The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-22

leave something more than an epitaph
on a tombstone. You leave regrets
In the hearts Of people whom you
have lifted toward God because you.
yourself. had known something Of the
Lord.
fell out Of bed, and she said. II went
I'm 1-,s-e..,.,., ...
.. We dent Est far 'ssfrsugtn away from
the things OF the world.
Out in . Western state they had a
strike on the railroad. They filled
the strikers places with any kind of
an engineer. whether locomotive or
stationary. They put an Irishman up
in the cab of a LOGON olive and he
did very well. He brought the en-
CINE on the turn table and he saw she
was gong through. so he started back
on the turn-table. and repeated this
several times.
Pat. why don't. you shut her OF
and keep her in here p said a fellow
workman.
why don't you shut the door and
keep her inn" he replied
A friend of mine was preaching in
a Southern city and in the middle OF
the sermon he asked, How many OF
you people once knew God, had any
experience. and now don't pray and
have grown careiess in your life: Are
you willing to admit 81"
Forty or nifty people arose and in
that mute way acknowledged their
neglect and their careleesness, and as
they nat down he said:
Now are you willing to go a step
fuYther9 Will you tell us what
caused you to>lose your touchs with
God and why you left the gospel
train1~
One man said: Well, I thought I
could keep my store open on Sunday
morning to accommodate few stray
Cling customers and then close 1t In
time 70 get around to the church,
Nothing Doing!
Nothing doing! You can't cut the
week up into seven parts and spiritual
ixe the secular by trotting out to
church on Sunday morning and look
ing little more pious than you did
on Saturday. Not ON your lie
say man that will keep his store
open on Sunday, in my opinion. 10 an
OF my money. Not a dollar.
He mightnt 70 into bankruptcy II
he didn't have my trade. but no can't
have II: he trampled Gods law meath
Presently young lady arose and
she said: "Well, young lady friend
of mine gave card party and 4
thought I had to give . bridge In re-
turn ana among those I invited was a
young man / didn't know and when
he arrived at my house he felt cha
grined and horriffed to imagine that
I thought he'd stoop to do that and he
took his coat and hat ana left the
house, and made up my mind that as
long as I did that 1 was not worthy
to Be a member Of the church, That
is why drifted away. trying to ape
other people,"
Another fellow said: 'T backslid
when voted = whiskey ticket"
You bet your life he backslid be-
fore Ne voted or he never would have
voted for that dirty low-down BUSH
neAs. and In my opinion, a man can't
stand sponsor to that dirty business
and keep his manhood ten minutes.
Make up your mind! The saloon IN
the batterest enemy to virtue, to home.
to education. to childhood there IL ON
God Almightys dirt! Don't you lift
your hand and look decent man
in the face when you stand sponsor
for the most damnable institution that
ever wriggled its CARCASS out Of hell
the liquor traffic!
It IL one thing to be = member of
church. another to bo q member Of
tho body Of Josus Christ; although
they ought to Be synonymous. but
they are NOT There arc Thousands
OF members Of the visible church.
the lsthOdisA Latheran. ET6aAvter-
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