The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-22

instead Of blowing for their misery
Ut seemed to Be source Of gratifl-
cation to hfm). he didn't lift his
finger to try and make the drunk
ard sober. to try and lift the woman
from selling her womanhood. MOI
No,
PhArisce Scir-consena
IT seemed to be q source OF Gratffi-
cation to him that he wasn't In the
qunEmire Of fifth and of degradation
- ~ IL =; s4f,, e Sxe
folded his old Arsyss ard never lifted a
finger to tfy and help them. Now,
then, II what ne said was true--mind
you. he n an old iiar--if what he
said was true. IL men and women
were piunderers. murderers and
afuherers, and II he was what ne
said he was. all right. then he would
have gone to them and in the name
OF God he would have used his infiu-
ence and power to help them get out
of where they were into that what
they ought to be.
And il L find a man that's drunk.
It's mono OF my business whether Il
WAS hereditary. whether II was the
result OF his environment, whether Il
was Tia result of his being a fool:
it's my business to help make him
sober.
And II ind a girl selling her
merchandising her vir-
tue for gain. It's none of my brei-
ness whether that's the result Of de-
ce ptton or misplaced love or Of lust:
it's your business to help set her free
and send her home with the tears OF
courstny down her cheeks.
Perhaps IL you'd been up against
what she was up against you'd be
what she IL. so DON'T fold your skirts
Of seif-fighteousness about your old
carcass and thank God You are not as
other people are.
Don't imagine that there is an in
evitable law Of absorption going along
In the world---if You some too closely
will have transmitted to you the virus
Of the sin that contamfnates and In
TESTS and biights and infects them like
a pestflence and a milAew.
He asked no help from God; he
got no moro than he asked. He had
no doubt of his own ability. Oh. I
desp!se to see these people who act
as though there were something in
herent within Themselves which, by
culture, you can develop to such a
stage of perfection that God Almighty
VIII grant you salvaton as a reward
OF merit
MOI Ycu Get dovn m r,,,r &res,
and tell God vnu are nm Aid ssrner
hound for he,,' ana Won ou~n, 10 "a
to he'll and ~ vc,, s,et vhnfs, ~,,.,r
an. ycr .f,, 90, het, 'A
ycv 49,, as.srx. -,x.t., ~.
he,4v a.@rxs. a., no,'t s-, ., ca
Almighty owen II to you; he doesn't
He owes you chance to accept IT.
Won deserve 4 n yon ,,,t vhst ~c,,
deserve. you'd get he'll, every one Of
you, So don't act AZ though the Lord
was simply paving you what he owes
you--he doesn't,
When I first started ont tn prraeh
I diagnosed the difficulty up In the
gray matter. said:
..rord the bunch Ia an frorp H,x
souri,. They are waiting to be shown
and guess us nm to me-
So I got a sermon. ! got ON, the
Encyclopedia britannica and Web
ster's Unabridged. Oh had some
sentences in It that ,onrIit would
make the law OF a Greek professor
squeak a week trying to pronounce
the words
You have seen a hid NJ .he rnur+N
OF July break a ffrecracker in tn.
middle and then light a match. why
liz would xt-zt-xzt-xzt. Wen, that wa,
the way with that sermon--it neve,
delivered the goods.
One day said. ~sweu. God. ~,
got II topsd out wrong. There's moth
ing the matter with ANYBODY bu,
they've got the devil in them. with
some It IA the devil OF pride. with
some the dew, OF lust. with so,,e the
devil OF xponey, with. .sstne thc stevy
fof bad temper, with some II Is the
acvfl of a long tongvaa."
Ic.An., 7osne, r,un.
In.da1 W. IA a.n.->o, 1890
~,,tn ..,,.ecn 80. S,,.te.mtI, 49,, w
avnari,s rorr sai. and h.rn.1 ~,r.
ga .cr.wsd ,ha hut, srT ~, "a !,
vsnhaa me tr,rver And ~. feather,
h.rs ha.n r,y,n- "a ~. ynrS. r"s.,
hr.t,r., tnst. hc,s 49, .,naa ''
ynr.r. 80 ~ aA.rt VOW ar.,rr,,,
t,on 10 the hind o. game Won ar,
ar,a, n dos.,,v d. anv s,ocd n =,
~ w.r ON skunk with eoforrs
water.
Now vern let tl,ts old lobster alone
for a MIX vhile--the phari.ee
There,. the other feIlow-the publi.
can Notice hia attitude while prav.
tnr ". stood afar or while nrav.
INC Nc stcod AIR m which fmnIie,
the other YaIyov rot IN the iiueliyht
He urouldny m nm his eyes unto heay.