The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30

before she ever pulled up the Hud.
son. Watts had visions Of iocomo-
tive before II ever came out OF his
brain. Howe had visions of sew
ing machines before 1t took tangible
form. Whitney had visions OF his
cotton-gin before he ever invented it.
Men go to South Amerfea. They
go to South Africa, to the Kloadike.
to Australia, because they are told
and they believe they can get gold
Faith gives US energy. backbone.
Faith is the grandest word in the
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ish nation IL Abraham hadn't had
faith in God. God would have taken
somebody else and he'd have started
the nation with somebody else. but
nation. and he believed and that Id
why you have the Jewish nation to-
day.
Faith Ia the hand by which my soul
touches God. / can't touch God with
my hand. can touch you. You are
flesh. bones, and so am I. God is
spirit cant touch God with my
hand can touch God with my
faith.
Faith il a sort Of . wireless teie-
graphy which communicates, with the
sky. Faith is to the soul what the
law Of gravitation Is to the world.
Here In a book. / hold 1t TN my
hand. take my hand away. What
made 1t fan7 There is reason. oh,
grAvitation yanks everything to the
center Of the earth. See? That is
why.
Therefore. we md that faith is to
my soul what the law Of gravitation
Is to the world. The law of gravity
pulls everything down to the center
of the earth All right. SO faith
changes the center of gravity. In.
stead Of swearing. he prays. Instead
OF being impure. he Is pure. Instead
OF being drunk. he is sober. Instead
OF lying and cheating. he is honest
goes to church. Instead Of going to
He'll, he Is going TO Heaven.
Faith changes the center. So when
the power of Christ comes in, these
other things go out
Now you do these things. and now
you go here. That's the power that
pulls you there--fai'h In Jesus Christ.
SO gravity pulls everything to the
center OF this old earth.
Can you find any fault with what
he said about himself? Can you put
your finger on any spot that he didn't
make good? He said, II am the light
of the world" All right.
Now. lister. You take out of this
world all that Jesus Christ has done
for 1t. and ii wouldn't be worth a
rummage sale. II you take out of this
world all that Jesus has done for II.
you are taking down every church
and cathedral. Catholic and Protes-
tant You tear down every Y. NJ. c.
A. and every Y. w. c. A. You close
up every Sunday school. You dis
band the W. c. r. U. and every char
liable organization. every mothers
pension and child labor law.
Everything that is done for the
benefit OF humanity. all charity. II all
comes through the principles OF Je-
sus Christ. You 60 to the library and
select every book which contains IA
verso Of poetry or prose reference to
Jesus Christ and take them and turn
them into ashes
Then go to the galleries OF art and
slash and cut and saup ne achieve
ments of man. Dore, Miliet. Murillo.
Rubens. Munkacsy's Christ Before
PLATE" =.
So Then 60, to the hospitals and throw
the sick into the street. Tear down
the buildings. close up the asyiums
for the poor. the MANNED. the blind
the halt, the old men. and old wo-
men. boys and girls. Go to the con-
songs. Jesus. Keep Me Near the
Cross" Jesus. Lover of My Soul"
Pass Ne Not, o Gentle Savior" UNI
I'll the world stands voiceless, and
songless. and dumb.
Then 10 to the cemeteries. &C
from tombstone to tombstone. and
chisel out every verse that tells of
the world to be: Sir Walter Scott
had Old Mortality chasing around
with chisel and mailet to make more
distinct the partly ohliterated cpl
taphs on the tombstone. Cut off every
verse that your mother pillowed
her head on when she swept out into
gIorv 70 meet Jesus Christ.
Take out of this world all that
Jesus Christ has ever done for ii
and what have you got left?
Il fnd no fault in him" A holy
Christ for my Saviour. a holy Bible
for my stair, a holy church for my
fellowship and the word for my field.
II and no fault In him."
Can you find any law that he ever
broke? He said, II will send tho
Holy Spirit to carry on the work"
Hasn't he made good. my friends
saved"
4 Helped or Hindercd.
v You show me somebody that is
sawed that didn't believe in Jesus
Christ or ever will be saved when he
didn't believe in Him.
= We are always helped or hindered
by our belief. Wrong belief makes
everybody wrong. Right belief makes
everything right. because belief al
ways results in action which harmon
ICES with your belief.
II you believe wrong. you will act
wrong, and your actions will be in
harmony with your belief. and your
belief will be father to your act.
II you believe right, you will act
right Therefore, belief always re-
suits in actions In harmony With your
belief.
), "Oh." you say. TT doesn't make
any difference what man believes
SO long as he il sincere
You are q fool. A man may SIN
cereiy believe ne can handle nitro
glycerin and It won't hurt him, but
II he monkeys with II. they will look
for him with spy-glass and take
him up with q whisk-broom and dust
pan.
/ A fellow tried that out in Indiana
\ twas preaching where they were
drilling for oil. They have a state
law where the fellow that hauls the