The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-26
No More Contemplate to
Legalize Impure Houses
Than to License Saloons, Yet
Legislature Would Balk.
DIR. JAMES CANNON
PUTS 1T TO CHURCH
Declares Honest Citizens Re-
sponsible Until They Enact
Laws That Will Shift Blame
to Officers Who Fail to
Enforce Them.

Lkening the forces Of evil to this
lions of ancient Judca, the Rev. James
Cannon, Jr., ID. ID, last night drew .
striking parallel betwc en- Benaiah. the
son of Jehoiada. and the church o.
Christ DR.. Cannon filled the pulpit
of the Broad Street Methodist church
and the sermon, which Was filled with
forceful allegory, depicting the Meth
odist church as militant body fight
ing for the salvation OF souls. was
heard by a congregation which filled
the large auditorium.
Taking as his text the Z2d verse al
the eleventh chapter OF First Chron.-
cies. DR.. Cannon showed that benRiah
was one of the three spoken 81 bs
David as Mighty Men He held
Benaiah up as the best type Of Chris
tan. who did not wait for others &c
urge him to do the right. but Went ou'
on his own volltlon, and saw the right
and did IL.
In speaking OF the two great evils
which grow and tester in the COM
munity. Mr.. Cannon plead that the
ehurchmen go forth Ia Spite OF the
sneers and ISLANDERS Of eY,l aad flgh'
the good fgh, unfi the evg. We're
driven from the state. lie DECLARED
that the lesaliaatton OF the houses o;
III fame in Richmond Was no: more
contemplate than the IegallzAtion 81
the liquor trRtAG.
Make Odie3af> Responsible.
Roth trsi1ics deal iu soltis," be de-
clsret They are bound together
with chains of brass .aud tbere ~ np
more reason for the state 10 recos-
nlze and sanction hne man There il
fer the S:Hte 10 iesaitxa both,
"A fHan said 10 me mot losg ago"
declared MIR Cannon. shat IL safa
State went dry bird tigers would
eprsng mp. lie thought that the sa-
lpon was better than the blind tiger
because it did not bring the law into
contempt
Can the law be brought more into
contempt than il is eT the existence
Of impure houses where liquor il sold
without license And though the
presence of blind tigers is TO he de-
piorei yet even though they exist. the
blame IL taken away from honest clti-
Eens. and must he placed upon pub
lie officials who fail to do their duty
in their suppression"
In speaking Of the Did Testament
hero Remain. who went forth To bat
tie because he knew Ii WAS right. DIR
Cannon showed that in the case at
FfSt} great IMAM TIE @at&fAF tlAtk~kN W dr
observed
Take the Lees of Virginia" he
said t'They are great This greatness
did NOT come OF Itself They made
themselves great. Richard Henry Lee
was a great man in his day. and Light
Horse Harry Lee had the confidence
of Washington when Robert r.. Leo
arrived at the age of manhood he did
not sit down and take the reflected
glory of his fathers. He went forth
and made hts name greater than all
the rest.
Church Resting On Nance
II sometimes think that ntayhe-t the
Methodist church of today Is more or
less resting on the name which the
glorious men of the past have made
for II. When the fight ceases the
church must cease, and sometimes it
seems to me that the fight has stop
ped. Then ! go to the Old Tesla
ment and read about the old heroes
who resisted temptation even unto
blood. and my faith IS revived
THE church must fight in the fore
front OF the battle. The church must
70 down into the pit. even as Benaiah
did. and slay the lion which hattens
on the blood OF our youth. We must
carry on the good fight against Satan
and bring the souls upon which his
lcathsome hands are placed back into
the Kingdom of God.
There IL no use TO Ivy and
wait for opportunty< van ever
was made great by luct have a
great president now. ar $ some
times said that he is the IA of for
tune President Wil~s~ III not be-
come a great president hr luck. He
may have gotten tho domination for
he ri 1,tyf - itsY hAy an.
portunity sought him II found him
ready to take up the fight and lead in
the battle for. betterment
Shake S,oth. Seifisi,ness. Greed.
II have heard men say Walt until
y ind the opportunity, and l. Will do
something. In the meantime they sit
Idly by and wait for opportunity TO
rome along. The habits of sloth. sell
'fshness. and greed are hard to shake
Off, and these men will find. when the
OnnQrtGnity- CARES, -that--~these-~-.ol
habits stand BY seady- to stab them
In the back
rive must set into The habit OF do
ing great things. There is nothing
more glorious than to have people
come TO one for help. II Is glorious
thing to be 4 man 10 whom people
look for help. Such a man was Be-
naiah. and such men must be the
churchmen of TODAY. Ours must be
the burden of the battle against vice
and unless we take UP our burden and
carry on the fight until the last war
rior OF Satan Is vanauished we are
not true members of the church of
Chris..
Christ looked down from Heaven
into this pit OF sin and shame. which
we call the earth, and he came down
Into the pit to shay the lion at intern
perance. iust:4 and wickedness. He
fought the linn all the way up the
mn TO Calvary and died thai the WHY
TO salvation might be clear. we scf
Hle church must carry on the fight !.
Mnvkexl With Lions Paws.
How uaany men lii Richtnnnd and