The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-15

by your works &
Oh. boy CAN pick up q stone and
break the cathedral wtndow-yess
but II takes an artist to build Il. 4
fool can light match and burn down
1 structure that takes a skiiled con-
Tractor and architect to erect. Oh.
anybody can yank the leaves from
rose. but II takes God to make II ana
kiss II with tina. sunlight A MOB
l@sa~s@/D 4A~ face nj s1eSpa EhrAr4 nall.
eY MN I'd Enc 'uruas. bat tsfh y 4. A%sss-
ed him, and he rose from the dead.
Let those who snecr at revivals find
something that has produced . bless
ing and benefit equal to that In = re
vival os religion before they opeD
their old jaws.
t Horace Bushnell. one of the. bright
est tutors that Yale college produced
! for forty years, was pastor Of the
| first Congregational church, Of Hart.
| ford, Comp. Horace Bushnell said
! il any man expects to CARRY ON the
cause Of Jesus Christ on q steady.
dead level, fearful lest the axles OF
Gods chariot might kindie into q
Name. he's too big a coward TO be
leader Of the Lords hosts. When
the preaching Is faithful. when the
prayers are earnest. when the lives
/ Of the people are pure. revival VIII
follow rs naturally as the sun will
shine.
Somebody says,
"A revival causes disrespect or
| brings disrespect to the cause OF
Christ" Nc! Because By and through
| the revival We confess that we have
declined spiritually and need some
thing to &rouse .uA. You don't put
the community in possession OF some
information they haven't already OF,
, tap--no. at ntf! Honest confession
Is good for the soul!
You say, "A revival In temporary"
Sos q rain shower. Sos . Pentecost.
So was the reformation under Martin
Luther, but the world feels the bene-
! fit OF its blessings today.
Bath Would 10 Good.
A revival temporary? Sos q bath!
Take one, II will do you good.
You say, 1T exalts the evangelist"
It does nothing Of the kind. Tho
! evangelist has his place In the divine
economy as much a. the preacher. I
am sick and disguised with q lot OF
| doesn't do tina same thing just the
| way he should. No. sir. I've got
my place In Gods divine economy
| Just as much as January and Feb
! ruary and October and November
, have in the calendar In the swinging
Of the sun. Where the word preach
er" Is mentioned once In the Bible.
| evangelist" Ia mentioned twice. 90
I've got him skinned two TO one.
Now hold on minute! I've got q
great admiration for a man who can
serve the church year in and year out
and build the people up in their
/, faith. God bless hint He has my
prayers. God don't call me to do It,
There's many man that God honors
and .bleases an the pastor Of church
who would be fzxle as an evangel-
| list. On the other hand he will bless
an evangelist who would be fall
was called as pastor OF a church but
once. when man offered to give
! So. 500 a year toward my salary, but
! didn't accept It. II ever did make
up my mind to do It. I'd buy a round
trip tcket--take It from me! But
/ you can bet I'd skin the gang while
| I was on the job.
| A revival Is \ conviction of sin In
the church. Back siiders ara
Christ through . revival. and your
faith Is strengthened. The average
! man or woman today - blind to these
conditions. Pray. Get your own heart
! and lift right. then you begin 70 yearn
| and long to seq other people right
for Jesua Christ and for His truth
| Oh. the truths OF the Bible are q
/ dream. they are \ mirage to q great
many people today. They never be-
are IN such a blacksliddenx state and
condition themselves.
Went ny ~ MoDa.
| ! was in . town out IN Iowa.
| preaching In little tent, and an old
! IN vfrh r%fA PA11nvw nUAAA ma tn
/ 70 out to his house for dinner. I
went out with him ono time and we
! sat IN the parlor ana he WIS pulling
his bird tail whiakers and trying to
hit the spittoon thirty feet away
like that. And pretty soon he got
up and walked across the floor.
reached sup on the wall and took
down a copy Of Jayne's Almanac aAa
/, he began to turn the leaves. He said
changes."
| said. What fort"
! He said. II want to mark my calves:
| cut the Sits out Of the ears Of some
| OF them and they bled To DEATH" He
said. II was told II marked them in
| certain time OF the moon they'd
be all right"
said. do you believe THAR"
He said. Yes. I've had one OF these
years" l said, That's queer chat
you win believe that. you've got two
/ kids. and IL you'd put them on the
| market tomorrow they wouldn't bring
~ much AZ one OF those black polled
steers you've got out IN the field."
The trouble with people h that
they spend TOO much time getting
their hogs and cattle ready for mar
ket and too little time getting boys
and girls ready for heaven.
| Revival? Get right yourself! You
begin to realize that without Jesus
/ Christ you are lost and drifting away
! from Christ ana his truth. 20.
| Lord. Revive Thy work. In the midst
of the years In wrath remember
mercy"
| When 10 \ revival needed When
I, religion b not ideal. Christianity
does not consist Of trotting out to
church Sunday morning. keeping
little spots seventeen inches square
warm for half hour, listening to .
.sermonette. putting . plugged. coun-
terfeit cent. into the collection plate
and then singing. "WhenNthe Roll 10
!, Called up Yonder."
"A preacher cana to me out In
Iowa and he said 20 me, "Bill. I
| thnY,vhf TN dnnA INV t1utv when