The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03

anything else than has ever besn re.
corded since Jesus Christ was On ths
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You are rsvlng m De greatest mani.
'festations Of Gods spirit that you
havs ever scon bAscra This 10 his.
tory for Jesus Christ A. our nation
Il making history In war, We ara MAX.
ing history in the name OF tbs Word
30. look to yourselves that 70 receivs
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80 n thereS ID one reward desAred
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That is the reward that Wesley en-.
Joys. Savonarola, Martin Luther. I'm
Iney. any man or woman that has oves
won q soul to Jesus Christ
Years ago a woman turned AWAY
from her home with the consent OF
her husband, from her church with the
consent OF her pastor, and she went
to a work among the down-trodden
conservatory and plucked q beautiful
pink rose, and said to her husband
Il am going to give this to the vilest
creature can find
She made her way down into the
Sums OF the city and there she nav
company OF the most vicious char
acters and IN the midst Of them wa
standing q young girl with the marks
OF poverty and sin and debauchery
ana lust In her hloatcd face and her
bloodshot eyes and the vilest obsccnity
and profanity she ever heard was roll
ing from that girls lips
She sibowed her way among the
drfftyood Of humanity that surround
I'D her and handing her q rose. she
said: wake this AZ an evidence Of
my sympathy for you and II ever you
need a friend. come and viii be .
Little BY little .he-. was something
In the tone OF voice and the kind face
and act that touched the depths of
her soul. and Al she thoughtiessly be-
upon the sidewalk. she looked mp and
said, do you mean III"
II mean It. Come and win Dc n
friend TO you
A few days later the bell rang and
there stood y vicious outcast She
said, Surely God can't save her
She was reaching out to push II but
ton to have a servant called to put
her in ths street She raised her tear
drive me away. am SO sick and tired
Of sin. can't you help meT'
My friend, MrA Whitemore, Jumped
to her feet and kissed this girl and
she called the servants and they nursed
her back to health and strength She
gave her heart to Christ, she started
out In her weak, crude way to tell the
story In the Tombs. In the Raymond
street tau. In Auburn, Sing Sing. she
went. telling about Jesus Christ down
In the slums Of the city telling of
Jesus Christ and of his power 10 save.
She. went one night into the old
Water street mission TO tell and my
friend said. do you know this girl,
Bluebeli~
"Oh. yes" he said.
My friend said. what was tire Sc
ret OF her power. was II in her face?~
He said, IF you could have seen
snd told the girls what Jesus had
lone for her She talked about FIVE
minutes and stopped and she lifted
her ewes to the skies and sine said.
Jesusi Jesus Jesus.' He said. I
ihought an angel would come down
and take her away She was fully
saved. She had thoroughly surrendered
herself TO Jesus"
God touched her heart years ago
and II stopped, her eyes closed. but
before he called her home she turned
scores and scores of outcasts like
herself from sin to Jesus Christ and
II God did II for her. He can do IL
for ycn. for God Is no respecter of
persons
Look to yourselves that We receive
a full reward" For God gives Won
the opportunities to win out in the
woridr
First Peter, So. ~And when the chief
shepherd shall appear we shall receive
A crown of glory that fadeth not away"
All had received commission to do
what Jesus would do. He said to
Peter, Feed my sheep
l remember hearing DR.. Henson, Of
Chicago. say. you'd imagine the way
some preachers preach, and the way
Some people act and live that they'd
receive commission to say, Feed
my lambs" for the book of God Is SO
high they could never reach II.
Many preacher is trying to feed a
few intellectual girares in his audience
and starves the sheep that are sitting
in the pews.
I have never aapired to hs known
As an intellectual preacher. like
these good. old Anglo Saxon words,
that's why I use them n should
say. 1T IL disinteGrating by the for
nation Of new chemical compounds,-
hundreds Of people In this audience
wouldn't know what was talking
about.
II should say II was rotten. every.
oody would reach for his nose. 80
II means the same thing, one n claasic
and the Other is ordinary.
Plain Language.
10: have always tried to put the
cookies and the fam on the lower
shelf I always like. when a fellow
comes to hear me preach to know that
he don't need to lug a dictionar,.
along to try and dig out the meaning
Of words have never aspired tc
that
A iady heard me tho other day.
What do you think Of him?"
why. dear NO." she said, at first
thought his ecccntricities and lido
Fyncrasias were astonishing, but" she
7a.d, The was man Of contrast. He
wns JarNary and June, no was Mount
vesuvius In 4 hc,norrhaee Of lava.
Now ne wns raining dacoft's and
prsmroses. now no was a. refined anu
chasts ~ Addison. n"w he was M
s,ansy ~ = hobo In a stale beer Joint. /"
But she's got II right / try 10
b. all things for all people. don't
always stick to my text but / Go
stick ia my crowd.
Every Sunday school tea cher and
cfhcer. every member OF the church
have received q commission to do
your part Now know what soma
peopie think about reviva:s I know
what some people think about revival
lists and particularly about me. But
you arc entitled to your opinion, |