Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10

with It. Landseer ut once dressed and
went down 30 see IL. He stood a mo-
ment and looked at the huge body
Then be said. Bring II into my study"
They carried II In. Then Landseer
took up his brush and commenced 10
paint. He painted that dead lion In
the midst OF a great exparse OF sand
He called the picture The Desert" IL
became bis most famous masterpiece
The model which his friends tossed
aside as joke he took and made out
OF II n stepping stone TO n throne. SO
In professional as well as In mercan-
tile life there are opportunities lying
about us everywhere. IL we grasp
them In the love OF work. II we sacrI-
ace for them. even though at the time
they may seem to amount to naught.
our dead lions" win become "liyng
lions" When a man works for love,
then q man. like Sir Edwin I.andseer.
will make everything he touches re-
dound TO his own success. az In the
mercantile world thy employer compel
thee TO go With him one mile. 90 with
him twain
The Cali of the Church.
but there Is another authority that
has right 60 subpoena your time ard
your sacrifice. lust as Caesars courier
had right 60 compel the Hebrew TO
protect him when he was carrying the
royal message over the Judhean hilis
This authority IN the church II has \
right 10 coAe 10 you In the hoEae. Ia
ihe ssore-apywhere you may bc--apd
say: God wants your money. Cod
wants yonr tllae. God wants your
personal sncriHcea Come with noe for
az least QUO nile" New Christ aays:
''ln the name % the church yea should
not only be willing to SO Que mile for
Gods church. you should be willing 20
40 the twain mile" Yet how few PEG
pie are willing 20 give up their money
and time aud personal SACRIFICES for
the church % Cod rs they ought.
You seem 10 have time for almost
every other line % work on earth but
that Of the church. I 40 60 you today
and says Mrs, So-and-so. I do wish
you would come aud work In our sun.
day SCHOOL I have one % the finest
classes ot girls you ever saw. There
are almost twenty girls In H. They are
Just az the critical age or life. II we
can only hold them for Eve or six years
longer they will make grand workers
for God. But they must have the right
kind OF teacher. VIII you comeT'
And Inevitably hear an answer some
thing like this: oh, can't come. That
means I will have to ret up early Sun
day mornlng and always be there You
had better ask some one elae who can
be more faithful and better fitted for
that work than l." And 90 I am put
OF from getting tho right kind OF teach.
ers for my Sunday school. Just as near
" all pastors and Sunday school super-
intendents are put or. The average
church members are willing to 20 the
first mile for God in the church. They
are ready to attend Sunday morning
service-that Is. IL they can come In
late and leave IA soon as the benedIc-
ton is prOnOunced-but they are not
willing to go the twain mile. They are
not willing to give whole hearted serv.
ice, consecrated service. entire service.
TO the church OF the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, my brother, what authority
should have n prior claim upon your
services 90 the authority OF the church
OF the Lord Jesus Christ?
The chief purpose for which the
church was started was the saving OF
souls. Could any work be more i'm
portant? Some years ago I saw an
officer OF the law pursuing n thief. A
carriage drove by. without one mo-
ments hesitation the ofticer command.
ed the driver to halt. He leaped into
the carriage. took the relns and hit the
horse with the whip. He made that
horse run ut full speed after the fee
ing thief. You say ut once: THAT IL
right. The officer had a perfect right
TO do that" Well. my friends. then !
would ask you this question, II that %.
hcer had right 20 take u man and his
carriage and pursue a fleeing thief. has
not my Lord and my God n right 10
summon you TO come and work In hIs
church. where Christian people are
working and praying In order 10 de.
velop boyE and girls and men and wo
men so that they will not become
thieves and social outcasts? Is the
hreman's work. who rushes to a burn
Ing building. any more important than
that OF Sir Humphrey Davy. who
manufactures the little mining lamp
that there may not be a fatal explosion
IN the miner
TIE Cs.stryss csli.
But 1 cannot close without speaking
one or two words with direct reference
to Caesars couriers. Christ Is here
enunciating the doctrine be preached
TO the Pharisees when he said, 'sRsnder
unto Caesar the things which are Gaze
sar's as well as to God the things
which are Gods" Shall we not. In the
best and In the truest sense. be sab.
iimoly submissive 20 our city and
state and national governnentf And
yet, when our country In calling us
and needs our aid. how many Of US
turn deaf ears TO those calls! For the
peace and happiness OF our dear native
land are we ready 20 fight Its internal
enemies rs well as its foreign foes;
Are we ready 20 fight the saloon and ali
Its sinful dlves and all the evil VAN.
pires that are trying 10 suck out the
iifeblood OF our social organism? Are
we willing 20 be true 10 the nation and
come TO her help. as the Hebrews
should have been willing to spring &c
the aid OF Caesars couriers and &C
with them net enc mile. but twaina
Would that In these times of peace
we might be as true to the best inter.
ests OF our nation az were our ances-
tors In times or war! Then 1t was with
them no question OF money. Oh, how
heavily the burden OF taxation rested
upon themi Every loaf OF bread ia
those war times was taxed; every crp
OF coffee and tea was taxed. Then the
women sewed and the men poured
forth their money in rivers OF gold.
Not only did they give their money,
but they gave their blood and their
lives, 10 save the land. Mothers brought
their sons TO the recruiting officers and
said: II am woman. / cannot fight,
but here are my boys, my brave boys.
Take them and let them die as sacri-
hces that their country may be free"
Fathers left their wives and their chill.
dren: brothers left their parents, their
sisters, their sweethearts. Those brave
men left these brave women and went
forth to die by the tens OF thousands IN