The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13

t6HG n0tnsHH 0naH D. IMPVcHsvrS uMsu
you" Therefore. when God wills
the Holy Spirit does an act, accom-
pIishee material phenomena
When Joshua fought the battle, ne
! saw that the sun would go down and
1t would hc dark before he could
finish the conflict. He said. Lord, It's
taking me longer than figured out.
and II you've got some way Just to
Iproaong this day and keep the SON
lick this bunch to q frnxz1e and I'm
send your name ringing down through
the ages" And God reached up and
grabbed the sun and said. You stay
J there and don't you move an inch
until Joshua gives you the high ball.
He accomplished material pheno-
mepa In this old world. Samson,
with the spirit OF God on him. could
take the jaw bone Of an ass and nay
i without the spirit OF God, was m
weak as A newborn babe. and the
church OF God today. with all her
| wealth, with her vested choir, her
pipe organs ana her numbers. without
Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost be-
comes four walls with q roof over her
and pipe organ built up In the corr
ner and = preacher doing stunts two
times, oq day out OF seven.
/ Mako Comparisons.
1 Who r. the spirit OF God? There
Us no force on earth or in hell that
can stand the onward march of the
church of Jesus Christ and his truth.
!, The best way to grasp Scriptural
truth IL to compare Scripture with
! Scripture. The greatest danger, as
i sue II today. 10 egotistical self-con-
tent. A lot Of people don't give a
whoop whether anybody goes to hell,
I h n O
! themselves are saved. Egotistical
self -contentruent Is one OF the curses
of the world and Of the church. A man
will not walk to precipice and leap
over with two good eyes and good
head: no captain would put to sea
without the chart of the pilot and the
corr pass, for it by the trembling of
that tiny needle that she can leave
the harbor at New York and enter
deviate two miles unless driven by q
storm.
r.. Oh. death turks In the poisoned cup
rs we'll as 1t CLEANS upon the point
OF the poniard or glistens upon the
barrel of the gun. Satan plumes him
self into dove of light and he sharp
ems his fangs and injects his venom.
The flowers fade and the sun becomes
us blood. and il is In this guise that
II we could see the devil as he Is, he
would be In the hospital before the
--------------------. That's the trouble
today, he's got you. He leads you
astray and puts ring in your nose,
and he's got you now.
The danger is that the tired travel
er VIII walk too far out on the beach
and the incoming tide will enguli
him. The trouble Is that past sins
will not be dragged out and confessed
and forsaken.
}, A man said to me, "BiIi, / have
never been q drunkard." Good
Thank God you have never known
| what 1t was TO have the fangs of in.
temperance grip and tear at youl
. heart; thank God your wife and child
rem have never known what IL was
To have a husband and a father stag
ger and reel. and jabber, and mutter
and sputter, and spew. and voIni
. into their presence to curse. ant
damn. and beat them: thank Coo
. that that darnnable, rotten, heilish
! vile, corrupt business has never
clutched you by the throat to choke
: out every spark OF life and leav
you an abandoned dere1ict out upol
0 the high seas of passion; thank Go,
. that you have never known what
n Isl Thank God you have never bee
tLSHPtS0 W kOFES UOlCs tuauA Go'
+. tyou have always been able to earl
q n iivable salary and put hard Goa
Q under the sidewalk and hand TIL
0 landlord his rent when he punche,
the doorbeil on the first OF the month
: Thank God you have never know
I all that .-
= Tho Outward Show.
.tsat are you willing that mai
: should gee you AZ God sees You
1 AH. 90
a but God looketh on the heart" Nov
then. how Is the Lord going to cOnvIc
=, the worlda He Is going to do
/. through those who live, believe an
! preach the truth,
$ There are three classes In tn
church. as I have sized 1t up impart
tally after twenty-one years. Listen
= First there are people in the churcl
y who personally want to be saved
y They don't give a rap whether any
= bcdy else is saved or not, they ar
a absolutely Indifferent to II. That
J, one class, Then there Is secon
u clsss---they have n little concera
= they think the work IL to be done b
a human wisdom and discretion. The
y have a great deal to say about tn
: latent power In the church. Tber
y Is no such thing as power. expires
. or implied mean latent powe,
1
ividual as that current is from tina
: light. What are these lights With
= out the current? Nothing but glas
bulbs waiting for the scrap hear
= What IN man, tho individual, w4thou
: the spirit ~ God? Nothing bu
I. sounding hraes and tinkling cyribalI
!. That's all II il in the universe. With
). out the Spirit OF God. she degenerate
! into third rate amusement burea.
!. with rcilgioa left out.
Then the third class---they hav
learned this lession. at Is not by Nigh
q nor by power but by nay spirit" salt
the Lord God Of hosts. From tn
J; third class came the prophets; fror
the third class came Gideon, who pu
to flight the Midianites: from tn
third class cameo Moses, who bes
. back the waters Of the Red Sea: fror
Tire thirif class came Daniel who stu
/, the lions mouth by the power Q
: God: frcrn The third class came ever
I man ana every woman who has eve
! been used OF God to light UP the DARK
rotten. fostering spots OF this Sab
!. bath breaking. whiskey gamb
: tIing-cursed old world that's going t
he'll 80 fast she's breaking the spec
. llimit.
Now ! am no pessimist; am an OPP
timist OF the optimists. believe