The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03
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the world has never since seen. He
drank the cup Of joy to the fullest
extent and he loved many Strange
women. That Is where he dropped
MS candy, where he struck out
why Solomon would have Brigham
Young tanning for air-but, my
friends, he was always hungry for
something he did not get until he
thought Of heaven. Many OF you are
just chasing a bubble. Take the ad-
vice of Solomon, who enjoyed every
thing, yet said 1t did not pay Why
act like fool? II he with all his
power could not enjoy It. how could
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be happy with what they have. for
he said that everybody was unsatis-
fled no matter to what heights they
climbed.
Give a man hungry for riches all
the money In the world and he would
want more; give a man DESTROYS Of
glory the whole world and he will
cry because there are not others on
hand for khim to conquer; man is
never happy II he takes only what
this world can give him. He needs
something else which can only be had
through the holy scriptures and the
word OF esus. Now the richest and
the wisest man this old earth has
ever seen says am right. says that
he got lemon trying to enjoy purely
materialistic things, SO don't try It.,
friends. don't try It. Let the SUM-
shine OF Gods salvation clean the
dry rot out of your souls and you
Will enjoy life, no matter whether
you are fallen In the world or exhalted
to the highest degree. Solomon said
that the lesson he got from trying
TO get joy out of the white lights.
and JOY out Of his great achievement
in building the temple. was Fear
God and keep his mandments, for
that is the whole duty Of man."
True Satisfaction.
Poetry describing hope and Chris
tian faith, and examples from the
careers OF historical men who had
failed to find this hope that satisfies,
Illustrated Billy Sundays second
afternoon sermon, which was along
. the same theme of the first. The
longing of the human heart is for
position cannot give It," he said. A
picture of the pleasure seeking ultra
rich. seeking satisfaction in self in
dulgence was drawn SO clearly by the
speaker that one saw the tired ca
baret thfongs with their diamonds
trooping home "to sleep 1t off and do
it all over again."
Pleasure does not satisfy" said
Billy.
Does fame satisfy The evan
gelist recited the story of Lord Give
who conquered India for England, OF
the fame that came to him and OF his
miserable death. a suicide.
do personal charms Satisfy" The
speaker told of beautiful Lady Hamil-
ton and. her glorious reign which
ended in poverty and death.
Satisfaction and happiness is not
In pleasure seeking. fame. wealth. or
personal charm. Look in this book
OF God and see heaven->for without
Jesus Christ you are mirage. II
you want to travel the road to salts
faction he concluded. Go to some
body who has made life study of 1t,
preacher"
A scepical layman after the serv-
Ices one day voiced a suspicion that
Billy Sunday was unhappy because OF
his worry over religious matters: Any
one who has ever known the man
can refute this, however, because in
his daily life Billy Sunday Is the hap
piest mortal il has ever been the lot
of a certain reporter to meet That
Is how he keeps SO boyish and jolly
because he is that way all the time.
wrinkles are smile wrinkles. SO he
looks twenty years younger than he
| is.
Religion has made me happier.
better, more useful in this world" ne
says, and most of his audience merely
|, have II take the testimony Of their
own eyes and ears to believe that.
Why Have o Bible?
You can be in doubt where you
will spend tomorrow" he continued,
But you can't be In doubt as TO
where you Will spend eternity. Re-
ligion isn't q matter Of feeling. You
can feel that you are going to heaven
and be SO near hell that you can sse
into 1t If you rubber a little, and you
can feel like you are hear hell yet he
SO close to heaven that you can hear
the angels sing"
Billy says that he has list of
questions about the past events of his
life he wants to ask Odd when he gets
to heaven. And he went on to toll of
why God caused the Bible to be writ
ten, M ... ,. ..- .r4...- -,.~. -
The Bible was written" he de-
clared. That ye might believe Jesus
is the Christ. Some OF you world
rather take the word OF \ grocer Or
OF a life insurance agent than the
word of God written in His book"
In his concluding prayer Billy SUM-
day thanked God for the good
weather which we have had during
his stay>in Richmond. for the oppor-
tunity to speak in this grand and
glorious old Capital and for the self
sacrificing men who have given thsir
time and energy to help him in his
work.
Sundays famous invitation and cor
dial handshake appealed to over a
hundred and fifty people at the two
afternoon services. who came for
ward to seal their pledge With Christ
through Billy Sunday.
g. X. Mckee and Jameo n yGnes
spoke before both servjc90 In refcr-
ence to the free viii Offering being
taken for the evangelist. The largest
check so Tar has been for $5ee.
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