The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-29

give Go0 nt9 nelpg WOuio you TeIuS'
to give your country your heip7 Thel
you don't deserve to have q decen
person spit on you.
repeat Gods business Is tn
largest in all the world. He wants
our help and We ought to do our hes
and the best things and the best plan
ming In the world for the Lord.
And God put so much emphasis OF
loving God with the mind and tn
teillgeace In prayer and In enort q.
J. -. - IA isSSa xss3 * E-.G = y. :
y rnfRnr, FOR the Lord.
The farmer shuts his eyes ant
throws away his common sense IL n
still plows with q fork and stick.
Bishop Taylor. Of Africa. said. :.
promised God that would do as mucl
as one man win do for another maj
for money"
That IL what Paul did. He mad
converts in the house Of Caesar. Pete
did. Martin Luther did, when he wa
toiling on his knees: and that Ii VIVA
John Wesley did: when he used to rid
Eve to seven thousand miles q yeav II
Of carrying the work Of God on nov
than there was ono hundred years ago
let's do II
oh. II there b a better way Of ear
rying on Coos work than we hav'
We found out that electricity wa
better to light than q tallow dip. w
found out that q bAttleship with mel
enough and powder enough to wrecl
a Kingdom was better than the oil
wooden sailing vessel. We found on
that the trolley cars were better thar
horse cars
Now. II there Is q better way o
doing Co.'s work, let's do it. Thi
idea OF ringing the bell on Sunda!
church is past, II has gone on IONS
enough.
Up-to-Aate MetAeAa.
In business. machines that VIII no
produce results--we get rid OF. Ant
II you have a machine installed ant
some fellow comes in with something
that viii increase the output and de
crease the cost OF production, you will
rip out the old machine and throw /
In the scrap heap. You want up-to
date methods in business.
The religion we keep on shooting
with tho same old fint-lock, smooth
bore muzxle loader. We keep lightins
with the same old tallow dips, w
keep travelling over the same ole
course. We keep rolling our eyes III
to the ceiling like dying calf ant
say. Surely It Ia not the Lords Sc
time to work"
+ God Almighty's time is any time. ane
all the time
It was always Gods time to Civ
us machinery. Always Gods time t.
give us steam. 1t was Gods time 4
give US electricity long before Ben
,amin Franklin few his kite. II hal
always been Gods time to give us Ia
hor-saving machinery.
them mp and he viii dig out q thou
eand things that You never knew wer'
there. That Ia what he did for multi
tudes and there Is no reason why h,
cannot do the same thing for you.
:! Andrew. the humble. became tn
first disciple. He was u world powe
for he used hts brain as well as hi
heart. o. what drawing power yo'
viii have IL you give your hands Il
God They would beat q pourous plas
ter. Give your hands and your face
will go with IT,
And the face Of every Christia,
ought to have a light such as onl!
God can give, and II you have IN
ilong-faced brand, get rid of It. Yo'
That L. the kind the Pharisees hat
land Jesus Christ gave them a sola
plexus straight through the eyes
Give Cod your faces. shine up 70
J Jesus Christ And when fellow
starts out to make man of himsel
without any. help from God about tn
hrst thing he does is to get a face ionl
}enouEh to make a IRE escape out Of II
And lots OF people have been claim
ling that Gods yoke Ia easy and hi
burden light. but II profits them litti
when they look into the mirror an
see what they do see. Why. the devi
would bank, his Ares and lock tn
doors Of he'll to go to church and hea
a fellow like that give his testimony
God doesn't want us to look a
though having religion was wors
! than having a toothache. Let you
light shine for Jesus Christ m.
friends Brighten up and see what tn
Lord will do and II God has our face
he will have our mouths.
Language-thati il one OF the great
est gifts to mankind, The latest die
English language. They say Shakes
peare had the most extensive vocahu
larry Of any human being. He coul'
use 1900 words The average man o
woman uses about 1000. Rufus Choat
tcouid use 1900 words. and Miftol
could use 5000 words. Enrich you
vocabulary. Every word coined o
copied increases your capacity to ex
press your thought
l. Someone has said. III you win di
vide the sins OF the world into tw
parts, half OF them would be the sin
iof tho tongue"
II we all knew what other peopl
were saying about US we would no
have four friends In the world. Wher
you have entered a room and there Il
a iulI in the conversation II is dollar
to doughnuts they were talking abou
lyon.
DR.. Talmage said Discount twenty
ty-five per cent for the spirit of COS
sip. Twenty-Five per cent for ignor
ance Of facts and when you sc
though you have got no'hing left.
4 Don't you utter careless words.
- When Lord Byron was a young maj
he heard Of a girl. in whom ne wa
interested and whom he loved. sayint
in response to a question that some
body asked her-if she would MARI,
Bryon-"Pooh. do you think ! woult
marry that crippled young fellow?"
Didn't Like Women.
4 It made him cynical and he neve
had much regard for q woman tn
rest OF his life, although they put hin
In his grave when he was onl.
thirty-seven years old.
Count Tolstoy when he was home
all his neighbors and friends used Il
laugh at him because he was SO ugly