The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-05-01

JuSL I0en the QOOT OpenSu anu al
old devil came staggering in out of
the storm and the snow. He had a
straw hat on, dirty and worn; he had
torn shirt on, and old dirty shoes;
eyes blood-shot, corners of his eyes
full of matter, vermin wriggling over
him. / said: ''Do you see that poor
old devil? There was a time when he
stood where you stand with as good
job as you have and as good a suit
of clothes as you have on. And you
go up and ask that old bum If he
ever intended to be a bum"
Friend Laughs at
Experience.
When he started out he walked
over to the bartender and said: Can
you give a poor old bum drink of
whisky?" and the barkeeper poured
out a glass Of whisky, and, shaking,
he threw it down with a gulp. He
shrugged his shoulders and headed
out into the storm. My friend laughed
at me because l called the matter to
his attention.
One year later / stood on the cor
ner of Madison and Clark streets in
| front of where the Morrison hotel
stands now-it was clothing store
then-giving out tickets inviting men
| to come to Fargo Hall to a meeting
down there. Down through the snow
came a drunken fellow, eyes blood
shot, face dirty, clothes greasy and
ragged. 1 recognized my friend that
gave me the ha ha. The year before
he had lost his job in the Chicago &
! Northwestern Railroad general offices.
There he was, common hobo, going
/ from place to place for a handout.
! The devil doesn't allow you to stop
and think that every Indulgence in a
sin weakens your power Of resistance.
Christian character-oh, that's your
capital That's what you do business
onI That's what enables a man to
90 to bank and borrow money with
out somebody going as security on the
motel
! Christianity is character. There is
big difference between character
and reputation. Your reputation is
what people say about you and think,
but your character is what God and
your wife and the angels know you to
lbe. Oh, there's many man has a
reputation for being a good, noble,
I, upright sort of a man, whose heart is
as black as tar, and whose character
would make a black mark on a lump
of coal So there's big difference
between character and reputation!
| Had Utmost Confidence
In Evangelist
! Years ago was out in Terre Haute,
Indiana. / was out there helping in
series of meetings, and 1 had oc-
casion to go to a bank to get some
silver change l was admiring the
/ beauty of the bank when 1 was intro
duced to the vice president, Mr.. Nc
! Cormick. They had a mosaic floor,
| beautiful tapestry on the walls, and
the furniture was mahogany. l said:
"Why, we haven't anything as fine
/ as this in Chicago!"
! He said, "You don't tell me! We
are proud of our vaults, too" he said,
| haven't you seen them|
i | told him that I hadn't, and he
opened up the vaults and let me in.
/ | wandered from one to another. !
could have filled my pocket full of
SO bills IL had wanted to. Nobody
| looked at me. Why did they trust me
in their bank vaults? They knew that
was down there preaching the gospel
! of Jesus Christ, and any man that be
lieves and lives the gospel of Jesus
i Christ is trustworthy wherever you
/ will put him.
! There was a time in my life when
a man wouldn't trust me to hold a
yellow dog on a street corner for him.
Well, what are some men doing to
get ready for the judgment? Re
joice, oh, young man, in your youth
and let thy heart cheer thee in the
days of thy youth"
4 Go ahead hit it up if you want to;
but know now that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment!
You say: Pm an old man, ready tC
i, die, and 1 don't believe in God"
Well, you believe in that much Of
it anyway. 1t is appointed unto mar
once to die. You believe that! II
that's true, then the rest of it is true
If that's a. lie, then the rest Of it is
lie. You can't get around it by any
logic. 1t is appointed unto man once
; to die. And the Bible says: "but after
death, Judgment" so you have got t.
admit that that's true too; that yor
, stand ready for 1t when you leave the
world.
, What Are You
Doing to Get Ready7
ii But what are some fellows doins
l find there are some who are living
t only for money. oh, there are fel
+ lows whose entire idea of life is one
! long continued. busy tangle from
: morning till night! The gambler sells
! his soul for money, the saloon keeper
y sells his soul for money-oh, the gir
will sell her virtue for money, and th'
burglar will crack your safe to stea
what he didn't have the manhood o.
s the grit or ambition to earn, and thu
: get-rich-quick fellow will float fax
! mining stock to pick your pockets o
!. money because the dirty dog coul(
= not earn 1t himself; or some fellow
: will forge a note to draw money ou
7 of the bank because he can't maxi
q good under his own name. And so ;
+ girl, I say, will sell her womanhooC
! and try to justify her sins on th'
). grounds of her needs.
: Do you mean to say that any man.
needs are tantamount with any O
: those things? Do you mean to sa.
f fthe qualification of his desires ar
4 tantamount to the moral law? D.
|. you mean to say that because h
+ wants a suit of clothes that that
tantamount to sticking a gun unde
I your nose?
d The Bible hasn't one word to sa
d against success. The Bible applaud
n success. The Bible has no quarre
a with success. The Bible says tha
It The man that doesn't provide for hi