The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-24
Liberalism
rnoA Delivered by Rev. Billy Sunday at the City Audi
# III toriurn Afternoon, January 23.l

The doetor~Says. Why don't yo'
t9yt.s 49, - so ~ Sze~;;J ~; st ~ *
.ssisisFss - .~li. why ss,r's s.s,l sssiJ
paths art hcnaeopa;hs yoke up? HI
says that your theology is too sever
and that you should preach that Coo
is love. When man breaks his leg
instead CT nlaklnE him suffer to sel
the bore he seats himself on the floor
go tickle his patients feet
/ There are diseases that the nhysi-
clan cannot cure. blood poisoning In
It's last stages consum ption. cancer,
leprosv- But Christ AS a remedy for
sin has never failed 10 one ever diea
ia despair and fear Of tho second
death who cries 10 Christ for forgis ~
ness OF sin Christ Is the only rem
e3y known
Ldbcral Religion
Mary a lawyer says v"e are rnoSfer n
and need a more L oeral religion, but
the law does not become more lib
eral in these modern times Instead
~ uheraliging the laws we are adding
10 them and increas.r @ the penalties.
A prison Is prison. There il no
difference If In the penitentiary of to-
day we put libraries, pipe organs and
tennis courts We don't ifbcralize the
stonc wall and iron tar. The man
with a life sentence suffers today what
the prisoner did in the Roman dun
geon.
Some college professors are clam
0ring for a more liberal Christianity
and vt an entrance examination to-
day 10 Harvard, Princeton. Yale or
Cornell Is equal TO n college education
OF "A generation ago.
Some professors taunt the evangeli-
cal pulpit with being iiteralists In ex-
roun ding the Bible, but he is liter
G list in the laboratory and-4a the field
/ Of historical research. He holds no
personal opinion.
! What the microscope whispers in
secret he preclaSms from the house
tops, through the scientific magazines.
narrow" Yet he Clues himself like
sealing wax to the obscure revela-
tons Of hlow-ripe The educated
man when burned with fire or sin
suffers the same physical and mora
Consequences as the most ignorant
ahnrigine,
/ Crime in any Of its phases has the
Same tra~ical effects on r,en regard
less of their varying degrees OF cui.
Iure
II In nature and morals and law
causes and effects, crime ard punish
f1ent, sin and results. make no dif
ference between men. how can VOL
plead for . liberal religion?
A grocer tbetal!zes his scales n
his peril Let lAn iank take "a bal
Of gold and attetnl to make IA fe~
coins Let the lnaEufactcrer maxi
his own postage stamps Let tn
4rnooTshinex make whisley.
n is true that the evangelical
church has many inconsistent men
20 The ocean contains seaweeds. Tina
does not prevent the ocean from keep
ing the rivers full. II Is the ocean o
evangelical Chr lgtiarsty which fills tn
rivers OF civil .4lou with peace. 10.
: and hope.
Gods wc~,. II he compass. IT
take your personal opinions rs guide
In for the pilot 10 throw away tn
compass. No man ever became lib
eralist or ia backslider unless he frs
| kior-s one of the commandments fror
= unoer his feet.
. Wien a man denies me authority o
= the Ribfe and Christ there are still
two authorities hat he .recognfzes-
a Il he renitentiaYy and thu electric chair
| Tae .ibe al church says: we haT
! no quarrel IN our church" Nor q
they In the ccmeSery--and for tn
zarue reason