The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-24

ITO Joseph and to Daniel the sight into
mysteries and dreams he gave to
Elijah courage to shake his fist in the
midst OF kings on their thrones.
Bring your Bibles. and 1 will sub
NIT myself to you AZ jury by all the
court to try me and my preaching by
the law Of God and Its revelations
writtensb by holy men OF old, who spake
as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost. X what I preach isn't the word
s L ssfas ne s.ssss zIal "a. sA.s-,a T
speak" said the prophet
The thing that should concern Won
is not what people think but what
God wants done. and Bacon said:
or a hammer''
Tennyson said. tic never made n
friend who never made a foe And
il you make foe by preaching God +
truth. then compliment you for your
enemies
My friend, DR.. Gardner, Of winne-
peg. whom I always loved, said. Each
generation has produced a now type
of Christian and these have been ar
ranged and classified and eath distin-
gu.shed by some special name--cul-
tured. well-to-do, amiahle, we'll
dressed wealthy. worldly. But the
and that is a fighting brand"
l arm looking for men and women
who are on the wappath for purity.
decency, sobriety. manhood and wom-
anhood. and all that Is noble. I arm
looking for such folks. I am looking
for people who are willing to carry
the war into Africa We have world g
championships in baseball. lawn ten
mis-. golf-ch. we ought to md heroic
soldiers who arr worthy Of worlds
In aggressive Christian
iey and the principles Of decency! We
are hungry for a believer whose be-
lief Is OF such a quality that he will
throw down the gauntlet and take up
the cudgel for the pressing reforms,
my friends. of civil and political life.
The civilization of the future is a-oin &
to center more and more in the cities
now l.sten-and whatever is en-
throned In the cities will give tone to
the country. II the cities are God
forsaken. heIlish with the lid off. let
ting everybody be law in themselves,
they will damn everybody in thte city.
and they win damn everybody that
comes to their contemplate place. so
whatever fs enthroned and allowed in
the city, II will bless or damn the
country around them. Civilization Is
more and more going to center in the
cities.
Two-Fold Purpose.
The banner OF the. church has two
sides, Christianity as a proclamation
and a protest Religion exists for a
two-fold purpose---to enthrone right
That is what the gospel of Jesus
We should be militant as well AS per-
suasive. You've got TO fight as well
as pray.
You've got TO do 1t. Now Martin
Luther said: IF you burn my books,
I will burn your books" Hurrah for
Martin! He said: II never speak Sc
well, l never pray SO we'll / never
preach SO well, as when am mad
Good. A man without a temper Is
a man without force. He is nonen-
ity. He is mush and milk.
Men~of genius without exception
have been fiery spirited. The great
est soul OF history without exception
were fighters. Moses slew an Egyp-
left not one Of them alive. Caleb, in
spired by questions, said. I'VE arc
able to do til" Or, in other words
deliver the goods David was n man
of war. and all the prophets carried
big sticks
Paul. tho founder Of a new civiliza-
ton, said: Put on the whole aTmcr
OF God"
Strong men resist: weaklings don't.
Every great soul finds its opponent
Whenever you want to be decent
somebody don't want you to be de-
cent because they don't want to be de.
cent and they can't bear to see you
decent Martin Luther was opposed
hWy YNH ~
Queen Of Scott The Huguenots by
King George: the Puritans by Queer
Elizabeth. Webster was opposed by
Hayne: Lincoln by Douglas Jesus
was opposed by Judas and the Phart-
sees. Wherever you try to do SOME.
thing yon will find somebody lined VI
/, against You.
Everybody, It don't make any diff
ference, No, SIR What is this fagh,-
| ing spirit you want me to have !
Well, walt minute. Quarrel? no
Spoiled. going around with a chip or
your shoulder, daring fellow to
knock ii OFT? No. What is it: ]
will tell you. II In the spirit OF a
man or woman that will STAKE every
thing for God and for decency The
only thing that you really believe is
the thing that you are willing to figh.
for and. by the grace OF God. to die
| for. That LIS the only thing you be.
lieve. I am sick. tired Disguised
! nauseate ed. and want to settle my
stomach of hearing people talk about
Il favor this
You must: everybody favors It,
The saloon keeper favors some.
thing. The girl who gives away her
womanhood favors something have
just got ono question to ask you every
one OF you: What are you willing te
stand for?
+ There are three rules: Get religion
take stand; get in the game.
Those are the three Win out!
You know you ought to be- a Chris
tian: take stand. Have you go,
the CRITIC do II? Then. what? Begin
to live Christian life and show the
world that you are going, TO stand
for the Lord and do his will and keen
his commandments
Now. IL you'd explain every period
OF history just please ind the master
mind OF that period and you will and
your whole thought Columbus. a
new world. G~lileo, new sky. Luther,
new doctrine: Shakespeare, new liter
ature. Angelo, new art Cavilli. new
statement of old theology. Washing
ton, new system OF government. Find
tho master mind and you will get the
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