The Washington times., 1918-01-08
HOMER RoDEHEAV

people will know that It was just the
thing you needed.
And it is time that the church
! should awaken and put on her
. strength, and that Is the spirit OF
prayer; not OF money. Yes, sirl 1t
/ is the spirit of. prayer for revival.
They will pray ~ their hearts are set
, on a revival. Sometimes Christians
! pray for a revival but their minds
are on something else, and they just
go through motions to kill time
Whenever they read the Bible they
! read the 1I7th Psalm-that only has
two verses in it-just to save time
VIII Net he Denied.
And when you want a revival like
hungry man feels his want of food
a dying man his want of health, then
you will not be denied. And when
you are deep in earnest for the saliva
ton OF the lost, when this spirit Is
manifest, unless the Spirit OF God Ia
grieved, then you will see that men
and women will be saved just as ma
! urally as the sun shines or water
seeks its level.
20 Lord, revive thy work" Some,
times ministers have had this desire
anu hdNO GU NASAhs
went into a town in Iowa one time to
preach. The pastor OF the congre-
gationaI Church-the richest church
in town-and they had the least re-
ligion too-if they ever had any re-
ligion never heard anybody accuse
them OF it-but they had q slashing
good pastor. He came to my room
one day and he said.
| BIE-Hearted Men.
Bill, I've got some OF the biggest
hearted men in this city in my church.
They are good to me. They bought
me an automobile the other day. They
raised my salary $500. They are
good and kind to me. but want some
thing besides kindness and sympathy
and their money. They don't. come to
church Sunday morning. They never
come out to prayer meeting. They
ore out on the golf links Sunday
, afternoon and never come near the
church Sunday night, and unless these
NEW in my church are ready and
willing to put themselves in this at
mosphere that their hearts might be
touched and they might be brought
on their knees before God and be-
come something more than a mere
passive force and power, something
more than just a name ] send in my
annual report to, I will die"
WrIthed In Agony.
He fell on his knees and he rIlled
and groaned and writhed in agony,
and the tears rolled down his checks
like rivers OF water. A bunch OF
those fellows steeled themselves and
! fhapnaaIuna
into that atmosphere under the IN
fiuence that would make them de-
cent Some people seem to be afraid
they will do some decent thing be-
fore they go to hell. They steeled
themselves and they didn't come, and
he broke down, so great was his
burden. They gave him a vacation.
They sent him to Pasadena, and three
months later they laid him beneath
the eucalyptus and peppers trees
OF Pasadena. and there he sleeps,
waiting for the trumpet to sound on
the resurrection day.
Sometimes the preachers havS con-
Germ, sometimes a deacon. or elder.
or steward, or official of the church,
or member of IT: but God will honor
whoever possesses that spirit OF con
Germ that men and women might be
saved.
Expects Us to Help.
20 Lord, revive Thy work" II is
Gods work, but God expects you and
me to help Him in the world. All
through you have got TO help. Like
fellow out in Missouri said, the
best prayer he ever offered was when
he was standing on his head. He fell
into a dry, well and he commenced
TO pray and then he commenced to
yell, and II he hadn't he would have
been there yet, for God answered
his prayer when he cut lose, for q
fellow heard him over in the field. So
you have got to do something, too.
in this proposition. The Lord Is
ready to do His part always. / am
not trying to get God willing.
Some people act as though prayer
is trying to overcome Gods reluc.
lance to bless. oh, no! II God was
no more anxious to bless than some
people are to be blessed. the world
would be in he'll long ago. ] am not
talking God to get Him willing.
When is a revival needed? When
the preaching and other efforts OF