The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19


out: "Unclean. Unclear! Unclean!
T. But he was leper." He thought
more about sin. He had other quail
ties, but that puts many fellow
down. and -out. That puts him behind
prison walls, that makes him take
| TIC court. You can say other good
lthIngs-tut when you've got to add
! that. 1t Is pitiable to me,--absolutely
pitiabl<.
syae'a 1cpers Lea q es';,,..,--,
fcrs They iii our cities. sir, oh, they
make the air loathsomc with their
profanity and their low-down jests
and their fascality; and they are out
On the fainis. In the stores, billiard
halls stree. corners, factories. gar
ages saloons, lodging houses, hotels.
oh! there is hardly place. my
friends. that doesn't become the
spawning place for all sorts of sins.
| Mind branded with corroding infiu-
sin. AS leprosy is injecting. so is
sin. The evil that is in you or me
will become the evil that will dwell
in others tina. we pick for companions
or the evil that Is in them will be-
come the evil that is In us IL we as
sociate with them.
So God says: Have nothing to do
with them if you want to win out in
this world"
That's the secret of many "A failure.
The wrongs you commit against your
self will be the wrongs that the other
people will be inspired to do against
themselves And this infection i'm
plies that 10 scatter il you must come
in contact with one that is thus al
fiicted with 1t. Those most liable to
be destroyed by our sins, / am sorry
! to say. are those THAT are nearest and
dearest to us.
Sins Of Mother Reflect
The sins of the mother will be the
sins of the daughter The sins of the
father. the sins of the son: the broth
or, the sins of the brother. Kindred
ties seem only to facilitate the trans
hitting of all these characteristics
Like Robert e. Lee, walking over
tho snow-covered hills of Arlington.
heard d sound and turning about saw
his little hoy trying 10 take steps ana
put his little feet where his fathers
had been in the snow and he said TO
himself:
THAT says Robert f.. Lee. be
mighty careful where YOU are going
for your child is trying 10 follow you
and walk IN your footsteps"
So we ought 20 think of others in
this world. not simply ourselves,
suppose our hearts were all open.
Surprising we had glass doors to our
hearts and we could just walk along
the street and look ia and see where
you'd been and what you'd done. |
thing we'd all want stained glass win
dows Then / think wed all vote for
heavy tapestry over the stained glass.
II lives Could he Reproduced.
Now, suppose ! could do this. Sup
pose ! had screen here and | could
push a button and reproduce the
lives uron the screen. Surprising I'd
say: Here's Mr.. AS heart. Here's
what people think he is and here's
what ne is
I'D saw Here's Mrs. AS heart '
Surprising I could do that and go
down through the alphabet and 20 on
down wonder how long I could hold
nay audience? think ii would be too
hot for most OF us.
Moral lepers, A man said to me;
Does that mean the rottenness OF IA
Corrupted life -
ii does. in its last analysis. but it
, Is the beginning OF things that SO
ciety lakes no note of, That's what
I'm trying TO warn you of in the be-
ginning. the thought that there Is a
divine philosophy in the blessed God.
| never could imagine an angel
preaching TO an audience OF men and
women and that audience being con
verted by anything the angel would
say. Why. here's what I think some
OF us would say 10 that angel: Good
angel did you ever sin 9''
NO No! | haven't your nature.
There IS great mercy with God.
'NeN, Saod angel. did you ever
get drunk o.
NJ. No.
"Dla YOU ever swear"
No, Mo-"
Did you ever attempt 10 lie or
commit adultery"
~ No. We are not male and fe-
male"
II. think his audience would
leave.
You never got mp in the night and
hit your foot on a rocker or your
toe against chair and said some
thing. You never attended a bargain
counter sale. But there is great mer-
cy. with the Lord. Did God plan TO
save the world through the preaching
. OF angelsr He did not. He did not
1 He planned to save the world through
the preaching Of men and women. --
/ that's all.
/ Jesus Paid Penalty.
When Jesus died on the cross. he
paid the penalty for the sins Of the
! human race. Now listen. Adam and
Eve were created. male and female.
All the human. race are the Offspring
from Adam and Ev-. so when Jesus
! came into the.worid. he took our ma :
| ture. hence the plan OF redemption
only extends to the human race. The
devils. were once bright, shining an-
/ gels. The devil is the prince. like
gang of thugs have leader. the
! devil is the leader and he has agent.
that help him. my friends, to work
but the devil is the leader and they
were all once bright, shining angels.
Some Of them Joined in the rebellion,
some of them didn't Therefore. the
devils were once bright, shining an
gels. but they kept not their first e.
tate. Their estate was heaven.
| They rebelled against God and they
were hurled over the battlements OF
+ glory: He'll was prepared for the
!, devil and his angels. God never made
hell for man. God rnade heaven for
| man, but II man liz a fool and
serves the devil. then he will 80 to
/ hell and live with the devil.
Hell Not Made for Man.
But God didn't make hell for man.
When Jesus died on the cross--now
listen! The plan OF redemption had
! nothing to do with redceming fallen