Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-20
DR.. CHENAULT CONDUCTS
HARVEST HOME SERVICE
Broad Street Pastor Takes as
Subject, Among the Cold
cn Shcavcs."
ses ms Tr,t Ruth 81. ,, "And She
Went md tanie and Cleaned In
the Field After the R~np-rs."-Thc
Brnnty of True FrI~nd.hIp

inc flcld After the Rehprrs."-Thc
Brnnty of True FrIend.hip.
Yesterday morning al Broad stree,
Methodist Church. Rev. Fred r. Che.
nault. u. l.. conducted harvest
home service. using as his teht Ruth
II. 3. And she went and came and
Cleaned ia the neld after Tn. reapcrs."
III" subject Of his sermon was
Among the Golden Sheav.s' After
relating tho story Of Runs return to
Bethlehem with her mo,h.r-ln.iaw.
naomi no SPOKE. in part. as follows:
"i;"al experience Is always the
price OF real worth. We &c, nothing
until We pay for 1t. Valuable things
ar" never cheap. II wax bereavement.
poverty and exile tha, Developed.
illustrated and announced co an ages
the nobility ~ KUthH character We
sometimes hold man fortunate who
har n" trouble. but not. that the
strings on tho bow nav. 10 Ice dravn
almost To the breaking uuin, before
'h"N max" music Gold has to be-"
burned IN IN" furuac" 20 be purified
Milton was right when H.. said. III.
mo best can suffer best can serve
YOU viii find. nowhere. great and
n"bi" souls unless they haN. maid
III" price Tor th"ir greatness. II Was
S"!rpw that made John Bunyau m.
h"ttcr dreamer. and. without BEDFORD
jan. We would no, nav. had Phi
ETIms PROGRESS II waS sorrow tina,
mad" o'conuelI better orator. and
hlshop Han better preacher. and
iiaE"l"ch better soldier. and Ruth
Il better Observation-Disclosures.
'Ih" second thought suggested to
IN" hy this lesson is tho beauty and
'n"r'f"uon OF tru. friendship We
need a friend who understands our
heart. II YOU hay. to 'ry 10 rNulatn
!" p'opl" your disposition and your
temperament and Your soul. tho
h"auty - lost in TIC explanation. one
day jesus Said something Tx. this Ia
Oh" Of HIS disciples. 'Hayc | been
{" l"uE with YOU and hast thou not
known Nc. rhIipr' There Was some
ih.ng pathetic and tragic In tn. yoic.
Of Jesus when iic SAID that. ph
N"A ever i"", Tn. SAM. way when YOU
had 10 draw up close to tho side Of
som" on" whom you thought would
uud'rstaudr When Jesus went In tho
Garden II" took with Him ,hr.. ~
iiis disciples. b"CaUs. II. hungcrod
Tor human UNDERSTANDINGS hu, alas,
again Ills soul lS sick. " hen ~. sass:.
could $" not watch win NJ. on.
hour" heard pr. DiNon say there
az" many people that We sometimes
call friends, many acGuaiutanrca.
many who know Us supcrtcially. but
n"r" arr v"ry f"w whom YOU would
ever wan, je wipe III" tears from
sour eyes Tru. friendship is when
soul meets soul ana We understand
!nStiuuiIV-ly
The hird los<on that gather
from TINS passage IS that tn. na,h
81 duty ana honor leads out % the
darkest nighr into the brightest d.y
Many times Ne stumble IN tn. darn
ness ana drift far out OF the home
course. but God Viii always lead Us
2" TN" light II u" viii follow. Abra-
nam Went cut along IN unknowu
path hccaus. God told him to GO
ia, We know tho glory Of tn. end -,
MS journey. 1t was a dark day :or
Joseph when ne started down into.
Egypt. hu, II YOU want to know what
thHi journey meant YOU have to
study the end =: well as tho begin
ming II takes cnnsummate faith to
FOLLOW on and follow after. but His
IS the path that grows brighter ana
brighter unit" the perfect day.
The next lesson that / gather
from this event is that little Incl.
dents arc often HINGES upon vbirb
turn creates, events. Nothing seem.
"a more unimp"rtant than the COM
inr "t poor woman from Noah to
Judah but tho whole race has hcon
interested I'm this woman. through
Who's" line Camc tho Saviour Of tho
world. Tn" l'Gs" thing that we dn
may hay" it's effect upon the lives az
thousands. Til. parsonage q, En-
worth England. IL on fire in m.
night and tn" father rush.s throu-h
IN" hallway for the rescue of his chill
dron. Seven children are out and
safe one the ground. but one remained
in tn" burning building Tina, on.
a"aHcS, and finding his he'd on fire
comes 20 tho window: then two meas
ants max" a ladder Of their bodies
on" peasant standing on the shoul-
d"rs of n" other, and down tho hu
man ladder the boy descends II
seems to he = little event and of no
consequence. but that hoy lifted out
81 mat window that night was John
Wesley. and today forty millions NJ
people and more call him blessed.
The last thought that suggests to
mo is that We are in the mids, az
Gods harvest fields and we al Ought
10 be cleaners. Abcrcrombie was a
we'll known philoSnph.r and bc rn,