The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-25

Mark. Gfth chapter, twenty-eienth
verse. ayr NAV touch but his clothes
shall be made whole. -, T..
srhe scene of this story IL laio IN
the little town of Capernaun' Jesus
has lust returned from me couuris
of the tsadnrenes. over on ine o'iios
s;at az the Sea OF C;alilee; and on the
way he had stilled the tempest ~
founding his disciples by nus po"el
over nature; and Whilc the.e ~
healed the wild man, who hao 'ee"
filled with the legion OF devils
Ard the paople hesought him TO
leave their country as quickly as ne
could. for in the saving OF man Two
, thousand hogs had been fost, for the
devils In this man besought OF Jesus
the privilege OF going into the hoss,
and il Ia the only record we have that
Jnsus ever answered the request or
devils
He did il, to the destruction of the
hogs, but 10 the salvation OF the man.
And the devils came out of the man
and went into the hogs. the hogs ran
down the hill into the sea, the sea
went into the hogs. and two thousand
OF them were dead. So the fellows
who owned these hogs came to Jesus
and requested him to leave their
country, for they didn't want any
more work done of saving men At
such price as that II it came to the
question between having the devil In
tho men or the devil going out OF the
men into the hogs and losing the hogs
because the devil was in them they'd
rather lose the men with the devil in
them.
So they said, You get out Of here:
we would rather lose the men"
And ! can see some of those old
hog -raisers wringing their hands and
CRYING that the country is going to
the bow-wows and will be ruined
unless this Man who sent the hogs
galioping into tina sea can be per-
suaded to leave, ana he mustn't cast
any more devils out in That hog
raising country.
What Did 1t Matter?
What did it mater If homes were
made unhappy by the devil? What
did it matter if women and children
were made unhappy by the devil?
What did it matter II they did live
in fear and In wretchedness because
Of the devil? What did 1t matter II
they were made wild and furious be-
cause of the devil? What did 1t mat
ter IL people were made ragged and
bloody and wounded and savage be-
cause OF the devil? What did 1t mat
ter II people were murdered because
of the devil? What did it matter IL
homes were ruined and virtue was
wrecked and property destroyed:
what did 1t matter II taxes were made
higher because Of the ravages of the
devil?
All Of this hadn't hurt the hog bust
ness and the swine trade was a great
thing over in that country. Didn't 1t
give employment to q lot of men?
Didn't they take better care OF their
hogs than they did of their wives and
their children? Destroy this blessed
business? Why. II you do. down goes
everything; and l imagine they were
wiping their eyes on their hogskin
coat sleeves, throwing up their hands
imploringly like brewer just before
election, and they besought Jesus to
S,ave just as quickly "a he could, for
every moment he tarrted men were
being saved and hogs were being de-
stroyed
And SO they said. 1--WE want you
TO know which side OF this proposition
we are on. We are on the hog side
Of the DEVIL
Now. isn't that just like the whiskey
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