The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-22

ard OF living for both men and wo-
men.
Some women will 60 to church.
knesi At communion, plight their ster,
kneel with the unseen arm OF Christ
about them and say,
my liege. my lord, ren6unce the
world. the flesh and the devil for
thee"
And within forty-eight hours they
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in some csrharet With snuas lizard
with his arms around her squeezing
the life literally and spiritually out
ton. want to know.
Untrue to the emanations Of truth,
untrue to Jesus Christ. the source Of
all truth.
o, Lean imagine = man being un-
true in business. l can imagine with
a vast stretch Of imagination, a man
untrue in politics. And l can imag-
inc by n vast, vast stretch OF imagina-
ton. unthinkable a. 1t and ought to
to his marriage vow. ! can. AZ I'm
thinkabae ~ It - I can imagine It
because It IN 20.
PlAy Fair WITH God.
| But be true to God ana he will be
turn his back on you True to God.
he win stand BY You through life and
death.
pray God my words may ring true
| on your ears and you-thA& may be
standing upon the very brink OF the
! prscipice. about to say goodbye to
0od-mAy return with all your heart
and ali your soul to do the win Of the
Lord
II was Christmas eve In the coun-
Try. A farmer had piled the straw
| around the horses. the cattle and the
sheep. All had been generously fed.
He came to the house and knocked
the snow from his heavy boots, took
| his muller from around his neck.
, took his coon skin cap of. hung 1t
upon the rack behind the door; had
supper sat in front Of the fireplace.
and the dog came and begged for
when the clock on the mantle struck
nine. She stopped her knitting. put
her specs on top of her head and
said to him,
Husband have you forgotten this
! is her anniversary and 1t has been six
! year since she went away"
The old man stopped caressing the
| dog buried his face in his hands and
the tears trickifed through his fingers.
! He arose and walked to the window,
I framed his faced in the window and
looked out into the night
!. Christmas Eva
II was Christmas eve in great
city. The church was thronged with
worshippers. and a great pipe organ
peaied. and the choir sang the an
thems, and the light filtered through
the stained glass windows: fell with
mellow glow upon the snow. They
could hear the cracking Of the side
walk under the power OF Jack Frost
and the preacher took for his text:
Bruised for Our Iniquities," and d.
God, and His willingness to forgive.
A woman OF the street drifting by
shrank In through the door and hud-
died up close to the radiator. When
the service was dismissed and the
lights disappearing under the magic
wand OF the sexton. the minister came
down the astle, putting on his over
co14 and his gloves. She. emeold-
encd by what ne HAD said and who he
was said,
did you say wounded for our
transgressions."
He seemed to cling to his common
tariea and didn't understand and
didn't know. He nodded assent an
hurried on.
She headed out into the cold. 4
paroxysm OF coughing siezed her.
She leaned over the railing and she
ooughed Down the street came n
policeman, whose beat was near. He
recognized her and he said
:afesso Mag. what graft IS 81 to-
night!-
She said. between her paroxysms,
Wounded for our transgressions.
bruised for our iniQuities-"
He touched his head and said,
Poor girl. she is bug house.
Listen! She regained little
strength and hunted around and
found in her rags the last money of
her illgotten gain. She got on car.
went on. on. off out into the country
and on, around the curve and saw
glimmering light. She went up the
pebhly walk. opened the door and the
old dog leAped to his feet and Erowl-
ed. She spoke his name. He hadn't
heard that voice for six years She
spoke his name, he remembered it.
He reared up with his paws on her
shoulders and licked her frst upon
one cheek then the other. She lay
down with her old friend by the nre
place and slept
In the early morning the mother
came and saw q bundle Of rags lying
there She touched them and
there was . human frame inside. She
opened her eyes and wrapped her
arms around her mothers neck and
said.
wounded for our transgressions.
bruised for our iniQuftica."
God says, You 80 down there and
proclaim TO the North. the South. the
East and the West and say Come
back. Come back. Pardon full and
free. perfect and eternal awaits you
at the foot Of the croA"
Arc You Sorry:
Never mind how you have gone IN
life. That don't enter into II At all.
God never asks what you have done
God only wants to know, Are y0u
sorry you ever did it?'
II begins in your heart. You've
got to fight the battle over IN your
mind and decide whether you yield
or not. You've got to get the CON-
sent Of your will over your con-
science. Your conscience will say.
Don't do il! Don't dot it!'' II you arc
tempted to 20 wrong. And when you
do right your conscience win say.
well done! Well donel'