Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
"sesva,ion i, OF the Lord..-Jonia h

Text: salvation is OF the Lord."--Joniah
peculiar circumstances. Jonah tells
ns that salvation Is Of Cod God is
the only source of redemption. and
Jonah was himself n most expressive
type OF tho Rcdeemcr. Like the
Saviour. lie was three days and nights
IN sepulchre, and OH the third day,
Hike his Lord. lie came. as II were, q
living man from the tomb Az Christ
h3 His death saved the world In
which He lived 80 Jonah by his
lection from the ship saved the vessel.
This is wonderful way to save men
by the death and resurrection OF
Gods Son. SO IL U.s. and let all iiesll
declare that salvation is OF the Lord.
IL we calmly recall what salvation
Is. VIC at once recognize God as tho
only possible source thereof. Saliva
ton means atoncInent by Jesus Christ.
How any but Deity could accomplish
shat. 7 can't see! If means the work
of the Holy Ghost How anN but Deity
could fachieve that, am lost TO con
ceive. II means the resurrection or
The body. How any hut God can per
form \ wonder so stupcndous liz be
yond my understanding. And yet there
arc people who do not accept J0nah's
theology. They seem 10 think saIvs-
ton is Of man. or. at least. partly 10.
Some say IL IL the minister they
hear that converts men. That's :,
glorious idea. to bc sure. No man but
- fool would entertain H. Sturgeon
says:
II met man some time ago who
assured me that he knew a minister
who had much converting power.
Speaking or great evangelist In
.smerica. he said, That man. sir has
tic greatest quality OF converting
power ever knew man to have.
And Mr. , in n neighboring town.
' think. is second to him ~ that
time this converting power was being
given out by this second best and 900
Joined the church. l came to the place
some time afterwards--i; was IN Eng
land-and said. How do your con
vcrts get on Well said he. I'VE
have turned seventy or them out for
drunkenness already "Yes." said !.
~ thought this would he tho end Of
the experiment Of converting power"''"
Poultney BiGolow. In Harpers Maya
Zinc for July. 1897. writing on The
White Mans Africa" said:
The railway is. after all the great
"nt civilizer Of this country. for IL
demonstrates NOR" completely than
any other agency the capacity OF the
superior race for organization and II
necessary. rapid military conccntr:.-
ton. Missionaries have done good In
20 far as they have taught the blacks
% respect their marriaSc vows. and
occupy themselves with productive
trades. But all that they have ac-
cofnplishrd from the days of Living
stone down TO this year Of Jubilee Is
small indeed compared with the
cyanselizing effect OF one locomotive"
The missionary may he the means of
converting without locomotive but
sionary You can't count for this
worlds progress on the basis OF steam
engines. They may civil!ze. They do
not cvangcii2c. The engineer Is rarely
Christian. Railroad men are gen
orally characterized By Indifference TO
religion. Mr.. Bigclow was mistaken.
The truth is Christianity prcccdes the
steam engine. Christianity Is til" high
est form OF civilization.
Spain has had her steam engines. but
they left her bnrbalic. France has
roasted long Of her engines. her arts
and science. her Civilizat ton. Tut
France has never yet been evanS' iized.
No Africa Spain. France. Germany.
Russia, don't need the engine SO much
as the Bible. The steam cng!n" may
Indicate civilization, but the Bible
alone stands for STANDARDIZATION. And
The land Of the Bible, Where did the
men live that built it? The lind of
;hc Biblc. What nation built that rail
road? England, land OF the Bible.
James watts was BORN IN ScOtiand. II
church land
There is one engine running into
Jerusalem. have not heard Of its
wang cli.ine any one. But III Jeiusa-
lem more than eighteen centuries ago
| read OF 5000 souls converted under.
not one engine. but one man. and his
success was due to the power OF the
Holy Ghost. salvation IS of the Lord.
When Christ started that great revo-
luton We call Christianity. and made
men think RS they never thought be-
fore: when lie started those forces
that have made nations great and
homes happy. how many steam engines
did Hc have? sHow many engines did
Paul have when nc rcHolutioniZed Asia
Minor, and overthrow the gods OF Rome
and Corinth? SO go back to the text,
how many steam engines did Jonah
have when he entered Nineveh. In
many respects the most remarkahl
city Of the age?
best work of the steam engine is to
haul Bibles to be distributed among
men. Away with all theories for the
bcttcrmcnt of men that leave out the
spirit OF God.
Salvation Is unnatural. This is another
way of saying salvation is of the Lord.
Surely no man ever had greater reason
TO believe he could not he saved by any
natural law than Jonah. He pictures
his forlorn condition Tvs. CD: ''I went
down to the bottoms OF the mountains:
the earth with her bars was about Inc
forever; yet hast Thou brought UP my
life from corruption, q Lord, my Cod
Fathoms under the briny deep, he
hears the solemn roll Of the waves,
shut in by walls of living flesh. Nat
urai escape was impossible. In the
darkness OF this strange prison lie
prays No other man ever had TO call
upon Goa from such place. But
Divine Providence SO orders that If we
do not use our advantages to pray,
wc have to pray under disadvantages.
And the hand Of God Is i'll the whole
strange story Jonah recognized il.
lie says: "'lhoI hast cast inc into
The deep Yet the sailors lifted him
up and threw him overheard. Eut
Jonah. now with quickcned vision. sees
God back of The sailors. 1t requires
clIastiscneht sometimes 10 bring us
20 our wits. We think we can flee
from God with immunity and trihe
with His commands. But Just here
Providence comes in TO write n dark