The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

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God. The Greeks were ignorant wor-
shipping an unknown god.
| The prophet must have vision. A
| seer Is a man who sees. He Is not
| necessarily the man who originates
but he the man who visualizes wnas
! really is. All men can cultivate Inc
| ability to discern. We must weave
into visions the things of .experienc
! Sins, sorrows, doubt Of common. men
| we must see and realize and to these
| people present the reality of true Balm
| in Gilead.
Isaiah and Paul were alike in that
| they were passionately righteous in
| their work Yet was not Isaiah q
| lonely man. Spiritually he did not
have the support he desired. They
| both met with disappointments. you,
| too" added the speaker, will have
this feeling of spiritual loneliness.
and you must be a Jeremiah. who
| said that he had Gods word in his
! heart. 1t is the source of comfort
They must be men Of courage. Pro
| phets make no concession on the grea'
! question of Fundamentals. They may
be unpopular and it often goes hard
with the prophet. Elijah was left
| jeremiah was exiled. Amos was APP
| plauded as long ats he condemned
| others, but. as soon as he preached to
' Israel was rejected. He boldly as
| serted at this time that God took him
| neither as a. prophet nor the son of :,
| prophet and ordained him unto his
| work.
! DIR. Taylor gave a statement of the
stand he took against the order OF the
! fuel administration in closing the
church doors. II was well done. and
, brought home forcefully TO the audi
| ence that a man was speaking to them
/ out Of his own experience.
You shall meet these things" he
said, then added, Thank God, you
! too, are men Of courage and you VIII
| feel the JOY of duty well done"
Message OF Prophet
! Again the minister spoke of the
message of the prophet. which he de-
clared should he clear and compre-
| hensihle, It should be. above all else
| the word of God. and that without re-
! vision. There is n demand of the
present tima for revised religion
| Men are calling for soldiers reli-
| eion. Why not have n religion for
those who stayed behind? For the
] desk? For the many other walks OF
! lifeP The preacher showed what this
! lind of argument would come to. Then
he added "Chl istianity will survive
1t has survived and it will again. II
needs no w form nor program. but
1t needs correct interpretation
| Rationalism asks the question
Does IL pay" This is not the way
/ To count the value of true religion
/ You can get a mass meeting OF all the
non church people in Richmond to-
'rether tomorrow md there will be
/ many different standards of morality
and life prescribed. The only fixed
standards that We have are out of the
Word Redemption by blood is re-
t aiitv II is Illustrated in our day hN
4 the redemntion OF Belgium and
! France by the blood of our youth Te
/ argue from n less to more important
! point We see the human sacrifice FOR
| land and the Divine sacrifice for souls
/ 7 lie question OF the atoning blood OF
/ Christ ought to be easy for us TO TN
derstand .oday.
Spiritual truth a. truisrl- If We
I had a lifeline and preserver on the
! shore we would not allow a man TO
| drown and. instead OF throwing ii te
him. we lecture on things that rs
might wish to hear and then s'ng
/ Rocked in the Cradle Of the Deep.
+ Shall we TODAY give people what they
j seem to want and fail to throw out
! the lifeline of salvation
II YOU do not. YOU are called "old
/ fogey" You ought to be modern, but
/ two and two made four ages ago
/ Gravitation is old fogey as we'll as
/, many other principles. Truth Is not
! chronological Truth is Christ.
The prophets message should in
struct We must teach. We are fail
7 ing IN this Christ was called teacher
Ky leading educator m n 6
! The Jews The fundamental function
/ Of the church is to teach. What foun'
dations will tho next generation have
! to build on If the church fails to teacf
! the pure Gospel"
/ The world has the written word
but they do not read. The Gospel o.
i Jesus is our great stahiliyine power
and great dynamic quality. We stand
on the bring of new thought. What
have we 70 offere what shall we
saw to the world God forbid that
people shall turn to us and. call us
tho prophets of the true God. what
! Milton referred to as blind mouths.
Let us give the world Jesus Christ.
The evening service was the an
ruai service OF the society of mis-
sionary inquiry. a brief report OF inc
first year of the second century OF the
eociety's historv was given and thef
DR. Henry NJ. Woods. for thirty-hvt
wears missionary to China. delivered
the annual address.
Pr.Srnt Day Advantages.
Choosing Mathew ~ Is and u
as the theme OF his address he met
kurea in vivid language and tellinf
comparisons. the advantages OF the
/ present day generation over any other
| He presented tho call Of tho worlf
ny showing that the church TO-DAY mas
the men AMI msan to reach the whoif
, world with the Gosnel of Jesus chris
within this generation.
Urging the application OF soune
business principle to the propagation
of the Gospel the speaker compared
the amount OF money and means spen'
on non-ess >ntiais and then the small
! sum spent on the far more imrortan'
work Of irving the world what 1t Sc
much needs.
Next he presented the opportunities
that were opening to us that our fore
fathers did not have. The developed
communication The worldwide grow
I ing fellowship onening Christian
countries Whether men will or not
he said. tho world is opening ur
rapidly
That we have the message that the
world needs most today was proven
by the comparison of the inability OF
I Democracy a league OF nations, s0cia