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


minister p"
He said, HE II over In the stud,
1 with the officials" and my friend tip
toed his way TO the study door. which
stood aJar, and he heard the minister
say:
( when we started these meetings
last Sabbath I thought there was
great interest. II Increased Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday
~a1i dar-4,J Jon'i heJlsue-,x - ,lIojsA ELL
rrsaf we preach and hoSofy7 be ton-
verified. There is something wrong
have examined my heart TO see what
II II and | can't find II. and 1 have
asked you to come. as officials. to see
II there Is anything In your heart that
is gyievin~ the Spirit. think the
Lord is trying to teach us II Is not by
might nor power. but by the Spirit.
and that we thought that because the
church Was allied, that was all there
was to do"
He said, Let's get on our faces -
And they fell on their faces and cried
for COTE forgiveness that they might
realize that II was the Lords will that
was to be done and not mans. and
the blessing OF God came back upon
them. And so we must realize that
this Is nIi for God It Is for the Lord
that the people are saved. don't
care how much you may plan.
Now. only part of the family SEEM
ed to be interested at FIRST. Martha--
hsten-twentieth verse, Then Mar
tina. as soon as she heard that Jesus
was corning. went and met him: bot
Mary sat still In the house."
l arm glad of chance this after
noon TO speak public word for
Martha, Martha il my favorite of
those two women. No doubt she was
a northwest wind Kind OF a woman.
thar bit and snapped and who kicked
up the corner OF rug, or IL you got
chair out OF the corner she would
call your attention to It No doubt
she was. But. / win tell you, she was
my favorite.
A friend OF mine was asked which
one OF those two girls he would rather
have for wife. He said, Martha
before dinner. Mary after dinner" He
was asked why Ee said, Martha
was the cook. that's why"
You remember that Jesus was up
there q the house one day and Mar
tina was out getting dinner for Jesus
and the disciples, and Martha poked
her head In the door and said to Mary
"Carest thou not that serve alone ?"
Now. wouldn't II get on your nerve
III AhCfS WtAS kWCtNC EiChA AuSh y
men I'm for dinner. and you had n
great big sister ioafing on the Job
doing nothing? Just get little horse
sense into IL now. So Mary sat there.
and Martha poked her head in the
door and said: ''caress thou not that
I serve alone?''
Jesus said: Tut. tut, tut: thou art
troubled and worried about many
things
She said: 'oh. my potatoes are
burning"
Her hands were all covered with
-four and the sweat was rolling down
her face. She said: II should think
I am troubled about lot Of thinga.
Here my potatoes are burning up"
Jesus said. Martha. thou art trou-
bled and worried about many things.
One thing Is needfui."
What Is that 1t is needfui above
ali to be a Christian. Seek We first
the kingdom of God" but you can't
pray all the time. you have got to
cook. You can't go to prayer meet
ing all the time. Certainly not. And
SO, therefore, It Is no department OF
Christian effort to be occupied in one
thing when something just as import.
ant remains undone. II somebody
didn't hustle around and cook you
would starve- You can't sit around
and read. and be pious and long faced
all the time. Somebody has got tt
get up and hustle.
i think Mary was a Uneeda biscuit
fruit salad. peanut butter kind Of q
woman.
II you ever invite ma to your home
cut out the veal loaf. IT is all right, II
is good, but l don't like 1t. I would
Just as soon eat baied shavings
Now, Mary needed this time OF test
ing Her heart really wasn't in sym
patty. Oh. God Almighty will b
testing this old community Ne ncve'
before In her history. God will tes
church member, whether you ART
ready to throw your influence on tn,
side of Jesus Christ
Found Wanting.
/ You are not going to be fount
wanting when Jesus needs you. Yot
are being tested all around. Now.
have never seen a revival that didn''
start Just that way in my life. Nothing
good ever started with a majority. TIL
ti-slavery movement: they rolled
! William Lloyd Garrison In the mut
in Boston because he dared stand W
and champion freedom for the slaves
They build monuments to him now
my friends.
I'm, yes, anu Inc 4ukl-SutoOtt 1HVNV-
ment which has threatened the ami
hiiation OF the liquor traffic, started
with 3 few Cody women on theil
knees out In Ohio. praying to God tt
overthrow II, and hey pinned a viii.
ribbon on their breasts and have stood
the test Hats OF to the women!
! That is the bunch. my friends, tina
started this great wave that threate
ems the saloon-to drive 1t from TIT
face of the earth. Nothing good evel
started with q majority No! No
There never was q spontaneous out
burst even In patriotism. Dldn'
Daniel webster preached In Fan
euil Han in Boston-and didn't Dan
tel Webster stand on the same spo
and say that this agitation agains
slavery must cease. and from that day
Daniel webster's star began to set
began to dim. He took tho wrOnG
position, that Is why.
, Sometimes II II a Eodly sister sigh
ing and groaning before the Lord
Sometimes II Ii q preacher, moaning
because Of the deplorable condition Of
the people. ana their apathy ant
their Indifference and their solidity K
Gods cause and the truth. -
preached In town In Illinois
and there was a man came up. mem
Der of one OF the big fashionable
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