The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-16

your God to IN. You prsachod yer
Cnri0 70 M. We believed In your
TOD md your Christ and In ypuf
prophets. So come 10 cali you
BACK TO your own God. 10 ~ WoSh
fneathen--we Gentiles. You yoNo
tnad the only true God and thA 0lfly
true reHgion. 90 vre accepted & aSIA
went further than you and aceep2e4
your Christ too. We preach HIN -
earth NQx. ther4 q punch, IN IL M
gA>s 10 s. ~
your lie. He deceived iig RAthef.
He cheated his brother.
presume there are few, of Won
here tonight who have not Ia your
home some momentos Of faces that
havu long since turned 70 dust; thin9o
that remind you Of voices that hass
been forever hushed. He robbed hls
brother and deceived his fathef. ne
was compelled to nee from his youth.
AMI now he 10 returning TO the sennee
Of his youth. He commits an act N
COW ardice In order to save himself
from thc wratl, Of his Brother Esatt.
He heard that Esau was coming Is
meet him with 400 men. ana Jacob
remembered the fact that he had
worked shell game on Esau. HI
put one over or him.
Now wait a minute. And 70 when
Jacob heard of II he got cold feet.
He said. IT will appease him with 4
present" Oh. we have got 4 lot OF
fools trying to work the same frame
on GOD today. They think that thsy
can put few stained glass windows
In q church and give . littlA monoy
for m endowment fund to put q pipe-
organ up In the corner ana that they
cnn pull the wool over ana put one
over on God and he will pan fhsm
through on the day Of judgement. On
no. nothing doing!
Jacob Was Afraid.
Now Jacob was afraid Of the ~
ago when he robbed Esau Of his birth
right And the mother Of thess
boys. an. she was chump. She pSAy-
ed tavorites. Now the motive that
prompted his prayer wAs selfish. And
even at that God Almighty heard him
and blessed him. Oh. there are lots
OF people that praips God In thsir
distress. Then they win for9Ut him
in their prosperity. Oh. when yo0
pump you full Of embAlming mud.
measure your carcass to tell the grave
digger how Tong TO dig your grave,
then you send ont the 8. O. 8. But
when II Is all past and you can ri
up, pick up your long ec11norU and
cut your coupons OF on interest day.
crawl into q white shirt with . d1ar
mond shirt-pin - big ~ . hickofy
nut, get into q Tuxedo. put On Q silk
lid. get into . taxi with some bird.
and you come home soused, Oh. you
put your thumbs In the nr1nholea Of
your vest and say. ~Goodbye. I'll -
you later God You wait ana 80
what he will do. Ton can't mt II
over on the Lord.
How many people pray IN real Mn
cefttxY Then seem TO dress m tor
the Occasion like soma grocer who
puts the large apples on the top -
the barrel and the worm -eaten wind.
falls in the bottom. Or when yau
red ones are ON top and the green
ones in the bottom. and maybe the
bog Ia haff-inch ehy. Or you walk
up to buy q basket OF rlBAchos; Their
look ripe under tho nsd mosquito
netting, but TIL bet that you could
kill man at thirty yardf with ons q
them. They are 70 har6i
How many J, pss e,ds pray FER, asr h.m,l;
Muititudes Of people 60 to. church
Sunday morning and they vim sh1t
their eyes and 0uok. and tley VIA
say, Thy Kingdom Come. Thy WIN
Be Done" and I think that with half
the people that utter II, Il ID Z liz.
II you wanted Gods kingdom ~
come. you'd put out Of your 1tfs every.
thing that prevents II II you wanted
Gods. kingdom 70 come, then ROVE
work hard to remove from The AnftA
everything that IL preventing 0o&s
kingdom from coming. No AsMa -
pray Thy Kingdom ConAee ~
walk up and vote for tie dirty. 1Etpk~
ing saloon. He can't do T. To-
can't pray Thy Kingdom Gene 81
keep booze ON your sl0eeeasd.
Anheuser. Busch. Schlitz. ana rAo9e
on tap in your icsbox Yen ea1st
down 10 . Dutch lunch and hlt Il -.
You can't pray ~rf0 Kingdom CeMSn
and keep somebody on the ss1e aa1
disgrace your wiz ana yous ehiIdfea
and your family name. MOI MOL Mel
Someone says, 'can . Chftse1aA
go into = saloon ana taks drinkF
Not on your tintype. A Chfaskiaa
walks with Jesus. and when you cfoGs
the threshold OF = bocse. Joint. Jeen9
there. Some people attempt - 1879
God In . way that rsminde Ne o.
things that boys play q Halloween.
They 20 up and stick : tioktAck ~
some flgety womAn'0 window, or. ~
mp and ring the doorbsll and thsn
beat Il. They never axpeA her ~
open the door. and II sha diA they
wouldn't know what to say. nay
didn't 70 there expestins thAt AnA
the door they would ~. 'soh. ~
you there God? didn't sxpeoQ
YOU" Some people pray - thon4A
they expect nothing anu tAoy ~
never disappointed.
was preaching In town n IsN4