The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-07
"A SAFE LEADER FOR A NEW YEAR"

but -tfW WORTH amt the dewitt arc try
ing to get all OF II. Commerce ana
pleasure are trespassing on holy
ground. The movies. with much 10
commend and much TO condemn
them, are not satisfied with six days
Of the week. For ten years they have
fought hard for our Lords day. God
+ forbid we should eySs+ have German
Sabbath i'm America
Where grace ahounds sin doth
much more abound" Crime is on the
! increase. With 1900 murders for
1000, 900 population in 1905 and
$500 in 1910 we have the alarming
increase of 103 per cent FOR Ave years.
At the last conference on race better
ment in San Francisco the statistics
given out show ono million premature
deaths. two millions rendered useless
by disease and 100000 infants, or
two thirds OF our nations babies. lost
annually The proper application OF
public and personal hygiene would
save kat terrible annual loss In
Chicago in 1914 $4,000 marriages
: were recorded and 5000 divorces.
We no lonEen hear the doleful song
~cf-per-cnat liberty for industry and
business have raised the music oil
economics and Joined the Church In
his fight with king alcohol. The world
rcd -coated kaiser of the brothel Is
doomed but our task is not done.
The social evil threatens the lovely
| fabric of our civilization, Our gov
eminent has Joined us in ceaseIess
war on this lose practice and Ioath-
some tragedy. Ma jor John O, Cobt
states that the cost of the war for
one day would wipe the worst forms
or fight with King Alcohol. The world
l..sg' s-tn a.,I a
come our boys on their return to pure
cities and a clean country
God is leading on. Our Christ is
worthy to be followed Moses was a
, Jew. bound by Jewish thought and
ideals. Socrates never rose above
Greek perfection. The sun didn'i
blush when Julius Caesar was
put to death. George washing ton
| the idol of American tradition and
/ history. had his faults. Grand old
Foch. greater than France comman
| dcrin- chief of the allied armies. has
his limitations. Woodrow Wilson. the
| educated, Christian president. worthy
| to stand above the dignitaries OF
noble England and elegant France
America s most illustrious Christian
statesman. is not universal man
! The ideals of freedoms brotherhood
and worldly democracy were not
/ pofH III INC nome or Mary WaShin.
| ton on the historic Potomac They
| did not evolve from Monticel1o's sun.
kissed summit They did not sir
! through the cracks of I4incoln's Ken
| lucky cabin. They did not originate
! in manse at stanton, Va, but
y! glory to God. they were incarnated in
/ Bethlehem nineteen hundred years
! ago. announced by angels in song
destined to MARBLE on every human
tongue.
our Leader towers above the choice
! spirits of all time: unique and lone
/ He is tho Universal Man Tive Jews
tried to crown Him. He is the idea
of the dusky African. tho polished
! Greek, the courtly Japanese and tht
aggressive American Like tho sur
that shines for all nations. Iesti.
Christ is humanitya light and HI.
leadership is humanity'& inSpiratf ton
Follow Him and learn In thgs logic o.
high attainment that ChrMfiani,y !.
not Utopian dream. He made potcl
more than a Galilean fisherman. 7
was not tcntmakinE that immortal
lied Paul Following Jesus Chris
makes a man live a life worth livin,
and do things worth doing and give
him a crown worth having.