The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-31
Gods Detective
senon to Men Only at Auditorium Thursday Night JAN


you cannot escape the consequences
or sin. You may escape the law
of man, but you cannot escape the
! law of God. That's an impossibility
Ana there is no place where any man
or woman can hide away from God
SIN Is the one thing and the only
thing in this universe which can per
manently damage a man. or eternally
uaihn nm. Disa prominent may
worry him and grief may sadden him.
adversely may bring hardships. and
munger into his life. 1t may bring
squalor ana want, but sin is the
one ming in this universe that can
permanently mark your character
with a mark that will last BE sure,
pc sure san finds you out in the sxet.I-
ton of human laws
The execution of all laws depends
upon human agents. if the mere
enactment of law was all that was
necessary for its enforcement and
respect, then we'd have no police
sheriffs or penitentiaries No law is
automatic. Every law depends upon
men to make that law alive or dead.
Law IL the majority rule Law IN
Inc basic principle of our govern
ment. All men are equal before the
law All men are given equal pro-
lection by the law. All men owe
eaual obedience mnd respect to tire
law. II ore man has right 10
break some laws. then all men have
the same right to break the same
laws II one man has right to
break all laws. then all men have a
right To break all Laws And when
all men and ali women break all
laws the white. and the blue in the
nag Will dissolve into tho red. and
old glory will be pulled down from
her flag staff. and the blood red flag
or anarchy will wave over the coun-
Try. Law is the basic principle OF
government No matter where. So
you owe what you are TO the law and
10 the enforcement of it
So God has a law in this world.
Sin finds US out" through the ex-
ecution of law
reputation for being thief catchers.
there are other people who have an
equal reputation for being thieves.
and ability to .eluhc and escape One
may successfully elude the law for
days weeks. months. and possibly
Tor years. and YET all that time. my
friends, an invisible something ls
weaving net which sooner or later
Will bring that man to Justice Go
down and ask the police how few
people ultimately escape YOU'D h.,
dumbfounded If you knew all the
crime mats committed where uiti-
mately something happens that brings
most OF the criminals To Justice
-hAEhty few OF them. ultimately, es-
cape
Up in the woods in Minnesota.
when The spring sun melted the snow.
they found the body of man living
under heap of brush Nobody was
able to identify him.
Along in July. a plain clothes man
OF the Chicago Police department
was strolling around on the West
sioe among the saloons and haunts
over near the Desplaines street pol,,.e
tatlon--just casually strolling along,
he saw a fellow walking down the
street who kept looking hack at
intervals He followed him for a
coupie OF blocks and every once in
a while he'd look back. He followed
him into cheap lodging house and
put nus hand on the fellows shoulder
as he sat there pretending to read
a newspaper.
He said. t~Thcy want Won dow,
here at the police station
Ihere he confessed that he'd com,
united the murder OF that man
away back In November and hid his
BODY up there. He said 1t was ia
sen aelense, but they convicted him
any way. Ultimately something win
happen to bring men TO Justice.
In Iowa at the close OF the war
soldier got into fight with n man
ana shot him. He fed and thew
weren't able to locate him. Forty
years afterwards man In MissourJ
MADE Application to the United
S.a'es government for pension.
ana IN the application, he of course.
han TO apply under the name nv
which he enlisted and which was hls