The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01

on the floor. tipped over our chairs
and said. Get out OF here. you tour'
fiushersi Get out of herc!'
He said, Tt Is written that NJ,
house shall be called a house of pray
err. You've made II n den of thieves
Get out OF herel Out Of heret' and He
drove us all out OF the temple-that's
Jesus"
1 said. How do you do. sir?" &c
a fellow with an awfully sad face
lie ls coming DOWN the, street, hi.
I sa&>sdN1aTcx &s14&4.AA~k* ~
: dtwn his cheeks, and ! say "Whe
~aA Jesus 2"
down a bag OF money at the feet OF
the people that gave It to him. He
looks up and says. Jesus was my
sinless Master. I betrayed Him with
a kiss. I sold Him for 1852 Of dirty
money"
Then with the tears trickling down
his cheeks like rivers of water, poor
Judas went out and hanged himself.
Who was Jesus? He was the one
betrayed to please them. Oh, ]
am so sorry about it!-Poor Judasl
Poor Judas,"
who was Jesus?" I asked Peter.
He said, Jesus ia the Christ. the Son
of the living God"
] asked John, who was Jesus?"
John said. Fl said. Let not your
hearts be troubled: ys believe In God.
believe also in Me. In my Fathers
house are many mansions If 1t were
not so, + would have told you. / go
to prepare a place for you If we
confess our sins, he Is faithful and
Just to forgive us our sin, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.'
He that cometh unto me. I will IN
no wise cast out'-that's Jesus"
1 asked Thomas. the doubter who
was Jesus?" and in that ring
out like n golden bell, he said. My
Lord and my God-that's Jesus!"
/ asked Mary Magdalene, WHO was
Jesus?" She raises a face In which
no traces of sin and of shame can
be seen.
1T was Jesus. Mr.. Sunday. who
cast the devils out of me. I was a
bad egg, Bill I was a had one. I'll
admit it, but I'm not bad any more,
for Jesus cast out the devils"
Good for you Mary! How do you
do? Shake hands!"
HE drove the devils out of me
and broke the alabaster box of preci-
Gus ointment at His feet, and I wiped
them with the hairs of my head-oh-
yes, 1t was Jesus. Why, He said to
me at the door of the sepulchre. !
ascend to My Father and to your
Father. and My God and your God
Mary'-that's Jesus. So I am goina
10 he with Him in Heaven some day
because He drove the devils out OF
me, when He was here"
Who La Jesus?
I summon the scribes and Phari
sees. Oh, here a bunch dowr
the street, ~sttff-necked stiff as a poker
and as cold as n dogs nose. I steT
in front of them. I SAL How do you
do, gentlemen I am a stranger tr
Jerusalem. I am trying TO find out
who Jesus was, I have been asking
a few friends, and l have been inform,
cd hat You are the ecclesiastical au-
thorities and theologians, n I have
come to ask you"
With their heads high and arroEanc,
In their look, they said, Jesus, tina
deceiver who told us to our faces tina
we were whitened sepulchres, tina
we were the children OF He'll, hat w,
, were a generation of vipers, that W.
. destroyed widows houses and 70
pretence we made long-wtnded pray
! ers. that we comprised land n SCI
to make Il proselyte n when we ha'
made Him He was two-fold more
r child of He'll than ne of us! Tha
Man who told us to bring forth mea
7 for repentance? He, sir. h a told Il
that we were vile and like a platte
4 that looked fine on the outside, an,
was like a sepulchre. made n fine ap
I pearance with the flowers on top, bu
inwardly we were full Of r~ottennes
and dead mems bones? We, the prou
q children of Abraham! He goaded u
r to such desperation, sir, hat we bride
a m OF His followers. He committe
suicide as we came down the stree
He Is lying out there now. He CAV
- back the money. And then by falls
y pi- t- )
g crucidxion."
a I asked the centurion, captain c
Ii the Roman band who executed p
late's bloody orders. when they nal
d ed Jesus on the cross, WHO We
Jesus?" He smites upon his MALE
v breast with his gloved hand and says
0 Surely. He was the Son of Coo
o for never. mar spake like this MAJ
= Surely He was the Son Of God, &c
y the sun was darkened and the cart
k trembled and the graves opened an
i they came out of them, sir"
g / asked the angel whose rainier
8 was white as snow. whose count'
g nance was like lightning, who WE
IS Jesus?" n he rolled away tn
e stone. and the women found tho ar
n gels sitting upon the stone when the
went into the garden. bearing prec
o oucs spices to annoint the body {
y a EohS u bui Il VIC WdS Jesus
& Jesus of Nazareth, which ws
e crucifed? He is risen, risen." shou'
ed the angel. He Is not here. Be
y hold the place where they laid Hin
n Why seek We the living among tn
/ dead? He is alive, and you 60 I
o a graveyard to find Him. You needn
n come to a graveyard to find Jes,
n Christi No. go to Heaven. He Is M
in the sepulchre now"
o who was Jesus?" He was the or
y that the angels said In announcin
3 the fact to Mary, that He should /
. conceived by the Holy Ghost, thu
Jesus would be born. Thou sha
Is call His name Jesus, Mary, for n
q shall save His people from their sins
- 1t was Jesus of whom the ange
- sang above the moonlit hills of Jude
g on that fryt Christmas morn,
"Glory to God in the Highest,
On earth. peace, good will to men
It was Jesus who said, Come ur
- to Me, ali ye that labor and are heay
laden, and I will give you rest"
1t was Jesus who said. 1T come tbs
you might have life, and thai yo
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