The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-01

, street Iba ptlSt CnnTCNt on SUNDAY
right last preached to large congre-
cation a sermon of thanksgiving for
the great victory of the cause of right
eousness in the recent election. His
sermon follows:
I Text. Ps 115:1-"Not unto us, o
Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name
give glory"
1t would be very ungrateful in us
not to give thanks unto God for the
great achievement of last Tuesday.
DO we not all believe that He from
whom ali blessings flow was in it?
When We consider that Christian peo
: pie all over the land earnestly preach
( cd and prayed, and some wept and
tasted For success, nothing seems more
appropriate than that we should re-
member the Lord and bless His Hoy
Name.
! I cannot resist the thought that if
the whiskey people had won, there had
been no thanks given to God, and no
songs of praise would have been heard
! on East Grace street, or any other
+ street, but as II was. thousands upon
thousands have rendered heartfelt
! thanEs to the Almighty.
7 And surely 1t Is proper and becom-
7 ing in us. in public way. To ac-
knowledge our Indebtedness to the
Lord. and praise Him for the greatness
OF the victory.
Greatest Rattle In Generation.
It IS said to have been the greatest
battle at the polls that the State has
had for a generation. and the ad-
vantages TN general were with the
other side with the exception of
three or four, ] think, all the news
papers were wet and their columns
were fllfed from day TO day with every
iuagina bile argument against prohi-
hnu lntanablp and false
they might be The monied interests
were largely on that side; the banks,
Y bctieYe in general were with them!
many honora ble ANA influential citizens
allowed the free use of their names;
/ nearly all drinkers and lovers of liquor
were easily enrolled. and some good
ana conscientious men were deceived
and lent their support. In addition to
all this, unlimited money was poured
taefaFa-
fuse and deceive fairly flooded every
corner of the State, The pleas of local
option and self government were in
cessant and loud. and the hobgoblins
of taxes and tobacco were industrious
ly displayed.
So Scared Ready to Climb Tree.
admit thar rlfta vts1tsiYye 'sts eeeesied
In doing one thing They succeeded
in frightening the temperance people;
] confess that at one time ! was so
scoroa tba+ was ready TO climb a
go ~, It,or( vas no tree To climb. II
- i,l,,>Y,, 80 49,, re- mr. sa1oop put
80. re-, yvas the victory, Both
t.;1nr 49, s,,rr,isnd q, tho result.
". sboy,,d rtva thanks to God for
en- no1Ie lao 6ers in the fight knd
,,,r,t,a T t,,o,,1d not ho invfdions I must
go, +ba+ IN my Judgment Dr James
S'a.nr r. doserxes nnstfnted and
Stoto,,iaa nraise for the wisdom he
3tDr,ta,,ad e., w. 10 borg no nerfornned
"a 60 thn l[iraiv aod Cbristiar
1T. ~ ,ra,tfae+nJ ,,rder malicious
ar,a avas,o~ottnp attarka that were
a,,,',tlT1,a91t r,aan ,,,fC,+, him
,h{,,t, tbst nv Mcdaniel has
iaor,ad the gratitude of all for the
strnandons amnl,rt of work he did.
IT., IN Who'll, ri his vacation to the
-, 80 Iccisny telling and stun
pJ,e hlo,ue Ia i've adversary Let not
80 ,saria,,1 poiiard hs forrottsn in
~, ,,ox,+ f-,,harratorsal choice whose
,',.s,li,,,,,,ss ava i,,,,trcibla logic proyed
-, -, ~ -, dafopen Ana what
III + -, of A., a1itors n Tho Rich
r,a xft,.,,,,i.no It-ho so surcessfuIly
-. 49,, s',t-tIa arguman,s reflected
-. "a axnceea Tho deceo.
- - 10 ,'ot ,ancrs I give II as
W.. t,,as-,,tn,t ana heller thar without
~, 'yisert,,tar tbc haiti, would have
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