The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-18

just two. First, no member Of tina
Society OF Jesuits had any mind OF
will OF his own; his mind. In turn
was the will of his superior. and hi
will was the win of his superior. whiht
Ioyoia was the center of it VIVA
Loyoia said. what Loyola command
ed. they ali would do.
] .Apd, second they were never al
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those principles into practice and hel
power for God will be incalculabie
When you live and move. II is the
divine life within you that does II
and you must realize you are not
aione--'Io. arm with you always
even unto the end of the world"
| At Hot End OF Poker.
For sixteen years there had been
no song In Israel For sixteen years
this reprobafe Ahaz--don't forget It
had the people at the hot end OF the
poker. Sixteen years that dirty repro
bate had sat on the throne and ruled
Sixteen years. And during that time
there was no song In the temple.
That must have been a great loss, for
the people were accustomed to sing
from the time OF the creation. when
the morning stars sang together and
the sons and daughters Of God shout
ed for toy.
Then, my friends, on the march 70
the Red sea, where Miriam, the sis
ter of Moses, and Aaron led the hosts
OF God in the songs of triumph! Then
at the birth of Jesus. when the
angels sang and aroused the sleeping
shepherds on the mooniit hills OF
Judea, Oh--'There is born this day
in the city Of David Savior, who il
Christ the Lord
And then at tho Last Supper, after
they had sung hymn, Jesus took his
disciples across the line into the gar
den, of Gethsernane. and then we are
told Of the new heaven and earth-we
are told of the song of Moses and the
Lamb. which all the redeemed shall
be privileged to sing in the days that
are to come.
Song has always played an import
ant part In the advancement OF Gods
cause. Martin Luther, crawling on
his knees up the steps of ST. Peters
at Rome. and that verse Of Scripture
flashing into his mind, not only
preached but sand the truth; ana
Wesley and Whitfield sang, and
Moody and Sankey. and Torrey. and
Alexander. and DR. Chapman and
Gypsy Smith. my friends--they all
sang! You will always find. my
friends, that song has been INSOFAR
ably connected with the advancement
OF Gods cause.
I always look for two things neces-
sary for rising tide In spiritual
things-the amount OF money you
throw into the collection plate. and
how many of you sing. Those are
two invariabie indexes to the interest
OF the people-how much you give,
how much you are willing to sig
SO many of you go to church and
look upon the choir as a sort of a
paid institution to entertain you on
Sunday morning. A lot of you never
open your lips. You are never heard
in song. Many OF the pealms were
written and sung as songs In the
temple. The twenty-third psalm--T
have tried to imagine that David used
70 sing that to charm old King Saul
in his melancholy moods. and ! have
tried to bend my ears back over the
centuries to catch faint sound of
the sweet singer of Israel. AS he stood
before the crotchety, grumb bling King
Saul and gang The Lord is my shep-
herd I Imagine him placing the
emphasis upon the personal pronoun.
The Lord is my shepherd, / shall
not want. for He maketh me to lie
down In green pastures"
That has been forged on the anvil
Of experience. David was giving his
experience in song. Some people now
will get up and stroke their bird-tai
whtskerR and say. Forty years age
/ started on the road to God"
| Why No Song Nowf
Now there is many a life today that
has no song like Il used to have
Why : T here's a reasonable Postum
What Is itf Listen! / will tell yor
! what ~ ia hA 81
tons. the things you do or have done
and have not repcnted OF or risen ur
TO condemn. I say that faith claim,
instant deiiverance from the power OF
the devil. 1t doesn't make any diff
ference what your sin is, whether II Il
drunkenness or what Faith claims
instant deliverance from the power o.
the devil and the power of sin
| If you are not being saved from
saved from your pride; If you are MOI
being saved from your grouchy
grum bling. crotchety, knocking, fault
| finding disposition: il you are not be,
ing saved from those qualities which
develop the mean. eordid character.
istics, then there Is something wrong
with you, not with tho Lord.
Then another thing. The d@strea
the I-want-tos. / pray that God car
| take the desire away. l Claim thai
God can take from that man a desire
for drink; claim that God can take
from that man or woman the desire tc
commit adultery: I claim that He car
take away the desire to steal The
gospel can take away the desire oil
these things.
| And another thing. used to-
before was Converted used &c
, drink. I say 1t to my shama
haven't tasted a drop Of liquor or beer
for thirty years. ! used to play cards
, like the rest Of you, and lie and cheat
as much ~ any Of YOU. haven't had
! . pack Of cards in my hands from the
day I was converted.
| I used to go to the theater. I hav<
nothing against the theater as an in.
stitution. have against the saloon
| as an institution--the saloon, as ar
! institution. has no right to exist u
never have quarreIed with the thea.
| ter as an institution: / only quarre
with the mean, contemplate things
that they allow and permit on the
stage. and as long as they do that
they can't expect anything from me
but a scrap. That's all!
Tom keene, the great trnged.an--
Tom was one of my best friends. Tbs
last time saw him was down on
Staten Island and he came down