The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01

s~SxNT HlMN WEHESE
be that an through et1fkttY.
won't affect you At nf1.---not
Some years aeo III Pf6o1<
fellow stopped In the. old Afon9~
hela- used to play baSsbs6hwM
a fellow was sstopping 80
backing away from her dock aisd
wanted 20 catch that bSS9
ran down and hollered. wait. waltz
and he thought ne could Jump frosn&@
the dock % tho beat md he made
leap and fef into the water.
They threw a rope in and the pec-
Pile on deck commences to sins.
Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross"
He went up and said to the ap-
tain. Where IL this boat going. NJ
IL sasd: SO. ,Ags i. . sl.X
school picnic snsne M hsss - 49,
He said. This is he'll to me. and
u you will run her close ehou1h "a n
shore for me TO leave II + win 8syO
you a ten.do'lar gold piece"
/, Il God had reached down and s9kse
that whiskey-soaked gambler xat&m@
taken him to heaven. heaven, w6nId
have been as much hen 10 Inn az IA
Sunday school picnic WIS. % 0od1Ns
got 10 get Into your hear and cffAn4Uess
It. What you are here you Wit -
through an Intending eternity: 80.
therefore. you will be happy IN heaven
only by faith in Jests christ. -
Suppose you'd committed a crime IL
Suppose y0u were iytrE yonder In Z
prison. ready to be executed. and sun 1
pose my friend and your friend. thAsM
governor. should say. I want to -
the evidence. The circumstances In
the case were somewhat extAnuatan1ssxsl
enough in my opinion to Justify
executive clenfency 10 ths extent I II
am going to pardon that fellow" !
Cheer Up! tsa
J. And he sends word down 10. thAysse
warden. The warden goes into the
~deathhouse, and he goes In and s4ye,s
Cheer up: I have good news for you
Here's a pardon from the covertimeffEs
and your wife and children are fnsAaEaks
auto waiting out in front, and yen
can walk out from behind these walls
in the sight Of the coFnMonwsaltA.s
and no man can lay hands on YOU;
You are free" ~
1t would seem that man would hsxsS
happy. now wouldn't It? And he'd /.
say to his wife about midnight, '~WRe-NaA
I've got to leave you. lust now aAl@1M&
heard the voice Of the man whose lite
I took; tust now I saw his face pleads
ing. and I must go"
But. husband, the governor q
%pardoned you" sxs
Yes. the governor has pardoned.
but the governor hasn't justified"
Where viii he &c TO get away nom
the fact that he committees that
where will he tourney e the Ut
You TO to a man and say, did YOU
' ever swear?"
Yes" ~
Lie or drink" 49,
Yes, but. 1 never was happier III
my life than I am now" aHM
God hasn't only pardoned that man.
Int hnc ff,StfToA him ara rra1a hfHN W
as though he did II. Thar ~
the gospel of Jesus Christ. When
God pardons, God j~ustffes and maktA
It as though you never did II. 80 there
fore you are free through faith IN Jesus
Christ the Son OF God. BY faith M
him we are saved.
4 / say death viii make no change in
your character. Let me illustrate. TnA
II the sixteenth chapter OF Luke we Are
told Of a certain beggar who fed from
the crumbs which fell from the rich
mans table. And IL CAME TO pAa14a
that the both died. and the rich mar.
we are told. went to hell.
l And In he'll he lifted un his eyeAsv
being in torment. and looking. he
could see Lazarus in the bosom Of
/ Abraham" sk
He cried out and said, Send some
one With water to mofstefl my '~pnrched-~
Fps" 4
They cried back and said. There !
b a great gulf betweea me and thee
fixed. 50 hat I cannot get to thee,
neither canst thou get TO me-.
! And he said, Send someone back
from the dead. I have a brother on
earth"
They shouted back. They hays.
Moses. and the prophets: let them
hear them"
Now, I am here. and whom ] lsfts
the earth my brothers were living the
1 - SrA LxAA - 1tHAET Atoffs ~UfA II r.
know IL they do not repent they Will
come where I am, and II you VII
send somebody back from the dsaAs
III think they win believe and they
viii listen to them"
In he'll that mans mind YVES Ac-
tive Ali we know about tha futrEe
the. Bible has revealed. In hen that
man remembers. stAe~ Kind u - lifAs*
lived ON oarth;@ hos xemernheredsm.
that kind Of a life brought him there.
ana IN he'll Ne rssssTabefed he ieeka
Ave brothers back On earth, and thsX
he lived and shty we're sorAane 49,
Y There ISM a man or WOMAN tn hetf 4
that wouldn't warn you ~ ksep oukg
II they could only cons W hers t2u
talk to you II God Almighty wouio
one sermon and give the invitatton n
could %depopulate he'll III ffte6n myasF
utes. While thsy th2t are ~ thGke
want to get out. you. pQQr, foola. are
breaking your necks to get m. TtiAtaeN
what I can't understAn6s A@
How shall we escape II we neg
t1ect 50 great safvatfoYf9"
Death will mako ne cha9ge in your
]. charActer II y06 Viii feahember all \
through an unending eternity.
Years q ma got on board AZ
ship IN New AY0fk h&fo0H -
crossed the bar npsneas the fsrrvSli1oA
and the cry rang out. Man over
II board" assS
1hsy hurried 70 the size cd AAe4e
, hurried the line, The, man. .eejxpd IL
n they slowed Gown the snibtM6pv4n1e1es
ths spoaa and bes~ghA him usager 49,
!, nearer, and as he anne neAfSr III
,1hdffed the NE Ing baAk tO04S0sMo&|
down he went