The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-12
QUIZ CH1LDREN's SERMON.

Fault Finders and Fault Receivers.
Tsxt: Thsy Found Faith.--Mark 7:2.
A secret for my JUNIORS: We usual
~ nd that for which we are looking.
II We are looking for ntcksh we will
nnd number Of them during the
We viii be sure to ind plenty Of
them. II We could and nicksis as
easily a. " sfAnd faults we would soon
BE- millionatres. IT we were willing
to give away the nickels ~ freely as
We give away the faults Of our friends.
then fault receivers would soon be
automobile riders. Fault finders are
not the meanest people In the world
Fault receivers, people who listen to
John nnds q fault IN his friend,
Robert--probabiy not hard to find
and then he ana ~ boy willing to
hear about It, probably not hard to
And. The bog who hears Il would not
eey anything against Robert, but feels
free to tell all his companions what
John said about Robert. He can have
the fun OF telling. and then have the
fun OF seeing John and Robert fight
Il out.
The man who gathers cigar butts
from the gutter II Q mean fellow.
but not 30 mean as the man who
makes them into cigarettes. d The man
who smokes them gets all the mean
ness. The butt gatherer is the fault
dnder. The man who wraps up the
faults In the tissue paper Of IT heard"
II the cigarette maker, and the smok-
er h the fault receiver who blows
the fIngs OF scandal Ike smoke. /
want my juniors to decide to-day not
to find fault with any one, not even
q little fault, until after Easter.
11xah hi az ~ khasr
when children, were fault finders and
fault receivers. Have you noticed
that they now never find fault with
any one, and that they now refuse to
Itsten to the fault finder? Ask father
and mother how they got rid Of this
bad habit.
A long time ago, In the far. far
away. there were hi1dren. now all
dead, who went home from church
and poisoned their parents ut the din
ner table--poisoned their minds by
ending fault with the church. II you
should ever find any fault with the
church. do not tell your parents. as
It might keep your father and mother
away from the church. Particularly,
let here be no fault finding until af-
ter Easter. Let me tell you q story:
A boy who had the habit OF fault
anding died and was admitted into
paradise On the express condition that
he was not to indulge this habit of
censurtng and criticising. He saw
two angels carrying beam cross
wise and knocking it against every
object they met, but said nothing.
He wanted to find fault, but did not
He next saw two other angels draw
Ing water from q fountain and pour
ing It into q cask which had holes
In the bottom. but he still held his
peace. At many other things OF the
same kind he also suppressed his
laughter and remarks, apprehending
that he might otherwise be expelled
from the place.
AT last he saw cart stuck fast In
the mtre. with one pair of horses yok-
ed into 1t before and another pair be-
hind. and the carter urging both for
ward 1t tho same time. It was more
than this boy could do to refrain
from finding fault. ana the conse-
Quence was that he was seized by
two angels and turned to the door.
Before 1t closed behind him, however.
he looked back. and perceived that
the horses were winged and had sue
ceeded In drawing the cart out Of the
mud into the air. Hef can there be
any doubt that, Ia the other easea -
the beam and Of the cask, there were
equally good reasons for what was
done. 49, 49,. 49, ~.
Fault finders remain for a long
time on earth, but they cannot stay
long In heaven.