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

Audience That Packed the @
In the third chapter Of Habakxuk.
second verse: 20 Lord, revive thy
work: In the midst Of the years In
wrath. remember mercy.
God has the right to deal with US
any way he pleases, but pray him
that he viii not give ~ what IL com
ing to US, but will bear little more
patiently with W. and kiss away our
stains Of guilt and give US another
chance.
We are reminded BY that verse
that we are In the midst of the years
the one IN which We are living. It
is a good thing to take m occasioashs
retrospective view and thor an intfo-
spective view and then . prospective
view and try to discover by the intro
spective what caused you to DO the
things that make you to hang your
head In shame and loom up out OF the
midst Of the past like the periscope Of
submarine.
They are q good many things that
remind you that the sands Of the
hourglass Of time are fA1t sitting for
mary OF you and It won't be long
until the undertaken win pump you
full OF embaluning fiuid and the quar-
tette win sing. "Lead Kindly Light
amidst the encirciing gloon; lead
Thou me on"
This prophet, Habakkuk, n emp
posed to have lived contemporary
with jeremiah. ahd his prophecy was
uttered in anticipation OF that old
Jewish captivity. which captivity was
the result of the people Of God ming
:, ling. mi3ing and matchmaking with
the reople that God told them to pass
up like q bum would . pay car or 9
hobo . woodpile. But they wouldn't
listen TO God. They thouEht they
| that he was little too old-fogtsh.
they imagined his religion was . Ut
tie out Of date. And % the prophet
looked down and he saw BY the lawn
ana conditions that WeSo then opera
| tive that there was but ono tneYtt1bfa
outcome from all that conglomerate
mixture and amalgation. and that wa
the Babylonish captivity. and the
barring Of their backs to tbs blows
ed, 20 Lords Revive thy work"
Safety h Revival
Tho only way to keep that crowd
| SAFE ID TO. revive mem. = what the
world needs to-day MORO money? Oh.
no! It isn't conservation OF natural
! resources nor irrigation projes3s. nor
anything Of thu kind. tree silver or
| auld standArd-&he old world needs
a baptism OF the Old time religion
that has warmed tho worlds cold
heart for two thousand y6arA
| There are people who suppose fAnd
I suppose they always viii suppcss)
that the only way to promote fslix1nn
Ia to move along uniformly In the
same old rut. There are two crowds
in every church-ths ruta and tho
anti-ruts. I don't give . rap how old
mbthods are, II they are moscow
cred, SO long a. they will deliver the
goods. but II they don't there II one
place for them and that's the scrap
pile.
Some people ara scared to death
OF the ordinary that win keep . sim
nsr out OF hell. Some Of them would
rather sec him 70 than that things
should be done not deccntiy and In
order.
Now. wiz b the nature Of q revi-
| val7 Well, u In IN increase IN religi-
Gus things. we are facing the grow
ing Dominance OF ths material over
the spiritual. You can take q basket
down the average street and scatter
them and lead the bunch % clobs "a
hell they could smell the Sulphur
fumes vomiting from the inferno BE-
low.
| Day q I3ns and O1o4seA
This II busy age In Nhich 10 live.
Man has hardly time to stop and coinh
his hair or get shAved. We rnAh IN
TO depot ana the ornkeman pOtsa
his head In ting door. TwehV min
1 utes for lunch," and yuu ru6h esef
and grab cup Of oonee And~a stnkef
1 ana You 30 down and you spend saw
enty-ftve bones 9stftng cured for
what cost you = utney.
This Is a DAY Of tsms ana eonisma
and olosfGS. ana there. never w. .
time when there wer0 more isms
wrigglir1 their cafcaseee out OF the
pit OF he'll to lead people on on q
! tangent from the true God. than "a
you day end mine. The devil hAa