The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-03
THE FIERI SERPENT.
Rev. J. u. Hutson Takes the Ground That
itTypified the Coming Of Christ.

The pastor. Rev. ]. b. Hutson. preached
on Sunday morning and night at Pine
Street Baptist church. At IL A. NJ. the
text was the eighth verse OF the twenty
first chapter OF Numbers: And the Lord
said unto Moses. make thee merry SCI,
pent and set it upon a pole. ana IL snali
come TO pass that every one that - DIX.
ten. when ne looketh upon IL shall live.
In substance. Mr.. HutsOn said that. in
lis own mind, the serpent that was
lifted UP in the WILDERNESS was n tyP'
of the coming Saviour OF mankind. lie
knew that people claimed that 1t was
not: that men had written cOmmenta-
ries. setting forth that the incident had
no relation TO the coming OF chIlst,
but TO him IL Seemed ciear az tSpS5
about Ii seems strange, as those VINO
oppOse the idea claim. that the coming
Saviour of the world should be typiheq
in a serpent, but 10 MS mind IL shower
inc deem humility of tie coming sacrifice
"God sending His own Son in the liks-
ness Of sinful hesh,' VINO made ltlmseil
OF no reputation" Jesus dimself said /:
"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must tht son OF Ma it
be lifted M. that wnohotNer belieVeth
in Him should not perish, but have eter-
nal life" This IS a significant and m
structive type. God sent nery serpeii,s,
which bit them. which Is a type OF the
bite Of sin. 49,.
There is som s.hins very significant
about this The bite OF the serpent IS a
very small thing, and yet in II Is death
unless an antidote Is applied Ana 80 -
the bite OF sin "a very small thing AZ
first A little child just reaching the age
of accountability may commit SIN. tid
unless saved by the mercy OF Goa, ufncss
washed pure I'm the blood OF CHRIST u
will surely be lost.
THE REMEDY.
What is taught In this text Tie rem
..t,rf flar- III 20
have occurred 10 the human mind, ana
IS one OF the many evidences m tms look
that IL is divine a serpent ~ the scIne-
dy for the bite. thing In ITSELF i'rus-
nant 10 the Israelitsh eyes, ana yet 10y
are hidden 10 look upon II and i've. ana.
then, IT was made of brass. Scientists tel
MS that brass is ageravating TO one
bitten By a serpent, and so win SIN,
i'm His Glory, but TO one I'm human form
and nailed upon a cross, I'm all Ills appa-
rent Weakness-tO man IN the sun ui
flesh" Paul says. But we preach Chils,
crucifed: unto the jews s 5HiIioliise
but unto them which are called both Jews
and Greeks. Christ, the power OF COO,
and the wisdom OF God lheh, ui9
remedy is universal NOT "A man OF W.
man who. bitten by the fiery serpent
was excluded Every man or woman
might look and live. and not one VINO
did not look could live. ana so the ioIn
is lifted up and all who look may NY.
Election may be taught, said the
SPEAKER, "predesti lltion may be taught
/ do not understand IL. but ! DO under
stand that salvation IS free. thrre "a a.
no other way. no other hope. Look 10
that and live and so with sin. Inc Ohiy
hone OF the lost soul is Christ. We see
This table spread bearing the symbol or
the only hope TO a lost world.
ITS SIMPLICITY.
The, the simplicity Of the remedy;
The merest child in the camp could
understand that and so II any OF US
are lost Il will not be because the plan
is not simple enough. And how easy
Scarcely an effort; only turn the eyes ana
look And so God has made plan very
easy. John A. BrOadus said that ire pan
of salvation was as easy as the swapping
of "A finger, and yet more difhcult IMAM
.he making OF a world Some were no
doubt afar OF. and had TO look over
heads TO see the serpent, and so with us
il matters not how weak We are anu
how FAR we are i'm sin. We have only 10
iooir and live. No doubt some OF them
were suffering greatly and yet they
had only 10 look and live. and 50 n there
are any who are suffering. and who are
FAR off from God, and feels there - no
hope. let him look 10 Christ ana i've.
Think OF Him who died on the cross
and lived. ~,
The Lords supper was partaken OF
after the sermon, and the hand or ieiio"-
shin was given TO two new members.
Al night the text was "A part OF the
eeyenfeeuth verse OF the ciEhty-slNtn
Psalm. SHOW me a token for good
The subject was Tokens OF Heaven.