The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-04
DR.. WELLS SHOWS
CHRISTIAN IS DUTY
aESpoxsr OF CITIZENSHIP
POINTED OFT ny BROAD
STREET PASTOR
POLITICS HIS THEME
CALLS ON CHURCH PEOPLE TO
VOTE AND THUS BLOCK
SCHEME or THE IN
sCRUPrLoIs.
POLITICS HIS THEME

The Christian in Politics was the
theme Of the sermon preached hy
Rev DIT Frank H. Wells AT Broad
Street Methodist church last night.
The text was the parable OF the
Brambie King as recorded in the
ninth chapter ot Judges The trees
went forth to suDint IL King over
them, and they said ta the olive
tree Reign thou over Us sat me
olive tree said uutu them. Should ]
leave nv fatness To- be promoted over
the trees fhcn said the trees unto
the vine Come thou and reign over
is. And the NIne salG Should
leave ruy wine o. GO and DE pro
rnoted over the trees Then said
The trees unto the bramGie Come
thou and re'1n over ts And the
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The Devils Masterpiece.
After showing that Christianity has
vital relation ~ all the legitimate
activities of human HE that Chris
tan religion is not something for
special occasions. that ethical hifor-
mHs or moral quality is the devll 8
masterpiece uf deception that Chris
tan principles are to be applied In
al the walks Of life. MIR. Wells CON
tinned,
II protesting Christian men leave
their Christianity locked Ip In the
SUNDAY clothes Al home or shat m
in the pew of the church ready FOR
next Sundays piettstic fervors. and
do NOT carry Christian urtuciplea into
their EVERYDAY affairs If they are not
peryaaed by the Christian spirit
when they consider the resuongiDii-
ties Of citizenship. We may expect
to see the brampJe-kir ruling over
us
u am old-rashfoned erouKh IN state
fl as my profound conviction &bot II
our institutions are tn be ner|aaed
by Christian snirlt 81 our names
are 10 be protected as the cttadels Of
purity and love " the nation "a tn
oecome more and more the strong
hold of truth and iustfce-then we
as trhrtstian men rnDst ha interest ed
@no1xn in our government to bear
our share of tina resnonsthfiirv IF eitt-
zensnin.
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