The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-13
EVANGELIST WEIGlE
LEAVES FOR his HOME
Many Conversions Are Made During
His Stay Of Several Weeks
In Richmond.
HOLDS THREE MEETINGS.
Last Day Marked With Large Com
gregattons and Number of Con-
versions Mt Overflow Meeting.

Baptist Church yesterday morning to
hear DR.. Charles F. weigle, the Chi
cayo evangelist, were impressed with
the masterful and straightforward
way in which he emphasized the great
truth that rang through his whole
message.
In the afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock at
the Railroad Y. NJ. G. a. Hall. DIR.
Man Is Mutt" In the hall, at T;45,
there was an overflow audience to
hear the doctor. and bid him God
speed after the service.
DIR. Weigle took for his text at the
morning service Hebrews ~; "a. He
took a chance to rap the Christian
Scientists during the discourse Of the
morning. and also to tell story CT
the greatest event. of his life.
He told about his being arrested
when he was boy of rwelve years
old, and when he was called to face
Ohe JUDGE, he, did not have lawyer.
The judge told him ne would get him
a lawyer. The judge called to man
and said:
MY son give this lad helping
hand"
When he said My SON 7 thought 1
had chance for my freedom.
The lawyer came over and 'alked to
me and put his arm around me and
asked the trouble. I told him | was
guilty. He told me not to wrrry, that
wo, ID be all right.
Wren the Judge called me, the law
Yer arose and said:
Father. this lad IL guilty. out he
Is sorry fos what he has d>1e ana I
want TO recommend merry
the -udet answered ana said.
.'Scn. rs you have aske fer mercy
fc- this lad. | will give it to him "
Folks, forgot to tell you that this
was the day ! gave my heart to God.
said the doctor. land Jesus Christ,
was my lawyer. and sought and got
mercy for me. Haat / might be saved
from my sins.
When n Man Is a Mutt
After DR. Weigle and the audience
had taken off their coats on account
of the extreme heat. at the afternoon
meeting. DIR. Weigle said: Il like to
lay aside dignity. and the more dig
nifty, the more deafness. and the dead
er the sitter.
This afternoon I am not going to
preach to you, I am going to tell you
something that Is the truth. My text
Is Hebrews l2:16-17. The Bible
teaches that man is two-fold life.
We are soul and we have body TO
dwell in. Most men take good. care
OF their body, but pay no attention to
their souls. God gave us head to
use for something else besides using
it to keep our collar from falling off
that end.
There are some fellows that neg
lect both the body and soul. ] would
call that fellow Mutt They don't
put any bride on the body and 1t
soon gets them into trouble. All men
admit there Is a close connection be-
tween the body and the soul, but we
have been unable to locate the axis.
They talk about the superiority OF
men-why a moose can hear better;
the deer can run faster. horses can
endure more, and the mule can kick
harder than any man ever did.
"Essau sold his brother his birth
right for a mess OF pottage. Men to-
day sell out their birthright to the
devil, for the little he sras to offer
them. He pulls the wool over their
eyes.
Men. you enter fast life. or the
life Of sin; look at the bottom of the
pit and take look at the wrecks lay
ing around there. II Becker had looked
ahead to the end that was waiting for
him--the electric charlie never would
have gone as far into sin as he did go.
I've often wondered why some fellows
would rather live like buzzards than
like eagles Buzxards ay Low and
eagles fly high. You can also distin-
guish them apart by their smell.
Does it pay for a man TO spend all
his years In sin and then go to God
and ask Him to take the old. WORKOUT
carcass that 10 left? Women wear the
nothing nothing gowns cut off at both
ends. and yet they boiler their heads of
If you say a word about immodesty.
God has grub-staked you and me.
and some day He will be asking for an
accounting. Give Him a square deal.
does OF the whole world in material
things.
"A man il fool to think that he
can beat the sin game. The wages of
sin Is DEATH The only remedy is Jesus
Christ. He will take our sins away and
give us grace to lead clean life. You
need His help. You cannot do it by
your own Will -power."
There were several requests for
prayer and one conversion.
Overflow Services.
DR. Weigle as he preached his third ser
mon of the day at r. r. Y. C. NJ. A. He
took for his text the 18th chapter of
Luke and the 10th verse
He told OF . beer wagon driver who
was converted In one OF his meetings
who wanted to know if he could still
hold his Job and be a Christian.
Il told him: No sir, you cannot ped
die liquid damnation and be Chris
tian.'
80 We prayed that the Lord would
get him a better job. and before we
got through man in the back of the
hall spoke out and said that he would
put him to work the next morning, and
then some folks haven't faith enough
to believe that God answers prayer"
DR.. weigle said that he has some
sympathy for the tobacco user, and
said that he thought that II was all
0. X. for a man to use tobac~y IL he
would say just before using u: God
bless this chaw."
Some Christians are too short In
their surrender and others are too
short in their faith.
Don't BE baby and say that you are
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