The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

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kind that makes men untrue to their
wives and wives untrue to their hus-
bands. The kind that wrecks virtue "
shame. The kind that makes men
merciiess and grinding to the poor.
The kind that robs the widows and
orphans The kind that Is merciless
az hell and as black as hate ana ~
relentless as despair. That kind In
| people comes from the devil. and the
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! the people comes by prayer and fast-
Ing.
casting that kind cut-becAuse they
are no. praying, and they are hitting
i the booze and they never darken the
prayer meeting door. They are going
to the devil and they are chewing the
rag instead Of getting on their knees
Now you know.
This kind. the kind that can put
that kind out. That kind comes by
Prayer and fasting and the church
isn't doing It, No, sir. That ~ why
they don't cast him ont.
Wait minute! They had been dis
putting who'd be the greatest. on the
way no to that meeting. They'd found
they were no match for the devil:
they'd been wrangHng to see who'd
have the most feathers In their hat
Oh, what poor weak sisters VIC are.
Peter. up on the Mount OF Trans
figuration. wanting to stay there said.
Lets build three tabernacles, one
for you. one for Moses, and one for
Elijah. Let the crowd down in the
valley go to the devil. and let's stay
mp here"
Pulled Hair Chcwed Rag.
And the crowd in the valley pull
ing hair. chewing the rag to see who'd
sit in the highest seat! . Oh. II the
angels see what goes on here on
earth, they must wonder at the pa
thence OF Godi No wonder they
couldn't pray. I think that God u too
busy to pay any attention to the fell
low who is trying to lift himself by
his own boot straps. There il nothing
to show that God Almighty will do
anything out OF the common to help q
fool. No!
There is something wrong with tho
man or the woman that wants the
biggest bee In his bonzset and the chief
seat in the synagogue. 1t Is as Inn
possible 70 pray right when your life
is wrong rs II is to run an automobile
with dishwater. It can't be did!
Now. they'd been disputfng among
themselves who'd be the greatest. Oh,
mercy, isn't 1t flercef Mind you now,
get this point. / wouln't have dream
ed It possible If the Bible hadn't told
me. I wouldn't dream 1t possible
that people in church would scrap If
didn't know II. I wouldn't dream
that some Of the biggest devils on
earth sit In church pews with their
names on the records. baptised.
sprinkled and immersed. and know
the thirty-eight articles Of confession.
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going to the devil 80 fast you can't
see them for dust. II I didn't know
FIT, wouldn't believe T. have met
every form Of beast In the arena. In
all these years for God, and know.
Now. say here they'd been disput-
ing among themselves who'd be the
greatest, instead OF trying to DO some
thing to get the devil out, I'd never
have dreamed 1t possible II the Bible
Christ falling QUIT Think of the nm
gers on your hands quarrelling!
Think II your thumb said.
Get off the earth, you little runt!
| Think Of the little finger, saying,
"Oh. Won big stiff. because you tower
[above the rest you think you are the
only pebble on the beach,
Go to It. My! Think Of the wheels
on an engine auarreling. the one on
ward. you are going Backward
You are going backward. I'm go
ing forward"
Contradiction keeps the thing go
ing. Think OF them fusstng. You go
forward. 60 backward"
You 80 backward. 30 forward.
/ Think OF the hairs on your head
quarreling! Think of Christian men
and women dusrrelfng. imagine NJ
Dispute Hintlcrs> RevivnlA
Do you know what binders q row.
val, Do You know what kills the
church today, 1t Isn't the whiskey
business, dirty. rotten. infamous, vile
contemplate. sinking. degrading, In
Testing, injecting, polluting. nse4dew-
ing, like a restilence with no decen,
thing to be said about it. II isn't that
coarse, that gang. vito as II Is: It ISM
the wickedness In the sfuns and the
tiousness, my friends, oh, It 10 tbs
quarreling. envy. strife, jealousy, dis
Isension, sclfishness, that kills the spirit
Of prayer upon the souls Of men.
/ BY contending they showed they
were proud, selfish. covetous. evil.
minded. oh, what compassion could
jtirey have for that poor boy with the
ldevil in him or the father whose heart
was breaking because the boy had the
Of tho SORROW and suffering Of that
Ichild or Of the heartaches and sleep
less nights Of the father. On! thinh
of women, my friends. that don"
know what It II to 90 to sleep unless
they wet their pillow with their tear
OF anguish Think Of the women
that don't know what It IL to have Q
kind word! Think OF the homes tha'
are wrecked and hearts tornt We
might by some effort bring their loved
ones to Jesus Christ and let them have
q little sunshine In their life instead
Of sitting around and doing nothing
to help bring the world to the Lord.
Each was taken up with his owr
lchance to see who would be the big
lgest duck in the puddle. They we've
mot thinking Of the broken-h hearted
father at all. but they were trying &c
break their fool necks to get In fnf
spotlight. Now you know why they
don't pray. Prayer is impossible, my
friends when the selfish ambition Il
the handspring. Prayer is impossible
when pride has the right-of-way
Prayer Is impossible when sin Is In
your life.
David said, "If I.sregard iniquity n
my heart the Lord will not hear me. y
THO prayar Won ought to ofIer 1E