The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-16
Hidden Among the Stuff
(Sermon Delivered by Billy Sunday at City Auditorium
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are afraid they will become inocu-
lated with the virus that contami-
mates her. sir. And her gaudy raj
mem and seductive glances trap none
but the debased and depraved.
| My hope and prayer Is that some
fathers and mothers may never live
long enough to see the black head
lines in the newspapers which will
| OF their children whose bodies they
have nourished but whose souls they
starve because they never darkened
a church door nor tried to help 9th
ers do IT,
Thank God we've got q few old
fashioned mothers left yet but like
the veterans Of the Civil War. they
are q fast vanishing remnant We
find q few OF them out In the old
homesteads where their children and
grand children swarm about them.
where the duties Of their simple life
have mellowed their hearts and pur-
flied their souls. But we seem to
search in vain In the cities. where
the pernicious, social customs prevail
and you become q slave to their eu-
Quctte. where domestic cares are con-
sfdered q burden.
| Old Fashioned MoGhera
! Oh. some Of us can remember old
fashioned motherA- We can see them
through mcmorte6 glaAeA ! can.
clad In their homespun and busy
with their. househoId duties from
morning until night Seated ut the
churn. see them over the stove pre-
pairing the meal for those they love.
hear them sir g1ng the old-fashioned
songs over the old fashioned rundie-
bed, and we cuddled to sleep under
+, the protecting blankets. and we slept
and dreamed OF palaces far. fa-
away, while mother sat by the old
fashioned fireplace. IN the dim. un-
certain light OF the tallow candle.
darning our socks and patching our
breeches until the clock struck twelve
and tolled her of to bed.
| Now, we who have had oid-fash-
ioned mothers can't be blamed II we
spend a minute erlogizing Just a
| trifie. There are other good moth
ers but don't believe any are as
good as ours
They wouldn't know how to act in
company Of the new-fangled
| were to see the low-cut waists and
the slit skirt. few. II any under
clothes on. they'd scream out In
F, fright. They knew nothing OF such
social functions AS, these.-morning
parties and aftsrool, teas and bridge
| and box parties and Joy rides, and
week ends, but wbc dares sta nd up
and say they were not happy. Di-
vorces and domestic bitternesses
were almoe. unknown and with love
! of home. and with love OF family,
and with love OF neighbor. they lived
| and passed away. crowned with
i honor. and they left behind the
memories which smell sweet and bios
som In the dust
/ Saul was called 70 be a king but,
like a fool. he preferred he pots and
| the KETTLES and the skiI.ets and tho
tin cans AMI the knives and forks to
a crown.
behold. ne hath hid himself
j among the STUFF
| Now. man said 10 me: ''Riil. the
reason he hid was because be was
| modest"
Well. perhaps, but Gosh think
! It's an awful thing TO he as modest
as that When you stand face to face
, with your life's work. now. ! can tell
what your life is goirS to be by the
way you start,--every clip, It's when
| we've got to do the common thingS
tina. the yellow streak in you. II
| you've got any. will always come 20
, the surface and will show always
! Saul Judged by His IAfe-
| Now. judging Saul by his after life
/
/ compelled to view this act as that OF
man Sinking from toll because II
was strenuous and because II was diff
/ ficult
| Oh. Il wasn't breakfast Job TO be
king OF Israel. II was just abou. such
a task as being president OF Mexico
now. great agnostc one time said
.Iafe II a dark. barren vale between
the ice-ciad peaks o. two cold eterni-
- sxy~ t. SS to -.
yond the heights. We wall and cry
| In he oirht and the only sound we
| hear ts the echo Of our own voice and
| IN A time like this faith tries to see a
star and hear the rustic ola wing"
Now. that's a nne metaphor. but
There IL no truth or science In ii. Life
h moro than a vale. Oh. yest There
are mountains in life. there are hills
and there are precipices and there are
ca.aracts. there are caverns and there
are pitfalls and there are Slime pitt
along the way TIL admit, IT'S true
that there are shady valleys, there are
cozy hooks, and there are gardens and
| flowers. there are days radiant With
sunshine "a we'll as splashed with mud
and rain. There will be storms. there
will be clouds. days when the cares
will press heavily upon you. almost
crush you into the grave. there are
| gIe P6 tn1I yVo We Got w Sitifip, st
II you ever reach the pinnacle OF sue
cess In business. In religion. or In
physical or mental prowess Of, the
world, no matter who you may be-
streams you've ROT TO ford II You ever
| grasp the yictor's crown
Napoleon cnce ordered his men te
prepare for a march. and one OF the
members Of the staff said to him: The
/ Alps. General. the Alps"
| He replied: There shall he no Alps
March on! March ont"
(, Refuse to recognize obstacles, 81
fear oppositions or brook delay. The
picture OF soul Sinking great duty
suE9ests to me the danger that men
and women are In. OF losing the best
things IN the world to come. by allow
/ Ing them to BE- hid among the stun
ana by crawling like gopher into his
hole.
!, behold. he hath hid himself
tamong the stuff"
| Tho spirit that actuated Saul con-
trolls many otherwise splendid men or
women today. and they've In their
the making OF = better king than Saul
ever became but they are hiding
themselves among the stun. They are
hiding behind and beneath stocks and
bonds. dry EoodS infidelity. whiskey
fbeer love Of casa, my friends. Sunday
and Sabbath Dissertation.