Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-28
SERMON on THE SAVING CLAUSE
practical Discourse by """
lisch on This Theme

.s-rho saving Clause" was the sup'e0
Of Rabbi Calisch's sermon at bc'n 1''''
Synagogue last night: ,,,.u
Taking his text from Dehe''S ,,o
p where God says IN response "
appeal Of Abraham that il ,neiV soGom
Ton righteous men 10 Dc lou"u pabhi
lie would not destroy the o's' lois
coiisch said that this incident -,
~, ,,-eo, f1eal of the justice OF Co., ~
a usfioo tempered by His MINNIE ~
naSsIon. The wicked many were ~ ~
saved by the righteous lew. .,.,, ,vo,d
i, INST not be supposed that TINS worn
o." meant a definite and specihc nun,
nor lees than which would Ao' ave-" '"'',
Wbot 81 aid mean was that In all human
,,-tt,,,fone there was saving ci"uSS'
- a. nresent in sufficient strenB'n'
',.~,'1d cave II from the destruction whlch
sa,t,. or corruption had made imminent
80 certain percentage OF leaNen ie"NeH-
eth the whole lump of liieiese uousn,
so certain amount OF ~e'l
strength and righteousness VIII saw GU
Individual. or community, OF S."','
or q nation from the anninlalioh Wii'.n
Otherwise would have been brought u
pass. ,,-.orces
The speaker then cited several instances
from ancient and medieval history am
confinulng. said: This truth may DC
nb,strotca in France to-day. Many pre-
dict the downfall of that nation because
Of the corruption and Digotry mat nave
heen manifested. And France Wouiu
fou if {, contained only Merciers ana
r,r,'r,onts and RochefOrts and Heni!s
ord conses but there is s@Nnb
creusc I'm France. made up or her TlV-
,,orts ber Zolas, her Scheurer-hest-
ners her Iaboris, and Dreyiuses: hese
have all shown superb mofai Hci oi',ii
~elf-sacriGcing public spirit spiehoiu
faitb and steadfast courage, ana il the'I
influence can prevail they Will be tne
cen righteous" to deliver from inc
Damocleslan sword that now hangs of''
The fair land Of France.
The saving "ten" means inc lhol a.
force. the righteous inhue' G, whlch can
save II it prevail in the 'hihg Souoi l.
and Gomorrahs of hum wickedness'
when men blinded by passion anu s'eeu,
orone for the door Of the innocent 10 stay
them. -, o,.,,o
sven without Wlckedness the saving
ci,ree of human progress rests in the
heroic few who are the plVots OF nlS.ois
q.ba vast mass Of humanity Is put az
s,nbble dead and dry, but let II DE touch
"a nv The torch Of genius, and II hane'
/ IN the heavens. and lights the earth l.
| the horizons; it IS cold and inert metal
| but let IT be touched with the tongue OF
I i,s,ira,ion and II claTiOns forth IN,
,,~ardoet truths Of life; it is a WIG uh
reasoning mob. but place at us heau
/ heroic and beloved commander anu j.
| bocomes a self-contained and disciplined
- oorching to the victory or virtue
"a trItb over vice and falsehood. me
r,oral and intellectual giants are Inc
swing clause of humanity, and because
| ~ tbem we are not destroyed by our owl
| stupidity and folly --,,.o.,o,
The sneaker then made his application
IN the individual. saying that what was
true of the world al large was true o
/ The microcosm OF the individual I'M
,ndividnaI has in himself the elements
/ of Sodom and Gomorrah' ana there at'
times when these elemenis-passloh
creed. lust. selhshness, vanity, Jolly
| fear one or some of them-threaten u
destroy the city Of our hearts ana Drln'
our lives TO the brink Of moral annlhlla
| uon II Is then well with US If we nav
within ourselves the saving clause o
the righteous ten." which in indiViuua
! life is faith and conscience.
| Faith will Danish fear, and conscience
will conquer passion and selhshness, !
IL be fortified with prayer and opedlehct
conscience so insistent upon It's de
rnands for purity and integrity that Il
answer TO It you roll back the Sodom q
YOUR own folly and escape the DOOM q
sin.