The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-16
IMP ORES HEARERS TO FORSAKE WORLDLY LIVE

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peace of God reigns over this tired.
weary, brooding world. the brutal
fight is fought in tina. samohns ECU l
winch makes one man r!ch ana 10
other man q pauper.
l., Their Hearts Rnvtshcd-
And men walk from these places Sf'
with empty purses and their hearts ar =
ravished by despair and the crack OF
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lriyer, tell the sad story that a life, wsnt
out. oh. don't get hid In the stun!
Let me help you dig out, Will you?
4 Behold, he hath hid himself among
the stuff"
j., what a pitiable thing. when God
wanted to give him crown. that ned
ra Their have pots and kettles. instead.
What a pitiabie thing when God wants
you to go to heaven and you'd rather
go to hell When God wants to write
YOUR name down In the Lamb book
of life, you'd rather have IT down on
the devils book as one OF his right
hand bowers.
Behold. ne hath hid himself among
the stuff"
Oh, saw watch the white lights.
They are shining In the windows OF
horne and behind them fathers, moth
ers wives, children, the dearest or
earth, nothing but love and purity. and
Ipeaea reigns in that place. ] tell you
INo SIRENS voice is there to lure you
on tho rocks. The arms OF tenderness
and the eyes of gladnass. and the
h. arts of pure. sweet love wait to emf
brace you-
Oh. they are shining In the windows
of heaven. too, the friendly rays. that
stream over this old. dark, troubled
Of home. IL the white lights OF heaven
: attract you. then ICES furious storms
| may beat against you. like the angry
waves OF a sea: sorrows deep and Bit
ter may come, but, sir. like my frien'
the engineer. said. "You axe safe be-
hind the white IightA"
When feel my engine swerve,
As over strange rails We fare.
II strain my eyes around the curve
For what awaits me there
swift and free she carries ma
Tnrough yards unknown at night.
And / look along the line to sse
That all the lights are white.
A blue light. Repair a crippled ear,
4 green light, signal. Slow.
IA rel light Ia a Danger light
But a white isght-Ah! Ha.-Lee 'cS
!, co.
lAgasn tho open field ve roam
And when the night Ia fair.
I gaze into the sarry dome
And wonder what Is there
For VINO can speak for those WI"
dwell
; Behind the curving sky.
No man has ever lived 20 tel
Just What IL meant to die.
: Swift, toward iifes terminal ws
trend
| The run seems short tonight.
God only knows what's at the end
But I hope that all your lights show
white.
, Let mo help you dig cut ~Behsid
. he hath hia himself among ths stun
Called to High DUTY.
/ And when sec men called to higf
dirty and royal service on the SIDE OF
God Almighty. can bear TO see
them hide among the stun, fore6o q
chance 10 wear a crown and rule over
, Kingdom and become changed &c
some habit or influence. Oh. there are
POI women chained to some bruta
. husband. arms chuck fun OF helpless
children, lives are crowded with cars
ard toll and pain. oh. they have tasks
as ritIess, IL seems to me. and un-
! ending as the galley slaves In Siee'
ria and they drag their tortured. ach'
ing. 81 ~er,ng bodies along. day after
day. until death touches down theiI
1 auivering eyetids. and they embrace the
long. sweet sleep that knows no wax
, ing TIL the trumpet Of Gabriel sounds
, the reveiile on the resurrection morn
; Oh, there are slaves to fashion. Oh
. women. who are chained to the hoioch
, Of pride and vanity inst as securely
} and hopelessly as they were In she
h. NS IA ell
, the noble iongings and ambitions oil
. motherhood are gone. The humber
: joys of life are nothing but bitter hes
and the quiet paths OF domestic peace
, have absolutely ne charms for multi.
tudes of women In our day.
II The sweet prattle OF babies voices
and the ci'nEing touch OF tiny fingers
seem to awaken to responses of love
!. in their hearts In the whirl of society
The giddy circles of fashion alone al.
lure them and the best side OF III,
they never see. They don't know wha'
II is. The choices. sweets of human
existence they never taste on the face
: OF this earth
= Others are chained to rrammon. Mer
+, ard women whose Gully Ideal and oni,
god is gold oh. they are miserable
and unhappy. Vast accumuiations al
ways bring with then, vast RESPONSE
! hilities. and they rob life seemingly OF
= and dwarf the better side of our ma
. ture. and they turn the milk of human
Kindness into sort OF butterLlili
a or a whey, and feed upon the basel
I lonEings of the human heart and mind
1t drives its victims to a premature
grave. worn out and faded and tired
, and over their bodies no tears are shet
, and the coffin is filled with = bod,
, which goes down unwept unhonoret
, and unsunv.
) Had Washington Shirkcd.
, Let me help you dig out will you
, For I've come. my friends, as Cod
, man to help you tonight Now
. what would have happened II Wash.
ington had shirked like Saul. Oh
> il he'd refused to have taken com.
( mand of the Continental Army be
! freath tbs elm tree yonder In Cam
! Fridge, under which I've stood with
I an uncovered head. Oh. suppose
+ ne had refused because he knew his
: hardships, the suffering Of Valley
( Forge and all. Oh, the capital Of
eur nation wouldn't be called Wash.
. ingtoD. That glittering pillar stand
t ing on the banks Of the Potomac
s tossing its head high above the fog
, around whose base the crowds surge
, live tho. waves of fhn Saa uauIfa.,.,