The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12

to prison.
That girl never would take the
path that led her to the redligh(
district. That fellow never would
take the path that led him to a
Let Him sr return my 'r "Ist HIM re re.
turn Every step the prodigai took
away from home was worse for him
and worse for the father, too. Oh.
sun smites like a two-edged sword
1t not only cuts the sinner. but II
cuts other people. too. God knows
It's bad enough folks, II only sinners
suffered. I'd work just as hard as
} do. II you were tho only one that
&c ~ z. r. - t-..ssf~ e.
hurt that girl to go down INTO the
life Of sin. 1t hurt her mother too.
| IT hurt her brother 1t hurt her
father. II hurts them, and they spend
sleepless nights. rolling upon pillows
OF fnsomnia@--oh. yesl
1t kurts that young man when ne
goes down the line with that God
forsaken gang. that gormandize on
virtue, and make 1icentfous comments
upon the symmetrical form and beau
tiful face Of every girl they meet
and sac upon the street. until he stag
T, gers into his mothers a<ms with the
dew Of youth still upon his brow
oh. 1t hurts his mother. too?
Sin cuts with two-edged sword.
1t cuts the guilty. 1t cuts the limo
cent. Let Him return. Let Him
return"
! 1t hurt that husband to be false
-, to his marriage vows, and his wife
gritting her teeth. with the tears
rolling down her cheeks-she is
hurrying to a premature grave,
rather than to make public the dis
grace and bring it upon the family,
| be applying for a divorce. So. inch
by inch, che is nearing the grave,
Hurt that husband ?--on. it hurt that
wife. who swore amid the perfume Of
the orange blossoms. to be true as
long as she lived.
Sin cuts like two-edged sword
! Nothing il more true than that a
sinner destroys not only himself but
another person who is good. It Ia
alleged that lack OF proper insuia-
| ton OF the electric wires caused the
burning Of the Iroquois theater in
Chicago. If that is true, then the
full disaster couldn't have done more
harm II he had gone down In to the
audience with a dynamite stick and
a torch He couldn't have wrought
more destruction by his neglect
| 1t isn't necessary to lie. II isn'e
necessary to steal, to be a drunk
ard. or gambler or a thief. nor q
harlot to be sinner--oh, mol An
sin starts at the same root. and
Every burglar rejects Christ. Every
anarchist rejects Christ. Every
murdered rejects Christ, Every thief
rejects Christ. Every prostitute re-
jects Christ-oh. it all starts at the
same root. rejecting Jesus Christ, no
matter what 1t may come to after .
while. it starts there!
The fellow who spat in the face
of Jesus Christ. the Jew that did.
who cried. Cruelty Him" rejected
Him Isl much az the fellow who hurl-
ed the stone as He went down the
street. They all yelled, Cruelty
Him. Although they didn't need to
open their lips. they did 1t by their
acts. They rejected Jesus Christ
The old God forsaken, infam GUS
Pharisee, that folded his ar1ns over
his seif-righteous. black heart, cried.
Cruelty Him." just as much ~ the
drove tho nails through His hands
and through His feet. and put tho
crown OF thorns upon His brow.
Not 10 let Jesus Christ come into
your heart-oh. it means that that's
your crowd and you are standing
with them! MY God! anybody here
that hasn't sense enough to know
that It's foolisht God lets you OUT
on the grounds that you are an idiot
stand with bunch that will rejece
Jesus Christ? Haven't you got gump-
ton enough to see II?
Let Him Return"
Let Him return. Let Him FOR
sake and return" He win have
mercy upon him. sir. Don't make
the fatal error. There are many
who have lost their way. The road
was plain at FIRST. He could have
boards carefully. Now it's too late.
too late! He il lost Oh. shout.
groan. shrek. cry the words. lost.
lost, wouldn't do 1t.
Let Him return" He's lost his
goal He never will get hack to the
path. The task he started out to
perform viii never be done. Nobody
can do it. but ne. Others who start
ed when he did have reached their
They are victorious. He has lost his
chance! He had chance, had \
blessing that would have warmed his
heart when the days dusty tramp was
over. Oh, but ne has lost his way.
he has missed his goal! He Wouldn't
crrn back. He wouldn't yield to Jesus
Christ
The path seemed to be all right.
but it proved to he ali wrong. he
ran hard. He ran fast. He spsna
a good deal OF time in running 70
reach his goal but night overtooN
him. and ne tripped and fe,l. He
sought to catch himself. but he
couldn't do It and he plugged over
the precipice into an unseen abys&
It was Deaths Canyon. and hi BODY
lies bleeding and mangled, crushed.
in Dead Mans Gulch. Hie bones are
bleaching there. and the jakals and
the hyenas and the coyotes are howl.
ing about It.
He would no, forsake hh way.
Let Him return unto the Lord"
Ie will have mercy. You win b.
filled with Joy. and there II no Joy
like the joy that comes from know
Ing that your sins are forgiven, ana
tina. God win blot them out.
Down in an eastern city lived q
very brilliant man, a lawyer. He
was q skeptic. and he liked to 90
to hear a certain preacher, who was
also a brilliant man. This preacher
was doing everything he could to