The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27
Culture Isn't Salvation.

inement. Well, if you only knew how
little these weighed before God. They
don't bring you salvation.
Somebody says: Can we teil?'
Surely we can. Yes. sir, l am gtAag
to take the ten commandments. The
moral law, as the basis for what
< have IA say this afternoon. ] believe
Iaasi N9tf az Is MyPteetne tsn ee,m3
handed the stones to Moses. I don't
believe that Moses wrote them: I be-
lieve that God wrote them and gave
them to Moses.
There is no good citizenship where
the ten commandments are not kept
no safe political movements; no so
cia1 reforms that are abiding that arg
not modelled on the ten command
ments, and when this old worio 10
burned up l will have foundatioH
al enduring As God Almighty Him
self, for ! believe God wrote them on
ten tablets of stone. Any man VINO
doesn't live In harmony with the Ten
commandments deserves to De IN the
penitentiary.
Thou shalt have no other gods be-
fore me- A mans god Is the tnins
that he thinks more of ths0 ne ooes
of God It may be money. Money ~
the god of many Many a fellow saeri-
ices his conscience. his morality, ms
virtue, and his obedience to GOO TOT
that Money Is rs truly god Tor
some people as II they prayed TO teh-
dollar gold pieces
oh. we are making money in Amer
lea by bucketfuis, but we are going
to hell in car lots on excursion rates.
Oh. the magic OF money! OH the rush
for money! oh, the counting OF
money! oh, the hording of money! Oh,
the envy of money! Oh. the jealousy
axyt q
Oh. the stealing for money On. the
contentious after money oh. the op-
pressions for money. Oh. the murder
for money The adultery for money!
The gam bling for money. Seifshness
for money! Oh, the loneliness OF tho
man that has lost all but his money!
oh. the loneliness of the man who has
nothing but money! The fellow that
has no money is poor: the fellow that
has nothing but money Is poorer stiil
A friend Of mine. a preacher. had
friend who had been poor In ms
youth He worked hard. listened TO
the Jingle OF money. resolved to have
more, entered the Unsuitable scram-
BILE for wealth. He became rich. ne
cut on God. he cut on his family COM
forts. cut on the Sabbath for rest ne
worked seven days
Money Worried Him.
He broke down with the dew OF
uneasy about his money. He was
afraid OF his bank. wouldn't trust IT.
He was afraid of his boys and his
wife, and his pastor. SO he Kept MS
money in "A big oaken chest He grew
sick. He was suspicious OF everybody
but the doctor.
Tho doctor came to gee him one day.
and he handed him a key and said.
Doctor take the key and open my
chest, and pile up everything that Is IN
there. Go get my double barrel gun
HIS purpie-lipped Jaw fell. This man
Of means, this coiner OF cash and this
musician of the mint, this mfnion OF
Mo'~ch. this master of insists and this
miant of the money mill. this rasping'
grasping. skInflint OF q niser raised MS
shotgun and said to the doctor. ~ on
leave this room. .
The doctor said. Don't shoot ]
don't want your money or stocks AND
bonds. hold on. Jim. don't shoot. don't
shoot
So he took his watch in his hand
and backed out of the door ana closed
81 The doctor stood there holding his
watch in his hand. and in hfseen min
utes he walked In. There the man sat
With his gold. and stocks and bonds
pffet3 around him. his double rbarre'ed
shotgun In his hand and he was gone
He hadn't taken one blank check WIN
him to check back on his earthly ac-
count
II II good thing to have money
ana the things that money will buy
buf Il is a good tbfng to sit down once
in while and check up and take
an inventory and be dead sure you
haven't lost the things that money
cans buy Check up on II!
So money Is the god OF some fotkS
with some of the people II Is society
They do things because society de-
n,ands II. and II they didn't they'd lose
their social cast and position society
/. your god and you have to do 1t
n you don't believe II. Won just Try
IL my friends. and see what viii hap
rsr You go contrary to social usages
and see how quick you will be ostra'
There are men here today. II yor
die they wouldn't need to preach your
funeral sermon. Just put whiske,
hattie on your coffin. On, that 10 tht
story Of your life booze has been you
There are other men. IL you dit
they wouldn't need to preach . funerA
sermon Get your stocks and oona'
and pile them on your coffin, that u
the whole story OF your life. There Ar
others. II you die. you wouldn't meet
TO preach the funeral sermon. a.
down and get some red and white chip'
and nut them on their coffin. that's th'
story of their life. All ii Is. Is to ge
somethinc from the other Fellow Win
out giving an equivalent in money O
work.
There are others. II they die. pu
q their body in their coffin. lead In tn
victims OF their lust and you VII
see their god. Sir. all they have lives
for is the qualification OF their dc
sirca.
Clothes Some WOmen'n God.
, There are some women. IL you'd al
today, go to your home. get your Jew
els and fine clothes. re. all you have
that In all vop have lived Tor, just
fashionable frame on which to han,
your fashionable clothes. that rs you
gcd!
srhou shalt not take the name o
the Lord thy God in vain"
some people think that that Is .
ma consequence and they Will breal
that comma ndment every day. Their
II not In this universe. in my opinion
greater cause for amazement tha
Gods forbearance and patience wit
the blasphemer. Oh, profanity come
either from a depraved heart, o
shows that "a bfaspherer has tn
acoru and contempt OF God.
yUhep n man swears he has tagEe