The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-25

Mellow me ana / WA ha@Ne
IN Uf men. -,-,,...
N rnsdixsl school says. Fo.io~
- viii make You aoc.o4
~ music echocl says; oto@ 49,
n wfN make w e. musician.
law school says: fito" '''>
III wfItssr,ake yoU lawyer.
~ tf,~ church says: Follow ne
ST ~rsIY make you fishers Of men
~ A. ri, snow you the way. now
Wnras Of Co6 are the salVaooH
Qko lost.
- what the church is TOT
-. what Jesus Christ came lhio
world for ard died on the SsVS'
II open M tho plan Of salNetio'i
sux. A church, that's not CONS
has no right 10 cIaIna l" 'S u
beh of Jesus Christ
read OF an association cAurch
- SOME time ago which sa4u
RSsnh~rs received thus year. 4 ne =
nfreed. none. died, none. usarr'eo'
~. given 10 the missions. nothIns
the pastor, nothing. Efa5 '"I
brethren. that We may hold our
a during the coming TNar'
And sometimes preachers report
bright side of things, | am afraio
Sdr heads would come off IL theS $40
Al a result, some Of our GhufV"eS
II bad shape. that's why we nav {
~ OF these isms and schisn's anu
~ cures. and holy rollers ara h"'S
g9erx. and holy jumpers a'' q
~ variety of fads that have s." eP'
ourh the church TO take peoPle
N from Jesus ChTid. and anElhlu6
n taxes yo,, away from God comes
76A hell and ii comes from the devil
Hhe devils business is to INSPIRE
vDae. hy the evil spirit Ia hem rot
TfAy. not to be decent, not to serve
that all comes from the oefit'
Kmd ANYTHING that's advocated tha'
farnst advocate Jesus Christ as we
H1Our az men rs OF the devil INC
III YOU know, transfer nlS hlmstl'
m angel of iifet, anu ne fftAtS
hon up with a lot of these tA"S
~ foo! the people, TO make men
~ that he's very jealous for right
1rn<ns. when he doesn't give pea
% about Ii: he's liar IRON
sery beginning, and that ms ouS
haf.s why we have these things
many times ! ind preachers a1'
nfnx after these fads instead o
souls. instead of trying to wiz
- for the Lord. Som. OF u'eu
II society ana Trey afe popuiA
- than being in the church
oul winners.
Hike TO see people AFRAID ''''
3alk religion to Them THAI n.
1900 to talk religion. hut it's n.
20 my business than it's your busi
IT'S no more the business OF tn
Scher to talk religion than IL IS IN
49, OF the Sunday school teacher
ny others in the rank and file. II
y much your business to hell
swoople To Christ as It's the preach
Nf,afnNas. exactly The genera
- do ali the fighting while IN
and file sas round and gag an
and chew the rag. E,verybod
appused TO do something
Something for All to DO.
these days of war there is"some
- Tor everybody to do. For ever
on the fr!ng line 1t takes fou
~ hack horne 70 keep them IN arm
Mon, guns. clothes and focd' s
Skes four pec~,e back home I
one mar on the fr'ns line :
1ee there's something for every
70 do Put million men out Oh
M4ing Tire. and four nilllon nav
back home 70 keep them there
they will have to have ammnni
and clothes and cate. ana the
make any Of IL themselves;
80 to he handed to them Ther
nathinG for evsry body 10 do
- no chance for any ioafer now
m the kingdom OF Goo or Il
0Wn country Whetbew vou ar
~ one or q dead one, ever cd
Nnifher be a patriof or a trat. r.
k the two; that's all there is 20 II
lees no oth.r side 10 the proDo
you can take your choice.
- 1t Il. the cnurch's only bust
~ talk religion. It's the Chris
nan's and womar's business I
heinE people to Jesus Christ b.
13ght- Find the lost and brinI
~ the Lord
Mink We have got the thing al
nowadays. Why we have tw
meetings u year in som
kas THAI do have them, and som
- never, have thena- IN be
&urc& usver had revival sine
remember. Now, take II OF
1nre, Isn't that truer Can yo'
Sber when you heard you
n4r preach am evangelisttc Ser
SaA give an invitation for any
&eo accept Jesus Christ YoI
- LIE you didn't
NO. the saints and Two weeks 1
thes sinners. Now tie not tn
S business to educate people
SrU thousands of graduates go
n to hell. The churrh's bust
~ nave people from hell lie
- ~ tn relocating. Let othe
ffons do the educating, m,
I'D Is HftllloEl dollars 10 giv'
1O9rOw. Ia give nine hunore,
ety4nine thousaud do''are II
I'D Christianity to where
rive one dollar to education
~ i have anything against 1t
invent, and 7 believe In II with
nds up. All the power in my
~ life. But you can get al
aEat1Osi on earth AND ali this
and all the knowledge out o.
b00Es in All the World. ant
mt save your soul. while &
~ whats iii the Bible. ma
"a your soul.
IN the churcn's business II
pe0p1e. Other people can dc
pArt- There are other in,
- 10 GdsSrate them. That,
lneM. 1'hat's what ! do Il
- to God Because if every.
4hA nation knew evsryt} ing
~ know, ard ,dtdn now G cd
lid be the cond! Ion Of ,hs
The community? So, fifty
mt to be spent in going 4fye'
wa and two weeks a year
H&AA Nrparhipg IN the church