The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-16

And we are dealing with the conduct
instead Of the source Of the conduct.
You purify the hearts Of g and
women, and there will be no crime.
and there will be no sin. It 10 be-
cause their hearts are black that their
deeds are black, ana the mission Of
the church is to reach the heart Of
fore, Misrepresentation demands heroic
sStion. ] Sbrtns to Rtchruo1a the solu-
80. ~AslA ta&ssra pSx&~$M 1885,
tai and labor: between man and
money-the religion OF Jesus Christ.
That is<he hope Of the world.
You do that and SEQ where you win
come to. 60 you will have power
with men when they see your change.
You win act changed. They win see
there IL q change In your life.
Drifting With the Tide.
Now, listen! Isaac was old and
blind; ready to drift out with the
tide. He said one day to Esau,
Come here. son. / wish you'd take
kill me a deer. and bring 1t ana make
me savoury meat that I may eat and
bless YOU before 1 DIE" Now. Esau.
was the eldest OF the family. He was
entitled to the birthriEht. say the
mother of these boys. In my opinion,
was a chump. She heard Isaac make
this request Of Esau. She turned to
Jacob. He never would have thought
OF 1t II she hadn't put that nonsense
in his head. She said, Nov Jacob:
you go out and kill = kid and we will
dress. 1t. and make savoury meat such
as your father likes. and you go In.
He will bless you"
Now Jacob would have
thought Of that II this mother hadn't
put the fool thing in his head. So
he went out and killed a kid and she
made the stew. And I can see Jacob
with the stew on the tray. He IN
walking In. The old man drank II the
aroma and he said, Come hither, my
son. Where did you get It so quick
ly?" THE Lord sent 1t to me-"
Nothing to do with 1t! The old man
reached out-and they wrapped tho
skin OF the kid around his body and
touched him. Esau was a hairy man.
sThe dc man reached out and
touched him ana said The hand Is
h hand OF Esau. but the voice Is the
voice Of Jacob. There's a Niger In
the woodpile somewhere" "I can't
figure 1t out" But listen! He bless-
ed him and went out. Presently
Esau' came In, tired. dragging a deer
that he had shot. and when he heard
t& JhCop ldI Put OIlG UVCI Oh G1lxI&,
he said, II will kill him."
So Jacob fed Nnd went down to
work with his Uncle Laban. And he
skinned the old man in a cattle deal.
He had beer gon for twenty years.
He was pfning Tor the sight Of the old
home. SO he started to 30 back, but
he heard that Esau was coming ont
to meet him. He was worried about
It. SO he said. II will appease him
with a present" SO he went to work
and he took his nocks and hts herds.
and he. gave one fellow. charge oyer
n flock. another charge over this
n and that one. Now" he said.
when you &c down the road and
meet my brother and he asks you,
Whose are these!' Whittier goest
thou? say. "A present for my Lord
Esau. and Jacob Is behind Don't
forget though. add that, Thy servant
Jacob 10 behind"
SO Jacob stayed on the other side
of the river. Here they 20 down to
the road. Here is the fellow drtv-
ing the first herd, "Hup. hap. hup.
hup, whoa" Here comes a great
big. broad shouidered, deep-chested,
big-muscied. stalwart fellow walking
along, and he says, Halt! whittier
goest thou, and whose are these be-
fore me?" And the fellow with
oriental ~obeifance. "A present for
thee, my lord Esau. Behold thy SER
want Jacob is behind" He said.
Jacob hopes to appease me with a.
present after he skinned me OF
my birthright!" He pushed him to
n side and went on down the road
Nix With the Present.
He wen down the road and met
the next feilew with tbs next herd
He said. Whose are thesef where
are you going" "A present for thee,
my lord Esau." Jacob hopes to APP
pease me with a present. Heraux
NIT uni" He looked down the road
and saw a fellow coming. pale. Nickly.
anemic. hobbling. He said. who Ia
that fellow?" He said. THAT Is ia
cob.
"why when Jacob left home
twenty years ago he was as strong
and powerful as I. That mans pale.
That mans sick. That mans o
cripple. See, him limp" Jacob
wrestled with God all night and. God
touched the hollow of his thigh and
pulled 1t out of joint-a general dis
location OF the hip-and I can see ia
cob AZ he came limping down the road
like Richard the Third. And Esau
ran, fell upon his neck. and kissed
him. ana they YER reconciled.
What gave Jacob power W his
angry brother. He spent the night
with God. You let the church MEM
bership Of this city-preachers and
and praying. ~confeasfng your sins.
making your wrong right. and you
will rewrite the religious history Of
this whole city in the name Of Jesus
Christ and Son of God.
It isn't weak to pray. No! No!