The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12

Inc that old scrap nxsd up. Ays. c.
and Mrs. ----- will come down 10 church
tonight. save seats down near the
front and 20 ont in tina vesttbule and
meet them"
Down the aisle they came, two
women walking arm In arm, and
loh. 1t created . sensation Every
body rubberod and We couldn't uuie,
the meeting for ten minutes. There
they sat and ] preached and looked
j.down and and 4 srnhS sprs3d over
1theR saseesS sska ssSesxsAf ec,,ka ,snssi
4 cheeks. j. sAw visions ot Souls IN
heaven. God say. For II 70 forgive
men their trespasoes, your heavenly
Father viii also forgive yox."
4 l was preaching In another town in
Iowa They came to me and said
"Mr. Sunday. there u = girl down
here. Maybe yoa can help her."
There was . girl down on hes
knees. Oh. she WAS q peach Of Q girl
Her hair was like . ravens wing. 0he
had large lustrious brown eyes thai
sat tar apart, straight 0recion nose.
finely nodded features, lips Of coral,
neck like the swans, olive complexion.
Good night! Good night. nurse,
She was crying and hee taArs only
enhanced hsr beauty. sire Wa ons
of thess girls yeu would voluntarily
look ut the second time. II you cav
her ON the street I said to her.
/ what II The mAtaor with you. my
,girIY"
She looked up and bsubsarsd and
said, II don't know"
i said. "Oh. yes you do. Do you
want to b n Christian
She said. Eyes. / do"
| said, We'll, I Am glad you do.
The Lord wants you to be. too. All
you have to do ~ to accept Jesus
Christ Never mind your past The
Lord blots that out n With . cloud "
She said. '-oh. juzt can't
.oh. res yos can"
said. Don't you e.,se~. Goa
loves your"
rs there any sin ycu are com
hitting that you are not willing TO
give up'"
Are you wondering II Goa VII
forgive your"
mo. i believe God win forgive me
anything. But just can't"
your trouble"
I Aid. rs there anybody yeu are
not willing to forgiven"
She looked at me. she brushed
the tears from her eycS threw back
her shoulders. Mr.. Sunday. don't you
ever ask me to forgive him"
said to hsr, Il dsn't, but God
does"
/ She said. Il can't"
said. 'You won't?~
She Jumped to her fest, she
al 49, ~. aAAA ~
teeth, she threw back her shoulders
and the muscles in her neck bulged
over her collar. and she looked 1T me
in the eye and said, Then / won't"
Vision OF . Soul
I looked into her face and aAv the
vision OF a soul In the lost world.
God says, But II ye forgive not men
their trespasses. neither will your
Father forgive your treSpasseA"
What Is the matter? II you let him
In that goes out and when he comes
In he will bring In the holy spirit
I repeat. every man who refuses to
be = Christian docs II for one 1t two
reasonA
Behold. I stand at the doss and
knock"--wait = minute. II yeu are
unwilling to make The sacrifice.
have nothing mere to say. am
/ through. There are parents here TO-
night--Aithough l don't know you-
who are unwilling 10 give up their
cardA their liquor In their homes.
although you know II you keep them.
the probabilities are that yosr boy
will be . black-iegEsd gambler. Or .
bfear-eyed, vomiting. drunksn -,
when the dew OF youth = still on his
brow. II could hare my way. every
drop OF whisky would b - hsii b.
fore midnight
II had my way. l wool1 make
this nation 20 dry you vesld have
to prime her to make Aer oft
| Some fathers and mothsss Win net
from becoming a0a0tno ~ 1fvnk-
ards. or the@r girls fro0 oseoAAnAio-
ing their womanhood. o., II JssaA
Christ comes in. out goes yoss drink
ing, out goes your Rambling. Sut sess
your pride, out goes yo0r soafisAnass,
out goes your Appearing what you
are not. out goes your sanfui pleas
ures, out goes your meAAneas. out
goes your lying tongue.
Oh. refuse to let him IN for what
he Will bring with him whom he
comes into your heart and life.
! Some Of you win have 70 yank out
your pocket-book and write out .
check and pay oct soms Monsy that
you skinned In that real estate DEAL
You sold some property down Ia
Florida and you'll need . submarine
to find the lot
| I preached In . town In Illinois,. I
will not name this famtly. have
been prsaching for tventy-ens ysarA
and I have never 6aW1ed aay iAdt.
vidual out In NY life. Jf can preach
against the atm and illustrate my
point, win do It. but I Woula die
before I would tell Il - you- that
| 10 me. II you hal anythin9 On NJ.
IA BE- mighty glsA u yo0'd keep u
under cover. II I can make you ltp-
gusted with tho devil ] VIII - glaA
to do that
| was preaching IN = town IN mi
nois. There was . very premtnsnt
family. extremely 80. They had sspa.
rated over some trivial thing. Aheus
half or two-thifds Of these divorpe
caseScan BE- adju1tsd Il ether Of
you'd give up. You run In into the
divorce courts ana make AL hell
weep all night.
| Her husband had gone over TO
the county scat to apply for . divorce
and she was not gotng to contest Il
! The newsboy threw Chicago paper
on the doorsteps. She picked Il M
4ura nv tAA hort riesA' I. se~~A = %sf.