The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12


let you escape. He puts II on all of
us. You need to lose your mind and
go into an insane asylum before you
cap ever do anything contrary to the
word Of God and not be responsible to
God for what you have done in the
world
Here you are In business. You are
~ -' s''s. t~g,'.' ,,'''are 'i>'r q = ha's-
~ err -, he 4A5si.s IN ta1r 1Shssan'h ~
to dig as YOU are to sell him com
modify. No matter what you may pos
sess you are under Just AZ much obii-
cation.
In town one time where a friend
OF mine was holding a meeting they
went around to ask the merchants IL
they wouldn't close the stores every
evening except Saturday during the
campaign, and one merchant who had
hundred and fifty clerks called them
In and said.
I'm common with the other mer-
chants of this city. to show our inter-
est in these meetings and religion, we
hre going TO close this store every
evening at O'Clock except saturday.
Now II any OF you want to so TO the
meeting you may. If you don't. you
don't need to, but / want to know that
your chance with this firm will not be
gagged by your presence or absence at
this meeting or your presence or alb
sence at the front I don't expect TO
go and il ] should happen to stroll
around where the meeting is being held
! won't go To the front l want to
make myself clear here--ycu go IL you
want to or stay away il you want to-
He said to friend of mine, Don't
you think did fine thing7'
Ny friend said mo, sir. You remind
me Of n fellow going dow1- the street
and he secs a house on fire and there
ia woman up in the top story scream
ing. Help. Help! Heipr You stop and
say. Madam. l feel sorry for you. but I
can't help you. ! am not a member of
the fire department I am very sorry.
but I will go on down the street and
I will make inquiries and IL I meet
n member of the fire department | will
tell him Of your sad predicament and
advice him to come UP and rescue you.
But in the meantime If you should be
incinerated, please remember that I
made inquiry for you"
Under Obligation.
He is under just as much obiiga-
ton to her whether ne wears Il blue
uniform or not. You are under Oh
legation to lead the way for Jesus
Christ 10 help others TO take their
stand fer God and 70. AsS truth. ana
1t doesn't release you from the oh
legation to say yon are not mem
! berof the church.
preached in a town one time In
Nebraska. | saw man come run
ming down the aisle. He had case
in his hand that told me ne was a
Doctor. and one of the merchants
said to mt. You don't know that
man."
No. sir. never saw him before"
He said, He's the leading physi-
clan and surgeon In this part of the
country We've got three hundred
and fifty infidels out here. charter
members OF AN infdeI church and
he's the viee-president of that con-
Germ You don't know what it
means We've never beer ahie TO
break into that crowd. He's the
vice president, DIR. M
/ said, DR.. NJ, what was it thai
said that caused you 10 come down
. here? You came down that aisle
| trotting."
He said, Nothing in the sermon
at all, although enjoyed it
/ said, What was 1t ?"
He said. "Yol know l am a mem
| Der of this infidel club Well. our
president died g few weeks ago and
was with him till the end and he
said to me, Edward, there may he
, something in ii, perhaps. Death is
not an eternal sleep as we have
tried to make ourselves and others
believe. II it isn't an eternal sleep
then we are wrong. and il death is
not an eternal sleep. then we arc
lost. There is uncertainty when you
get To a time like this. II looks a
good deal different to you Than when
you are walking the street and sit
ting around in the lodge room talk
ing with others and he said You'd
better look into it. Can't you help
me?'"
He said he had to bend over that
man and tell him that he didn't have
six hours to live and yet he couldn I
| help him. He was under just rs
much obligation to be able to tell
that man how 10 die as he was 20
tel! him that he had to die and he
couldn'r do it.
A fellow came home from Yale
| College out to Denver and he was
stricken with a cold. 1t developed
into pneumonia. His father was
very rich and they sent for him one
day to come home from the bank
processing Christian but 81 cracking
good man and he said to his son.
| Charlie. is there anything l can do
for your"
And he looked up and said to him.
, Father, I wish you'd pray for me"
And listen! That father turned
from that bedside. He walked to Il
window, he looked out across the
Sangre de Cristo Range OF the Rocky
Mountains. He saw then, tossing
their old snow covered heads four
teen thousand feet into the air.
There you can stand and look from
Wyoming clear down into New
Mexico. two hundred and sixty-five
miles right down along the mountain
peaks.
And he walked across TO the win
dow and looked out to- that. He bit
his lip until his teeth cut through
his lower lip; he cienched his fists
until his nails cut through the palms
Of his hands
'tz bitterness Of semoTS<a.
-Four days later when friend of
mine who preached the funeral SER
mon was coming home with him, he
said to my friend, "rd give all my
bank stock, I'd give all my stock In
the Denver and Rio Grande. I'd give
all I've got ii could just call Charlie
back and fulfill his request and pray
for him."
He was undsr Just as much obliga-
ton to be able to pray as he was to
pay his tuition through Yale, as he
was to pay the funeral expenses. as
he was to dig the grave and pay the
doctor who attended. You can't get