The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03
WhatShan Do With Jesus?
(Semon Preached by Billy Sunday at the City Auditorium
Sunday Night, February 2)

that vos couldn't find somebody that
Jesus Christ had benefited either by
opening their eyes or curing their
iamenass
So while certain things were try
ing to influence PLATE to get him on
the side of Jesus, other things were
trying to discourage him; and while
God is trying to bring influence to
bear to make you Christian, the
devil is bringing influence to bear to
! keep you way from Jesus
So PLATE Fad these things I" con-
slider:
. s.'-s. ~ta' "a the Jews say?
The .!'ws wcrr d. tEls time under
i the control Of the Romans and the
! Romans were severe In their exac-
lions and Plate was the very triple
essence OF severity. He was 70 harsh
| that some OF the influential Jews
had gone TO Rome to intercede with
I Caesar to have PLATE recalled and a
more kind and human man placed
over them In Jerusalem.
! plate knew that these Jews had
no Use for Jesus. and PLATE knew
/ that II they heard that he had thrown
his influence on the side OF Jesus,
that would only increase their en-
/ nifty and their hatred and they would
bring stronger influence to bear.
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up At Jerusalem have no use for Jesus.
/ They say He Is a fraud. II they
hear that say that He is not fraud,
they will have no Use for me; but
! X they hear that / have denounced
Him, I will win their friendship. they
will withdrawn their opposition and
! will told my job"
And PLATE was willing TO let that
gang nail Jesus Christ on the cross
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, job. he was perfectly willing TO do
II. And there are people that are
willing to do the same thing today.
all over this land. for a trining rea-
son. And PLATE, my friends, asked
himself: What would the Jews say
about IT,"
| PLATE should not have yielded to
| their clamcr. He should have been
willing to sacrifice his ONCE and his
and innocent person. II was that
Jewish hierarchy that threatened old
/ PLATE as an Office holder.
| Plate was a stand-pnt free lunch.
pie-cointer. pliahie. plastic. lickspit-
tie. rat-hole, tinhorn. weasel-eyed.
! rdhealing. grating whiskey-
soaked politician OF hts day. pure and
simple. Old plate was a direct pro-
! duet of the political system Of Rome.
clan. srd there is no lower down
sccundrel on earth than a mere typt-
t cal machine politician.
| II wasn't the common people-no
| that led the mob. The common
people heard Him gladly. The COM
mon people shouted: "Hosanna'"
, The common people pressed upon
/ Him to hear the word OF God The
! common people .plucked branch es
- tf,a nd fNrn he
flowers ana paved His way with mo-
mentos of esteem, The common
! people tore Off their garments and
! they threw them at His feet for
paving stones as He went down the
streets OF Jerusalem. The common
people? Mo- II was the temple
thieves and the high priests. Inc
eiders. the scrfbes. the Pharisees, the
hierarchy who possessed the delegated
1Iewer and they used that power in
defiance Of the common people. They
/ made a mistake when they gave the
dirty pups tha power.
| So. what will the Jews say?"
| Listen. What will Caesar say?''
Caesars word was law.
The Weakling.
| PLATE says; TT Caesar up at Rome
hears that I have let Jesus go and
by that act admitted that l believe
His claims are Just. Caesar won't
stand for It, of will come my head.
and will surely lose my Job. But
II Caesar hears that I cay that this
man Jesus II fraud, and I let them
put Him on the cross. he will know
that l am on to my Job and that I
am working for the interests Of
| Rome. will win Caesars favor
and / will keep my Job"
| Oh, end he Was willing 70 sAcri.
ace Jesus Christ to please old Cae-
sar and to please the gang that had
no use for Jesus Christ. I despise
a man like that. But hold on.
don't have to 80 Aeck to old PLATE;
I don't have 10 20 Nut OF this city TO
ind people Of the same low-down
type ~ old PLATE was.
! PLATE often heard Of Jesus, and
no doubt he was prejudice against
Him and he was longing for the
chance to present itself for him to
pass sentence against Jesus. And
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