The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-17
PLEADS FOR ONE ACCORD IN RICHMOND EVIVA

I am not afraid of God. but 1 don't
want to die. l think When my time
comes to die I'll put up OH awful ar
gument to try and convince God that
1t wouldn't hurt to let m stay a little
longer. / don't want to die. l am
not afraid to. / always think there is
something wrong with a fellow who
wants to shuttle off this mortal shell.
[ want to beat the undertaken as long
rs l can.
Then We Will have the witness of
the spirit that we are Gods when We
-are right with God We. are willing
tiers sa.ars onaN aSu for
your right arm. If you have my
thing that Is valuable to you as your
right eye or right arm, and that thing
is keeping o out OF h kingdom of
o liz says that YOU would better
lose both eyes than go to hell.
Get Rid or II.
thy right eye offend thee, pluck
ii out" / don't mean you are to
tear your eye out of its socket and
as valuable to o asfyour right eye
or as valuable to o as your right
arm, and thai thing is keeping you
from God, o are making u fool of
yourself to keep it. Get rid of IL. The
brewer knows If he would give his
heart to Jesus Christ he would have
to turn over the key of his own brew
cry. The s~aloonkeeper knows he
would have TO get out Of his business.
l admire the man in, the Algonquin
hotel In New York who put the bar
out because he learned that 1t made
him $4,000 a year. He said, Great
God, am I going to educate my chill
dren from the income of a saloon? I
can run the hotel without a bar. or
! won't run it at all. take it from me.
Or I'll let IL rot on It's foundations"
The Algonquin Is the name OF the no.
tel. so if you ever &c to a hotel. Ct
there. It's a good one,
1t should be a privilege to know
when you put everything out of your
life that the Comforter has ZONE, and
we a only receive ii by faith. Feel
ing Is the result of the Spirit having
come; faith Is the way it comes. !
feel happy that I am saved. but I
don't feel to be saved. I believe to
be saved. My feeling is the result Of
my belief, Feeling Is all right, but
v a sinner. Feeling Is the result
or this faith. Get right. then you
won't be balled UP.
/ believe to be saved, feel happy
because ! believe. Trust the Lord and
do His will and then at last you can
plant your feet on the promises OF
God n you can fight off the doubts
as Abraham fought the beasts and thei
birds OF prey from the sacrifices. Fight
if ii takes days; fight IL 1t takes
months: fight II It takes years: fight
until God Almighty stops making
worlds and leans over the battiements
Of glory and says: TT is enough. You
have finished your job. Come home"
That is the way TO fight, and all the
time, Never give up courage. If you
can besr the light that streams from
the throne of God without throwing
up your hands and crying, "Unclean."
then o may know h a the Com
forter has come, whether you feel like
it or not, and believe the Lord, you
do what they did.
And I want 10 teff you Jesus said.
Greater works thar these shall you
do. because ! go 10 my Father" See
what the Lord will do. He will pen
the windows of ave and pour out
such a blessing that there shall not he
men enough to receive Il. And o
won't have to Journey back any far.
ther in your spirits than right now,
TO get an illustration.
The last day l preached In Boston
5.1T9 men and women walked down
the aisle and took me by the hand and
said. ~ accept Jesus Christ as my Sa-
viour." We could do the thing all
over the land IL we would just get
right and say. Lord. 1 want to be
counted on your side"