The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-15

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xhs prophecy Of HahskkuR. third
SSnpeoe, second verse: 20 Lord, re-
NlS2 Thy work In the midst OF the
kuaru: Nn wrath remember mercy
10 question that naturally arises
yenr maud IN what IL this EeyiY@
IL Prophet lie praying for ana rsaf-
14 the people needed"
Hsll. revival Is purely philoso-
VA NIL result OF the right use OF d.
sSAsly appointed means.
When i eat food when am nun
III. put warm clothes On whcn am
eojd; build o Gre when l am sreeAing
D. chat L. the right use II the divinely
14pplnted means Coo didn't O.
I rect me to warm myself with ca
7 q ice. And so take medicine who
u II nm sick. That is the right use OF
u ne dtvineiy appointed means.
II The farmer piows the ground ana
I p3Anfs the seed. That II the right
4 - Of civineiy appointed mears, ana
ssm ycu don't do it you won't nave
j potato 10 stick your fork In or ioar
bread to cut hunk eft OF You
knew there are only eight months
provisicns between this country ana
war. n God didn't melt the SHOWS
ii March and kiss ava the tcic'es,
d spring we would be dong, EighV
months probation, That Is how much
dependent you are On Cod, and ret
Dome Of you never thank God for
meal you shower down your old esorh-
agus any more than hog drink
I inE STOP.
New, I will bet my life multitude
4 ct you here today have eaten your
breakfast and dinner and YOU haven't
~ ysz.t ~
has kept your old carcass alive. 10
4his day. All right! II other people
who profess 10 b. your friends treat
"a you with tho same indifference
and ingrntitude that you do God, you
woufdn't have any friends on earth.
IL so. a Miracle.
20 LORD revive thy work. It
/ = not a miracle. There Is faiacy
prevalent To-Day. and that is the opin-
4on that prom ot!ng religion ~ some
thing peculiar in itself, and cannot Dc
Judged by the ordinary rules of caus-
y . and effects. =.
Above my head there is a cause and
m effect. What is the cause? The
dynamo. When you are sick. why
{ fhatss q cause. What is the effect ,
4 vind out Remove the cause and Vol
win yet well When you hxve n hea'4-
ache, don't rub some dope on your
head Ninety-nine times out OF q
3 hundred you arc digging your own
9rave with your teeth. The trouble
= Ia your stomach, not IN your bean
u 10 remove the cause and you Will
oet well. So the wise physician nov
ndAyp hunts around fer IRE cause hno
\ he removes that and put ne bloom
of health on your cheek.
Suppose we walked out and preach
& "a to the farmers and we said, We'll
God is q Sovereign"
All right. That is true
"And God will give you It. crop
Z only when h. pleas es tn give you 9
crop. ana tor vou to pillow and plant
- though you expected the crop, IL
\ r. wrong"
And suppose the farmers were
B foOis enough to beiieve 1t, and they
Il ncted Accordingly. We'd s'arVe u
n Aeath- II pieases God to give 'hs
Sround and plants the seed. ano
nleases God to give him nothing when
y az - too darncd ihxy-te de 1t.
Il pleases Goo to save souiS
& W4aen you are man enough to DO VIVA
4 l3cd wants you to do. and 1t pteases
God TO not do 1t when you don't dc
1aaar pArt. In other werosg Ioe
Il wont give a man. crop and ny niH
n 1naf aroura uwseE fN~ SHADE and far
%. tsn't It hot?''
lied expects him TO get out and
rslow the ground and plant the see
1t m burrows and shoot gophers and
a SlEunkg
Results Sure to Follow.
sss 4rsxsh results are sure 20 follow IN
b HE churches II they can he persuao'
GH that promoting great rehsiou'
u nnd moral awakening isn't something
- ~~.S av,.a \. rnnnaCtffn
II tween the means ard the end. Here
SSs n the end: the means. the dynamo
s s Ana so there IL o connection between
81 tlae means and the end. III tner,
rInnnst there wouldn't be any end. ane
n II fhe dynamo wasn't running the~'
lpould be no lights And so, there
SssfurN tho effect Ia Away In profor
U ten to tho CAUSE. and the cause "
pnnsJftibn TO the effect. Here Is tn'
h Slfecx The dynamo Ia the cause
b - n YOU have got the itch there Ia
81 1Vasaon for it. See, II is all true.
40 n revival is the return OF tn'
1 sgl,nrch from her hacksi.iings. he
Al1Forence: ard II leads to the sal
ktt1n or the .unsaved. :.
Nd Ii also includes. FIRST OF al
0ysckaon of san on the parf or th'
l& mfrh. judgment must begin no
thA brewery, not In the ren-heh
11i1lrie4. not in the white way bu
ynant must begin at the Hous'
doa. That's wheresjt has got u
Gods people have got to hrs
ytgft. and II this city falls OF
Knees with the tears OF repeat
81 oOursing down her cheek. II vii
&neAuse the church % Jesnis Chris
Y M to the help OF the Lore
nGG the mighty
2S Gxnenf hegtns In the House O
II Is a new beginning OF obsdi
- God. All right. So. there
- are all Americans hut In i
enaton Of war that means a new
Intng Of our allegiance TO oul
10y. the renewal Of our fidelity
NJ what II means. that's what
1x1 me4na II means a reneTa
s1nur fidelity ard the beginnint
nR your dutins and obligations
Have Fnifh Renewed
- ~ hape your faith renewed
IN have their health renewed
n that 1--WE in the city go to tbs
~. People that i've in thu
Try 70 70 the city. People who
- the mountains 20 TO the sea
People tina. live at the sea
- To the mountains. Peonl'
alVa In New York go TO Palm
People who live in Tolr