The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30

wretch II you refuse to arise and put
the crown upon the brow OF him that
has brought such WONDERFUL blessings
TO womanhood and to you as a wo-
man in the world: and He has come to
help all that need IT,
! A father and son were in the same
company, and at the close Of the bat
tie OF Franklin. when the roll was
called the son was missing. The father
went out, stumbling over the dead
and dying, calling John Hartman.
John Harkman"
"a Away in the distance he heard =
side his son. He dragged min Back
to the hospital. There he was nursed
back TO health and strength.
Jesus Chr'st's mission on earth
was to bind up the broken heart and
help these that needed it.
II find no fault in him. Do you
! find any fault with his peace? MY
peace He said. II leave with you
: Some men. when they die. leave
their land to their children. Other
men, when they die. leave a bad
character to their children. And
others. when they died, bequeath weak
anemi, bodies to their children.
/ still others. when they died. be-
queath idiotic minds to their children,
and others bequeath to their children
tainted blood, but Jesus said, MY
peace. I leave with you
I / will give you something better
than that. Some people. my friends.
couldn't wear any longer faces than
they do. II they were dead sure that
God was dead. When they smile.
why. they do 1t in way that make
you think it hurts them and you
are glad when they quit
Some people are praying for the
! Lord tc use them You ought 70
pray God to help you stop looking
sour. for God can't use you with a
map like that.
+ Don't Look Solemn.
| II Paul and Silas had gone to
jail locking as sour as some folks
do when they come to the taber-
nacle. that Philippian jailer wouldn't
have been converted yet. No. 1t is
IL great mistake to think that God
wants you to look solemn. when you
put on your Sunday clothes and start
for church-~no, no.
He said il you Will accept Him, You
will be saved. That was his mission
in the world.
! Years ago. a great plague swept
Paris People died by thousands. II
baffled the skill of the physicians Of
the day. Finally they held a consul
tation and they agreed the only way
TO find out what 1t was, was for some
one to make diagnosis of one that
had died But who would do 1t?
1t meant sure death to the one that
did 1t. and the octors sat in silence
for half an hour. when a famous
French surgeon arose and said. Gen
tiemen. I will make the examination"
He wrote out his will He step
ped into a room where was lying the
corpse OF one that had died from the
dreadful malady. He made his d.
agnosis, the result of which he wrote
, on paper and cast that into a jar of
vinegar where all could read IT.
! In six hours, the doctor was a
corpse. but they took the diagnosis
and stopped the dreadful malady and
saved the lives of perhaps thousands
of people.
They built a monument to perpetu-
ate the sacrifice of the doctor for
| the people of Paris.
Jesus Christ came to open up
plan OF redemption that We ali might
go to Heaven, If we will only accent
Film as our Saviour and do His will.
You say. We'll. would, but I
don't feel Ike it" Oh. dear, when a
man starts on q journey. he doesn't
start on feeling He consults a time
card. buys his ticket. checks his trunk,
and makes his arrangements accord
ing to the time card.
; When l got ready to come here I
went down and bought my ticket
and checked my trunk. / saw moth
ing but the rails, no whistle. no
smoke. but they said when I had n
little piece of paper the train would
stop. That's all ! had.
Pretty soon, saw the headlight
rounding the curve. Yonder they
came. sixty miles an hour. and
heard the engineer shut her off I
s..w the sparks begin to fiy as he
shut Off the brakes and she came to
a standstill. He was running &C
cording to schedule. l believed he
would stop and he did
God tells me If I will accept Jesus
Christ as my Saviour. | am saved. So
I am going to Heaven on schedule.
God tells me ] am going to Heaven
l believe II, I don't brother my head
about it. trust Him. His words are
true.
| went to visit the walthan Watch
works. Down in the basement they
have what they call the master clock
Il is surrounded by several thick
nesses OF wall 1t is kept at a nor.
! NAL temperature the year round
! They have gas arrangement In
i there. theremostat. that is auto
maticaily lighted hy electricity. when
! the temperature reaches a certain de-
gree. the light will go on. and when
! it gets to q certain degree. II win go
/ out.
! Now. there IL that clock resting
upon foundation that voes down,
my friends. below the river, Then
attached to 1t. they have little ma
chine with cylinder On that is
a piece OF paper. and fastened on that
is a fountain pen. AS the clock
ticks that fountain pen makes q lit
, tie mark on this cylinder of paper.
/ Out yonder stands an observatory.
one OF the finest In the United
States. resting upon foundation
that goes fifty feet below the bed
OF the river There sit expert men.
astronomers with a huge telescope.
and they sit there and watch the
g 'ars. AZ the stars go by, they
push 4 button and II records II with
fountain pen on another cylinder
down in the basement near this great
master clock.
!, Then every twenty-four hours. they
/ compare IL. That clock ruins one
hundredth part of a second accurate.
II is absolutely marvellous Then
thev compare these two cylinders.