The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-17
EVANGELIST HANDS
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referred to by tho use Of an imper-
sonai pronoun. How would you ike
to be going down the street and here
some one remark there goes Il? NOT
much. Well the same applies 10
Jesus Christ he once was human
being and should be referred to a.
SUCH"
! In discussing Christianity the even
gelist emphasized that II was not q
respector Of persons. The rich man
can be Just as good Christian win
All his money; the poor man can De
Just rs good a Christian the same
thing applies to the ignorant man as
w as TO the weIl-educated. II is
Jesus Cnril aNay aud lots INTO your
hearts tho devil and his invading
hosts.
Great Opportunities.
Here the evangelist went into dis
cussion of the great opportunities Of
fered all to accept Jesus Christ.
| "A number Of YOU" he said, have
had checks on heaven for a long time
and have failed to cash Them The
gospel of Jesus Christ is available and
II You fail to accept 1t then that is
your fault
/ The often quoted adage, love is
blind" was branded as being false by
the speaker. He pointed out that
this old saying has been smashed,
ana he gave examples If love Is
blind, why is 1t that mother sends
!, for doctor to care for her sick chill
dren? II is her love for them. Love
has an eagle eye and is not blind"
The theory that money and culture
are necessary for the proper conduct
of Christian church was exploded
by the evangelist What the churches
need today is a baptism Of the Holy
Spirit
| Sunday remarked that he was sick
and Disguised with the way that God
had been treated, and expressed his
opinion regarding church sociables.
do not misunderstood me now.
/ ] do not mean to say that church
sociables are not all right From the
social standpoint they are fine, and
I heartily approve OF them that far.
4 but II irritates me TO think that 1t is
necessary to hold church scciaoles in
order to get money enough to carry
on the work of God II every man
gave one-tenth OF his income to the
church, Gods house would never lack
finances, and sociabies would not be
necessary"
/ Comparison of the church officers
Of yesterday and today" was made.
IT was pointed out that In the olden
time the church officers were APP
pointed from those men filed with
the Holy Spirit, while today the big
gest devils in the world hold an office
in the church Some OF the officers
in present day churches would look
much better IL they had on convict
stripes.
! Sodom and Gomorrah were two
cities cited by the evangelist which
had corrupt churches. and the Lord
called upon Abraham to get his peo-
pie out: that the cities were wicked
and would be destroyed. Abraham
begged and begged that the Lord save
the cities If he would find ten right
} eous people. The Lord agreed, but
the cities were destroyed.
Little Things Count
Little things that we do will moi
! hurt US. Why, there is no such thins
as little thing All things are big
pointed out the evangelist. Take
for instance, the bug family; the,
, are little, but what do they do but
destroy the crops. Each year they
lions of dollars"
statistics showing the harm the bus
} family did. the evangelist pointed GU
that the greatest salvation to ths
farmer is the bird.
''Yet," he said. when the chicken
hawk comes nosng around the hen
house and carries off a tough old hen
which would not be tender II boilee
, for forty EIGHT hours. the first though
of the farmer Is to get the gun Al
a matter OF fact, that hawk had saved
the farmer many dollar. and wa
forced to come to the henhouse II
search of food after having destroyed
5 all the bugs"
D: That people should take God NOR,
,, seriously was one of the stronges
!. points of the sermon TT has beer
!, shown" said Sunday, that this worl,
:, is able to produce foodstuffs onl.
: eight months in the year. Suppos'
| that Cod took n notion to hold thu
a sun behind the meridian on the Ills
= day OF March. What would happier
ITO us?"
= Ignorance OF people az to the con
I tents of the Bible and it's English con
: structon has kept many a perso,
= from reading the word OF God.
G ut has been proven" said tn
evangelist, that the Bible is one o
{ the finest works of English ever writ
e ten. Yet it Is showed to one side ant
r forced to give place to some picayun
love story and poem"
\ BIBLE THE MEDICINE
That the Bible Is the medicine tina
the world needs was stated by tn
r evangelist when ne was nearing TIL
3 close OF his sermon. 1t is necessar
: that the spiritual manhood as we'll a
: the physical manhood be fed. Sun
day stated that if everybody in Rich
mond would live for Jesus Chris
$ what wonderful change would re
( suit in the city Should the entir
population of Richmond live for Je
3 sus the city would be made decen
= place for the next generation.
;. listen to me. Richmond. woul
= rather have II said about me when
am gone that there lies man VIII
!, preached the gospel and possibl
= saved some mothers son from
= drunkard's grave. than to have
a gold monument erected over me"
With this the evangelist brough
This sermon to a close and launche'
8 into a prayer for the thankfulness o
g the large number present, and praye'
Q that the blessings of Jesus Chris
I rnirhf reSt uDou the remaining week