The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03

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preached with ail the energy and ses'
%stsms he passaSaeA S.& :, tn i
heard of a pastor who was leaving
= passionate, that had served Tor
fourteen years He Was around bid
ding the members Of his church good
bye He went into the home of a
hedridder saint who naid to him. Pas
Tor. Ia all the fourteen years you have
served us I have never heard you
preach. but there hasn't been a day or
night that ] have been racked by
pain that I havsE't prayed God to
bless YOU
The other ministers were jelous OF
his success They said, He hasn't n
winning personality but he never
had IA communion that he didn't have
accessicns to his church He had .
praying church behind hia back.
LOOK to Yourself.
Look 10 yourselves That b. some
thing you ean all do. you can all pray.
If you can't preach and sing, there
is something that you can ali do and
that Is TO pray,
a Russian soldier. was hurredly sum-
moned to picket duty. Not suf-
fieienify equipped TO prevent con-
tracing a severe cold he was pacing
back and forth on duty when along
came n Russian peasant and seeing
the sentinel shiverinx. he said. You
take my overeoAL~
He said. II wouldn't thing OF shat~
he said. You take my overcoat,"
and he removed It and hurried home,
contracted a severe cord which devei-
oped into typhoid and pneumonia and
he died
Before he died he dreamed he was
In the presence 81 Jessts and there
lying at the feet OF the master he
saw his coat and fin amazement no
here?~
He said. "Tnasmuch As yon did that
to one of the least Of my brethren,
you did II unto me-"
You never gave q handshake or q
smile or cup Of cold water In the
name of God. but he said, ri win see
that you don't lose your reward
They would wear the victor's crown
Md that triumphant throng.
who never made one struggle here
For the conquest Of right Ger
wrong.
They would wear the vf~eor~s crown
who never lifted their fingers I can
tell you church mem ere who haven't
darkened this tabernacle In ten weeks
can name you preachers of ortho-
-dox churches who haven't poked their
old faces in this tabernacle.
Look to yourselves thar ye receive
a full reward" II God had to depend
on them to save this city. she'd have
been In hell long ago.
First Corinthians, And every man
that striveth for the mastery is tenn
"a a IL
to obtain corruptisie crown, but we
an fncorruptible~
think Paul got the inspiration for
That verse by watching the Olympic
games At Athens. because he says in
hebrews; Let us lay aside every
weight and the sin which doth 20 cas-
lily beset us and let us run with pa
thence the race that Is set before us,
looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher or our faith"
He saw that the a'hlsts, when they
got out TO run. laid aside everything
that would impede their progress He
said. IF men are willing TO do that
to win race. why aren't we willing
to DO that to make a success of the
Christian racer.
used 10 run. 7 could run A hun~
dred yards In ten seconds at the crack
OF q pistol ! could circle the dia-
mond In fourteen seconds from the
standing start. had a pair OF run
ming shoes, tho two Of them didn't
weigh pound. / used to lay aside
all superfiuous clothing. 20 I would
not have anything to impede the
working Of my muscles, I never tried
10 win race with q milestone
strapped on my back. don't pro-
pose TO try and run Gods race with
oesetttng sins impeding my progress.
~ wsss stratTfirx every muscle and
didn't want any man to breast that
tape ahead OF me. and they couldn't
do IL. either. 60 Paul said, let Ne
lay aside every weight. and let MS
run with patience he race that 10 set
before us," and ! think that would be
characteristic, my friends. Of us II we
only realized that without Jesus Christ
men and women are lost
| think the church In All wrong n
she simply does this-bu,lds q build
ing. hires a preacher to preach and q
choir TO sing, and says, IF the people
want to come, let them come: II they
don't, let them 60 to the devil"
II they don't come, then 20 where
they are. and the power Of God and
the blessing Ut God win BE- upon You
They say that the ARE IN I-cmAon
could have been sta~~d ~ tn. azepa~u
coJ'S nave been rYfvtsn.cd 10 prvs~s~d
ags.I'.~t IL instantly us-o~ III discov-
cry. hut In tho~e dsyA h~f~r~ tAA4 ~ass
possible the lcrd may W haA ta eater
his office. don hM chs 1aI rchea, pick
up his pen. dip II ~ the Ink. anA nxu
he order which gave the c,~snsr =
privilege to turn the ~hc.se IN the fire..
and by the time they had received II
The flames had made su~h he~dwsv
that they licked the go,d from Oft
their proud palaces, and granite
blocks were consr IN ed ~ II they were
mad. OF paper.
Or. We've got two crowds In the
chnrv'h. the rats and tho anti-ruts.
We hare A. crowd that want things
done dec-nrsy and in order and they
ar.uatiy convince ore thcy'd rath Or
see people go 10 heii thar to be saved
out Of the ordinary, SGT rules and
regulations, .s.a.
Old ways are all right IL they viii
deliver tho goods, but they Ars At only
Tor the junk heap II they fail to do
hS'. So therefore DON; be afraid OF
snp"' tiona. Anything that viii hiring
men and women TO Jesus Christ has
Gods blessing uron n although y
ma; have the sncers and the rAilery
and the ridicu,s of some others In the
world
Look 10 yourselves shat ~ re-
essiys full reward" First Thessalo-
min "Enr L. nssD hama 49,