The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-20

from which no one has ever return
ed, that some people have deeper
conviction of sin than they had be-
fore
Some people have a deeper con-
viction Of sin before they were con-
verted than after-that'S true OF
some. I think most people have IT
before. Some people caI tell you
the day. hour and spot where they
were converted; others cannot l can
tell you where and why I was saved
thirty years ago one dark and stormy
might in Chicaso. Mrs Sunday
- <. r.: = 81, a..
! eficF and never Knew anything other.
when or where.
! preached in town one time in
| Illinois. I saw a fellow come down
i the aisle, he took me by the hand,
walked over and sat down. Pretty
soon ne got on his knees. and then
he fell down in the sawdust and
! rolled and groaned. said to one
OF the Methodist preachers. whats
the matter with that fellow?"
| He said to me, "BilI. he's getting
! religion"
I said, TT looks to me as though
he's got the stomach ache or some
thing of that kind"
Pretty soon / saw a fellow come
| down the aisle. a bright, snappy.
keen-cut looking fellow. He had a
silk lid in his hand, o silk-iined
overcoat hanging over his arm. a
diamond in his shirt front AZ big a.
a hickory nut. He walked up to me
| and took me by the hani and said.
"Mr. Sunday. I accept Jesus Christ
as my Saviour"
/ He walked over and sat down on
| the seat, put his coat and hat by
/ his side, folded his arms-not a
tear.
Lived Different IAfc.
Would you say that that fellow
| lying down there on the ground
| kicking up the sawdust was more
| converted than that other fellow?
| No, that fellow had lived different
life from this man. You could tell
by his looks he had an emotional
makeup, cried easily This ether
fellow didn't.
| So, you win have the same kind
of temperament after you are con-
verted as You Rad before. I've got
| the same tabasco sauce, vim and
vigor that l had before I was con-
verified. / haven't slowed up any
| rye only given 1t over to the Lord
Stanley tells US that he found
4, people in Africa who never knew
! they were black until they saw
! white men. and when they saw
Stanley and his European followers
, for the first time In their lives they
knew that there stood the repres-
sentatives OF anothe- race. OF another
color, that lived somewhere in re-
| mote corner OF the earth that they
had never seen. They never knew
there was any other color. they had
never seen anybody hut black people.
| l know something about sin to-
! night / expec: IF God let me live.
! a year from nov I Will know more
about II now than a year ago but
there are some things ahout II that
! I never will know until burst
through the gates into the city /
! am living up 10 all the light that /
have now on the proposition.
/ What must ! do 10 be saved"
| believe on the Lord Jesus Christ"
said Paul, ''and thou shalt be saved"
| And read here that he fell down
/ God without nrst Of all broken
and coutrite heart. God fs willing
| 10 forgive but God cannot forgive II
you are not willing TO be forgiven.
He viii not do II as long az YOU are
in state OF rebellion and glory in
your sin. God Almighty has nothing
for you then.
tell you. God will stop making
worlds to help you If you are re-
i pentant and know you are sinner
and are willing 20 60 square and are
willing to ask God to forgive you
/ through faith in Jesus Christ. There
must he this spirit OF sorrow for sin
/ before there can ever be forgive
ness hut the moment you manifest
/ this sprit II is yours as gtft from
/ Jesus Christ.
| Some people think that what they
need is new surroundings Oh, no,
no, II Isn't that at ALL Here Is my
watch-~it won't run. | will put il
| in my pocket here. You saw II needs
new surrou ndings. All right ] will
| nut II over here in this other pocket.
| But that doesn't work. What's the
matter with it, IT doesn't need new
surroundings. II needs a new main
spring.
Need a New Heart,
So. what you need isn't new
suit or new haircut. You need
new heart. If you've got the devil
| in you now you will turn people 70
the devil no reatter where YOU II
| What you need is a new heart and
new nature, not new environment.
/ 7 read OF p father vears ago who
had that fool idea and he purchased
his 10y lieutenant's commission ir
/ The Russian army. This man was
! Russian, personal friend Of the car
and Il was during the Crimean war
! The cyar was walking around 10 view
the Notifications and encourage MS
n en- when France and England were
! hghtfng Russia for onstantinople
! This young fellow sat down and
tried to recall all hat ne owed and
he nut down column after column
OF figures. then ne added then IN
and the sum overwhelmed him auS
he wrote underneath. who will pay
all th's7''
! Meditating upon his maynard
, life. the vast sums that ne owen he
| fell asleep and the czar. walking
around. recognized the son of his
personal friend as ne sat there asleep,
rfe saw this paper living on hts TAP.
he stopped over and read it-''Who
! will nay all this7"
| The czar stopped down and sign
ed II and sealed IT with the roval
signet ard put II back. and when the
young fellow opened his eyes he was
alarmed to think the car had come
| and he'd been asleep.
, He examined the pancr and found
there an order on the tresury for
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