The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-17

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Take this old book. with the wor,
Of God. and the blessing of God well
up the floods my soul and / cry on
with David, My cup runueth over.
jus; as soon az the church toda.
fiifiIls the conditions, you and i ma,
expect such evidences of Gods pow
err. In comparison with what we hav,
seen. 1t would be like comparing -.
plugged counterfeit cent with
thousand dollar bond. You will al
aS1~e that sAx ~ sttpaisjd&saA you't
1pe osSsef VIII. n v NJ ''s2 ID f,.,f1
/ FIRST. the church heeds~A fatnte
cost 1t isn't my desire or intention
10 say anything unkind against the
church. hove the church with ever,
drop of blood in my body. every Joint
marrow. nerve, CELL corpuscle, cuucls
aCd hair OF my body. II Is tht
nearest to my heart of any instttu-
ton en- earth, but nobody tAat loves
the church can be blind 10 her weak
ness, and the cure IL moro people
that are right with God.
t Financial Pnlity Wrong.
! We are wrong in our financial pol
iciess when we have got to resort ts
a lot of tricks Of which we are asham
ed We grieve the spirit of God, and
/ we have got to resort to these thingt
In order TO get money to keep the
church OF God going. And yet there
isn't a church in this country today
thai hasn't members enough. who II
they'd give one tenth OF their income
! wouldn't have TN endowment fund
on hand, and could branch out and
do philan thropic work. Then Il
wouldn't have to be left to tina lodges
and other institutions to do It, for
God sAy., II the church In too stingy
: 10 do IL. you Masons do Il and you
Odd Fellows do IL That u the work
that the church OF God should have
been doing.
| So, they are wrong IN cur govern
ent I don't mean the system OF
government; J mean that VIC are
wrong when we put a lot Of goddess
fellows In official positions.
have gone TO towns ana found
that half the trustees weyen't even
| members OF the church. wouldn't
trust them very far until they'd been
| converted.
| Individuals need q TNentecost /
remen Der when i was boy going
TO school / was told IL L stood upon
4. chair and held the electric battery,
! the electricity would rush through me,
| for giaas and rnbber--that chair was
standing Oh ruhher--gla.ss and rubber
are non conductors of electricity.
| But IL I'd reach out and touch II with
one finger, the electricity would rush
>ut and rd lose my power.
The uorbfe with the church IL that
| they let tie power go out There
| fore, you don't receive y because OF
! your compromise with the things Of
the world. Whenever you stoop to
do questionable things. n Is always
at tbs expense.
| Taks Lot he pitched his tent to-
wsrd Sodom- The next thing I read
about Lot, he had moved into Sodosn.
/ When God roe read yto destroy So
over and told Abraham. and Abraham
said, III can find f.ty righteous
people there. will you save it7' The
Lord said. "Yes,~
| Abrahfn went chss4ng around and
said ne couldn't ind flfty, Ia said.
How about forty?"
Scare Up Forty.
The Lord said. All right II 700
can scare up forty"
Abraham went around to look for
forty. and he couldn't And forty.
What about thirty. LordT'
"All right" He went cut and
couldn't do it.
/, He was ashamed 10 SO back. bat he
did. He said. Lord, what about
twenty7-
And no couldn't DO that. sud he
Ratd. What about tenn
The Lord said. IF you can find ten
decent people down there. j can save
the town"
/, There was Lot and hts wife ard
two daughters thai were unmarried.
and lot had daughters and sons Il
can figure up at least twelve directly
related to Lots sons and danghters)
and they couldn't ever then There
fore. when the angel went to Lot and
aid. Hasten. and get out az here.
ard Lot went to tell his soma and
daughters. they laughed AZ him.
Why. he even lost bis faith in his
children. God said. Get out OF
here" and he didn't even have faith
enough IN his wife TO keep her head
straight. for God s,id, Don't you
look back
She started for the wccds, ana che
rubbered and was stricken down. and
the cows have been licking her ON the
plains ever since God turned her
into pillar Of snn
/ There he was, 9ust IKE lot OF
church members today: all rnder
heaven they do Ia just to beat a
little path to church and home again
A lot OF you people have been Chris
tiaas for twonty and thirty and forty
years. and you have never won a soul
to God The sum OF II all Is this:
! First, nust believe God abba and
willing to bless. Second. I must be-
i!eve that he win do It when I am
right with him. and third. simply
claim by birthright
rhs blessing In the spiritual birth
right OF every child OF Goa You've
got "a right to claim that. You viii
be blessed in proportion to your obe-
| dicrce. not your money or your cui-
ture, and you viii b blessed In pro-
! portion to your ability TO receive a
blessing. But your ability to receive
blessing develops In proportion to
your obedience. You will be blessed
in proportion n God sees you need
"a blessing in order to do what he
wants you to do.
why haven't you receiv~d ftf You
have disobeyed some cVnmnnd OF
God. II may have been little thing
anything that contributes to max
ing God smile upon you isn't little.
or anything that win make God frown
upon ycu isn't Httie-you may think
because OF your temper or this thing
or that thing.
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