The Washington times., 1918-01-08

I give him none. The sacrifice OF
your feelings, OF your business-that
don't mean to give up your business;
that means let the clerk run IL. He
would have TO run II IL you were sick
on your back. You drop up here in
the afternoon and he will run 1t while
you are gone.
Give GOd q Chance.
Now again. the sacrifice OF your
time! Plan to give God a chance
in these days. Come and see what the
Lord will do. The sacrifice OF your
money! Plan to come >apd bring
somebody. And when you come in
remember it is more than a taber-
nickel.
And give OF your influence. Throw
all your influence on the side OF God
and on the side OF religion. You
will have the best chance to show
what kind of stun you are made Of
In the next few weeks you have ever
had in your life. You VIII hear more
curbstone. bar-room, cabaret. thea
ter. theology. than you have ever
heard in your life.
stand Up Fer God.
Yes, and then stand up for God
You have a chance to double your fist
and put it under some fellows nose
or in his face for Jesus Christ, and II
a man stands up and talks against
your wife and insults her, wouldn't
give that for you, 10 you didn't have
red blood enough in your veins to
send him TO the mat. All right! No
body can insult Jesus Christ In my
MI Amt
forget that. If you .NI-'- you can
wipe your dirty feet on the church or
sheer at the church OF Jesus Christ
without a scrap from your Uncle
Fuller, you have doped II out wrong.
you have another guess Coming.
Now, let me ask you question.
You can see or expect q revival when
YOU are willing. Iwant you to get
this point. You may have a revival
when you are willing to have God
promote that revival. using whatever
hstrumentalities and methods He
pleases to use. In other words, you
wouldn't dictate to God and tell Him
what TO do. You don't tell God when
the sun rises. You don't tell God
you would rather have IL rise In the
west instead Of the east. 1t don't
make any difference. It will rise in
So you can't change 1t.
God's Plan fer Farming.
Gods plan Is to pillow the ground
and plant the seed In April and May
not January and February. So you have
got to work in harmony with God. That
Is the Lords plan God has a plan in
nature. God has q plan in religion. So
work in harmony with the Lord and you
see what will happen II you do It. So
therefore you can have, a revival when
you are willing that God Almighty shall
promote that revival. employing what
eer instrumentalities and methods he
pleases.
Now, you can tell whether or not you
need a revival IL you are willing that
God should do it. Then that's evidence
that your feel that you need to have IL
done. Second. you can tell whether or
not you will have II. because II you are
not willing that God should promote II,
Using whatever instrumentalities and
methods he pleases. you VIII never have
It. Third. you can tell why you have
not had one, because you are not willing
that God should promote II, using what
ever means and methods he pleases. So
there Is the whole secret OF the whole
right there.
What Would Yen Say.
Now, let me ask you a question. Sup
pose that Jesus should walk down that
aisle. visible body and form, walk up on
this platform / would step aside, and
Jesus Christ should say to this audience,
Are you willing that God should pro-
mote this revival in Washington. using
e. n1RTnOdq
he pleases?"
Now, let me ask you a question Sup
What would be your answer? What
would you say to him? Come on. what
would you say? Would you say "yesT
How many of you would say yes
Lord, your cant" Put up your hands.
Now, it is up to you. not to God
want to know what your answer
would be to the Lord. Very we'll
the Lord won't come. But the LORD
said, bill. you go down there and
ask them for me-"
Here In Name Of Lord.
So I am here in the name OF the
Lord to ask you that question today.
Are you ready and willing that God
Almighty should promote this awak-
ening. using whatever instrumental
ties and methods he pleases7 II so.
don't grumble and growl at my vo-
,abulary or because I don't wear
white neck-tie or a Prince Albert
coat. II put my hands in my pock-
ets don't go out and grumble. II you
,an do II better than l can, sister,
will keep way. Oh, you can't. All
right thank you.
Now then. how can he promote It:
lust a few words. Break up your
raIlow ground. What is fSllow
ground. 1t is ground that is capable
Of doing great things. but has done
Fallow ground is ground
that produces nothing but old tin
cans, boots. shoes. corsets, and brick
bats. and anything else you throw
into It..
The Mayor OF Detroit.
They elected a man mayor Of De-
troIt. Mich. Hazen Pingree-a peach
Of q feIlow-and he looked around
and saw there was vacant prop
erty enough in the corporate
limits OF Detroit that was fallow.
which. IL broken up and plowed and
planted would produce food enough
to feed the people. and they got the
people that owned the property to
get the people to farm II. and they