The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-13
!" Following Christ "


ards and vestryrnen ana wudentia-
committee men to tht2ik Of. Dom
you see how II would change thu
Torid II everybody was instant, In
looking for a chance to win somebody
lfor Christi
/ What would Jceus Do h He exngha
a Sunday school caAszf Would He
put es little heart int II - sosne
Of you dot Would He 60 to prayer
meeting O. little ~ some Of you
60 and would He te4tffy as little -
some OF you testify. would He d
as little personal work Al some OF
! you as7 Would He spend a. much
on HiznoeE and give rs L::..le 10 the
cause of Jesus Christ a. euvne of you
| do7 Would He pray as little ~ some
| OF you dos Would He do no more
| - answer your prayers than some
| Of you dot Your prayers are not
worth picayune in the sight OF God,
more than the effort you're willing to
put forth to answer them. You ougl1t
to know how much God thinks abcut
your prayer, how much are You will
ing to gtvef How hard are you will
That ts all that weighs 4 before
God.
Follower or Fakex.
Arr follower or q Mker4 Am
II tins-r-boaro pointing 10 tNs c1osp
or to the wurid7 All that - Heirx
SOM TO bring this old sin-oaYssd
world TO the feet OF Jesus Christ ID
being dome by the spirit Of God work
| ing through men and women Ike
ourselves. You are robbtns God and
you are robbirg tfse world II you
work and speak through your pexson-
atty. You are robber, yuu arc q
robber and siarker.
! All FRAT Jesus Christ expects you
to do, He stands pledged to help you
to do. 10 don't think yun got . do
1t by your own effort ~whaEsosves
~ shall ask the Father In my name,
that win I do"
/; That is biar4 check nat yvu
can FL cut mp to the limit Of your
needs III ron ask anything In ruy
name. j wfn do ft- He signed Il,
iii in whatever yon want ana he wffi
bless you
The FIRST step to fcT1ow Jesus
Christ is that there must b. a de-
| fbcrate, definite decisfon shout It
rust ths same a. therc n IN an I'm
portant matter in buzinesA Ana 70
you've got to decide to go into bus1-
ness. you've Eet TO decide to sct mar
risd q you never WIN There haa
tbVA ~ W ~ oGuHAl0 QCN~ASs1VTf 6UONlL duY-
thing. You've got to decide you win
20 TO heaven or 10 HEN. that's IN
You've got to decide the whole Dusl-
ness. A young man decides he wonv
give up his bad company ana that't
the reason he dies an old man In
prison You've got 10 do r.
| Jesus didn't come to drive people
into the Kingdom OF heaven, He
came to force the question upon every
man and woman, and you've got "a
decide the matter for yourBen. !
can't decide 1t for you no more thar
] could eat or sleep for you. Tit
doctor could cut me to pieces and tlaa,
wouldn't keep you out Of the conn
IL you had Appendicitis. ~'.
So. what shall 1 do with Jesus
which is called the CHRISTI And yot
can't escape the question that cpmee
10 everybody. TT any man VIII come
tsEe up his cruss and follow Me-
Every one must decide farst whether
ne wifi be a Christian Second you
must decide what kind Of Chxis-
tfan you win be-
There would have been no Rsvoau-
tionary war II there had been no Dec
| larntion OF Independents. We wouldnH
, have been In war with Germany. n
| we hadn't declared war with Gar
many. You've got to make Q dee.
iarAtion 10 begin wit~ One reason
water. cider-chaik and vinegar good
Lord--gcod devil, pliable. plastic,
| weak people sitting around. is be-
cause they don't come out clean cut
for Jesus Christ and His truth.
| The rich young ruler came run
ming after Jesus and feu on his knees
and that looked IKE q clear case of
conversion. but II wasn't How far
you go with Jesus depends on what
One reason Why . 1ot Of you have not
made more progress ron have been
trying to Ing too much Of the devffA
goods with you when you Started out.
You ere not making much heAdway.
IN a few minutes I md him turning
, his back on Jesus Christ foeevcf.
The scribe said. Master. ! WI
follow you wherever you 20
Sounded Enc, But
| Wow that sounds hne, but he dfdn>t
mean It no more than q lot az card
playing. beer guxx1ers, novel readers,
GIN fizzlers, mean It IN the church to-
day. When he said II there WIN no
cross IN sight He Thought Il would
he hne to be associated with 4 imam
that was so popular SUPPOSE sUYpe
people think that Joining the church
will help them to sell boots ana Ahoea.
come think they might sen more gro
oeric., ] don't know, bit 5asus Rad
their heart and Tie killed the selfish
MOTIVE within them.
he turned 10 This fersow and safd.
You say You WIN follow me where
ever I go re said. Tho birds %
the air. SIR. have their nests, and
the fnxes have holes. but The Son OF
man hath no whore to lay His head."
why be -aald TO Jesu6. II
thought you had a imouzins- YOU'VE
got to walk, Goo 5nightf~
Jeeus Christ killed the selfich mo
tive that was in his heart When
Jesus ieads. He don't take yen 2trnnd
the valley Of the shadow. He win take
yon right through. n ron are not
ready to walk through r, don't over
start % follow Jesus Christ
Another said. ~ WIN fellow y9u,
bat I've get something else to do
first =.
That would be good deal IKE .
fellow getting shaved, rf+cr they told
him htc house was afire. That would
re IKE a fellow stopping and getting
his boots blacked after they told him
his baby was dying.
E TN follow YOU. bat I've got some
thing else To 10 first" Just as r
SaIJoufnr Jeana ChriHt waSn'f Ru-