The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-29

him to hell and they seemed to be
able to 90 to bed happy, now.
They danced on and drank and
drank until midnight. At two o'clock
down In the shade OF the depot plat
form and he would pull pint flask
from his pocket and drink 1t down
and say. "Oh! God, what will mother
say"
Then he would stagger into the
darkness and take another drink and
l.,vhA,>>hA ,sad aRptt9d to bottJe be
1bAekg.s & e.N IA m ssti Ana EhRa Hr
headlight Of the midnight express on
the Shore Line was coming for New
York, he staggered aboard and wen,
two months later he died Of delirium
tremenA He shook his fist and shot
1t into the face OF his father until the
blood spurted from his nose.
| Mothers Letter.
Oh. II you could have seen the letter
that mother wrote back to that society
| belle. II 80, you would say with Lady
| Macbeth OF old. 'Wiu not all Nep.
tunes seas wash this blood away?"
Oh, use your hands to pull people
out OF the mires and not to shove
them hellward
by the mercies Of GOD" give IT tc
the world
Make this world better BY the in
nuences you possess
The Epworth League motto is
Look up and lift up Oh, you will
not do very much lifting up unless
God Almighty has hold OF your hands
TO help you to do something. And
II God viii get hold OF your hands
you will stick them down in your
| pockets and you will take them out
full Of dough and you will pay Gods
expenses quick and get them out OF
About the first thing he does is cut
the purse strings around your pocket
books
fellow I heard OF was baptized
| by immersion. He Joined the Church
| and he took out his notebook and the
| preacher said. "Give me your pocket
| book
mot on your life want that te
go under with me-"
I tell you pure religion will do more
for the world when God has some
thing more than nickels and pennies
| to work with. SOME people have q
sort OF skim-milk religion There
no such thing as a bargain counter
proposition with God Almighty
| II II does not cost you much II
4
you get II and lie down and take a
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep your old joints
| will stiffen and you viii never Wiz
Gods marathon.
| A rich man heard a sermon one
time and ne went homo and 1t trou-
bled him. He said: That preacher
, made me look into a glass this morn.
ing and what saw there made me
ashamed OF myself"
/ xzytf
generous giver. You give money &c
the Church"
why. some people think I do but
earn three or four times as much
as most of the members OF thai
church and they give three or -four
times as much as / do. I am goint
to give something that l will miss
and am determined that II shall cos
me something. ! smoke big cigar.
and pay good prices for them and
am going to quit and turn that money
into the church. Will any OF you 5oir
me7"
The wife said: y like tea Young
Hyson and Ooiong mixed. l will give
that up"
she liked a lot Of nice things and
specified some things that she woult
give up.
And he turned to the boy who wa.
feeding his face with mashed pota'
toes and chicken gravy. and he said
What will you give up?"
The boy said: IT will give up sal
mackerel never did like the darnec
stun anyway"
We have got too many salt macke.
rel Christians. II they have some.
thing they don't want and nobody
else wants they give II up for they
think it is good enough for God.
Like two little girls playing Noah's
Ark In the bath tub until finally they
got tired and one OF them pulled Out
the stopper and said. THE food Il
over"
But the other little girl knew tn.
Bible and she said: mo. When the
flood was over Noah came out of the
Ark and built an altar"
So they took the soap dish and
turned II upside down. Then they
hunted UP a toy sheep which had 8
leg OF and they put II on the altar
and said: THAT IL good enough. We
don't want it anyway"
And there are lot OF FOLKS doing
the same shell game today. Yor
think anything is good enough for tbs
Lord. my friends, No. sir. Not or
your life. God wants your bodies AND
blood in them.
Gains altar made ten times tn.
show that Abers did. but Abers had
one little lamb. but II had blood. i
was Gods appointed way. God &C.
cepted Abel but he passed Cain uY
like a hobo does a woodpile.
Now, some love proves its love By
the way 1t gives. The man that gfvei
his wife a ten-cent pin cushion a
Christmas to show her how much n
loves her. he Is the DEVILS idea o.
what husband ought to be.
/ How thankful you ought to be, In
telligent and rational beings. that Goo
gives you a chance to show HEAVIER
and Earth and He'll what you thinl
OF the Lord. How thankful You oush
to be that God gives you a chance 70,
you to show your coicrs for Truth.
DO II Now.
No, don't believe the most glorioui
1 singing angels in Heaven have an,
such chances as we have. Nobody
up In Heaven can suffer-they arr
done. Nobody up in Heaven car
make sacr4 9cea=,ail is over Angles
may claim they love God. but they
haven't the chance to prove II by sac
rifces that we can make.
II beseech you by the mercies o.
God, present, present."
Wiat would you think OF q soldie,
when the officer said Present arms '