The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-31
PASTOR SAYS GOSPEL
IS A BUNCH OF KEYS
Rev. @. p. Ryiand breaches Interest
ing Sermon to Unusually Large
Crowd.

| A large congregation heard Rev. G.
| p. Ryland preach on "A Bunch OF
Keys" in East End Baptist Church
yesterday morning. The sermon was
one of the most interesting ones hearo
| in the church in some time. The SER
mon. in part, follows:
The gospel Is a huge bunch o.
keys Every word in Ii is key word /;
every sentence in 1t Is a key sentence;
every command key command. and
every standard a key standard. with
out these keys many doors in human
and church life will remain closed and
locked. Without the right key lock-
ed door will remain locked, because
it cannot be opened without injury to
both lock and key, and also mutilation
to the door itself.
BY way of illustration the speaker
called attention to the bunch of keys
of the farmer the merchant and the
housekeeper. On the gospel bunc
of keys is to be found a key for every
condition and circumstance OF hu-
man life The following Is brief out
line of the sermon:
| 81. The prayer key:
| "As a key. prayer unlocks two very
important doors to the Christian-the
door to Christian peace
lit SiAillCi must uSt AlltS hGg "IlNIi
in search, of heart and soul peace.
The Christian must use this key when
In search of that peace which be,
longs to the Christian. which the
world cannot give and cannot take
away
THE church needs to use this key
when it is in search of peaceful voy-
age of life.
Churches and indiv' duals have ex-
perIences that they would not have
ought to have. and could not have II
! the shining key of prayer was prop
erly used.
[ THE prayer key opens to it's door:
| "(2) To Christian power A lack
| of Christian power is always due Il
the fact that the door between the
Christian and the power they need Is
locked. If we do not believe thai
the prayer key will unlock the door
to Christian peace and power, il
means We have not tried it. God wants
US to give him a better evidence thai
what He says Is not true, than simply
what we believe about it. Jesus said
Ask. seek and knock and these acts
will bring peace and power.
The Humility Key.
| Humility Is one OF the finest OF
Christian graces.
''Chrysostom said: Humility is the
root, the mother the nurse. the
foundation and the home of all virtue
The humility key unlocks two very
important doors in church and in.
dividual Christian life.
| The door to Christian exaltation:
| THE besetting sin of many people
is that Of straining every nerve te
exalt themselves.
| HE that humbleth him shall bt
exalted is the language of the Christ
I'VE need an exaltation, whose
| Foundation is humility, whose struc
ture Is humility. whose wonderful con
servatfon Is humility. Humility is no
only a key, but II is the queenl,
grace. on whose brow God places thu
diadem of Christian exaltation. This
humility key unlocks the door Il
Christian exhortation.
Paul, magnified Christian exhorta
ton to a very marked degree. Pau
used and urged to be used two kind
of Christian exhortation:
THE ordinary or usual kind. Ht
urged Titus to exhort the aged mer
and women in. the church. To ex
hort the young men and young womer
in the church.
| Humility as a key will help us al
to open new doors of life and living
Then when Paul was making hi
voyage TO Rome, ne brought 10 ligh
what might be called an emergenc.
3exhortatfon.
AT the critical moment. when i
looked as If all would go down to {
watery grave. Paul, said, Now I ex
hort you to be of good cheer, for th'
Iangei OF the Lord. whose l am anC
whom I serve. has told me that M
life shall be lost There Is great meek
for Christian exhortation along a.
high and holy lines,