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

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discs uron the virtues. the manhood
lift themselves against. this revival
| Think twice II you want to line up
with q dirty bunch like that.
20 Lard. Revive Thy WorkG" Now
why haven't we had a revival?
will tell you. Llsten!. It's because
you have no faith In them--that's
why. You thought You could set
81 ~; h, Ill . ris!,,., cd Isn,,
allow the preachers, God won't all
low the community. to loee fsith in
this form Of service.
| Oh. some fellows with their NUT
ton chop whiskers. their white neck.
| ties, and their bell hottomed trou-
/ sers have zaid the days of revtyaiS are
over. Oh. bless them! When they
shouted. God Almighty one day stop
| ped making worlds. He fell down and
! he leaned over the battiements Of
Glory and he called down into the
coal mine and said.
"O-h-h, Roberts, come here"
From Bowiee Of Earth.
/ And that Welsh coal miner. with
his cap on. and his face grined with
coal ana burnt powder. with his lamp
burning, crawled up out the bowels
Of the earth and said,
who called me. What DO you
want. Lord?"
II haven't got q preacher or a coll
lege professor in all Wales that can
trust with the Job and want you to
start a religious awakening
| And God Almighty through that
crude. illiterate coal miner started
the greatest religious awakening that
has been recorded In the history OF
the world since Peter preached at
Pentecost.
God grabbed up the Welsh revival
and he hurled It into the faces Of the
KNOCKERS and he said,
Take that, yo1 mutt"
I They said, The days of rcvivais
are over"
And God called Torrey. God polk
ed his head In the door OF that uni
versity and called for that infdel
lagnostic professor and sent him out
and Ia rather sit at the feet OF r.
a. Torrey and hear him expound the
Scriptures than any man know OF In
America. And God sent him preach
ing around the world And God pick
ed up the Torrey and Chapman revi-
val AMI hurled 1t into the faces Of the
knockers and said.
Take that. you mutt
They said. THE days OF revivall
are over"
/. And God called To. my friend, DR.
Chapman, and sent him preaching W
and down the land. across the seas
and to the Antipodes. China. Japan
the Malay peninsula and he held ur
the bleeding form Of Jesus Christ un'
til thousands came weeping into tbs
kingdom OF God. and God said.
"Oh. take that. you NUTS"
No n rSf {Ira1 n of -
4 Must Believe Ia Rcvivals.
4 When you come to the place tha
!. You believe In revivals, then you car
have them. Nobody ever heard ms
say an unkind word against the min
isterial institution and never will
All preach against is the fellow wht
doesn't preach, the truth. I want K
preach the truth with all the vim Tvs
got.
Nobody has ever heard me ridiculs
a minister. Nobody has ever heart
|, me argue with any man that diner'
from me religiously or any other way
haven't any time to stop to argue
with every little yellow dog tina
harks along the highway.
And yet the responsibility for n
revivals has got to be thrown at tn
: door OF the preachers of this countrT
and II they will stop fighting thee
logical sham battles and 60 to preach
ing Gods truth. you with see tn
greatest religious awakening tn
world has ever looked at II yo,
have lost your spirit Of concern. ii
because the preacher has lost his
That's sure! And I will allow M
man on earth to so beyond me I,
i pa51ng tribute to culture, tntellec
tual greatness. social distinction, hu
! the man who stands In the pulpit
must have the mind and the spirit o
God. sir. and Of Christ.
i He's got to speak with passion
, for souls and il he tries to sleep, Coz
man doesn't live nor ever will.
Il You never heard me say an tfnkint
; word about the church. love tn
. church with every drop Of blood II
my body. every corpuscle, ever!
cell, every nolecule. vein. artery, hal
, and cuticie. She's the best institution
on the top Of Gods dirt. But know
her weakness.
|. What kipd Of man would 20,
vitation Of the minister's Of tn
churches and then stand up and knocI
;. the church OF God Almighty an<
! knock the ministry as an institution
Tho church is a blessing. No. not I
i. Not with all the strength that Coz
gives me! Never. And TIL tell 20,
| this: You've had no revtv4ls becaus
; the church Of God has been indiffer
emit to them You had no reviva
because she's been cold and formal
You can't scaid hog in Toe water
} No, sir!
Been 1uo DigniAed.
You've had no revival becaus'
you've been diRnified. stfn. staid
cold. my friends. as Tombstone
! You've had NO revival because you'v'
been worldly. Spurgeon once preach
. ed q sermon the subject Of which va
'.How Saints may Help the Devil.
And one way saints may help tn
devil IL to discourage the efforts tina
are being put forth to beat tho dexil
! The devil hates revival. but he
, dead stuck on the attitude that SOM
. preachers and church members TAX
toward. II It's to try and weakei
| the hands OF those who are trying 4
make headway. against the devil. IT.
70 dan, pen the ardor Of those who ar
trying 20 accomplish somethini
against the devil. IT'S to discour
: age others from uniting their effort
and their influence.
IF knew III the dexits on e1rfl
were here and nat In the noAte 10 lee