The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30

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- N the eleventh chapter 81 Sohs
- 49, - y ~- : - ~
l711l1r1Ias--'sr,he Master in come. ans
Tl3etA for thee and Take ye away
~ afone,"
Sss n smre heard n sermon or the eie'
nfh ehapter Of John. and tbe NAV
R S0 nreached the sermon made al
u no9crs to revival os rebTfch
Y SX Il was 50 Impressed with IN" RP,
Of what he sa'd mat
d |Snnr% cOuious notes. ard then ] read
T. 6oruaon on the subject and lne
Ia13nnx4nc OF the sermon ana the reAh
& ~ rth.rs led me to study the
SH3h1e with that In lew. ~tfh the re-
tilt that brin~ you this nessa &c
4OdAy tn nelp you.
x3si1 I had been made 10 pray tfeFe
words rcr years ! never could h+Fe
made them sound az thy must ha Ve
s1nUnded whaa they fell from thr ans
N Marthe You Know we al nave
~ oors of professional va, fo' ss5 is'
~ feel sorry for you, hen we sec
spaenDcne i'm mourning or weeping or
Who has Just come back froin me
scemetery ane We moan ii insofar as
Nnr experience goes. But " you VOL
sDUWod 4 loved one 10 L'e GENE er +,
when you came back there would os
" Allferent tone in your voice ana a
aaRsrent look on your face when you
eald. II am sorry" Don't YOU see :?
~ Ssn.t cold and metallic like other
erords would be. And II you passed
khrouyh a similar experience you viii
knOw what mean
When death comes 1t takes prece-
Aonoe over everything. And so when
nFer death does come he takes the one
that we can spare the least i think
III God had selected me as the death
smnkei to go down there and select
naeMher of that family, I would nave
chosen one of the two girls Mar ma
nbsyMary-+inssead of Lazarus. the
brother. But / think we all see why
the Lord did II that way
say death takes precedence over
.eVerythinH. When death enters your
ahome no matter what your engage
menfx. you will withdraw them. III
ron have sent out invitations you will
recall them You will stop work You
Wln close the store. Grape VIII nut
1or from your doorknob. whether you
Ne on the boulevard or In a back
a3ley. When Mckinley died, every
wheel and every factory in America
UeOod still fer FIVE minutes Not
w1aAoi turned. not a yard OF cloth was
Ao14, not a pound of any commodity
49, weighed. TO nay respect TO him.
B NOW don't mean to convey the i'm
nROaaion that people are in more dam
9ar In time Of revival than any other
3nna. but hold this: That in a ram
pa1Gn IKE this, this meeting ough tn
lave precedence over everything. You
1sxht 70 give God the right OF way.
sG4hcr things can wait Never mind
UQar lfteraries You can read your
.Nnaber on 1.-The Lady of the Lake
e3atur on. and IL you have one pre-
k1ared on Rusktn, that ts all right. but
6o1d Il and give God a chance once
- while in this old world.
III The more you put into this the
Noes you will get of it That's true
N31A everything. Like an old preach
- who was going to supply church
nno tire, and, as was the custom In
1hooe days. ut either door was little
sbox In which the people were request
"A to put their offering for the
sYReacher. and whatever was dropped
hnto that box belonged to the minis
Ter. n his remuneration for his serv
,anna. Az he went in his boy noticed
AT he dropped Nifty cents in. and rs
came out he took the contents OF
E1k box ~ his reward and the boy
lRotioed that all he took out Of the
sAox was fifty cents, and the boy said
~ MIN.
Pop. X you had put more in yot
E1ouid have got more out"
p0Upfe are not more dead sptrftu'
LILY and morally In time of revival
4han any other time. People are jue'
- dead spiritually and morally now
= they were before this campnigr
Htnrted, but I believe there is more
- more danger now in time OF re-
'S1Sn1 than any other time. Why7 Be'
\ Suna II IN Gods set time to cali IN er
Sn1 women from their sins and then
g&nnkhy and indifference. and dom
- dare lift your infinitesirnai rea'
y and mediocre personality. and
R pigmy intellect up in defiance OF
0L YOu would be just AS big q
III n you would step out there and
gee; 7 don't Ike to p'0w and plan
3hen God saws. you starve Il
18TH II you don't like the way 7 dc
You starve to death. That is III,
S&V n doing IT, II you want % ploH
III plaut IN January. go 10 IT,"
I'D Bays, '~This In my way OF stir
40 people to better faith. Tins Il
6ay OF filling the empty and de-
atc6 churches. This Is my way Of
o1ng men and women from sin Il
x4v1ft0N- III you UOH ike Y uoH
41 u picayune. I will do II anyway
nsyou will show you are fool
nGher you are a preacher or a lay
neeF Of the church. II you sneeI
2sysv1vAl wouldn't give much fol
ssf don't care who you are,
III care to know you
~ minister said to me there wa:
Ming he dreaded othine that hi
80 to see so much as revival al
S9agh tbs statement might seern q
ndOx. because he raid that what
nnsa4zE zxs saviour Of itfe in one
,Npeuld be death in another, and
n this meeting will stir multitudss
16VQ Jesus better, and be lovinr
tttbofis and honest, II viii make
10, mad they win curse and
n md they can't say mean enough
~ about II. 81 this revival "a
nDca1g two opposite effects. The
- s4un maits Ire and hardens CLAW
~, while this revival may mer
3aSfe Of some and bring them 10
Christ. II will make others hard
80 bitter But that In nothing
I'll only shows some are fools;
miracle OF raising lazarus
M dead produced two opposite
upon the people. Now listen
- of the Jews. When they came
The th'ngE that Jesus did be-
MY him. That is the forty