Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

wife her husband they do IL deiiber
htely sad premeditatedly. They do IL
with their eyes wide open, and they
fully realize the enormity of their sins
and toward whit destructive rocks
they are heading. But. thouglfa father
MEYER tsl;s falseliocd To his marital
companion without forethought, that
parent may thoughtlessly fall into the
habit OF deserving his children. They
arc SO young. Re thinks they 10 not
remember and 30 not understand. The
same law applies 10 the Wife MS well as
TO the husbapd The mother some day.
wear;ed Ivy the perpetual racket, says
TO her cl;iid, Now. Harry, If you will
20 20 bed this afternoon and take a
nice long nap viii take you out for a
ride this evening" The child goes 20
bed without q murnur. When evening
comes the mother wishes to do some
thing else. The ride is postponed.
What Is the resuis1 She deliberately
cause she does not think il necessary to
be honest with her child. 81
The father comes 10 the side OF the
invalids crib and says, Now. my son,
II you are patient and good and VIII
take your medicines as you ought,
when You get well will give you a
bicycle or n watch or a printing press
or u sroll saw The sick boy thinks
and dreams about that coming present.
But when the child gets well the bills
begin TO come in. The doctors bill
and the druggists bill ana the trained
nurses bill stagger. the father. He
neglects his promise. or he says: 81
cannot afford that bicycle now. You
must wait. my son: you must wait
awhile" That night the mother says
TO her husbands; Husband. do You
think IL IS right not 10 give the boy his
presentf Remember. you promised
him" rOh." says the father, ehe Is
only child and will soon forget It,"
Will be forget your promise2 Never.
man, neverl A chiid,s mind and heart
are Ike the rolls OF a Photographic in
strument, Every time you speak into
q chia's ears the roll Of memory re-
ceiyes an indenfntion. After awhile
your human voice may be. still, but
these memory rolls vii, speak forth
the records OF your broken promises.
tell you candidly would sooner lie
to any being on earth than to one of
my own children. II I lie to them I
not only destroy myself, like Ananlas
and Sapphira, but in all probability I
absolutely destroy my little ones also
Falsehoods ia the church: That
meaus many of us are weekly and
daily breaking the public pledges we
nave made 10 God. Take, for instance,
that promise which you made when
you joined the church. Have you kept
it, Every Sunday night at the close Of
the meetings the members OF hundreds
and thousands of Christian Endeayor
services are repeating the Christian
Endeovor pledge. II promise him that
4 will strive 10 do whatever he would
like TO have me do; that Will make II
the rule Of my life to pray and read
the Bible every day aud to support my
own church i'm every way, especially by
attending all her regular Sunday and
midweek services, unless prevented by
some reason which can conscientious
young people read the Bible every day
and conscientiously try TO attend the
midweek church services? Are they
simply perjuring themselves to God
with their lips? Are they trying. con-
scientiousiy trying, TO live up TO the
teachings Of the beautiful motto. "It Is
better 90 be than 10 seem?" Remember.
the perjurers OF my text were destroy
cd because they were making n false
statement 20 the church. Many and
many church members who deliberate.
ly at the church affairs continue TO lie
10 God and continue 90 break the prom.
ises which they are making Sunday
after sunday must answer TO God for
their sins as Ananias and Sapphira
had TO answer.
a Segregation.
Thus, my friends, the whole trend of
this sermon is TO prove that-.
Words ore rnishty. words are living
sespents with their venomous stings.
or bright angels crowding round us.
With heavens light upon their wings.
It's TO prove that every word we
utter. whether true or false, that word
shall never die. IL shall at last meet
us at the Judgment seat OF God and
make US explain why we ever let Il
conc forth from our lips. II Is 10
prove that God does not have one Ian
guage Tor the week day and another
forSunday. The Paphlagoninn pigeons
were said 60 have had two hearts. but
no human mortal can have two hearts.
A man cannot have one honest tongue
with which he speaks 10 God and an.
other false tongue with which ne talks
TO his fellow. men. The Bible distinctly
and cmphatically states that Chris
uans must come forth out of the sim
ful world and separate themselves
from II In no way can this be done
better than by speaking the Christian
language OF straightforward truth. Are
we ready 20 speak that truth wherever
II may be found7
But there Ia Just one little suggestion
would Ike to make before Close
Remember, a, lie Is not always told
with the lips. II can also be spoken
by the hand and the foot. The last
words my father ever wrote In, his
study We're these. .'The Language OF
Action" They were to be the CAPTION
{" the next sermon he intended 10
write. Beware. o man, that, when
you attempt TO speak In this Language
OF action" you shall NOT only have an
honest tongue, but a truthful hand and
Truthful smile. truthful shrur OF
the shoulders, truthful foot and also
very imperatvely. n truthful silence
There Is time TO speak. There Is also
a time to keep still. But IL a man
Seps still when he ought to speak
then silence itself may speak In the
thumderons tones Of the loutlest ar
hrinatiyes or OF the loudest negatives.
Let your life. In all fits parts be YEA.
yea" and may. nay" Some insects
have Thousand eyes The human be-
ing by the Language Of action NAV
have Thousand tongues. These wor-
snip either at the altar OF truth or M
the satanic shrine OF endless faIsities.
tCopyright, 1913. by Louis Klopsch.l
singing Isto a Phonosraph.
When a singer is up before an audi-
ence he or she can tell whether the
eject OF the voice Is pleasing or not by