The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-02

are right. there is but one God and
there il none other but he; and 70
love him with all the heart, aoI
all the soul and With all tho strength
and to love his neighbor as himself.
- more than all whole burnt o'fer-
inEs and sacrificesl'
3 How 1t mus have stii red and re-
freshed the heart of Jesus Christ to
Ef1nd ~ 1,t'''af' -Ife% = l4A..yy,, =. ,seribq
and sust a high Ideal Of w'h.s lesus
7 VI as trying TO f'eseen sil,, people with
AS q leader among the Jews. one with
such clear idea of the truth.
would to God we had more of
such men Is this young Jew for he
would put 10 shame the silly, empty
headed frivolous chaps of today.
II Jesus Christ ere or earth today
and II he would de!gn--I dou't
know that ire would stGop to 60 it.
but II he would deign to notice
nigh church people, he would say:
thou art not far from the Kingdom
of God"
4 No honest man or woman Is left
: In the dark, Some skeptics arc ar
gume ntative, They are religious
pugilists. Their hands are against
every man Stop fighting against
man stop fighting against God
you are q fool.
I'VE up 70 the light tina he had.
Thera was nothing friyJlous about
m lie was not e smart Alec"
40 fhow how smart he was. he de
sired to know the will of God. and
suct fell is never left In the
dark, bella me.
! Thou art not far from the ktrg-
dom OF God. Ali hts qua Titles
( brought r!s soul nearer, but they did
not take him In. Don't Imagine YOU
are al right because you are SO near
Mulutudes are SO close you could take
look into heaven. You have got to
take the last step.
| think his morality and hts ren-
tility were III his favor. lust as yesy@
said hat the publican and the har-
lot would precede the mora MAJ inc
heaven. What he meant oas that
/ IL isn't go hard to convince a publj-
can or harlot that he or al g needs
Jeeus Christ II Is hard. though 10
convice "a moral. vIrtuous. respectable
and refined man that lie needs to be-
born again.
| So Jesus said. All tia publi~ens
and tho harlc+s will so into rc7veu
before you" Why ecsuse tt,ev
could ne brought to tanl that e ey
needed Jesus Christ before rbs nth
! ere. and repent before The mo,ali man
would repent
+ Whoever VIII repent W. &C IN. hid
,ha last one 10 feel that hey need
Jesus Christ is lhs refined court QUA
man or woman. and they think that
the preacher that tells them they aeed
Jesus Christ is a fool.
I Don't condemn him Don't cen
denim me-. You can't prove that what
/ / preach is not IN the Rlbie : tcU
! YOU another thing. II ii detesta pic
! II not o'asphemous. If that man Lad
/ been u bum, a ruIp hound and vile
Tou car oet your sweet lie that Jesus
/ Christ would never have said. Thou
art not far from the kiugdom OF Cod"
No. str,
| have heard that on hasized -
church and I have heard II enapha-
sized in missions where so many have
been converted.
| God will save drunkard quio'.er
than he will sober man? That is
a lie. That In not true Bur you
may be able 20 convice the dfunkards
that they need jesus Christ quicker
than you can conviee the other fell
low
The publican and the hariot will
so into the kingdom CT heaven before
you do
Must Publicly Take Your Stand.
Your morality is TO be admired. II
Is the best thing outside OF reLgion,
but il Is no religion and IL is not
enough. You must confess Jesus
Christ and publicly take your and
What you might gard as mora. the
Lord wouldn't. And It IL Gods stand
ard that unally has 10 be met.
You may say to me, isn't that q
small thing 70 keep me out of
lheaven?" I've never had the audac-
ity 10 sit In Judgment on the DEGREES
of God. Tho only law of salvation !
know Is his law You wouldn't think
/ pass to cross the ocean. with a COM
pass 1t can go to Liverpool AMI no;
deviate two miles from its route un~
less driven out OF Il by storms
(~4 Gods law Ia the compass: the plan
OF redemption is the best thing
That's why God gives f. It's the
only thing
You say It was mighty small
thing for him TO drive Adam and Eve
out OF the Garden OF Eden because
they ate the forbidden fruit. 1t was
not for that that he drove them out
1t was because they were rebeliious
against God. Don't argue with the
Lord on the proposition Don't do
that You yield to Christ and see
where you will come
! The ten commandments are not
ten laws, but one law and II you
break one part OF II you are guilty
OF all. because that shows yon care
nothing for the others.
| A fellow may steal and then not
swear. but whatsoever keeps the whole
law with but one exception IL an Of
fender. II am bound by a chain of
one hundred links. and one liz K
! breaks. am gone. II l break one
commandment, / am a sinner, away
/ from God. / trampie his law under
my feet You have heard many ser
mons. my friends. and YOU can't plead
Your ignorance. God has designed
that through preaching men shouia
know that there Is a way to be saved,
and that through faith in Jesus Christ.
| /, is said Aaron Burr, when twelve
years old made application at Prince
ton university to be admitted as a
sophomore. The rules forbade that
any one under fourteen should be -tc-
ceptcd. When he was thirteen years
and six months old he PISSED the ex-
animation. They suspended the rules
and admitted Aaron Burr. When he
was sixteen years Of age. he graduated
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