The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28

the hobo. No. He has one plan for
everybody.
You can't help being good. But II
Gods mama. do you refuse to DO some
thing that will make you better than
you are? And * You are not an idiot
you will nnswer 1t In the right way.
You cannot answer II dishonesty, 4
" hole lot of people attend church be-
cause 1t adds = little bit to their re-
spectaDifity. That II proof positive to
T es = ns se g., ~ 7.,,,|; s'y
Icounterfeited-
You never saw anyone counterfeit
ing brown paper. II is not worth II.
But they counterfeit money. Certainly.
And Uncle Sam has found out that 1t
Is n good deal easier to pay some
| counterfeiters q big salary than II Ii
to run them down You would be
dunn hfounded II I would tell you how
much he pays some c6unterfeiters.
They counterfeit religion. Religion
must be good or they wouldn't counter.
felt II.
Nobody forges a pauper's name. The
worthless are not counterfeited. When
man makes phoney check 1t 10 be-
cause he cannot make good and he
tries to. He has nothing In tho bank
TO draw on.
Origfnal Beats Duplaeats.
The original article 10 always bseter
than the Duplicate When you 70 to
buy something in the store and the
clerk tells you he had Domsthinx -.1uss
az good" don't you believe him. He ID
strfngfn1 ron. II II wers a. good
he would get . brAas band and adver-
s,ss n He IL try1ns to put one sve.
on you.
There is one class OF people Thai
haven't very much respect for. And
that is the class that IN SO darned rood
that the, are good for nothing.
woman said to ms. ''Mr. Sunday,
haven't ainned for ten years.
I said. II think you are lying
A fellow said. There must be some
thing in morality. because 80 many
people trust In II.
Shall vice become virtue because so
many people follow itf
friend Of mine went into a MANS
home ana took him into . place whers
ne had puileys shaftingr and bearings
ana contrivAnces Of an kinds and nv
friend said. what are you dotnr~'
he said. am trying to discov~,
perpetual motion"
Why" said my friend, how ,onp
have You been at NJ
Eighteen years"
Why have you fooled away eswa-
~Nh tVAS0 Oh your Il|DS
Don't you think II can Be done-
Unless you can discover some law
whereby you can prevent the laws q.
nature, you aro tust wasting and ro,l.
ing away your time
Does Il ever EXIST
ID no only in sorne mans mag
That's where salvatao. erss.. 49,
or people think because they ala thns
and no. that's saivAtipn. Your n,oneS
and responsibility are not salvation,
~ =. not doing what God .e,s you
r.--t.A ~ Youth.
! Ponce Dc Leon thought that there
vas fountain OF perpetual youth IN
riorloa, which II he could onfy take
header into would iron the vr4nkies
nom his brow and gray hair would
/ tern black as ravens wing. ana hts
old rheumatic, pneumatic, dormstfr
ming s"'
Did Ne ever fnd IT. No. Il was an
nconshine.
So I, ,x WITH a lot Of ps,ue, ~~-
search for salvation By mo-nfIty
reformation. or BY paying their debts
IL doesn't exist In being true 70 yorr
marriage vows. II in only BY Faith ~
Jesus Christ that you can ma II. ONT.
side OF Jesus Christ II does not exfs,
any more than the fountain OF Der.
petual youth.
| Suppose had . number 81 s-r,-,,
Of wheat In my hand In the o.he,
hand had \ number Of diamond,
equal m number to the Kernels al
wheat VI
| wouid gay. Take your ehcnc.
N'nc out Of ten you'd take the di..
/ rnondx
| I world say. diamonds NJ. ,-,>
more than wheat
! so they are. ncw. but thew VIII
never rrcw. never add Put can tai,
( handful Of wheat sew II. and nv tbs
rays or the sun and the moisture :,
WIN grow and In few years nav.
what's worth all the diamonds In m.
word. For wheat contains the powe,
OF iffe: wheat can Reproduced. ana dts.
rnonds cannot: It is not life,
| what = Diamond In.
diamond IL simply piece of char.
cosi cnanEed by the mysterious PRO-
sess OF nature. but II has no life Wheat
Las fife. Wheat can grow.
moral man may shine trk~ 4 d&~.
mond and outshine in his beauty ~,
| Chrtstfan man Bat he will never ~
anything else. Hts morality can nex.,
srow. II has no life but tire man vne
| Is Christian has life He has etrr.
nal me. Your morality In a ffne min o
| you are lost
Trusting m Jesus Christ VIM nav,
you. but trusting m morality win not
n u would you would b. your ovr
Savfor and all that Jesus sufYered art
endured would have been foolishnc..
| Two farmers live across the MAJ
Irom one another. One man nlowv M,
Geld and then harrows and nuts On ~.
roller. gets II AN fine and then n.
plants the corn or drills in the oats
came back In the fan and that mar
has .kAfhered his crop into the bar
and the granaries and has hay stocksd
mp In the barn.
The other fellow n blowing ana vr+
ing The roller on and gets his GROUND
IN good shape. como back in ~.
thing.
What are ycu do4nTr 7 said
He said. We'll. I believe in . ht<A
| state OF cultivation
l say. Took at your neixhbor. se<
what ne haA A barn fun Of grsin."