The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-24

the Revolution. America and her lib
crty and freedom from the yoke OF
bondage. and that is the reason we are
singing my Country. 'Tis OF Thee
instead of God Save the King
Fight Evil Influences.
To he Christion you've got to fight
against influences of evil, to do what
God wants you to do. and live the way
he wants you to live in the world. You
sa on h3a ohrisii12 ,astita,' o.,
nght for IT, Christian home, yes
Christian sabbath--yes. {And l will
say to the people that to Try to erase
the sabbath from our statute books,
we Will swim our horses in blood to
their brides before you ever get us
away from it!)
Open Bible--yes! (woe betidc the
gang that tries to close 1t. my friends,
and tries to get II out.) Free church
yes. Free speech--yes rnfettered
press-yes.
Moral welfare. Bless God, that
makes men and women hard. SUPER
fetal peace. soft. mushy, Heaven save
America from this soft handed, fiabby-
checked, brittie-bo weak kneed
thin skinned. pliable. plastic-like, spit
tic, rat-hoie, tin-horn. peanut-sort of
] tell you we always win when we've
got cur eyes open. You see how God g
brave prophet stood before those 400,
and that old king with a crown on his
head and said, DO you want me to
talk soft. sir, to pieace your" He said,
" on've come here to hear the wrong
evangelist" He aaid, Whatsoever
the Lord saith. that will speak, and
l Will tell you what you ought to
hear. how nu IN Va Eos spd
and for the truth"
Vow John the Baptist. stood out in
the wilderness, and he cried, "Ye gem
erations of vtpers"' and every viper In
Jerusalem rushed out to view d man
who knew a viper when he saw it.
Some body has said, For every dare
devil. there ought to be a dare saint"
sure. and for every sinner daring
for the devil there ought TO be Chris
tan daring for Jesus Christ
On. we want lighting preachers who
won't shirk In the presence OF Some
old sinner that sits in the pe~s be-
cause he has got a little dough. We
want editors who will not sh;rk when
the old brewer blows his nose and
will send for the circulation manager
To see before they write an editorial.
We want fathers that won't allow hell
to crush their boys without fight We
want mothers that won't allow some
hull-headed, spider-tegged dude in the
form of a. devil Of fellow to -corre In
and take their girl away without a
protest and fight.
Oh, we need a real out-and-out cam
paign for God and for his truth. Some
things arc not worth fighting for. The
crusaders were great, but they were
useless. They fought for the empty
tomb Of Jesus Christ He wasn't there.
Tie hurst the bands of death. so they
fought for an empty sepulchre.
Some things are not worth lighting
for whether the man is ordained or
not II God puts his name on them.
what difference does K make whether
he has p. r.. G. or what Some
things are not worth fghtirv for
whether preacher wears Il gown or
not, whether he wears u Prince Albert
or a double breasted whether converts
have been sprinkled or immersed.
whether a preacher buttons his collar
In front or behind, whether the SER
mon is texsual or topical. whether
there were six or forty Isaiahs or
whether Paul wrote Hebrews
What is the use Of scraprinE over
that? / don't care who wrote He
brewsi A fellow that don't live up to
the way il is taught will go to hell
whoever he rs Never mind. the teach
Ing Is right there, sure az you live
and breathe,
wesley took Darius theology and
set II on fire. what are you doing for
the world?
General Booth took the gospel of
Jesus Christ into the submerged tenth
and the n,udsifls of society-what are
you doing TO MAKE the world better
Frances r. Willard preached tenn
perarce reform to the people on both
Sides OF the Atiantic--what are you do
ing for the worlds
David livingstone carried the torch
OF the gospel TO those that sat in
darkness in Africa-what are you do
ing.
George Williams called the Christian
men an" Nsanized the 7. II. G. A.
what are you doing"
Grerfeii founded missions on th1
wild and snowy banks of Labrador.
What are you doing for the world, 10
make the world better than we have
lived in IT, My goodness What ia
your personal influence counting for s?
young Scotchnan said, at am a
Christian because Marcus Dodds is
one" Do you know Of anyone that
Is Christian because you are Don't
YOU know of multitudes that would he
Christians IL you were only a Chris
tian. out and out for God and for the
truth?
Now. don't you know. people, that
OF the worlds history. notwithsta nd .
ing that the world ia deluged with
blood and the stencil OF the Europea n
batflcaelds have pernseated every
nook and corner of the world. but
don't yon know that we arc living to-
day In the brightest hours OF the
world
O potent age for wonderful things.
Wonderful prophecies are being full
! flied. Humanity Is on the verre of
the greatest turning to God Almighty
that the world has ever witnessed, sir.
She is on the verge. God Is going to
send the Jew back TO Palestine to
have a nation of his own for the first
time. since the days of the sweet
singer Prophecies are being fulfilled.
There are fond hearts TO cherish
While the days are going by
There are weary souls who perish
Wna1e tina days are~g going by,
II smile we can renew
As our journey we pursue.
Oh. the good we all may do.
While the days arc going by.
Real BATTLES.
There arc real battles that are to
be fought. r am not talking about a
gun. I am not talking about a bay