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


In sacrifice to m idol"
!. And Paul said. IAN right IL ms
buying that piece OF meat to eat foi
myself La going to hurt you and make
IT harder for you to be q Christian
world stands. IL II makes my brother
to offend"
Paul said he wouldn't do It: he
wouldn't eat that piece of meat OF the
; animal whose blood had been shed on
that idol But I can see Paul slam
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offend, then / win eat no meat while
the world stands"
And 10. II you'd stop to think of
what effect your conduct has on some
body else that's looking to you TOR An
example and trying to see Jesus In
you. want to tell you that you'd
changs your lives and there wouldn't
be SO much OF this cussedness going
on today by n lot of church members.
Look at the dtfYerence---ha,f of the
church members have conscience. They
know the way. We have the ability
to do It whether the doing hurts some
body or not; they do It because they
want to do it. All right. you see
! where you7i land when you get
/! through, too.
| Now I have always found that ono
that isn't doing personal work as n
rule has some sin In his life. About
the last thing the devil lets you do 10
to speak to somebody about being \
Christian. He let's you attend prayer
meetings and lectures on the Bible and
give Four tenth. and pin on a hedge.
and pass n collection plate. and lets
you do almost anything but personal
work. sing In choir: If you want to
be a deacon or elder. committeeman.
or vestryman. anything except talking
| to somebody about Jesus Christ.
/ And 6o-'t Sati1va ynu'ra sane
and hsanhw Christian nri~s~ Won are
trying to win somebody to God.
About the last thing that most people
| give to God Is their time, and you
have got to live straight IL you want
to have any power for God. When
you stop winning souls for God, you
| dry up, as Christian. That's the
reason we have so many spiritual
mummies. So, go right at it Don't
be everlastingiy getting busy to do
something. but go right TO work with
what ycu have. God will bless you
| IL you " /! use what you have.
Surprising I'd go through this audi
ence this afternoon or tonight and
say. "Who is wiser
Oh, you'd say: THE millionaire
captain of industry"
w no is wise
| "Oh, his honor. the Governor.
| who Is wise?"
| "Oh, his honor. the Mayor"
! who Is wiser"
"Oh. the Judge of the Supreme
Court"
who is wiser
"Oh. the general"
who is wiser"
"Oh. the inventor
Variety of Answers.
ia get great variety of answers
to my question. -8
But supposing say to God. what
do you think about it--who Is wise ?''
The Lord says. He that winneth
souls Is wise"
You remember the rich man who
strolled out one day and looked at his
fields. He said, MY barns and gran
aries are fun; 7 have enough TO last
for NEXT year, and no place TO put all
of it. This will do; will pull down
my barns and build greater and 1 will
say to my soul. Take thine ease. eat
drink and be merry"
And the Lord said, Thou fool. this
night thy soul shall be required OF
thee"
Then who's 10 get thee? The mar
= that simply lives for honor. and the
, woman who simply lives for pleasure
, education-thou fool, thou fool!
, Who are the bright stars finally
3 Get up and tell me the name of the
, man that financed the Civil War for
/ the United States government. They
blaze for a little while. but they are
, forgotten. Tell me the name OF thai
man There are not five people IN
. this audience that can tell me the
i. name of that man. Jay Cooke oil
r 1 mn a he Fall k,rs fir.
D anced the Civil War for the United
I States government; he was the bright
i financial star and his name was or
eyerybody's lips. But you don't hear
r his name now. They blaze for 1t.
tie while and down they go. Oh. to-
day it Is Morgan and today it il
Rockefeller and Carnegie. today it Is
J. Ogden Armour of Chicago. Oh. my
: friends, il IL men OF that class.
Surprising I'd ask you who are tho
bright minds among the doctors. Why
tell ma the name OF the doctor that
!, doctored Garfield. No, you can't dc
> It, Tell me the name OF the man tina,
a doctored Mckinley McBurney was
: one of them. Tho names are gone
i Perhaps the greatest surgeon in the
country lives In a town way up ir
Minnesota, DR.. Mayo. People come
I from London and Berlin In order tt
) have those two farmer boys operate
I on them. Perhaps they are the mos
I skilled surgeons in the world today
bUi in a few years they will die and
, pass away ind there will be somebody
. else.
/. Who were the bright political stars
! few years ago 1t was Grover
r Cleveland a few years ago; today you
don't hear his name mentioned. A
few years ago II was James q. Blaine
Now you don't hear his name men
: toned. A few years ago it was
Thomas Reed. but you don't hear his
name mentioned today. A few years
ago it was Grant; now 1t is all Will
. son. In n few years you won't hear
, his name. They blaze for q while, bu,
, others come and they are forgotten
But the Bible says, They that turn
; many to righteousness. shall shine as
/, the stars forever and forever"
The financial stars blaze. those in
the medical field blaze, the doctors
and lawyers and business men: then
, they are gone.
Now suppose I'd advertise q discov-
, cry whereby could change common
stones into nuggets, and gravel into
gold. pebbles into diamonds--sup-
posing / could prove that ! could do
. It. Whenever you see a diamond.
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