The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-27
GIBSON DECLARES
p[V IS N DARKNESS
u WI he Glorious Day Tor
f nnhruws when They Grown
Jesus Christ
nACHES FoRCEF'UL SERMON.
49, Memorial Baptist Church
nonr prcaca,cs 10 Large ungre-
ncM On THE Jews WaaiinS
B nOD-Housc Dcsolats."

-. THE Jews wa.ling Place
- Desolate" He sad. q part;
OEtal visiting Jerusalem had
known OF this place OF wa,lng.
t Of the custom OF the Jews OF to-
meeting there for lamentations
W place 10 section OF very ancient
80 wall, which served 20 bat;ress
no wsst side OF the temple hi! and
EmoA q part OF the foundation wal
~ eAe temple The large stones q;
80 Naoe Of this wall are believed to
= PART Of tie foundation az the
- temple The Jews OF today uever
- the templs area 5ut outs Sc !ts
I0ofn fnntattcE WA L. 70 them a
~ and sacred place They nee:
uO IA Arg~ rum ee-z on r: lay
nngnccna whence they SO to their
nAGcGues anc some o. them gather
49, every day NeA-IHg their Ions
- and their tara&ns tasy Jean
nAR these sacred stones OF ae
pse wAl. aae real from the.r Scrip
eoD and pray ucto tas Got % their
GhogA n 10 g a1cr-e And so}sF.n
nnun Of mourning 70 them They
- hewAts.ng tire sad plight CT their
$mw CITY. TIE rz2z &C the.- temple.
~ tie eesoga.to- G. tsre.r II III Ard
To enc whe witnesses The A&s ness 81
mGR ccaE.e1xscea Or ire es-vor
nnEA whscs they cares &r6 hiss these
mno o. sse&- .s-Sle wal as they
~ tAe1r S-ars-s c&a doUst the s,r-
10y q .A<&- 3w-e<s
- portion - tAs ltA-y they some
- chaS. 10 sx fellows
S DNcAUss C be p&4&ce wStoE ts
1Ets6-ws q, acne and weep,
0ecAass oe tAs ts-ple which 10
Ecys6
DacAz@ a <a@ walls wt4oa are
nuopsn ecwE
because Of cur greatness. which
A1pArtsA
DecAass Of TIE prsc. sous ~.ones Of
Hn tnmpls ground 20 powder,
DscAass Of our priests. who have
Ul4 and guas astray.
Because Of crr kings, who have
0emnsd 0c5-ws SIT alone and
0nens Ors Of Sorrow.
One tarns away from such a scsne
o0srow and weeping only to re-
nbor the words of Jesus: %.
gu1nlsm. jerusalem. thou that
- The propheis. and stcn est than
1oh aye sent unto thee. how often
11la ] have gathered thy children
DnoeAor. even A. 4 hen Snthereth her
1okens under her wings, and ye
U01d not Behold your house ia left
noD you dssohta.'
e1IoW can any one b so blind as
- - - the connection between the
Of Jesus and the condition
- J0ws In the land OF their faith
awhsrs all their hopes for the ages
sD esntsrsdf
he great expectation and hope of
w Jowu weA and seems vet to be
~ their Messiah shEl. come as O
wU61 Roetorer, to bring back the
nm1oTfnV people OF the Jewish race
Palestine - establish them there
0od's favored people. TO make
1k1aalem again the glorious holy
Dly, the capital city of their King
s. SoG11Ah. to make their land tho land
E1 peace and plenty. and to cause
&nom to dwell therein with Joy and
4 1lAAness and with peace and blessed
Ep10copafiap Ovtrture to Jews.
Recently the Episcopalians in q
at St. Louis. offered to ad-
TT the Jews Into their fellowship
a1I0wing them to retain their nat!ona
nud social customs, provided they
NFrould accept thu Lord Jesus al
Goodah according to the teachings
NAnA practice OF Christ and the
NJ Ionrew Christians in the primitive
Aurch. This resolution OF the Epis-
has been replied to by q
mber OF prominent teachers OF the
oorew people. Rabbi Nathan
To-. Phi. D.. OF New York, replied
- sermon on 'Episoopallan Jews.
- me nots what he says about the
og1tAh and tho hope OF the Jews
R2l ~ Jews arc still here They are
k1ct ynonotheista They still believe
n ISn2 God Ia God Of righteousn sss
40 demands Justice and righteous
49, from ell His children. The
eGmas OF Christianity have no ap.
- to them The Jewish idea OF a
d go1aa.h was and Is totally different
~ tom the Christian idea The Jewish
NN9oasiAh Ii not God nor Divine. He
NNaD pictured essentially a hero who
would lead Israel from exile into
~ n1egttne. there 20 esta bliGh the
n 1ngdom OF God on earth. This
3ngdom was no upernaturaI Jer-
Alem to descend from the skies. but
nj RECONSTRUCTED Jerusalem along lines
%9 social Justice and spiritual inten-
$meGy. No thought OF salvation through
0od from the terrors OF hell entered
Is ~ the conception OF the Messiah
&30m the Jewish point Of view Jesus
IT. IN not, In the eyes Of Israel. answer
1ao Jewish desert pt!on, hence Israel
0ould never accept Hin as the
fasGaah'
IL 10 easy to see that we have
ESlkofo the same conception OF the
geoniah that the Jews had a. our
&ayfouTs time
II when He had the 1--WE thousand
20 had permitted them as Uley de-
&1~tnd, to make Him their King ana had
onAed a great temporal movement
R the Supremacy OF the Jewish ma
~E3on. IL He had ma de Israel 10 jw oil
sRAlestine in glory and honor as IN
EN3d's or solomons time, and had
o0ght about a reign OF peace and
&nfy, OF Justice and freedom among
-. He would have been accepted
the Messiah And II when he made
trtumphal entry into Jerusalem
had gone on e meet their hopes
expectations which then thrilled
~ hearts as they shouted His
koes and gave Him messianic,, an d
giy honors they would have pro
ned Him indeed their ion looked
Messiah King
Did Not Meet secular Hopes.
But Jesus did not meet thelr secu.
hopes and expectations and they
noted Him Ana the Jews of toGay
~ they were then, having then
preconceiyed Ideas OF what the
lar should be and should do
are blind TO the srarcer ana rich
1onception which Jesus, the Mes
Himself has OF the nature. of III.