The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-23

N turtle dove, a heifer or q bull or
En altar as an atonement for sin
wen under the Mosaic law, IL mar
fff aswoman sinned. they had to bring
III the priest a pigeon or a turtle
kAHpve or a bullock or ram and when
sley shed its blood, the blood made
tonentent for their sin.
Abel brought q lamb from the
otks 81 his field and Cain. In the
fg,irit OF rebellion. went out and
Fought the fruits OF the field and
Egod rejected 1t because Cain did not
10y 2 at-JZ. : IF .sf =
Faith In Jesus OnrnH.
And you can offer your morality,
End you can offer your culture and
sou can offer your social standing
ks God Almtght and he will spurn
But when You come by faith IN
sesus Christ, then God meets you and
s0d therefore will grant you saliva
ION. 40 that is how they came.
II And therefore. here stood the Cross
Esnd on this side of the cross stood the
Esriest, ready to offer turtle dove OF
pigeon fpr an atonement for sin
Ind all that>ended at the cross.
And on this other side OF the Cross
(food the twelve disciples commits
W 50 OUT anu pt e1sA1 !
All, free, perfect and eternal To
Every man, woman and child that
souid- accept Jesus Christ rs theix
Ssbstitute. He shed hts blood IN
|lour place and mine. he became our
ssecurity. So, therefore. when you
In, you don't need to take turtle
||42nve or a pigeon or a heller or a
suliock or ram to a priest You've
[sot access to God through faith in
|ssesus Christ and not faith in a lamb
IN q bullock or n pigeon. That Ia
|vhy God offers salvation TO man
&ind through Jesus Christ and II is
als last offer to this old world.
So the priesthood. my friend. Of
FIRING a sacrifice on an altar for
|Qnnement for sin ended at the cross,
|. aviation hy faith began and that Is
|s1e plan OF God now and always Will
d So,sseThe Hour Is Come" Tho hour
4 come to realize first that You have
.ached the crisis. I believe that this
|sty is facing the greatest crisis, re-
giousiy, that she has ever faced.
Il There never was such a chance In
MI your history for you TO show your
ssyaity TO God and to Christ, and by
nd through that loyalty inspire others
1 no have never walked the streets
"a your city. because whatever Is
snthroned In city is going 10 give
ifiuence to the country round about.
slet city be righteous and the whole
COUNTRY will be influenced to right
sousncss. They will be giving up the
IN and corruption and viieness ana
Drunkenness and the whole country
iii be damned because of the dam
alton In the city.
xrA4 tyvsfS pr~Hf
e affected by this campaign because
sou yielded to Jesus Christ and you
Tho are 10 become the fathers and
saothers of the next generations--
sslen your life viii surround them
eth religious influence. SO fer the
sext century. my friends, this city
II going to feel the influence OF this
sanraign which you and | are in the
Saidss of long after we have left this
I'D earth and the influence OF this
fan,paign will he felt in thc lives
Isl others.
y In every disease there Is q crisis.
I'll the skill Of all tho physicians on
larth can't make typhoid fever or
Ancfnonia turn except on the sev-
nth, fourteenth and twenty-first and
|xenty- eight days. They are seven
Jaw diseases and the disease always
md ff the crisis has been reached at
ae end of the first seven days, the
.hances are about three TO one. they
s.il! mend. If the crisis runs TO the
sourteenth day, Is Ii about fifty to
fly. If IL runs to the twenty first
ay il is about three TO one they
Aon't live And the longer the crisis
N nut off. the less and less chance
here liz fer the patient 10 get wen.
5ecause it in ali the time drawing up
In your reserve source and tho
.ha7srew are that y@a never m5al Ess
usrxsAsS The eaaner e.he r,asis Gan he
sea cf.eys. the better II will be for that
erson.
In every battle there IS crisis. In
HE battle OF Shiloh. 1T was when Cen
Aral Bull came ON the field with
ssboo retnforcemen.s. and turned the
sde in favor OF the Union forces. At
he battle OF Waterloo. 1t was when
he Germans under Butcher came to
ne aid of the british, All day long
Ia poieon and the Duke of Wellington
4ad matched their military genius and
4trategy, one against the other, and
Napoleon had hurled The seasoned
seterans OF France against the solid
.halanx OF England until they had
segun to stagger back under their as
saultsx, :, But In reality II was rain
torn that turned the battle OF Water
90, for II raineH hard and the roads
we're muddy and Marshall de Grouchy
vas scheduled to arrive nj 3 o'clock
With reinforcements and It was nearly
tundow before re arrived. The
rench~had crumpled up and the vic
Eory was wcn ana the Duke of Well
|ngton stood in the sand up to his
snEies and he bit his lip until the
blood trickied down his chin and his
slenched fists lacerated the palms OF
afs hands and his eye even and anon
ywept the horizon and he was heard
ID cry out.
70 God, that night, or Butcher
Ruuid come and in the distance they
NV the dust curling from the high
nav and General Butcher with 25,-
40 fresh reinforcements fell upon the
Arench. the battle was won. and
Napoleon spent his last days upon st.
Aeiena's barren rock.
In every nation there Is a crisis We
ire In the midst OF one of the great
NJ crises of our history. We are IN
he midst OF a crisis where our homes
"a In danger and the very princi-
ofes of the government Of freedom is
a. danger all over the land, oh,
sntocracy has been overthrow In
nina. overthrown In Russia and in
fMrkey.- and the people rule in
france, and president OF the United
tfates, has more authority and power
nan the king Of England. the people
g~.tc - rfafy and for us IL In ia de-