The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-17

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2GorhinEs he wanted them to spread
1roadcaHt throughout the world. III
n Pucorded / n Matthew he said; Go
~, therefore. and teach ali nations
lmD3isinE them In the name of The
sIEAAer, and Of The Son, and Of the
Hair Ghost: Teaching them to OBJ
uogve all things whatsoever ! nave
A0mmanded YOU: and. 10. ! am with
- always, even unto the end OF
~ world" And in Marx he said:
Dc yet into all the world and preach
- gospel to every creature. every
creature tina Is white. black. rich or
poor, i%lliterate or wise. n in Luke
h said. Behold, l @ the promise
~ my Father upon you; but AIRY ye
Ia the city OF Jerusalem untii ye be
e0dued with power from on high
And In Acts is: "Ye shall be wit
nesses unto me both In Jerusalem,
- In all Judea. and Ill Sarnaria, ana
unto the uttermost parts or the
earth" We see how faithfully they
followed out these instructions in the
famous ten-days prayer meeting at
rehtccost.
Ny subject this afternoon ts The
Revival al Penteccst" and in what
way II can be analogous 70 one In
this city. In the first place. this was
mol q mAn-gotten-up revival but one
that God sept down. and, so Is every
true revival Of religion; but there
orc conditions which human beings
must fulfill before God will even send
- down. 4 revival Is something DIFF
ferOnt from a rainstorm-you nave
muthtng to do with a ra!nstorrn. God
-WW exercise his sovereignty n viii
nake II rain whether you like II or
1o4: and he viii make II snow In
A1sfl when you think il ought TO snow
February: II he takes a notion he
vii make IL snow in June, and 50 the
Eprd runs the weather bureau on that
DrOpoettion. But there are conditions
"a which God will save people but
you have got to couple yourself up
With the Lord before you ever receive
xAe blessing of the Lord.
The leader OF that meeting WAS the
Holy Spirit from start 10 finish. The
Disciples went to hat upper room
With no thoughts or plans of their
own. They had no committee on ar
ungements: they had nc cut-and-
dried schedule where they would have
. responsive reading there ana "A
prayer there. and take a collection
here and Il benediction. or anything
81 that sort. MOI They began with
cat thought of plans or of methods
and they looked to him for guidance,
md there was no Visible fcadcr Of
that meeting. @
Looking for Great Things.
Now listen and VT will find out
what they did. They went looking
for two great things. n they were
not disappointed. They went FIRST
% receive the Holy Ghost, and second
% receive power. But please renein-
Der the receiving OF the Holy Spirit
always precedes power.
] hear people pray God for power
when their lives are SO directly OPP
posed to God that Cod can't answer
that prayer. and he Won't answer f.,
and yet they are inclined to turn
around and blame God when the
blame lis upon themselves, for they
r not living In a way that God could
give them the Holy Spirit. And II is
POUR fault and not the Lords. II God
provides food and o are too lazy 10
cook it, IL you .starve to death il Is
M to you and not the Lord.
think we would have better prayer
meetings and church services II the
people only went there looking for
something. and not go simply because
II b Sunday morning and they rang
the beii and opened the door. Go
there - looking eq tor as&A4a84~4&sst
sA3xrpiyssa .Ai,l~ ialuss And yal1nfisn
~ Fessss4z kSe& wHe ySU espsa@@ 10th
ing. Well. o are not disappointed.
never In the world, And they can
make prayers but they seemingly
don't expect them TO be answered.
But they expected something. for
they wen standing on the promises
81 God, which are imrnutahle, I'M
i~rrevocahle and as en3ur-
ing as Gibraltar. Now the disciples
were certain of another thing: They
knew hat TO them was committed the
work OF carrying or the gospel, n
they were chosen by Sod 10 do that
very work Another thing, we would
II more in arnes II we only realized
that our mission Ia a God-given mis-
sion. And understand II now, our
call today LIZ Just as Enthusiastically
clear as was their call. II God is be-
inE represented by anybody on earth
Today he is being represented by the
Church, and / have just as mpch
right to demand of the preachers And
the Church their cooperation as the
presfdent and congress has to de-
mAad the cooperation OF the people
n . time like this, and the only diff
ference IL, IL you dom cooperate
they viii send out a conscription and
.they will max you do il.
4 The government has the power, n
to have the power and the
sE1~ht To- maxi vol do ii IL IL needs 10
~ done, but TX you are not willing
~ volunteer to do Gods work, God
snover will send out any CONSUMPTION.
Mt you can go to the devil. That is
~ difference between the two propo-
smUff1Ona
- l have got a perfect right to
- your cooperation. absolutely. so
1T 0od IL being represented by any
10y today he Is being represented by
Church, and IL we are not DANG
Wno i1f Tell me and. l will turn
r. t1nom. Do the breweries represent
B691w4f Do you want me TO turn to
Liquor Dealers association? Do
ND want me to turn TO the distillers
the ~barkeepers? Do you want
Nt0 70 to the red light district and
2AoR tine up their bunch! Where
1m1ALgnH L can't turn 10 the
6neehf And II the Church doesn't
alS1peoeent Jesus Christ. who does7
ne politicians. the commercial
the businesses. the societies.
1~1toearies? Where7 No! I turn
God because your God is repre-
- tn the world and we are ex-
- - do the work Of the Lord.
800 we are not Gods witnesses,
Svnage Are the Lords witnesses? We
*S0Qo the same commission to keep
world In . perpetual state OF re-
StXn3 dat the disciples had, and our