The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12


What wilt thou say when he shall
punish theeT'
But do you think that because
God has been patient with you he
Twill continue to be? Do you think
because God hasa't struck you down
that ne won't do IL? DO you think
Atifat, beSauset God will let soyne of
sysu meh nNe 10 1pS lnpCy. f~fN>s
rIfty, ssrxry Years OF 'aty ssshs ~ouss
lin here, on that are NOT Christians
do you think that God will continue
to be as patient with you In the fu-
ture as he has been in the past? j
hope he will, but i beg OF you, In
the name of God. don't put the Lord
TO any such test. my friends. as that.
Don't trample Gods law beneath
your feet. IL you've done 1t up to
now may this be the last day that
you live in rebellion agains, God!
1 tell you men, the church needs
you. You need the church for u
hiding place.
Low mark In Church
Many put a mighty low mark on
the church. Many people begrudge
everything they give to the church.
They make no sacrifices to God.
They will dole out . few pennies
of their purplus.
Oh. If your children ever grow
up to lives of purity and happiness,
they will grow up In the shadow OF
the church. II the church doesn't
get them, the world will. II they
don't reach heaven, they'll 60 TO
hell. The church Is Gods institu-
ton to help them on their way to
glory and when you pass AWAIT
may not DO long with some of you.
some OF GU may never gee the hills
lurn brown, some of on may never
see the leaves fall from the flowers
before they viii! carry You to the
graveyard Listen, Some Of you
may never see the snow sift over
the hills before GU will pass away.
/ Oh, what satisfaction IL will be
ito you TO know that your children
are in Christian society! You'd like
TO see them in the sacred precincts
when you leave. wouldn't you?
wouldn't you rather see your boy
in church than IN saloon?
wouldn't you rather have your
daughter on her knees praying thar
weeping and moaning because she
lost her womanhood?
+. Wouldn't you like to see them sit
I'm the church and parta@e q The
Holy Sacrament. mingling with
Christian associates? And when you
are on your death bed and your lit
tic ones are brought in to take their
last look into your face and you look
up into heir bewildercd faces, oh,
what q benediction to leave them
under the shadow OF the church.
More than that, you Yourself will
need the church for hiding place
when the mortgage Is forecloscd on
your soul, sir. and when your
daughter tust bidding into woman
hood suddenly claps her hands to
her head, stumbies and falls and be-
gins that sleep which knows no wax
ening until the trumpet of Gabriel
shall sound. you will want some
thing TO shelter yon and help you
In that hour.
A friend OF mine said TO widow
ed mother n few months after she
buried her only son. How do you
get along nowadays"
She said; We'll. I get along toll
erably well except when the sun
shines"
why" he said, what DO You
mean? / should think that would be
the best time
Can't Bear to See Sun
oh she said, II can't bear TO
lsee the sun shine My heart Is go
dark and I am so discouraged that
the brightness of the sun seems to
mock me, and when the days are
III
Ito be In sympathy with my sorrow
and with m grief"
i I swing the doors OF the church
wide open from wall 10 wall and |
say. Come on in, men. We VIII
lpray you a prayer. we will sing you
a song. We will preach you ser
mon"
All other institutions are going to
fall, but the church of God has for
Its foundation the Rock OF Ages, its
charter Is the everlasting ears. its
KEYS are held by the universal pro
nr.e:or. it's dividend is heaven and
lbs president Is God.
Sure as Inv truth shah last,
I'm not concerned about It for my
self now. but / am concerned about Ii
Ger you and what you Will say when
you meet God--you that are not iiv-
ling a Christian life, what will you
say when you meet your wife? What
viii you say when you meet your chill
laren7 What will you say when you
Inject your mother what will you saw
when you meet the members OF your
Iiodge7 What will you say when you
meet your business associates when
Ipay wages?
Warning to Men.
| When stand before God I want TO
tell God that ! did all could to help
my wife and our children to live a
lChristian lite and couldn't say that
UNLESS I caught IN Jesus Christ tho In
SEPARATION for the life which enables me
Ito say that. And do you know there
jare men here today---vou are harmsng
your wives and your children, you are
lharming your neighbors, harming the
Icommunlty, harm,ng the man that sits
lhy your side. harming the clerks that
WORK for you. because you are not i.v-
ling for Jesus Christ.
/ There are men here TODAY that are
lcrushing the hearts out OF their wives,
There are men here today that arc
icrusntny the heart out OF their wives
stead of doing something to encourage
lher to keen on praying. What you do
ldiscourages her and instead OK doing
something to make her faith stronger
YOUR attitude toward her is making her
faith weaker: instead OF encouraging
her to go to church. and your children
Ito go to church you are Encouraging
Them, perhaps, by your attitude.
Oh there are rnen here casting cold
water upon your religion and upon the
religion of others instead of being en-
,thusias.ic for It, You are throwing
sold water on 1t 70 chill It, There nre
men here today whose children never
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