The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28


run the car with"
He goes Ia and raps Mt the door
and the liverfed servant opens tn
door.
Il want to see the girl"
'f'ass me not . gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry"
Goshi He spreads his old hlacl
wings and flops up and comes alonl
and LOOKS down and says. What i
that low. squat building over Their
With the tags ~fiy1nEl i Gee whiz
ii "a u. ). z q, &;ts1s ,,,ssa
Isrnsoiet I'm SURE" j had &nts 7laAsi
but LIN losing it fast"
| So tho devil in in the hospital now
A Costly Plan.
Matthew could see. He could ses
that II was costly to follow Jesus. Ii,
had gained nothing in his old lift
he could take with him, so he'd have
10 give up his Job with its glittering
prospects He could sec as he sa1
there In the presence of Jesus: he'd
begun TO see Jesus in the same light
., they have up in heaven. He saw he
was selling his birthrtght, selling his
soul He'd been making his money
but 1t was weight that would crush
out his manhood
IT wns like fellow that was
crushed under a ton of gold out Ia the
mint They had stacked the gold toe
high and 1t fell over.
Many man today Ia being crushed
by his prosperity, and l want to say
there is never any real profit in doing
wrong. You don't need to go to
church to know that it's wrong to
steal You can get all the proof you
want OF that by calling q man thief.
+ II IT was right and honorable to steal.
/ ana you called man 4 thief, he'd
walk up and smile and shake hands
with You and say. Thank you for the
com pltment old fellow"
/ A clerk went out TO get f1ve-doliar
Dill changed. and he met a eolored
man and no said, Have you got
change for Ave dollarS2''
! The old fellow said, mo, boss, but
| thank you for the compliment"
We all know It's wrong to lie.
That's why we have no use for hypo-
critics. and the man who lies In trade
Will sell you a domestic article and
! tell You it's imported: he viii tell you
its all wool when it's half cotton. So
we have no use for a fellow that lies
and cheats and schemes.
We ali know it's wrong to swear
II 1t wasn't we'd teach cuasing in the
public schools. If il wasn't wrong
to swear. why you'd consider it an
honor to introduce your boy to me
and say, Here's my boy; he's the best
cusser In this city
That's u disgrace. II tt was right
to swear. wed have cussin part OF
the curriculum OF our public schools
| Perhaps the face of his mother
came before him. She might have
been In heaven for years, but she
WAS with him long enough TO teach
him about Jehovah and God, and hs
could see how he was dishonorins
the memory of hts mother by the life
he was living and the job he had, ant
what wouldn't he give to be pure
innocent boy like he used to be DO
fore his mother went to heavenP
The presence of Jesus made it al
come back to him. II made all the
good in him cry out and beg for
chance for him to live, When "A maj
sees himself az God sees him, h,
hasn't one word to say why the judg
ment of God shouldn't fall on him
When you see you are 81 sinner
you've got no kick coming Their,
lis nothing In yourself that has an,
right to claim Gods mercy.
Matthew stood in the presence o
Jesus. lie realized what it was T.
be without Christ and without hope
and that brought him TO a quick de
ctsion and my text says he arose an
followed him.
How long ara IT taker How lon
Will 1t take yon to do anything afte
you make up your mind to do il
Don't tell me that man can't max
Ri instant decision that will pleas
God. Matthew decided instantly. II
pleased Christ for Jesus made hir
one OF his disciples
Wait a minute! Sitting at the degl
i WORKING hA
collecting taxes he was not disciple
but tho instant he arose h
was. That move changed his atti
! tode toward God, then. and Their
. he ceased to De evil and he com
j menced to do good
That's the salvation believe in
4 that's the salvation that I've got
8 that's the salvation / preach. That
r tho way to get that salvation, b
tfaith in Jesus Christ God ray.
4 let the wicked forsake his way.
; and the instant you do that, althoug
= you may have been lifelong sin
don't need TO struggle for hours, 70
days. for weeks. for month"; Who /
q man struggling wfth2
When God wants you tn DO RICH
and you are struggling to make Ii
your mind whether You win do it o
not, who are You struggling with
: God7 MOI You are struggling wit
; the devil. trying to break away tror
the devil. Oh, It ought to alarm yo
! because it makes you realize what a
!, awful grip tho devils got ON you
soul! You are struggling with tn
devfi. But after a man becomes
Christian ana the devfl ternpts hin
to fcrsakc God. then he fights whethe
he VIII Yield. then he's fightin
with God. because Gods spirit 4
trying to hold him from, yielding I
the devil. Then you can sec no,
much OF your life God has when tn
devil isn't able to get you to d
wrong.
Struggle with The Devil
But when God wants you TO a
right and you struggle, you are strug
cling with the devil. That shows 20
what an awful grip the DEVILS got Of
you. Who are you debating with. God
MOI You are struggling with the devil
with your evil nature in your life, no
with God Gods mind was made up be
fore the foundations Of the world wer
laid. The plan Of salvation was mad
before there WAS any sin. God knew
what he was going to do all through
=, the same as electricity was made be
I fore Tom Edison ever made N light
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