Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20

would have been lost. IL was my
mothers prayers. my fathers guild
apce; it was certain Christian leaders
hands which led my right. AS l was
dependent upon the spiritual lialts OF
others know that others are watching
your spiritual lights aud niue o
man. D woman. be careful and not
give out false lights TO your fellow
Christians. Be careful that you do not
say one word which might lead some
one to leave the right course 1t was
just q sentence. II do not believe In the
excitements OF rev.Vals." uttered by
the president OF Princeton college. that
kept Aaron Burr from becoming a
Christian anu n man OF God instead Of
a monster OF iniquity. Watch well your
lives lest your Inconsistency causes
some weak soul to stumble. AS Paul
said lie would eat no meat while the
world endured IL meat caused his
brother to offend. 80 do YOU beware
lest your indulgence dim the light
which you should be giving. Ye are
the light OF the world. Ye are the
standing sentinels over the
rocks of sin upon which many Chris.
tan craft will be wrecked If your light
goes out. Burn brightly. Burn true.
Ye are n guiding light.
But l end the divine light In man
looks after Gods weaklings In tenn
poral as well as In spiritual sense.
1t strives TO lift the iron heel of tyran-
ny from the PROSTATE neck OF the help
less 1t labors TO prevent injustice and
crime and evil temptations of all sorts
from walking unchallenged through
our streets TO be a menace to the lives
OF oar boys and girls. 1t sees that
one class OF men shall not be allowed
TO quench this fiendish thirst for the
blood OF another's arteries. Darkness
Is the symbol Of sin. Light is the SYM
Dol Of the gospel. The one mission of
the gospel light il to develop men for
Christ. The other mission is to burn
out sin wherever found. In the light of
the gospel we. as Christian men and
women, must go forth to plead for
Christ with men in a spiritual sense.
With the white slip Of paper at the
ballot box wo also must place the pro-
tecting guards about them In legal
sense.
sunbesas Cure Disease.
The sunbeams Gun cure physical dis
ease. The gospel light, il Christian
people will only perform their Chris
San duties at Ne ballot box, will cure
governmental disease The late DR..
Neils Finsen by scientific Investigation
found that certain microbes would die
under certain colored lights. We know
that al governmental injustices and So
cial crimes and city temptations will
disappear under the bright rays which
may he flashed from the gospel light.
Thus II Is every Christians duty to see
TO IL that as far as he may be able he
shall have Christian supervisor and
n Christian. common council and n
Christian mayor and a Christian gov
ernor and Christian congressman and
n Christian senator and a Christian
president OF the United States. III
Christian church members will stand
shouidcr TO shoulder at the ballot box
the injustices and crimes and evil
temptationsw which run rampant through
our great cities will no longer exist.
But 1 bethlnk myself rs I come to
the close OF this sermon on Tran
scendent Light that I have two duties.
The one is TO the servant OF Jesus
Christ; the second Is to the man and
the woman who-haye not yet been
willing 10 accept the Saviour's love.
The one Is TO the disciple OF the Chris
tan light; the second is to the child Of
Satan, who is living in the darkness
OF sin. These are the two classes of
my audience. There is no third group.
for 'he that 10 not with me is against
me. and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth abroad" AS come 10 this
closing part OF my sermon 1 tremblo
with excitement. know. as YOU
ought TO know, the tremendous results
OF your decision. Why do 1 tremble?
Because your father. your mother, your
wife, your child or the preacher Of this
morning cannot make you become n
child OF light IL you are not willing
TO do so OF your own accord.
The gospel light. like that OF the
suns Hight. with all OF fits creating,
saving power, is the easiest OF all great
u.
nings strike everywhere. They cut to
the right and 10 the left. With one
blow they can split rocks and wreck
homes and dismantle trees. The suns
heat cannot be ignored. even IL one
would. When the hot summer months
come. all who can do so fee from the
cities and HE themselves away TO the
woods or the seashore. Closed doors
and windows make the sitting air only
the more oppressive. The poor little
children moan and cry. The sick, II
they are not taken away 20 the sea-
shore or the high mountains. often die.
The city parks are crowded with sur
fafing humanity. ~
Cannot Escape Thunder.
You cannot escape II You would the
sounds OF the cannonading OF the ele-
monts when the thunderstorm begins
to growi and to crash. The frightened
girl may run to her bedroom and close
the windows and draw the shades and
bury her ears In the pillows. The
booming discharges OF the heavenly
artiiieries send their echoes even
stone walls. But the sunlight
can be overcome so easily that all one
has TO do Is to close the eyelids and tie
a bandage over the face. and as blind
man he viii have to grope bis way
along the darkness. All one has to do
Is TO plant. the flowers under the shad-
ows az wall. and you can see them
pale and droop and wither and die.
Light may have q creating. a develop
ing. protecting. a saving influence,
but light Will never force its way
through a blocked vestibule or through
q thick obstruction which has been
erected TO keep 1T out. Thus the gos-
pei light will never enter your heart
unless you wish II to come Christ
said, 81 am the light" What is your
VIE you accept that light?
Will you reject 1T and live In eternal
darkness?
What is your life to be? What is
your death to be? What is your eternI-
" to be? One moonlight night upon
The Hudson river there came the quick
ing of the pilots bell. warning the en-
sineer that danger was ahead. 1t was
/ moonlight night. No boat was near.
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