The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-20

II cDTu
thirtieth verne-''What must / do &c
be saved ?"
| The Apostle Paul seemed 20 live X
q perpetual state OF revival He had
only to como into Philippi. the chiei
city OF Macedonia, and sit by the river
bank and we are told that Lydia, the
seller Of purple, believed and was bap-
uzed.
| There was SO much power and con-
victicr about him tina. he had only
to walk the street and & girl possess
ed with the spirit of disinatioa. or az
we say. had the devil In her" walk
ed after Faui and with derhion Kald.
These are the servants OF the Moss
/ High God. that show unto US the way
| Of salvati ton
As II there was anything these
| men could impair which. by doing.
would benefit our pos;tion-the au-
dacity or these men that thay come
to us and talk to US ah~u. he inn
! provements in our conduct In the
manner OF living!
Those are the servants Of the
| Most High God who come 10 teach
US the way Of salvation"
| Paul was grieved because OF evi-
! said, II command you in II a name of
josus. come out of he~."
| And when her master saw that the
! hope OF their gain was gone-the
hope Of their gain lay IN the keep
| ing Of tho devil In that girl and ae
long NJ the devil was within her they
would feed and fatteu and gormandize
of ire money abe earned-as long az
ne devil was IN her she was nothing
but q nero pawn on the chess beard
to be moved by that fcenticus crowd
| that had her der their grip like a
panderer today-And when her mas
ters saw that the hope OF their gain
was gone, and when the devil went
out, their gain went with him, and
when Jesus Chris came in the gfrl
was no longer under thety power
when her masters saw that the hope
| OF their gain was gone. that they
could no longer feed and fatten and
gormandize on her sin, they seized
the men that God had used 70 drive
the evil out of her and rushed them
over to the magistrate and they said.
These men teach doctrines contrary
for us to receive"
Certainly the doctrine Thou shat,
have one wife La contrary for ar
old Mormon!
4 Doctrine In Contrary.
Certainly the doctrine OF salvation
through faith In Jesus Christ Is con.
J trary for a Unitariani
Ce-tciniy the doctrine of cserna
dnr1a'ion In he'll for the unrerentan
! is contrary for a Univcrsaiist.
THESE men teach doctrines cen
trary fos us to receive
And old Demetr.us used 20 max,
silver shrines for Diana of the Ephe
ala ana por.f
and preached, and the people had beer
converted from heathenixrn go the,
wouldn't buy his little silver ehrtns,
any more. He saw that tho effec
OF Pauis preaching hurt his business
So he called together everybody o.
like craft and said:
\ See hers, our profits are being IF
fected by tn se men. 2 that feflow
stays here and preac hes tina. doctrine
people won't buy these little -t,vel
, gods were making for Diana of ths
Ephesiana II they remain. we III,
, ruined"
And every hum and every hartend
er ard every brewer and every 1istil
Ter yeIls; Rights. T'sht.,, Rlghts!'
Us great tidal wave of Temperate,
sweeps over our land
WHY, n Christianity com s. ther
we've got to 60" AID wherever re
ligicn in'erfeics with mans hus,
ness he's IN a dirty. rotten business
! don't care whether he's a rum sel!e-
crap shooter or a muiti-mfllionaire T
religion cuts or your revenue, you ar,
a moral pauper.
"IY they stay here, wen have Il
60" The world must Lear this les
son and learn It quick. too. You car
In prison the messenger bnt you can
mot lock up his message You car
tshs-pen your tack-knife hut Won cam
cut or a sunbeam. Stopping you
ears and shutting your ewes won
put the fire out when the alarm
rounds You win go to hel, anywa,
whether YOU believe there is a hel
or not. That won't keep you ont.
And 70 they delivered Paul art
silas to the jaiier and ne .hrus. .her
In the inner prison ana locked thei,
hands md feet in the stock. bu
doubtless they round as one Of oul
NJ odern poets has described II.
stone wallis do not a prison make
Nor iron barn cage"
for I read that nj midnight they sans
and prayed unto God.
| Oatl,s and B1asphcry.
What strange sounds II must have
heen for that old Philippian jailel
when he'd heard nothing but oathi
hno DtdSpneIy. NOW ne nearH neT
singing and praying, and in response
TO their faith as expressed in theil
prayers and songs. the hand OF God
fell and that old Jail staggered and
reeied like drunken man down the
street ana the walls cracseed and sht
lpriscn doors swung opsa and the
taller. thinking that all the prisoners
had escaped, leaped In with drawn
sword and wac about 10 commit sui.
eide, for the roman law was that Il
an officer allowed Il prisoner IL
| escape through his negligence, he'd
have to forfeit his own life to pay
for Il.
This Roman officer knew how IN
exorable was the Roman law, 70 he
thought he'd take the matter into his
own hands, and kill himself. for he
supposed. OF course, that the whole
gang had beat II when the doors had
swung open. So he Jumped In with
drawn sword and was about to kill
himself when Paul said:
Hold on Hold on. Hold or! DO
yourself 30 harm. we are all here.
We're AL here"
The jaiier came with light and
said. I'm from Missouri. Show me-
He couldn't imagine why ANYBODY
would De there when no had a chance
20 escape. and when he discovered
that Paul was right he cried out in