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

: Lord. GOOD devil. milk. elder, chalk
: and v1R"wag indifferent sort OF HE
1t Is hard D tell whether they are 10
the church or the world. whether
e they ara OF C ad or Of the devil Oh
, They lola the . lrch 81 such a pc
Rod, The ch1rch book win how thai
record at there tb2s are "a an atI-
/ tude OF Indifference and apathy,
1ae nearer the relationship. the
stronger your tics OF obligation. l
owe Mrs. Sunday and cur children
tha; which dont owe to any other
woman or children on Gods Dirt by
Writ nc OF my relationship, You owe 70
your wife md children that which
you don't owe to sny other, by virtue
af yorr relationship.
! have become a child OF Coo
through my repentance of sin auc
faith in Jesus Christ and owe IN this
! woriu and don't care whether the
Norid dimes CT damns Misses or ap-
riauGs, I viii testify Ia the deeds that
re evil
'Woe unto them when ali men
speak well of you
And about The worst thing that the
preacher CAT say ever your body whet,
they faut you Ia the coffin Is that you
had no enemies. You have been an
absolute nonenuty II you had lived
/ goa Jesus Christ nc way you ought
Ito. you'd aaye made plenty of enemies
and thoy'iI DE eners iea because you ere
decent and want other people 10 DO
decent
| tn nearer the relationship the
greater the proyocation. could IN
one act break Mrs Sundays heart,
and Il would not Pvt n tear IN your eye
Why 7 ann not related to you. you
don't give a rap about rae; you never
saw me before; perhaps / will never
be privileged TO aee you again when
bid you rc odbye, for nave go many
places calling ana begging and plead
ing. 7here are fifty citiea where
have never beer
=, not that God is not gTieved over
the Sins OF an body. but particularly
those with names on the church book
who Profess 10 bc soldiers ard folic w
ers " him. l think. perhaps the
trouble with the majority of people In
he church IL rot SO much the thing
that they are doing that God does not
want them 10 90 as the things that
they are not doing that God wants
them 10 do, The trouble with this
government today is not that the peo-
pie ars doing what the government
don't want them TO do, the trouble
sa Ahay are not willing to offar TO do
what he government wants them to
ac.
HSIS@ WI SYaulSsa0u
The sin of TIE American people In
THIS emergency Ia not the sin of com
mission of things against the govern
rnent, but The stor OF omission of re-
tusinp TO I'll np tho army. the navy,
MI I'D the Red Gross. cut down living
expenses, rave yo3r food supplies and
do son etNing. The trouble is, you
, arc net dc.nE what the government
) wants done. II II rot so much the
al ~ h1 Nypss A~g~
| 'urch as II Is the things you are not
/ doing. you are too tfarned lazy, that's
what the matter with you.
| when the son Of Flavius wns dts-
covered among the consnfrators oi
! S7taline, the old man rcbu ed him by
, saying: Il aid not boget thee for Gaia
! line hat for your c@urtry. rogue"
Ana l be- ieve hat Jesus Christ has
! a right to say: II did not die ON tho
} cross open the plan OF redemption
+ and Die TO save you TO serve the
world. the fleas, ard the deyil. dIea
, 70 save you TO serve me and do my
They say OF Alexander the Crea,
mat he was asked one time 10 engage
In the Oiympisn games and he said
! will, II kings VIII be my antagon-
Asts on the race track"
And II we were found doing moth
ing in this world that was rot in keep
ing with our biiiS from above. we
would have brought this old, God for.
saker, Sabbath breaking. whiskey-
soaked. gambiingridden, hIasphem
ing world TO Jesus Christ long, long
ago. but we have been pls ling WITH
religion and you can't do as YOU please
The higher up you climb, the plain
es you sec, When soi begin TO do
as you please you arc an anarchist
\ you can't live rs you pleare 'neath the
stars and Stripes II you don't SUB
init TO the lfws. then you ought to he
| Won please In the indulgence Of your
, desires. then you become moral
, anarchist. You can't do IT, God ha,
laws you've got to line up 10 an well
, r. me state of virginis and as we'll
a. the government of tAe United States
like 70 see men and women as ioval
10 Jesus Christ as william l.enthaIl
was TO the constitution In the days OF
King Charles 7. when Charles corn.
nand"d him TO dissolve Parliament he
SAID, y have neithe~ eyes to see nor
Tins or tongue to speak nor ears to
hear. but as the constitution, whose
t"tTh and slave i an. In pleased to
direct me
on 10 see people as loyal TO Jesus
Christ AZ Prince William. OF Orange,
wos 70 the Netherlands In the thirty
4 seven years OF war. and King William
io' Spain offered him fabulous sums
IT. surrender. and offered to place In
line 20 the Spanish throne. and Prince
! W llliaEr. OF Orange. sent back. tha,
message, which was crnhafmed in the
featt7 OF the Dutch peonie ana upon
the pages or history. Not for wife.
nor children nor lands, nor life will
r'% tn my cup one drop ~ the poison
pf 'reaqon."
No wonder. when re fell by the
hangs ~ an assassin. little children
/ Etopped playing marbles In the street
and west TO crying, because they knew
thsy had tHss their hest ana most loyal
, friend when Prince william, OF Orange.
was dead.
! On, TO see pecn1e that would ale be-
fore .hev ever dipred their cofors to
the a~vl or any OF hts eraissaries or
cohorts, tel you today, The church
does n7' seem IN bs much more T. n
q social orrsuizationf They s~end more
tins developing along social tines than
along spiritual lines. And they spend
more time on the folderols, and II you
ask thcm 10 dp something, they've got
70 whine and grurble about how
, ouch time they ave given for Gods
oauso. And on And God provided SAL
FStien Tor them. ore ed the doors OF
, he wen and made streets of gold for
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