The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-01

are in tonight. That is what I am
preaching for and working hard for.
The power that brings us into life
pushes hs through life and reveals
I to us the after life, the judgment, and
after the judgment, our destiny.
The amazing teing to me is that God
permits men and women to choose
whether they win be loyal and true, or
whether they will be rebels. You can
decide whether you will be a true pa
! triot in these days or whether you will
lhe 4. 3amnable black hearted traitor.
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government OF the United states
against you. II you are friendly. all
the power of Uncle Sam will back YOU
up. You can choose whether YOU Will
be loyal To God or whether you Will
be a rebel--it is up to you.
But. wait minute-that isn't all.
God holds you Responsible for your
choice. That is fair. That is "A square
deal And God prepares an eternal des-
tiny. All right. If a fellow chooses
heaven, that's what he gets. For the
fellow that chooses hell, all right.
there il is
God reveals in language that is
plain the result of your choice. so you
know what is going TO be the end. II
you choose this. you know where you
are going. IL you choose that, you
know. God Almighty has made it all
plain to you, and you Will all find out
when you are through that what God
created and what God revealed is true.
II you don't believe there is hell now,
you Will later on. You will find later
on that what God told you was true,
and you will find out that you were
fool not to believe IL now. IT Is just
as true. whether you believe 1t or not.
Whatsoever things are true. think
on these things"
Wait n minute Law Is necessary.
! / wouldn't live in country where
there was no law, where every man
and woman was law unto them
! selves Laws are necessary so that
men and women may know what they
RAY and may not do, and the law lev
els a penalty against you IL you dis
obey the law. All laws amount to
: nothing without penalty. II there
was no penalty. you'd leave the Hood
gates OF iniquity open and panderno-
MUM would break loose. If there was
no penalty for breaking the law, some
/ fellow would kick you out OF your
home. He'd yank your diamonds from
/ your ears. He'd pick your pocket and
go up and shoot you.
! Great God, whenever men and wo-
! men become a law unto themselves,
/ then the white and the blue of the
old flag dissolve into red, and we have
! the red flag OF anarchy waving over
our land. Laws are necessary. but the
/ law would amount to nothing If ther4
were no penalties attached to the law
And if God had no penalty for your
living in sin, you'd scott and mock.
Men live in sin now and scon and
mock at God when they know the
penalty that viii come to them. They
do 1t anyway Great God. If they
are as bad as they are. knowing they
! are going 70 hell what would they
be if they didn't know it?
But" you say, "Biii, don't think
} could he comfortable in the he'll
! they tell about in the Bible
Hcii's Penalties.
God didn't make hell for you to be
comfortable in. Penalties, my friends
were not made TO conform to the com.
forts OF the criminal, No. no. tha
isn't IL at all You think you NIGH
be happy in hell where they had car
pet on the floor. electric light. cleo
trio fan. water and lemonade. icy lem
onade that you suck through straw
have the daily papers and periodicals
You think that would be all right
Wei. 1t isn't ft.ed up like a club
house, take it from me, You cam
have any water there.
Penalties are not made for the com
fort of the criminal. All unrepenan
sinners. big or little, rich or poor. viii
he lost. Are you foolish enough L
run the risk, and wake up at last II
rerditiou. through your failure Il
think or these things ''Whatsoevel
things are true think on these things
That is Nhat God wants you and ms
10 do. Now we arc all glad wher
some fellow mortal cuts bad out o