The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12

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non essential for Jsxus to como int
the world and suffer and die, that hs
WAS not the SON Of COD and that yor
are not saved by faith In his blood.
The man. who breaches that and
teaches that IN d blAck-hearted ital
And yoa can tell him I said So
don't <iye rap II he h in q seminar
lor ., pit. II he II your preacher he
IS, :. la.r: and he knows know = an. Nd g
osles Sssarsa sAouS1 be sslfa.y,ss :. .sss
I An outcome. only 4 hundred and ter
years from the primitive meeting In
the Salem loft In New York city. and
yet where 10 the man that looks about
him. who can deny the fact? For
meeiy. my friends, you heard shouts
OF praise and spiritual triumph and
now such demonstrating of holy xeal
- conaidered fanAticism. Formerly
the Methodists attended class meet
| ngs and gave testimony: now they
have lost their religion trying to ape
tae society bunch In the other church
a.. And the Methodist churches have
dropped their spiritual power and
evangeltstic spirit. and other denomi-
cations are taking II up. They are
Just simply doing II because the 9TH
ers do. The theater and opera has
! taken the place OF tho prayer meeting
and revival meetings OF other days.
think half tho protesting Chris
I ttans amount to nothing as spiritual
! forces. they 20 to church. o, yes. they
have got kind regard to the church.
grip on God. Ask for enthusiastic sers
| vice. Ask for \ cheerful spirit OF SELF
denial, Ask for prevailing prayer. Ask
| for ability and willingness to strike
| hard. staggering, active blows against
| the devil They are well nigh failures,
Let's get close enough to the Are to
get thawed out
read the other tny where tho al
, ties invented gas that will put evcrv-
, body to sleep. think something like
| that has hit tho church and put the
, church to sleep today.
A difference In position Judas out
| there, and one group right near the
! edge Three here. Jesus over here all
alone.
| Difference. my friends, in size Ohi
| the mob ana eight. three, one.
Difference in revelation. Jesus never
said word to Judas or the mob. not
la word. He has nothing for you out
I there except repent. repent repent
Progressive stages of revelation. He
| sald to Judas and the mob. Repent"
He said to the eight. "S.t We here"
Progressive stages of revelation
Nothing. SIT ye here. That is all.
To Peter. James and John he said
MY soul Ia exceedingly sorrowful.
even unto death. Watch and pray lest
We enter into temptation. The spirit
Is indeed willing but the flesh !s weak
He made revelations to Peter. James
and John, he did not make to the
eight He made revelations to the
eight hs did not make to the mob out
there but when he got alone with his
fsther he aaid. TT 1t be possible, re-
any way OF my saving the world with
cut going tn the cross all right, If
not. not my win but thine be done"
And the father put the cup To his
lips. and said, MY SON there is no
other way to open up salvation IN the
sin-cursed world except through your
death on the cross."
n II js possible. remove this cup
from me. what cupf The cup of dying
on the cross. He said. There In no
other way. my son"
So. he made revelations to him that
he ala not make to the three. He made
revelations to the three that he did
| iations to the eight he did not make
| to the mob.
| Some of you in the church. you OIL
cisls, you are too far away from God,
no wonde. ron are not In svmpathy
| with this revival effort. No wonder you
have been killing myself here for
weeks.
4 Do you think that will stay here
and wear myself out. and work myself
! into thu grave. Yes ! will. and yon
can 60 to the dewitt II you want to I
have never shirked Gods cause for
anybody yet and I arm not gotng to
| beg gin now.
| So, difference in revelation. + love
70 think that the disciples did not
know. that ia the reason they acted as
! they did I love to DO charitable with
you. love TO think You don't realize
tho peril OF this nation now. OH Uncle
up at the recruiting stations respond
ing to the call OF the colors!
II all the churches OF God only
realized II there would not be a man
; or woman or a preacher in Richmond.
that make anv pretention to believe
! IN Jesus Christ, that would not be
down here praying and working with
all their might and main to bring
people to tho Lord
So ne said to the first grcup: "sit
We here" That Is all. But that is
all mp.titudes OF them do--nothing
! more than that Just watch and
pray.
Pardon little illustration from my
own~1ife I was not born and bred in
Old Kentucky. although my grand
mother on my grandfather's side was
cousin OF Daniel Boone, born in
Lexington, right in the heart Of the
old blue grass. My grandfather and
, General Grant were third cousins and
pisye together when boys. and when
Grant was elected president he wrote
etm letter asking him to come to
Washington to visit him. My grand
! father wore a coonsktn cap. blue
Jeans. rawhtde boots. hickory shirt;
hts hair was long: we lived in the
woods: he didn't think he'd make a
/ good figure down in Washington. and
no did not go. I am proud OF II. don't
you forget IT, never 20 by Grants
I monument that don't touch my hat
| MY great rrnndfathers both fought
n the Revolutionary War One lost
q leg at the battle of Brandvwine,
and the other fought under Hull at
| Detroit, and ne was among the crowd
| that xas going TO shoot old Hull be-
cause he believed that he'd surrender
TO the British.
So my father went t. the war in
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