The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-24

prominent member of the church E<i,
TO him: I'VE don't want you to preacl
plain old sin. Now. you suggest sill
to my children when you preach: AM
they will try to do it
%, ] seel" said the preacher. ''Yc,
: | want ma IN preach about sin: yo'
want me 10 change the label"
| So he took down o bottle contain
Ing poison MORPHINE. Now" he said
Il will put mild label In this Pep
ss.'s 81 !, ~ .,- :, & l"t BY ~ 6 {:
ami stuck n little rnueiLags on .ans
pasted II over 1, for a minute. III,
handed it TO the fellow and said
VIII that doe''
He said: mo, IL will not do
He said: The miider ycu make ths
| label, TIE more dangerous you MAX.
the contents of the bottle. Certainly
ycu don't change the contents OF the
hottie By making the label mild Il
will Kill you Just the same. no rrsatres
what Is on the label"
| So do you suppose. therefore thai
| somebody tn going t. smooth ths
thing down because you don't like II
! fou know ycu cant expect anybody
/ 20 please s~eu and God rs long AS you
want TO i've in sin You can't Dc
| that
Questionable Agreement
! Well they will agree with the
I preacher who proves that there Is q
i devil in me Sums. bat they win bliss
/ the man who win prove that there Ia
devil on Fifth avenue. too.
| They viii agree with the preachef
| who win prove that there tn dewfl
! in the red light: hu. they viii hiss the
! preacher who will also prove that
! there Is n devfi in their society just
1 the sama! And they win cry. Cruelty
| the man who will condemn ua for
! running n booze Joint in our own
| home" but they will applaud the fell
low who win preach about the corner
| grogshop.
Now, Jehosaphat said tn Ahab,
'rHave you hero prophetr~ before
! no Issued orders to his adjutant gene
raj to issue orders looking for m early
/ advance. Have you n prophet here
that VIII make known to Us the will
of Cod"
"A prophet!~ said Ahan, as he ne.
his crown sQuareiy on his head and !.
| tunhled to one said
And perhaps he. thinking TO ever
awe Jehosaphat and convince hin,
how thoroughly religious he was. SON,
herald to announce to the entire
swarm OF spiritual advisers that II
was his wish that the religious exer.
cisea OF the usual stereotyped manner
should begin. And soon every one O,
the four hundred were lined up liz
front OF them.
/ Now, and l. fine sweet-lookins
bunch, you can depend upon It, they
were! Not one of them had ever los
-four barrel. None OF their clerica
garments looked threadbare. none OF
hem wore celiuloid collars or cuffs
There was nothing in their appear.
! ance that would indicate they eve,
. kept Lent.
, There wasn't a one among then
, that wouldn't have made first-clas
, sign for boarding house ad. No
one OF them had that tired. weary
soiicitous look that you can see on tn,
face of one who has the burden o
church on his back. Not one fac,
would indicate anything that tn.
possessor felt that ne was about Il
, stand before & king and proclaim
, Gods message 10 him Nothing lik'
apprehension and coaeern to see PEG
, pie forsake their sins, was in thei
faces Ahab seemed to bear himsel
. as though il was a foregone corclu
sios that the Lord would prophes-
, that he was on his side and that tn
score would be four hundred to on
= in his favor.
. Now, the leader of this bunch q
i false prophets WAS fellow name
- ledekiah, with sensational methods
fellow that believed that anythin
, AS Legitimate II 1t only lives the nj
, 'ertion and holds the audience. s
; IN order that his sermon might b
all In italics that day. IL appears tina
- this eminent doctor had gone down t
blacksmith shop and had a pair O
horns fitted to his ears, and wit
these he gave his star performance t
show how God would push Their
down into the ground, and ne said t
Ahah:
Thus saith the Lord. with these
will punish Syria until he be con
sur1ed."
And all the remaining falls
prophets gave a unanimous Amen
| from the side lines end they advise
/ Ahah 10 CAN out HIS skirmlshers an
: put his army In motion as quickly g
( he could
e Somehow. Jehosaphat couldn't ri
himself OF the Impression that tn
stage had been set, this was a
4 framed up. and they were trying I
e rut something across on him. So h
0 | fared him see ahout square on In
. throne and he looked at Ahab in tn
: eye and he said; us there not here
/ prophet of the Lord. that I may in
I quirc of him."
There was something In their az
9 toms and conduct that convinced oil
. Jehosaphat that they wer. false. the
e were f&kee, they weren't the res
e tairg AT all.
, 20, yes" said old Ahab: yes.
e had quite forgotten him" He said
There is one fellow, he IL a sort O
: an eccentric preacher. He ~obs hi
, family of bread every time he open
, rus moufh, and he Ia a man wonder
I'll l.,