The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-08
DR. D|LLARD PEADS FOR BIGGER THINGS
Beware of Sin of Little ness," Says Southside Bap-
 tist Pastor Yesterday

Beware of the sin of littleness. When-
 ever God wants to make a great man
 a great church or a great nation. he
 hunts up a job sufficiently large to call for heroic effort" declared Dr. James
 E. billiard yesterday morning in his ser
 mon at the Southside Baptist church. Dr. billiard discussed the plans for the
 s75, 5,00o,000 campaign being conducted by the Baptists of the south. of which amount the Southside Baptist church is to raise $l00,000
 "We Baptists have a big job before us," said Dr billiard. Thank God for it. Most people accomplish little because Will wimbles whoeare always busy about trifles. My grandfather had a dog nam. ed Don. Ordinarily he was about the laziest dog I ever saw. But when grand = father got his gun and started for the woods old Don got busy. He wasn't long in striking hot trail and then he fllleo the air with his melody as he ran after his game. Old Don had a way of always bringing in the game. I had little feist dog that was always busy, but he
 never did anything. Many of us are eter- idiiy EultStAb6 d<1oiia dOodt iiotbhis and that is why we amount to little. Thank God we have undertaken a job really worth while.
 "Whenever God wants to make great man, great church or a great nation. he hunts up job sufficiently large to call for heroic effort Gideon was a
 small man until God called him to deliver Israel. So was Moses and Joshua never showed his true ora fy,oS caI lad hfrrat tn ho the conqueror of Canaan. Jesus took a few cowardly disciples and gave them the task of proclaiming the Gospel to a world. It made heroes of them. Ameri- ca was a weak nation until world task was given her. The reflex influence of the war has been as great upon us as the service we rendered othrs. A great church is tn one that undertakes great job. We have our chance now. Will we measure up to our opportunities and privileges? The churches that do their
 best1ywill be great and those that shirlS their responsibilities will remain little and contemptible.
 Beware of the sin of littleness. We have been satisfied with little jobs, we
 have had little faith, little conservation, little vision. We have thanked the Lord for few conversions, a few mission fields, few little schools. He said: Ask
 
 for your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. '' We haven't learned to ask great things and attempt great things. But we are waking up. We are now asking God to | put it in the hearts of the Southern | Baptists to give s75,00o.000 for the mis- 1 sionary educational and benevolent work of the churches. We are asking for l 2 300, 900 conversions and for 500.O00 minis 1 ters and missionaries. Is this too much 1 to ask? Southside is asked to raise In eight days S1No na0 of this amount, and we want 5O0 additions to our church this year. Is this too much? Not if we have l sufficient faith in God and are willing to undertake the job.
 'Whenever God lays heavy task on | people he provides special power. Jesus | told his disciples to go into all the world l then he added that he would go with | them. This is the assurance of succcess Have you noticed that about dark every l evening the lights flicker? This is be-
 cause they have turned on more power al 1 the power plant. More is neded. There ie no use wasting power When you need
 more power God will give you it. "As thy
 days so shall thy strength be-" Fear not 1 Go forward.
 | "It matters not what vour indivilua | task may be, trust in God and go ahead Do you want to >go to eolle~e and can | see your way clear to do it? Go trustin'
 'n Cod. Are you burdened with your task Take up your burden and go ahead. Ar
 break a habit. Look to Jesus and he vii
 task is. Jesus will help you. Get il
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