The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-17

totrtpes for the same protection that
- accorded you and me.
10 a sinner 10 an alien and he must
coAse. And so the atonement Is the
state or QualXr or the plan perfected
whereby a sinner might be made one
again with God, ns we have laws
whereby an alien can become an
american citizen. entitled to our laws
nnd protection.
30 have sometimes imagined that
when God said. For in the day thou
{vaasn tninws 3 Is ~ S..--is
sney" ind never seen any CTS die.
They had never seen man or waman
from whom the breath OF life had
gone, therefore / imagine they might
nave thought 1t separation. For the
Bible gays, Your sins have separated
between you and your God" Let
man violate the laws and the vio-
tation of that law separates him.
puts him in Jail. Sin separates him
from God and he can't return only
through Jesus Christ. But no sooner
did they find themselves sinners and
naked. than they made garments OF
the foliage of the tree with which to
hide It and from that day TO this.
whenever a man finds himself exposed
TO the wrath of a just and righteous
God. he has sought and II seeking
shrough philosophyoand culture and
EDUCATION, through science ana al,
Der postulates woven into her lrali
plans, 10 justify himself. but GOD
looked down through their ng leaves.
through their mani made garments,
God looks through your philosophy
and science and culture
Slew the Beasts.
God walked out into the fields AND
slew the beasts. He took the Skins
from their dead bodies and wrapped
them around Adam and Eve and
from that minute until tonight wner-
ever q sinner has been screened AND
shielded and protected from the
wrath OF Just God, IL has been by
and through faith In the blood unto
the Mosaic law.
You had to bring to high priest
turtle dove or a heller or buliocks
- ram. and when Jesus Christ died
On the cross. the plan OF salvation
switched from the bullock and heifer
and ram to Jesus Christ, and u ID nis
blood that comes between GOD ana
the sinner. and there In no way to
ever get back to God except through
Jesus Christ.
Oh, a man said to me out IN Ini-
nois, an old fnfidel. he said to me.
abb, don't believe In atonement, In
the doctrine OF substitution. In the
innocent suffering for the guilty
said. why don't your"
He said, 1T doesn't como TIP TO
my ideas of what il right"
Well. il you have an idea contrary
to the word of God. ] suppose God u
wrong and you are right wen.
you are a big fool said to him.
20. men go to hell because OF their
opinions There are men IN prison
because of their opiniona The laws
artRd
other. they followed their opinions
and tina, was contrary to the law so
they are there doing time. III they q
hare followed the law they could
have been sitting here listening to me-
10, you see the difference between
them. Now let me tell you. I've
read about everything that any man
or woman would read who values his
time. / haven't read II all, won't
have time. I've read about every
thing that was ever written fofn fhs
fnfGers standpoint against the doc
trine of ntoncment and / am frank
10 tell you that ! have yet TO ma TINS
first argument that would ever stand
the test of common sense and reason
SHY tnfdei hook.
why. not long ago / read silly
snades book by silly infadel woman
and abe proceeded TO rip 40 the p1an
cf redemption AZ revealed In the bibte'
krhen she proceeded to set up her theo-
ries and opinions. 10 and behold
when she finished. II the little fool had
Aad sense enough TO go into any ortho-
<scx church she would have heard the
preacher diiating upon the Hanc basic
b,rtnciples which she had advocated AMI
rhs thought abe found something new
In the world to offer to the people.
why. there n many an fnndei that
be decent tonight. he In moral and VIZ
fx, A.sa tn
morality and his virtousness and MS
Ncn-sty aren't due to inhde!ity. " u
Tue TO the restraining influences Of
(Nyss,iantty A man can run away
NTH another mans wife and still be
b consistent Inadel.
say To you sir. that find the ruie
~ fffe that the Innocent suffer with,
and far more than the guilty,
He said. IT don't believe In the In
nocent suffering for the guilty.
7 said To him. Then you havrn's
peen life SIS have seen IL or you
<wouldn't talk like that"
say II 's the rule Of iisc that the
Innocent suffer with and for ana even
more than the guilty.
T,ook A. that old mother. She wcer=
ma pravs for the coming footsteps {
rim whom, she brought into the world
IN main and suffering. She butlded hie
her horee re has proved himself an
hcouclaat to her prayers ana tears AND
(1hen AT fass he stargers and reels Anc
-o,,its and spews and mutters and
rnuttrra and pukes into her arms and
presence, to Damn her for her Just re-
hoke OF his tnfamy. and then he reels
ma s,aggers 10 his bed and he IL sno--
(nr in his drunken stupor, filthy IN
80 agreement, she worries all night
lorv and vets her pillow with her
kears of anguish. wruns from a broken
heart. while he shores In his drunken
Eturor. who suffers the most> That
srnnken, hfoated ionfcr, sleeping on
6rurk or that innocent. broken
hearted mother. praying for drunk
en boy:
You only have to re unfortunate
,ro,vA to be tho mother OF n drunk
N xrretch like that to know who ruf-
e.ru he most, the guilty or the inno-
As,,+ So don't you charge II upon God
= he a piece of foctishness to have
- .on suffer for as reprobates, the
lock at that young wife. Fine rrays
a. wajts and longs and hopes until
~. small hours OF the morning. wait
- FOR the coming footsteps Of him
rhoxa name she bears. whose image
. ~oven into the fhers Of her heart.
~ swore to love. honor. cherish and
a L. ~ fttA. n ~ n