The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-01

In me. such as the little child hal
faith in his parents and become con
verted as little children. you can nevel
enter the kingdom of heaven"
So there is something for you II
learn.
%, you want your boy to be sobei
and 10 pray and to love God and hat.
evil. oh, that is better than TO launch
. battleship and wreck a kingdom.
10 launch girl that viii live fol
Jesus and truth and that viii hole
50 s. !. I, s.5,'s ~: = ,s x :,
than that
Moses was chosen vessel OF the
lord So ne wanted him 10 get a right
start in the world.
There was time when there was
no, man IN the United States could
beat me running II our speed was
equal I could get away ahead OF him,
( In fourteen seconds from standing
start. do not believe anyone has ever
beaten that yet.
And so God wanted Moses TO set a
right start | can tell what you are
going 10 be in tho world hy the way
YOU start There was not q college pro-
fessor in Egypt that God would trust
with the job so he just put that child
hack in his mothers arms and J viii
fF!l YOU, a FIGAneE = aFI1iS IL ~ HAiF au~
choraKe for any boy or girl. and am
old fashioned enough 30 believe that
there is not devil strong enough to
null boy or girl out of the arrs OF
ia Christian mother.
when God SENDS a great man into tire
world ne sees 70 ~ that he gets the
right kind ~ mother. Most any
kind of stick will DO for father, but
God Almighty Is mighty particular. And
the greatest need Of this or any coun-
try Is good mothers. ] believe we have
more good mothers In America than
7ny land on earth. although all OF
them are NOT good.
we have lot of them that are good
for nothing. II George Washington had
mother like Happy uooligan he
would be running around with an
oyster can on his head and saying. TT
gifts on me MOVIES"
There may be poetry In II but Il Is
true that The hand that rocks the
cradle moves the world" And X every
cradle was rocked ny a good Chris
tian mother me world would be filled
with noble and good men and women
And II every boy had q good Christian
Cod forsaken he'll holes Of dam nation
that vornit and spew with the damna-
mother. those dirty. rotten. sinking,
ton that makes arunkards and brutes
out or men, would he in hell before
this meeting Is over.
was talking about the saloon. You
knew what l meant. the saloon. So
IL YOU want 10 drive the devil out OF
the world, keep him away from the
boys and girls and he will leave the
world Some OF you old sinners will
soon be in your coffin and II there was
not anyone to take your place, the
devil would soon he out OF job.
IF you never take the first glass you
will never take the last, Keep the
devil away from The hoys and girls
A young man Joined church one
time and the preacher said, What
was II 7 said that led you TO do this9"
he said, Nothing. II was my old
mothers religion"
| want to tell you ono ounce OF ex-
ample will outweigh an ounce OF
theory and all that and II you mother
live as you should live. we preachers
and the police would not have so
much 10 do az we have.
| think It is mighty small business
! being king or priest compared
with being a mother or the teacher of
children These MI places so great
| that I will bet there is not an angel
M In heaven who could change places
with you.
| To teach child to love the truth
and hate a lie. to love virtue and hate
vice, snd to love the truth and hate
faisehood. O, that is greater than ia
he able to make flying machine that
can go 10 the moon and back again.
! IN so doing you start powers in mo-
! ton that will never, never end. You
help 10 bring the world Of harmony
out 81 n chaos.
A friend OF mine received some
crystals the other day from n friend
n scientific American. and Il letter &c
comrnnied II saying. There lis power
enough TO give green hue to q hogs
head Think OF it.
Power enough in the boy to grow
up 10 become man that would damn
the town he lives in. IN the girl to
be a curse TO the world. or a benofac-
tor. or blessing TO the world ac-
cording to the influences that sur
round her when she is young.
You talk about greatness. You walt
until the mountains Of eternity are
reached and you will read the moth
era names that sit in Gods hall of
fame. There will be many scrub
woman on earth whose narnc will be
In Gods hall OF fame.
| Chasing the phantoms ~ pleasure
which might ne moldiug the character
ter OF an Individual that would, he a
! henefactor to the world To plant a
! thought in the minds of n girl or boy
and havo Il stay there and grow, that
Is better than putting in big crop,
NV friend. or II Is greater than 10
! build railroad or great factory.
God had bir place for Moses hut dc
not FORGET that he had bigger place
| for his mother, and By the saving OF
that baby she helped to save the ma
| ton. ] think the angels must have
! held their breath when they saw that
+, little baby taken out OF the ark and
put irte its mothers arms
How do you know but the angefs
watch you with as much interr
How do YOU know but that God AL
mighty has elected that your hoy or
your girl RhaII become his mouth
piece to Tho generation that Is yet to
be t,ornr How do you know hut that
God will send him up AMI down the
hand preaching thc trushf
. know the work Is often discourag-
ing and you have your trials and make
your sacrifices and shed your tears
and ali Ia hidden from the world. No
one knows or seems to care that you
are making your fight all alone,
Tho Practical Mothr-.
There IL nothing to show that
Moses mother had any help from his
daddy Nothing to show that he cut
one OF the reeds out OF which she