The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-01
DECLARES EVERY SIN
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the public eye, and escape punish
ment from the hands OF the law, but
no criminal has yet passed the senti-
mel of conscience unobserved and
without arrest. The eye of the vic.
tim shall follow the assassin by day
and by night. He may wear a smil-
ing face. but in the mind there is no
peace. If every man criminally in
clined could be shown the interior
of the State prison, such crime would
/ Immediately decrease. II men knew
the penalty that inevitably follows
sin, private and public, they would
be more cautious in regard to the
ethics OF life. PLATE passed Judgment
upon Christ and then proceeded to
wash his hands and cleanse them OF
all guilt. but all the water OF the
Jordan could not cleanse them from
+ stain Thirty pieces of silver has no
equivalent with Judas to blghted
hopes.
The wicked believe in God. whether
they publicly acknowledge their be-
lief or not. The skeptic who uses
Gods name in his profane oath be-
trays his belief. Herod was Il se1ucer.
This sect did not believe in the Tesur
rection. Yet, when the fame of Jesus
was spreading throughout the length
and breadth OF the nation and men
were surmisiug as to who He was,
Herod ventured his opinion that He
was John the Baptist whom he had
beheaded. he had risen from the
grave A crisis is needed to reveal
inner life You can never become
acquainted with some people until you
meet them at the door of death. They
are honest with themselves here if
with no one else. God is gracious,
merCiful, long suffering. induleent, but
this does not mean He will not re-
veal Himself in due time The time
. is coming when every knee shall bow
to Me and every tongue shall con-
fess to God"
There is more genuine faith In God
today than we are ready TO give credit
for. Faith is n precious secret most
men treasure highly 1t is the main
spring of action, it Is the jewel of
their lives it is nurtured in the dark
, Nicodemus like. men are afraid TO
lcome in the open and avow their al
legiance 10 God. May that faith plant
he cultivated and more tenderly fos-
tered by all who are SO blessed as to
have it. and may 1t grow until it
becomes the predominant feature of
their lives
The Righteous Shall Bless the Earth
The neglected Sody OF John still
lay in the dungeon. when the disciples
of the Lord approached and took up
the corpse and laid 1t in tomb.
! His enemies could kill and destroy.
but they could not make alive nor
heal or bless.
The task of the Christian is grea.
He must follow in the path of every
enemy and evil agency and rectffy
all his mistakes. He must follow the
saloon and clothe the orphan and
widow, He must enter the Jail and
make the narrow cell as neat and
pleasant as possible for the incar-
cerated. He must urge reforms of
too stringent laws, children's working
hours, juvenile protective associations
and courts; whole jome training for
body, mind and soul He must COM
fort the bereaved. preach the gospel
to the poor. give liberty to the cay.
tive. His life Is a sacrifice laid upon
the altar Of service for his fellow man.
He must approach his task without
fear and with manly heart God
has not place for the weaklng in
His vineyard. 1t requires courage to
live now. as it did In the days OF John
The need of sympathy and love are
just as pressing, too, az in the DAYS
of Christ Without these elements tho
world will be enveloped in cloud
of darkness.
The night has a thousand eyes.
The day but one:
Yet, the light of a whole world dies
When day Is done.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
The heart but one:
Yet. the light of a whole life dies