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

were broken pieces of PIE, cake,
doughnuts and bread and meat, eyi-
denCes mat she had been The receipt
enI OF The hand or charity AZ sonie
restaurant or hotIe, where they hau
gwen away tnCscraps ai.er the meal.
she had fasclnALor ON her head anu
she hau on cailco dress, and she
was DareIooted ana her APPS We're blue.
En,irsiy neeaiess OF the passers- Wy,
she WAS rocking Anto The window anu
talking 10 heiseif, and she said:
4 caoose AhaL coior. ana choose
80. AZ,
she turned aad saw Miss Jackson.
and she KAnd OF SHE'D bas4lruiiy away.
anu Mass jackson said 10 her:
"aoney, don't you be AFRAID. stay
and look al the pretty tnings; thes
are as much yours as mine.
And sne dropped a aoilar into her
hAnu and turneo and wcnt away. she
couldn't get The picture OF that Lille
grl out OF her Anind. She coulQn .
nave gone over three BLOCKS untA
she SAID 10 herself:
Inn gong back and see IL that
little giri Ii still there
She peeped around the corner. ana
there, Standing in The wafer up 10
her ankles. STOOD the little girl, with
Inc water dripping down IRON ner
fascinator and from her dress. need
less OF the passers-by. and every Time
she said 1t she hat the WINDOW Win
her nnger: II choose that color. ana
! choose that coior, and 1 choose thai
color"
The Lord lis my shepherd"--l
choose that
Going to Heaven
Y kan on
TO he'll If you want TO. but j hope
you don't choose the Lord /
choose the pigments that, mixed up,
make a life of peace and JOY 10 serve
the Lord.
He restoreth my soul; He ieadeth
me in the paths of righteousness for
Ills names sake
How often we need restitution. We
get all run down and We need a tonic.
Ne need ton!Iss up morally. The same
as we do physically. We have sch ools
10 do that intellectually; We have gym
nasiums TO do IL physically. The peo-
pie that live In the country go to the
city; the people that live In the noun
tain region so TO the seashore, and
vice versa; people that live down
South come up North. and vice versa.
We are AS migratory as the oirdA We
are looking for some condition and
locality which will be conducive TO a
higher and stronger physical condi-
ton, which we will enjoy.
He restoreth my soul"
We visit the world famous santa
Eiums.
You let spring be discovered. no
matter how remote. and the people
viii journey from the farthest corners
of the earth. II II will only restore
them TO health.
NE restoreth my soul" And how
often we need II, too.
Adelaide Proctor tells us that years
and years and generations ago. out
side the walls OF Paris a battle was
waged and soldiers fell. One Of the
soldiers there. when they nursed him
to health and strength, became infat-
uated With one OF the Sisters OF Char
lily and they eloped. For time he
supported her and then he went away
from her.
The Sister Superior. In addition TO
her own duties. carried on the duties
of this one. She knew. but she never
revealed the fact that this girl had
wandered away in sin. After a while
sick and disguised, and ioathing in
EQUITY, the girl crept back upon the
steps of the Convent, They opent
the door and found the bundle OF rags
there. They nursed her back 10
health and strength and she was given
back her old position and authority,
and none ever knew that she had
wandered and roamed and at one
time had been In the ouagmires Of
gin.
'sHe restoreth my SOUL Through
Jesus Christ get back the position
tina, lost because | was n sinner. and
Jesus puts me back there In friend
ship and favor with God Almighty. :,
sHe restoreth my soul" I get II
back all through my faith In Jesus
the Son of God.
spiritual Dcclcnsion.
There are lots of things that cause
spiritual dec.ension- III you knew
what was causing you to be weak
physically. you would get the best
doctors on earth to counteract II
Why don't you do likewise spiritu
The neglect OF the Bible rs one
Disobeying Gods Commandments II
another. Unconfessed sins Is another
Pardon an illustration from home
When Helen was a little girl. COINS
to school in Chicago, her mamma SAID
Helen, you can invite In some OF tht
girls and boys and have a little party.
They were having good Tune ano
Helen did something that | thought
she should not do, and said to her
Helen, don't do that"
After a while she did 1t again ano
said:
Helen. IL you do that again. l vii
punish YOU"
After a while her grandmothe'
came and said that Helen had done
what / told her not to do. l called
her in and / said: :.
"Helen. didn't l tell you not to d
that?" =.
IL"
I said. your grandmother Eaid yo'
did"
shes mistaken. I never did"
had never known Helen to lie Y
me in her life. / thought l had sum
Gent proof that she did II and pun
ished her She is naturally tende
hearted but she clenched her nsts ant
never shed a tear. She went into tn
other room and I heard her playing
hide and seek and having goos
time. Soon her grandmother said:
II was mistaken about the thinl
you told Helen not to do. II va
Something else" !.
And so the good spirit seemed e
saw to me, Aha! you are wrons
CnIl Helen In and tell her"
I said, '.She has forgotten 1t. DON
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