The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-19
The Worth of Gods Wav
Sermon Preached by Billy Sunday at tie City Auditorium
Night Of February 49,

Tcn;ght. Joha the 7th chapter. 18th
we're IF any man will dc his will.
he shall know Of the doctrine, whether
1t be OF God, or whether / speak of
myself"
I'd like to make my message so
plain and simple tonight that not a
man or woman could rise up against
me in the day of judgment and say,
Lord, I went down to that taher~
nacte in February 1879, bu. didn't
learn by what ! heard what ! had to
do"
ia like to make It AZ God has mace
|tt ard | wish I had the power to
strip off The swaddling clothes of
Icriticts~n In all Its naked sim plicity.
tina ne man or woman with the
limitcr amount OF intelligence, may
lay hali on ete-nai nfe.
Som body has very aptfy and beam
tifuiiy said tia God requires of every
man aaG woman three things. whether
they are heatben or Christian, or
WHIT her they live In America or
Africa, whether they are learned or
iiliterate. God requires and demands
,of every man and woman three things,
that has any Intelligence. three things
First, n willing mind. 1t Is &C.
|cepted according to what q man hath.
and not according to what he hath
not. II ye be willing and obedient
se shah eat the fruit OF the land
You must, II you want the blessing
lof God to come into your heart. you
must be willing to forsake every
shouldn't fold onto any one you do
know
Although GoH Is infinite, God de-
creed the free Dora of the human viii
and he stops right there. He will not
cor bel you 10 forsa he your sins
agaiast your will. and II God could
and wouid compel men an1 women
to forsake their sins against their
will, there wouldn't be a sinner on
earth.
SnenkA-
And lot of people are just sneaks
They want the best of everything un-
der heaven but they don't want to
come across and help to bear tehir
share Of it. That's true OF the
church. in business. In politics, and
true in government So you've got
to adopt the principle that as you get
F.! light you will follow that but so far
as you know erd understand you Will
| forsake every known sin now. and
! later on II you get more light that
will snow you something there that
do tha.; but SO far as you know you
are ready and willing now to turn
back on every known sin.
| Second n desire to know the truth
/ in order that you might obey the truth.
In the Gay OF Judgment God will show
you that you had an intelligence to
know what to do but you wouldn't
do it and you will be condemned for
that fact. believe one OF the most
! bat ut I've
heart Is selfish desire for knowledge.
just simply that you may blow and
boast that you know something more
than someone else. But a desire to
know more than by knowing you
might do and in order that b. know
ing snd doing you might become
Chr ist like that is great.
j love to see man or woman that
wants to know more than they mi, hit
do; and in order that by knowing or
doing you can become q noble or
fGhristi;in man, But 6espfse the fell
low who, wants 10 know and then won't
do.
Third: An honest, open, public. CON
| fession with your lips and your life
that SO far as you know and under
lstard You will do Gods will and fol-
low and serve him. God viii never
give you any more light until you use
what you have. You use that up and
GOD will give you more. i might get
up In front of this building and find
n fellow with lantern. No. sir,
am not going to move step until this
lantern lights me to my home"
/ T.say: Then you will die and rot In
your tracks"
Wien | step from hare to here the
rays from that light will penetrate
the darkness and when i step from
here to there 1t will do iikewise and
from here to there, but an long al
! stay here. that would be dark Bit
l step forward then tho rays of light
" nIch is positive force will light my
way, and then the days are dispeiied
as go along to light my way. There
fore, If you will use what light God
Mas gwen you. he will give you more.
| We are al, framed In a great. big
network we call society we rub ell
bows with our neighbor. IL we are
contemptibIe. they will be. II you are
M Bile. they will be- You will heges
within the hearts and lives OF others,
feelings that are analogous to thosa
that possess you That u why W quar-,
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