The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-26

4 se- ard Went out to Pasadena. Cal,
\ herring th9 ,nild climate OF that west
s'S'' A's ulisG would be conducive to
heai;h, rs he lay there, getting
NcA Hers- h wired back H. this city
y Which he'd been mayor. and
Wliere l1e "a 'rorreae lted the people in
en7ss Z, for his law partner. an
rnA'' F3B1oG man of that state, TO
4. g sP e. 8 r., : a5 ss5 + T Limited a.
90 10 he ~, de OF his partner
~ aa' to htrt = am dying. I've
Se' far HoQ 10 cDrle and pray with
! !, 5 t6lf,tsTtt ~ ~;@5s7 =. ~ r
lis sid. u caat pray. I never
ryayea IN my life" He said. Il will
20 cut 0a9 round I'D all the preach
trF ia Pasadena and the priests, and
| VIZ BRING them in here to pray
Wth sou and for you hut l can't
fray IA all" He said why don't
Eou hHay for yourself,
tbs great man replied. II can't
pray. All nay life l turned away
from God. | argued that Jesus was
myth. that heaven was a dream,
hell was a fable and that the Bible
|
Nights Tale of Oriental logic and
lore. You men patterned after me
and they turned from God because
] turned from God. They heard me.
as mayor: shcy heard me. AS a cou~
b grcs-ran; they heard me, rs n lawyer
snoer at God He doesn't need God,
don't need God Now God has turn
I'd away and / cannot pray"
And he didn't pray He lived
christieas hta. he died Christies's
death. They sent him back to that
fore, and I believe this campaign is
he bell Of God toIling out the des-
city. He sleeps tn . Chriatleas grave
IN that cemetery, my friends Oh.
when he would have inherited the
blessing he was rejected and he
found no place for repentance
Over IN Scotland men make a Nv
ing by gathering the egxs OF birds
|. laid upon the lodges OF rock away
Il below the top of the ground. They
upon the ledge OF rock and gather
The birds or the fiedglings rs the case
might b.
Some yearH ago q man was DONG
that when the rope under his arms
became united and swung many feet
beyond his reach The projecting
rock held the rope beyond his reach.
All afternoon, all night he was on
tho ledge and was giving himself up
10 tho fate OF starvation and death
from thirst which he felt inevitably
awaited him, when q breeze came in
from the ocean and caused the rope
- start vibrating. AS the wind IN
creased In velocity II increased the
vibration OF the rope so that 1t swung
y1ry near the ledge on which he was
standing.
He said, TT I stay here / win die.
II leap and miss that rope ! Wsll
die. That lis my only chance and
with a prayer, when the wind was az
its height he rushed out and leaped
over the chasm and seized the rops
and made his way hand over hand
TO the top When he elm bed out on
The surface his hair was AZ white ms
the driven snow.
Swings Through World.
There lis but one cord that swings
through this world tonight and that
liz the Holy Ghost, and with every
puisation of your heart II grows less.
II did swing close to you at one time
bur you said. No
You are like my friend who died
sin The West without Jesus Christ and
without hope.
BY the known laws of your mind
your conversion must be effected
through the influence OF the truth
ON your mind. II is a known law or
the mind that truth resisted loses its
power over the mind that resis.s 1t.
and that each resistance veakens the
truth, strengthens you against the
truth, and each resistance makes IL
that much harder for you to yield
and do tlr~ right.
No matter what Jesv,s said or dfd.
they said ne was a liar and q fraud
and they refused to believe Him. He
stood one day at the grave of Lag
arus who had been dead four days
He cried, Lazarus, come FORTH He
that was dead awakened into life.
Jesus said, isn't that enough TO
convince you I am the Son OF God =
sOne day He was going into the city
or Main. They were bearing young
man out to the cemetery. Jesus
came along the road and stopping
he took the corpse by ths hand and
bending over the dead body He said.
Young man, I say unto you. arise'
Jesus turned TO the crowd and said.
.ssLsu.i that enough 70. convince you !
arm the Son OF GOD
They said. Away with Him.
No matter what He said they
wouldn't believe Him
Out IN . town In Indiana. I think
II vaa Kokomo. there was woman
named Mrs.. Robinson who worked
mora especially In those days In a
Methodist church holding q meeting
There was a young lady very prom
inent IN society whom they tried to
~ to give her heart to Christ, but
she wouldn't do It. The last night
AZ The meeting came. When Mira.
1 RcnSoson got through preaching she
personally invited her to como The
wang lady shook her head Three
time she went down and urged this
g1rl
when no returned 10 tho platform
- ~ her turn to her companion,
barrow his leed-penctl and take out
4 hymn book and write something
n the book Then she folded her
aruoe and looked careleseiy around
a. room. Tho meeting closed.
Sewn months Afterwards Mrs
Robanoon went back to that same
trWn Ehe was met at the train By
4 womAn who said. "Do you remem-
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