The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-17

blights like n pestilence, all the In
som nia--all Ii caused by sin. Tha'
II what damns the world.
! We are only asking men and
women to flee from the things tha'
curses their life. I.~think you forget
all OF It when you refuse to be a
Christian and live for Jesus Christ
and for his truth.
Talking Abt>us ReligioA.
corner Of LaSalle and Washington
streets In front OF the chamber OF
commerce talking with a man about
el-Szs- 1sz..t ~ 81 -. ..,,sss 4
; dashad r.. patrol AID they TOOK our
four men, or the remnants OF them
blear-eyed, bloated-faced, ragged
staggering, drunken sots and / said
There II IL now, just what we are
talking about"
Sin--you can't argue against sin
From the West dashed UP another
patrol opposite the city hall and they
dragged out three women. hair dis
heveled, eyes bioodshot, clothing
hung In rags and the worst viieness
profanity, obscenity you ever heard
pouring from their lipA said
There 1t b.-En- You can't argue
against sim.
| You can argue against God and
against Christ and the Bible and
against religion but you can't argue
against sin.
! Going to work one morning In
Chicago I was walking East on Jack
son Boulevard and I came to the
Chicago river. the bridge that spanned
the river. saw about 80 men
and women on the eastern approach
TO the bridge and on the eastern end
NJ fho hv4Ara ava fhHv ~AHo n
over and looking down into the river
and I heard voices below.
| Ny curiosity was excited likewise
and looked over and saw a floater
q dead body in the river. The police
were there with their grabhooks
They hooked 1t into the clothing OF
the dead man and draggei his body
to the bank.
| The pockets were turned wrong side
out two purple holes were In the tenn
pies where s.: caliber bullet had
crashed In, great dent in his shirt
| front where they had torn out the dia-
mond. his watch chain dangling where
In their haste they had torn the watch
and left the chain dangling and l did
rot say the inequality OF the rich and
. the poor.
did not say democracy ~ rspue-
| iicAnism-
| 01o h0k Say protective OF
| free trade: ala not say municipal
ownership: I did not say single tax nor
gold standard. looked back OF all
| labor, all difficulties between capital
| and labor, I looked back Of all rational
questions. all political, back Of all ma
tionai. back Of all individual and l saw
| one wo i--S-I-E.
club: sin ripped out the diamond; sin
dumped that man into the river God
/ pity you, you can't argue against sim
| You can argue against the Bible, Jesus
Christ and heaven and hell, but you
can't argue against sin
| When am in Chicago. which isn't
often, and when I am in there at night.
always 60 to, that 10 the old Pacific
Garden Mission where thirty years ago.
ono dark, stormy night, I found Jesus
Christ as my Savior.
| was thcre sometime ago. had
spoken and felt tired and weary are
I turned to Nell and said. Nell, let's
| walk home, II won't take us long and
| Il win rest me to get out in the air
and keep away from the crowd"
| go We stepped out on Van Buren, ana
| walked west to Clark We turned
North on Clark street . black to Jack
/ son Boulevard and turned west or
Jackson Boulevard and when we reach
ed the root OK IASaiIe street. inc cioTA
| In the tower struck 10. I said. Nell
| It's 10 O'Clock Wouldn't you like e
&C down TO the Harrison police station
They are rounding up the human dere-
iicts They are tust bringing them In
/ Iss 10 o'clock. The devil. like this
beasts of prey stalks forth when the
sun goes down. when darkness settles
over this old earth.
! Foul vermin in human form wrtg-
<v4A ~ A3AnfOht
on the earth 10 mid noon In hell New
York asleep. Chicago asleep. Phila-
delphia asleep. Boston asleep, Pitts
burg asleep, Cleveland asleep. Denver
aaieep. st. Louis, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, all asleep.
| Now the demons Of the pits are hold
ing high carnival Dsbauchery IL
awake. lust is awake. murder IL awake
oh. all the vileness that damns the
world n awake. Nov the banquet al
old Bacchus, now you can hear the
click Of the gamblers chips. now cham
paEne and wine spArsle and the beer
foams over the lip OF the cup. now,
oh! listen! to that--the voiced shrieks
Of lcAAhsome blasphemy Old Jezehel
spreads her nets ana old Deliiah shears
rthe locks OF the young Sampsous who
like fools rest their heads in her lap
| yauste In Full Blast.
| Music Is in full blast around the
hotels, around the theatere. around the
restauranes. around the cabarets
around the fAn-tan dives and aroun~