The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-02

wife are a lightning roo above his mead
20 keep God from knocking him down
in his cussedneSs and sin. So there
! fore, for the sake of companions, you
can thank the Lord
| was preaching out in Illinois. In
the midst of a fabulousiy rich valley,
/ There was.-sa man thers who owned
over a,s0e acres of tais land. He
sDeered and wouldn't go to church. al
though his wife plead with him TO go.
! She said. y am ashamed that you
/ won't go with me, ! have helped you
rpsy mere attention. Is tdtKers tnsn 10
! yar &. .sss.aa s,..s. .s.5... ,,.
/ He said. ia go to the meeting, but
We got TO milk tia cows" That was
his Job
She said. Wen pitch In and help
you milk tho cows And they did
It, He drove with her to town. and
when he got there he said:
I'D Re willing to go to the meet
ing with you. all right but my clothes
aren't good enough"
They're good enough for you 20
wear to lodge" sha said. land they
are good enough for you to go arou nd
to the neighbors on Sundays"
Well. ne said. They are not good
1 enough to wear to church..
Then well go into the store and
get you some clothes" And they did.
They went ~ and brought a suit, then
she said. Vow let's SO to thu meet
ing"
/ After the Money.
Next day they helped him milk again
and the man and his Wits started for
town In the evening. When they got
there no said. see that man over
thereF He owed me SO and I must
go and see him"
But IT is only 49, she said. That's
not rauch--you own $500 ac~ee, and
! tie well stocked and we have money
In the bank"
Yes" he said, ''hut I am going TO
get that money" And I'll be logged
IL he didn't 80 to get II.
SO she said the next day. TIL give
yeu Just two days III cook up a lot
CT stur. and then TIL never fry another
ogg or boil or bake another thing until
you 20 TO church
She few around and cut the heads
OF the chickens ard turkeys. and
boxed cakes and pies and little fiat
biscuits They he'd great feast tor
three days. then the supplies began
to play ont sho began to bring bones
to the tabla. and when there was no
butter left on the plate she brought
the empty plate. when there was
no sugar In the bowl she brought the
| empty howl
He stuck for two u three dave ard
thsn he said. Come. be seus'ele Cook
me dinner. and TIL 80 to church"
NO." she said You have fooled
ne too often You have got to go
arst"
They drc~e to town ana hitched tire
horse, and a. they went mp the church
stsps. SIZE said afterw ds. har heart
nearly burst out OF her dress, she
couldn't believe that she ~as really
going to get him into the church.
But they went In, and went down
the aisle and took seats. When me
! invitation ~as gwen, he came down
the aisle and fell on hts rHce before
Jesus, and was saved Then they
went home ard raided the hen roost
and had one glorious fast Whea
saw him again h. said:
Well, Bill, I'm on the road TO
heaven. My wife starved me- into
IT."
/ He was thinking seriously. lie
seas moved by reverent inquiry.
| Sometimes 1 think II II were not
for a wife many a man would have
been in hell long ago, so you VIII
never know until you get to glory.
how much you are indebted to the
held you dear and true
And you are likely 10 drift away
from God. Thou are not far from
the Kingdom OF God"
| / will never forget that there are
two gates which lead into the in
ner nature OF every man and woman
T, one lis the heart. the other the head
The heart must be- purified of sin.
no mater what your mind may be
able to conceive. If your heart is
wrong that very heart viii condo - II
you.
IL you want to get into my heart,
come through the door of my reason
Now then, don't want 10 say any
thing, my friends. my hympat HES
are TOO profound. my respect is too
great. to say anything bitter and
reproachfui toward the man or
woman who is honestly saying, Eff
sou want to get into my heart con-
vince my reason" And In ali my
preaching here have tried to put the
heart-side OF the Gospel. have
tried TO show you thar religion is
The most reasonable thing on earth
and that you must be moral idiot
that you don't see that man is ul-
reasonable II he Is unrighteous and
that Righteousness and reasonable
ness are synonymous terms. Nobody
! is reasonable unless he Is a Christian.
/ don't know any class or profess
sion that Is more exposed TO the
taunts and the assaults of infidelity
They are always dealing with the UNI
pleasant side of life Somebody is
trying to put 1t over on the other
fellow all the time. Somebody Is
trying to pick somebody eises pocket.
\ They live in an atmosphere of con-
troversy. 1t would seem as though
the religion of Jesus Christ which Is
a mere matter OF faith would stand
small show with the legal profess
sion. than God, has furnished some
OF the brightest lights that ever blaxed
in the Ornament OF Jesus Christ
, Thoughtless People.
Charles q. Finney was trained for
= lawyer and the legal profession has
furnished some OF the brightest
lights that have ever blazed for Jesus
Christ and held w the bleeding
form of Inc Son OF God. l don't
know OF any man farther away from
the Kingdom than tho man who will
not think about the soul and his re-
lation to God. And IL liz marvellous
how little some people do think.
When ii comes to religion---iet
something be wrong with your fin
gers or your arm. Go TO The doctor
ard he says you have got to lose
your fingers and IL The doctor should
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