The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-17

entertain me in her home while / was
there. She said, II don't know wheth-
err I'd like him or not" Finally SHE
decided to take a chance on me. And
so she did and her prejudice dissolved
and she said. We'll. l didn't know
whether 1 would like you. Mr.. Sun
day.
said, Gosh. I didn't know whether
I'd like YOU" / said. "It would be
Just as inconvenient for me to be en-
itcrtained In xeslr home II ] didn't like
you as III "yod~h ron tTsAAe sA~. Se&k
don't you him that because you can
buy Persian rugs. and sit behind a
power OF wealth. and you have a but
ton on your table, and press the but
ton-z-z-z-z- and have somebody run
ming 1t is ali on your side, sissy. -
They were all with one accord"
We need one accord" In the churches
more than we need high church stee-
pies. We need one accord" more
h a we need a pipe organ backed up
in the corner. We need lone accord"
more than we need cookstoves. We
need "one accord" more than we need
dishes. We need "one accord more
than we need n grand opera singer
,up in the choir loft scraping calcimine
off the ceiling and you can't under
stand a word she says. We need zone
accord more han we need multi
millionaires sitting In the pews. God
isn't going to pour out his spirit be-
cause some rich duck sits in your pews.
We need one accord" more than we
need culture. Some of the biggest
rogues I have ~ me have beer men
and women Of culture.
One accord"-one mind: no con-
troyersy: no discussion; Or leaving
the difficulties off: no UNCONVENTIONAL
fuses: nobody hollering. water, "a n
ter. water; no Presbyterian talking
about the perseverance OF the saints;
no hair splitting; no worrying about
your dinner burning up before you
get home; no growing because your
note was due and you had nothing to
pay II with. All with one min And
everybody there knew - Christ.
Get his point. Everybody there was
personally acquainted with Jesus.
They knew Him after the flesh before
they crucified Him. They knew Him
after the Spirit after He was resur-
rected. and there was not a sou in
that gathering at Pentecost that was
a stranger to Jesus Christ. Perhaps
every man and every woman present
had felt His power and had been a
recipient OF His power to heal. cleanse,
ar bless, or He'd dried the tears on
their cheeks, or He cast the devil out
of some member OF the family. or He'd
sent a vomiting husband walking home
sober TO kiss her instead Of to beat
her up. and indirectly or directly they
felt some benefit and blessing because
Jesus Christ walked On earth.
Everybody there knew Jesus Christ.
The Ieper was there whose corrupt
flesh Jesus Christ cieansed by touch
ing him-as He touched the leper.
Oh. Jesus Christ was better h the
Mosaic law 1t was against the
Mosaic law to touch a leper. and that
fellow came up with the rotten, pu-
trifying flesh dropping from his bones.
He said, Lord, If thou wilt. thou canst
make me clean" He said. II viii"
He. reached out and touched him
against the Mosaic law. Oh. Jesus
Christ was better than the Mosaic
law.
Like David. he went into the tenn
pie one day. They had been chasing
him over the mountains. He was
hungry and he rushed into the temple
and there the bread was on the shew
table, IT wasn't lawful for anybody
but the high priest to touch 1t, and
David grabbed 1t up n bit a hunk
off OF Il and began to eat 1t, and God
4 didn't strike him dead And why?
Because David's ceremony was big
gar than n Priests, That's the kind
OF n Lord you've got. God Is no
three-caret proposition.
The Blind Beggar.
: And the blind heggar was there.
And In the ninth chapter OF john
ge ntiemen when I get TO heaven he
is going to be one OF the first fellows
I am going to look up. And the
naraiyttc whom they let down
through the roof, There In s~crGpturai
authority for doing things out the or
DIARY They couldn't get him In
through the door. and go they ripped
of the roof and lowered him down In
front OF Jesus. So II you can't do 1t
one way. do 1t another. but In Gods
name DO II. SO he was there.
Yes. and the n~oblenan's son that
Jesus had cleansed was there. The
man with a withered hand that Jesus
healed in the Synagogue on the Sab
bath day. and that bunch OF highhrnw
! thugs and crooks made at him be-
cause he did II. Oh, he VAS there.
And Jairus was there and his little
daughter that Jesus raised from the
de ad one day over In Capernaum, ard
the woman that crawied through the
crowd and touched the hem Of his
garment. who had an ~affliction that
was eating and craving her life away
like a cancer. She was there.
The centurian with his servant
that .Tesus cIes nsed was there. Yes.
and the man who had lain at the Pool
Of Bethesda for thirty-eight years
waiting for the angel to come down.
and Jesus beat him there. Jesus
came along and said, Take up your
bed and walk" And he was there.
And tho disciples whose hearts
burned within them as they walked
on the way to Emmaus. They were
there. Mary. and Martha. and Lag
arus. they were there. And the wo-
man taken in adultery--in the very
act-and Jesus said, Neither do I
condemn you. Go and sin no more"
And Mary Magdaiene. out Of whom
he cast seven devils. she was there.
praying "a earnestly and as f%ervently
IA any Of the others. Everybody at
that little meeting knew Jesus Christ
and every one of them had an up-to-
fthe-mfnute experience. and II you'd
call for a testimony meeting you
wouldn't have to nag and null and
beg and tease and O. for five MIN
utes to get somebody to their feet.
THEN some good old saint would
stand up and say. 1.-THE Lord Is my
shepherd. I shall not want" Oh. my
goodness! They'd all want to speak.
They all Rad something to say. Some
thing had been done for all OF them.