The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-29

tmore .atfsfact Glory to me 10 turn that
lsinfuI woman away from her adultery
THAN to gormandize upon food ana
let her go to the devil"
SO a greater blessing comes to You
ihy doing what God wants you to do
Than simply doing the material things.
''r have meat to eat that We know
not Of
What was this meat To do the
will OF his Father, TO send that sin
full woman from sin. to live for him
s9aA kar sibe lTuth, So Jesus said:
4 ~ nj riss worse rne -r~ur xs ., n,st, Ss.n.~
sent me" And IL Jesus must, you
must ard 50 must /.
/ You have as much a mission to per-
form in this campaign as I have MY
m ission Is to do my bestj your mis-
sion liz to do your best. God WONT
hold me responsible II you don't do
your share and he won't hold you
! responsible II l don't 40 my share,
but ! am doing my best and that
doesn't let you out, II you don't do
your best Don't think all you have
I to do it to come here and sit and
| fold your arms and listen and then
go home without saying a word Your
are under just as much an obligation
IA l to help your country In Its hour
OF need as anybody else, Do your best
that's what you are TO DO, whether
male or female. I, doesn't make any
difference who you are Do you
think the fellow that goes on the FIR
! ing line is going to do II all?
/ was In Chicago one day and saw
a horse running away down the
street--a little fellow weighing about
eight hundred pounds--hitched to a
buggy with a black box and red
running gear. and there was nobody
trying to stop him. TIL tell you no.
body did try. either; they gave him
the right Of way.
And when the church begins to
move out for Jesus Christ at high
! rate of speed all the devils win begin
to turn and dive, but we are going on
a way-freight schedule for Jesus
Christ and the devils going on the
Twentieth Century Limited.
| Like an old colored fellow one time
was going home driving an old mule
ring boned, bone spavfned.--an he
stopped In front of country drug
! store and said to the druggist:
| Say. boss, you got anything that
viii make this here old mule move
along faster? I've got to get home be-
| fore dark"
| He fixed up some sort OF a concoc-
/ ton and took II out and injected 1t
through a needle Into the old mule,
and that mule batted Its eyes, bobbed
| It's ears, switched its old rat tail and
brayed and down the road he went
like n twin-eix. He ratified over the
bridge and around the curve he went.
and disappeared in cloud of dust
You got any more of that stuff
left in the store what you put in the
mule" he said.
"Yes"
How much Was that yon put in
him"
Ten cents worth"
Well he said, shoot ninety
cents worth into my arm; I've got TO
catch that mule
Get Move On
Do something, A lot of you have
been dead ones long enough: shine
up your face and get a move on for
JESUS Christ and his truth.
That's what the church needs-ag
gressiveness, An anxious church al
ways makes anxious Inquiries and
when the people in the church be-
come concerned. the fellow outside Ia
concerned, and II YOU want TO know
why the great masses outside have no
more concern for the salvation OF
their soul than has been manifested
it's because the church Of Jesus
Christ doesn't care whether they al
go TO heaven or TO hell
The church never misses a meal
never sheds a tear, never looks for
a dry spot on the pillow for ween;ne
over the community going to hell
hey arn absorbed in seffishness-
thars nil under heaven they do. II
l:hey go TO church on Sunday morning
ard find somebody in their pew, they
kick UP row and threaten to leave
he church.
No wonder you engender that strife.
No wonder you put factions and feuds
between the members, No wonder
it's So hard 10 reach the masses. Tn
talkir~ 70 you from the standpoint OF
the fellow outside. know him
that's my crowd. That's the crowd
II come from. I'm telling you what
he Gays and thinks about you.
have become one OF you but I have
never forgotten what ne thinks be
fcatsp I know what thought when
was out there, so have come In here
to stand MS one of you to tell you
what to do to get that fellow out
there. He ~ easy 70 get II you want
him. Don't forget that for one min
u.a.
"He that wtnneth souls liz WISE
My friend Bishop Hull told me that
when he was q pastor he started q
special series Of meetings in his
EHuTCH anu tnTUuSn HtA pEeLCIllIE
forty eight took their stand for Jesus
Christ while during the same period
seventy-five came into the church
through his personal efforts.
So, where one Is won by a sermon
about two are won through personal
work, and the church isn't doing any
personal work 70 that's the reason SC
few people are coming into the
church. The church isn't doing any
thing. so there you are!
Sermons many a time are lost A
good impression might be made on
some man that came to the communi-
" or the church, yet the good I'm
preston made is neutralized by some
foolish. twaddle-talk after the sern, on
is over. Some women get together
and this is the converse ton they
have:
"Oh. were You down at the literary
tThursday7 Did you her Mrs. AS
paner on Ruskir? And that paper
in The Lady OF the Lake? Have you
seen her new gown? Her new coat
I wonder II it's seal or nearseal?"
And darned IL I haven't seen them
back up and feel of 1t just to find out.
Yes, sir. Pretend to be aYectionate
and Just walk up and put their hand
on her arm to tell by the touch
| whether II was seal or nearseal. What
DO they care? Nothing!