The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30
ND THE TEST OF CENTURIES TO PROVE HE HAS NO FAJIl

clean on the outside. but you are full
/ OF rottenaesa.
Woe unto you! you whited seoul
chres. you Are like a grave, You
look fine on the outside, but on the
inside, sou are full OF rottenness and
dead mems bones.
! Woe INTO you! you fools and
b,ights Woe unto you! You chill.
dren Of Hell. Woe unto y.u! You
strain at q gnat and swallow 9
camel
You say Bin 10 vulgar. ara you
: * * .-..sasssc-r 4rry- 4 g:.rr ~ ~
Ana neA%.Ah Us Sno~s what ali 4
contsins
"You strain at a knat and swallow
a camel Woe unto you! you gen.
GRAFTON OF vipers. Woe unto you!
how can you escape the damnation
Of He'll? You ought to he in Jail
the whole dirty bunch of you"
Can you md any fault with that
That II when he handed them the
hot end OF the poker. That is Jesus
Il arm quoting his words. And Jesus
stood before the church, going out
ward were all the cultured highbrows
of the day, and he said those things
That's Jesus I am talking about.
Never Had Harsh Word
Now he never had a harsh word
| for q sinner. He never had a good
! one for PhariSeo-not q good one
And II q man claims to be q Chris
tian. he ought to do what Jesus
would do.
! II q man puts out a sign. announc.
ing himself a carpenter or plumber
expect him to carry on the business
hat he announces by the sign.
don't go to . barber shop to get ar
automobile. I don't go to a butcher
shop TO buy q suit OF clothes.
don't go to tewelry shop to get po.
.atoes and celery--no. sir!
Now. something. therefore, Is ex.
pected Of a. Christian that isn't ex.
pecte1 OF a Goddess man. expect
something moro Of an elder than
do of a brewer.
church and have nothing In his life
or conduct which resembles Jesus
Chris. IL as much out of place as a
Y. M. C. A. over a brewery. or a
Y. w e. A. oversa house of III fame
Ttev are expected to carry on the
things hat they announce under the
sign
That IL the reason ! 60 to a bar.
Der shop to get haircut. and to a
jewelry store to get my watch fixed
\ man hangs out q sign and says he
and i've got a right to do it.
another thing--car you find any
fault with his courage, There I,
something about his courage that
wins our applause. 1t compels our
admin alton. and our commentator
emulation. ana several other "ations''
.hat I can't think of just now
Die Jesus ever show the white
feather, No! No! When the mob
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stones and the disciples forsook hin,
and fed. ne stood his ground as i'm
movable as Gibraltar, They spa'
upon him. They stoned him, and
| damned him and scourged him.
! He bore himself like a king when
ia stood before old Plate Not once
did he tur pale. Not once did he
show concern OF fear. Not once, my
friends, can you find any fault with
him.
The first recorded word Of Jesus
were when he was twelve years old
"Wist we not that l must he abou,
NV Fathers business" His last rec
orded words were on the cross. TT
is finish, ~
When he hung on the Cross. thir.
ty-two years OF age and in the TWEEN
ty-one years crowded in between thu
first recorded words and the last rec
ordec words, nothing found place ir
his life that wasn't for the glory o1
Go and the good OF humanity. 81
find no fault In Him" said his bite,
| enemy. PLATE. II there had been
old plate would have dug II out, fol
he was looking for a chance 10 put
something over on Him II he could
Now. II ind no fault in Him."
He has faith In his Father. A mans
faith links him to God. arm chained
to God not BY money. culture or such
things. but by faith.
II your faith isn't used. It viii
shrink and die the same a. II your
become useless. Take what faith you
have got and start out II you know
enough now to- start and II you use
| It, you will get more.
| Mind you. in business. there ISM
man in II today that didn't start
] poor. Did ]. p. Morgan start rich
Ne. Did Rockefeller1 No, Did
Judge Gary? No! Did Vanderbilt
George Perkins? No! Peter Armour
Of Chicagor Marshall Field! No!
He used to be 4 travelling man, sold
goods for 500 a month.
| Andrew Carnegie started for 81 q
week a. q stockhoy In mill. Charley
Schwab crawled out Of the dirt and
out of the soot and coal Of Home.
stead and Bradford. No, not \ one
started out rich.
/ Take what you have got Use II
and ron will get more. Start witt
your faith. Use II ana you will gel
more. II viii grow.
Farm your faith like q seed. Put
II into the ground. You win get more
Drop 4 kernel OF corn into the ground
! and II win produce a hin Of corn.
=. hill on an average win produce two
ears An ear Of corn will produce
SOC kernels. Twice eight In sixteen
so I get 1900 times more than put
into the ground.
Farm your faith. Start with wha'
you've got and God win give yos
more ali the way through Without
faith there wouldn't be a factory
there wouldn't BE- a railroad. We
can't do business without II
Ninety-hve per cent Of the business
In this country b dome on credit
Only 5 per cent n done on q cash
basis. All IL done on credit checks
drafts. mail orders and all that
There wouldn't b q railroad. The
Milwaukee made m extension from
South Dakota 70 Puget Sound I,
rost them hundreds OF millions oil
dollars. They hadn't sold a ticket
They hadn't contracted for \ pound
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