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

quarrel with you. ! have a quarrel
with the devil. have a quarrel with
tho ain that will make that girl q
prostitute. I have q quarrel with
drunkard. I have quarrel with the
man that win stick gun under your
nose and demand your money.
have q quarrel with that dirty low
down b1ackguard. I have q quarrel
/ III do anything & fs,p tie .lS.
ner. I ask no quarter from the devil.
give him none. The sacrifice of
your feelings. OF your business--that
don't mean to give up your business;
that means let the clerk run It. He
would have 70 run II X you were sick
on your hack. You drop in here in
the afternoon and he Will run 1t while
You are gone.
Now again. the sacrifice Of your
time! Plan to give God a chance
In these days. Come and see what the
Lord will do. The sacrifice OF your
money, Plhn to come and bring
somebody. And when you come IN
remember It is more than a taber-
nickel
Excrtjng influence
And give Of your influence. Throw
all your influence on the side Of God
and on the side of religion. You
win have the best chance to show
what kind OF stun you arc made Of
in the next few weeks you have ever
had in your life. You will hear more
curbstome, bar-room. cabaret, thea
ter, theology. than you have ever
heard in your life.
Yes, and then stand up for God.
You have q chance to double your
fist and put It under some fellows
nose or in his face for Jesus Christ.
and IL man stands up and t4lks
against your wife and insults her, I
wouldn't give that for you, II you
didn't have red blood enough In your
veins to send him to the mat All
right! Nobody can insult Jesus Christ
In my presence without . scrap, now
don't forget that. II you think you
can wipe your dirty feet on the
church or sneer ut the church of Jes-
US Christ without a scrap from your
Uncle Fuller, you have doped 1t out
wrong, you have another guess COM
ing.
Now. let me ask you a question.
You can see or expect q revival when
you are willing. want you to get
this point. You may have q revival
when you are willing 'to have God
promote that revival. using whatever
instrumentalities and methods he
pleasas to use. In other words, you
what to do. You don't tell God when
the sun rises. You don't tell God you
would rather have 1t rise in the West
instead Of tho East II don't make
any difference. II will rise In the East
whether you like 1t or not. So you
can't change 1t.
Co.'s Plan.
Gods plan is to pillow the ground
and plant the seel In. April and May
not January and February. So you
have got to work in harmony with
God. That is the Lords plan. God
has plan In nature, God has O plan
! In religion. So work In harmony
with the Lord and you see what will
i happen If you do It SO therefore you
| can have a revival when you are will
| ing that God Almighty shall promote
that revival. employing whatever IN
strumentalities and methods he
| pfeases.
Now. you can ten whether or moi
you need revival IL you ara willing
that God should do it. Then that's
to have 1t done. Second: you can tel
whether or not you will have It. be.
cause IL you are not willing that God
should promote II, using whatever in
strumentaiities and methods III
pleases, you will never have It. Third
you can tell why you have not had
one. because You are not willing thai
God should promote It, using what.
ever means and methods he pieases
whole proposition right there.
! Now let me ask you q question
Suppose that Jesus should walk dowr
that aisle. visible body and form
walk up on this platform. would
| step aside, and Jesus Christ shoul<
say to this audience:
Are you willing that God shoult
promote this revival In Richmond
using whatever Observation-Disclosures ant
methods he pleases?"
What would be your answer? VIVA:
would you say to him? Come on
what would you say? Would 20,
say ''yes?"
How many Of you would say "yes
Lord. you cam" Put M your hands.
up to You"
Now. II Is up to you, not to God.
want to know what your answel
would be to the Lord. Very we'll. thu
Lord won't come. But the Lord said
"Bill. you so down there and asl
them for me-"
SO / am here in the name OF tn,
Are you ready and willing that Coz
Almighty should promote this awak
ening. using whatever instrumental
ties and methods he pleases? II SO
don't grumbie and growl at my voca
bulary or because don't wear
white neck-tie or q Prince ALDER
coat. II put my hands In my peck
cts don't 90 out and grumble.- II 20,
can do It better than I can. sister,
will keep away. Oh. you can't Al
right. thank you.
Now then, how can he promote II
Just a few words. Break up your fai
low ground. What In fallow ground
1t is ground that is capable Of doin,
great things. but ha4 done nothing
Faliow ground is ground that pro
duces nothing but old tin cans. boots
shoes. corsets. and brick bats, ON,
anything else you throw into II.
Elected Ptnxrcc Mayor.
They elected a man Mayor Of De
ltroit, Michigan. Hazen Pingree-s
peach OF q fellow-and he looket
around and saw there was vacan
property enough in the corporate lin
its of Detroit that was fallow, which
- II broken up and plowed and plante.
would produce foed enough to feet
the people. and they got the peopf
that owned the property to get tn,
cal On. 20 H..