The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-26


preacher said TO him: There Is one
: man in town that l wish you could
see while you are here. He Is a
blacksmith and he 10 a leader When
they were passing the blacksmith
shop vassar said. Here, take my
grip and Ia ten inmates he had the
blacksmith on his knees crying for
God
HE went to the hotel, where they
were going to be, and ne stepped into
the reception room or parlor. and
there sat a lady. and he went up to
her and said. Are you a Christian
and ut first she was inclined to be
insulted. and said. What do you
mean? But he talked to her so kind
ly OF Christ that presently she wac in
tears. and he left her in prayer, and
soon after her husband came in, and
he saw that she had been crying, and
he said What Is the matter7 Has
someone insulted your And she said,
No, but the queerest little old man
was In here, and he asked me IL
were a Christian And he said,
wish / had been here; | would have
told him to mind his own business
And she said Husband. he was mind
lrg his own business; he was getting
someone for God That man and wo-
man became Christians and became
2 "
Get Out of Rut.
Are you lonesome7' someone ask
ed n nghtkeeper of the coast of Mas
sachusetts, Are you lonesome And
I he said; i was lonesome until a ship
was wrecked on this coast. and l res
cued twelve men and women. and
since that time l have never been
lonesome. because now l am constant
! " on the alert to see II someone else
needs help Are you lonesome?
Some people sit in the church pews
until they are widowed and never
ask anyone to come to the God OF
ds, Get out OF that rut. Some
people think II Ia beneath their dig
nifty TO do personal work for God. l
asked one lady why she didn't do
personal work. and she said; You
know l am a Congregationalist. ana
you know we don't believe in It
Well, said, God does would
rather be a Christian than a Congre-
+ gationalist / would rather be a
Christian than a Presbyterian. a Meth
odist a Baptist or an Episcopalan
Lots of people are members of
church who are not Christians. 1t
ought to mean that when you are a
church member you are a Christian
but II don't mean IT with everybody
The terms ought to be synonymous
bat they aren't. Everybody that Is a
Christian Is a member of a church.
but everybody that 10 a member of a
church Is not q Christian The fet-
low that tells me that he can live a
! Christian life outside OF a church ]
AVE no use for; | have no faith in
him. He can't
III It is beneath your dignity to
do personal work. then you are above
your Master. II you are not willing
70 do what He did. don't call Him
your Lord The servant is not greater
than the owner of the house. The
chauffeur is not greater than the own
err OF the automobile. The servant on
the railroad Is not greater than the
owners of the road. Certainly they
are not greater than our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Get Converted First
"a woman said. DO you think my
blindness will hinder me in personal
work? p NO, think II will be "a
come to you who will offer you their
sympathy, and that will give you an
opportunity to talk to them and In
vite them TO become Christians She
So a: But, oh. won't my blindness pre-
vent me from standing on the plat
form and speaking7' That was her
idea of personal work--to get In the
limelight. Get away from that idea.
A man came to my friend. DR.. Chap
man, and said: Doctor ] am think
ing. of entering the evangelistic work.
/ have thought IL over and have de-
cided to go TO Colorado or California
and begin" He said: My relatives
live there; my brothers and sisters
and all my friends The doctor said:
Are your brothers ChristiansY How
many have your He said: Two.
don't know whether they are Chris
tians or not: we tried 10 settle the
my brothers and I have not spoken
since that time. They have never
been to my house and I have never
been TO theirs The doctor said, Are
your sisters alive7' and he said, Yes
Are they Christians He said: I
don't know; they took my brothers
side. have not been in their home
and don't speak TO them The doc
tor said: What did you say you were
80 dor He said; I said ! was going
into the evanKelistic work The doc
tor said: You ought TO make up your
; mind TO be penitent first; get on
your knees.
Insulting God.
= If you come to me and have any
thing against your brother. let me
tell you-go TO him and be reconciied
f1rSt. If the communion cup Ia passed
down the aisle and there IS some
neighbor to whom on don't speak par
taking Of communion, does not do
you any good. You are just going
through the form of being Chris
tian; you are insulting God.
II never saw a revival movement
yet until Gods people fell on their
knees and renewed their vows of
Christianity, There are a lot Of peo-
Pile that never pray, that never ask q
blessing There are lots of people
that are negligent In their religious
duties WHO drift from God; they are
here today; be the first to walk down
the aisle and renew your vows and
covenants with God
"If We get run down spiritually,
II we become negligent put yourselves
on public record before the people:
get right with God. Persoral work
il a difficult form OF work; more
difficult than preaching. singing, at
tending conventions. giving your
goods to feed the poor. The devil
will let you have an easy time until
God asks you to do personal work.
II IL all right while you sing in the
choir, but just as soon as you get out
and work for God the devil will be
on your back and you will see all the