The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30

had ever seen it and he signed his
name in there.
! Maurice had a cousin In tho
trenches named Jacques, an inndel.
and on his day of, he came to visit
Maurice, and when he came in, he
said. Maurice. what's the matter
with you? Your face shines. So"
He said. 81 found Jesus Christ
j Maurice said. II found Christ and
here's where I found him" He hand
ed Jacques this little testament
., "a ere's where i found him"
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verified. He said. IT could answer
all arguments shout God, all argu-
ments about Christ. all arguments
about Heaven, all arguments about
Hell TO my own satisfaction. but
couldn't answer the argument Of the
bright cheerful look in his face"
And wherever it goes. ! say It
makes lives brighter and shines this
old world up. and ne said that God
i loved everybody and he went about
trying to show that that was true.
He cured the sick. He opened the
eyes of the blind. He unsfopped the
ears Of the deaf He raised the dead.
He ciransed the leper. He helped
everybody that asked him and he
helped a good many that didn't ask
him. and ne never sent anybody away
with heavy heart. The only one
that ever went away with a sorrowful
heart was the rich young ruler. and II
you go away with a sorrowful heart,
It is your own fault. not Christ's.
! II you will lie, him help you. you
will be joyful This young fellow
! thought he had so much that he could
get along without Jesus.
/ Jesus never attended funeral. He
! never followed anybody to the grave.
, He never preached funeral sermon.
: That was out OF his line. He came
! that they might have life and that
thew might have II more abundantly.
The man that's sober has life more
abundantly than the drunkard. The
man that's honest has life more album
dainty than the thief. The man that's
vir'tuous has life more abundantiy
j than The man living in vice. The one
that believes in Christ has life more
J abundantIy than the infidei. who
doesn't believe In Christ.
Moody was one time asked TO
preach funeral sermon, and he look
ed into the Bible to md out what Jc-
sus said and did at a funeral that
he might have standard to 90 by.
and he found out to his surprise and
| delight that Jesus Christ broke up
/ every funeral that he ever attended
J by raising the dead. He turned the
house of sorrow into jov. tears into
laughter. Can you and any fault
! with that.
~ find no fault in Him" Don't
you wish he'd come to your house
before the hearse had called. Don't
you wish he'd have come when the
coffin was there and raised the dead.
put your loved one hack in your
armsy
II find no fault in Him. What
are YOU in favor of that Jesus is
against DO you consider yourself
honorable and decent to favor what
Christ is against.
| Forfeit tho Right
DO you think you ought to be re-
spected by decent people when you
are in favor OF everything that Je-
sns Christ is against? No. sir, l
don't. / think you forfeit the right
there, whether you are a millionaire
or hobo. Right there!
Now. Jesus Christ Is against all
wrong. Are vou7 Has anybody In
jured you? Jesus Christ is agains,
lit, Has anybody cheated or defraud-
I'd YOU Jesus Christ is against II ?
Has anybody lied about your Jesus
Christ Is aginst It.
Are you In favor Of honesty, so,
!
So ts Jesus. Do you believe that
every man ought TO have a fair equiv
aient In return for the brain or muscle
/ that he gives in working? SO does
Jesus Do you believe that every
mployer ought to pay honest wages
to every employer So does Jesus
DO you believe that every working
man ought to give honest, square
work for the wages he IL paid! 60
does Jesus. Do you believe that CAPT
tai ought to give labor square
iieve that labor ought to give cap
itai a square dealr So does Jesus.
Do you believe there ought to be
thirty-s'x inches IN every yard? So
does Jesus. Do you believe there
ought to be four pecks In every
hushel. So does JesuA Do You be-
iieve there ought to b. twelve inches
in every foot? SO does Jesus Do
you believe there. ought to be two
does Jesus A hundred cents in every
dollarr So. does Jesus.
| Jesus Is aTaYnst all crookedness-
Are you? Jesus II against all vice.
Are you! Jesus IL against all dis
honesty. Are you. Jesus In against
everything where men feed and fat
! ten and gormandixe upon tho misfcr-
/, tunes and sins OF others. Jesus
Christ never dealt In generalities, Je-
sus Christ never went around Robin
Hoods barn to get ut q point: invari-
ably he cut across lots and when he
got there. nobody had any doubt
who he meant or what he meant
| II Jesus Christ should become pas
tor of one OF the leading churches In
this city and talk as straight to them
AZ ne did to the treacherous Jerusa-
lem set in the temple. wonder how
long he'd hold his Job. think some
OF these elders would be pulling thcir
long whiskers.
Then the prudential committee
would get on their high horse. and
the vee'rymcn would hit the ceiling.
Then the stewards that arc always
| making a muss out Of the stew: and
/ the church dignifaries that are dig
ginG for the devil would kick.
| Take his rcbuke. my friends. Ia
fhe Jerusalem crowd and see II he
was always the weak, two-by.four.
three-carat. s,ssified Jesus that . lot
of people are always trying to pic
ture him.
am sick and Disguised with peo-
pie who are trying to picture Jesus
Christ as though he was q dough-
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