The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-05

raisedA his eyes he staggered back
and Cited. Great God" for the sun
had passed the meridian.
He said. Il must retrace or l will
lose 1t ALL" So he ran. From the
bank into the stream he leaped. and
swimming. wading and floundering,
he clambered up the bank and on he
hurried. Reaching the lake he leap
ed into the canoe and padded to the
other side.
Paid An Awful Price.
meet MN. -fn4y. saw ne 1sss .....A4s-
to lose., He threw oG. hts coat and
his vest. With his hair streaming
in the wind. eyes bloodshot and al
most bursting in their sockets, like
Damon of old he rusher on, and just
stumbled and fell at the stake, and
as he did he cried, Il have won"
He remained motionless- They
looked at him. and then running to
his side they gaxed upon his face and
he was dead.
He had won, but he had paid the
| price with his life.
Yes. you will win that political Of
fee, but hell will be the price you
pay God pity you! What a price
you pay for 1t.
| The world doesn't care The ner-
| chant doesn't care for your soul; he
only wants your trade. The politician
| doesn't care for your soul: he only
| wants your vote. Vote for him to-
day and you can go to hell tomorrow
for all of him.
Tho saloon keeper docsn't care for
your souls; all he wants Is your nickel
| and you can have his booze.
| The world doesn't care and the
devil doesn't care. He will natter
you, will lie to you. cheat you. lead
you on BY his subtlety and intrigue
and get you to indulge. The devil
doesn't care. He leads you on to In
duige: and when at last you awake
to the peril you will cry out: "Oh,
| wretched man that l am; who will
deliver me?" God pity you! The
devil doesn't care
| But / want to tell you that instead
of this apparent indifference. heaven
| earth and he'll are all interested in
this tabernacle. Earth wants 10
cheat you, hell damn you and heaven
save you.
| Above your heads are the angels OF
| light snow white from the throne OF
God and around you are the devils
! OF darkness. black pinioned from
hell. and they rip and tear with beak
and talon, and you have il to say
| who will win. heaven or hell.
| All earth and all hell are interested
In these meetings. But / tell you
| you are like ship at sea. Yonder
she goes, careening her way. and they
discover a fire in her hold. They
rush to the captain and say, Captain
the ships afire. Let's fire the gun
| let's wave the signal" and the cap.
this ship. Close the port holes. pu
out the lights. III put this ship ir
| the harbor at Liverpool or I'll pu
| her at the bottom of the sea"
| But they say: Captain, this il
| foolhardy; the flames will soon be
J through and down wen so. Captain
yonder goes a Cunarder. the Majestic
/ there goes the Lusitania. there goes
| the ST. Paul of the American line
Good captain. shoot the gun. fly tht
signal. wave the flag. The watch
man will see us and will pick US up.
| Not" commands the captain. "I'l
! put this ship in the harbor at Liver
pool or down at the bottom of tn,
sea-
Gods Care LIS Proved.
And there are men like that j
you would lift your hand. walk dow,
the aisle. tell your wife, tell the PEG
pie You want to be a Christian, al
heaven would hurry tn your aid.
you would just fly the signal of dis
tress: just give God the slightest in
dication that you want to be a Chris
tan and want to do right.
The devil doesn't care. Friends
hear me! II didn't care for 70,
| do you think I would come all thi,
distance. with all my helpers and pu
all the money we have in these meet
ingS.