The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12

spoke to a fellow, and said. How
do you do? Are you Christian"
i mo. / am not. Bill"
/ said. do you believe in God?"
| Yes"
In the Bible7"
Every bit OF H."
That Jesus Christ is the Son OF
Jaan ~, :,
-. Heaven. Tor. the saved. ben TOR the
lost?'
Yes"
1 aid. Tell me, then. why you are
not a Christian"
| He looked me in the face and said
"Bill, I'm not man enough TO be a
Christian. I'm not man enough"
| Oh, do you want to know why you
lare not a Christian? You aren't man
enough to be a Christian! You have
not manhood enough to get UP and
walk down the aisle and take me by
the hand and say, ~ give my heart tc
Christ"
You haven't manhood enough &c
take my hand and go home this after.
noon and say, u hit the trail this at.
ternoon and I'm going TO live for
Christ"
| You haven't manhood enough to
take me by the hand and say to your
sister, I'm not going TO make yor
ashamed OF me, but proud
| You haven't manhood enough, You
aren't man enough to take me by the
hand and then go home and saw. "rvf
given my heart to Jesus Christ"
Takes Manhood to Ee Christian.
| Oh, you aren't man enough TO hi
q Christian. 1t takes manhood to NJ
n Christian. my friends. in this old
I h0 r..
out being Christian. and no man Is
/ a man unless he f. = Christian. There
fore. ir you want to be a man, be q
Christian: X YOU want TO be less thar
a man, serve the devil and 60 to hell
Nobody can be man unless he
lis a Christian in the world. no matter
where you go or what you are'
! meet good manv fellows who
think It Il manly TO put of the claim
+! ~ religion and refuse to do what God
wants them to do. and serve the
said to me. -'Rsll, would. but I ar
afraid somebody will laugh at me"
| ANY man that would laugh at YOU
| for taking g. stand for Jesus Christ
hasn't the first principle OF marhood
lin him. Any man that would laugh
at you and make you ashamed OF
Yourself that you had done this IL sc
/ low down. my friend, that I wculdu'
disgrace this pulpit by comparing him
with anything. I wouldn't spit or
, him or wipe my feet on him,
| The man who In brave enough to
! look his enemy in the face ought 10
he brave enough TO take hts stand
OF, the side Of Jesus Christ and for
hia truth for there la no place or
, Gods Earth where you have a bet
ter opportunity to show your real
true manhood than when you star1
up and openly and hraveiy and truly
acknowled~e God ard his truth
{ It's false idea that a good many
people have as TO what constitutes
/ manhood Some seere 10 think IL ts
| physical strength. There was Sam
son--he could carry off the pateS as
easily ms you could lug pillow on
/ your lap. and ye, he lad his head in a
! woman's Tap. and she sheared his
II ks and he died.
! Look at Bacon He was = prodigy
OF intellect Men stood and looked
mt him. When he was chancellor OF
England one man offered him hrihe
OF 500 pounds IL he'd give a decision
I in his favor Another man Offered
| him 40e pounds, and he gave the de-
cision OF the one who offered 4oo
pounds,
Fast Living Not Manly.
| Fast living is no test of manhood.
| You are not 81 nan because you can
drink more than the rest OF the
| lunch because you can drink twenty
mugs OF booze and then walk home
straight. That doesn't constitute
manhood! You're not man because
your x.ame happens to he on the lips
OF someone down In the haunts OF
shame. You're not n man beause
some Fellow hits you on the back and
calls YOU a dead game sport That's
I,.o compliment That's no ideal OF
manhood In this old world
! think most men expect to be
christians but they seem TO imagine
| II Il manly TO put off the claims OF
religion and squeeze this old world
| like you would a lemon, and then n
The end of risspent life, Just before
they phone for the undertaken. cal
for the preacher and pray and Greer
into the kingdom of God because OF
his long suffering and mercy
Oh, ] have met men who cherish
the contemplate idea that II Is manly
TO put off the claims OF religion and
keep the control Of their own lives In
/ their own hands. and Just before they
die send for some preacher or priest
TO try and hctr them to catch q
glimpse OF Jesus Christ ] presume
InGEF are fffPF+ WHo ill ttt poSf aril
Of life never give themselves an OPP
i portunity, never stop 10 think about
God Almighty. and when they come e
| lie upon what will prove to be their
death he'd, may take time TO plan and
prepare but ] do not believe that
! any man who has the opportunity
that you men have this afternoon. II
you have never heard n sermon be-
fore, II you never hear another one
besides this. you will! hear enough 70
give you all the light that You need
to give your life to Jesus Christ II you
will accept II.
heard OF hunter that had a
weasel which initiated the voice OF
a fawn He stood In front of the
weasel and the weasel cried. Out
came the mo her deer. looking this
way and that FOR her Fttle fawn that
she thought was lost when she heard
this sound When she saw the man
her natures instinct recognized her
mortal enemy. but when the man saw
that exhibition of mother love on the
part Of that dumb brute which would
bring that mother deer eight into the
!. urzla OF his gun. he didn't have the
heart 10 shoot her. He threw his
run into the snow. ciapped his hands
and scared her. away and she went
bounding hack into the thicket and
q lisa peared.