The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
LONG EXPECTED CRISIS
IN RANGE OF VISION
Eyangense Says Prophets Plainly Saw
Genexution In Which We Arc
Living.

Large crowds are filing the Bible
Institute tent where Evangelist 6erns
is leoturing every night, except Gatur-
day. The evangelist says that de-
spite the frequent reports that he
has moved. he Is still at his post, and
will continue his lecture course until
It 10 finished. Last night. to a large
and Interested audience, Mr.. 6erus
said, in part:
The long expected CRISIS In the So
ciai, religious. political and military
world IL now coming within tho range
OF vision. MilIennums ago. the ecers,
through the telescope OF prophetic
vision. could plainly see the times In
But a few centuries back. the found
ers Of Professionalism viewed the COM
ing crisis with alarming anxiety, Mar
tin Luther. the liberator OF tbs
Teutonic princes. said AZ no studied
the prophecies OF the Bible. that the
clash could not be postponed over
three hundred years
Tn the ship Of GodAs indestruct-
able kingdom OF love, with Its load
OF human freight. an unerring pilot
IL At the helm. For SIX thousand
years this ship has avoided the shoals
and 10 now about to enter the long
desired haven OF rest On another
ship Of q distntegrattng civilization.
an unseen hand 10 at tho wheel head
ing II into the hidden rocks Of en-
pire destruction. This ship will cap
size and its wreckage will witness to
the greatness Of its fallen civiliza-
ton.
THE student of history and proph-
ecy looks into the past and sees the
mighty civilizations OF Egypt. As
syria, Greece and Rome, ono time Inn
pregnable now a heap OF ruins. A
shudder eeizes upon him as he 10 en-
veloped in the cold blanket of
anxiety. for he wonders what will
happen next
vanquislscd BY Foe.
''Slnce the early dawn of civilixa-
tion every nation on the earth has
been vanquished by some foe. No
nation extant has survived the press
OF civilization and the invasion OF ter
ritorial expansion. Just as Bel
shaxzer was forced to surrender by
tina columns Of Darius; Just as the
army Of Persia was whipped into de-
feat by the phalanxes Of Alexander;
Just a. the black-bearded barbarian
Of Asia was crushed by the legions
Of Rome. 50 today Europe has CROSS
"a tho nuDICOu 2uQ IOnOTYOW ouCLn~
or mighty civilization will 70 into
ruins A. did the empire Of Nehuchad-
nexxar Who knows but what the
Columbian Gem will be vanquished by
an undreamed of foo, Just az Rome
was sacked by Attila, tho scourge Of
the northf Who can conjecture rs to
the future Of China. OF india?
Never In the history Of enlightened
mankind have there been 20 many
independent antagonistic empires In
war a. now. Who win vanquish
themy Or are they bomb-proof?
There u hut one solution to the
coming problems Of tho future: but
ono key TO unlock the tcmbs Of the
slespin9 saints: but ono hand to wipe
the falling tear, and but one voice TO
solaoA forever the sorrowinx heart
tho personal second coming Of Jesus.
And this event will terminate the tor
rible conflict that II % soon. and 20
surely, ooming upon the inhabitants
OF this world. When this has hap-
pened. never again will another civii-
isation b built up by humans on the
ruins Of fallen nations. says Jos
hovah, For then will turn to tho
people q ptiro Language that they may
All call upon the name Of tho Lard
- earye HIM With en1t censont, \
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