The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-02
Jay DELIGHTS FIVE THOUSAND CHILDREN WITH FLAG TALK

wander and roam bareheaded. my
friends. It Is q good thing.
Sit down. II you have got spark
OF decency in YOU. and run back. see
what a low-down, dlsreputable, God
iorsaken degenerate you would be II
1t wasn't for the gospel OF Jesus
Christ. And yet you sit there and
sheer and say you have no use for
the gospel say to you, the reason
you are as decent as you are is due
TO the restraining influence of the
gospel OF Jesus Christ, although you
may not be decent enough to admit it.
I ct You are 80 low down that you
49,, -As. s..Sss ,3.ss., NO
s~.a~. aA sod CAN white YOU rerusa 10
acknowledge allegiance TO the one that
makes you az decent as you are. and
you act a. though 1t were something
inherent in you, ana IL you were left
to yourself. you'd so to the devil 50
last. they couldn't see you for dust.
Its gova ,hing. Tne biggest
asset TO tnLs City Is not her srra.
banks, with her hundreds OF mllI.ons
i. Is not your great scores; it Is not,
my frlenna, this wonaertui marvel OF
the twentieth century. The greatest
asset 10 New York. chicago. Pl,.Suurg,
Bosom or any olher Guy ls Inc gos-
pei of Jesus Christ, Tor il YOU drive
all the Cnrlstian people out OF The ci,y,
your real estale wouldn't be worth
twenty-five cents on the dollar by
Christmas. There wouldn't he a de-
cent man or woman living in u COM
munily where there was no Chrlsti-
anitJ. Tnals how much you are in
debted to The very thing you damn and
a rA %n fntx tow
wouldn't spit on you!
It's Good Thing.
tell you that it's a good thing!
Sit down aid Zee what you'd be IL
it wasn't for rengion. see how much
you owe TO God.
Now the position of IL Is significant:
it follows The twenty second. 1t has
been called the isaim OF The Cross.
You have got to nrse reach the place
where you see Jesus dying On The
cross for your sins, accept HIM as
your SAVIOUR, before you can evel
say. or ever know or have the expert
ence that The lord As my SAepnerd."
God is not the shepherd OF any that
turn their back on Jesus Christ
/ do not believe in the doctrine Of
the Universal k'atherhooo OF God and
which is an internal lie. Spiritually,
you are d creature OF God---I;od ere
ated you. We all descended from
Adam and Eve, but you are not "a
child OF God unless on are born again
BY faith in Jesus Christ
"Ye are OF your father the devil.
and the iusts of your father ye viii
do. for he was a liar from HE begin
ming" said Jesus
Oh, child Of the devil and full of all
suffering! We are all children OF
God. through faith In Jesus Christ,
II you have no faith in Jesus Christ.
you are a child of the devil You
are a creature of God; SO is the COW
that eats grass. No man is my splr-
itual brother who denies Jesus Christ.
he Is in the flesh: he is a human be-
ing; SO am l. But ne ID not my
brother. and 4 will not call him that
When he repents ana turns from his
sin. then he is my spiritual brother.
and II he doesn't repent, be isn't, no
matter who he is.
First, you have got TO see Jesus
hanging on the cross as your Saviour
before you will ever have the expert
ence OF The tweEty-third Psalm, and
II Is followed by the twentyfourth;
LII up ycuf HAuuh, ~ Se EdtsS, ANU
be ye lifted Up. ye everlasting doors;
and the king of glory shall come in
And IL you want TO walk through TIE
gates into the city, you have got to
tirst come through faith in Jesus
Christ. There ! accept him as my
Saviour. Here l have the blessed ex-
periencea There ut last l will wear
the crown when i am through with
The world.
The Lord is nay Shepherd: shall
not want" The word Lord is print
ed In italics. That means Jehovah.
God.
SO greatly did the Jews respect and
reverence God that the name "Jeho-
yah" was pronounced only once q
year. and that on the great Day OF
Atonement, and then only by thu high
priest after he had gone into the
Holy of Holes. screened and shielded
by the blood of the sacrifice. Then
when alone IN the Holy OF Holes. the
high priest would pronounce the name
the Jews OF old reverence God they
wouldn't step on piece OF parch-
ment, lest the name Jehovah" be
written on the underside,
No Advance In Morals.
Oh, with all our bosated civiliza-
ton. all our searchlight. electric light.
all our wonderful advancement, my
friends, we have advanced in every j.
thing undef heaven except la morals
We hare advanced inteliectuallyand
phytically; We have been born again
and made over. except in morals. We
need to be born again
Go down and listen TO the average
group OF men. You can't hear them
talk five minutes that some fellow does
not vomit and spew out blood -curd
ling. right angular, trapezoidal, hori-
2ontal, perpendicular string OF oaths.
until you would think that God was a.
demon.
Why, you'd think that cuasin' wac
, taught in the public schools, to hear
the average person talk. The boy
that hasn't got long brooches yet Is
| cussin' and damnin' like an old sailor
that has rounded Cape Horn
A colporteur who was travelling
through Switzerland found little boy
herding sheep The boy was willing
! to learn, but was a little slow and dull
of comprehension. but he gave him a
! Bible and said. III you learn that
Psalm by heart when I come back
this way ] will give You a present for
/ a reward"
And the boy snrang uirnbIy IN tho