The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-01
Think on These Things
Sermon preached Friday night January 81 by Rev Billy
Sunday
Sunday

There Is nothing harder seemingly
! IMAM 10 get people to stop and mink
| Of things that are of great in,por-
lance. That IS why they arc wretchei
To-Day, In poverty. That IL why "A lot
| or people are In squalor and want
they didn't do the thinkirt and the
planning that they should have done
yesterday. That ls why people arc
going to the devil in n1ultitudes That
IS why mon are becoming drunkards.
That is why they are becoming
thieves II is because they are care.
less OF their com panions. and they
| don't stop to think OF the ultimate
end.
They WON'T stop to consider the
warning that God has placed hesove.
them That is why we have railroad
wrecks, steamship wrecks Somehody
was careless somebody sent the
wrong order, somebody didn't read the
order right. somebody left the switch
open, somebody was careless and neg
ligent
Some ore didn't guard a small hre
| that they had kindled. A bucket. az
water would have put i. out. bur the
wind famed II and caught the pine
cones and dry shruhhcrv and DESTROYED
standing timber worth thirteen uFs;-
lions of dollars in Idaho and Montana
and burned Ave hundred peopln to
death
Somebody started 3 small fire nm In
Northern Minnesota years ago nod
didn't throw little water on II. Tho
wind famed II and II ran ana burned
me 'o"h OF Hfnckley, Mimi, and six
other towns; DESTROYED pronertv
worth thfrty-five millions OF dollars
LEFT thousands Of people homeless ana
burned Ave hundred TO death. Some
oody didn't think: somebody was care
| less
Last year one hundred and seventy
I SIX rhorSand letters wen. 10 the dess
letter office In Washington every week
peo6use somebody didn't think to lick
= postage stamp or put the right adj
nress on the envelope.
oh, Won needn't laugh ~ cost
Uncle sam hundreds of Thousands OF
dollars for clerk hire, and ne had to
tax somebody to get the money 20
pay It. Somebody had to nav for
yonr carelessness: you didn't Some.
hodv had to do II.
Whatsoever thing. are true. mink
on these things" Now, wealthy
store-keeper out In Indiana went on q
long trip on a train. To while away
the time, he bought 4 book and
started to read r.. He was struck with
a passage In this book, which said. ssIf
a man were falling from A tan bu,ld.
ing. he would be as much lost after ne
had fallen the frst foot az when he
struck the ground"
He said, '"rhat is true. am lower
this year than last am LOSING se,f-
control. ] am losing self-reyprcf
woman will come into INV sfore "a
trade with me, ana win let her n
across the street just because 7 vnnt
to take a drink Of liquor. nav
fumes Of whfskey on my breath when
wait on her. although I knew that
that will drive her 70 some other store
am deaf 10 tho piesdinxs Of my VII.
and my friends"
He cried unto the LORD. vas eon.
verted and sent his name rinrinn
throughout that part Of the stAte Ne
cause Of his deeds OF philanthropy
and Kindness and work FOR the 49,.
ton NJ men. He took time "a fhirn
Of the Godless way that he was ~
Ing. and ne turned his feet Is thn
Lord. s., M
THINGS Thaa Ar TSna
WANT you - think IN =. ~ thfn6II I.
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