The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27
CANNOT TOLERATE SINNER WHO IS BLIND TO HIS POWEE

But. Mr.. Sunday, a woman's heart
Graves something besides jewels, fine
clothes and q retinue OF servants.
wish you'd make 1t plain"
[ said: Sister, l Will begin TO talk
about half-past two. You go home,
get down on your knees, lock the dYor
and pray, while knock down, skin
and drag out, and II God ever gave
liberty to mortal man he did to me-"
Thou shalt not kill. He wasn't
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Oh, this is no time or place TO
speak of IL! l know of no sin against
which God Almighty rails more: on.
hat sin caused God to drown the
world with a flood: that sin caused
God TO blot Sodom and GomorrahI
from the earth; that sin caused God
to blot Pompeii and Herculaneum
from the earth, --
Many husband will turn away
from a wife and a wife from nus
band think the most good-for-
nothing, God-forsaken montebank. the
mafplot and triple extract of infamy'
rot and degeneration. Is the man VINO
ID false to his marriage vows or the
woman who is false to hers.
Thou shalt not commit aduitry
Thou shalt not steal.
The man liz a thief who takes that
which he does not given an adequate
return for, either in property or money
or in work. A man is thief when he
sells under false representations.
man is a thief when he says That Is
all WOOL" when it Is half cotton.
He is a thief when he says: That
was imported" when it was made IN
Cleveland or Pittsburg or Chicago.
An employer is a thief IL he takes
advantage of the necessities OF the
poor and pays his employees starNa-
ton wages and makes him live below
the hunger line. A laborer is thief
Ii he soldiers and doesn't give honest
work to his employer for the wages he
pays him; then he ia a darn thief!
A gambler who bets and wins Is
thief If he bets and loses he Is n
fool So every gambler Is either a
fool or a thief or both.
No Lottery in Church.
If a church runs a lottery. that
church Is a dirty. low thief. ASS a
rule. the man who steals million
stands a better show to keep out OF
the penitentiary than the fellow who
steals a hundred thousand.
friend of mine suggested that we take
| that commandment and make 1t read:
| Thou shalt not steal on a small
SCALE
Here's what believe. You can call
this republicanism: you can call IL
democracy; you can call il whatever
you please; here's what I believe: | be-
iieve that the man who sticks a gun
under my nose on the public highway
and demands my money or my life.
measured by every rule and standard
| OF honesty. he is no more of thief
than that man or combination of men
who secure control of a nations food
or fuel supply or some other necessity
and indispensable commodity, and
then put the price of that commodity
up SO high that the working man can
afford to buy 1t. and then give him
! the alternative OF paying the price
for Ii or starving or freezing TO death.
He IN a darn thief
Thou art weighed in the balances
and found wanting"
=. Safety First for America"
! Thou shalt hot bear false witnea:
against thy neighbor," u
/ You say: Bill. have never been il
/ court" Somebody tells something de
+! rogatory about another. and you dom
stop to find out whether what the,
said was true or not You begin Il
! tell 1t around the street to others. anc
you say: Have you heard the latest
oh, it Is rich. rare and racy."
Have You heard the story abou
Mrs. Jonesr"
! mo. i haven't"
Poor soul. feel so sorry for her.
You are an old liar. If you felt sorrs
] you'd keep your old mouth shut. Tina
is what you'd do.
Thou shalt not bear false witnes.
against thy neighbor."
Don't you know some OF the darI
lies that you told about me before
I came to town. You know there arr
multitudes of people that are pas
masters and adetpS at crtticiZing 9th
ere.
Like a young lady. A friend asked
her: Can you sew"
! She said: mo, but I can rip III
beautifully"
faults were written on our foreheads
our eyes"
+, What are your neighbours shortcom
; ings TO you? Your faults you thinl
. hidden perhaps may stand out as plaii
, as the scandal you are talking about
. and your trifling faults may seem jus
AZ black and set people talking behin'
. your back.
Ambuscade may be legitimate Il
warfare. but in dealing with you
: neighbours faults is cowardiy. Leav
your ambuscade and come into tn
: open; don't Try and divert attention
, from your rotten life by throwing mu,
, at somebody else. The Spanish prov
erb says: whatsoever spits against tn
wind spits in his own face" In othe
words. you will get 1t where Queel
Elizabeth wore the RUIZ.
Gossip Besetting Sin.
One OF the bcsetting sins OF nearl
every community is gossip.
stop your prattiing. stop your tattline
Tales you know to be untrue:
Stop your idle talk and bride we
Your tongue the whole wee
Il through
One man or woman to set on efir
this hellish thing. can keep a Who'll
: neiehborhood in an uproar.
Oh. gossips set husbands to quar-
, reling with their wives: wives witt
their husbands. They will make me-
suspicious Of their wives and wive
. suspicious OF their husbands, hav
more respect for the poor old bag 60
trc IN holY under the Hns light OF TN