The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09

ifsel ffks q sinner or not That doesn',
lenter into It. You are. But when
la man becomes a criminal. he be-
,comes q criminal by his actions, but
liz he never puts his thoughts into &C
lticn and his actions are not contrary.
we'll then he 10 never \ criminal. But
la man becomes sinner by his
houghis He doesn't need to pnt
his thoughts into action to be n sal,
ner. When he thinks or acts he is A
sssass~. Sc izs plays bcah ends
1 !, Now to-. give. y1xs En- xshsssvssS tep,
Moses said. Thou shalt not commit
aduitry," referring to the acs OF sin.
/ Jesus said, II say unto you, who
ever looketh upon y woman to lust
after her, has committed aduiuy
| etth her already In his heart, and as
y maa thinks In his heart 10 he ts.
! Chastity requires purity of thought
As veil a. outward act
DR.. J. G. Holland in his little book
ieutitied Cold Foir' tells OF n lovely
island washed by waters that were
pacific, where Flora and Fauna We'd
with each other to wear crown.
There were fruits in abundance and
flowers of every hue- trees and fruit
from every paradise And a maiden
gently steers her wave-kissed keel.
and yonder she is lost in labyrinth
/ Of bewitchinF beauty as she leaps
from her canoe and creeps beneath
! the foliage dripping with dew and
kissed with the sunlight and every
drop sparkling like a jewel And
/ farther down the beach n young man
comes in his canoe and he bends and
crceps beneath the foliage and dis
appears. Farther down a husband.
Ga H. T.
passes by and they return to their
canoes and the land from whence
they had come.
/ What is that Island. asks Or.
Holland. and then he answers his own
inquiry by saying, at IL the island OF
your thoughts and your iongings and
your iruaginationa. where all unseen
you ply your tiny craft"
Where have you been today in your
thoughts? The secret OF whose per
son did You approach IN your long
ingf What did you desire to do. my
friends7 Therefore as you think In
your thoughts so arc you
How aic God treat David who said
to Ma than. 81 have sinned against the
Lord! Did he uncork the viais OF
him7 No. He cent Nathan, the pro-
phet. to have talk God never put
a sinner In hell that he didn't first
send a preacher to tell him TO keep
out Of IL. There Is not a man in the
spenitentiary that didn't go contrary
to somebody's advice, or he wouldn',
have been there. There isn't a gir'
selling her virtue tonight that she did
not go contrary to the pieadings 81
her mother or some good frter 4:
Don't you go with that gang; IL you
DO You win lose out
Nathan Talks With David.
God sent Nathan, the prophet &c
talk with David. He gives a man Oh
woman chance to repent before hs
goes 20 he'll. Halle!ujah!
, And 30 / can sec Nathan. the pro
phet as he walked In and told Davit
that beautiful little parable OF th'
eve lamb. Here Was a poor man
: with many children and one littl'
lamb, and the children played with |
and IL was u pet III was AZ one O.
the children. And there was a mar
,, with many fiocks and herds. ana or,
! night there came to his house a way
faring man, as we would say. n hobo
or n weary willie. and they panhandlet
, him for a handout. and this rich maj
!. spared his own fiocke: 10 wouldn'
kill a lamb no as to cook II and Civ
him something to eat, but he sent on
!. the Only one that fellow had and or
: dered It slain and gave IL to him.
Now David had little sense of Jus
. ticr equity and square deal ] ca
hear his teeth grind and see hin
Z cIench his nsts, and hear hts foo
n come down when Nathan told hin
q that parable. And he said to Nathan
''As the Lord Iiveth. q fellow tina. di
= n thing Hike that shall surely die.
| YAx,sf .Ytn Fp~ h}r- N tfSr
= In my Kingdom. Tell nae The fello'
- that did It,"
. Nathan shot his fingers out nj his
i, and s,id. Thou art the man. 70
> are the lobster"
And then Davis cried out IN tn
= words OF my text, ~Oh. have SHINE
;, against the Lord"
- II was a great sin for David. Why
!, !, He sinned againa, his light He kne'
"a better. So 90 you. There isn't
q man that goes out and sins that h
. doean't know from what others Re
u him ana what he sees There isn't
y man that starts out 70 drink that doe
,. net know that tba;'s tho wa a fetio'
q becomes a crunkard. Tt ere isn't
C. girl that starta TO &c down the lin
with n gang and doesn't wear cfothe
. enough to wad shotgun. that doesn
d know. She has the example of oth
,. The 10y that shoots craps and fir
q pennies begins to gamble. He kne'
better. There isn't man or worna
on earth that doesn't know batte
d IInere tsf,'t q man or woman on cart
n that doesn't know. my friends. tbs
|, to have ono unforeiver sin in their Iii
I places them In the awful peril q
S Gods Judgment; that they can FOR
IS sake the vtlest SINS that control tn
n lives OF nasn and women II they SUI
4 render to God and Jesus Christ.
e challenge you
= Cnst on SIN.
4 There tsu't soul on earn. I don
o care where they are. bound hand an
I foot BY Avarice and greed and sensu
atty, but that man or woman can rts
v in all their liberty and freedom II the
4 will only yield to God In faith an
9 tJesuee Christ don't caro- what hi
n etn or what he may have done.
You may have read It: il occurre
r years ago. A man was arrested nm
taken to the .cmbs, and In the morn
!. Ing, when the drunken stupcr wer
: ovsr. he said. What are the charge
!, agains: me?''
= at In murder" he was told.
: He said. Don't tell my WIFE
!. TT Ia your wife that son killed"
And vet that crime nut him In Sin