the oarsmen that rowed
transported? Gonel oh. this is fleet
ing world! 1t is dying world A man
who had worshiped IL all his days In
his dying moment described himself
when be said Fool, fool, fool"
Gold That Never Crumbres.
want you TO change temples and to
give up the worship of this unsatisfy-
ing and cruel god for the service of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the gold
that will never cruunble. Here are the
securities that will never fail. Here
are the banks that will never break.
Here Is an altar on which there has
been one sacrifice that does for all. for
by one sacrifice hath Christ perfected
forever them that are sanctIfied."
Here is God who will comfort YOU
when you are in trouble and sootha
you when you are sick and save you
when you die. For he has said:
when thou pnssest through the wa
tiers, l VIII be with thee, and through
the rivers. they shall not overflow
thee. When thou walkcst through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned. Neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee"
When your parents have brcnthed
their last and the old. wrinkled and
trembling hands can no more be put
upon your head for blessing. he will
be to you father and mother both.
giving you the defense OF the one and
the comfort OF the other For have we
not Pauis blessed hope that as Jesus
died and rose again, Even SO them
also which sleep In Jesus shall God
bring with himT' And when your
children go away from you, the sweet
dariings, you will not kiss them and
say goodby forever. He only wants
TO hold them for you little ~hIIe. He
Will give them back TO you again, and
he Will have them all waiting for you
at the gates OF eternal welcome. oh.
what n God he is! He will allow YOU
10 come so close that you can put your
arms around his neck. while he In re-
Spouse viii put his arms around your
neck, and all the windows OF heaven
VIII be boisted TO let the redeemed
look out and see the spectacle OF re-
toicing Father aud n returned prodigal
locked in that glorious embrace. Quit
worshiping the golden calf. and bow
this day before him In whose presence
we must all appear when the world
has turned 10 ashes,
When shrivclng like parcheJ scroll
The flaming heavens together roll,
When louder yet and yet more dread
s~ells the high trump that wakes the dead
lCoDyrinht Ioa,Is Elorssoh