The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09
Repentance
fsernon Preached by Billy Sunday at City Auditorium
Ss Saturday Evening, February 81

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IA IN. " gvos srll- . t.sss.s21s. - -
x.SSsve,1zs ssssaa, r. ss~SHs ne DiHesenSss,
whether yts tive under the Stars ana
stripe. or IN the tungies OF Africa if
you don't believe 10 God yea arc
! heather
Go guiis fs graded ~ tight the more
light you hove. the greater the guilt
/ Bmd to Lcse T~mpe~.
! Now II might be just as bad for me
! 10 lose my temper as II would Dc TOT
vou tr get drunk. ! was not born with
an appetite for drink, but ] was born
% my temper once In n while, and, gosh.
! I haven't gotten over n yet can
clear for action Ike q hattieship when
/ fl comes 10 6 Showdown
( So you who put your thumbs IL ths
ar-uAoies of your vest, and swell mp
( hike n poisoned pup, and thank GOO
you are not like other people. You
may - worse IN the 81 ut of God than
: the very ems you con6e Il. for you may
AVE had a greater chance than he had.
! more tight say guilt rs graded by
light
/ Jesus said Woe unto thee. Beth
+ saiGa AID Capernaum. II the mighty
works dore In thee. had been done
In Tyre and Sidon. thev would have
repents1 ior& ago In sack cloth ana
astcs II shall be more toferaofe Tor
Z sodom and Cororroh in the day OF
Judgment than for you" Why The
people that iirNd n Seldom ari Gornor~
3 rah never saw JeGus Christ They never
Ihear3 him.
Jesus said. You peorTe of Capernsum
! and BethRaida have looked IN my face.
ans heard my voice, and seen ire raise
the dead You have seen me speak ard
unstnp the ears Of the deaf You have
heard me speak and the eyes Of the
b}l1d have opened You have heard me
speak and tho devils have gone out OF
mon. strs. for you ars worse sinners
than The people of Sodora and Gomor-
+ raj for you have got more light than
they have. So 1t will be more toler-
able for S0dom and Gomorrah than 1t
viii be for you"
! way, because tnsy had more IiTtr
than sodoie and comorrab- They sinned
/ Ae ainst their light You are SHINING
aSains, your iight. You have got more
light than the people of Tyre and
Sldon You have got moro light than
the people of Capernaum. so the peo-
Pile of this city are wo-se sinners than
they were IN ths days of jesus Christ
for you have got more light. There
ycu stand condemned before God
Hc~a Ia one of the sweetest pictures
OF the love of Goa to man that has
gone astray that can nnd. 10 I bring
Il to yen for my text II you would
ask Be how best to overcome tempta-
ton, and could only answer In a sen
tence, / would say, Keep busy for G ID
Satan flndB Sons mischief still for 'dls
hands 10 DO. 400 IN idle man tempts
the devil"
E'rencn Coay f~t'm Tattoo.
Tatooe3 CA the arm Of "a French con
Wet. were the words, "T never did q
days work In my life"
The fellow that stands around with
, his hands in his hreeches' pockets ur
, TO h.s elbows. II won't he long unit
, he tries to get into the other fellow.
rockets 1dleness is the foe Of youth
, II is the curse OF ms.trihd. On. -ns
, trade" Is the passport and tho password
by which sc Der cent OF cur criminal
, enter the refornatories and the peni
, tertiaries of the land
: Street ioafers grow up TO be gun
, men. with no otiact and atm In life
On. an idle brain Is the devils work
sl op. Keep busy for God, my friends
and then you will never land In psr1i
= ton.
David was Bv.ns In the midst o
, ease and luxury and do you know 1,
> ore .ttrla corner Of his kingdom h
had a little case II INSTRUMENTATION
an incipient sort OF a rebellion. an
+ instead Of eo.G- down the ~ to pu
, down the inaurrection he delegate
/ that TO .ioab. David stayed at HON
, and be was talking OF walking on tn
A house tors ir the cool of the evening
! They built the houses close togeth&
Q in those days and they didn't hav
4 iCrount spread out all over ereatio
aud they did not build the roof i
: Gothic. but fat like We do \ I'll
/ roof ard so they used TO walk o
$ the roof. That's where they got tn
n roof garden idea, And we gid tn
y dome OF our temples Tho first dom
. that was gilded with gold was Solo
= the &fea- We think we are great OF
Solomon cid tina. way back yonde'
See?
Sc fsav.S was walking on the hous
q tops In the cool or tho evening an
u he saw a woman famed for her gym
u tmetry of form and beauty of fact
= Bathsheba- And there came To ,Davi
!, n shot OF SIN.
;. fTrst Think Sfn
!, No man or woman ever SHINE
= that didn't first thing sin. No ma
: ever reached out his hand to stea
T, that the thief in him didn'
4 lips to u that he didn't lie In hi
p mind and his heart first No ma
,,ver reachtd forth his hand to che
= The blood OF h1s fellow-man that h
r didn't shed the blood in his thought
. first because he that IN angry -
murderer. No man ever stopped I
commit sin OF any kind that didn'
l. first commit the sin in his heart
q let the wicked forsake his wa
r land the unrtghteous man hi
a Thoughts. and let him return unto tn
o Lord and he Will have mercy upol
u him"
Q You say. 'trs . man responsible TO
h's thourh'sr"
. He certainly In, why. yuu say.
il Gear good man like Or. Taimadg
. sd d, yen can't prevent the birds fror
= flying over yorr head, but you ca
! prevent them from lodging In you
hair. But agreater man than Di
Tair,adge said, "As a man thinketl
: TN his heart SO 10 he" II a ma
;. sows evil thoughts. thsn he will hav
: an evil desire. II he has an evil de
: sire. then he will Lut the desire int
. ev', acts for the acta will be tho fruit
age Of the desir-s- When he SOW
o evtI acts he sows evil habits an
J. keeps doing it.
$ The fellow that IN q drunkard ha
g TO take the first drink. The man tina