The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-19

low come to visit him who had been
q ciassmate Of his. He wss skep-
| tic, and, of course, being entertained
there. he had to 60 and hear him
preach After they were through
DR.. Rainsforf said to him:
We'll, what do you thi,k about IT p
He said. Its very pretty, the way
you preach II. but don't believe 1t
Don't you believe it's possible there
! In God:"
He said. II believe that IN possible
but / don't believe Gods WORD Is
revelation"
DR.. Rainsford said. 'Tf there is a
God. he could make . revelation.
couldn't her
He said. ri there ia a God and II
vealed. IL he werc disposed he could
make revelation" DIR. Rainsford
I said, If there is q God and X we
are his creatures and II we are goinK
i to be rewarded for doing his VIII or
damned IL We don't, isn't II extremely
important that God should reveal his
will 10 usT'
oh" said the old skeptic. Pro
fessor, I'd have to believe that. IT
disposed towards his creatures ard If
we are his creature. To wouldn't be
fair or just and honorable to damn
Us when we didn't know what that
| will was
/ He said. Have you ever tried to
| find out whether there Is God!"
/ Never havel''
Would YOU like TO know
II would"
| Ee said, Come on, let's pray about
IT.
! After some ;ndrcerent he got him
down on hts knees DR.. Rainsford said
to the old professor. You pray"
He said. 20 God" He thought he'd
gone too far and got up and back
padded. He said, II don't know that
there is God"
Act as II there Is
He said. 20 God II there Is a God,
and II the Bible is revelation OF
your will to us, and IL there Is no
salvation except In the faith OF Jesus
christ, promise II you reveal that to
me. will publicly confess him"
He had nc sooner made that prayer.
then he Jumped to his feet and he
said, II see IL and IL Is beautiful Jesus
Christ is the son OF God" He willed
20 DO and he knew.
Lady Henry Somerset said when
The was seeking God. she heard n
/ spirit that seemed TO say to- her. Act
as though I were and thou shalt know
I
So. act as though God is and you
4 viii know that God u.s. viii to do his
, Will and then you viii know.
! Some PEOPLE think that nothing is
! TO be believed unless they can under
stand IT, Ea, Ha. II you have the
nobody was In your class. why tina.
might not seem unreasonahIc but II
YOU can't understand a thing. there
are other people that can and simply
because you can't. you mutt, don't
imagine that nobody else can. That's
what gets my goat
And we've got a lot of churches that
dsseeiieve in the Creator. God. sim
ply because they can't explain the
creation OF the world. 0. dear me,
You can't explain the coat on your
back You can't explain the shoes
on your feet. The material out OF
which IL is made must come TO your
hand already prepared. Man can't
account for first causes.
II an intideI is going to build a uni
verse you've got to give him a little
star dust to kick off.
First Hen. First EEg.
Where did the first hen come from
And where did the first egg come
from First hen. first egg, No man
knows so much but that some men
know all you know and more than you
know. .sot nj all
So there is my watch. don't
know anything about 1t. II break
it I can't fix it. I can take il down
to the jewelers. and they can fix It.
If I'd try TO fix it and take the wheels
out Of It. I'd have wheels enough to
make ten or more watches out OF IT,
All human machinery can be under
stood. Some fellow made il. II you
can't understand It, he can. Don't
say he didf't know because you didn't
, have brains enough to know. He
wilfed to do IT,
To try and solve the creation and AT
the same time deny the Creator you
are as big fool as the fellow who
will try and explain locomotive and
deny steam. Try and explain these
electric lights and deny electricity
The light explains the electricity and
the electricity explains the light. When
you try and explain the creation and
deny the Creator you are fool When
you try to explain salvation and deny
Jesus Christ. you can't do It, He ex-
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