The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-29
INE YOUR BODIES TO COD FREELY If YOU WILL BE SAVED


4 something on him.
Some Hard Questions
! Oh, 1t was a hard thing that God
asked of Joseph, but God had reA-
i son. and Joseph understands tonight.
and he is satisfied
! God asks some hard things, ] VIII
admit, but God never asks anything
unreasonable. Never. 1t was hard
hing that God asked OF Moses. 10
take that great horde OF half civil
! lied people of Jews1v9ao, had feen tef
s3b yep.h W. ray,,e-tseh tiondA& sa~s--s
lead them TO the promised land. They
grumbled and growled, and they drove
him almost to distraction. One day
| he got so mad he pulled out his rod
! and walked up to that stone. and he
said "Oh. Jesus, shall we bring water
! out of this rock?"
! God said Come here, Moses; come
hsre."
| He took him upon the mountain
! and he said: DO you see that coun-
try"
| 1T is great, Lord. What is it?"
That Is the Promised Land.
! Where we are going ??
NO Not where you are going.
! You cant do 1t. You forgot that the
teach these people-was his IDOL
They had been worshipping idols and
| had been giving Moses the credit for
his power,
| 1t was a hard thing that God asked
Moses to do. but He had a reason. And
Moses understands tonight. He Is
satisfied.
| 1t was hard thing that God asked
| OF Job--to be co,cred with boils from
head to foot--and his wife said
| Curse Cod" But did he? No. He
said: Though He Stay me, yet will
/ trust Him"
! understands tonight and is satisfied.
| | will admit God asks some things
| that are hard, but God has a reason
| 1t was hard thing that God asked
! of Paul. To be cursed. beaten and
| at last beheaded. but God had a rea-
son. Paul understands, and he is sat
isfied
| It was a hard thing that God said
1 to his only begotten son. son. go
down. be born OF tho Virgin Mary
suffer under Pontius PLATE, be cruel
| fed. dead and buried"
; But he walked the earth and he was
spit upon. damned. stoned and called
IA winebiber. and a elutton. And they
treated him with all the brutality that
hearts inspired by the devil could dc
and then they nailed him on the cross
and he cried, at Is finished"
| He burst through the gates into the
! city. O. Christ is risen Jesus Christ
understood that God had reason for
| this. and he was satisfied.
! 1t was hard thing when God said
tc me. Go up and down the land and
preach"
said ~ haven't the learning. |
would like to have. but I will do it.
| / have gone for twenty-one years
nd held up the bleeding form of Jesus
| Christ. have gone into the ranks OF
sim been lied about: slaudered. black
! mailed. framed-up. and the whiskey
bunch hire black hearted liars to tag
! me from one end OF the land to the
| other to vout. puke and spew out
their malicious dictations,s~ They have
Threatened my life from the Atlantic
| to the Pacific; insulted my wife and
children, and when at last | have
preached my last sermon, when the,
have built the last tabernacle; wher
| the boys have reported the last ser
| mon: when I have given the last In
! vitation. and l drift out with the tide
and burst through the gates into tina
! city. and look into the face of Jesu
! Christ: walk on the golden streets hid
den behind the pearly gates: the Lore
/ will call an angel and say. SHOW Bill
to his mansion and when / go In ant
sit down. Jesus will say, "Btil. tina
+, was the reason"
] And VIII say. Lord, ! am salts
fed
II .beseech you TO present your
bodies" for reasonable service. Cox
does not ask you to do ANYTHING tha'
lis not for your own good NO. sir
Aren't you glad that he gives you 6
chance TO show him that you want u
give your mind. your thought. your
influence and all to Jesus Christ e
help him work out his plan through
YOU Are you. ready to do 1t?
How many In this audience will sa,
to me, "Biil, here is my hand fol
Jesus Christ and for his truth and
the blessings he has given me. ] take
nry stand tonight In the name of thu
Lord" How many of you will do r.
Say Here IL is"