Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-19
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Just to forgive us our sins and 10 cleanse
us from all unrighteousness." Jesus
Christ knew how to preach, brethren,
and Jesus Christ neGer touched that
subject to but one man. an inteiligsnt
mar. who staggered back and asked,
&" Why, how can this thing bss" Jesus
just waved him of, seemingly sorry
that he had mentioned the subject at oil.
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lam not going to run the grand old
ship Of Zion about ten niles from shore.
am going 10 bring her 10 the land.
+ Ten million sinners might look At tho
old ship away Off and say, There she
is, but can't get to her, for i'll tried TO
swim to her | would drown" Brother,
T brother, Let's run the old ship in until
/ her keel strikes the shore. Tell the
! world, "All aboard This grand old
ship is going by - You can't get the
old ship OF Zion too close TO sinners
hear that;
Talk about Ingersoll. never met an
intelligent man yet that had been
damned by Bob lngersoll. The only
difference between Bob lngersoll and
any other fellow running aleE him is
this Bob lngersoll plays the fool Cor
sl,500 a night, and this little fellow
runs after him and plays the fool for
nothing and boards himself. (Great
laughter. AnG tell YOU Bob Inger-
soil is going TO continue to play that
kind of fool as long as this country
gives him $500 a night TO insult God
and ridicule His precious Word F; and
yet you go to hear him. II | had a
dog to 90 and hear him would kill
him. Laughter lie couldn't come
to my house any more. lie was TO
have been here next Sunday, but his
throat is sore.
IL have defrauded no man in any
business transaction" Brother, le, US
lock into this and do what il says; do
what you say you'll do, and quit de-
fTauding men. Brother, hear me
man who has $50, 1000, sl00, 900, riding
in 1900 carriage and living in .
| s25, 600 house, driving down the streets,
meets a poor old widow from whom
ne has stolen. tell you jf there
is any hell its for that kind
Of man. There's no use talk
ing. III tell you another thing. There
are too many men in this country board
ing with their wives. Laughter No
doubt about that. Let me tell YOU
another thing-when the fellow does a
clean thing, God Almighty will stand by
him. lie will give you three square
meals every day if lie has to put the
angels on one-third rations. Let's DO
right and defraud no man, and We will
have righteousness, peace, and JOY.
Well, | have talked considerably over
an hour. did not intend to. But
hear ne let's think about these things.
tell you | never--l tell you never
want to see revival in Cincinnati any
more, or anywhere else. that isn't bot
toned on bedrock. Let's 90 down
until you hear your boot-heels grating
and grinding against the Rock Of Ages.
None Of your cornstalk reyiyals.
We want the sort Of reyiyals that will
make men do the clean thing. II We
can have that sort Of revival | want 10
see it--but not cornstalk reyiyals. Do
you know what cOrnstalk revival is?
Well, if you were to pile up lot Of
cornstalks as high as this house
and burn them up, there wouldn't
be a hOdful OF ashes. We want
revival Of righteousness we
want a revival of honesty; We
want revival of cleanness and purity,
Of debt-paying, Of prayer-meetings, Of
family prayer, and Of paying ous bro
theirs a little more salary. reckon,
Doctor turning to DR.. Joycel, they're
paying you all yOu are worth, but !
want them to give you something.
/ Laughter. That's the sort Of revival
We want. The Lord give us this sort a.