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

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Der Miss B? She's dying. Maybe you
can help her.
Too Late.
She hurried to the home andNrap-
ped on the door and asked to see
her. When she was ushefed into the
room the girl took one look at her
and find the hymnbook you will find
and said, You are too late" She
said, IF you will got to the church
the reason. for It's written In there"
My frieAd hurried 10 the church
and in company with some friends,
searched and found the hymn book.
There, written on the liy,leaf she
- y = - lagA,s~ y
risk, / will take my chances"
The spirit of God nevor called her
again. He left her. That was the
last chance she ever had. God says,
| My spirit shall not always strive
with man"
That does not mean that Gods
spirit will be withdrawn from the
world in general When that occurs
then God will wind up things In this
old world.
Who can commit this sin? used
To think only n prostitute. vile and
immoral person. a degenerate. Who
did Jesus war; The Pharisees. And
who were they? The best men morally
in Jerusalem. and there is not a man
lin this city that can measure up to
4 higher standard of morality and
truth than the Pharisees in the days
of Jesus. They were jealous to stone
the offenders against tho moral law.
yet that was the crowd OF which Jesus
said. You are in danger of he'll fire
and damnation.''
The best man who can commit II.
the best man or woman morally in
tn 4 audience that says, NO. to
j |ls Christ--your name may be syn
onymous with virtue. honor. integrity
as good as a government bond for any
reasonable amount at any bank. you
may be true to your wife, you would
die before you'd sidestep your mar
riage vows and break the pledge you
took amidst the perfume OF the orange
blossoms. honor you for it.
You may even defend me against
that gang that hasn't any use for me.
Ny friend Goodell said. The best
loved and worst hated man in Amer
ica."
Can Go to Pcrdition.
couldn't be decent and have the
Oh tIlhI dlILF, EtEilhUiE, HDN
forsaken, black hearted gang. don't
want 1t, don't want IL! They can
go to he'll.
You may even defend the meetings
or the Bible. but you let Jesus Christ
try and get into your hearts and try
to get you on your feet to walk down
these aisles. and your hearts are sealed
like a bank vault and God can make
no impression upon you In the world.
What Is the work of the Holy Spirit
n hasn't drop OF blood, but here,
or pray and something says. Il ought
to be a Christian
That's the Holy Spirit convicting
You that you need the salvation that
Jesus has provided
The Holy Ghost can't save you but
the calce work of the Holy Ghost is
TO make you feel your need of the SAL
walton that Jesus Christ provided for
you when ne died on the cross, and
the Holy Spirit liz the only representa-
tive OF the Trinity in the world today.
God spake to the world through the
old Mosaic ceremonial law and then
Jesus was born-horn Of n woman and
copceived OF the Holy Ghost, born of
the Virgin Mary, born In the manager.
Jesus came into the world. He spake
to the people through word and deed.
fulfilled tho law. Jews and Gentiles
conspired, they killed Jesus Christ and
when ne arose from the dead. the Holy
Spirit came down and he'd been in tho
world as the only regenerating force
since the day of Pentecost-
We are living In the dispensntion
OF the Holy Ghost Therefore. It
takes the Holy Spirit to convict you
that you are sinner: II took the sac
rifcial death of Jesus Chris, TO open
up the plan OF salvation; it takes the
pardon of God for You TO be saved. II
takes the Trinity to keep a soul out Of
hen.
Sin Is no trif1e, but n takes the
Holy Spirit to convict you that you are
a sinner: II takes your faith tn the
shed blood OF Jesus Christ to forgive
your sins: 1t takes the pardon through
your faith In Christ. convicted by the
Holy Ghost that you need
Oh, God! SIN Is no trifle. God says
stn Is no trifle when It takes the Trim
ity to keep you out Of he'll
Hath never forgiveness neither IN
this world neither IN the world to
come
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How docs II show itself7" asks a
man or woman Oh. don't know.
They arc dozens of ways, but they
arc AL supulvluonS OF two prfrcf-
plea First, BY It's nagnamtnity. Take
"A man or woman that has sinned
away their day Of grace. Nothing
stirs that old reprobate like seeing the
great throngs Of people back In this
building. going through all the incon-
venienceA my friends that you have
to. walking, m thousands Of you do.
coming long distances to the tAber-
nacle. Nothing stirs him 80 with ha-
tired AZ to see the people come and
want to be decent.
That gang can't bear to b decent
themselves and they don't want any
body else to BE- decent and 20 the
dirty bunch wants to make you be-
lieve It's the way preach instead of
the why the dirty reprobatcs 1.-Two. and
they are trying to divert the attention
from their own contemptfble living.
After you night that dirty gang for
thirty years a. I have, You win learn
some things that I have learned
II that dirty bunch said anything
good about mo thon I'd know was
wrong. sure.
30 therefore. BY IA maiignfty n
stirs them. Years ago \ revival was
being held IN View York and on thA
last night a young fellow was - con-
victed that he went forward and took
the preacher BY the hand, but no
wouldn't accept Jesus Christ.