The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-22

Well, sir. I bring you the message to-
night to show Won that 1t pays to be
, a Christian and to serve God. And !
will say that II positively knew that
this life was oil. that death was an
eternal sleep and that when die.
! that ends II, that there In no heaven
I nor reward. NO he'll or punishment
, for sinners, I would stili continue to
: live the kind OF life / am for tho
sake of the peace and blessings and
( decency that comes to me while ! am
here.
Now great and manifold were the
blessings which resulted from that
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! Job only had heard the CONVEX sation
between the Lord and the devil. He
would have said Come on, devii.
But the faith which sustained Job in
the darkness rs the same faith that
will sustain you in every hour of trial.
and was based upon his experimental
knowledge of God
He said, Even / can trust GOD
He will stand by me. sir. know
that my Redeemer liveth and that he
! shall stand on the earth in the latter
day."
The man who knows that has
something that will give him peace
and rest and will uphold him when
the mountains are slipping into the
sea
The FIRST result OF Jobs trial was
that he had a better experience Job
understood God better. Thou canst
do everything and nothing In with
held from them"
AZ the knowledge which comes to
you through the eyes Is superior to
that which comes to you through the
ear, 80 Jobs religious experience after
hts trial surpassed ali that he had
ever known before.
So 1t Is with you. Whatever You
may have gotten out OF this world
before you were a Christian 1t fs not
to be compared with what you win
get when you are Christian. And
the blessings that God gives you here
as Christian, are nothing compared
to what no ia going to give you In the
end because you were Christian.
Nothing at all. No. No, No. No.
Tho late Bob Burdett OF Los An
geies said, IT believe In sickness. not
because I want to bat because / have
to-"
Il believe that auinine is better for
ague than sugar don't believe
that an athlete can train for = mara
thon on ice-cream soda. Judges and
popcorn. I don't believe that pickles
and cake are good muscle builders. ]
do believe in the strengthening and
discipline which sickness and trouble
bring: because believe men don't go
to a rose garden for ship-timber ror
railroad ties, because / believe that
Napoleon was defeated BY success
sion OF victories while Washington
Was victorious by succession OF de-
feats Because I believe that Aner~
lea was discovered by the starving
navigator Columbus who was being
turned away from palace doors by
the ridicuie OF the scientific seogra-
piers who said the world was not
roun and you couldn't sail West and
get East "Oh." he said. 'Ts that so ~
Who was right he or theyf
Sunshine Makes II Heaven.
Because II I allow y horse to feed
himself at corncrib he win never
win a derby. Because I believe In the
old Asiatic proverh. -An sunshine
river VIII last through August while
ono that is not Will dry up Because
Job saw vision while his head was
on q rock. Because people who get
everything die crying for money they
want something else. Because I do
not believe one hit In the fundamental
doctrines OF certain alleged religious
societies who say whatever Ii not and
whatever In not. In
Because I believe m the reality Of
the world in which I was born ana
in which I live. And I believe IN tire
spiritual world az really and truly as
II believe In the material world.
do not believe that God gave me
eyes and h. Sc sense TO play joke
on me and then takes great pleasure
in having me zee things upside down.
u do not believe that God painted sir
and drew q picture Of a world on =
canvass of nothing, then watches ma
paint up non-existent mountains ana
non-existent crevices and fall in II,
That we do have imaginary troubles
and sickness everybody knows, but all
those imaginary sickneSscs can be
cured by imaginary medicines, TOO.
Now, bless your old heart. isEteni
Your fiesh still quivers when the pin
GERS tear. and tho blood flows when
the knife cuts. Pain Is az real IN
pleasure Sorrow Is ~ real As Joy