The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-25
TELLS STORY OF Th1D SOUL WHO TOUCHES HEM OF HIS ORES

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"Hoid. on, Jack. There can't an,
man drink liquor around here wher
you talk like that"
Had q Good Mother.
He said: It had . good ma hack II
the sunrise country" CHATS what they
call the east) and he said. II was or
the streets and smoked cigarette,
and sold papers. got to gamblins
and / shot q man. The only comfort
my poor ma had was that I didn't kill
him. but I couldn't live there, and
when my ma died couldn't go back
to the sunrise country to bury her
e.. s. s.. G. .! -. :, s. s..'.. 's ~
toll shot rirr through the canyons OF
heaven she know'd that her big
wicked boy had signed the pledge. Put
her thar. Jack, sir. TIL stand BY YOU
on the proposition that you can't drink
liquor"
And from that day untfl they found
him lying on Clusters battlefield
scalred, he never tasted a drop oil
liquor from that minute on. No!
Now. early the next morning. Jesus
was walking with the disciples when
a rich man named Jairus came run
ming up with a great trouble In his
heart and said to JesuA
MY little daughter. she IN lying al
the point Of death. Won't you come
up to the house and lay hands on her
And Jesus, followed BY q great
crowd. started down the streets of
Capernaum. There Is no case on rec
ord where Jesus Christ ever turned
a deaf ear to a father or mother.
and he is Just the same tonight in this
old city.
Might Have Hcrn Saved.
Oh. how many little girls over in
Cadarn at the point OF death might
have been saved II their hog-raising
daddies hadn't demanded Jesus Christ
to get out! Oh how many happy
homes there would be in this old town
and the manhood to walk arm In arm
with Jesus Christ. and II your moth
ers would live for him. and the sons
and daughters: but the man who
would rather have sin than have
Jesus Christ, my friend, can't expect
tina. his children will be saved. and
the man who will engage In the busi-
ness that win damn other peoples
children. he has nobody to blame. my
friend, II his own are lost and curse
that LIS wilfully turned loose upon 9TH
ers viii return to You. and II ought
10 come back.
Jesus and the great crowd. led by
rairus. hurried down the streetA Sud
denly Jesu stopped and he turned
around and said: Who touched me-
Who touched mc?"
Like littls children at school. when
has been suddenly discov-
,red to be wrong. everybody said.
Not T.
And Peter. In his usual nruscue. OF
,and. inpuisive way. saSA why. Mas
his crowd rubbing elbows and press
ne up against you. to ask Who
Touched mer"
Fen On Her KaeeA
The next moment a tirnid woman
.rept gu. OF the crowd, fsl on her
xnees Mt his feet and declared. between
Jobs of soy, that she had touched his
yarment. and the instant that she did
t, she felt herself healed from a dis
,ase. an issue OF blood that had bean
,atirc out her life for twelve years
Now, perhaps Jairus was chated Rt
he delay caused by this woman. who
ought TO get q blessing without any
,oay knowing anything about 1t. and
le said,
Well. now, we win be too late. MY
laughter will die before We ever get
here why couldn't she have waited
little longer. She has waited twelve
ears; two hours moro wouldn't have
made any difference with her. Well.
I might make n good deaEw with me-"
Oh. nobody loses anything by wait
ng on Jesus. He can drive back death.
10 can say to disease. Go" and II
Viii stink away like woif In Den
lie can say to the storm. like he did
O the Lake Of CaliIee. ~Feaee be STILL"
nd the waves win quiet like babe
Juggling at It's mothers breast
hrist. II he undertakes your case no
yiIi sec you through to the last ditch,
epend upon IT, Don't worry about his
"a RI CT the work Oh. am not worry
Tag about Jesus's part Of this propc-
tion. am worrying whether you
viii DO honest and do your part and
lot God. and I 40 not beg OF the
ord to do anything. he 10 ready and
Killing to DO. He may seem ia lin
.er, but he In never too late.
Now that the scene IL before us.
COX at \ lesson or two from this in
ident. win you. I believe that Jesus
allied that throne that day to give en-
to his disciples, 10 show
hem that you can always count on
esuits In the name or Christ when you
re doing your BEST. even when none
an bA seen. It was necessary for the
tsciples to begin to learn BY faith.
'ou can't always Judge BY Appearances
ust what God Almighty Is doing. A
re- 1onE Impression was made upon the
isciples that day BY hating tho crowd !
n the street to show that . great
rork had been done when they hadn't
cen expecting II. They had been used |
, violent manifestations Of Jesus
over. They were just hack from
iadara. where he had sti,led the temp
ST. They had seen him cast the devils
ut Of the man and they had seen him
asst the DEVILS out Of the boy. Prob |
bly, the disciples were thinking about |
hat would happen when he rot to the
ouse, but they didn't imagine any
hing would happen before no was
here in person to DO II
Oh. we look for great things when
20 have = revival. Something may
appen, the preacher thinks. when the
hurch Is crowded on Sunday. but moth |
,S will happen in the little prayer
,eeting. And yet tho greatest man !
he nineteenth century produced. |
gorge Miller. was converted In n
rayer meeting. and collected over |
light million dollars. and fed and /,
!othed and educated 1000 orphan chill !
rem, all in response to prayer--con- |
erted in a neighborhood prayer meet |
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