The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03

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NOW get, ready. - he said. y an,
when the wave breaks and l tSfI,yut
leap. and they on shore win yo'
through"
He said: .Now," and she hes.taeed
chung to her husband. but the reccd
ing wave caught her and hurled he
back. They pulled the rope taut an.
then fred the lifeline. She was cns
into the sea. The captain, with tn
aid Of those on shore. found tn
dead body of his wife lying upon tn,
beah. She has hesitAted and tn
uhdertow caught her and hurled he
back.
I 1t 10 Hood tide ncw-Gcd help
you to leap ont In Faith to Jesul
Christ and do His win. do II for III.
sake Of His influence.
In no time or place have evel
preached where men and womer
seemed more hungry for the 9ospe
Of Jesus Christ and bent their eaI
more to hear II than here. And TO-
night finds you still beyond the pals
OF Gods mercies Not only you. bu
others. Maybe Some act Of your
own could have saved AL Of you.
| In a western city q crowd stood
1 80 AAO"s W q oWu AhSENs aP'
on q perch. sat an eagle. Around hi.
! neck was 4 string. On a round piece
of cardbord was ''Fcr Saie--s2.bo.'
His feathers ware ruffled. eyes heavy
and around his leg was a clamp and
fastened to that. a chain.
A fellow walked in and said: How
much for that eagle?''
Two dollars and fifty cents"
Here's your money"
He took the eagle and took the
clamp from his leg a~d carried II
on top or the uoard. The old
eagle straighter - up. He threw on,
his feathers lie shot out one wing
rs If he We going to fy. then spread
the 9th. He started to fiy. He scar.
ed sner and higher till he mounted
a'aaye the buildings. then he shot of
, toward his mountain home. They
watched him until he disappeared.
They asked him: why did you
buy that bird and let him so?'
He came from the section Of the
country that I did," he said. many
a time I've watched that old fellow
my flock. The best could do was
to knock feathers from him. But
although we were enemies. I couldn't
bear to see him chained. when had
seen him beating the air with his
wings in freedom"
When you have taken your stand.
then you will all be free instead Of
sitting there ensiaved and hrutalized
by sin with bands stronger than steel
and more enduring. For the sake
Of your influence you should all take
your stand for Jesus Christ, and there
are not ten men here tonight who
think that IL they had done their duty
they wouldn't have been in the king
dom Of God long, long ago.
Delays are dangerous. When you
delay your heart grows hard. and
when you drive the spirit away and
IT leaves you. you become indisfer-
ent
You say you are not afraid to
die. Great God, that's no indica-
ton that you're at to die, Many a
man who cares nothing for God has
said that In a spirit OF bravadc.
When I lived in Chicago. woman
took morphine. intending to kin her.
self, They rubbed snow on her face
and bare arms and breast and led
her out into one Of the parks. They
cut hole In the leo and made her
stand In the water. She moaned and
said: "Oh, please. please. let mo lie
down for just Ave minutes. then TN
be all right
They knew Eve minutes meant
eternity for her. and believe the
devil 10 using all his influence to-
day to deaden any sensibtlity or de-
sire you may have to be . Christian.
/ have every hope you will All Yield
to Jesus Christ and become saved.
When they led Dir Waiter Raleigh
out to execute him. q friend said to
him: 'Hew iieth the head?"
. Tt matters little how heth tho
head" he said. 20 long - tho heart
not"
So it matters little whether you
know much about the plan OF SAL
walton. 20 long n your heart Is full
OF faith in Jesus Christ Don't stag
ger away because you can't ccmpre-
Years and years ago when they
executed Gibbs, the pirate. In Ros-
ton. he made Z statement similar TO
this He said: when the subject
was first preached to me to become
a pirate, ehrAnk In horror from
taking life and property. Tho moro
they pictured Of how in Z few years
at most No could become fabulously
rich and spend our lives in ease. the
more was disinciined to be . pirate.
will never forget whom my pre-
JuQJCc was OtOkGu 0OWH anu i yy0k04Q
and we raised the black nag.
II viii never forget when we went
over the side Of the hrst ship. We
had to take life to get tho proper
ty. For days and nights couldn't
sleeping. thinking Of the deaths and
the blood.
Results Of IndusgrAcA
But driven by avarfce and greed
and by continual Indulgence. my
heart grew hard. until ~ could run
along the side Of the ship ana could
take a child and beat his brains out
over the side Of the ship ana huri
the body into tire sea.
II grew 30 hard that ] could oeiSe
. woman by the throat and waist
and lift her up and plunge her head.
long into the sea and stand and watch
The sharks ~ they would hght for the
dainty rnorael and I'd laugh 1t her
ISCrear4N 80. -.s'ss =
II grew % hard. sar. could take
tf14. dead body o. ono I had slain
and outraged and use II for = pillow.
Inc I could sleep Tor hosrs % y and
Think what he had 10 40 before
that hardness OF heart that
was absolutely indifferent 70 al that
was decent IN the woridi Think
how many opportunities pod have had,
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