The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-31

principle without the person wonr
save YOU.
All right, here is truth. Truth Is
never powerful unless wrapped vi
IN person, and take truth and
wrap Jesus Christ up with It and
| say to the world: Here, take it."
Ihey say: I'VE will take truth. but
We don't want Christ"
Ihen / say: You will go to he'll
with all the truth on earth, without
Jesus Christ. the principle without
ossa, 1-,y,r,., -, :, - IN.
and read what Paul says: You
can't be saved by words, but by the
deeds of the law. We have believed
IN Christ that we might be saved by
the faith Of Christ"
therefore. they say: Yes. we will
taKe truth. but not your Christ
you can take truth. but if you don't
TAKE my Christ with you all the truth
on coos earth won't take you out of
nell. SO I pick UP justice and wrap
Jesus and justice together. They say
we believe In two thousand pounds
to a ton, thirty-six inches TO a yard,
we believe In justice, but we don t
want your Christ"
] say. "Ali right. all your Justice
without Jesus Christ won't save you"
The trouble with lot Of preachers,
today. is that they are afraid to
preach the person so they preach the
principle and the people are not saved.
l viii tnke purity. I will pick up
purity and wrap Jesus UP with it
and will say. Here take it."
Iney say. mo, l don't want your
Christ. / want to be true to my wife,
husband"
admire you. but all the virtue on
GODS Garth, without the person, won't
save you. All the truth on earth,
without the person won't save you.
therefore, We are trying to work our
way to heaven instead of by repen-
OF God.
They have always seen this truth.
Foiiow me-" has been more in
spring sermon than work. on this
program. See? So they are trying
10 WORK on a program and get them
selves to heaven and ignore the per-
son. They can't do it.
have come here to preach the
principles of religion with the person
VINO inspires the principles and, say.
II you have the person, YOU will have
the principles, but the principles
without tn person won't save your
soul.-no sir! And that is the reason
mat Christianity stands head and
shoulders above all other religions
that have been offered to the human
race and ever will be offered for. God
knows, they drive you bughouse to-
day.
Fourteen or fifteen years ago when
they assaulted the church they were
led by Bob Ingersoll Today the PEN
dulum is swung to the other extreme.
Tor we say he could not fool the peo-
pie that way, so they are assaulting
the church through "isms' and
''sisnls. There has never been a
time when we-had more of those bug
things to turn people away from God
than we have right now.
1t don't always suit the devil to be
painted in black, so he transforms
himself into an angel of light. and he
folos the people. All other religions
are built around a principle Certain
~. There are lots of good things in
Cnitarianism. AS I say. l will go as
far as they go and / will go beyond
them. There are lots of good things
in. Christian Science-ism.'' Ethical
Culture but they are building EN- all
around the principles. But Chris
uanity Is quit around persons.
Jesus Christ, there you are.
We built our religion around a per-
son. Jesus. They built theirs around
a principle. but the principle without
the person won't save you. | am CIV
ing you the word of God. And there
fore. every other religion on earth is
a religion that you must keep. but
Christianity Is a religion that keeps
you. There is the difference between
the proposition I've got to put up.
Right Against Wrong.
ogt-
scars to show for the conflict of right
against wrong? When a war Is over
heroes have scars to show. One rolls
back his sleeves and shows the gun
shot wounds, another pulls down his
collar and another limps and says.
I've never been able to walk since
Cold Harbor." 1--WE never been able
to walk since Charlottesville" since
Chickamauga." Proud OF the scars
that tell they were on the battle line
and became bullet-meat for thirteen
trenches and ate sow-belly and hard
tack. to let the flag wave over the
grandest country that Gods eye ever
saw or made.
Eternal God. we don't fear the
world. don't you forget, It. and the
kaiser and his gang will find it out
before they get through with this
crowd over here-not on your life
SO when this old conflict is over
and you and l meet on the golden
street, will you have any wounds TO
show for Jesus Christ? God knows
I've got q lot of 'em. I am proud of
them. for 1 don't think a man ever
came to the city that has been more
lied about and vilified and slandered
and blackmailed by that white
hvered. bull-headed, lying bunch.
Have you any wounds to show? Oh!
Some people have wounds to show.
they fought for the devil: they have a
wrecked character, a wrecked man
hood, wrecked virtue. They've got
scars to show they were on the devils
side. Have you got any to show that
you were on Christs side?
Christ has scars to show. scars on
his brow. scars on his hands, scars on
his feet, and when he will pull aside
the robes Of royalty. you will see the
scars in his side, where they drove the
spear as he hung on the cross
When the Scottish chieftain wanted