The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27
l. NEVER TURN DEAF EAR TO CRY FOR HELP BUT HE

from the inferno OF damnation below
God lis not confined TO any one pc
riod. What evidences are there tina
God is here? First because of hi
Where two or three are gath
cred together in my name, there am
in the midst OF them"
And then, the union OF Gods PEG
pie. You know, there was a time wheI
you could not get the people of Coo
t.y''- IT, a-zX"---7 -. 11zl < TX,
the denominationai lines.
| l don't believe in church unity.
lbefieve In the separate denominations
! Perhaps you can serve God better as
a Methodist; perhaps you can do Il
better as an Episcopalian. Different
denominations. reflect the differen,
Itemperaments OF different people. But
as a Methodist or a Baptist or an Epis-
Icopalian what must do to be
saved" and he will tell YOU
We believe there Is a heaven for
! the saved and hell for the damned
We believe that salvation comes by re-
pentance and by faith"
Won't Forsake Devil
We have Christian unity now. The
! American people unite together to
fight our common enemy. Germany.
across the sea, and so we want the
spirit today to be--everybody unite to
fight the devil. The devil never did
anything for the human race. and yet
1t is SO hard 70 get people to fore
sake the devil
No matter how bitter medicine Is,
will take II to get rid of disease. Dis
ease never did anybody good; neither
did the devil.
we would not have had disease.
there would not have been tomb
stone or graveyard on earth; but
when they sinned, God said. Your
life may be threescore years and
ten"
| So man put limitations on his phys
ical and mental powers, just because
he was poor fool. And the wicked
shall not live out half their days.
/ II there was no other life than this
life right here, il would pay every one
of you to be Christian.
If there was only the incentive of the
blessings that come here on earth, II
would pay TO be decent.
! II is said at the dedicatory service
at Bunker Hill monument, the plat
form upon which the speakers sat was
In danger Of being overturned by the
great press of people that were anxious
to get near enough to look into the
lace of the orator of the day Daniel
Webster. The chairman of the day, In
IL sissihed, effeminate mannerisrn. said:
Gentlemen, you will have to stand
back"
The men said stand back, non.
sense!" We can't stand back when they
are crow ding so from the rear
Daniel Webster jumped TO his feet
and cried out: Men, l command you
TO stand back! Nothing is impossible
at Bunker Hill. Stand back!
Every man seemed to become ten II
power and they carried the surgine
masses of humanity back with them
With God here. and the Holy Spirit
here. and Jesus Christ here, and th'
union of Gods people. nothing ough
10 be Impossible. We can go forth
with the name of Jesus, with th'
sword of the Spirit, and drive th'
forces of hell into the pit of damna
ton
Moody one time said: God does no
need golden vessels or silver vessels
but he wants clean vessels.
have never been in city in m.
: life where there are more men ant
= women of culture that seemed Z
know God that are willing to get ou
> and do something for Jesus Chris
, than right here in this city. II l hav
! ever been to place where wealth AM
, intellectually seemed to be synony
/ nous with religious effort and zeal ant
sacrifice for God / have met 1t RICH
here.
\ Gods Hidden Heroes,
2 There never was time In the MS
1 tory OF the world when people wer
A more ready and willing to make sacri
9 fees. people of all classes. How man
! heroes God has tucked away in store
0 and banks and schools, Just waitin
e for some opportunity to call them on
, On the firing line of truth and right
, eousness.
Moody said: God does not war
4 silver vessels. but he wants elea
\ veSsels
4 God does not insist that you be rici
. but lie does insist that you be cleaI
e and God is willing TO use you whethe
YOU know much or little. Just yiei
u yourself to the Lord and see what ii
viii do.
. Then the next thing to do is to sc
right with God. Mr.. Meyers sale
: IF you drop some acid on bras
c fender and stoop down and Instant
wipe it away, you will leave no mar
\ on il: but IL you drop the acid on tn
, fender and leave it there all nigh
= and in the morning try to wipe
. away. the acid will have crept into IN
, brass while you slept, and the mar
D will remain"
, The trouble is when we do wron
! thing, we are not man enough to ad
|. init it. but we let IL eat and gna'
into our souls and characters TIL
trouble is we don't turn from tn
thing and get rid of II, q
There Is not a disease that puts pee
pie in their graves that could not b
stopped IL people took 1t in time. Tn
trouble Is they are too late. They &
; 10 Denver and Colorado Springs an
try to get rid OF consumption, and the
, are shipped back by express The
20 out In q pullman and come back /
, an express car.
There are two verses OF Scripture
- yhink we enght TO lcsrn---the last tw
| verses OF the 10th Psalm:
: Search me, o God, and know IN
heart: try me- and know my thoughts
"And see If there be any wicke
way in me. and lead me in the wa
everlasting"
Then, the next thing to do Is
keep right with God. We struggle
you know. to keep in good. stron
physical and mental condition. w