The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-14

: punched 1t IL expect he felt like
punching his nose) and then my friend
the major came up and handed his
ticket up to the gatekeeper ane
smiled as he said:
Il see you're not very popular
man with the public this bitter cold
j : Hs said E. 4 don,t a 4 a " wNhoop
whether I'm popular with the public
or not; I'm popular with, the euperin-
Itendent OF this road---the fellow that
gave me my job. He tells me to al
low nobody through that gate unless
they've got a ticket I'm trying to
pay envelope and not the mutt that
kicks
And I'm trying my level best to
please GOD and / know IL / do I'll
| please every man and woman that's
decent whether they're in the church
Or out of the church. ! know that
much.
| There Is testimony 10 be borne by
the man or the woman whose life is
free from questionable things. I arm
not talking about things that we can
all agree are openly vile and iniquit-
GUS.
| Upward Turn to Eyes
| They say 70 Billy Bray, the Cornish
miner. that he looked up and prayed
so much that his eyes had a sort an
upward turn to them and q fellow
met him stumbling along the high
way one time and he said. Hello,
Billy, how are you getting along?''
| He said, I don't know anything
about the earth; / haven't been on
the earth for ten years"
| Wen. don't think it's a good thing
to be too aerial. Don't join the
Spiritual aviation league and &C.
away from old terra firma altogether
You ought to be posted on some
things in order to see men and women
break their letters and 60 free.
| You ought to be posted in order to
warn others OF the error and the
danger which awaits those that SO
blindiy on and pass ali OF Gods sem
aphores and danger signals with their
eyes holden by their pleasures and
the 1usts and like stampeded cattle
rush on pell NELL to hell
\ man came to friend of mine
one time and said. Can you tell me
what to do to be a Christian"
My friend said, I'm going to try
and answer that question In my ser
lmon tonight and II You wifi listen Ia
me earnestly. win try to make /,
clear, but In case I fan. If you come
TO me after the sermon. ! will try to
help you"
And my friend preached and gave
the invitation and this fellow came tc
the front My friend said, '1 guess
must have made it plain to you. You
are ready to take this much OF I
step" and he took him by the hand
lie said, We'll, now, you must be
willing to forsake every known gin 81
The fellow said. 81 have no Gin
My friend said, '"r bed you par don
you're liar. You've got one sin, !
can smell II on your breath"
; When you tell me that a man car
drink and It won't hur, him. you're q
! liar. When You tell me that you car
40 sit in a restaurant and drink wine
or champagne and cocktails and Il
won't hurt you, / say you're liar
You're liar! You can't go and hi
the booze. I don't give a picayunt
who you are, whether you hit It in 4
/ restaurant or hoteI--you're not a.
, good a woman, morally, as the ON,
! that don't do It.
, II anybody tells me he ean drtni
or let II alone, say he h liar.
, notice that he never let's 1t alone.
, (Now TIL get down to business one,
! more)
SO my friend said. II beg your par
don. you've got one sin for CAL
smell II on your breath
; oh he said. IT'S TO SIN the wa,
! drink"
Then you might AZ wen say it's m,
sin tho way you steal, or the way yol
, lie,
II Can walk Cssarsfinc
He said, 81 arm Always able to at
= tend 10 business; I can walk a chalk
line: I'm all right
And my friend said to him. TT
. neither good TO eat meat or drinl
wine or anything whereby you
: He stood up and said. els Chat fl
the Bihle@~
My friend said, Yes. sir"
,; He said. II thought that was a quo
ta1on from Shakespeare"
That's got Shakespeare skinned.
He looked at my friend a minute
then fell on his knees and began t
!. sob and said, MY Cod My brothe
: /. died of delirium tremens last week
: and gave him the first drink @
= whiskey." .
Say, you're not put into this worl
to wrap thongs about other people b
iyour indulgence. but you are put il
his world to snap the bands that sc
them free from the sins that ensiav
I and brutalize them
q rye are my witnesses, saith tn
!, Lord God of hosts" and that il wha
r God would have us do. to live 70
\ him and do his will.
:. A lady came to a friend OF min
t in a Western city and said, WIN yo
: pray for my son, please"
a He said, Yes. ma'am. / will. Doe
q he come to the meetings?"
|. She said. mo. he hasn't been nea
); and IL he doesn't come and he's los
r fear that I am at fault"
e He said. That's a serious charg
o for "A mother to assume, or anybody
but particularly n mother"
& She !. SKID, = II know it and at
Y ashamed and chagrined, --horrifiet
h but it's true She said. 7 was
+; nominal Christian" (This woman wa
r Baptist, by the way.)
Z. She said, IT was nominal Christ
Han, and we were having some specia
Y meetings in cur church and my bo
became wonderfully interested and h
9 said. Mother, You havr't been nea
= the meeting" (Mind you, she was
church member) you havn't bee
!. near the meeting; won't you 80 wit
q mo ~
She said. II can't tonight. my son.
Tomorrow night>~ She said, g