The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-29

put the good things in the world,
then thank God that you don't
We to hold your nose and make a
70 every time you sit down at the
pie. There are people that don't
ow what 1t means, no. sir.
Oid you ever thank God that you
4 breathe. breathe without pain. that
p have good lungs7 OF all the peo-
who die in this country, one out
eleven die from consumption: and
all the women who die. one out OF
9L die frog eapcer. But the tips
~ hnpt VOL 4 NJ .nrt' .f,st4a s.ss1py 1Ssls
ryelous skill. will defeat the white
Ague and beat back that dread
purge which pushes one out Of eleven
the coffin. Ever thank God that
p can breathe!
Did you ever thank God that you can
ep7 II not, II was the Lord. I'd
ep youNawake every night for about
month until you appreciated It. There
a lot of people that don't know
eat 1t is to sleep unless they take
opiate. and then they work over IN
PR mind what has been their call
through the day.
DID you ever thank God for the hos
Falss Did you ever thank God for
? doctors" Ever thank God for the
rises? Oh. how many OF US here to-
ght would be In our graves IL IL
Isn't for the skill Of the men who
he with their scalped and trocar tc
move the putrefying abccsses that
70 their way toward our vitals and
featen 70 put us in the grave7
bid you ever thank God for all the
snderful blessings in the world. by
mercies OF God? For the bread
b ate for your supper. while other
.rny
h hungry You live above the hun-
r-line and they live below the hun
E-ilne.
DID you ever thank God for the
ought that never came: for the fact
Mt America has never scraDed the
kter of her meal barrel. never: for
b cattle OF a thousand hills; for the
Zen or spring. which Is harbincer
what God will do for us, and our
hnsrtes will be full in the fall; for
lie that somebody uttered about
n. deroRatory to yonr character. and
BIT became a boomerang In the face
tho reprohate that dared spew II
h 10 assassinate your character: for
e health that enables you to sit here
Ia listen while others just "a good
u writing in pain and suffering In
he hospital or home!
preached in a. town In Illinois and
Nv said to me when l got through
Fin Won 20 to see man."
said. IT'S he well or s'ck7~
3rhey said HE Is sick"
said, We'll, arm not going to
hse around and see these well ones
Il sick man--yes. I will go.
went and 7 found the man living
bed. and hts li-hs were no larger
hn nv wrists. This man hadn't told
hx have YOU been in bed
Ha said. 81 have been In bed for
lrty.fcur years.
tt was up in Elgin. Illinois. FRIEND
mine had been to see hin, and ne
Ia to him, Don't you suffer here!
5eant IL Ga arainst the grain to lie
Ire and suffer-
Sorry For Wen People.
AIe said. ~ feel so sorry for vel
Homie that can walk but don't know
Fus christ and I'd rather lie here
cwinx Jesus Christ. than ~ be able
we,k end not know him"
fVhat lesson
fy me re-cles of God'--by the
Inv that will wait for YOU when
In come home tonight. while some
Isy pfes six feet Of dirt on top of
Hts th3s afternoon: nv the VIII"
1,Ite some NAN eu-ies hts. and 70
g 70 he father ard mother to the
ff,e brood left behind; hv the saliva
In shat YOU enjoy, with vour name
|kftten In the Lamb Rook OF Lire
.a,asl.e snttov~ that - @eNt to son
he died. he'd be in he'd before r1,d'
So. >' '' ts now Twenty-Five min
es past eight
Spy tho nercies of God0--H your
arf isn't a piece Of adawant. "a HUNK
1 stone, Il will melt with gratttude
TIE giver OF all good.
~ heseeeh YOU, brethren No or
n. from a staggering martinez, nc
Ils,~rv down 10 the rank and fie; nc
ienE,rc down from some LOFTY. su'
Ityaor er,fnence of wealth or OF learn
. h or social position.
Ia friend ~ mine went TO Fnsfanc
Hers sro to deliver some addresses
the labor question. and one DAY
chairman OF the day was the
rrh,er Of an earl. and she miro
bced INV friend something like this;
.you OF the working class. you o.
common people, must he con
reed that we of the aris'ocracy are
bach Interested In your welfare am
desire to inform and enltghten you
hon these topics, for we have brought
IS So-and-So all the way from Amer
Il TO sneak TO you" =.
Hara they all said. Hear Hear
We'll. that's all right in England
hers they bow and scrape TO roy
In hut that never will do In demo
atie America, where one man la a.
UGH as ano her.
The r,ercies of God! Nowhere In
eeRlble do you md such Language
hdressed to a sinner. sinners are
heels. Sinners are in rebellion
ainst God and they are never
HAD .sbrethren," They are not en-
eated. They are commanded. Coo
,mrnands all men everywhere TO re
mt. God entreats you to do some
ing for Him
when Lincoln called for volunteers
was addressed to citizens of tbs
IIn,ted States. not to foreigners. Sc
No are Christians. we are not for
B|vners or strangers. but we are fel'
|w-citizens with the saints
Il I, r. call to trust God in the full
and in the completest sense, Hike
aAac trusted his father. Abraham
a II we love God as we should
en- we Will trust God as we Should
"A when I fully realize Gods mer-
~ to me. am not going to have
nch mercy on myself. will mo-
nply sit down and fan myself and
rr AZ will go where you want me
70, dear Lord" and then 60 te
= devil or to bed or some place
no. that won't do.
present your body. not Your wife
esent yourself. not your child. Pre-
81 your body. not your ne'rhbor's