The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03


wants done. 1t shows how much we
have on The altar; II shows how much
we have OF the mind of Christ, my
friends Too many people snow how
little they want the world saved by the
way they stay home when 1t happens
TO be wet or rainy. They don't go 20
I church--that's the great trouble.
Prayer for All Men
! This prayer Ia not for some men: II
| is for all men. Thy kingdom come"
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1t is offered full, free, perfect and eter-
nal TO all, And so the poor. the rich.
| the wise. the simpie--all people have
it: II is for ALL II liz a prayer for the
regeneration of all and the spread of
righteousness everywhere; IL is a
prayer for the regeneration OF all and
the spread of righteousness every
where; II In n prayer for good govern
uIenl and good schools: 1t is "a prayer
that all the good gifts that were lost
in Adam because he sinned may be
restored in Jesus Christ
II means we want to get back what
we've lost. II is asking God that the
standard OF piety-'Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done on earth as It
is in heaven"--and of purity may be
as high In New York, Brooklyn, Phil
adelphia. Boston, Chicago, ST. Louis,
Denver. San Francisco Los Angeles
New Orleans. Atlanta. as II Ia in
heaven That's what IL means.
So. II you don't want 1t to be that
way, keep your mouth shut That's
what II means when you pray Thy
Kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth rs II is in heaven" It's ask
ing God to make this world as free
Nin
70 help US do His will like the angels
do It's asking God to help us to be
as loyal to Him as the angels are
perhaps with not the same ability nor
the same intelligence, but with the
ability and the Intelligence we possess.
God liz not going to hold me re-
sponsible for not doing what an angel
can do. out God will hold me respon-
sible for doing what can dc. and He
will damn rue IL I don't. God says:
II want you to do my will. That's
what 1t means to pray. 1t means VIC
want the world to be like heaven. II
you don't want this town to be like
heaven, shut your mouth and don't
ever pray. this prayer again. Why?
Because they win go right ont and do
the very things that are preventing
Gods Kingdom from coming
They will go to church Sunday
morning and shut their eyes and duck
! their heads and pray. THY Kingdom
come" and on Tuesday night they
will have a card party. with lot Of
people gambling and drinking cham
payne, cocktails and staggering out
arurk--doing the very thing that pre-
vent Gods kingdom from coming.
You can't get around it, old skate!
You bet your boots you can't
Jesus Must Set Standard.
No man has any right to set up for
himself or others any lower standard
than Jesus Christ taught His disciples
4 20 pray for. Not TO want Gods will
fully done Is not TO want 1t done any
whore. and not to want 1t done every
whore Is not to want II done at all.
I Thy Kingdom come" And when
our hearts refuse to pray AS Christ
I teaches we are not the Lords no
matter how much you may say with
your lips, Thy kingdom come" and
! If you have not the spirit OF Chris,
you arc not His. How can we say
We have the spirit of Christ when we
are not willing to pray the prayer that
Jesus taught. are not willing TO live
the way God wants us to live?
The man who truly prays, Thy
kingdom come" can't take the hear,
out of his prayer by shrinking meas
ures or by measuring goods with u
sawed-on yardstick. You can't do
! that, no. sir! And II won't take the
pure food law to keep him from put
ting chalk in the -four and sand In the
sugar and ground peanut shells In the
pepper.
II he prays, THY Kingdom come"
IL won't make any difference whether
there is n pure food law or not: he
will he pure and run his business pure.
"a
come" can never pass s. saloon with
out saying: God what can do TO
knock that dirty thing into hell as
quick as know how"
! You can't get down and pray, THY
i kingdom come" then rush to the polls
and vote in way that will mako
heaven weep and hell laugh. Its i'm
possible to have one kind Of religion
on your knees In church and another
ness,
When you pray. THY Kingdom
come" you mean Il in everything or
you mean IL In nothing. You mean
you want II to come in the home, In
society, In business In politics, ! say,
If you don't mean II in everything you
don't mean It in anything, for II
Gods kingdom can't come to every
body. it won't come to anybody. lie
wMHtS ~ w ISbAU W CFcA bpNT ANu
, everywhere.
Thy Kingdom come. And the
preacher who prays, Thy Kingdom
come won't get all his preaching out
OF he books and the magazines. He
won't try to please n few highbrows
In the pews and miss the masses. Not
at all, He won't try 20 tickle few
intellectual CRATES and let the sheep
starve to death. No. sir!
When he prays. Thy Kingdom
come" he won't quote some old
hirher critic and then be silent on
what God has to say on the subject,
not on your life! His sermon will be
a reprint OF the Bible and not re-
print of the theories and speculations
OF somebody who dreamed out his
opinions amidst the beer mugs and
the tobacco fumes OF Heidelberg and
Leipzig, wrecking the faith of the
people. No. sirt
Thy Kingdom come" and when
the church members pray, Thy king
dom come" as Jesus meant II, we
won't have to depend on oyster soup
and side shows to get a quarter out
az ii fellows pocket to pay the ex-
penses.
A Hint to Tfght-Wa
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