The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27

But what about our souls? Never
pray, never read the Bible. Lots Oh
people go TO church Sunday morning
but they never go Sunday afternoon OF
night. They think they can take y
spiritual breath big enough on SUNDAY
morning TO last them unul next sun
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away from The Lord. You can't eat
| enough today to last until next week
Don't forget to thank the Lord.
| There are men In this world to
whom God seems never to say NO.
One of them was Hudson Taylor, the
great Chinese missionary. Whenever
he wanted money, God sent II until he
had enough.
| A friend OF mine met an American
who lived in China and said: Can you
tell me the secret Of Tayior's power p
The American representative re-
piled: That lis easy: Hudson Taylor
arises every morning and he sits for
one hour with God. Sometimes he
spends that hour reading the Bible.
Sometimes he spends it in prayer and
meditation. Sometimes he spends 1t
sitting there and saying over and over
His dear name, Jesus. Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, Hudson Taylor comes from
that hour of communion with power.
Did you ever try it? Try 1t and see.
An old superannuated Methodist
preacher came to me and said: III you
will allow me to. should like to make
some suggestions which will be great
source of blessing to you"
said: What is it, DIR. Wilkinson 20
He said: You ilet God talk to you
word: you talk to God fifteen minutes
da~y in f.
teen minutes day. You do those
three or any one of the three, and see
what it will do"
I have tried to carry 1t ont from
that day to this.always at least one of
| hem.
| You let God talk to you fifteen
minutes a day through the Bible, Or
/ you talk to God fifteen minutes day
| through prayer. Or you talk for God
fifteen minutes a day and you will
see what a power and blessing will
come into your life Then the hene-
/ diction of God will come upon you.
Trying to Help You.
/ So / am trying to help you. my
( friends, spiritually. just as the doctor
would come to help you physically.
/ as a teacher would to help your boy
or girl intellectually. Therefore. don't
! look upon the doctor with gratitude
/
| enmity. He is your friend. He helps
you morally the same az the doctor
does physically or the educator does
| intellectually.
| I want the strongest body I can
. have, the best intellect l can get, and
] want to be strong for Jesus Christ.
I think / can preach better IL can
eat three meals a day than ! could
If / had indigestion. Yet / am the
| not OH t1.n IOf,G u, a
at. You never met a man that eats
less or sleeps less than i do. Yet
have been sleeping better here than
l have been In any place for three
years. / guess 1t is because you folks
are so good. You are crackin' good
crowd down here. I regret to look
ahead to the day when I will have to
bid you goodbye and take the train
And then, there w. another thing
get right with each other. l read OF
three confessions in the Bible. First,
confess Christ as your Saviour. Sec.
ond. confess your sins Third, confess
your fault one to another.
Did you ever go up to q man and
say. This is my trouble: what Is
your fault7" Now. on the level. did
you?
don't know what your fault is
Mine Is my temper. have no appe-
tite for drink. / am not tempted
along other lines. but temper is mine
have temper like a sheet-fror
stove. A bunch OF shavings and q
match would make II red hot In two
minutes. But I am making progress
along that line. Lots Of things come
. up to provoke, and hold In and dc
. well.
Christ La your Saviour. Comics.
your sins and faults one to another
-. suppose the third u a condescensior
: that few people are willing to stooI
to. and yet 1t Il essential. We wan
to get along and grow and develop
and then get right with each other
sistant with DR.. wilbur Chapman w
and down the land. He Of all mer
taught me to preach. when qui
playing baseball We went to q towy
out West and he preached there FOL
, week and nobody was converted
$ They would sit and listen spellbound
He called the preachers, and he said
( Outlook Not Bright.
: II have worked as hard as I eve,
t something wrong. and I am going L
quit. am going to the next town.
Il They said: 1--WE are Just as much
concerned about the condition az 20,
: could possibly be. and IT has been {
= great source OF worry to as We have
/, been trying 10 investigate TO see 1
; we can't And out where II u.s. and W,
, think we are locating Il. Won't 20,
stay until Friday nightf"
This was Wednesday. and he said
, Yes. If you know where the trouble
. Is, and can remove IT.
, So the Methodist preacher and ths
/, Presbyterian and the Baptist ant
Congregational preacher started out
!. They went down to a man who wal
! the chief usher in the meeting HI
was a judge Of tho circuit court The,
said:
We have heard certain thing,
about you. and we don't believe. them
We have come to know whether theJ
are true, and II they are. we will stant
: by you, and II they are not. we will
stand by you. but we want to know
the truth"
He said: Wei. don't know al
, you have heard. but am positive
{. that all you have heard is true. and
, there is a good deal you have no
D heard that is true"
> He got up and turned the key ir
{ the door. and they talked 1t over. and
l. they prayed This tidge started rou
and went down to men who were hi
political enemies and others and told
: them and ask ed their forgiveness.