The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26
If Ye Have Faith
Following Sermon Preached by Rev William A. Sunday
- january Is, Afternoonl


III " have faith as a grain o
n4 sod, ye shall say unto thi
m. Aanove hence to yonde
md II shall remove and to Ina
1870 Tree be thou piucaed UP. AN.
- shall be i'm possible unto you
na3 or woman can read th'
Antamcnt thoughtfuily and pray
ana not he impressed with tht
Nat great things are promised al
ouf6 ~ your faith. Some OF them
- great that they stagger US be
"a their immensity. They are
nf.reArhfng in their declaration
- find ourselves saying;
you. there must he some mistake
doesn't mean what II says, or
m apply to us. or IT wasn't intend
e the people or the twentieth cen
sto put into practice"
6ki1y. verify say unto ye, he tha'
IN my words, greater things than
ehAn he do. because ! go 20 MY
nfaxgers me TO think that Jesus
You can do greater things IMAM
SyA. because go TO My Father
nAtse 10 sweeping in its declara~
fhat we place very little confidence
NJ seemingly, and we haven't the
-. because we are not meeting
condition. The power Is there
y there IL u con dItion upon which
can have IL. and IL you are not
lhx to meet IL, just let II alone and
will never know the A. u. G. out
SRhich the word power" Is writ
eru's smother proverb: "Whatso-
70 shaIl ask the Father in my
-. that shall / do, that the Faith =
y Be Elorified In the name OF the
TWO Kinds of Promises.
rnw. there are two kinds Of prom
~ IN the Bible. First, absolute, sec
conditional And the object or
- faith Is to distinguish between the
Your faith Is equally assured in
- CASE IL promise Is absolute,
- let II alone: You have nothing 10
With Ii. If it Is conditional, you
that you fulfill the conditions up
(which the blessing is promised.
-EoW, II you take an absolute prom
nnd mike that conditional. then
W. deny God his sovereign right ana
80 are going TO be disappointed, ana
each recurring disappointment
will be inclined to blame God m
~ 81 Manning yourself Ii you take
~ diti6nA promise and make the
S&oFmance of that absolute ard you
TT perfprtn the conditions, then you
= blame God
-. there are just two kinds.
40 IN absolute promise. The
~ 4 woman shall bruise the ser
80 head"
<hns referred to Jesus as the au-
THAT "a AhAfr-
~ prosn1sa.
- are some conditional prom
nc that cometh unto me ! win In
RNWiDo cast out"
lex W the Lord while he may be
I'd Can ys upon him while he
|Sonr."
Scome unto me all that are heavy
- ana / will give you rest.
vi those are conditions, and you
|So rot 10 fulfil the conditions to
7 the blessing as much as you nave
70 eat food to have your hung
E&afiGf1cd, you can starve to death
4 table laden with food. II you
II eat II you don't fuifih the con-
- You may die from thirst
y ~ . bubbiing spring. The wa
N{o there The condition Is Tor you
||rink Il. and il you don't drink it
Ex1ght you'll die!
Tho Way to BIC Saved
herOs the promise of salvation TO
R2nnnr and IL he viii accept 1t he
- saved: ii he don't he won t.
You have got TO do your. part
v made provision 80 it isn't up TO
$Il0rd now. II is up to humanity
ro'n another promise: IF ye ask
4htng In my name 1 Will DO 1t
- can ask In my name and GOO
k A n aud | can ask In your
and he won't DO IL, and you
~ In the name OF the preacher
<Efa the name of the presiding elder
tn the name of thte bisnop. IN the
~ tho priest, and God Almighty
II hear you. No, sir! You can
IT. the name OF the president. lie
IT hear you, and ASK la the name
~ mayor or the governor OF the
and hf wont hear you But II
III the naHle of Jesus Christ
y the name that moves the army
1a0veT the world.
- that's q blank check, anddyou
u m II cut up to the limit OF your
4raepd of mine was preacher.
X44& QISd ia &iiiA'ANtA 49, 49, " go
- In spirit and broken In health,
80 day n multi millionaire IN his
n came up IT, him and SAID ~ ~ :,
y vacation"
friend said: 81 cart AFFORD 10
&no FOR two reasons-~fr5t, / can
IT, church and second / havea
~ money"
I'D: s'Is you were sick some
80 would do the preaching. and
10y ter IL, and DOW that you
an vacation you take it.
Hand said: Il cant aTord IL y"
n1As ssY GU can't AFFORD not 10
rauIti- millionaire took "a check
SlEam his pocket and signed his
~ Blank chez &----and II ia tell
naA1e everybody in the United
ouaA hAoyv hin--be signed the
s.xau IS -.sv friend: ~ gu
- and ill in amp amount you
E3omA said: Il might AL 1t in
SmDAred thousand dolars!"
- :. -. -----' - - - ----.-
.NA la~sax WIN Ervv yvu -r-r~
1nnA took that blank check
~ the multi millionaire and
80 h3s pocket lie started on
He said. "f'd look TT the
800 The train and wonder how
had back OF them. I could
vhole train IL ! wanted to-"
he stroiied into the dining
- a.