The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01

can Just simply tell you and leave n
to you.
A man said to me one time, 'Then
ysu believe In an eternal, literal hellT
Yes. I have never gotten SO damn
able and low-down and vile as to have
the audacity to put my inhnftesimal
pigmy. intellect up to b defiance Of
the Omnipotent and tell him hi spirit
of damnation didn't meet with my stu
pendous, gigantic. conception. He is q
big idiot.
But, wait a minute. There may be
lnther s',sthads OF punishment ghteh
! woG,a p2 H. >sAsasLI>us1A. Ia
burning, there may bel don't know
why, suppose I could fook from where
I stand out to where my children are
Suppose I could see an assassin place
hts ladder to the window and creep In,
bend over the bed where the boys are
with a long, razor-1ike knife In his
hand ready to sheathe that into their
heart I can look upon that scene but
/ cannot avert the impending calamity.
You show me the man that loves his
children that would not suffer mental
agony and distress of mind a thousand
fold more excruciating than the mere
physical suffering of walking on Goals.
To have a mental condition like
that. to have It prolonged through
an eternity with no cessation. great
Godi To be turned into shades like
Dante's shadows, ito want to 60 and
can't go. 10 want to do and be un-
able to do. 70 want to say and to be
unable to have It. I beg of you, In
the name OF God. don't be a fool and
live the life of rebellion to God.
Down in a Southern city some
years ago. a mother. whose three chill
dren were nj. sem for the physician.
He came, gave them the medicine and
they became c~onvalesccnt He
changed the remedy with the tn
struction to give It at Six. twelve and
six. She ave It at six in h eve
ming, 1t was nea two In the morning
when che awakened. she'd given a
teaspoonful of II to n and the
second and the third. and then fell
asleep,
She spoke to the children. No re
Spouse. She touched the cheek Of
the first, second and third and they
were all three dead. She ran shrek
ing to the doctors office cryinT as
she ran, MY God! he a given the
wrong medicine. and my children arc
dead"
They went to the jig store and
found the prescrip on as he had
written IL down &nd that It had been
carefully pr@ Jared by an expert.
They accompanied her to the house.
There 81 the shelf they found two,
four Ounce viles, one containing the
re- scription and the other containing
rat poison. They were dead
For eight days she refused food
and she burst every attempt at the
barrier Of restraint. She'd throw her
self over the mound where the three
little ones were sleeping side by
side in one grave. She'd moan
and grQnn as they'd lead her away
and <e'd tear loose n run shrek
ing and the eighth day h fell dead
owe the little mound and the post
mortem examination revealed the
fact that she'd died OF a broken heart
The mental agony was more than she
could stand
To have a mental agony like that
continued through eternity with moth
ing under heaven to release n re-
lax, don't, | beg OF you. How shall
we escape If we neglect so great sal
walton ?"
Jesus used three metaphors, He
said, The fire that Is not ~quenched."
The very thought of burning makes
us CULVER.
The worm that never dies" and
! think the worm that never dies lis
your memory. Your memory will be
as active in the world to come as II
Is now and hen you will know you
had the opportunity and you rejected
it
The other is, Outer darkness" All
these metaphors express what we
may receive. The wonderful wonder
Is to me. the plan of salvation. 1t
liz so wonderful that the greatest mind
the world has ever known has "
been able to grasp it 1t Is SO plain
and simple that a child can under
stand It.
Paul meant to teach the Hebrews.
It Is possible for a MAI to know what
to do but never do 1t. 1t Is possible
to believe that Jesus was the Christ
and yet never accept him as their
personal Savior.
A steamer was crossing the Allan
tic years g when they cried out,
Man overboard!~
A man cried out. "A thousand dol
lars to any hat wifi save him"
Almost Saved.
The sailor launched the nfe boat
anxious to ave the life and secure
the reward. The man wa powerful
physically. He kept himself afloat
but he was becoming exhausted as
the life boat reached him. They
brought him back and they threw
the rope over the side. fastened It
beneath his arm and started to lift
him UP on deck. when the rope snap
ped and hts skull was crushed and
his brains dashed out.
His body was swfrled against the
PROV of the ship and down he went
He came within . hairs brodth Of
being saved, and I have Q men
and women come nearer than that
to being moved BY the power Of
God. Oh! I have watched them
turn pale. I have 70 them wipe
their eyes. I have seer mon and
women hurry out lest II they stayed
longer they would be saved. I
know men in this town that are
afraid to come to this tabernacle
for fear they'd yield to Jesus Christ.
A man told me, II am afraid II
I go up, you'Tl get me-"
Imagine I'll A business man. =
man that you an know. he told me
In his private officA II am
afraid to 90 up for I am afraid II l
do you'll got me-"
Imagine st! Afraid b BE- decent.
afraid to pray, afraid to 1.-Two for
Jesus Christ, It's pitfablei To think
woulA 6r thai INV