The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13

a member Of the church; although he
was believer he would make no
confession and join a church. He
heard of man who had died in sin
while looking to Kendall for an ex-
ample. Then he began seriously ia
investigate. and in little while he
found twelve men had died in their
unbelief because they were looking
to him for an example and they
thought IT was some inherent power
j<ttbiq. big EhieA - d4vAinn~d 10 ouch
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influence OF the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Many Unbeaicvers.
There are lots of people who are
unbelievers; thsy live decent, respect
able lives but they do II because Of
the constraining influence Of the Cos
] pei of the Son of God. That's why
many of them are enabled to live as
! decently as they do.
! / want to tell you If you take
! Christianity out of the world you will
sound the death knell of morality. A
young lady was asked by Q. friend OF
mine who was an unbeliever to write
she ought to be a Christian. She
! smihngfy said. 81 will, sir" Her
hand few fast as she wrote reason
after reason down the page why
! you ought to be a Christian" he
said. "Will you please do me the
favor Of writing on the opposite page
! reasons why you should not be 90
Yes she said. Il will
| She started. stopped and didn't
! Ave minutes and then she ssid, ITO
be frank with YOU. sir, can't think
of one reason why / should not bo
decent and serve Jesus Christ and do
his WILL" and neither can one Of you
Another thing. Prepare we a Je-
rusalem from on high" I believe a
poor church member is better than
none at all and a soldier who breaks
every regulation of the military pow
Is a better man, he Is more loyal than
the God-forsaken mutt who will sheer
/ and will not enlist and keeps other
people from eniisfing.
oh" they say. Financially it
costs TOO much" Is that so? had a
call to o town one time in a Western
state. They went there years ago
and they said, I'VE will build a city
we will not have church in 1T. Wen
show the world we don't need this
miserable superstition they call
Christianity" So they built town.
They decreed there should not be a
church nor n preacher nor a priest,
and the city was burned. And they
rebuilt 1t. They hung Jesus Christ
in effigy in the streets and the Sioux
indians. swept through that God-for-
saken. blatant, infidel town and they
murdered and piliaged. outraged and
left behind them q trail OF blood and
OF fire and OF smoke.
They rebuilt it. and then they sent
to the Home Missionary society and
said. Cant you send us out some
one to organize a church," Today ir
is respectable community. Today;
my friends, IT is a metropolis in that
section OF the state with happy homes.
Sunday school. virtue and morals
oh. they realize IT can't be done
without Jesus Christ and his truth,
and in these days all will either be-
patriots or traitors--one Of the two
patriots or traitors, TO your country
and 10 the cause OF Jesus Christ. too.
sir
Az the battle Of AK. General Co.
logne was peeved at Henry of Navarro
because OF some slight, and where
he was ordered TO go 10 the front. he
refused to go. Then when they re
Henry Navarro. or Henry the Fourth,
said to him. 'Oh brave Cologne, Go
hang yourself. AUu III these days
of conflict, when the flag is unfurled
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific
the call has rung out, when God has
lifted The standard here in this city.
asking for every man or woman worth
living or killing to get under and
show your loyalty to Jesus Christ
and ta~, Prince of the eternal Son Of
God. when in the world wind-up God
wi5s San Where were YOU liza shas
conflict Where were youg snap
ping and snariing and listening
through your prejudice and then GO
ing out and magnifying something,
my friends. until when II got TO be
two blocks away it proved to be a,
libel and a slander?"
Rash Resolves.
When the great war broke out the
German said, I'VE will drink coffee
in London" They are still drinking
tea in London. They said I'VE will
be in Paris in three months" They
still speak FSench in Paris. The Rus
sian said. We will eat Christmas
dinner in Berlin" They haven't
spread the table. yet. Germany said,
I'VE will conquer England on the
seas They still sing, Rule Brit
tania," And when Lord Nelson en-
tered the battle of Trafalgar and for-
ever annihiiated the seapower of
France. made England supreme upon
the water, he wigwagged from the
masthead o. the flagship that signal
which has become enbalmed in the
hearts OF the people and made sacred
upon the pages Of history. England
expects every man to do mis- duty"
and when they carried him. bleeding,
and dying. below he smiled through
his suffering and said, Thank God
have done my duty" and in Ira
falgar Square, tossing its head high
above tho fog. STANDS a statue Of Lord
Nelson around whose feet the crowd
surges like waves fthe sea, a silent
exhortntion to every young English
man to give his life for the service OF
the British flag.
In the Revolutionary war, at ths
battle of the Brandywine. the English
surrounded the home OF Anthony
Wayne. His great grandson Bill in
one of my best friends. went
through the same house where Anth-
ony was horn, the same room. the
same carpet on the floor, the same
sadd.ebags in the corner. the same
chair. his old sword standing by the
same pictures hanging on the samo
wall in the same spot they hung when
he was alive. The British surround
ed his home and they rushed in where
they thought they had him like q
rat in a trap. Guarding all exists,