The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-14
Mr.. HvDES
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continued from rage ono
discovered what had been dome. in the
words Of Sunday. he was rcd
headed, he bit The ceiling. he switch
cd into high and ne lit into Aaron"
The latter. according 20 the evanse-
list promptly passed the buck: tried
10 string Moses; tried 10 pat ono
over on him
sunday prefaccd his sermon viii
a brief synopsis or Stesenson's cole
$500 4-2.i IL. ", tl1tl. s-1's.h X 7
Tho Old, Old Story.
The evangelist declared his text
Was the old, old story OF the vitality
present war TT our physical members.
In which the highest and lowest the
nurest and vilest enlist for war TO
I the hilt that men is not one bat two.
and in the field OF consciousness the
TWO natures fight.
The problem of the duality OF two
radically different natures. housed in
the same body, has held the attention
and fascinated he thought Of nearn-
est men OF ali ages, he declared. 1T
is not - problem for the cioistered
theologian--it is an intensely pracu"
cal problem in many phases, which
we meet a. every turn Of the road In
our daily life" he said.
The war In our members, conflict Of
| 7esh and spirit and original sin--auy
| ono OF q hundred nanes-the labels
! are not important. but you are COM
PEELED to face this problem every day
THE possibilities OF heaven and
hell lie concealed I'm every man. Lsf-
is not a gam OF chance. We make
our own fortune, and then name it
i chance or fate.
There lis throbbing In the breast If
every man and every woman of the
hurryfng. pushing, rushing. SurEing
crowd with whom we rub elbows in
! the street force that woos them,
pleads with them. calls them TO the
| highest In life. | believe at heart
nine tenths want to be better than
they are. I make no exceptions. You
may brand one as hard. cruel, rcck-
| less: I still plead his cause
Evil Envics Purity.
| IT do not believe that the painted
! woman with the divine blush OF mod
.esty and purity on her cheeks with
/ out envying the one who has not
bartersd away her honor,
The world of bitter criticism would
vanish II We made il a rule never to
brand a man as hopelessiv bad until
we have bankrupted our powers try
y .
(, honor and Christ.
1.-THE bravest fight a man ever made
is a fight against physical appetite
( One Of the greatest heroes 10 the world
is the man who In struggling against
the demands of tnfamed and disor-
dered physical frame, when every
nerve cries ont for drink When th4
body masters the soul, Won have a air
ner; when tho soul masters the body
have saint
There Is a Mr. hyde IN every man
who neutralizes aud paralyzes the
Inspirations OF pr Jekyn In fror. OF
you tonight stands 'he miid~mannereG
DIR, Jekyil. with pure and clean
thoughts. On the other ST lie crouch es
dwarfed, mean. vile. low. misshapea Mr.
! Hyde. He asks control Neither can
take control without your consent
The drug in Stcvenson's story had nc
. discriminating action, ID was the viii
Of the man taking the drug which
, decided what the result would be
Men try to avoid this truth. lay blame
, on other things but you arc at fault. y
Believes in Environment
The evangelist declared he woult
not say one word TO lessen the enthu
: slasm for Improvement OF the physi
cal and moral environment of man
kind. II firmly believe" he said
" that environment has great effec
upon character. ! believe If societ,
= permits any considerable portion Il
. live In foul. unlghted rooms, wher'
from eight TO ten people live, cook
! eat and sleep. working year in ant
year out from fourteen to fitteer
= hours every day. ] believe If societ,
4 allows deserving men to stagger alonl
j, with less than a living wage; IL soci
a ETY. permits shoulders OF widowe'
: motherhood to be forced down undo
industrial burdens and throws the un
q ripe strength OF children into the hop
= per of corporate greed. to be groun'
= up into dividends, that society mus
s. share the responsibility II these peopl
n become criminals
= Man Ia not a mechanical playthin
in the hands OF. an arbitrary God
lyour power to say yes 70 right an
| no 10 wrong"
! He declared the church nrust throw
it's influence more upon the side q
justice and square dealing for the un
~ der dog. and in doing this it will b
q tranalating into modern HE the teach
h Ing of Christ.
g Sunday announced that he woul
!, preach tonight on Booze" Il hav
g been importuned by your wives an
s sweethearts TO preach on this suhjec
he explained. TIL evangelist also an
e nounced that he would again attemr
i four services Sunday,
l. The evangelist asked for traii-hit
;. ters. How many men in this mag
v nifcent audience believe in God an
his truth and are willing to stand o
"A the side Of the Lord? ?" ne asket
e Come on, men he imploret
: haven't you got the guts7 Com
s on, manhood. Let's see what IN
manhood of Richmond can do. Let
9 show the devil he hasn't tic power t
n chain the manhood of Richmond t
= the Hyde nature Come on, fellows,
: he begged. "Help me. I've nearl
preached my fool head. off" In an
q swer to his pleadings several starte
:. forward among them A young ma
y who with eyes moist and his undo
= lip uuiycring. @rasped the preacher
hand and said; II want to live bette
' life" Thank you; God bless YOU,
- Sunday replied warmly. Upwards O
= soventy-five accepted Sundays invita-
= ton.