The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06


SUN of righteousness, with healing IN
his wings beats back the sin-shadoWs
of the principalities. This song OF
salvation is always the same IN the
blessed book; whether sung along
side the crumbling walls of the gar
den of despair, or sung in the tl-
umphaut march of the redeemed
treading the payements of the city OF
life and Immortality.
The Salvation of Luke, the &C
curate and painstaking historian, is
the same as the salvation of the poet
prophet of Israel. Isaiah, from soul
heights of supernatural elevation,
sang "Ail flesh shall see the salvation
of God" centuries before Luke pen
ned his gospel of salvation. OF this
salvation the penitential poet-prince
of Israel sang to the good God in
tremulous tones of anticipation, Re-
store unto me the JOY OF Thy saliva
tom The 'nunc dimittis' OF the great
patriarch, anticipating by millen-
NUNS the lion of the tribe of Judah,
was the pensive II have waited for
they salvation, O Lord" This fs the
salvation that the Ancient Of Days
had in mind when he spoke Of the
seed of the woman, ut shall bruise
thy head The salvation that nerFed
the guilty pair for the long night be-
twixt the flaming sword of the Cher
ubim and the DayStar of dark Col
gotha.
An intelligent undertaking of the
salvation of God as to it's essence is
essential both OF high sense Of ap-
probation and In just zeal in its
proclamation This salvation is not a
tangible thing that can be sensuously
experienced as the sacramentarian
maintains. Not a piece Of paper 20 be
hawked about and auCtioned off by
medieval or modern Tetzels. Not 4
drop Of water or "A lake to be bottled
or barreiled feT font or fame. Not a
wafer Of gluten to he eaten In sacri~
fciai sacrament amid the translucent
fumes and redolent odors Of swinging
Censers.
Nor Is it an idea, as tho nationalist
contends to be asslmilated by pro-
cess OF Intellectual appropriation and
absorption It's not a theological sys-
tenn Of thought cast into credal form
for intellectual assent, even though
the facts and differences of the sys~
tern are logical and in harmony with
the Bible and with the historic faith
of the Church. Salvation OF this sort
would be only for the learned and the
scholastic Where would the black
nanny be? Where would the infant
and the idiot be? Where would the
common people he? Where would the
great and mighty be, if salvation was
a matter of premise and syllogism?
Nor yet is salvation "of order as
the rftnaast would have rs believe.
1t IL net degree IN ecclesiaseieai
hierarchy derived alone from the con
fivmatofy myers OF the mltereo ecSies-
fastie- II matters nor nov rei1aots ahe
successton3 how sublime the cere-
monies how apostolic the benedictton,
no esateric free masonry can by Elk
ternal elevation thouk" :, na'S , = s41a-
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any covenant
Salvation is not thing 20 be
handled, not an idea - be understood,
not a rank te he reached but power
10 be applied. The salvation on goa
rs in lis essence a power. = ara" ~. Use
lost IS only power tost' AT aa'se re
gained power Al tsfiat-ta FL. Pre-
teVangelium promised power 10 oFnlse
the serpents head, Inc promise 90
Pencil was that Israel should DE
prince anu nave power Win boo al'N
with man. The dream a propne% at11
priest ana prince IN 4SIast shl o1s !.
all the ages was for the day or power
when the son OF Man Wot4u oe -, 60
ting on the right manu- OF power ne
ministry OF the Na1Arene puist epp's
the astohished nnultltQaes 81 on -, va
power TOT HAs WIN was 49, n.
er ana fits We, u.s.sssu 80 oil
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Euln ~ - r. ~ astnrtshed and
.4t.s'..,, ,,ts,ir1ne ia declared that
s.4T, ,(+.sar - ,rtven INTO Me in Heaven
and sa~th tn The discouraged and
,s"s,sir3ney vz.tnAsses Of the, ascension
Tfa safa ..r-arrv We In the city Of Jeru~
Salem until We be indued with power
from on high The great and notable
fiay OF the Church Of God Is the Day
of pentecost: the day OF promise and
the day OF power. The early saints
of God whether Jew or Gentle, wheth-
Hr Stephen or Rarnaoas' were run OF
faith and power" And all the
apostles. to the uttermost parts or the
earth. preached that the salvation Oh
God was proclaimed, IN defnohstr =
lion Of the spirit anu OF rover. tlat
your faith shouio not ssaha ia 'ns
wisdom OF men, bot IN ths power %
God. Inc power % 1oo
power or satVatioIi. ~ 80 ,,,nr =.
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