Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-25
The New Golgotha:
tAbstract Of sermon preached iii
nc Unitarian Church. Richmond,
sunday, April Is. 1851
by REV. ALFRED Il. HuSSEY,
OF baltimore. Md.


purely human elements have been lost
sight of. The crucifNiun has beer,
made to perform such service as the
basis OF this or that ingenious dogma.
that men arc apt To overlook the real
explanation. the true reasons for the
Masters suncringa and death, Yet
these reasons eNist. And they ar. al
ways worth emphasizing. particularly
nov. Jcsus'S sole crime was his diff
terence from other people. His chief
'huit consisted in the manly indc-
pend"nce of his thought and uttcrance
Tic dared 10 stand alone. lie had the
courage To blaze his own trail. lie
had the tem"rit% {" dcnouncc tho
worlds most cherished habits Of
thought and action; and tho worlds
NchScanc" was swift and terrible.
lneF took him out and mailed hin 20
ii cross
Thus his cross became forever a
dramatic statement % that Inevitable
conflict. which In all Lands. among I'll
peoples, has been going forward
throughout Gods world. In the cruel
hNion We behold the inevitable penalty
OF truth telling tho fate OF the radi-
cal and innovator. one dauntlcss spirit
facing World love against hate.
Liberalism before orthodoxy, truth
versus policy. honesty confronting IS
rtf'ency. democracy Slain by autv.racy
and Special privilege.
E,Eni ROADSIDE
In the history Of mankind. cruel
NIXON is a common occurrence As
lie goes forward. Jesus Christ dies
daily. GolEotha exists throughout the
Garth. The cross stands by wellnigh
every roadside Tho rartyrdom of
Jesus typihcs man. way Of dealing
world: the mob's Nay. the habit 81
the crowd
BY tho light of burning hcrctics.
Christ's bleeding fee, ! track.
ToilinE UP new calVar!cs ever. with
the cross tina, turns not bacH
And those mounts of anguish number
how each generation learned
one new word Of tina; grand C-cdo
which IN prophet hearts hath
burned.
Since the first man stood. cod con
quered. With his face to heaven
upturncd."
What are ~e now bcholdinc in the
war now raging across the sea IN.
struggle dr"uching the soil Of E.urope
with the hearts blood OF countless null
titudcs, bu, the mnrtyrdom ~ vital.
necessary III" principle a fresh cruel
nNion Of the Christ? iuttirg aside all
partisanship looking behind all the
wounds 1nd bluodshcd. considering
something more than the military or
political issues at stare facing the en-
tire horrible spectacle -! cainace and
destruction, not "a the friends Of one
country or Of another. but a. children
of God. the friends OF All humanity.
as consistent followers Of the Nnza-
rene. what does candid and i'm
partial investigation 81 th> entire ca
tastrophc reveal but a frank repudIs-
ton Of Christianity? IN the struggle
wc see horrible outbreak Of the brute
latent III human nature. an open de-
ciaration OF pagan unh"lief. W., tn
citizens OF TINS country. ought TO hc
biz enough To Ian aside all prejudice.
10 clear our minds Of cant. avoid snap
Judgment, escape from scntimantali-
ties and view the present European
crisis in something like the light Of
stern reality.
CHASING WILi.-U-THE-WISP
OF MILITARY GLORY
The hands OF times clock have been
turned back. The world has taken once
more to chasing III" wtll-o -thc-wisp OF
military glory. The kingdom has been
slowed up. And what Is the caias-
trophe we have been called 10 witness
but a new t;olgotha. a modern Staying
OF the christ principle IN what AZ"
the nations now at war engaged but
mailing 10 another cross the Prince of
Peace? The struggle now raging only
adds biackcr shadows Ia picture al
ready unspcakabiy terrible. II intcn-
SITES the heart-rcnding spectacle Of
truth wandering "uicast, good over
come OIL SNll. ne epSp'i ~ iOlt' - AZ
the saddle. riding mankind. The fu-
ture looks dark indeed.
Yes. The future is dark For adj
iustments are always painful Losses
are always hard 10 bear. Yet chris
tianity is not so easily destroyed. Its
shams and exteruals are destined to
pass away Its forms change. civil
cation has its setbacks But its life
endures. SO the earliest Christians soon
discovered. Calvary, with its tortur-
81, re
an enthusiasm. faith. which lifted
Christianity out OF it's provincial lmi-
tations and scattered it abroad through
out the world, out Of evil came un
measured good. out of the red fury
OF tho French Revolution came A thronc
OF dement's.
hut THE TRAVAIL
OF 4 NEW BIRTH
Even so, to-day, we can take TO our
hearts the consolation that the clash
of world and spirit, hatred and love.
now going forward in Europe is but
the travail of a new birth. Christ,
slain once more, shall rise again.
Jesus, crucihed afresh, shall return to
earth. and come into his own, at last
The present obscuration of the Christ
is necessary; but only as means to-
Woe has come upon the earth in order
that mon may tighten their hold upon
spiritual realities. Tomorrow, IL not
to-day, the nations of the world will
discover that there remains better
way to settle their differences than by
recourse to the sword. Mankind will
learn
THAT love is better than hate;
And neiGhbor than spy"
Truth. though hindcred at every step.
still moves forward. Love crucifcd is
love triumphant Justice defeated now
is victorious at last. Even though 1t
he opposed by world of enemies, the
cause Of right cannot he long defea ted
or delayed. BY ways unseen. Gods
kingdom drawcth nigh. God. the God
Of love and brotherhood. of good will
and truth and Justice, always has the
last word. Earths crucihXions are con-
Int OF