The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-19

49, them that curse you. do good 10
VbNm that hate you, ard pray for them
watch despitefuliy ase rca and per-
seenrte you"
These things are net hard 70 dc IL
they are taken in the order In 49,
tAey are named. Let werk r. Sla
Nth love and n will Se easy TO dc
MI TIE res. ore Of the first cfarac-
teTt4stcs of lows is 10 sg~eT whatever
n may be called upon SO endure The
character at love duee Eos change
with the circumstances o. with the
oD1HnAta r. is the Same summer or
winter, day and night. What IL is
N on. place, 1T wifi; rs In eli places,
nSrT kird by rasurv, you ere sure
- be kind I'm conduct. and II Isn't hard
~ 4 towing wife to hear the fauits
of her husband with che could not
possibly endure In any other man.
n requires no effort for a mother
- BE- patient with her child, End love
never iroks for faults, and whenever
il discovers them. 4 thruvs the man
tie Of charity over them. and is T'*'a'
not siame. II Gcss not censoF~
Who're others see en'y wrong, owe
DeeS Some Eoua. Too many pe pss
havs q great deal al religion but nc
low. They ray tithss taey fast ard
they've got long faces, buI they sre
make a noise In the church, nut they
heep away from ti1e ritar Of FL crt1cs
and IL noise wac religion, then y
Chinese loss siou~e woclG be The hoii~
eat spot on earth And a. bass drum
could outdo a preacher Ia prorno'ins9
a revival
Note Ts4Gs Ooun;S
There M G noise tina. counts = ss
ss she notse that ss m&d@ by lay ~
ANwn thinss that yoa Ese w r
Christ. ana we need n reitr pr ~ ;
WIN make us pay CIR ,seets rd he
have ittye Christians io 'he satddie Of
tia week. lore than we need aFNsr
tongues or gold mouths
No YnaE ever loved his HstgA Dor a.
hirnssif until he knew ia Sia soul 'hat
God loved hirn. To know that God
loves as 10 sure ~ ulaha us like h'tn
in loving others. II is An enemy Va
as told 20 loSo o, Love your enemy.
All men love fheir friends. No orc
NOT related to God in sr'rit car 'o'e
an enemy. Tao thing that Chriss'
Aelkx III TO do il unnatural fnl sn un~
converted ran. He car't DC IL
Now, had God commanded us to
love them that love 3s there ar@
thousands VI pc 9rie that would never
fllsd cut that they needed n .sEt@n
Thefafore. II the command had been
to love your frtfn3s, you never would
have known You n ed your religion,
because thnts eagy t. do: eu' 4 IS
hard to love your enemy. and you
can't do II without religion. Love
enrichas whatever Il touches; Love
anxtchcx wnoevc~ Possesses IT, love
makes every good thi1s better snd
everv hsstG. thing she best
Wa may have talent. knowledge,
faith, zeal, hsneyo1eree ard YET be
beggars IN s8i.1t Love nar e. ~.u ss.
Man judge one another ny their pcs"
session. but Goa JUICES us by the way
we love. Ii we love much we are
much whether we favs any god on
deposit OF not Men look at the store
houses barns banks. but God looks
at the heart
God writes his Judgment. not ac-
cording to the so1or OF you- hair t,la
number of your teeth Or your social
Relationship. INT according 20 4siiE
heart. Ana ii your heart is llltpi
with love, the ANGELS viii keep close
10 you, waiting 10 beG4 S4u home
whea yos or'ft c1t With NJ tide.
II you'vs rtlsfug By money, you
cant keep GU ct torment IRE mar
who has no money Is POOR. bur the
man that has nothing but nnne~ -
pocrer still and that's Ia. me folks
have got. The young ru posses
sssora were - curse to him because
they made him par company With
Christ Your pride NAV he a cnr5e
To yon, your tove II clothes may be -
curse to co, your int~(iectuat PRIDE
may be- cN1rse 20 YOU. VIII ttvor
makes you say. ''Coodh a, Cod 60. .
"a a curse a. y>,7 4, aon't maxi. any
difference what - is.
With scne people II Is heir pGt'-
TICS; some people Jua thlrg ard >uIae
another II isn't always IT oney. /
am sice and tired NJ :hls damping =
fellow because he'a got "a little moneE.
IF you'd used as much horse ssu5e
and saved ard worked like he did
maybe you'd have had iittle. They
had 20 work fer 1t irst a., hard "a yo'.
There aren't very many people today
that ref IL in any other way. n 4ew
IF them. not many.
Love Essential.
Love made the poor widow give her
all Let ean Love Is the es~eer MAJ
hing If yoa wru.o e'ease cod, Get
IT, Heaven is haa~rn because Il. ere
ID nothing there TT love. Hesi H.
bell because there IS ching there tu-
hate. II ali the love In heaven wore
10 20 to he'll and all the h.ake In he'll
were 10 60 to heaven. thGn heaven
would become he'll end he'll would
become heaven.
Another characteristic If live IS -
snvies not. Envy IL a spiritual rob-
Der. The moment you envy The other
people their possessions you lose
your own. The morpent you eng
thAt woman who has Il Pierce Arr W.
you are not satisfied tsll you haze
one. The elder brother enSieG tie
happiness and favor with whict h =
fe4Aer received his younger bro'hef
who returned from the LOG pen, and
his prodigality. and nc moment q
aid that his fathers house was no
longer home To him. Int torment A. !,
had he loved his brother, ha would
have retojced because tsta brother was
Fsturnad home happy, and he wouli
mt have sasir 4 or hin pros
portty which would have cert hi4
brother back 10 the hog pen
Therefore. If you love you VIII rot
desire fer yourself something frat
WIN make somebody else poor fof
you 10 nave II. He was perfectly will
inx tor his brother to 70 back to the
h0g pen II ne could only have the
fafM. That's all he was after
Nobody Is tit for heaven who wants
AMybody kept out. but there Will be a
lot 0f people that will rtay Out That
4 wUnst be your fault. Il wiz be their
foCa fault The man who doesn't
p9aY Tor the world. does4.s pray fer