The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-06
OF PRAYER AND ALSO ON us. 1T WELL WITH

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1.-TWO 20 four-you are not an ordafn.
ed minister or priest. who have access
At any hour. and last this Ia q Ynalig-
nant ward
But my friend pied with him 20
that finally the warden said to him /:
well. you can see him. and II You
,, wish to talk with him and pray with
him. you may. but you can't touch
him."
mani n'l s sn, =, :. as', 1ss he b ,snas
,reasone: ritn. i navshs No hnxuaxs;
and second. / haven't the disposition
to tell you. and third. you wouldn't
have the disposition to listen to me.
6udlce Il 70 say In passing that he
looked upon one who wac q maaB Of
putrefactjon from head to foot and
the stencil that arose from his body
WY almost staggering.
Ny friend recognised the naughty.
arrogant young Scotchman Of . few
years before that no had met ut Cas-
tls Garden: and when my friend made
himself known, that young Scotch
man lifted mp his hands. from which
the flesh was rotting. and said:
my God. isn't Il awful! Look 1t
mo. would give the world II /
could be back there and listen to you
Wish you would tell the young men Of
Chicago for me that they can't stem
the tide of life nor win tho battle
without Jesus Christ"
dying young man In that Cook County
hospital ana bring them 70 you.
for the same devils that damns you
tAsre. dAmns you hsF0. and win damn
you anywhere, and you can't win
without Jesus Christ don't caro- who
you are.
IL Il won WIN Jour No. not
without Jesus Christ Why arc you
not - pure - . sunbeam. a. sweet
~ . dewdrepf Why are you not ~
enchanting - . spring morning puis-
In with the song Of birds. when dap
pied lawns play upon the banks of
vfoletsf why arc you not a. lovely
- The oun-kisBed mountains7
, I WIN tell you. Listen GOD made
those things and God can make you
nike those things II you win yield to
Him and sfvs yourself to Him. and
do It.
You ny. Il had a bad start in
hfe:" ! am sorry.
in me-" An right You can be born
again with the devf1 ont OF you in
two minutes II you want to BE-
Triumph Over Ancestry.
Ny friend Kaufman says, newer
mind II the cards were stacked
against you At birth. you can trium phi
oger your ancestry. Oh. you can
turn your past into doormat and
you can wipe the Sin OF failure of
from your feet Never mind q bad
start--n doesn't count II you end
right Never mind what kind OF q
start Jon had. II you win only end
right. that's al.
Now. don't blame your parents. my
friends. II you lived in a palace with
black heart. you would turn II into
crawling In between two clean sheets
or passing resolutions. That won't
alter Il - sure as you live. You
turn . polecAt loose In q pArlor and
you know which will change hrst
the parlos o. the poiccat You take q
man with = rotten heart and he viii
, make anybody rotten that he 1850
ciated with. He will blight and
curse anything. no matter where he
In IS.
Sin didn't begin m q stale bsss
Joint or . grog-shop-ein started h
the Garden Of Eden, surrounded b.
evcry fnducement and influence 70 d.
right
Oh, yen Dsn.t blame society. yos
are . part Of Il n society - rotten
& Ii because The individuals that
make society up are rotten. 30 II h
/ the in viduaI that makes society.
don't blame society; II Il ISN'T wha.
| Il ought to Be. perhaps pom ara not
what you ought to Be, 20 stop blam.
ing society and trying to square
yourself that way
Don't blame IA Great heavens. We
are only human. am trying to do
my best for God. DON'T blame IA
Don't blame the devil All the devil
| can do h 20 tempt You. There are
not devils enough IN hen b make you
sin II you don't want to sin. and
| there are not angels enough In heaven
to be decent
viii tell you what 70 %. &C
home. look into the mirror and say:
God. there IL the old lobster In there
that La to blame. There b the wor
that fellow right there."
Els 1t well with thee?" No. moi
II you are without Jesus Christ
wouldn't trade places with you for the
world. In II we'll with thy husband
man whose name you bear, the man
to b. true to whom and to keep the
| vows you made amidst the perfume
~ the wedding blossoms, amidst the
assembled company. you said gcod-by
| TO more happiness than you havt
| ever seen since-the man who = the
father Of your child or children. the
man by the sweat OF whose brow thu
dresa You have On. Or the home thai
| you live In, o. the automobile YOU
win ride home IN. Or the carfare tina,
win b paid. or buys the food you
eA&9
'sIs It web with thy husband she
man you Gwore you would love. honor
cherish and obey. the man whoee
image you have woven into the nbers
| Of your hearts Il wen with thy
/ husbandf
"Has your master gone to heaven
Moss r asked . man OF q southern
darby who had been the servant OF
Z man for thirty years. Ibid youl
master 70 to heaven
I Moss said. mo. ma3r never went
! to heaven"
"why not1" he asked.
'well. been with him for thfrty
years. rse packed his grip ana trunk