The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-06
LILY SUNDAY BREACHES EIOQUENTLY ON THE EFFICACY

get--fntellectuaily. physically and
spiritually, everything. That is why
we put seed in the ground. Put a
kernel Of corn in the ground. and you
get 1853 times as much a. you put in.
So you give and get.
That is why man goes out and
sows the wheat Look at the abund-
anee God gives him back. II the far
mer got no more than he put IN the
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fouf ufon,ns. i our Cut d Mrtie potAso
and put in an eye. and God win give
you a hill.
used to be weak physically. My
grandmother on my mothers side
and three OF her brothers and two
of her sisters died with consump tion.
My mother was the last ono to die,
and she died OF heart disease and was
seventy-five years old when she died.
When i was a boy 1 was weak
lunged- Caught cold and 1t always
went to my lungs. When / went to
Chicago to play ball l was weak
funged. went to q gymnasium and
developed my physique. I wouldn't
take a million dollars for tho physical
benefit that my life as 4 bali player
and athlete is to me now. for have
preached for twenty-one years and
have never missed a night preaching.
So there are lots OF fellows tronger
than l, but / would not treads with
any guy / have ever seen
/ can get out now and run a hun
dred yards In twelve seconds. All
would have to DO would be to get
my wind a little bit. And my dad
was in the army At that. yet / have
some OF the young bucks beaten.
have laid a foundation. that 10 why.
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Intellectually. So that N why God
wants you to do ali that for your
good. That b why he requires you
to ask.
Then he tells you to pray. III
you abide In me and ask what you
will shall be done" God says, IF
you ask for bread will you be given
a stone?"
If your child comes mp to you and
asks you for bread you don't give
no6 usIJ 1oJ sYse GU II 'suo1s nyu
sense enough don't you think your
father up In Heaven has sense
enough to give you the things you
ask for?
ASK and ye shah receive. Knock
and 1t shall be opened unto you"
Now there are immediate as well
as deferred answers to prayers.
Please remember the DEVILS business
is to prevent prayers from being an
for your husband or for some cause,
please remember the devil Is working
had to oppose that
The devils business is to oppose
God In everything that is for the hu-
man race and how anybody will
stand up for the devil Is more than
I can understand. Yet, you think
when I talk against the devil I ara
hitting you. Some OF you.
ton In the ninth chapter OF Dam
Tel. Daniel prayed for something.
Here is what the Lord said:
Daniel, at the beginning Of thy
supplication your prayer was heard"
When Daniel prayed. God heard
and God started an angel on the wing
with the answer to Daniel and il
took the angel three weeks to got to
Daniel with the answer and when
the angel arrived he said: EAT the be-
ginning of your supplication your
prayer was heard but. the princes 1of
the power of the air hath withstood
me three and twenty days, $50 the
angel was three weeks getting down
to Daniel with that answer
Why7 Because the DEVILS bust
ness was to keep him away with the
answer. So when You pray. Gods an
swer Is on the way, but the devil ID
going to keep II in his power away
from you. SO that you win say there
is nothing In God. So therefore the
devil may keep the answer away
from some people for years. get them
1Iuo OF usua 3e3 puc ps3B1noosyp
quit.
The Wrong Direction
Some don't get what they pray for
because they look downward. It is
too low.
l went into q town In Indiana and
q man came mp to me and he said:
There are seventy-six men here
who have pledged themselves that
the meetinga We have arranged
with every Arm and they win let
them of any hour OF the day or night
and II there Is any encouragement
or trouble that you want me to help
You with, you let me know and I
will summon that band Of men and
we will meet you. We are Gods and
we have signed our contract and we
have got it all arranged and / want
six men In this town that will die for
Jesus Christ and are willing to 20
with you to the last ditch"
] saw men seventy and eighty years
Of age that had resisted every appeal,
come down the aisle and they would
sing as the tears rolled down their
cheeks and heard them say: II have
wandered far away from God but now
i am coming home"
] have seen men climb on the root.
take out the windows. rip OF the
boards. go to tho drygoods stores and
get boxes and put them against the
tabernacle so they could see In and
hear, and II transformed the whole
part Of the country for Jesus Christ.
And how God will bless US II we will
do his will.
went to a town IN IOWA, and I
saw the preacher there In this audi
ence the other night got the
preachers together and the Presby-
terrain said: II have women IN my
church and not ono of their husbands
are there"
And the Methodist and the Baptist
told mo the same.
I said. meet in the tabernacle and
we will Just pray for those men,"
They met in the tabernacle and
every morning we prayed for those
men. some of whom held prominent
positions In business. and In politics.
And some Of these men were prayed