The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-27

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teak care ~ Aki4. And. On the more
row. ~ toek cut two pence and gave
Ift % the No. ma pxsd: 1kxe care Of
Him; ana wIakspsver thou apendeat
more. 4 4. VIZ. \ come back asAin' wiil
Mote TIE fAct that this spod
Samaritan had credit at the inn. He
didn'. 20 around tho lobby Of the Inn
asking the ssEvAnts II they could get
him Z quart 0f whiskey. or pack OF
Turirish cigarettes. You can count on
one thing. man with good name
lean always ees credit II No had had
1a5aor ON bis Augsrss a0r "
The had ckrf3sd q pistol and q pack
/ Of cards orr i nozzle on hi1 hip, ~
some Of yOu "a A these days, yon can
put II doNN hather heAwould have
cotton cfedlt II under s.such circum-
s sisso ~ RI Sess o1s ss aa,s n nnS
s oS 70 e. yosr 4 { h0 NOT san
the CHINESE Or JapanesS that come
to our western coast that we have the
real yellow PERIL II 10 In the yellow
streak betwssn the fingers OF our
young men. II lie made IN Richmond
and In Durham. That Is the great
yellow peril OF today. But the inn
keeper knew the Samaritan and took
Need Round-1r4p Tickets.
when some of you go down to
a round Grip 3io1AE II you didn't you
might have tcwalk back from Bal
timore or Waehfngton, after you have
finished your hours Of debauchery.
1.-THE young man never got 10
Jericho. Remember that. He. no
doubt thought great evil had befallen
him. He only realized that his money
was gone and his face battered up
But that 10 not whore the real agony
OF that trip took place. 1t took place
IN the hearts OF an old father and
back to the old east gate he was met
by father and mother. They re-
joiced that he had returned. To them
It did not matter 30 much that he
had been robbed. 1t was the Joy OF
bringing their boy back to Jerusalem
that set their old hearts on fire.
"I call your attention to the fact
that Chrfgt's last trip on earth was
from the gate of Jericho to the cross
at Jerusalem. where He CAV Salvation
to men. II you wish to come along
those footsteps, the way Is open. No
n batter whether you are a Zaccheus or
n Rahab, or blind FBartemius. all OF
whom suffered from the effect of sin.
YOU, too, can put your feet In the
footprints OF Christ and make your
way back to the cross, from Jericho
to Jerusalem.
TITS hard fight an uphill fight,
ana II leads to cross. But It is
ghe way Christ went TO show men the
way.
Sin Hard Taslzmaster.
"Sin 10 diabolical and cruel You
must pay your debt of sin. 1t is
most incorporating collector. II
will have its price in the end.
when you turn your back on your
mother. your wife. your sister or your
daughter and leave the path of purity,
you are not manly. You cannot do
this thing and still be a Virginia
gentleman. 1t takes a man to be
Christian. Am talking to degenerate
sons of brave ana noble sires, who
fought behind Lee In the days OF Civil
war. or am talking to sons who are
shedding glory on the good and hon.
orabie name OF their honored fathers7
LAS a physician and a minister I.
with the family doctor, often
stand by the death-bed of some man
who is passing away. The doctor
knows and I know and We look at
| one another with understanding. The
family weeps and does not under
stand It is charged to the strange
way of God with men, that this man
suffers SO. IT IL not God that gave
| him that suffering. but the devil. That
doctor and 7 know that somewhere.
probe bly, twenty-five years ago, there
was day of sin which left its blot
on that mans life. We understand
too often why that soul Is called to
meet it's God.
you may fool wife and mother and
cister and daughter, but you cannot
| fool everybody and you cannot fool
1 God"
1 DIR. Blackwell closed with a stirring
/ appeal to the men of his audience to
| turn their steps from the road that
| leads down to Jericho and to begin
1 the uphill climb back toward Jer-
-,saiem In the footprints of Jesus
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