The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-16

va6syn @1nc Aesfc8t IN m, ssSA~e >S>~Sd.
WAAre was born, In Iowa ana n
Duple OF dogs were nghting, and an
- fellow came along and he asked:
Whose dog Is that7" and he was
sN&11 and he said. att isn't my dog.
] There n that came spirit today. We
4oo = boy going down the street.
KDnk.sf isn't my hey.
@ o. you sec a woman selling her
nnanhood and that disposition of
S1eat Just passes by because they
I've no family relation TO us 1t
oems TO be prevalent even IN the
sdAArch. and that's ray sus5ect today
IN Isn't my boy"
~ text is in Proven hs-~-l L: 30
Nsl3e that winneth souls is wise You
now there are vast uulutudes In
TIN enlightened land 81 curs that are
"a open rebellion against God
1--WE will not have this man. Jesus
y Christ, to reign over US" is the heart
- cry that wings it's flight from Of
aACN, and shop, and store. and fac
eDEy. ard home and college, and the
bury mart of trade.
There are lots Of people that are
willing. my friends. to accept what
ever they want from the Bible They'd
hko to codify IL; they'd like 10 sit
down and eliminate that which isn't
pl1ASant TO them to receive, ana
which they don't like to adjust their
Hives TO, and insert something they'd
M.
You take It as it's given. and If
ysu don't you'n go tos hell. God
Almighty won't adjust his principles
b euit the opinions OF anybody; the
Lord has made his revelation to the
world and It is up TO you and not to
he Lord. He has done all he ever
win or can to save this world. He
has given sunshine and rain and
ground. and it's up to yuu 10 pillow 1t
md plant the seed, or stnrve to death.
Gods done his part: he will do no
more. He will do no more.
They say they will give us the ser
mon on the Mount, or the Decalogue,
minus the things that they don't like
They gay. I'VE have no king but self
and the only law that muttifudes OF
Doople recognize Is the law OF their
own desires and ambitions, They do
the thing because they personally
want to do II, and they don't give a.
rap what influence 1t has upon their
character or what influence their con-
duct has upon others that are looking
- them for an example. All the law
thoy know Is the law of their own de-
alre. That's all!
sAnd 90 our Lord Ia now rejected
and by the world disowned; by the
many still neglected, but by the few
oNthroned." That liz true or the de-
nominations that are represented In
these meetings. too.
III Good Religion.
Out in q western state where live,
-four years ago they made a report
that during that year--now there
wore three hundred churches Of that
dissemination In that state and they
Upont three hundred thousand dol
1axD for current expenses---they held
1ofty-six thousand meetings and dur
ine the year there were Just eighty
even men and women converted and
jotned those churches on confession
0k faith. ] suppose that Is this safe
ma sane evangelism that / hear go
mnch about.
- n wouldn't take the world long TO
~ into hell IL that's all there is to
And In Chicago, Just a few years
aGo the church made a report and
there was an average of Ave joined
each church on confession OF faith
some more. some less--but 1t aver
AGed mp five for year.
And last year seven Thousand nve
) hundred chnrchns of all depomina-
ssf0ne made reports and not one ac-
Hi0A this year on confession OF
1hlth. All right. look at 1t. Just
1nce tho conditions and you will see
Why I talk probably In way that
mAy crate on your nerves But your
W1Il realize that am only telling you
~ truth; you will all open your eyes.
Now. what's lacking? Why these
tnre o9 90 much energy and time and
neney7 I will tell you why It is.
It's because there IL not definite
e4xcrt put forth to persuade definite
peFVon to accept a definite Saviour
I 81 4 definite tithe-and that time
NOW. That's the whole thing in a
nufahell. boiled down into the fewest
sentences can put 1t fn,-because
@xhere = not put forth definite effort
~ persuade a def9ite person 10 &C.
aaDt 4 definite Saviour. eJsue Chist at
3oopt definite Saviour, Jesus Christ at
NOW That's why we are not max
but waiti This element of failure
Sfo ut simply confined to the church
s1Mn0pty-nine per cent of the business
on fnfl. A banker told me In Chi
4 80 that forty years ago there were
- hundred business houses, any one
Mhoee paper would have passed
nDot protest, and today only -FOUR
160oo houses were named. The rest
ehenm have been ruined. gone into
rup&cy, out OF business. Four OF
I - after forty years. and they all
80 without protest at any bank.
nn only about three men out OF
1nand gucceed-just about three.
ty.flve per cent of the lawyers
graduate from law school, fail
nanko good. Eixty-1ve per cent,
6F4ends, OF the physicians fail to
- gDcd, and the failure OF these
&lAsses II due largely to the
" definite systematic work. No
11na1 battle In won on the stump.
net the speil-binders from the
Ind OF q special train that turns
1900. Sometimes b'ear-eyed,
1-faced. bull-necked. whiskey-
tin-horn politician will win
m votes than the most silver
o1 Gp1II-bfnder that ever spoured
41nctples from the rear OF spe-
8n1n,-put more INFO IT.
Some Polifics-
~. ~ etYe you an illustration.
XNrk state used to be the pivot
N tho presidential election II
49, more. They don't care how
Fork goes any more. But Y
~ b. ''as goes New York"
hoAy knows that the gtate of
yOTk n Republican. Every
3D0Ra that the city OF New York