Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-01-09
REV. DR.. BROWN
HIS HOME PRIDE IMPREssrp
KING xERXES.
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MS HOME PRIDE IMPREsSED
KING xERxES.
When the king saw Nebeo;o,
looking sad in the palace after arr
per-that was the tire 10 be io,iv-
ne inquired why was he sad Ncha
miah asked God for the ansve,
chen he answered. "Hov can q
King, look otherwise than thus an,
not oe In trouble. when hear tina
the walls OF Jerusalem. the CT,
where are che sepulchers OF m,
fathers. ETC." The king saw mi
home pride in him TO 20 ana buiI,
up his home. He granted his "a
ques'' FOR this Is the hope OF an,
race, or nation. 1t has lifted tn,
THE VALUE OF CHURCH PRIDE
The best members OF this church
or any other church, for as that
are not those that snout the most
pray the qoudest- but the ones thai
love the church. have tho much
nome pride to say anything aboul
your church to anybody, and wont
LEI them talk to you We have
members In this church to hide their
own devilment. making pretense tina.
somebody Is always after them. etc
MIR. WILSON TAUGHT ME A
LESSON.
learned a great lesson from the
la'e President Woodrow Wilson dur
iLg the war. He sent ont and round
ed up every crook, and when they
fet the pinch. and began to saueai,
he said to his men. Keep the light
turned on them" the only way to
deal with crook. Keep the light
turned on The same thing is true
in hhe church Tho only way I
have been able to hand crooks was
10 keep the light OF public opinion
turned on. Their nature is ike a
chinch. they can't stand the light.
NFNEMIAH HAD VIC SANBALL.AT
AND TOBIAH.
After Nehemiah had gained favor
with the king and gotten etters OF
Introduction to al the Governors of
Syria Phoenicia and Samaria. and
gave him men Of valor to help in
the rebuilding OF the wa Is. and at
ter Nehemiah had called a'l the peo-
Dae together. and showed them how
God had blessed them through him.
and thought everything was all
right. Sanballat and Tobiah criti-
cised.
sANBAIII4AT AND TOBlAH
CRITICIZE HIM.
When they saw the courage. OF Ne
hemiah, and how. the people had Q
mind to work. they got angry, and
tried to dishea1tsn them ~ making
fun Of their feehse EFFORTS. & Tobiah
said wheHs hA saw they coufdn't be
dishearteneds "Wek'. if. you butid the.
wa1ls. . sex * bsYSoes up, can tsar
them downS. sBHk tAe people had q
mind h01exks Ana .wheneypr yon cat
q peonfe to mako up their mind %
do . tAsnSss hsifesAe tetkie fAWsa. Z
NEfBHdYAK eOUGrsT THE Favor
or GOD. r..
Then they forgot to take into &C.
count that Nehemiah sought the Ia
vor OF God and thsr he eough. Gods
advice as to what to ray and do
Brother. you need not ever he un-
easy II you seok tho presence o! God
ard ask Him to make friends for
YOU.
AZ A CHURCH. YOU HAVE
aANBALLATS AND TOBIAls
IA church you have had, and you
have now your Sanbal'ats and To-
hishs Why. when we started this
work hera for God they said you
couldn't do 1t. "a All the money
Vas stolen. and then when It was
proven, that was a lie f2) They said
you couldn't get 1t except certain
persons sign for It: when that was
proven false, and the work started
(3) They came along and made fun
Of It, and asked, II we we're building
horse stables? And now they are
trying to build horse stab es just
like you. They forgot that God was
on your side. and He will be on any
ones side that viii servo Him. The
proof Of Leadership Is that others
must follow.
THEY TRIED TO FOOL NEHD-
HIAH DOWN
Next they tried to fool Nehemiah
down of the wall by writing him
letters. asking him te, como 70 cor
tain cities. but he stayed on the Job.
He said to the jews, You guard US
white we work, and the walls will
go up. They worked with the
swords buclnled to their sides
THEY HAVE TRIED TO FOOL
MD DOWN.
The Sanbaalats and Tobiahs have
tried every way they know how to
stop the work here az They colo
He can't preach. but they couldn't
put that over. (2) They said. "He
IS ignorant" but when invitations
came to us to preach Baccalaurea.es
and deliver addresses and speak be.
fore the 'eading bodies OF the com.
try. rorth and wes' thev soid we
have TO change our '""'ic" Fr"r,
that poinS of attack. Then The peo.