The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

I ~ into partnership with God IN saw
4 Ing this world
Now, / want 10 show sou what it
means when you pray. = Is "hde
sn1ear In t0e sentence which ~ medi-
Akely follows Thy will 70" dohs ~
r4rth ms 1t is In heaven 4Hat pa =
Tie thought In cc4cGete form. q ~
i kfyes body 10 the des:re ao you t'-1
i. So TX. that shows what you riea
NAen you pray, THY kingd"En coAaS,
HI ron want God s. viii 10 he DOR" on
earth as. il is in heaven.
And there Is nothinE haTy, nothing
UNCERTAIN about it. when Gods VIII
81 tote on this earth as ;; ia in heaven,
then tsais earth VII he like heaven
ee9Fxras fer this happy condition ihaI
Jkshs meant we should PRAY and
work when he said. "Whcn sc EraF
&uav.. 1sThy Kingdom come, an" the
s41n wao doesn't mean hat er 90 est.
want that when he pT@ys or SAYS MS
prsycr Ia not praying ne is simply
E sxeAciesng his vocal % ans, n is
/ s4ntpler killing t9ne--only That and
nothing more,
a ITr tsn's praying IN she ~en7c that
God considers prayer. To pray my
kit,eysosY7 come means that y3u want
everything 10 Rave tha thai IS
! hfrderirr Gods kingdom from COM
ing. To pray. THY Kingdom come.
means that you want right conduct
and decent living everywhefe To
FRAY. Thy Kingdom come" means
!. thaf Won want honesty aud you want
righteousness ana you want square
DEALING in private and paoiic life.
Il .Thy ktngtor come" That means
10 pray for purity in public and pri.
y1te life. That means 10 stand
against wtckeduess Or every kind
+ Fv9 ssksfYa
hfsv profitable that witfnedness may
be. no matter how respectable, no
matter how popular. no mater now
remunerattve 81. may To 20 'Ha' vidual3
or 'rorpnrations. 1t means that II
ANYTHING In hindering Gods Kingdom
from coming, then that thing has Eot
to get out OF the world.
IAfe and Prayer Harmonic.
And the man who truly prays this
prayer will say Amen" &c it. win his
ltYe--his life and his prayer will har-
nfuntxe He Will cry and sigh be-
c&nse OF the ahominattons OF The city.
He will cry and sigh before God be-
0AasSe OF he weakness Of this old sin
cnfaed. God hating, Christ defy'ng
NAhld and he will pray as hard win
his hands and with his feet as he does
With his voice. He will pray with ms
nsorey and he will pray with his vote
HH6 nc VIII pTAS Will tbAS B4tioN tAN%-
He won't pray with his lips and
fhen 70 out and defeat his prayer
with his influence or with his vote
wren he prays, THY X ngdom come
he viii pray that GODS viii should h9
the Law of this world. If Gods "bl
peas the law OF this world, think OF
what n different condition would De
In this world.
The reason the world Is so Gamma
bic. ard individuals are so damnahle
IL hecauxc The individual and the com
nfAinfty and the world 10 not BEING
governed by the Lords law. He VIII
nour out his desires day and nieh'
before Cod seven days in the weeH
and not one day in seven, then nan
hour in The pew and 20 to the deFll
the rest of the time
The man who truly prays. Thy
l.fns.dosn come" will love his neigh
Dor az himself no matter whether
! that ne.ghbor lives on the other s!de
~ Inc stree, or whether ne i's IA
the other side of tbs world or whether
he lives on the islands Of he sea
N he truly pfays this prayer az
.fcsus meant II. every dollar he mas
will he as religious "A ne IS himself,
{ ~ ne prays this prayer "a Jesus rapan'
II and when Gods will Is done on
this old earth as II is IN heaven thlnk
~ what 1t will be- And he VIII 90
everything in his power to make 'hh
Nd world as II is In hcayrn----ont ohIs
IN his own heart and the heart OF
Ais family and the church, but he
Stants Il to cor1e TO everybody
throughout the world.
Are You Trying 10 Saver
Hov many are trying 10 save and
rescue the perishine: Just &c
through the church today aof
4 know--I wouldn't say anything II
ala. How hard have you ever
\ worked, Have you ever brought any.
kodv TO Jesus Christ? Some people
have been In the church twenty OF
thirty years and they have never wor
Il soul to God.
All right. II a man was TN an army
1 for twenty years and never shot
4 I'm. how long would it take him Il
B 5efeat the enemy? Just &c cut there
18th n gun and gland here ana loon
nice. That's all lot Of people &c
ssar .he church, they are no earthly
~Ihy kingdom come" Oh. IT Is
4 IixIey 10 siY,rfn IA cushioned pew. Res
& es4e the peY!shing. care for the dying,
Gems, ye discorsolate, come 10 the
u 16ansx.v seat" And its easy TO sing In
( 1lygfr parior. easy 70 sing IN The
kIfaw!ng room. easy 10 sing when yot
III 40 atttin. In 'front.' or the Nreplacs
with your slipper on
6 It'e easy to pray. God you save
re world. hut let me loaf on he JOB
4 f36nst ssk me 10 DO anything,
n 3ffAt'G mt religion, t1faf's rument
4 hate dreaming, and ali you want 70
II rneeue The pertshing. then go where
10y ars- want the church OF God
I 1ither to stop singing or go 20 doing
N nething She's playing VII re-
u lion. absolutely playing with it."
n 6tf1 God III usi be- nauseajed with the
ssSvny p1ople are trying 10 do some thing
& 80 can II serving God
An right. IF they didn't DO more
Is1f their country than Some CT them
d for the church they would no
B atunt 70 three whoous r they aid
b More for their country than hey
Ri Fl tho church they Wouldn't be en-
M 1Sf1ed to be classified As Aruer.ca 0F.
I'D call them traitors il / he'd my
d ~ OF desinating II II hey did rc
1S 800 when the hour corn %.
A -. II you want 10 rescue the per
hing. 10 where they are and touch
IA 6rn. hear 80 much talking that
Retsing Disguised, about he non
m Areh-Eoer, but what about the non
TT church, Why doesn't that
II sifch TO to the oD-chut Oh goerT II
III 0uA be con-church~ g0er WoulG