The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-14

But in the meantime he had drifted
SO far from God his name was on the
lips of the prostitute. common prop
erty. as much as 1t was on the lips of
the society bunch. He was drunk
ard, with the dew of youth on his
brow. And she couldn't get him near.
I She said to him this morning. Son.
twhen you were a boy your IA her. and
~ -5-s- 49, ~ 4.l4se <. Sa4S<A4
by. souI- bed. shtsaki IL. trs.cre, condu-
Give to the laws Of health and hygiene
IL you slept alone rather than with
us, and you used to stick your little
arms and hands between the Stats and
cry yourself to sleep. begging us TO
take you into bed; but we didn't and
I'd sob and bite my lip, for ! wanted
to love you. But now the scene la
changed. I am turning grey and you
are young man. ! am standing
with my arms outetretched. begging
you to come with me into the church"
| He never did come. Two years
later they found his body in stale
beer joint in a back alley, bloated,
drunken sot.
''Ye are my witnesses. saith the
Lord"
You are not put into this world to
damn people by the way you live. but
to try and help set them free from
the slavery that binds them to SIN.
! Then, there Is testimony to ba
borne by the man or the woman who
testtfies IN a positive manner. out
and-out clean-cut as cameo. for
Jesus Christ. That's what ] like to
see.
| A preacher said to me he'd like to
have a revival crowding his church
with those filled with JOY There Is
no happy sinner: there Is no unhappy
Christian. There is no gloomy nam
or woman who walks with God. and
the fellow who can honestly say. The
Lord is my strength ought not to
faint under any load that God will
put upon him.
preacher said that he'd like to
stand and preach illustrated sermons.
Then he'd like to have the audience
stand up as Illustrations Of the ser
mon He'd like to preach sermon
on fruits of the spirit. brotheriy love,
neatness, meekness, temperance, gem
tleness and all that and have the au-
d1ence arise and illustrate the ser
mon Why not?
showed in her consistent walk s65
days In the year. was approached by
another, who said:
| Everything Devil Could Suggest
II have been a Unitarian. l have
been an Ethical Culturist. I have been
a Christian Scientist. / have been a
,Spirftualist- / have been Universal
list and have been a new thoughtist"
She'd been about everything the
devil could suggest and concoct. and
she said. TT has never done me any
good. l have been watching You, and
If Christianity does that for you. I
think I'd like to try Jesus Chr1ss
lonce." =4..
Come on. why not? Come ON in.
the waters good. Come on!
You are my witnesses, saith the
Lord God of hosts
A friend of mine went TO Europe
some years ago, and he went to Ber-
lin. and be bought aphosphorescent
match safe, and he brought 1t back.
He invited some OF his friends In to
see 1t shine, and he turned out the
light and he brought ont this phos-
phorescent match safe. 1t was as
black ~ lump of coal he
scratched his head and said:
well, l apologize. I'm y bigger
fool than / ever imagined TO buy junk
like that and then pay 40 per cent
,, duty on 1t and lug IT all the woy
from Berlin. I might as well go out
to the coal bucket and get lump OF
coal"
He apolog4zed for being such q
mutt. and the next day he went to
pick II up to throw it into the alley
and he turned 1t over and on the
other sides aw printed In very fine
letters, IF you wish the match safe to
} shine, keep it in the sunlight"
He said. That's one on me-" and
he went and put it out In the sun
light and let IT stay there all day. re
brought it in and turned Off the light
and ats scintillations were brilliant
and they exhausted their adJectives
trying to and something the could
, frame into words which would MT
; ltingly express their feeling of admi-
ration for the phosphorescent match
, safe.
That's the duty Of a Christian life
Isis, you can't shine down at some
blow -out with your collar under your
arm hitting the booze. cocktails.
You can't shine with another man'l
wife on your arm, old man Dom
, forget it.
You can't shine telling fellow III
north when it's south. You cam
: shine selling some fake mining stock
when It isn't worth postagc-puttins
something over on the other fellow
It wont GO down. No. sir.
Eye are my witnesses, saith ths
: Lord God Of hogtA"
day who had his house constructed
30 he could Tive in the sunlight al
day long. In the morning they
/. wheel him into the east room. And-ir
the afternoon in the west room. and
at noon In the south room. and all day
long he was bnthed in the sunlight OF
4 glory.
That's the secret for You in the
3 world Live 30 that God can smile
upon YOU Live so that everything
r you say and do is approved in heaven
> and everything yea say and do. my
rny friends. makes hell howl. That's
Q the way to live In the universe.
;, Vanderbilt Entertained.
They say that years ago William IL
a Vanderbilt, cruising. in his yacht In
!. the Mediterranean over near Con-
l stantinople; and Coble. the famous
. American monologist. was there Civ
ing some entertainments and he sem
= for him to come out. on board tht
yacht to entertain his friends. SO h
y came and they laughed ut him and
e )they cried and they had delight
: ful evenings entertainment The,