The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12
q Seek Ye The Lord


In Isaiah. TIC nfty-hfth chapter.
the seventh verse, Let the wicked
forsake his way aud the unrighteous
man his thoughts, and let him return
unto the Lord, and He will have
mercy upon hi-0; and TO our Coz.
for H. vii, bundautiy pardon"
That Is 4 q ater that calls you
to salvation. II calls us 20 mans
highest dut. and his greatest privi-
lege. II shows what man Ia with
out God, and then 1t shows what
man becomes when ne finds God 1t
begins with 6esoiation, but It ends
with rejoicing. 1t begins with a
groan. but ii concludes with a shout.
II takes a desert of famine and
turns Ii into garden of abundance.
II changes wilderness OF bramble
into 4 beautiful land. flowing with
milk aud honey. IT begins with an
offer OF penty TO those that are dying
in wart, It shows what a man be-
comes when ne takes the cup of sal
walton that God freely offers to all
men.
The text is Gods Imperative call.
you can refuse Me IL you wish. !"
Oh, every one Scribe, Ph1risee. pub
licau, sinner harlot. rich. poor. black
white, learned, illiterate native born.
young. aged and decrepit oh, every
one.
IT is addressed t. the unsaved mil
iionaire. as well AS the man who may
sweep the street, Il is addressed to
the moral}st and 10 the lcgalist, as
we'll as The MAJ or The women who
may have transcressed every COM
mand of Gcd. Whoever the man.
wherever The man. whatever nc has
done. God calls for him to repent
Oh. every one.
The first thing YOU rotice about
s;1lvatoa ~ that IT'S a personal thing,
Seek We tho Lord" The ''ye"
means you Seek you the Lord. II
Lord for the chtld You can't do
that 1t won't do for the child to
X for the parent, that isn't pos
sible
This is an individual question. It's
something can't do for you. If
could, would gladly do IL. IT'S
something you cannot do for me,
neither can your wife or mother or
children. It's an individual ques-
ton.
AN my seeking would do you no
more good than II ] ate food for
you. oY drank water when you were
1nkrNLl. AAi inc lntnlttne TlIEHt
take when you were sick. wouldn't put
The bloom OF health on your body.
My prayer wouldn't save YOU unless
you. pray for yourself.
It's an individual question. some
thing that we have TO 90. God deals
with you as though you were tho orly
man on earth, So the mother can
not seek and find for the child, any
moro than she can breathe and cat,
and il she could, Oh. there arc multi
tndes of people that wouldn't be
looking into my face tonight I'M
saved, And il your wife could seek
and find for you, there are a great
many of YOU men that wouldn't hh
sitting there looking at me unSaved.
salvation. though purchased for
all and -offered to all through faith
IN Jesus Christ. is only for those
who win accept It. 1t is for all. il
you vii. take it When Jesus Christ
died on the cross. He paved the way
for all
Salvation Is Free.
So saliva ion is offered fun, free,
perfect and eternal to every Que
but it, only for those who. Will &C
cept it.-that's all.
Seek ~ the Lord" You've got
10 bo more han n brother in law 20
the church. il YOU ever walk the
EoldgNl %frcNts. on We got TO have
NOR, claim, on Heaven than that your
wife is eoinE--~-that won't Put II
through! ! wish you were going
with her. but you won't IL you turn
your hack upon God.
You SAY. Il don't feel any special
alarm" That's 40 com pliment TO
you, none at all, No. God s cor
terned, and Tor YOU 10 say that you're
not concerned about anything that
God ia, is charging God with beinc
agita'cd about something that He
ihouliu't be. Surely God ism {
alarmed for anything that isn't nee
ess;Ary.
You say, II can't understand the
Bfble." Neither can 7. but | can I'M
ierstand enough 10 know that am
going 10 Hell IL don't repent.
I've always founo the fellow that
complains about things In the Bible,
the onc who can't undcrstand. isn't
thA Ono yho n trying 10 Ohey the
fH1no ~ ~ go 49, 49, Sas sNs s