The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09

4 e 4 = part OF one OF the saadest
12x4&nents found upon tha pages @
- o4d Testament l Always reaa
i W1eA twc ccnfiictirE ernoions. cue
# ~ &Sasax Of assurance and satsfac~
~ - - che fsct that the Bible WAS
n lnnpsNAd Of God for IL "a man or
Wosn pany OF men uninspired OF COD
Il ~ written or com piled the BioiS'
4 yUu never would have been tosa 1he
gknry of mans sir. and shame ana
\ u1hOrH~ccmings particularly INA
mAn had been prominent Gnd kails'
Bu4 when God inspires man 10
4 write It he puts IL all In black ana
white. the good and the bad. 6nd
leaves none Of it out He does nor
do tfaEt because ne Is enSsoos 10 par
ade before the worlG The saort cora
ings of human nature ana oar prone
ness 10 sin, but God tells "a arf ne
what men and women sd IN clisr
ages OF The worlds h.StcF!. and ne
tells US that they repentea ana ne
fcrraSe them their alas. and taAt
hni.1s out hoye fer you and rne, tor
what God did for Ont. &c VIII Go for
All and Whist COD ala thousands OF
years ago fer the reutieut sinner ne
wifi DO for the pen,feat q 1neF To-Day,
So Coz has made a record Of 1t In
order thas we might take courage
N BY knowing that God would forgive
our Gins ii we ala what they did, con
seEs our sins.
Ii d man had been writing the
Bible. he never would have told rs
that Noah got drunk when he came
out of iAc ARK. lie never have told
us that David committed adultery
with Rashsheba, and hat solomon
had Ace more wives than old "Lri&
Young. and made At'r lock Ike "a
piker: Of Peter denying the oa his
and cs.rses OF Ananias and SIP
phira holding back part Of the price
and OF Judas betraying- hut when
1soa inspires he puts IL all n.
II IL sad thing 20 lac your hopes
to some man or woman and be disap-
pointed
There is many a wife AMIDST the
perfume OF the orange blossoms and
in the wedding ceremony has plight
ed her fidelity so thai man, and has
turned and broken her vows or he
Piled rcd hss loyalty 10 her an pI m
iaea to be true as Iorg As the sky "a az
the waves were blue. and then turn
Ell from those vows and 1-oke them
IA IL they were made of spider webs.
Builds High Ker Hopes
There is many mother. she has
brought Form her retii3aren ia pc "a
and Suffering, she has builded high
and HecTepit that young man by his
Sixong right arm might 81 out and
earn the bread to keep her from
wan. But he has turned and he
has proven himself an iconoclast 80
n her prayers and her Homes And
there lis many girl that her mother
brought forth IN pain al tears and
suffering: she has bu.lded hi~h het
hopes. She has gone dow1 The line
~ ha xx,tr, EI-si .rysf Il
and she knows the way she IL living
the places she goes Ii won't be Ions
y until the mute effects OF dtAtpa ior
can no longer be hidden
s@s The mother will be compelled Il
Withdraw from society and creep VI
the back alley. nay friends, and nesel
lift her eyes TO look people IN th'
face. not for anything she has done
Ii ts g SAD thing 10 tie your hopes I,
some man or woman II they prove
trattor or iconociast 10 your prayer
ana TO your ,ears.
Think OF man that could write &
p4alrn hhy the '3rd psalm Henri,
Ward Beechcr called that the night
sntyale psalm. for he SAID II set M
sweetest song ia the nignt time o
bereavement, &a3 ~ s>ffiiclion, ant
Of suffering and that and kindred
pealns OF David seem to lift ne 81
Glose to heaven thai ] imagine / cal
hear the garment or the son of Coz
rs he swept by him by faith. Tit
nan that the Bible tells me was I
man Of Gods own he.4tG
"Oh." said an Old blatGnt. bluster
ing. whiskey soaked tntidei 10 me ~
In Iowa one time, "Bill, If David " 4
: man after God's own heart. j an
frank to tell you that | haven't yer,
much resrect roY the choice OF God
I said to hin David Was not
man nf .er Gods heart. sirnpiy be
cause he sinned; but David Was
man after Gods heart because whs1
he sinned he was decent and inal
enough to tell God thu be ha
nlnned, and il you ~ant to become
man altar Gods heart get down O.
4 NOurs knees and tell God you are a
n old heli-bound sinner and ycu are =
& a1O6e 70 the pit that you can ssnel
the sulphur fumes as they von
! from tho funnel. and God will ss,atcl
D vcu from the brink. and len you Wi
Il become man aster Gods heart
you are man enough to tell GOD thu
Hou are an old sinner AND that yo
want 10 ~ square with him. An,
that = why David was n m4n atte
0Qdso heart. not because he sinneo
~ Gut when be sinned he was maj
anough 10 tell God he was n SHINE
: aGAd - ycu will become d man afte
% D00-o H0&f1 when you do that"
s8szss Oavfd'h Great Sin.
E 81 Now II was great sin for David
NJ III mink II was a worse sin for DAVE
81 11Gnn might have been for any othe
n Nnan IN the world. God looks al
|s zeau's surrounding He t.kea int
Il account yoglF opportunities afc " yo'
~ nve opportun! ,es, s1d you hass on
sS tGnight, that world condemn you. '
@ II your business 10 know what Got
& xD0nts you 70 do. Coo takes Into &C
Il Mounf the chances men have. Their,
~ . church bell ringing. there is
aufcA near you. some OF yoo haven
nxkened the door.
Ehefu III your opportunity but yc'
IN 4n1 Improve IL Don't blame God
NJ ~ M given you mind Of irtelll
a 1om0e. He has revealed his word {,
S1o IN hAs book. the bible. and he ha
S lt&o1 The revelation within the capa
M 6ky oS eur minds to understand |.
81 80 Cd holds Us uron II
gss II 0e6 had revealed and told ~ {,
SsNNo Something that he could not d.
MIX - 1piA ~ 10 do II, aud damned II
DMm No could not that would not b.
81 pnaD0nnble. Bet when Co tells n1
- - % through his book. he vii
M ninn me II I don't do it
M ~ the Lord gives every mau ir thi
Nun 0911 3 chance. He is gifted 10y iigh,
$50 m nrA light vnfs have IN. grar,