The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-19
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negative So here! when mai
lowers a candle and that instant wiz
every cubic inch Of darkness be brokI
en- and II reveals to you the snake
You are dissatisfied, you want 10 ga
out of there. A little bi. ago yo}
were content to stay there. Why
light has come and the light revealed
your surroundings and now you neyel
win be satisfied to remain there.
I Ali right, so long az you. do yoAa
viii AND stay where you are, you wiz
IA ss -s,>rrs =, -t.,A-.1A -, IL, ~ ls.A
w,agn YOU scart 10 Ydn TIE Waii OF Ssv4
and get tout of your haunts and
change your way of living. then ye1
viii say with Paul, How could
ever have been low down enough "A
! do that and serve the devil?"
! Some years ago a soldier, arose Iii
IA ragimental prayer meeting AND
said, Pray for me, that 1 may be 1
Christian" Some OF his comradea
said, in view Of the past life he lives
that he would have manifested NOR
sorrow. He heard of IL and feE
grieved ut II. He didn't show up e.
The prayer meeting for many week
and when at last he did return hs
said:
Three weeks ago I asked you u
pray for me that l might he
Christian. / heard that / should havE
manifested more sorrow for my sif
| than did when arose ard made tina
request, I know / have been bai
man. A girl died in a house OF sham
in Washington and my gin put h8
| there lie said, Il have never ct
fered Il prayer from the day that /
- sked you to pray for me. three week
! TftrA1 wpaLG that L haven
prayed God to- spare my life tor mani
years that there might radiato frolf
my life an influence for good whiee
would counteract In degree the in
fiuence for evil that went from m
life in the days when was subsidixe
and followed the devil"
/ II you were honest, you'd get u
4 ard walk down these aisIes and tax
NE by the hand and every time yo8
get on your knees say. 20 God. spar
me Tor many years that may he o
good Influence TO others TO counteraC
! the bad influence that went from m
life in the days when served the devI
land went down the line with the bunet
and lived in sin"
| II you are willing to do His will yos
" III know. Then, If you do The will Vi
/ God 1t viii solve your doubts afi9
| they will dissolve like ice in a summei
sea.
l believe there is no snfidel thread
| ing the MAGE Of unbelief. there In n
skeptic in the catacombs of doubt
there Is no atheist in the iabyrinihs o.
: his iniIdelity, there Is no drankar$
staggering and muttering and srevs
/ irg to hell, there is no prostitute sell
I ing her womanhood In the red ifgh
district. there is no infidei biasphem
ing and damning God. there Ia no maj
! or woman anywhere on earth, sittin
tonight bound hand and foot by iiss
/ and avar.ce and sersuaiity, but tina
i that man ard woman can rise in all q
his or her freedom and liberty IL vos
viii only yield TO God through faith Il
Jesus Christ, The shackles will b.
broken and you will be free from tn
sins that hold you
| Years ago in a New England cit
they started q series Of meetings In IN
church and there was an inadei docto8
iii the town. One day TIE Uiniste5
met him on the street and he said
Doctor, ] haven't seen you at tn
meeting
No" he said But believe tn
meetings are having splendid mora
effect upon the community and inso
FAR as they have that moral effect The
meet with my appreciation"
fntidels make me sick. They Civ
me stomach ache and want II sod,
T4nt 20 settle my stomach when the
talk about moral effect. Where
the name Of God did you ever ieari
about moral effect? It isn't becaus
you learn anything from an inndeI |
IL because OF the consra!ning infIu
ence Of Christianity that you arc
decent as you are
Well" said the minister, .Tf yc'
believe they are having a splendig
moral effect and IL you believe q
morality they ought TO receive you
endorsement and presence and heip.s
He said: III / should go down Their
people would miSinte-pret the n,otiv
which prompted my presence and the.
would say was dissatisfied with m
infidelity"
He said: See here. Doc, come dovn
TO the meetings"
lie met him merit day and said :@Yo,
weren't there"
/ He said: III ia go the. people wouis
rnisinterpret IT. 7 believe they ar
having splendid moral effect upo.
the community"
! He said; Say. Doc. IL you WIN com
and bring number Of your friend
with you. I'll reserve a block o.
seats and afterwards ri make 1
statement to the audience that yos
and they are here not that you mar
t!eularly are prepared to renounc8
your unheilef and accept CHRISTIAN
/ ity. but because you believe that tn
meetings are especially having \
splendid moral effect upon the com
munity and that you are anxious ii
have The people know about it,
! Old Doc took the bait, hook. stnkesB
line and all. and that night he wa
there with twenty-stx OF his youny
men. and two OF them found the wa
to Christ. The next night old Dol
was back with some Of those eamt
ones and others who had been inter-
ested That night three uf them tool
tfetr stand. The next night old Dol
poohed IN sereneiy with more. anS
I he WAS seen to turn and urge TIN
young men to do It. The ministe'
said. Say. 7 don't understand such
paradox; you say there Is nothing u
land. saw yeu tonight urging you
Young men to embrace 1t. II there \
nothing in 1t, why under heaven'I
name ask them to accept it?~
He said, Some of tho young mel
are drinking in my club. soine OF them
are gambling, and I presume tn
community and the parents hold nal
responsible In a degree for their con-
duct, and I'd be very thankful II
could Induce them to take any mors
tonic which would tone them up Il