The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26

4 Here. IF we abide In me and m
4 words abide in you, we shall Ask VIVA
- We viii and it shall be done unto you
n | think that's one of the most re
= markaee verses in the Bible. Johr
a III II you want TO know some tina
: J regard well that's one of thern--
IT ye abide In me and my word
= abide IN you, ye shall ask what ~
= viii and II shall be done unto you
Those are the words OF the Son O
God. IF ye abide In me"--not
theory. not oreed. not a speculation
; not an opinion--"if ye abide In me-
living, ruling. reigning Christ land
- my words abide in you" then you car
= ask what you will nd II will be done
unto you because you abide in me and
my words abide in you. / will give
YOU something nobody else can have
So that's "A promise that God makes &c
tho people,
: " were "a pastor of church, and
! II 7 could take the maui and strike
'he machine and make the Indicator or
r. dial register 100 In preaching and
; 50 In prayer. or SO In preaching and
pray leo and preach 80 than to preach
Iet and pray So
Or. Stephen said when he died, -l
don't wish I'd preached more nor
preached harder. nor made more calls
bat ! do wish to God ia prayed
more"
One Of the reasons why we are going
to the devil Is because we don't have
more prayer. We have got the church
for prayer Few people go TO prayer
meeting; nine families out OF ten don't
have prayer meeting in their home no
family prayer in their home~no won
der We are going 10 the devil and
growing up without God! No wonder
our nation is drifting away from tina
/ t4CgGI / al tat tnf
simply facing conditions.
Three Minutes of Prayer.
4 The average person that does pray
prayB only about three minutes a day
\ friend OF mine ont In Illinois
who is preacher had one of the pre-
sizing elders come up TO him. strok-
ing his whtskers. and he said to my
friend, THAT statement is misleading"
He said. Tn what way%"
+ fou said the average member ot
the church that pravs only prays about
three minutes day
He said, You look to me IKE a
fairly decent kind of a fellow. and
/ YOU look as though If YOU made 4
promise you'd keep IT. Now let's test
II out. When you get down to pray
tonight you take your watch out and
look at IL when Won start. and look nj
+ when you get through. Now, don't
! fly OF on tangent; Just go through
. S'ht .bFuhi niue routine when yCu
rray. Everybody has a little formuis
they go through so you do that
: The fellow that didn't show up 70,
three days. and when finally my friend
got bis eye on him he said, "By the
way. did you try that little expert.
= ment~'
, He said. Yea
| with what result
: He said, by gosh, I looked at mi
watch when I got through and
, thought she'd stoppedr
, fen seldom find anybody putin,
e God 20 the test Now. we see tina
= God wills that his children should d.
, great things IT la the heaven borl
privilege of every Christian TO be
rnountain-r1over. No matter how lon,
I they have been there nor what noun
tains you wish to move, mountains o
, difficulty, mountains OF discourage
ruent. mountains of sin: no matter how
long they have been there, you ca,
give them marching orders and the,
WIN move on when you no In the nam
: OF Jesus Christ.
Now listen Your faith "a the mess
ure of your power. no. your money
: mt your social position, not how rnucl
YOU have got on deposit in the bank
: Your faith is the measure of you
power. The church has liHis faith
so she's got little power She's GO
! millions of money: she's got thousand
OF members; she's got magnifcen
J buildings; she's got brilliant preach
ers~~-she hasn't power. for she hasn'
r faith. Faith 10 tho measure of tn
. power of the church
Now. II you had faith enough yp,
1 could DO anything. But do not be
: iieve there la a church, or Y NJ
; {. A., or 7. w. c. A. or a mission. o,
, city that can't have a great awaken
I ing II the church of God has fat,
80 and prays and works. no matter vha
tho difficulties
Jesus always said ACCORDING t,
i your faith" Faith. without faith n,
: prayer for the smallest blessing vii
ever Fuceeed. n you $40 20 God with
nrt faith, you tell God that the repre-.
\ sensations he has given 10 us through
his word are too good to be true.
! Faith Keeps Doubt Away.
, Faith always ascrihed Some defec,
, | Fsith builds y wall between you and
/, COD. Faith ascribed a defect ever
~ Gods power Faith builds wal
between God and the believer Faith
iifts an umbrella over your head and
keeps the showers of doub, away
from you
without faith n IN impossible to
piease God. Now. supp ose you
should invite some man or woman or
a gift OF money, OF clothes or OF food
TO alleviate their misery, and no soon
er should that person come TO your
home than they would question the
motive which prompted you to give
= the invitation or question whether you
yer able or willing to supply their
need. Would you feel like doing any
thing for nut like that You'd be
disguised II You asked som ebody to
j->4~-Aaa ~-~<-AsxA1s and get something from
: '@A'' AND fnaD pnen rney ser xrvunu
70 the Rouse rney 1r1rvv--c-. 49, -~AtI~ q
that led YOU to give to them.
/ All rirht, don't you think God IL
just as disguised. He asked you to
/ come so him for His blessing. and no
sooner do you go unto the Lord than
you begin 10 question whether He
Will bless You. Do you think God
wants 10 do anything for anybody like
that He is Disguised, absolutely dis
gnstedl l will undertake to say that
much for the Lord
The father ! talked about yesterday
with the demonfac boy. Jesus said to
him: IF thou canst believe"
Oh. I see. And instantly the demon
was driven out. Evidently he be-
heved. because the results followed,
don't you see?