The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-08
"lst Corinthians Is"


there arc things that We believe to-
day that will be Just a. foolish 10 tne
people that come afIer Us Ms socn
thing vas to that fellow.
de aid. III We build this railroad.
the people will be Asphyxiated by the
gas from the coal a. u comes out OF
the smokestacA. and IL \ sheep gets
within SOC feet OF tho track with the
tram going fifteen miles an hour. "
VIII pull the wool oR AS back: and The
cinoers from the train Will XIII ali tne
grass along the track and the cattle
won't have anything 70 eat
When they proposed the railroad
they said. lit can't b done" The
same wAs true when they talked abooe
electricity.
remember when was In Iowa they
were trying to get tbs community to
install . pant Thsy Sad. The idea
Of running anything over . ware and
making 4 hxnt b0rni 1t cant be
done."
1t Was Q long Tina before they
could introduce Ahe telegraph. and 1t
| was the sa1ns wlln every kood tAlnx
IhAt came knocxAng ~ our door.
FooAs Aooua haAlgAon
Then 1 am not surprlsed To lind
people fools about reAGaon. They
nave been fooAS about me telegraph.
and telephone. slean. about rAdIum.
about eaecu,cl,y. and they are just as
big fools AOout religion Iou can {
get Them 70 appropriate 1t and geI
.he benefit that comes from rellg-
! ION
! A lot Of you are sitting here tonight
| In th.s twenueth century and you are
| big fooiA. because / can't MAKE you
believe In religion. You are just -
lh.g q fool - that fellow that sto0<i
up and opposed The railroad. sup
pose u always will be and SUPPOSE
II u useless for me 10 spAnd my time
and strength and yonr Ia1De N arko-
ing the question
The preaching Of the cross = to
them that periSn. foolishnees, but tu
W. which are saved. u ~ the power
Of God"
| When Ball offered to sall the tai
ephons for Q hundred thousand dol
lars. they laughed at him and said,
you are crazy. There's NO uss in
arguing about It you can't talk An
to . liltle instrument and have some
BODY hear your voice over . wire"
| And they laughed and Knocked .,
Ball The idea OF asking anybody to
give q hundred thousand dollars Tor
thsti Today We have rot nearly for
ty million OF them and they are worth
hundreds OF millions OF dollars. and
without the telephone, will tell YOU
our business In this country would
cease. They laughed ut him. but
what would We do without 1t today.
SAmuel Morse sofsered TO sell. tbs
telegraph for sixty thousand dollars
They said, You're crazy! 1t ism
worth six dollars. You think you can
sit down here and push little in
strument and make thoughts 80 owe,
the wire? 1t can't be DONE" What
would We do today without the tel
egraph?
Every good thing was foolishnes4
when It WAS proposed. 50 I arm not
surprised to find you . fool and say
ing. There IL nothing in religion"
I, Your grandfathers didn't believe
In electric lights. Why. they didn'l
have sense enough to.
/; Why. Thomas Edison--nnw you
will laugh At this---says the day viii
come when We win not build houses
out Of wood. Lumber u expensive
1t will burn, and you have to carry
insurance and you have to paint It
\ tree 70 grow. 10 takes the lifetime
II . man TOR . t5es to got large
enough to make wood. except the Gu
calyptrs in California. which grows
more rapidly than most any kind
known. ard y bscsutng 10y valuable
for that reASen. -,~.A
RunA I'm Ous q Ce1DsE
That's an rtght-ws win huiit
them out Of cement You won't have
Ito carry insurance. They win b cool
IN thu aarmNaAp WaFM n tkA wfOtnR