Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-28
SAYS We ARE LIVING
IN A CRITICAL AGE
Industrial aud Economic
Chaos Yet to Be Settled in
Its FinaIily.
40 ONE Knows now Ir WILL End.
To Large Number Of People the
situation Doesn't Mean Nuch. Says
T. l:nri suiIrnIrr In sermon mt
Hanover Avenue christina.

7 Earl Sull"ngcr. secretary OF tho
Medical college Of Virginia Y. NJ. ON
y. preached In Hanover Avenue
Christian Church Yesterday morning
on The Crcrowned King" He
spoke in part as follows
since the dawn Of the universe
there have arisen cpochs which have
heen real crises in the history Of
civilization But IN the midst Of all :
OF this chaos. we have looked a lit
tie farther. and have seen beyond
the veil Of tears, an individual. whom
Cod was bringing forth to meet the
emergency.
We recall how the prophets OF
old forcwarncd the world OF the
approaching conditions how they
were laughed at with scorn. unheed-
cd and unnotlced Their prophecy
was fulhllcd. and the then civilized
world was i'm a chaotic condition by
the time our Savior was born. But
amidst al! OF this political. indus
trial and social unrest there came
from the God forSaken city OF Naza-
rcth Nazarine who lived and grew
with his fellow men, who condemned
unrighteousness and taught the
great principles ot love: who created
md established a new social order,
who placed self sacrifice above surf
dom and slavery, and who gave tho
wo3ld Mfe unrtaincd and un-
married. II was He who was indeed
an uncrowncd King. He is tho IDEAL
King, after whose life all others arc
shaped and formed
DyunktIeS Rise and Fall
AS civilization progressed and
political dynasties arose and fell, the
world became victim to another un-
usual chaotic condition, namely. the
period preceding tho reformation Of
the Middle Ages. History tells us
chat the world had become corrupt
10 its fullest extent The great mass
OF common people had been deprived
OF tn" privilege of reading the word
our Master and His helpers left fo4.
I them. They were forced TO accent
its great teaching and taught accord u.
! ing TO the ideas OF those in authority.
IL was indeed spiritual starvation.
! But God brought forth an uucrownctl
| Ming 10 save the situation. In orde
| that His sheep might be properly
| nourished and fed with the ail-assur-
| ing and sustaining spiritual food
| His name was Martin Luther
But let ny turn for "a moment To
! the present unrest. We are living in
Il crinAal age. This unusual indus
! trial and. economic chaos is yet l.,
be settled in It's fnality. Only God
| Knows what its outcome may he. To
| a large number OF the people 1,
doesn't mean much. 1t liz only In the
newspapers that they live in the
world OF unrest
In Midst Of Civil War.
There they find thousands in tho
/ midst Of civil war in Ireland. in
| the conflict OF II great coal strike and
| railroad strike involving hundreds
and thousands OF men and their
/ families in America. hi famine and
terror In Russia. in revolution and
anarchy in China. and in political dis
! orders in Germany. Yet, amidst all
| OF this, God will not fail US. He
Will save the situation in some way
He VIII bring forth uncrowned kings
| t" meet this emergency. We know
not how, but IL we trust Him, He
Will bring us out safely"