The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-21

! made myself one; il I'm an idiot,
somebody else is to blame"
And so whenever l hear an infidel
proclaiming his belief, l wonder II
he will send for his infidel brother to
see him die.
No, the chances are he will send
for the preacher around the corner to
try and help him get glimpse of God
before he dies.
And l will put this old book (the
Bible) against all the books of the
world. 1t has survived the ravages of
time, all the sophistry and criticism
of the ages, all the sarcasm OF human
ity and the blasphemy of Ingersoll, oh.
and the telescope, my friends, of the
astronomer, and the psychologists
spade, and the physicians scalpel-
but the Bible, thank God, is too tough
for the tooth of time.
! They all break when they attempt
to crush Gods word into pulp.
| 1t is not an accident, Christian men
and women, that places the Christian
f, nations in the forefront of the world
| 1t is something more than race, clim
ate and color which causes the people
that live on the banks of the Missis
| sippi and on the banks of the Nile to
be so different.
/ Christianity has touched our minds
We solve more intricate problems
Christianity has purified our hearts
Christianity has broadened our shoul
ders, has rescued our homes from be
ing harems and turned them into
abodes of peace and joy.
Thirty years ago, one dark ant
stormy night in Chicago, l staggered
and groped my way into the arms o.
Jesus Christ, and with the Holy Spiri
AS my Guide, l entered that wonder
full temple, Sir, we call Christianity
as friend of mine has put it, II en-
tered into the portico of Genesis,
went down through the Old Testamen
art gallery and / saw the pictures o
the prophets of old hanging upon thu
wall. l passed into the music room o
Psalms and the spirit of God touched
the keyboard of my nature ant
; brought forth the dirge-like wall 0
the weeping prophet to the grand, i'm
j passioned strains of Isaiah until
! seemed that every reed and pipe il
Gods great organ responded in
tuneful harp of David.
Il passed into the business office O
Proverbs and into the chamber of Ec
!; clesiastes where the voice of tn
: Preacher was heard proclaiming tn
} righteousness of Jesus Christ; an
then into the conservatory where tn
, Song of Solomon was as sweet as tn
: perfume of the Rose of Sharon; O
/ out to the observatory where / saV
/ telescopes pointing to the nearby an
the far-off stars but all concentrate
} upon the bright and morning sta
{ scheduled to rise above the moonli
3 hills of Judea when Jesus Christ wa
born in the manger.
' Il went into the auditorium {
: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John an
4 | caught a vision, from their stanc
r point; | stepped over into the Act
: of the Apostles where l saw the Spir
} forming the church. l walked into tn
correspondence room where / sa7
: them writing their epistles to tn
church; on into the throne ROOF
where all glittered in towering pea
the city revealed to John"
, Oh, can say to this audience, sill
! Thou, truest friend man ever knew
Thy constancy I've tried,
With all the false, found Thee tru
My councillor and guide.
"The mines of earth no treasures Civ
: That can this volume buy;
: In teaching me the way to live
It's taught me how to die"