Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
SERMON IN PARAGRAPHS.
LINES AND SENTENCES

LINED ANU SEN ENCGS
You are witness for Christianity.
and yet you priests OF God can lead no
man nearer God than YOU have reached:
you can teach him no more than you
have experienced. than you have be
licvcd. have never had priest como
10 me and say. send me where won't
he known 40 long as ! can make Cod
known" Few priests have "A passion
for witnessing for Christ as an artist
has passion for painting. "A musician
for music. Until Christianity has tho
best OF our love and the best Of our
lives IL cannot be effective against the
passions which characterize this age
bishop WoodCock
The leading Of the spirit and common
sense go together. There is danger OF
our using what think is common
sense. without any leading of the spirit
ON the other hand. there is danger Of
our mistakenly surprising that every
impulse or prompting Is from the spirit
it is here that God would have us
use common sense. with prayer. to dis
cover whether tho prompting is from
God or from self. or from Satan. Satan
can give US promptings IN good d,rec-
lions, even IN the direction OF soul
. lead only 20 lack Of result and con-
seIuent confusion, uncertainty. dis
couragemcnt ana unbelief
The pastoral instinct is the greatest
evidence % the Good Shcnherd II
mover came into the world until he
came. Tn. hospitals OF today are the
greatest evidence of the great physi-
clan. and this living tide Of service
which we see Is the greatest evidence
of one who laid down His NE for Hts
sheep -BshUp Ingram.
Forget not all the sunshine Of the way
H. which the Lord hath led thee; an
swered prayers.
Aud Joys unasis"d. strange blessings.
lifted cares
Grand p:omise-.choes Thus thy life
on" record ar Ills lov. and taithrulness
/" thee.
Francis Ridley Havergal.
Wlen an angel vas sen; to minister
l" weary Elijah. /, was not with rebuke
cruise ~ water AID e cake bakcn on
the GOALS The ministries we hesitat.
:" Offer. because they seem 50 small.
MAJ bc OF more worth than wc think.
New Guide.
My position IN life is a trus, given
me 10 use for Him. II ever weakly
sag 10 myself that would do much
more good were I In a better position
! for doing Il. must remember that the
only possible way or proving that TO
70" true is my doing all the good I can
ma tn" position ! occupy nov-R.y
% ~ Knight
No'hiuc Will cure the wild license
Of N" are hut tho authority and dis
rin'tne OF The church voluntarily sub
i"it'"u I" ~ 'hc humble Christian
=
thr"pi' o.: philosophical or reforming
host'nm that can he substituted ro-
ih.S divine cure.-Re:. r g. Ever p n
Th" rue mastery % our passions
docs no. mean Their ruin. hui ,bojr
night us" lie has gained no yictorv
VINO mas killed "a man: i, is onl,. when
u" mas converted him tina; he can TAN,
81 success Floyd ". Tomkins. n. D
You viii find As He goes on. that
a." amount OF ,iInc YOU sp.rd ,Iono
with God. and with your o,v, so,,,
mas no hti!s to do with Your comfor,
an" Your strength aud YOUR frri,,,,,-
ness DE-. Alexander White
Dur comforts, when traced bac&. arc
seen TO have been obtained bv 10 -
ger and cold and LONELINESS ~ -,,,n
"r"us bencfactors. whose works ren.I,
i,nouSh their names have disappeareJ -
. Henderson
~" needs no Other rosary vboso
urea" OF liie is strung win The hnsds
81 i"Ve and thought. sir John I.ub9
i.'ie-,he frailest thing in the world
Is an mat is between US and hen ~.
n"aven--Pascal ''e'' VI
he minds the standard o. Tho ,r,
Isaac Watts man.