The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-31
EUROPEAN WAR BUT
PRECURSOR OF M|GHT|ER
seventh Day Evangelist ID &C ar
asia For the .Asiatics" VIII Bring
On Greater Conflict.
NO SHORT CUT TO MILLENNIUM.
"SiCk Man of Europe" VIII Be Sue
cccded BY Overwhelming Force OF
Orientals, A War With Whom VIII
Prove Armagcsidon.

There is no short cut to the MIL
lennium,' said Evangelist Serns at
the Bible Institute tent on Main Street
last night The lectures are well at
tended, for the evangelist spares
neither pains nor wits in stripping
truth of all its artificial superstruc-
ture. He believes that the apparent
Indifference manifested by the world
for its spiritual betterment is the in
dex finger pointing to the final con-
summation of all human history In
part. Mr. Serns said:
If Christians would spend as much
time in evangelizing the heather as
is spent in creedal discussion as to
their probable ultimate Judgment.
civilization would be one the better.
The conception that the Almighty,
during the last two miileniums has
failed to evangelize the heather
world. does not at all warrant one in
supposing that during the long-looked
for millen!al age the mighty heather
civilizations will be resurrected to
have opportunity to accept the Christ
Such a teaching is unscriptural and
"A Law Unto Himself"
The Scriptures declare that the
heather who sins without knowledge
Of the law will be a law unto himself.
his conscience bearing him witness.
his thoughts either accusing or eX
cusing him in the day when God shall
Judge the world by that righteous
man. Christ.
Hidden in the breast Of every man.
he he sinner or saint. q. Is spark or
spiritual consciousness that troubles
him when he does wrong, and soothes
him when he does we'll The concep-
ton that these heather have never
heard of God is refuted by David.
who says They have heard for the
heavens declare the glory of God, and
the armament showeth His handi
work .
Mr.. Serns continued: with all due
respect to the accomplishments Of the
great Detroit automobile manufactur-
er. no chartered merchant vessel.
even though piloted by the very effer-
vescence of American pacifsts, can
pacify the maddened maniac Mars,
The long hoped for Millennium, the
dream of the Utopian, the prose Of the
pacifst, will never bring tranquility
as long as Mars reigns In the hearts
Of men and nations.
Precursor of Worse to Follow.
This present conflict in Europe is
but the precursor Of the mighter
soon TO follow. In this age of terri
toriai expansion. the Orieutals have
a weakened. Our logic is their logic.
If Europe is for the European, Amer
lea for the American so ls the Orient
for the Oriental A people who pos
sess a national history stretching back
over forty centuries Is not lacking in
quality. To many, John Chinaman is
an interesting relic Of dying civiliza-
ton adorned with pig-tail and sub
sistinR on puppy-dog soup. He is
rudely described as an animal with
a toilet whose country can be smelled
five hundred miles out at sea When
heather China. the mighty. was in
the height of her civilization, when
her students were working out prob
lens to six decimals on the abacas.
when she dressed In silk and lived
in houses. our European ancestors
were rubbing their skin-covered. backs
a gainst the trees Of the primeval for
ests wore tho undressed pelts OF ami
mails, and slept in caves.
East Has Awakened
My friends" continued Evangelist
Serns, China and the Orient have