Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-02
W. S. GOLDEN TALKS ON
'LONG-FACED' CHRISTIANS
There Is Place in World for
Him, Although He Is OBJ
icct of Derision.

Rev w. S. Golden preached at
Westminster Presbyterian Church
last night on. The Serious Minded
Christian" He said. in part:
Few good things have ever been
said for the so-callcd long faced
Christian He has been the object
OF too much derislon. There is "a
place in the world for him. a buoy
ant spirit il splendid, but SO, also,
Is a burdened spirit. Tears are APP
propriate in many places where
laughter would be disgraceful. We
sometimes weep for very joy. but
nothing can be worse than u mis-
placed lauEh-at funeral. for In
stance. doubt whether It is true
TO say that the Master was the hap
piest man who ever lived He was
n Man OF Sorrows. and acquainted
with grief He didn't go through life
as a hale fellow. we'll met; he was
despised and rejected of men, Ills
visagc was SO marred more than any
man, and his form more than the sons
of man His great heart was broken.
and drops Of blood came bursting
from His brow in agony for the sins
OF others Some considered Him the
great kill-to OF His people, because
He said things like this. %. Jcru
salem, Jerusalem, thou that killest
the prophets. and stonest them that
are sent thee
'In the passage read tonight. we
read OF the palace courtyard of an
ancient emperor. where the floor
was of red and white, yellow and
black marble. hung with white and
blue and green. fastened with purple
and fine linen to pillars of marble.
y hundred and eighty days of feast
Ing have Just ended. Outside the
gate stands a man who has on his
heart no less a burden than the de-
creed doom OF his people. He can
sackcloth might enter within the
Kings gate In the year 1857 an
archacologist dug out the remains of
that once gorgeous palace from the
ruins o: more than 1900 years. When
Marie Antoinctte was married at Yer
sailles. every blind, crippled and af-
1icted person was moved off the
streets of Paris through which she
was to pass, lest she should see them
Her wedding was tho last ever solcm-
nized In the beautiful chapel at YER
saiilcs, and her dynasty is gone from
power.
There is another king. Of whom
1t is written: The government shall
ne upon his shoulders. and his name
shall he called. Wonderful. Counsel
lor. Mighty God, Everlasting Father.
Prince of Peace IT is written, of
the increase of his kingdom there
shall be no end And again it is
written, His kingdom is an everlast-
ing kingdom. and his dominion en-
dureth forever
Did any guard stand TT His gate
keeping out those clothed in the gar
mcnts of grief? His decree is Bless
ed are they that mourn. for they shall
be comforted Come unto ME, all We
that labor, and are heavy laden, and
Will give you rest.
Not every sad countcnance we sec,
not every discouraged voice we hear
is the product of that Pharasaic pre-
tence which the Savior numerically
condemned. 1t may be grief over sin,
and the sin may be yours or mine.
1t may be conscience. Puritanic con-
science. IL you please. Would God
we had more of IL. we need moro
consciences that cannot be happy or
at rest with many things as they are.
The sad countcnance may be the prod