The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26
IL KISS AWAY LIFE'S TEARS BUT SIN Is LIKE

as kernel of corn that isn't planted
but IL It Is planted it viii grow JUS
the same as a seed win grow.
Too many people arc like the sloth
When he was given some money he
TOOK II and tied 1t up in napkin and
hid II away, and when the man came
back he sad: Here's your money
The other fellow took the money
and invested it and got six per cent
interest. and 50 when he returned ne
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accufn ufated Interest as lne fceSss a.
the investment
Jesus said: las men do In business.
do in religion" II they have moth
ing to hand back to God but the same
old faith, you will and 1t milldewed
when they hand 1t back. Go out and
do something--talk.p pray, work Let
give your faith q chance TO develop.
Make The world better that we have
lived in 1t, and the power Of God will
be upon you.
In every church there are people
that have been there for years. and
they haven't got az much faith now
as when they started. 1t would be
monsTosity If my friend Rodeheaver
would pay you lot Of money to go
with him. and you'd wear the same
size clothes today that you did when
you were born. Yet there are lot OF
people today that haven't got as much
faILh today as when they went into
the church. Why don't you be like
an alligator? As long as he lives he
never ceases to grow--develop. physi-
cally. spiritually.
i want to be strong physically; l
want to be strong spiritually for Je-
sus Christ and do HIS work. But do
something TO develop! That's what /
am trying to do. So If you didn't
farm your faith 1t would die IL a
farmer didn't farm his seed. do you
know how long you'd liver We have
got eight months probation between
US and starvation. Ii God Almighty
didn't give us something to eat. my
seed. it wouldn't be long until We all
would be in the coffin.
The law OF faith win develop the
same as the law of seed. Now, there
Is no use to pray Lord save my
SOUL" and then sit down and wait.
Oh, it makes me sick! Br-r-ri
Get ON Firing Lane.
Gee whizi Don't you pray that
prayer If you are not willing to get
out on the firing line for Jesus
Christ What's the use to ask God
to give you more faith II you are not
using what you have got? What
| would you think OF farmer that
would go kneel in front of his corn
crib and say: "Oh. God. give me a
| crop" when he was too darn lazy to
plant the corn7 You'd say thai fell
low lis nutsi
All right you must be. too, then,
praying God to save people when you
are too contemplate and lazy to go
and talk to anybody about Jesus,
praying God to do something while
you loaf on the job. Br-r-r-r!
Win you please tell me why any
body has to worry their life out try
ing to get people to be decent and
! work for Jesus Christ and do his
WIN Will you tell me! Will you
tell me why you have lived as long as
you have and you are not "a Christian?
Some OF you men who look at me
here this afternoon haven't got a hair
on your head between you and hell,
and you haven't prayed for twenty or
thirty years. Some Of you women
! breaking your fool necks to shine In
society haven't done much giistening
for the the Lord. You don't do any
thing to make the world better that
| you have been in it Just 10 through
II az a kind of nonentity.
| II we have faith SO much as a
grain OF mustard seed"
You say: oh. that was Intended
! for the disciples!"
! The Bible doesn't say that
None OF VI can be mountain
movers" you say. Yes we cant Faith
| Is as Interchangeable as the sunshine
That's the same old sun that God
put In the heaven thousands OF years
ago. Same old sun. Same moon!
/ moon!
| Faith Like Electricity.
! Faith Is AS Interchangeable as cleo
! tricity. Faith In Abraham's time was
Just the same as the faith in your
time and mine. We ought to have
more faith than Abraham. Why?
| Because We have got moro evidence
upon which to rest our faith than
Abraham had. That's why!
| Abraham headed Gods batting
list He led of. So the Lord made
. covenant with Abraham Abraham
had no history of Gods faithful heal
ing. He had no record OF the Book
| OF Matthew: he had no book, no
! Y. NJ. c. A. no Y. w. c. A.. no Bible
no Observation-Disclosures didn't have
any OF those. Yet the faith Of Abra-
ham ~contrasted with our makes US
look like ptkersi It's a fact.
| Now. some of you thought that was
vulgar. This sis knew what pike1
meant In other words, NUT, molly
| coddle. See?
Now, am going to give you two
| Illustrations, then am through.
First, DR.. CulirH' widow lives In Bos-
! ton. She came to the meetings regu-
lariy---oh, q Cody woman! / met
her and I Intended to go out to that
great institution. but that's among q
few places that didn't visit when
was around Boston. DR.. Culiss died.
! think, about twenty years ago. He
left a great monument to commence
rate that what Jesus Christ said was
| true
He WINS n Christian: he was a Bible
Christf-n, he was praying Chris
tian; he was a phiianthropist, and
there were many consumptives among
his patients. and they were poor.
And lots OF times he had to doctor
them for nothing and care for them
| and buy them clothes and food such
as they were not able to buy. And
they had to have fresh air, 80 no
! bought a houss. and It was soon
| crowded. He had a hundred thou
sand dollars sent In to him. He
bought some property out near the
EsnSsAy Park. put up great buildings,
and they stand there monuments OF
DIR. Culiss' faith.
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