The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-02
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Ny taxi is found in the verse in Mat
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where the devil says to tile Lord II
th@e ne tbs SOS OF Gad. ncznEhAna 1hst
these stones be made bread.
The devils got lot moro sense than
some Of you prea cheers I know and a
lot OF you old scoptics. who quote
Shakespeare and Csrlye and Emerson
and everybody ana everything rather
than tho Bible.
Yes. sir, the DEVILS got a lot of~you
old sceptics heat. when he tried TO
tempt Christ he quoted tho Bible
But Jesus answered and said unto
him,
TT 10 written again that thou soAis
not tempt the Lord tiny GOD
We initiate In dress and actions anu
tina wav we eat God knew our ways
an he sent Jesus Christ for rs 10 mi
tate him.
You are not Initiating him though.
when You smoke and chew tobacco ana
smell like n turkey euszsro'
don't wonder that some women
never kiss their husbands. III teli
you they would have TO have = Ios
more nerve than I have 70 k'se '""'"
~ you old lobaters
Iet people know by the way you iive
ron are Christians
" I stand up here ard preach this
afternoon and then get IN the a"toFno
hrs and drive over 10 the saloon ano
70 In you would not care snap OK
your Hn1er for what said
n God cent me In there 20 get any
enc. then he would be testing me TO
see II 7 would go M to the bar and tsks
a drink God doer not tempt tne
devil terpts, God tests and II Ia mp
70 you 10 make good.
7 want 70 explain a difficult passage
- =
- you sy II has been TO me. The story
Of the terrtatton 90 Jesus IL FOUND
orlv IN Matthew and Luke. John
soaer't mention ~ Marx disr1isses II
With half DOZEN words
Exv,ri~~ p,Tfeuit Passage In hteie-
Yet ne Hsv that feel myself com
neIled- 10 sir~~ from many learned
commentators In interpreting the temp
.st,on Of Jesus Matthew and Luke
zach ravs fu'l account OF the temp
iaf{or of IeSpe. Matthew gives 'ne
r.o~v ~ his bi-th. c"adhoch. r~u'h
rnt rerealowv. whii~ MARX srd 1onn
merely assume the forrn ar diminishing
II in few worts.
"rfnr was Jesus led by the spirit
,rtn the wilderness 70 Re tempted or
Sue devil" The varh 'Temptsd" means
70 he tried or tested
Tho shirt IF God don't tempt srw
man tn SIN The spirit OF God don't
arEhrGN
= Christian, YOU are led by the sp'ris
rrere Sav n Won are srirft-iet ev~rw
CAV vcu live, you will r. tested You
will ne man or woman Tor jesus
Christ or be rcneritv.
W, many ~ us have b~en Taught
tset u VIC had the Holy Ghost tnere
would We no effort and we would al
waw~ h7vo victory. hut n will only
come after arht We shall always
Havs q ~~ht. for victory comes only
after light
whenever YOU HnS a preacher who
doesn't believe IN tire devil. he VIII
crawl vp IN sfs pulpit and go 20 sleep
HE q dog. Tut when tire revival comes
aione ana tse chrrch ~ Cod gets busy
vor wnl always and the dsvfl gets
fr,s. foo
Whenever YOU ers somebody that
S~N's believe IN INC dsv'' vow can bank
IN that TREY have devil In them big
ger than a woodrArrk
when the Holv Spirit descended at
prrteco@t the devil didn't DO thing
hu. 90 around ana saw that these fell
lows were drunk. and Peter got ur anf
reaSe htrn ruas by saying that II was
TOO early I'm tNe aav. r. was but the
third hour They had sense IN those
DAYS, q vrav unreasonable 70 and them
s-r,'y ~ the third hour os the sey.
TT row the fools sit up all night 70
ho~ve
wien Won rrsh forward In Gods
~ york. the devil begins 20 rush against
Won
-rhe~e was n rr~t,c farmer walking
through lincoln ps-k and re saw the
pt-~ "re~nre ~ ptckpockrts,
what DO they want 10 put un fool
ssr1 like that fo~~" ne asked Every
BODY looks honest TO me"
lie reached for his watch 20 see what
time II was ana Found II was %onr. The
pfcknockets always gets In the pocket
az those who twink thcre are no pick
pockets around.
Whenever you believe there IL devil
around you can keep him out. hut II
Won cav there isn't he'll get you sure
1ls Mother EDDY TO the contrary, not
wtthstanainV am loading mp and
getting ready FOR that somebody.
The Devil IN No Fool.
The n'hle says there IL a devft; ron
saw there Is no devil who knows the
most, God or you"
Jesus met a real foe. a personal devil.
Reject ~ or Senv II as you may II
trere IL no devii, why do you cuss In
steaa If nray@ why 40 YOU Ito snstea'
Of telling the TRUTH why don't you
kiss your wife. instead OF cursinr herr
You have Just got the devil In YOU
that IS all
Notice. The devil called Jesus the son
of Cod. and 70 he called the son or Coo
was to make him equal with God So
the rJnitar'sns In the days of Jesus
sought to kin hin, for his hlaspher1y.
because he said he was the son OF God.
There are Unitarians In the twentieth
century who reject him on the same
Grounds That Jesus Christ was the
SON Of Cod we may and for Scripture
says. "Out 9of Egvnt have called my
son
arr WOW are the son of God, COM
rard and these stones viii turn to
leaves OF bread. and you can kill two
birds with one stone. SO get busy says
inc devil. 'T am from Missouri. so
show me. n you are the son OF God
all YOU have to do is TO speak God
said, Let the dry land appear, and II
ala. Won snesay ana these stones will
turn into bread"
THE devil is M fool He. IL onto his
iah Tho devil has been practicing FOR
oOA wears ard he has never had ap-
-eudicitis. rheumatism or tonsilitie. "
Won get 10 May tag with the devil he'll
heat YOU every clip II you are God.
act like Cod. show By your acts
A follow says, II am q Christian"
and he goes ont and plays cards.
drinks champagne and beer. ana goes
70 the theater. I don't care what you