The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-15

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/ When Revival II Needed
! when,is n revival needed or when
man ncsded? When your house Is
afIre. when ts revival neededf
When we get run down spiritually.
/ We need n doctor when we become
run down physically. Very welli
| And so revival Is needed when there
I IL a want of hrotherIy love, when
there lis tfissentian. Jealousy, evil
speaking. and fauit-hnding. Oh, It
shows we have got mighty far from
Got when religion doesn't prosper.
! God pity the community where bust
ne~s may prosper, and society, and
politics. and other things which are
all right in themselves. but Gods
cause is headed on sidetrack and
tho switch locked. and Code got to
take the tag end in collections. *
you have penny you give II to God,
and dollar to the devil The Lord
has got to take the short end Of every
thing nowadays.
/ am getting tired of putting Gedss
cause on the kind Of free lunch
proposition or bargain counter
sale No! Now, there is nothing that
can yut an end to all that like a re-
vival Of religion. It viii, put an end
TO it Ike water viii put an end to fire,
ard like medicine puts an end to dis
Ease. We want something that will
stop the progress OF the disease that
Ia boring It's way toward our vltals~
Sc we rant something that is gcin q
to stop tire great food tide Ut the in
fuences that are damnirs < and rot
ing. and corroding, and injecting, and
lnfesting, and biting like a pestilence.
and making our boys and girls dere~
Iicts out upon tho high seas ana going
SO fast that you can't see them for
, the fog.
Something If Wrong.
80 Lord, revive thy york" and 10
! Is manifest = revival is needed, when
! II lis manifest that the chur ch is sunk
IN low down. degenerated into a third
rate amusement house bureau, and
when you can scare w bigger crowd
at leg show than you can at a pray
err meeting There Is something
sleeps the sonndest Ia church Is the
widest awake In u leg show. And
when you see rnen and women with
their names on a church record, lead
ling the hosts Of the devil, to perdf-
tion7
I have put my fist under the nose
Of that dirty bunch for twenty years,
and I expect to do 1t until go home.
II " ana that Eang to see there In no
one of them can put one over on me
and browbeat me. I know a lot OF
I them They are the biggest bunch
of liars this side perdition. II they
er told the truth have never heard
lof II.
A revival Is needed when the wick
ed triumph over the church, and then
when the Ginners are careless, It IL
as much The duty of the church tc
arose herself and work and pray
for the salvation Of the unsaved as II
L. nay friend. tor the Are depart
sounds. What would you Think o.
the city FIRE dgnartKneut. il. when tht
alarm is sounded. they would RI
around and tax and gas, my friends
and play cards. and let the city burn
What do you think that God thinks
Of the church when he has sounded
the alarm. raised the banner. and ask
ed that every man and woman that II
worth living or worth killing to &c
under IL ahd show their colort--i
Is rs much your duty to respond Il
|. this call. as IL s@. my friends, for tn,
firemen to respond when the alarm Il
sounded. II IL MS much your duty Il
respond to the call of God as 1t il
Tor men and women 10 respond wheI
congress declares war, and the dec
'a-a'ion Of war without guns and mel
to back them UP Is az asinine as I
baseball game without ball or .
locomotive without steam.
Wtc3ednetzs Gives Church
When may revival be expected
Well. when the wickedness OF tn
wi,$cd grieves and distresses tn
church. Sometimes people don't seen
to mind tho Gins ~ others, Can
tc thai you can zee thu ways of sfl
crowed with the flowers of our land
can ii be that you can see men stag
gering and reel.nE. and vomiting. an
jabbering. and mutterins and spew
ing into The arms Of their wives an,
: children; can II be that you can Sc
the wrecked manhood and woman
hood and girls selling their virtue will
the dow d. mp on their brow-younl
In years and old IN sin---and know
more about dabbnng in sin whe,
; they are seventeen years OF age, thai
their grand IN others aid when the.
were seventy years OF age-the.
haven't spronted long skirts yet
: either?
Cd s,rieveH the church OF God, a revi
val liz needed. So many people
when they speak Of Il: II Is in a cold
callous porhyraceous kind Of \ way
Oh, but II you are humble and RICH
with God. then you wilt fail on you
face and shed tears Of anguish owe
, the fact that Other men and womel
,. are enslaved. and brutalixed. and de
! monized. and stupefed by the ours
ing. corroding powers OF sin which
/. stir Your hearta. IL ycu are fire.
from the sins that enslave6 Adam. IL
the name of God don't sit down an,
fold your arms and let them go to tn,
, devil, ana you do nothing to- try ans
' rescue the perIshfng.
You are a fool II you do that. Coz
. is looking for the men and womel
who are willing to go down into TIT
: sluur and help to rescua men and wo
men for the name Of Jesus Christ.
Now. when may t<.e revival be ex
pected? When Christians have tn,
!. spirit Of prayer for a revival; not tall
ia1d the spirit of. gramblIng becaus,
something may be SAL hat you dom
like. Well, that is the evidence tina
thar Is the thing you needed or yot
would have like 1t. SO have go
your number, sis. " I say something
you DON'T like. take tip from me ARK
keep your mouth shut, because othel
will tr-4 hat x,oc 1--we h.