Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-08
DR.. COPELAND DELIVERS
SERMON ON REPENTANCE
Noted Southern Evangelist
Speaks to Capacity
Audience.
Takes ms His Subject. "Grt,inE on
the Right Track" md Usrs for
His Text Acts XVII. 3O--Dcnncs Rr-
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Last night at Broad stree.
Methodist Church. Or. Thcodor.
Copeland. noted Southern evangelist.
who IL conducting Il meeting in this
church. spoke to capacity audi
.nco on the GubJcct Getting on tho
Right Track He used for his text
Acts XVII 30-"But now comrnandeth
COZ Gland spoke In part as follows:
'paui tId not mean thia for on.
mar OF Woman. or for the pastors
or for che individual but for ever;
man anu woman ana for everybody.
EYcrY man 'rust get right with jod.
Repentance - not the \ u Il OF the
aiphabc:. but 1t Is every letter OF u;
down to Il We can master the
whole alphabet tonight by getting
right with God.
Don't Know nrp~ntnnc~.
"a great many icopi" who ar
members Of the church do not know
what repentance means. Judging
from their conversation and actions
God help us TO get right tonight. Al
the beginning OF the Gospel we read
OF unique man. man who did
not shave an we do. man who oil
not dress an we do. bu, a man Wild
had great personality. ii man who
was the forerunner OF our Lord
Jesus Christ. Nc see him youder
In the wilderness Srd on the banks
OF the River Jordan. and what Is he
preaching? He is preaching re-
pentancc In the morning. repentance
IN The AFTERNOON. and Repentance. at
night And hc preached this until
he met the Lord Jesus Christ. ana
after that no preached. behold the
Lamb OF God tina, ;uk.th away tho
sins OF the world ANA stand her.
and say tho same thing behold the
Lamb ~ God that takcth away tho
Sins OF the world Jesus If here now
lie is not doad-iic Is here W.
inny all preach unt!i we are black III
th. face. but unth people repent. our
ministry viii do no good. When
jesus told His disciples TO 60 out
ana preach. lie did not tell them to
preach anything but repentance. on
tn" day OF the I.ntccost Peter was
preaching repentance. and here ia
the text. wc see Paul saying. But
now maudcth all men every
whore to repent
Defines Repentance.
What - repentance? once went
TO So" "A woman that had killed her
husband aud expected to sec n
thing. hut a iItCe woman weighin;
about ~ pounds walked out and sa;
down. and when the judge said. Now
tell US all about how IL happened.
she took out her handkerchief and
began 10 cry. Thank God for tho
p"opi" who are sorry for their wrong =
doinss and can cry. feel sorry FOR
tn. men who cannot cry. l like TO
cry and ] like 10 laugh. Repentance,
however. is deeper than that Re-
peHtance is deeper than feeling. Re-
peatance IS not fear. We are told 10
fear God.
Repentance is not remnrsc Of con-
science. Judas had it to such a
marked degree that he hanged him
self. Repentance is not penancc. Re
pentancc is not saying prayer. Say
ing n prayer and praying are two dir
ferent things. We say prayer with
our lips. but we do not pray Re-
pentancc IS not conviction. and con-
yiCtion alone. We are often con
WINGED of our ~.ongdoing. but we
do not turn around and serve God.
What is repentance II is look
ing toward the world with all of its
sin. and 1; is turning AWAY from this
sin and looking toward the world Of
light and God. Being sorry for our
sins and asking Gods forgiveness
and living RICH, is repentance"