The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-22

pay him for living for me, but II you
/ wifi just take away hts property he
! VIII curse you to your face
That Ia the charge the devil and his
workers bring against those who are
true to God.
That man 10 preaching for money!
Has not a preacher Just as good a
right to live by inc money he earns
by preaching a. that bull-necked sa-
loon-keeper has TO live by the money
he earns. daynning people and sending
them to he'll? You ber your life he
has; you bet your life!
ala crater. II you tdc / You'd Aa-
before you come. Your wife would
not know you when you went home
tonight Como on! One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight nine, ten!
So that is the charge the devil al
ways brings against us, That woman
belongs to the church because she can
stand little higher in society That
man has not q grain Of religion! That
man Joined the church to sell goods.
Yep. so he could get votes in An cleo
ton.
But watt = minute. The devil him
self has declared that the Christian
ife - the safest the best the most
profitable. What sn ans you are to
follow tho devil when he tells you THAT
you are doing right
Here - what he says, "Hast thou
not made q hedge about him and his
house and about all that he has on
every side? Hast thou not blessed
the work OF his hands and his sub
stances and the increase Of his land p
Even the devil admitted that God
had dono an that for Job as a reward
for his being decent And you big
fool, you are serving the devil The
devil himself declares the best way to
1--we and why does he pun The wool
over your eyes and put a ring In your
|noser
''Have you noticed my servant Job?"
Ha, HA, Ha, Ha. yes, sure he had.
4od did not have to try any experi-
mcnta with JOB. no SIR, to and out
whether he could be trusted. he knew
Just az well before the trial as he did
afterward and God knew that Job
would stand without hitching. God
knew all along that the devil was a
liar and God turned to the devil and
said:
Look here, devil. He is in your
hands You may take away his prob
erty. You may do what you will with
him, but you don't dare tonch him
See? You can't put your hand on him,
won't allow you that You can take
away his property IL you want to but
you can not touch him
And IL the devil was ever glad he
must have felt like shouting when he
heard shat for before that time the
devil could not steal the smallest lamb
that JOB had in his flock.
Now. fisteni Here VIE arc. II
there ever was Joy in hell, they must
have been hilarious that day. The
devil. no doubt. figured out that Job
would become one OF the best captains
in his army and he started out 10 mako
short work OF the peace OF that grand
old servant Of the Lord. They held
speedy council of war in hell and the
campaign was planned and they were
going to take possession OF Jobs serv-
ants and fiii their mouths with lies and
then they wouia go Ike the wind and
give Job a blow. and before he could
recover they would rive him another
blow
IT is not positively stated that job
lost his property and his children: the
statement to the effect that he did.
csYne from the devil and his managers.
Tho devil liz the father Of lies and he
never tells the truth when he can help
Il, and III case a lie would suit his pur-
pose better than the truth no would
ten X, ana II Job believed a lie would
have the same effect upon him II II
was the truth. II he could get job
to believe that all that was destroyed
II would have the same effect upon job
as II II had been destroyed
The devil turned around and
charged God that Job served him for
gain. Eff that In true and the serv-
ice stops. the cussing win begin"
And the devil would say. "Oh! you
miserable old hypocrite. you, Job; you
have not lost anything. We have
put one over on you"
Then JOB would be Ashamed of him
self and he would never want to 20
back to God, thinking what a fool he
was to believe that and whine about
It. Hell would have q mortgage on
, him. No doubt that was what the
devil figured out
| Now let's see win what results
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