The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-25

the thing He was In. and they were
saved.
Others have said: "If I can only &c,
out Of bed get on my knees end pray
will be saved They tried II and
it worked They touched the thing
He was in.
Others have said; IF ] can only
partake OF the communion" They
have gone to church and they have
tried IL and IT worked, They touched
the thing He was in and they were
saved.
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They tried IL and IL worked.
Caught In Blizzard
/ preached up In Redwood Falls
Minnesota. There was a fellow there
who had been caught out in 4 blizzard,
both legs had been amputated above
the knees. and he had a pair of great
big, thick leather ends that he pulled
over them. He had a great big dog,
cross between a St Bernard and a
Newfoundland. and the dog used TO
haul him around in the winter, and
he had pair OF sleigh bells on. He
came around to the tabernacle and
they put him in the rear seat, and the
big dog lay down and slept.
He sat there and heard me. and
when l got through he said: II must
go down and take Bill by the hand
They said: You can't walk. You
can sign a card right here"
He said: mo. l want to go down
there" and he got down. He came
swinging himself along on his arms
and stumps, and just as he rounded
the corner I got down to take him by
the hand. The big dog woke up. took
the scent and came bou .lding down
the aisle. and as they lifted the fellow
up into a seat; he sat there and said
Now / am all right"
He wanted TO touch what the Lord
was in. and it worked.
1t Worked.
She said: III can only touch his
clothes" She tried IL and II worked.
Halielujaht
People said: If could only read
the Bible and prsy I'd be saved"
All the big wigs said: "All wrong
all wrong"
But some of them that made plans
of their own and found salvation were
our fathers and mothers, and they are
in heaven now, because Jesus Christ
knew what they meant. He looked
into their hungry hearts and He
blessed them. because they did the
best they could and they wanted 70
touch the thing that Jesnus was In.
oh. hallelujah TO God. Is ii plain to
YOU? All right
Every theologian, he knows they
were all wrong. You will say so your
self when you look at 1t. Thank God.
he saves IN spite of wrok theology.
Theology can stand up and tell you
until II is baldheaded and black In the
all -
won't save a sinner. and that ia true,
my friend, without Christ and yet
tnultitudes have found Christ in the
act of baptism and they have been
saved He Is in It
Theology may toll you that joining
The church went lift you an inch to-
:" Ard heaven. and it is true unless
Christ Is behind it. and yet people join
the church, They know they must do
or be lost They have blum
1ered toward God and been saved
Glazed Him In Glory.
l would rather have man who isn't
4 Christian join a church than to have
a fellow that isn't Il Christian stay out,
because the fellow that isn't a Chris
'ian and joins the church. he is trying
TO touch something that God is in
He Will hear something. maybe, that
win land him in glory. SO would
Z.
bet your boots,
SO, theology can tell you there Is
nothing in prayer without Jesus. and
IL Is true, yet muititudes have cried
God, be marcifui TO me. sinner"
They have bfundsred toward Jesus
Ike the timid woman In Capernaum,
and they have been saved. thank God
Jesus was no hairsplitter. He wasn't
tidebound and dead set on having
lar l. y
n a legal way as was the case of
h ose lonG-taiied, double-breasted-
,oated, kid -gioved, horizontal. perpen-
/ C u ar. stiff. petrined. widowed,
m . don -the-cork.. dyed-in-wool.
Dlown-i the bottle old Pharisees who
JAILED Jesus Christ on the cross simply
he wouldn't do things the way
hey wanted him to do 1t, bless his old
ieart.
Same Kindly Heart.
Thank God he has the same kind
hat "A mother has when she sees her
little one fall flat. doing its best to
'ome to her when she calls it: and He
ices us coming, my friend. il we will
'ome heart first. I don't care a rap
low much you stumble. | don't care
low little you know. Jesus will al
ways let healing virtue so out TO the
nan Or woman that Ia trying 10 fight.
20 your best Never mind. Just go
m with the knowledge that you have
low.
There are people that earnestly
nd Iongingly want to be Christians.
bet there are hundreds of you here
onight. Just az this poor woman--she
lidn't want to be sick but she couldn't
,elp il. You have been living nv
riends without God. and you have
zone to the wrong doctors. Every
'ody has failed. When she went to
esus she found peace. Try It to-
light. VIII you?
say there are people that want to
e Christians just as this woman want
d to be we'll. but you have felt that
ou are. losing out and you have tried
nd tried and resolved and pledged
nd broken them, and you have
cached out toward Christ and you
ave stumbled and blundered. Thank
Tod. you were saved
Same. Way With Him.
THANK God. II was that way. with
ne. Oh. when came to Jesus thirty
ears ago. one dark. Storm night in
'hicago. / stumbled and Numbered. 1
lidn't know much. but l did the best
hat I knew. l made my plan. and
acted upon it and it worked. Bless
Tod 1t worked and He has kept me
rom that day until this. sir.
Therefore, it may be your last
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