The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-17

deem means buy back ana 10 We have
been bought back.
Now. tim. II you had something that
belonged TO me and l could prove that
Jassas Christ redeemed US when he
died ON the cross. and you wouidn't
give Il TO me, could 60 down to the
courthouse and make you do IT. can
prove you are q thief. you are with
holding from God what rightfuily be-
longs to him by virtue Of purchase
with the blood Of his only begotten
son, and ] am glad to put my fist under
your nose and telf you you are an old
S, sat dyaz &c q sf o = man ya3 hays .
Jesus Christ paid for In his own blood.
Quit Playing Ball
One day In Chicago when ! quit
playing baseball and was in the Y.
M. C. A. / was going West on Madi-
son street and out In front Of q ia
panese grocery store. between Dear
! born and Clark I met q company of
| newsboys and one Of them had some
| thing in his hand and walked up
and peeped In and saw . 1edgiinE OF
a sparrow. said, "Aw, let 1t CO."
| He said. whats the matter with
you. you guy?"
/
| He said. IT should say not"
I said. II will give you . penny for
He said. ''Nothin' doin'." ...
said. TN give you . nickel for
He said. I'm from Missouri. let
me SEQ the dough first-"
| so dug up n nickel and he said
We'll, that looks good 70 mo-" and
I k~ tn IA
/ / handed the nickel TO the boy and
said to the kid, Give me the bird
he's got your money"
He gave me the sparrow and let
II sit on my hand and II started and
! labored and plunged and tossed and
! pitched and struggled and By ana by
1t reached The window ledga on the
second story OF the japanese gro
Gerry store.
There It sat and several sparrcws
in bird lore seemed to be saying
Thank you. Bill"
! The kid said. Say. you chump
what did you let the bind 30 for. why
didn't you chuck the nickel In the
sewer"
! said. boys. the devil has you in
his hands like you boys had that bird
| nickel. Then the bird was mine &C
! I could do whatever I pleased with
/ It and / wanted TO let It 20 and
did" said. "Jesus came into the
world and died on the cross and he
paid the price for our sols 10 We all
! belong to him. When You got my
nickel the bird was mine Now have
bought II back"
Redemption means to buy oa OK.
Jesus paid he price. Don't be q
fool. give him what belongs to him.
We are redeemed, not with corrup-
; ftble things such a. silver and gold
I but by the precious blood of Jesus
Christ II stands for Gods hatred OF
sins
Now a skillfui man can argue
against the validity Of the scriptures
grounded in faith. doubt Will seem
more reasonable to you than faith.
am going to say something that
/ may startle some OF you. Listen. now!
{ II hadn't been four years under the
! care and instruction and guidance OF
/ men who believed the bible was the
the word Of God and Jesus Christ Il
the Son OF God In the formative
partod OF my Christian manhood.
am afraid I'd be standing hero to-
night preaching iniideiity to you in
stead OF Christianity and one Of the
men who guided me in my younger
days was DIR. Chapman who helped
| me.
{ So, here. say, II hadn't have
been under the instruction OF mer
who believed and knew and guided
my thought I might be preaching in
fidelity instead o, Christianity. Bul
to the day 1 die, I'll never cease &c
praise God for tho men who believed
In Jesus Christ ~ the con OF God
and thank God before my eyes eve,
fell upon Bob Ingerson and / read
Everything he ever wrote and I'd
take II and lay 1t down by the side
of the Bible and said. Either Bob
perverted that through ignorance OF
desire. but couldn't conceive OF q
man with the gigantic intelligence
he possessed being such a fool"
/ only wish to God had his brain
and eioQuence with my disposition
to serve and do the will Of God. but
am going the very limit OF all my
strength and power to help
! You can argue against the Bfble
but you can't argue against ain. Sin
is In the world and all the dam.
nation and misery comes from sin
/ You can argue against God, Jesus
heaven, hell. you can say that death
n an eternal sleep. you can argue
against all that but you can't n.
que against sin. 1t In In the world
and all the misery, sorrow. anguish
heartache, all the murder. outrage
and ali the war and All that cuenes