The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

LIST Cor. 3 3.
Should you receive message to-day
from Mr.. Rockefeller stating that you
were Immediately to be made fun
partner in all his vast business inter-
ests you would be startled and IN
and soon the Assoc
ciated Press would flash the news TO
the end of the earth, l have a more
tartling message than this for you.
One which will put at your disposal
greater riches and power than MIR.
Rockefeller could ever give you. and
put within your grasp greater victories
than Alexander ever dreamed of.
Listen. God told me to tell YOU that
YOU and | were to work with Him. be
His partners. Can you grasp it" The
greater God of the universe. the King
of Kings. infinite in power and know
ledge and love has taken you and me
into partnership with Him DO ] not
seem to see your shoulders staighten
aud Your eye brighten as the startling
nature OF the message dawns upon
YOU. | am not simply a clerk. me-
chanic. Il banker struggling along In
this world OF sin and suffering and I'M
certainty. | am a partner of the God
who holds the whole universe in the
hollow Of His hand As that flashes
through our minds the question arises.
il we are His partners what are we
going to do together? What work has
our Senior Partner. who brings to
bear upon the situation an infinite mind
mapped out for use CAS- | bring yeu
His message to-day. ! want 10 read
from time to time a few extracts from
some letters He has sent usl God. :
Our partner. 80 loved the world that
He gave Fits only begotten Son" What
for-~to make a lot Of money" Pri-
marily to make n great name tor hit}-
SELF He don't leave us TO guess,
Christ Jesus came into the world 10
save sinners" Into this the greatest
work before Him He threw His per-
sonal property. gave His Son.
Now we are getting our bearings
as to this partnership~~we are Labor
ers together with Him to save sinners.
In going into a partnerships there
are a number of important things 10 be
considered We have seen the object
of the partnership now
What are our resources?
ID A personal experience OF salYa-
ton. To introduce any book. any arti
Gle successfully you must first be TILED
with your subject, feel that IL Is the
best "He who does not feel the power
of the cross Will not be eager To have
others feel it,
90 Let US refer to- his letter again.
lie | am with YOU" What 81 resource,
the infinite God with you. What bet
ter equipment is needed than this that
God. all wise, all c6nstraining all pow
erfui. is with you every step !on take.
every move you make as fills partner
Why we can't possibly fail.
90 Our territory? The world, We
are not city, or state or South Atlantic
States agents but have all the world
90 How shah we be most successful ,
We are IL save sinners, how get best
results. Give them Jesus. And I. II
| be lifted up. will draw all men unto
me-" Can Wa be sure of this! THE
blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin >
Not only the guilt but the sin itself.
DO not we, the church. need that these
two extracts from His letter be read
over and over again to us. OH. how
often in the centuries gone has the
church seemed to forget. She, We
have lifted up science. and philosophy
and theology. and political agitations
and emotionaism. and Journalism in
stead Of Jesus Christ and Him ernci-
fed. Is II any wonder that there Is a
spirit OF unrest. u feeling that there
is something lacking? And so we run
hither and thither looking into this re-
ligion and that, this cult ana that for
the some thing when ii is "A someone.
We are not doing our work. We are
false TO our partnership. The mas
SEES have been crying for bread and
we have been offering oftimes q stone.
Il If | be lifted up" That's IT. We
need Jesus In our pulpiis, Jesus In
our pews. The editor who. after look