The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-26
On. PERUVIAN
STRONG APPEAL
ASKS QUESTION sNutID CHRIST
WEEP OVER NOR
FnIkY"
The SABBATH QUESTION
NORFOLK DIVINE URGES CHURCH
PEOPLE TO EARNEST EFFORT
TN HASTEN ABOLITION or
CfTN's EVILS.

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theme used Sunday ntshi Us tae Flrst
iSaptis, church tv the pas,oy, l'r. Il.
W. Peruvian, flis teAt was And
when bic was COME uoar lie heheld
the city. and "crt over il. Luxe
NV, A.
stand before TINS sp'eD3fd audi
ence.' said thc doctor with "a teM
SO sad that the heart Il moHed to
read a. A wall Il "a like The wall
of heart BROKEN mother over the
disappointment ef worthless and
'iisehediaut sos. Look moment VITA
YOU at the sssnf. II vas spring
time. The Wild bros with fuH chorus
Mere In the Woodland The Insects
wing made Music ig the grove, The
shepherds with ffDeks and herds were
seen on distant halls. Flowers bloc
Soned In tho valleys nclow tUs Mpuut
of Olives on which the son of man
with the marching hosts had now
come The throng shouted and the
Phar}sees ASKED for a rebuke. The
Lord said the time had come for
His name 30 be- praised aud II not
by human Hips. the silent rocks that
lie made in the morn OF creHtion and
stored away In those hills NeHi0 leap
forth from their silent slUmber with
hosannas To the most high
lie was not so much moved. how
ever, by the shouts OF the thrung as
He was about the doom Of the city.
Their wicked ways rolled before Him
like the waves that lash our shores
from afar. lie saw the storm clouds
gathering: He heard the moan If
sighing winds coming ana He like i
hen calling for her brood to come UNI
der His wings and be warned by His
heart and protected from the storm,
but they heard Him not and lie wept
and refused to be comforted. knowing
fun we'll the awful doom that lowered
over the city because If the wicked
ness. Why did Christ weep over
Jerusalem 2 They neglected the house
of God. II the people attended the
temple or tabernacle service II WIS
form and void Of spiritual worship.
Woe To any city when the people
delight not in the worship OF the true
God, but find more pleasure by the
see side than In their churches.
st IL truly sad To see what little
liz made OF the sabbath in this city
by church mem beers for religious wor-
ship.
Men of the world tell me that
there are more church people on the
seashore on SUNDAY than are found
In all of our churches and they spena
more money for worldly anusements.
ett.- IMAM tHtE give ikif tiui VI
This day is the Lords day and
how have we spent 1t Would Christ
weep over the way His day is kept
in this ctfvg 1t IL truly alarming
when We stop To think how the Chris
sian Sabbath ~ abused and the sad
dest part about IL is church people
don't seem To care.
Then, again. Christ wept because
the people were given 20 all kinds of
til. hn
weak Men in authority were oppos-
ed to true religious principles being
carried out between man aud man.
How true that ia to-day. Men In
authority disregard the welfare or
these who need help. This has been
seen in granting liquor licenses where
strong protest have been made b5
people, both white and eolored. who
had the good of humanity at heart,
Thank God "old John Barieyc@rh
got the hardest blow he has ever got
In Texas yesterday. surely Christ
would weep over n CITY given 10
drunkenness and made 80 by the con-
sent of church people,
Judge Alien. in HIS charge 10 the
grand jury the ether day in Durham.
n c.. said, Take up this docket here
this morning and squeeze the whiskey
out of IL, and We would adjourn court
FOR killing his father. but that . his
key vas at the back OF II, haze
never tried fatYier for 'kHlfhH mis-
son. a brother for killing his brother.
husband for killing his wife. but
that whiskey was back Of the crime.
Awful words are they. coming from
fudge who knows what he Is talking
about.
IL know. and Yot know. that this
cItv has a bad name, but the day IL
dawnIng Men in authority have
driven gambling from eur gates Po-
ncemen are no longer blind on the
waking .ua and, expect to sac the
Sav when the Old Dominion Will Join
hands with her sister States and free
herself of the accursed drink. In ths
xflspt watches az the night IL hear the
awful moan of drunkards' wives. the
mournf,,l wall Of orphan children. the
cry Of haartbrosen mothers for de-
haucned sons and refuse to be com
sarfed. for thAv are not in the name
Of Him who went over a wicked cjtv.
stand ready 10 enter the tlgh4 mat
viii free the ronr ar,lrkar6 az the
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