The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-26

lrsA ycu svsr ese tho eood there - IN
n for yon to get, II you are . child
Of God and obedtent. that promise wa1
r,ade to you. You wsll never have the
holy Spirit unless you do what God
says, and claim yours BY fatth
Here h another that ought to sttf
Won up To do something: III ye have
faith 80 much as a grain OF mustard
seed. We can say to that mountain, be
thou removed and nothing shah be
impossible"
| That means that God wants hts chill
jrcn to be mountain movers He
wants us to be strong and do exploits.
1 ? . y ,x ns.sisg !os sssa 70 4ass GER
matter what II may be.
/ A sister said to me out tn Iowa,
Brother SUNDAY, what kind OF noun
tains can We mcveT
Help, Help; Help! Gosh. some OF
YOU haven't even moved a moiehiill
why mountains Of difficulty. mountains
Of discoura GEM ent, no matter how long
they have been thera You car give
the marching orders and they will move
when you come In the name of GOD.
no matter what And yet we hold our
hands when we come to a hard place.
and act as though God was dead and
We were getting ready TO go to the
funeral Oh. mercy! You don't take
the grain OF mustard seed faith. and do
something for God You'd better break
down q Thousand times trying to do
chew the rag. and keep little spot
seventesn inches square warm for
half an hour, and listen to sermons and
fan ycuraeif. and say. -Oh. isn't IL hot
can.t do anything Oh. mercy.
Hero ~ = promise Of salvation for
rhe sinner. Prick up your cars, sim
ners. IL you are here and listen to it
'r<ct the wicked forsake his way. and
the unri xftsous man his thoughts Let
him return unto the Lord and unto our
God for he wfll aburdantly pardon"
How many poor hopeless. helpless
wretehes that promise has yanked out
of the duagmires OF filth and iniuuityl
How many drunkards II has pulled out
and sent home sober. How many pros
ttutea II has turned from their In
fanny and their sin and from selling
their wornanhood to live honorable. up
right. respectable lives God only
knows when we get to heaven how
many folks you will fnd ND there
walking the golden streets. singing the
songs, that God has pulled cut of the
quagmires. OF nth and infqufty. IL
tells the sinner to believe on Jesus and
! he Will be saved. SO, why be less will
! ing to appropriate the promises that
+ Cod gives to rs Al believers, to tell
stnner to believe that and be saved
| Then why should not you be Just
as glad and willing to do the
thing that God wants you to do. than
that sinner should be to DO
something to be saved7 That Is
what I'd like to know. Don't be sat
tainments- Desire something better
than what you have in the world, and
go TO greater heights.
/ Yet there are those In the church
today that can't tell that they are
saved no more than you can tell what
kind of weather yon will have Sit
months from today. Go up and ask
=. hizn. "Are you savedT" II hope so
Brother Sunday. / arm trying in m.
weak way to serve the Lord"
Wen. you look it, sissy. You havs
a face long enough to eat oatmeal out
of n gas pipe. You look 1t, sissy.
Some people think they have got II
die before they can know they arr
going TO heaven. II IL your privileg'
to know your standing in Jesus Chris
: now Yea, sir More certain than
captain can tell where his ship Is IL
mid-ocean. and great deal of tn
! New Testament was given to give u
I the latitude and the longitude OF gu
i0PihiAAsAa AAASp VI hShi AiSht ~A"c W.
ara all the time.
q Here la another. He that hearetl
e my words and believeth on him tina
n sent me, hath everlasting life. an
shall not come into Judgment
That ought to tell you whether yo
4 are going to heaven or not. ! hnv
heard people stand up here. and pra,
preachers. too; they'd say: Now. LORE
save US at last for Jesus sake"
3 l am saved now. ] am not pray
= ing, Save me at last" am save
d now
n Bless God. I am making no provi
o sion for relapse I've got throug
ticket Say, am Just Presbyteria
o enough to believe that. by links, Saved
o So that IL good one.
Here IL another one IF any ma
. have not the spirit OF Christ he
1 none Of his"
II you have been baptized. sprinkle
y or immersed, or read the thirty min
a articles Of the confession. or the cate
o chisn. long and short, and been zane
!. titled and cotton the second BLESSING
" and have not the spirit 6f Christ. bea
q IL You are none of his That ougf
g to show you whether you are Chris
tan, rust as plain as looking In tn
y glass will show You a pink wart O
: your nose.
We know we have passed fro,
death unto Hfn- n not, I hope So W