The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26

var broke out, and he said: Father,
must got"
He went, and at the charge at San
uan Hill he fell, mortaliy wounded
Oh. you go and tell that father that
ave two boys for his country that he
vas a murderer, and see what Will
happen to you!
God Almighty gave out OF his heart
n love, and those men gave them
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sSssi, 22fiI simon Namu ISssS ysSssak ais.
pf Corinth, my friends, the blood oil
3he greatest men, In order that free
aom might be our!
Prisons Arc Necessary.
The government penitentiary al
Fort Ieavenworth, Kansas, as Is much
IN evidence of the love of this govern
nent as the United States mint al
Philadelphia or at Denver. If there
we're no laws, If there were no penal
les attached to our transgressions
hen your life and virtue Wouldn't DC
worth snap of your finger. Then II
might was right they might drive you
rom your house and stop you on the
-oad and make you get out OF your
limousine But nights not right!
It's the principles of right that
make might, and therefore the law
steps in and tells you that when you
ransgress upon my rights. you pay
he penalty, or II i transgress upon
yours, pay the penalty. NO man IL
left TO act uopn his own Will about
Everything In this world.
Why do we have penitentfaries
y1rst, TO save us from the transgres-
sions of the men that viii not keep
|r,e law and to make good citizens OF
1e L.. I'D
them for the crimes they've commit
ted against the law.
q II there was no law, then every man
md woman could do as they pleased,
m thew became law unto them selves,
shen anarchy would prevail. and the
white and the blue of the old flag
would dissolve into red. and they
would wave the red flag of anarcy in
stead OF the STARS and stripes. IL every
Imam and woman was law unto them :
selves l have no interest in Coo
that will not srnite an unrepentant SIM
ner. No. sir.
In these modern days God has got
ten to be nothing but a great big hug
and kiss with lot of people. and
they take Gods love and patience as
and excuse for their cussedness l
wouldn't have any interest In God
That wouldn't snlfte sinner II ne
wouldn't repent and be sorry would
not have any interest in government
THAT wouldn't put criminal behind
1.-The bars IL he didn't keep the law
So God has government. and we've got
Ito submit to Gods laws In this old
#world.
So the perpetuity of any govern
&nent, human or divine. depends upon
the enforcement OF the law upon the
m
vision for the sinner who's law
breaker. II he manifests hts or her sor-
row and accepts Jesus Christ as his
|subs,itute. upon condition that he'll do
&tbat. otherwise he'll have to take the
penalty for it
NAV not be able to understand
EalI of Gods methods OF dealing with
1.-THE hnruan race, and may not De aoie
| 10 harmonic all his love with what
III know In my soul to be true nature.
Ebut I am not going to be fool enough
to spurn God because there are things
about God and His plans and methods
i that | can't understand. You're "a
fool II you think that nothings to be
dora or oheyed IL you don't under
stand IL all There are mulutudes OF
things that you have to accept upon
| the statement of IL.
Love Without Law.
| When n man was a Mayor or one
of our Western cities some years ago.
he sent To one OF the railroad coTnpah-
les, II was said. and asked for trans
portation for himself and his commit
tee to go to New York to look over
some conditions which he said was
/ city affair. and the railroad company
refused to grant that transportation.
He ser: arain for transportation and
the railroad company refused to give
II. He sent third time, and then, on
the suggestion OF some of his friends,
he issued an uitirlatum and said ne
would withdraw the police from the
rrotection of the people. The rail-
road company would not give passes
and .hs withdrew the police protection
from that depot, and within two hours
ID had spread To the underworld. un-
iii f1urdresis OF pick-pockets and
thieves swarmed around that depot:
men had their watches lifted. women
had teweiry torn from them. men had
their pockets picked. II was worth
YOUR life to 60 through the gate. That
was a Ilttfe patch of love without
law, So that's what happens when
sou remove all law and all punish
ment for the trarsgression OF the law.
At the close of the war a couple OF
rolored women were walking down
been up to the market and their oas-
gets were filled and they were going
home with their baskets on their
heads. and one Of them who had been
liberated from bondage and slavery
was damning those Yankees for COM
ing down In to their land. and the
other one said:
.sWhy, honey. II II hadn't been for
them eoidiers, the dogs would have
been after you. child. and you would
be trying to hide to get away from
them"
That's picture, my friends. OF this
nI1 world; half Of them damning God
that he wants to do them good; half
OF them are dainning God that he
I wants to keep them out OF hell: half
of them shake their fists in the face
Of God, Notwithstanding all the evil
fence or His love. that He did pro-
vide salvation through the death OF
Iesus Christ And others are OPEN
ing their hearts and thanking God
fnr the benediction. knowing that II II
vas not for what God Almighty gives
them. II would not be worth living;
Il would not be worth the game. II It
vas not for the blessings OF God.
And II took the best blood that the
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