The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-08

woman stands up hero to sing. o. .
quartet, | say to Rody, lis that coed
singing" ] don't know.
And painting and scuipturing are
nothing to the man or woman who
knows nothing of art. but to the one
who knows. It u power. charm.
beauty.
An right SO religion II . power to
you because you know from expert
ence. 1t is nothing to you because you
W>nno~ VIVA, ws S1e b wnsrJ
we are. There is Law of gravitation
in character the same as there IL in
matter. When q man gravitates to
a saloon. know what he Is by where
he Ia. When a man lies, l know
what he Ia by what he does.
We all know the law of gravitatioa
OF matter. You walk along the
street, you stub your toe, you fan
down. Why don't you go up in the
| air? Oh. there's a reason. Gravity
pulls everything to the center Of the
earth, that is why.
So that Is the law OF gravtty-ff.
| teen pounds to the square inch.
While you sit there and l stand here.
this old planet which we call the
earth Is swinging In her orbit $4,000
miles per hour. and she ID whtrling
on her axis nineteen times = second.
wc are prevented from Tying OF at
a tangent
So that is the law OF gravity--pulis
everything to the center OF the
! OF gravity In character, too. When
you curse and swear. know The
power of evil that pulls you to do
| that. When you lie and refuse -
pray. know the power that In pull
ing you When you yield to God.
| know the power that pulls you here.
A sheep and q hog are never at
home with each other. Their ma
| lures arc 80 vastly different What
, is good for one In foo'ishness for the
other. A hog loves Stop. He u
never happier than when roofing and
! burrowing In the malodor of barn.
yard filth. sheep Ia never happier
than when eating the tender. succul-
ent grass So they are never at hons
with each other; their natures are SO
| different 1t is impossible for a
| revival meeting. Law II gravity,
/ that's all! What Is foolishness to one
| is power to the other.
| Says lts' Foolish to Pray
| To the saloonkeeper, II In all fool
ishness TO pray. To you and me. It
Is power, because we have experience
ed 1t. The preaching Of the cross
is to them that perish. foolishness,
but to US which are saved. it 10 the
| power OF God"
, There 10 nothing rsore foolish than
the Bible or religion to An unbeliev.
er. and II will always be the case un-
1 I'll he ceases to be a fool, and he will
/ never cease to be a fool until he ceas
es to be . sinner. then he will have
the sense to believe In them.
, My text " the same ~ saying '"Tha
world liz one thing 10 q blind man
| and is another thing to u man that
can see.' To blind man. II 10 moth
Ing but a black blotch; 10 . man tina.
can see. II Is mountaips. hills. val
leys, plains. trees, flowers. grass.
homes. friends. and all the panorama
OF nature.
/ Religion IL nothing to the uniearn-
ed. but to the learned. II u every
thing. II b because you put your
self in \ relationship 30 1t can prove
it The religion of Jesus Christ shows
1t IL the power of GOD to those who
believe. 1t In shown just Is convin
cingly to them ~ the power OF cleo
tricity In shown by the trolley car
You don't need any argument "a
prove the power OF electricity othe'
than to see the car running UP hill