Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-09-24


England az this hour l answer without
fear Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Christ.
am not saying that tte majority OK
people have vet crowned Him. Let mo
take my illustration 10 the lowest level
Can YOU think OF any person in history,
dead or alive. or anv perscn IN 7iusginatve
literature, that will be talked of. and
Thought or end sung OF. and discussed,
Jesus Christi There Is ucs single theatre
IN Manchester or london that can run
Shakespcore's pays continually am
dad YOU look ignorant. end can assure YOU
I don't speak from any inside kuorledge.
but every one knows IL TO be true. There
Is not single thcatrc that can exist with
out variety. There must be change some
other genius than Shakespeare must DC
fortheorniny And yet. with all our wall
about the decadcncc OF the church and the
failure OF Christianity. every SUNDAY IN
Manchester more people are gathered to-
gether 20 sing the Old hymns and hear The
old scrinons-I bee your pardon. 20 hear
sermons on the old texts-and listen Ia
the Old. Old story OF the cross shan for any
other purpose
Let us benin with thc last. When Christ
was ms fond Of a phrase as He evidently
vas Of that phrase Follow Me- there
must hc some deem signihcat' ora an ~.
laye been going THROUGH nv New Testa-
n,cnt during the lost few mocths. tracing
thai phrase II has been a very interest
ing study Co see how constantly tnrist
used it ~ was the almost 1nrnct aoi ior-
: mula q lli. call 20 Individual -'u' Fol-
lo,s NJ"
ere Involved Neither of .lrm covers All
# ihc 1ra-,pe. tabcn alone. Ie,i o.e re-
srfrff
Firr.. 20 follow. J must truss SHALL
never Follow amy ore haven connochce
. in- I wrv TRUSS and vct DOS follow
Secondly NOS on.v Is trt-. necessary. but
I onr'.enrc s. urcce.rrr. Chr-t coufronts
Che ndiwdual soal hrrcnE tnot soul out
/ from the crowd. as -. IS caihnE some man
/ here tins morning. Tie says. Would you
! ir'-t Me. Then Obey Ne"
How ann J going Co DO itg What does It
f mc.n. thls trusting AND obcymgl Deny
ycar-eit. take pp ihc oFo~s--.-- "a seems
60 INC Shat IS lhc point which must he OBJ
/ served FIRST. that to dcnv sell is the only
/ way in which vlr can follow Christ. II CIV
I shall I follow lin. Deny thyselt The
two things arc fntima ely related. and 1t
/ seems % me that everything IS sand when
Follow Ne said and Yet e - neces-
earv 20 s1r the other M order 60 under
stand what TIE means hy following Him.
What IS 80 Christ calls me to- To deny
mv~clfi Not o. practice self-dcnial; that
IS q very cheap business, but 90 DENY self
very costly matter. lie says. Deny
/ yourself Listen no longer 10 the call OF
,ouf self but listen 20 Nv call. ie0n't con-
slider any more whether this thing VIII
minister TO Your pleasure or 30 your ag-
+ rrandizcment. or answer the CRY ct your
T ambition. But Nle first. Christ says,
/ DENY yourself and follow Ne. Put Me on
The throne ard dethrone yourself. Don't
Jet the Que son OF the morning be, What
! shall I like to do. but What viii Christ
have nae DO; not WIZ this pay nc. but VII
lt hasten the coming Of me -.rE4on OF
Goa Done let the unierlyinr. mastering
passion OF your lac b. your own scish
81 desire; crown Ne. follow Ne.
j. IS a supcratiyc call, and the call OF
Jesus Is always imperial. lie viii brook no
division o.. ycur loyalty, and that is what
. / Tie means. q" y On muse hate father. moth
tr. wife. child. That means that when the
soul comes into contact with Me / must be
absolutely first" Let me- stop here 10 saw
that Whenever soul Goes that zee gets
, bacl. a hunLredlold lands aud fields and
mother ard father and children. Jesus
r Christ said III must Zee hrst. and He has
never lowered That standard. and the re-
lrion that Is SIMPLY an aQ0cndum ls worth
Z nothing Co Him.
Jesus Christ comes and says. Deny
E Yourself" but there IS the other word,
. Take up She cross Vol. what is ~
. thrists crosst NO. No man can carry
F. Chus,'s cross. What theng Your own.
| What j. TINS CROSSE / DON'T think shat It
e i- ever tbe same IN two persons. The
& / cross is that in yocr hIe which Immediate
r lv costs Won something lt You crown
s. Oafst. There is "A bus ness man here TINS
b. nCiliur VINO 81 SAVING in Lis rClrt. Nv Ell,
a u that is Christianity, wal have % go
G bone and change my mc.lod oi business.
. lNtL ls Eorr cross. There "a a young man
d T here SAYS that. "if chat Is Christianity. #
10 means putting Christ nrst. then / VII
I have 90 90 home and give mp that compan-
G lonshin." That "a your cross. some one
& here saws, "If that Is what Christ means,
% that / ann not 90 listen 20 the cali OF my
i own lifc, j shall have 10 so home and say
3 j was wrong and confess my wrong 70
/ those 10 whom 1t Is so hard 10 confess a."
r. | That is your cross. And somebody else
/ SAYS. I'll that is Christianity ! shall have
q TO go back or my history, throw up every
n thing Z am dong and 20 into the minis
v / try That is YOUR cross.
e You know what yOur cross It. Don't let
& any one come and ask me. You know that
s. thing which right IN front of you tins
r. morning challenges your allegiance 90 Jesus
3 Christ. on cannot play tricks with q Od
r. You cannot deceive your own conscience
b when You stand la the clear light OF the
call of Christ. He says, Deny YOURSELF
n take up that cross land you know what #
d Isl and follow Me-
> But why are Christ's terms so drastic,
d For two reasons. First, no man ever gets
II 10 Christ but by the way OF the enthrOne
e ment of Jesus Christ. 1t IS possible TO adj
mire and cheer Him, possible to patronizt
.t Him and never TO know Him. IL IS noi
e the crowd that gets 20 Him, but the cross
II bearing soul. And If You read on You wll
- say, Nv hosOever would save his HE shal
II lost it; whosoever viii lose his life FOR My
x sake shall find it."
p Christ confronts the soul and says virtu
r ally this: You don't understand yoGr OWL
Io life dear heart. You cannot realize youi
Ie own kingdom. You cannot build your Owl
Ie character and ca-ve out your own destiny
" but 1 can do 1t, though i can only do a
Y when you have put Me absolutely on th'
10 throne for your own life's life For IA
IS founding and ennobling and developing
y YOU must come TO Me, and by the way O
r a whole-hearted surrender"
e. But there Is another reason why Chris
n , makes His terms drastic. He wants mer
and women upon whom lie can depend II
/ q 10 Ioy of lafylo 4 am nnfta S11ra thert