The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

~ AZ Ii the first 1--WE verses ~ the third
Il chapter of second Timothy Paul men
lions twenty evils which he says viii
he~vaii in the world before the end
III e time, and the presence of which
Wfn Ae the signs of the last days. AS
examine this long list oi evils, one
Il any one, We find that they are all In
I tha world to- day. Hence we conclude,
81 nl,Dn Scripture authority that VIC are
n t1Vfng in, the last days.
We will take up Just one Of the
III oNenty.
The eighteenth evil IasuI mentions
h ~ that men shall be:
sss Lovers OF pleasures more than low
<T1 OF cod"
" Does this description fit the men
and women OF the twentieth century
~ u Jehovah the God OF the world to-
II u4y or Is pleasure the god OF the
wnrad7 Who has the most followers,
q Epteurus or Christ? Who has the
Il tafxest place In the hearts, minds. lives
am pockeihooks ut the men and
women OF our day, pleasure or 1od
I4}l me what men and women think
4DOut: tell me how they spend their
<3M1@ and for what they spend their
100Av most freely. and viii tell
~. beyond the shadow OF a doubt.
sg4tO or what is their God
- Man complained to his business
Dqz1ner that he was spending too
&Much money on his church. His part
eAr replied, You spend more money
IN M ono year OH your fox dogs than /
Nd Ind In five years on my church
Hen do not consider it extravaganza 90
SXtO DQuAnder money ON foolish pleas
%MfeA The church mem bers OF our
10y, 10 say nothing of the woridlings
9o ptling ten dollars upon the altar
pleasure for every ten cents they
100 upon tho altar Of God. Surely
~ angels must blush for shame when
~ nee professed Christians dropping
kolD IN the Lord's treasury on sun
9s while, during the week, they pile
~ tho altar OF pleasure by fivea,
1 and hundreds OF dollars
LAYERS OF pleasures more than low
~ God
Aor0 are two kinds OF pleasure in
world. the false and the true; the
nemtaxy and the enduring
o@es recognised the fact that the
lnree Ut sin are but for season
G not that a pleasure which God
&6reAAened. nor that Il blessing
xoA God has cursed
10 buys money too dear who licks
rom the thorna-" says an old pro-
have run the silly rounds
aid Lord Chesterfield 4 have
1eXod AL the pleasures OF the world
Appfntsc them at their real worth.
M3Ch II In truth very low. Those
90 hASA seen their outsides only
1872 uverTate them, but have been
a1nd the scenes. ! have seen all
coarse pulieyS and dirty ropes
llch move their gaudy machines
Zen ! reflect on what / have seen.
- have heard. and what / have
NE. ! can hardly persuade myself
0&92laA III tnaf frivolous hurry and bus
~ uT pleasure In the world had any
my I look upon all that In past
one OF those romantic dreams
M9ch opium commonly occasions ana
80 ~ no means desire To repeat
me nauseous dose
ssa Thle rs the frank confession of a
~ who drank from the fountain OF
Nefy worldly pleasure Xerxes who
sesame surfeited upon all known
eAsures, offered reward to the
~ who would invent some new
9eAAures Ceryantes was overwhelmed
m dependency while all Spain was
M A4nghjng at his wit and humor
& tOitere. the French comedian WAS
#SWAys melancholy Samuel Foote :,
notsd Wit. died Of broken heart.
= stranger called upon u London
- Rhyslcian one morning and told him
&t4W4 UG WIZ u3fHS OF the DlbNS. AFTER
xAmination, the doctor said that he
I'M not need any medicine. but adj
I'D diversion OF mind and suggested
~ ne go and hear a famous come
I'm who had just reached the city
All" satd the stranger. Il am that
nan."
sss Ihero In nothing so productive of
Rnelancholia there is nothing that
SNalt more quickly and more complete
m nd ~ 4Ay nd
NeAce, snd shroud them, while they
I've. In the pail and gloom or death.
A3An the Indulgence Of sinful pleas
s1fea Nor is there anything which viii
more quickly snd completely sap
their physical strength.
SM In the middle ages it was custom
&Aslong royal rivals To send each other
poisoned bouquets. The beautiful
1eODatra received basket OF roses
18th dead asp coiied In the bottom
a& the basket The bouquets ar sin
4ni pleasures are presented by the
bxMMreat enemy Of our souls. and we may
MI ~ sure that they have been dipped in
E poison, or that a deadly asp is coiled
the bottom OF the basket.
|sss@ Now we are far from condemnfng
sMfl pleasures as sinful, immoral un-
k0ay, or even harmful We are far
s&Usn condemuing innocent and whole :
F Moxne enjoyment. We believe that ii
KS34 the will Of God that we should live
a8txht, happy, cheerful lives, and that
@1 should enjoy. to the fullest extent,
$&3 He muitftudinous pleasures which He
~ - spread about lis in such pro-
ZION.
God does not want as 10 90 about
nth long faces and never smile or
mae any one else 10 smile A long
s&Aes does not look well upon Chris
4n. This world n not a bowling