The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-21

am scans 10 heaven. Jes.s c1S 4
better than the devil am -
walk arm In arm with JeDma II
Health. that's better than 11o
Good eyes, that's better than U1lMl
ness. Virtue. that's better than N1M4xs
To pray. that's better than ~ oon ri
am going home. ! am Eoing haMM
to the Lord. God c0mmAn0D n4A
men everywhere to repent" I11
eyes. Hc stabs himself, coln mitB outs
/, eide. aseassinAtes his character.
Some things God entreats pe0ol4
to do, but God commands sinners.
God commands all men every
where TO repeat" God eritrcats scilhe
people TO do things, only Christians.
God doesn't entreat sinner 70 90
! q &c as 4sins. aiye xeur he.rs
/ Tou ask me. ''Bili, what h. repeat
ANGER Listen IT h the Immediate
forsnking Of anything In your NE
that you know to be wrong, oh. no
matter what IL may be. II MAJ tiv6
you with whip of scorpionsE II
forsaktng everything you know & ~
wrong and asking God for ohf1se'a
sake to forgive you.
| Lislen! Out In Chicago some years
, ago, young business man came home
from business, and he found hin W1fe.
who had been ailing, far worse. 6lie
had lost her reason She had been
| sick for a long time, in q critical
away. She reached the climax ana
she was mad. He did what yosx
would do II II was your Wife. "
what would do II 1t were my wt1e4
He quite business. He gave himDeiR
up to the care OF his invalid wife.
| He had q room where he kept -
and she would shrek and scream cot
(, in her insanity, and the nsf9h6osu
came to him ana said, .Hsr ahriakU
Fighter the children, and We 0en's
wait to add to your burden and yoaf
grief. but take her away OF send h0
to a sanatorfum."
! He sent friends out and shey 1o1e-
- through one of tbs suburbs ard
thsv selected q beautiful home He
purchased 1t. He put connoiansaz1
OF art out 70 ransack the maFks1a.
| He put In the decorations ana ne
color schemes. Tho Tapestries ~
draper1ea ana fixtures all harmonino1
And everything he hou9ht-he 49,
artistic-came.
II Dsd No 0so3
! He bought thingu Of cofoes 49,
wouldn't clash. hoping ths4 dh44
would tease. ana bes. ana coax -
mind te come back. But II did -
good she grew worse,
! They had . room updtAfrs WteA
grated windows where they kept her
padded and in z cell.
| One day the doorbelf rang. ana .
committee Of women from the neieA-
0orhood came in They 1aid. we ~
sorry to have % come. We doaE
want to add to your burdens. 0at, the
shr!eks and screams OF your wfl0
On our chiidren until they jump rom
! their BEDS and come running into
our. rooms at night They will take
circuitous route OF two o. thres
blocks In order TO avoid soing BY
your home on their way 70 ana frofB
schooi We have come to say. take
her away! Take her away!"
rolled down his cheeks ana ~ said
| None OF you have been tn 70 help
me Ia my sorrow- None or you have
been here to relieve me from my
lone and ceaseless vigil. Now ycu
add to my burdens by asking me 70
take my wife out Of her own home
Your rights stop at my line fence.
my riSnts start there. You are on
my property. ! am not on yours
You are trepaesers. Leave my
home! Leave my house Leave me
alone with my afflicted Go, I VIII
not take her away They went ont.
cresttalien. In the meantime she
grew worse
| One day the old family doctor
said, George, take her down to
East tennessee, where she was born
Let her romp over the hills and let
her drink from the bubblinE sprinEs.
ana wade fnrefooted In the Ntls
oaboling brooks Let her roii on the
grass. George, IKE she dsd, ana let
ner sit and lie meath the trees which
she dtd when she was little girl
Let her put the Wild howers IN her
mar ana listen 70 the whtp-pocf-wfH
ana the Nightingale
So he put her in his private car.
They took her down to East Ten
ne3ee and with attendants to watch
her. ne turned her loose on the farm
wnere she spent her chfidhood days
she roamed over the hills and ran
IN the grass They Diucked Wild
mowers and entwined them in her
hair. She waded In the little brook
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