The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13

the waters edge. Then II WIS that
they offered sacrifices to their gods
back across the sea which they were
destined never to see in case of de-
feat and when the primitive people
i. that inhabited the island looked down
7 = go - e. Il :,
struck CONSERVATION and dismay into
their hearts. and they ned shrieking
! into the wilderness. and Rome won
the conquest and never drew a
sword nor shed a drop of blood. And
when the forces Of evil that have
damned and rotted manhood and wo-
manhood. that gormandizes upon the
mtsfortune9 and the vices of others
when they see that the church of Je-
strs Christ and the people in the
! church have come to it and they are
going TO the last ditch In the name of
Jesus Christ, then the forces of evil
Will turn. my friends, and they will
beat II back into their haunts of evil
and iniquity.
| True Church Members.
We are the true church members,
! the Holy Spirit soldiers, because we
are ready to stand shoulder to should
er with every other Christian In this
great conflict of God and decency.
When the hundred and twenty far,
famed immortals responded for roll
to another preaching; but the same
call at Penecost, they each had their
individual labor. To one was given
the word; to another wisdom: TO an
other knowledge: to another faith;
spirit; and the church should be a
tremendously organized society
Jesus Christ distinctly declared Love
one another" and Paul said, "Be
kindly, affectionate. one toward an
other" No man OF woman can be in
sympathy with a great. forward move
ment like this unless In sympathy
with those who are trying to adj
vance the cause of decency against
indecency, sobriety against drunken
ness, and virtue against vice: and the
most effective means that any man or
woman in Richmond can emf
ploy and by and through which to
demonstrate your utter and absolute
insensihility as a citizen and your alb
solute indifference to decency. NOR
ais and happiness, liz TO oppose a work
like this that has for its only purpose
the making of men and women as
God wants men and women to be.
Every bee is careful not to hurt
another bee of the same swarm it's
sting is never thrust out against a
bee in the same hive: they live and
work in harmony as sort of Mutual
Benefit association. And so in the
household Of faith. IL ought to be a
sort CT Mutual Benefit association;
each should generously guard the
honor and the integrity of the other
and we should try and shield and
protect them in the hour OF their
temptation or in their weakness, The
loyalty with which one soldier in bat
tie stands by another. determines the
personnel and the strength of the
army.
You put Il hundred thousand men
out here with guns and let them face
hundred thousand men and they
Will fight until every man drops IN
his tracks. bat you let one hundred
inen shoot at them from the rear or
the ffank and a hundred can disor->
ganize or send CONSERVATION into the
ranks OF hundred thousand. sir, and
when the forces Of Righteousness
stand up against the forces of evil,
and fight, my friends, you Will and
some people I don't give rap wheth-
or they button their collars in front
or behind. that become the mouth
piece OF the devil and they are Moth
ing hut mere pawns on the chess
board or the forces Of evil and cor
ruption and vice that damn the world
in which we live now
God will Judge your availability TO
become one OF his chosen followers
by the way you are ready TO do the
little things of life. by the way you
smile Good morning by the way
ysa hxsn that Fear wensan sn tho
the market, by your willingness to
lead in prayer in the house of Attic
ton. by your willingness To sit by
the bedside OF the sick and suffering,
by your willingness to alleviate misery
and dry the tears upon the checks
OF those who sob in grief.
Some Unworthy Ones.
am sorry IL the Holy Spirits
army is, not what IL should be.
church that are unworthy but we've
got a right to ono in twelve. Jesus
had twelve disciples and one Of them
was 4 dewitt sometimes. We've got IA
right 20 one In twelve, Somebody
said II you want TO introduce one
person to another yon must stand
mighty close TO the person you dee
sire to introduce. I am mighty sorry
II there sfsn't any man In church that
hasn't lived Sufficiently close to Je-
sus Christ by their life and converse
lion to be able TO introduce you to
the Son OF God who takes away the
sins OF the world.
But IL you ever come into the lighn
o. the gospel. II you ever know what
II is TO have the peace OF God~ that
rasseth all understanding. II you ever
walk the streets of heaven, II you
ever sir down at the marriage fcsst OF
the Lamb. II you ever wave thu
palms of victory in that triumphant
thorng, It will be because Of the pray
ers and the tears and the green's of
the church. and l absolutely haven't
ono symptom of respect for any man
or woman that links themselves with
the opposition and sneers and de-
rides and mocks Mt the church. If
you don't like the church OF Jesus
Christ you are living on the wrong
side and we will give you your pass
port any time you want II and you
can beat. We believe In Jesus Christ.
I'd have as much respect for you
II you pointed finger OF scorn at
your mother as would the man who
sneers and spits out his venom against
the church of Jesus Christ. II is
said of King Phillip the Third that
he summoned an artist into the palace
at Madrid to paint hts picture In
a duel he had been cut across tho
the cheek with a sword and In healing
II had drawn his face to one aide UNI
til he WAS a hidenus, rcpulsive thing
to gaze upon. The artist saw that
the scar would show in the picture
and he requested King Phillip to lean