The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26
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which you cannot see, but which you
believe. That's faith, In other words"
he calculated. faith is expectation
founded on promise As an exam
pie, Sunday cited an engaged girl.
PRAYER PLUS FAITH.
IF you have faith, no prayer for the
greatest blessing viii eyer fail. II you
go to God with faith, God will grant
you the privilege and give you the
liberty that no one without faith has
But faithless prayers are barren.
without faith no prayer for the
smallest blessing will ever succeed. II
you go to God without faith, you tell
God that the representations he has
good to be true.
Jesus said. AS men do In business
do in religion II they have nothing
to hand back to God but the same old
faith, you will find 1t miiidewed when
they hand 1t back. Go out and do
something--talk, pray, work. Give
your faith a chance to develop. Make
the world better than you have lived
In it, and the power Of God will be
upon you.
THE law of faith will develop tho
same as the law OF seed. 1t Is useless
to pray. Lord. save my SOUL and
then sit down and wait Oh, it makes
me sick. Rr-r-r!
"Oh. people have regulations for
being social leaders-the kind that
look at their fellow beings through
single-barrel eyeglasses. Men have
regulations for being politicians; they
have regulations for being financiers:
they have regulations for being cap
tains OF industry; they have reputa-
! tons for being educatore--why not be
giants for Jesus Christ and stop being
pigmies! Faith! Faith! so much as
grain of mustard seed
George Mueller was one OF the
best illustrations of the life of faith
that the world has ever produced, in
NY opinion. He was determined not
IL 4un In debt. He said: Gods able
to pay cash: why should ask people
to stand God orr Now. listen! He
supported one hundred missionaries,
in addition to 5000 orphans and when
! he was seventy years old he took
missionary journey and all tho ex-
penses TO run the school while he was
absent came in before he started out.
His faith grew SO strong that no could
! trust God and he could go away and
! say. lord, am going to be gone for
month; take care of the children while
Il am gone Now. he had no special
/ gift Of faith. He said he had the grain
of mustard seed faith. He said his
| laItn grew ~ stiofiE tidt TIC Codiu sASh
| God for $4,000 or $1,000. with the as
surance he'd get 1t just as quickly as
when he asked for a quarter when he
| first started in. That shows what can
be done II we have determined will
to do the will of God"
In his benediction the preacher
called upon the Lord to beat back
the forces Of evil In Richmond rs you
did the Hun horde"
Announcement of the near-future
activities of the Sunday party preced-
ed the evangelist's sermon. Down
town churches will close this morning
in order that their members may at
tend the morning service. Sunday
sermons today---at 1880 A. M. and
2, 1890 and possibly 4:40 Or 8 p. M.
The morning and evening and the pos
stbie extra service will be open to
everybody; the o'clock address will
be for men only.
ma" Sunday win talk TO women
only at the Second Baptist church at
$3.50 o'clock today.
Next Saturday afternoon the evan
gelist will have some things to say
especially to boys and girla. The ad-
dress will be in the nature OF An H.
Illustrated talk.
Next Saturday evening Sunday will
talk to coiored people only mt tho
auditorium.
Tho sermon yesterday afternoon
was preceded by the usual song serv
ice. which was featured by a solo of
THE Old Rugged Cross" by Homer
Rodeheaver trombone solo byI
"Rody" and the singing OF II Love
to Tell the story" DIR. Russell Cecil
pronounced the invocation.