Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-31
With Truth. Justice and
Purity There Can Be
No Starvation, De-
clares Sunday.

ctdreS Sunday.
Feeding tho five thousand"
The ter; will he from Matthew. fourteenth
They need not depart: give yo them TO
There ar. people who don't believe in tho
asss out Of 70 The fHT e Of Gn2st na eans
Son Of Cod performed miracles. let the
eles; lie was not the Son OF God. lie did
Perform miraclrs and lie was the Son of
heard ear Of iri minister in wes,ern st, State
nent were more OF hindrarcc Instead of
help" and then he spouted his hiaspheny
On, said why. master you have talked
,Gne is,e. SO so YOU lad better SEND them
lie .noekcS je su ' saying; Have we no.
Jesus said. Let's divide it up far az
FIRST PREACHER PRACTICING
THINGS THAT HE PREACHED
old Jew hs had 1es had
lunch. he said: "Iic IS the ars, breaches,
o Then al, another fellow, no. 70 lie, This Jew
a.y,eed 1n I. up and The people ~ h.oueh. on.
whs. w sS You h9k vi 81 a. foo nod who
stun and wond,red why the world Was
Every at,empt to explain the miracles by
an law OF ni,urs or any theories Of rnSn
r1iLe than ne was. So JUS, accept wha.
rant to draw few practical questions
a problem of phyaical hunger in His day.
an, ,,,na, We face the problems OF hunger In the
,sm to &c, enough to CT, !, has ai*ays
| a
,v, ,Ssus .a'd The poor y, have always
With you" and not only did Jesus face tn.
hunssf il ssSSody Is hans ". nj 'p 10 day
ana lie has IS something Tor "yarybody. 'u'p'Y'
c,,I IL ono weEn to belize al, the articles in
The modern @orld is disrus,c a sn SI ina nnns
en-, TO the religion OF Jesus Christ. ! be
iicre that in no century since the morning
sssT' shSIo 'SEs,hsr has there been mors
than there is to-day. Tho world is dis
sus;ed With the worlGiiaess and nav Win the the
rituals and with the noncsscn,ials In which
d,.sus,ed With religion. "'' '"'' arc "''
There are some Kinds Of religion tina, the
and never VIII BE-. and the sooner We and it
out the better we viii be. and the better
First: The worlh is no, hungry FOR re-
tormaiities in lsalah's day. for read. For
wha, purpose i. the multitude OF your sac.
rams. and the fat OF Jed beasts and dc.
.ms. oF OF the soaSs when I'. sS COME nt %
appear before sic. who hath required ,hia
it your hand?'
GOD WANTS NO MORE
VAIN oBI-iTIONs AND INCENSE
God says. Il did not ask you to do It and
you sSnt have TO aese i @he y"p SO suits
you I I'm sick OF IT. Bring more vain
Ms the new moons and saSba, In u tho
.anhns or asscinh!ies. care not Away
ing. Your new moons and your appointed
feasts Ny soul hats,h: ,hsy arr 4 trouble
A., In o,aer o %1Fts Cod says; They make
Sow The worlds beE,nnins TO realize tina,
Fclision does not consist in doing lot OF
religious. but religion consists in doing
"yctythinE in special way az God A.
ever the church makes the obseryanccs and
emd h ,es wc Grid Nil of se back TO
H. And one reason why the world has
!iyion 10 10, OF Journalism. and to a sort
sng the Bile is not an act OF devotion.
Going TO church is not &C, Of devotion.
q devotion Repeating the thirty nine
ton Repeating the catecnsm is not an
act OF devotion.
ACTUAL RELIGION LIES ,, not ~
These arc aids TO devotion. The actual
religion does not lie in the prayer, nor in
confession.
The quality of life that the observances OF
doing OF these things does not produce any
sa h;, in ;9gr lite; then he YOU wil so 10
So religion is not in that. Kc!igion is in
hnss prohuses Within yoa sG nI yet Q; ,h hsss
ARE l9,s ~ Of ,I penis iha, are doing these
soms'imes q so;csllea religious observance
self. Let me illustrate.
read OF certain family who wcre of
sort of religious turn OF mind. and they
built brau'tfu! home. and everything was
DISCUSSING Whera ih"y %oai T put 'hy a TsIe
s here GS S rouSes the rh fh. that Is
"in the library Tho son was sort s Of a
social snob, and he said; Tut it in tho re-
Then hnally, their differences OF opinion
as to where III, that altar ought 10 go became
the father saw that the altar was creating
fne vas hoped Il %oa hs
SO they said; Well lets go TO the BABY
Of blue torn out Of the sky She She used ns.i" to
fantastic shapes, and forms and she'd say
There goes king out to battle. look at
"TheIs is a queen Eoins to be married.
Ana sh hsy got e hs Sssy W.
agree you take ihis altar and put it where
out: viii throw it in the fire.
,BCRNING ALTAR SENT OUT
FRAGRANCE AS CONSUMED
| So she threw tho altar on tho dying en-
bers and soon hey hurst into Il flame but
liz made the pcrfumed wood from that altar
fragrant, and they loated out and iilled the
Kitchen and library and reception halt but
the altar itself had To be destroyed before
Ia could fulfill it's mission.
And there arc thousand and one who
forget religion and allow the forms and the
ceremonies to take the place OF religion. a nd
YOU have to get rid OF the forms and ccrc-
monies to give religion a chance
They are just choking by their forms
scss Tor righteousness Our danger is not
80 the boiling over of tho religious caldron
cut the danger is that the fire will be drawn
and the boiling Will cease.
. Religion has never been hurt by cnthu-
siaam but ii haa been killed by your darn
lrituals,ns 20 you understand Il? Never
frr earth, and ] defy you TO show me where
| 81 has Religion has never been hurt by
IN husiasm. but il has been killed and
] nokcd by rituals and forms.
And God only can save tho world. but
nod can't save 1t alone. Hes got TO have
some body TO help Him. II lie could have
ss we'd it alone. He'd have done it long ago.