The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-08
Opportunity and
Responsibility
non Delivered by Billy Sunday Friday Afternoon, Feb ~


but having no use for eyes in those
dark subteTranean cavea kindly ma
ture stopped making what was not
used and took 1t up and invested 1t
In fin and scale and tail So. IL you
have something and lose IT you lose
IL rscAuse you 10 not use IT.
God gives you chance to exer-
else your faith; II you son't exer-
ciSe your faith and use 1t. you lose
4. It's true mentally. its true
physically, and it's true spiritually
The processes OF nature wtther A.
WHY through disuse. There WAS a
'ims when they could have believed
M Ieaus. bat they would not believe
and now when they wanted to believe
they could not believe. because in the
interim. they had gotten % far away
from God that even though they
wanted to believe they couldn't be-
,ieve And Jesus had givsn every
evidence that he was the Scr Of God
by healing the sick. and calling the
d sd into life, and they would not
believe, sitting the tenn pests and all
hat and when they could have be-
tIeved they would not believe, and
when they would believe they could
not believe, All rigItl
True Of Drunkars
! II is true of the drunkard. Here's
fellow who could not quit when
The could and now he can't quit when
| he WAITS to quit. There was . time
when he could have quit and when
! he could quit he would not. and now
when he wants 20. he can't. That "
/ the price hey 10y! Gcd gives them
oppoTi uniiies- There IN not q
drunkard O.. earth tina, don't have
IAN opportunity to quit drinking.
There isn't "A man In Sing Sing that
didn't have chance 70 cay cat OF
there If he wanted TO. There isn't
a ~1ma1 who's t. prostitute. who did
not have chance to stay out OF H.
There isn't n man or woman In hell
who did not have chance TO go
to heaven r. they wanted to.
They do me wrong. who seek no
more
When once knock and find you
not within.
For every day stand ows-
side your door.
And lid you wake and Kiss and
fight and win.
Weep not for splendid chances
ia gsed away,
Vail not for golden ages on the
wan~
Each night burn the records If
the day.
Al sunr.n.. every soul is born
again
fWhy. God gives you n chance
every time the sun comes up over the
hills. he gives you chance TO re-
pent for your sins, or keep on just M
you choose,)
II deep In mire. wiring not your
hands and weep.
lend my arms to al why cay.
i can"
, No shame faced. outcast ever
But yet. may rise and be again
man.
Art thou A rfcurner, rouse Thee
from thy spell,
Art thou a sinner, your sins may
be forgiven.
Each morn I give you wings TO
fly from hell,
Al nivht star to guide yuur
feet to heaven
Everybody has an opportunity
everybody, II don't make any differ.
i. ence whol win give you a chance
' 10 come down here and take you,
chances with the Lord, that is YOU
! opportunity.
,, Now. wait a minute! Tow nanJ
are fhe the Lewft~s, On, there AWAY
down IN Jericho road they waw thu
wounded man ana folded thesr arml
, a~H passed on. Along came the good
, Samaritan. We have founded upor
, his good act,ons one Of the creates,
) ORGANIZATIONS on earth the ODD rei.
a lows. Those L%v'ter had the Same
, chance that the good Samaritan had
!. but they pasred II by Had they
turned aside and helped that pool
fellow they might have gained fol
themselves imp~rtshabie renow n
! Their names might have run down
, through the world today with ap.
/. standing in the same honorary com
!. csnw With Peter. James and Paul
q But they had their chance, ard. Tx.
i. for's they would not take n The,
, wouldn't rut cut their hands h help
a Their hands were wftherod
= coi's Opportunity.
!. what an awful hing m - 10 MAu
< the opportunity that God throws q
t yonr doorsteps ana throws into youl
!. fare what an a-~tpI thing II vi
d There are men n india who Aavs
stood with their arms extended unti
, their muscles and joints have sttff
J ana bring their hands against theii
bodies There are p~orie who havs
kept their hands In their pockets =.
] long they can't take out a dollar ant
. put :. INTO the collection plate.
And there nre other rsople tina
0 have pot their hands IN other people,,
= pockets TO steal what other peopis
. have. othsr peosie reach out theii
: head. and take . brine ana ehen tnY,
:, around and Naarsinste somebody,
character. hecauss sorne hlack -hesrs
: 30 degenerate paid them for dcini
H. think the fellow that wf.i 10 I
10 lower down than tho dirty dor TIM
= e5svs him the money TO 40 III thinl
thai!
? And 20 lots Of people have reached
|! Eouf Their hands and they hav,
j grabbed the forbidden things ~ tn,
7 world until they are rnn BILE TO hell
9 somebody 10 Christ. They could no
. get up ard walk down the aisle ant
1 say ''t wish you wor]d ro down ant
give your heart to Christ"
When Moody was converted. whef
he was a young fellow IN a boot ant
[ shoe sfore In Boston. hc was so igno
a rant hat ne could scarcely read 81
y write. and ne could not read the stor,
OF .he prodfxnl son without stopping
4 TO look up Some OF the words in II
- but he -asd: "God. have one talent
y and YOU are welcome 10 that"
nj And God Almighty took that ont