The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30

years Of age. had awakened and she
heard them talking. As she sto.-. at
the head Of the stairs, clothed In a
white silk nightie. she looked like an
angel dropped from the throne of
God. He bounded up the stairs and
threw his arms about her, kissed her
as he carried her through the rooms,
and he said. what a sin a man has
TO commit to drive him from his
home"
He rut the little one down aud
<'a~eeA ahe dears and said. Good
And as il from a sepuichfe sic said.
wait, let me think"
She fell on her knees and soboed
and prayed and she jumped to her
feet, brushed the tears from her eyes
and said, you must have been sorry
or you wouldn't have come home and
told me what didn't know, and what
/ might have never known, and since
you have promised to be true. will
forgive you"
They rushed to each others arms,
and he laid his head upon her breast
and heard the beating OF that out
ragged heart--a picture of the love Of
God. And ] can take you to home
tonight that's as noble and clean and
true as any home beneath the Stars
and Stripes
No matter what we have done. God
says: "All am waiting for you to
do IL to express your sorrow for that
sin, and forgiveness. full. free and
perfect and eternal Ia yours.
And every word shows that God is
good and God Ii merciful and patient
and God is forbearing: and there ia
not word said about Gods anxiety
to punish. He wants TO make US all
good Can you find any fault with
thaty
Do you object to the physician who
wants to make you well? Well. do
you obtec, TO anybody that wants to
do soemthlng that will make you tell
the truth instead of lie? Do you
object to anybody that wants you to be
sober instead of drunk?
Why does a man refuse to be a
Christian and receive God? God has
no pleasure in the death OF the wicked.
God knows that II a man dies a sin
ner he will be in hell before midnight
God has no pleasure In the death of
the wicked. because he knows he isn't
ready to die. Not ut all God sent
Jesus into the world, not to condemn
before Jesus Christ came. He vame
into the world to open up plan of
redemption to save the world.
didn't come here to preach any
thing to condemn you. You were al
ready condemned before you ever
heard of me. II you came In here
to night to be saved. I am not COM
ing here to condemn you. arm COM
ing here to preach to you. to tell you
what TO do 10 be saved.
You came In here condemned. you
may go out without condemnation.
Jesus didn't come to condemn the
world; He came to save. Give a man
n chance TO be redeemed. and IL God
loves the world. and II this world has
gone into sin, God must do something
10 win IL back to prove that He does
love 1t.
II you will take the New Testament
and study what Jesus said about the
Father. you Will say every word OF
that Is true.
He said the time would come whom
God would wipe up This world. and
He'd separate the good from the bad
like the shepherd does the sheep from
the goa g Well. we do that sam.
thing. We separate the sick from the
well; we separate the roal from the
Stag. We separate the wheat from the
chan: we separate the criminals from
those that will keep she law
was going through a retorma.ory
out in Illinois. In Pontiac. and saw
boys ten years old. II child Is ten
years Of age. they will take him and
confine him in the reformatory,
I saw about 200 boys in there
from ten years up to fourteen and
fifteen years of age. and II seems
TO me as II the state Of Illinois. by
exercising It's sovereign power In pen
ming those boys up with hardened
criminals, was doing all in its power
to prevent those boys from ever be-
coming decent or having a decent
thought
never wanted 70 be governor OF
Illinois SO badly In my iifp as l did
70 turn the key and send those 900
boys back home to their mothers and
out OF that institution. for II they
STAYED with fhnse hardened criminals
get out in The world.
God we all know. could not be God
and pen the good and bad up In the
same place, Heaven wouldn't remain
Heaven at all This earth would be
~feaven II there was no sin here.
and this earth would he Hell II there
wa% no Christianity here
This old earth Ia neither Heaven
nor Hell because II has some good
and some had In II. II IT was all
good T. would be Heaven. and II 1t
was all bad. II would he He'll. So the
only thing that makes II decent to
live IN is due tn the religion OF Jesus
Christ. II Jesus Christ had said that
God wouldn't or couldn't shut the
good and bad In the same place. that
would have been enough to convince
me that he was fraud. that he
wasn't the Son OF Cod Can You ind
ANY fault with his condition.
All for Humanity.
Can you And anything in anything
that Jesus did that was dishonoring
TO God. ANYTHING that he said or any
thing that he did, Can you put your
finger or awning that was out OF
place? I challenge you to do Il.
What aid Jesus Christ ever do that
wasn't for the benefit OF human be.
fngs?
What has Jesus Christ ever asked
YOU 70 do that wasn't for your good |?
what did you ever refuse to do that
God wanted you to DO that you
weren't a fool for refusing? God
don't want you to DO anything that
isn't for your betterment. So II you
want the best there is. God has II
waiting for you.
"-84 Aud dii1 yecua Christ. eS,er lnt,,ra