The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-22


"Go on, daddy; but be careful
where you are going, because ! am
following you. want to be like !,
you."
plause, and they might have been
| standing in the same honorary COM
pany with Peter, James and Paul.
But they had their chance, and, like
| fools, they would not take it. They
wouldn't put out their hands to help.
| Their hands were withered.
What an awful thing 1t is to miss
+! the opportunity that God throws at
| your door steps and throws into your
face, what an awful thing it is!
| There are men in India that have
stood with their arms extended until
| their muscles and joints have stiff
ened and they can't bend their arms
and bring their hands against their
/ bodies. There are people who have
kept their hands in their pockets SO
: long they can't take out dollar and
put it into the collection plate.
/ And there are other people that
have put their hands in other peoples
pockets to steal what other people
have. Other people, reach out their
hands and take a bribe and then turn
around and assassinate somebody's
character, because some black-heart-
ed, degenerate paid them for doing
/ it. | think the fellow that will do
it is lower down than the dirty dog
I that gave him the money to do it.
] l think thati
Many Hands Grab
| Forbidden Things
And so lots of people have reached
out their hands and they have grab
! bed the forbidden things of the world
until they are unable to help some
body to Christ. They could not get
| up and walk down the aisle and say,
81 wish you would go down and give
your heart to Christ"
When Moody was converted, when
| he was young fellow in boot and
shoe store in Boston, he was so ig-
norant that he could scarcely read or
/ write and he could not read the story
Of the Prodigal Son without stop
ping to look up some of the words
in it, but, he said: God, l have one
! talent and you are welcome to that"
| And God Almighty took that one
talent and with it he shook the world
for Jesus Christ. He gave to the
Lord what he had. Think of what
! Jn6 "OTlu WOulu nave lOSJ IL MOOuy
had not given God what he had.
How do know but there are some
people sitting out there looking into
my face for whom God Almig'-y
would have made a name as imper-
ishable as Florence Nightingales or
| Moody's or Finney's, had you given
yourself to God and not chosen the
devil. Oh! 1t is pitiable when you
stop to think of it.
/ Must go, and empty handed,
Thus my dear Redeemer meet,
Not one day of service give him,
Lay no trophies at his feet?
o, the years Of SHINING wasted,
Could l but recall them now,
I would give them to my Saviour,
To his will, I'd gladly bow.
Must I go, and empty handed,
Must meet my Saviour so?
Not one soul with which to greet
| him,
Must l empty handed go?
No, not unless you want to, be-
cause there are souls. But Jesus
gave this man his chance. He walked
into the synagogue on a Sabbath day
! and found this fellow with a wither-
: ed hand and he said to him, Stretch
forth thy hand"
And all the time the Pharisees
4 were tagging on to him. "He healeth
on the Sabbath day" That old harp
ing gang of crooks, HE healeth on
the Sabbath day"
Jesus Tells Jews
What Is Wrong
Jesus said, What is the matter
with you, you lobsters?" He said
Don't you lead your horse to water
on the Sabbath day." And he said,
eff your OK fell into the pit on the
Sabbath day, wouldn't you get him
out?" He said" isn't a man better
than an OK or a horse, and if l find
a fellow that needs something, / am
going to give it to him whether it
is the, Sabbath or any other day.
And he said. Stretch forth your
hand"
;, So there are some people who
: would rather go to hell than to save
e people on the Sabbath day. l have
r known them for twenty years, that
r same crowd, but they don't call them
Pharisees now. So Jesus gave him
a chance. He said, "Strech forth
thy hand"
VI He might have chosen to refuse tc
Y do it and still have a withered hand
Q but he did not.
s So, with this great meeting, God
d has given you all chance to be re
n made. Stretch forth thy handi Yor
+ say, II have never tried to speak in
d public"
e Stretch forth thy hand. God will
|, give you strength and pry open your
y lips. You have the spiritual lockjaw
r You say, 81 have never tried to wiz
# soul to Christ"
/ Go at it.
nj You say, I've never tried to pra!
J. in public"