Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-31
Church Has Power
to Feed WorZdas
Christ FedHungrz,

thing. provided you viii tahc jesus Christ
s @1,f you maxi, Gut w1m, stand up and le.
gospel for Jesus Christ. There is no sub
FOR G rcr s spy b Ima 'nS hris no sueS
MUST BE BORN IN BLOOD
OF CHRIST TO BE SAVED
bci rou SaI get to Heaycn any way but by
viii go with you in social service. I viii
E9 All M'h SSu tn s9eo,oFy wi" win with you
m Of humanity. that wifi pu, laughter in
take tha, s a chid out or w of !nat y, MIN
ana snhoop put 1t blazing In the park or in the
men, on earth providing you WI Win MAKE take
G chrs' w sod put when you drop
a, v %1i VIE f1 VIZ, WIN you arm in arm; AZ long
you kick Jesus Christ out, thcn you can go go
ai9 NM,. SO o., far las, as am Concerned.
divine. authorized and appointed institution
70 Von ,esd cd, the sp'riiual hunger o; the world.
mu,titudes lic created Tho food. and lie
aFsa,aa inc dscipiea to distribute what iIe
waiter at that banquet lie was no, The
nd IeTns created saIyl,on by His life
The he, sp, ?, hunger q this world nu, the
God You se sT p yo Sa ss m, easssd out for
DID YOU EVER WIN Soul.
FOR CHRIST? SUNDAY ASKS
toS s9 1pT,v Of y9 , have been In the church
soul 10Y soI J Gs t'y 2d 70. eyer win
provided ho- saivation but iIe did not send
ne pp, in rarhcn 1assa Pt''qt ia Il. 200 as
,hqHkn @en h.h f1dtsny become Urea
n nand y Is woS n{ ny erai" is tired here's the
9 ,,,as Just as 4 Shakespeare had grown
s ited a sYd,, Stoned writing King Lear and
., ne s, created the food for spiritual hunger
| "A eli
pass out III" food to the bpiri,uaI hunger Of
YOU Pom KnoG you s1 see nh. xha, fool you when
n,hed salvation. but He handed the TASK
Ills Thers o ar. 40 r .hSss who are
. stitV,ions that enter into competition with
re;s n,, bu, not IN preaching religion Itself
:, Hha' DO ! mean by that First. asso-
c chhnnH nth more ernphasis Than The
Preaching phases OF religion. but not in
nfg ra,s religion itself. None: toi they
and then here. some individuals thunder
than the pulpit All right They preaeh
one or more phases and forms of religion.
always turn FOR the ias, word sir. on ths
nrnniems OF human life. salvation and their
Is cdGSTnii' il ruLrrrs
that n' pr wheS yog a put Zoo Up in The Eapi;
,h ha s iy tn nq b. eSIi9rm miracles ana
me hungry world roins TO do .h. When whI ,b Is
heiesy ''' Is s,andng up here and
( more Than / do the pcws You bel t,uS
r e0"ts fon,Se got lot of the rankest
! orthodox pupits. too. 90
rn' go "s sdan d ;scle s sss t. whS
t hay come up here TO the tabernacics Why
ny,hng but puqy dS nsse, Sc,
1880 am able TO understand il and
Give ys Them 10 at. s nphG{ th Tor '5,s Jesus
rb N'w, po9nie are dissatisfied with philoso-
hsalins Ism and 10, OF other s annESaf n
When ,,n yoo have dead child in the hcus"s
I world. ard they viii tell YOU wh.n o' Inn, tnis
M w"re s.'k: and ,he doors OF eternity were
the only. comfort they could lind was in tn,
sosp.l 81 Jesus christ
religion tha! has ever made l,s nsw ini.
That came from tho heart Of God. rss"rn
~, ~ ncEGt he anyihins better than Chris
Earth to maxi things grow. Thcre ot NH
s nsySr be anything better than :. subbiins
40 COMFORT BEKEivE6, MoTtnER
-, You San take your scientific consolation
H nrf en of ,b and Try s"yr docrne Of sur
IN he, child tia, LIVED. An right, according
| ~, tHat' some Old blatant Of
live Than that child '"''e III 10
,es, aud sec II Isat OF viii lie r sury ns q"
comfort; And You go to that dying man
future, tell hun he ought TO be csnden, 'h in
What r. 4, GNi rlssins now and eternal.
bSo You go to that poor widowed soul tcl
bba .sba =, "aa Seolorica! necessity for her
eNolution. IT was necessary FOR the Mega
t iherium TO pass out OF existence oh smGr.
so ThHn y on,, so on with scientific con
lhat 1000 years from nov we viii al he
scen.ihc specimens on geological shelf
after YOU get through With Sour Seen scient ain
se6sc s shn q p,otopiasm. iackass
what | Will do? Mi! tell YOU S'' N, wiTI
Ing tho old Bible and one pra nsfho %r 81 res
TO- rarpea sTay s and gd her house from cellar
t ihs 'r TbaH Of ChhEs,ianisy fhey wan,
Ssou! iorniniisins and your substitutions. they
know. folks. this old town is just as
mas bsrn as rS are Ire back in Iowa where
ne drS wi ne a asA hungry gns WHra ~
IL; II There is no lodging the fact thai
church is facing great crisis That there
masses. nobody can deny. "
AS ForuLATioS MORE Ef DENSE
You take walk down into a district ri
are apsnty nnt as Sou , Walk sh "n an sg'rss
thc population becomes more dense, church
buidlngs become fewer Tho downtown
church becomes a sort of passing proposi
non. and by and by the old members lea vo
and tn" support OF the church becomes
more and more .dinlcult and AT church
meetings. you VIII hear. Lets cut the
Docs o wise general reduce his forces In
lace OF inc enemy, or does he bring I'M tho
reserves to beat them back? Why don't the
church do IL? o God! She's been retreat
ing before the devil. Let her draw In.
sWord and become aggressive for Jesus
Ihrst: she has not sme1Ied Sunpowtlcr for
iiS years VI would do her good
II is fact tina, in ali denscly populated
sections OF the great cities of America the
church buildings are being sold for cnor-
mo prices for commercial purposes and
nc money thuS secured taken out a nd
ihey build magnificent churches farther out
am it 'ncy become sort OF gorgeous religious
ciuhs Tor q privileged few They have dis.
charged their responsibility to the great
masses 2f humanity they leave Leland when
lncy so down there about once n ,rar nd
HNu,r' a ii'tl" roscwatcr over the Iraicring
.m !SI ahn thoy viii sit down and sing