The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-08
EVANGELIST DSCOURSES ON THE POWER OF COZ

loaded with passengers, or to see the
ughts blazing above your heads.
The religion Of Jesus Christ prov
- the power Of Cog to those who be-
ueve Just ~ conyincingly as the cleo
'0tc light proves the power of elec-
H1city.
The cause must always be In pro-
portion TO tho effect and the effect
IN proportion to the cause. Here Ii
tAts light 1t ia an affect What Is
nths ,capse7S Tho. dynasnan- And ao
'Nssls nklfr re- IN fprop6ruon' I'd inc Auta
nAmo and the dynamo is In proper
ton TO the light don't need any
argument to prove to you and to ME
that the dynamo is running, and IL
1t wasn't running. the light would
90 out. 80 that light proves the pow
ar Of electricity.
The Christian man or woman
proves the power of Christian
iy. ! don't need any other argu-
nent to prove IT, The corpse proves
the power of disease. You don't need
any argument to prove It. That Is
All you need You don't have to see
how II began or where or when.
In Jerusaleum. where Jesus Christ
was crucified under the Roman pow
~ at the demand of the Jews, the
Roman power was the greatest civil
mower on the then known earth and
the Jewish power was tho greatest
religious power. and tho great civil
power of Rome and the great relis-
.ons power OF the Jews both united
their powers against Jesus Christ and
crucified him and put him ON tho
croaS.
First Preaching
The first preaching Of the cross
was done by 4 few ignorant fisher
men, Peter. James ard John. whose
greatest qualification for preaching
had been with him, they had been
filled with Ills spirit, and they went
out to tell the world what he had
been doing.
They were oppressed by the same
power that oppressed their savior and
nailed him on the cross. and they
we're threatened with death II they
kept on telling 1t. but they kept on
with II, for they knew 1t was true
and threats and torture could no.
shut their mouthL
They were driven from place to
place, but they kept on telling II. and
like thing OF life. IT took root and
1t grew. and II L. growing tonight,
and devils can do. they have done and
are doing. but 1t will not bs stopped
and 1, never win be stopped, and you
lght as well try TO dam Niagara
seiis with toothpickH al 10 thing you
tan stop 1t
so old man. you might Al web cash
IN if you thing that you can put God
out Of business You big idiot, there
have been "A lot of big fools tried IL
before you ever came on the scene.
Lust read history: they have all tried
and they have all taken the count
The Jewish power has been swept
from Jerusalem and for two thous-
and years they have stood by the
walls weeping and moaning. hoping
and praying for the days when they
win return: but the day will come
when they will return, for God has
decreed II In his word.
The Roman power--gone3 We
know only OF the hills upon which
she sat in her imperial power.
Oh. where IL Greece tonight She
was giided with a grandeur that has
never been equalled or surpassed.
There was Pericies in her statesman
ship, Phidias in her art. Sophocies In
her drama and demo.thenss In her
oratory: and they giided that little
been eaua11ed or surpassed by any
race OF people on earth.
Where Ia Greece today Kcnop-
hen viii tell you about her In his
'1ieilcnica-" Where Is Rome to-
rs>sa As great In was a. she was
Art---Gnb bons will tell you In his
...story Of her decline and fan.
Where In Jerusalem toniKAtf Jesus
Christ stood one day and said to the
people that howled ana spat upon
him and hurled stones At him. -for-
~ years from now the walls OF Jeru-
salem shall fan. ana not one stone
will remain on top of another"
Forty years after that the Roman
army under Titus entered the city Of
Jerusalem. They razed her TO the
level Of the ground. and they didn't
leave one stone on top OF another.
Cross Of jesus
what about the cross OF Jesus
Christ. Oh. the cross OF Jesus Christ
10 the greatest power In all the world!
The cross OF Jesus!
Why are you here tonight Be-
cause ! announced that I would
preach N much a. know about the
cross.
Missionaries have gone TO the COR
ners Of the earth and they have held
up the bleeding form Of Jesus Christ.
The Bible has been translated into
500 languages and dialects. Over
.o0. 900, 900 copies Of II have been dis
tributed throughout the world, and II
runs through all literature hike tho
scarlet thread through the British
rordag..
Great warw have been vased
against It. greater than against any
other book in the universe, but ita
influence has not been weakened.
For centuries II was a crime to
read he Bible. Men were burned At
the stake, they were inctnerated into
ashes. for no other crime than that
they had = copy Of II In their possess
1lon-
But they couldn't stop tn circuia-
tion II has made converts where
ever Il has gone. Men and women
have eiven their lives to back their
faith, and they win back their faith
With their HIVES and meet death with
4 smile. They have given mp their