The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-21

3 SELF against liquor and the liquor in
fere~ts
4: {. - saloon has been Indicted, he
4 1nid. has been tried, has been con-
Il vfcted, L. on its way TO the galloWs. has
The black cap on. the band is playing
L the funeral march. and when man
3ete this far on, no one hut his TelA-
Il tives can afford TO stay with him"
In entering his subject Back to
n Odd" he declared there WAS never n
II better time in history than the present
hor return TO the consideration OF
q fundamentals, He spoke Of the doctrine
ss04 Nitsche, whom he studied al length.
nd whose teachings are those that
sseTAmpie ruthlessly on anything that
Stands in the way Of the progress of
& TIT regime of atrocity which has
Notsche is responsible for that dream
\ that cost the world some ten million
q lives" ne declared
He dwelt at length on the theory 81
II Darwin. and declared that he had found
u n stiii at fault. In this regard he
h e4fd.
Il 4Nsrhe theory advanced by Darwin puts
God so far away that man loses the
of His presence IN daily
& 1e4A Prayer becomes n moekery IT, for
Il tn1ltOnR OF years the Lord has never
tOuched human life or laid his hand
SMpCn the history of Il nation. II we ac-
sE1p4 the theory that man has reached
II N1o&present emineuce by the cruel law
\ under which the strong kill off the
w~AAk, then. If there is any logic tina,
Il CO.. bind the human mind, we must turn
4 backward toward the brute II we dare
u 10 substitute the law of love for the
H. of hate. AS Christianity la built
MnI0m the doctrine of love and has fol-
& IN object the establishing Of uni,
~ u l. H.
( 04ory can have no claim upon tbs
sp1na Or conscience OF a follower of IN.
N Nn1Arene" ~
HIS address was not without tina
L particular touch OF humor of which
tne eminent Nebraskan is past
1nanker. His voice. clear and soft. car
kted TO every nook and Granny of tn.
914At building. while he spoke as !
Without the least effort and hurled
/ ~ mighty voice to the ear of hi
9A<therest nearer. He could not toll
eeate the theory that man halls bach
\ ~ the monkey as his ancestor, anc
Il ueH0o the lie to all atheists who at
\ 1nnpt to prove through science tina
IMAM did not come as the image o.
begin with God" he declared
nth the first great cause that is suf
81 0ctent for anything that comes after
A4Gtns and there he gets into trouble.
sHe continued:
we give the atheist TOO much lati
tide: we allow him to ask all the
S4meetiona and we try to answer them
IN Anow of no reason why the Christian
1n1uld take upon himself the difficult
sf1mk OF answering an questions ant
M ~ IL H Ssaaiss cfss e1+iisss saxs' vi
sok3ng them, Anyone can ask Ques
r.
SNm9wered. II ! am 20 discuss creation
W1kh an atheist 1t will be on condition
ut we ask question about He may
SM1k the first one ii he wishes, but ht
SNM4h not ask Il second one Until hi
2Bwers my first"
Ne1GYSTERY ONLY IN CHURCH.
h He drew a pretty picture of the life
and of plants. and dwell
xGln the mysteries that they hold uY
& h180re creation. Mystery doesn
Il N44her MS in the dining room" HI
TITS only in the church"
he asked IL anyone could solve ths
&&1otery OF n black COW which eats
eoon grass and gives white milk witt
ua3oW butter in 1t. And he recalled
1Enx 6pu1monpiaces of life. mysteriou
- uunOfvable. yet they never puzzle
- hecau1e they do not interfere
X&A H disbellefs, Eut he viii puz
Oyur things in the Bible which are
more . mystery than the power Of
- tomato vine TO fling its finger into
Is N and live.
nvGry living thing bears testimony
AAo Avfng God. and IL there be a
80 then, every living thing is a par'
the great plan of creation" III,
8n1an9es the man who says the Bibl,
1T = divine institution, but a book
Nan b. man. For If man wrote. he
- man can write another just
Nood, and better now. since the
nn4 A4N In so far advanced over
q which the Book was written
R - soon as he begins to accept
1hte." he declared he begins &c
JsssA OF whom the Bible
= The close of Mr.. Bryan's address
enpped down to the rear OF the
Dg1u and held a reception. while
M OF His audience as could push
WY to the front came by &c
~ his hand. Among the numbe,
NJ group of men who had shipped
~ Immense watermelon in 1896
" them was the man on whose
the melon was grown.
lady, shaking hands. said: II have
~ named after you" and he re
THAT liz. indeed. "A compliment
merous persons told him they
vpted for him time and again
one old gentleman asked To speak
IN privately. and asked him d
r1oa deaIinp with affairs when he
nv member OF the cabinet" dom
~ discuss matters OF that kline
the famous Democrat replied.
&puAincnt persons expressed them
Inst night as carried away agair
the power of the remarkabl.
~. and with the magnificence o,
&G46ress They declared that hi
has not diminished since h.
~ great audiences with his IA
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