The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-23

! where win ycu nnd them. Every
where except in the graveyard.
Tie that winneth souls IL wise. -
Wise!
Il All Men Must Repent.
Important facts. First, outside Of
Jesus Christ there Ii no salvation. All
have sinned. God commands all men
to repent To-day. IL yeu viii shear
his voice, none are cast out who come
and none are saved unless they are born
again by the spirit Of Goa. Faith saves
sssss.lsa;.a:. - s..ss..,i S ST s.~s
tswindied and beaten S6Mebody out OF
money, 70 give II hack for God won't
save your guilty old soul when you've
got money In the bank that belongs TO
somebody else. Not on your life! You
bet your boots he won'tl.
Restitution! Obcdience and bless
ing walk hand In hand. and II you want
God to bless you. then obey and God
win biesa you IN proportion TO your
| obedience every time.
The Bible Ia POUR only guide, no.
the opinions and theories. and deduc-
! tions OF men. The Bible IL your only
guide. There IL no salvation in hel,.
baton 10 preaching an Internal lie.
| There are lots Of internal lies being
preached from orthodox pu,pits today
all over this country--Niind leaders Of
the blind Jesus Christ says they will
both 70 into the pit There Is no SAL
walton In hen. II man II going 70 have
chance to repsnt after he's through
preaching By Jinks. Til quit and 60
home. He's not going 20 worry me
any longer. WHAT'S the use Of killing
myself II that's the case what's the
use Of buf1ding tabernacles and church
o. II mans going to have a chance
On what gTounds Do ycu argue II a
man has . chance AFTER he dies that
he would do in the next world what
wcridf How do you fxurc that out?
I'm going to preach on that sometime
no second chance.
Listen! Some seed wfll fan on
stony ground The hearts Of some men
and women are just like that street
out there and You might ~ well SOW
seed on Broadway ana expect II to
grow--their hearts are like adarnant
Sense AMen9 TAernn-
| Some will fall among thorns. there
| Will be fair success, Il win spring up
ana grow bat II will BE- choksd. Some
people win run well for = while. but
people win say. win they hold out -
They never did. Wen. don't forget
that the new converts viii be just as
good as you old ones-you old moss
backs.
Then come seed WIFI produce thirty.
some sixty. some an hundred fold. Oh,
my. When I look around about me
and / see young men and young wo-
men with their characters forming.
when look At the influence Of hell to
drag them away from God Almighty
and realize that they are going to be-
come the fathers and the mothers of
the next generation am no pessi-
mist. but God have mercy ON the gene
|
| boys and girls are going TO to devil
and yet their minds are pliable and
susceptible to gospel influence II we
will do something for Jesus Christ!
| When I look at the sick and the dy-
| ing. when I see the disease and the
distress and the dsstitution. when I see
the irunkards' graves-soo,oe Of them.
sh Kicked into thorn every year--he-
meath the stars and Stripes that dirty,
| sinking, buI1-necked gang OF liars
ard thugs that put 500. coo of the Drawn
and manhood Of America In drunkards'
graves every year, put my first under
their dirty. sttnkine nose You bet
your life, arm working for the go
briefly and the decency OF my coun-
ttry. TO hAll with the bunch that
wants to drive them down and curse
them,
When look around about me and
see all that, Myl Stonewail Jackson
Was heard in his tent one time pray
Ing and the sentinel stood and listened
| and here In what he heard him say:
'-Oh, God. let this war stop SO we may
go back to the only work in the world
worth while, that Is. the salvation of
| immortal SOULS
That's the only work that's worth
I sstfsas---saving people srrS 5aFrs.
| Then. n you will allow me to make
a suggestion I am through. be ccur-
Iteous. be natural. People are natural
Everywhere else. seemingly, but In the
church. I dor't like TO see a preacher
that has a mannerism for the pulpit
and another for the street When a
preacher goes down to buy groceries,
| he doesn'. 20 in and say.
| You may give ywe bunch OF cell
cry, pound ct coffee. and send It mp,
lie you please" I'm a very pompous
/ tone. with many Airs)
Now. I'm perfectly natural
There Is work that everybody can
tabernacle. Pray with them in pri-
vste. Pray for them In private, Speak
about the meetings, don't knock. any
| devil can do that Write letters Call
/ them up on the phone. Let them
know you are Interested In them and
that You want them to receive q bless
ing
|
/, feat you: First, timidity. "I never
tried to speak to AZ. body" Well. you
can never begin any younger.
/ Story From Town.
I was preaching in Iowa and there
was a woman there whose husband
| was an elder In the church---the Pres
byterian church-and she was one OF
these weak. timfd. retiring little bod
les. and she was member OF the
literary society. I said to her. MIRA
! r., why don't you go out and try to
get those women for God?" eaid,
There's the spcediest bunch of wo-
men I've ever seen."
/ 1 don't mean they were immoral.
but oh gee! You have seen people
that had little money and a little
social position In little rube town?
II you have, you know what 1 mean.
said. There's the speediest bunch
Of women that have ever seen. You
arc tho only protesting Christian that
they will associate with and it's UP to
you to win them for Christ"
She commenced to boo-hoo and
said. DROPS OF grief can never repay
the debt OF love you owe. Let's get
down and pray about It," and we did.
She started out and In nine days
she brought eleven out OF the fifteen