The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-24
THE RICHMOND vIKGINIAN-MoNDAY, FRBRUARY a. 1910.


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believe the Bible b the Word Of God
and too progressive to be a Christian
that mans usefulness al a busi-
ness associate, ~ member of society.
and ~ 4 companion for others In Mt
an end right there.
Two E1dc0 to Question.
There are mo two sides to this
question. You can't make any more
fatal mistake than to harbor or ac-
cept fool notions than to think, my
the, Son Of God and. TO doubt tina
fsiple, <nat ~ ~ouyt NJ, means p{D-
gr essivenew: II means every thing IN
my opinion that is contrary to right
to decency. to reason and progress
sfvene8s.
God touched the heart of Saul Of
Tarsus, and he became the great,
preacher. He touched the heart Of
David IAvingston. and he left his home
and went into the tungles Of Africa.
He touched the heart Of the Earl of
aries leave their homes. leave th cir
bones to bleach on the sandhiIis. rot
in the swamps, and breathe the MAS
matte germs and 20 down under tho
knives Of the cannibals. What for :?
To hold up ths bleeding form OF Jesus
Christ. They wouldn't so away to
preach Shakespeare. Aristotle, or
Emerson.
Napoleon said--nnd hope tho
kaiser win please bear in mind that
England still owns St Eelena--"Alex-
ander, Caesar. Charlemagne. and my
self founded empires. What did we
rest the creations OF our genius on?
Upon the sword and upon force"
Jesus Chrirt lived thirty-three brief
years. Today there are millions that
would bare their breasts and shed
every drop OF blood for the advance
ment OF His cause in this old world.
An infidel said to the ex-king Of
la Sandwich Island on trip one time
TO Honolulu. Isn't 1t true that you
and your people were much better
before these so-called ard alleged
missionaries came and preached to
You this tommy-rot and stuff they call
Christianity
The old king. who himself had
been r. convert from cannibalism to
Christianity. Jumped to his feet and
said to the blatant. clustering infidel.
But for the coming Of these ME-
s;ouar.es and teaching me the princi-
pies of Jesus, which l have accepted,
you have already done three things
that would have cost you your life.
had you did them before they came.
You had the audacity. sir. 10 walk
into my presence, instead OF creepin &
on your hands and knees. You Cross
ed my shadow and you sat down In
my presence instead of remaining
standing II you'd have done either
OF the three before the missionaries
came, you wouldn't have your head
on your shoulders now. That is how
much you are In debted to the mis-
sionaries!"
How am going to believe these
things / see. Five thousand people
packing this building away up here!
How am l going to believe these true
reports hear OF sinners being saved,
druukards being made sober, thieves
steal no more.
Jesus Christ, that explains why you
are all here tonight. That explains
Why you make the sacrifice to come
20 this building for seven weeks every
day and every night That explains
Il ali 10 me.
Becomes a Prophecy.
Their in the last place. ii becomes
a prophecy. il is q mystery. don't
understand II, but ] am doing what
I can to hetp--ttS 81 fnat, seveta-
lion. Yes, you will have TO yield TO
Christ for Him TO reveal II to you.
And last 1t 70 \ prophesy: not so
much n foretaIling az ttn.ng forth.
And yet I srn standing up here
prophesying 10 thts audience, I am
foretelling to the sinner that he may
be a Christian and go to Heaven 1
am telling forth to the sinner that he
may be Christian and go 20 Heaven
So. when am landing here
preaching, l am prop hesying. l am
telling forth TO you. &ad J am fore
telling TO You what you can be. And
l am foretciling that you VIII go to
He'll II you don't
All right, now then' Every man
or every woman fhat tries to live as
you know you ought 10 live. sooner
or later something will come into
your life which will make you realize
how far short you are OF reaching
+ YOUR ideal. Here's a fellow who wants
10 be generous. He finds himself
selfish. rasping, grasping--he'd make
old Scrooge and Marley of Dickens
ifook like plugged counterfeit cent
by the side OF thousand dollar gov
eminent loan bond.
Here's a man that wants TO be
nure. Here's n man who wants his
heart TO be clean. Here's rsen
that wants his mouth to Re fsf'ed with
words Of praise and comfort. He
discovers TO his chagrin that they are