The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-26
Goods Promises
mon Preached by Rev Billy Sunday at City Auditorium,
H Afternoon OF February 25l

z who wass wealthy heard OF his distress
= ~<s~>g. ~f1-.t sa,,~'sR4 Y pep. l1e
fsIloS> 7foufid' he Gfetlx ne was 's,tssfs'e
, himself with Joy. He said. am
, irving 20 have that framed and hang
III or ne wall" That won't 60 him
, ary good unless he'd take 1t down 20
, the bank and cash II.
The promises rgelst be ure6 TO be OF
any value 20 you. There 81 a big dif-
ference between Fiurring psalms ana
ha,-fr~ responsive readings and then
living nv the word of God. promise
hanging on a. wall with q frame
around Il. that Is one thing Planting
your rect on isazld living By K, that is
srethcr thing. and putting TIE thing
TO test and ses.ng
/ Theirs are ,nuitftudcs shst scarcely
know there are any prom Ases IN the
Bible. They pay no attention to
them They nev-r CONSIDER rner
meaning
/ Like "A rnsn addressing an audfence
Of 2.o9e protesting Christians He
easd. y win give ccyy of the Scrip
ture Ike thts TO any man or wonaH
who win qaote ten promises in tho
+. Bible accurately and tell me wnere
hey ere located
! 7 viii bet you / can take n@fgnt
r~r <ill of Bibles. snd ] can start Al
lge~s York and go to San Francisco,
ard make thai proposition. and when
get 70 the Pacific coast l viii have
halr of them left Yes. and would
not rule the preachers cut of the deal
either.
In reading the story Of Exodus, how
r-,arv sim "a we tosa cur patience with
there thick headed Irraelttes% God
va continually promising to 70 before
them and h~ht their battles and cast
cut the giants and give them every
foot OF land they put their feet upon.
and vet / suppose como Of EN- starved
alcn~ on little hillhide farm, lived
on sage tea and green's. simply because
they 0Adr-'t do as Caleb did
} Go In where the giants live and pick
out the biggest river bottom farm and
huild a house aud go to live in there.
Take God at his word and believe that
God could overth row the enemies. Too
: many people today are just as SLOW
to take God at his word as were the
, Jews OF old They siarve along. pick
ing up n few crumbs of blessdng when
|. Cod Almighty Is able TO give you a
bah eshop OF benedictionA
A soldier reached Napoleon with 9
} report from general and just as ne
= dashed up in trout of the famous war
rior, The horse upon which he VIA
4, riding fell dead Napoleon read the
/ orders and answering them ieapec
: der, Take my horse and ride back.
Tho aoldier said: mo, j wouldnH
-, think of taking your horse: it's too
rood for me"
= He said: There In nosrt~g too goot
J, for IA brave soldier OF France"
. Nothing Too Good.
And there IL nothing too good for q
man that will DO the will of God Got
. will send his twelve legions OF angel
~
g gel two hours and forty minutes L
s kin 5000 OF the Syrians.
). Inst cad Of going TO the Bible whel
o they are In trouble to find a way GU
a Of their trouble, they look NJ thei
70 troubles and their troubles grow big
= yer and bigger every minute The
q they lose hope and heart and couras
y and they think that God has forsak e
II them or he is in the hospital, and the
d are afraid. They are afraid to ste
q out on the promises, for they win fin
= nothing beneath their feet to supper
d them.
Ia A fellow Was crossing the Ohio rive
n some years ago on Ice. A few year
le ago the Ohio river froge over and h
q was crossing on the Ice and he hear
d the ice crack He dropped down o
a his hands and knees to crawl
l. shore, He looked over his shoulder
l. and saw "a fellow with 8 four-hors
70 team ritched To a wagon of pig iro
ID come trotting behind him.
Take this promise, Whatsoever y
shah ask the father To my name. tbs
~ will do
h IL You shall ask anything IN m
y name / will do tit that isn't
"a blank check for you TO All out ND t
e the limit of your needs. ] don't kno'
le one. Tla, means open the wtndo'
and God win pour out the blessin
ss upon you. II somebody had said tn
y same words. ''If We ask anything
% my name. / viii do it, II somebod
ns said, the same words, and signed Ar
drew Carnegie or John d. Rockefeile
or J. Pierpont Morgan, why you
OF wouldn't sleep, you't sit up an nigt
filing out bank checka When tn
banks opened, you'd be the first or
IN to line up in front OF the window. W
e. you let the Bills lie oo your cents
~ table chuck ful! of life. for every lea
Ill IL You never open It except when
Is baby is born. or some mem Der OF III
q, family dies, or gets married and 20
r. want to keep tho family rccos
r. straight.
Angels must get as much cot Of ps
r. thence with US as they did with III
In lie vy~s ryf old