05A.00. The Crimson Stream

THE CRIMSON STREAM By Jarrette E. Aycock A Devotional Sermon On The Blood By Evangelist Jarrette E. Aycock
Author Of "The Nightingale Of The Psalms"
And "The Grand Old Book"

Second Printing Tenth Thousand
Nazarene Publishing House
2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Copyright 1927 By Nazarene Publishing House

Crimson Stream is written by Nazarene author Jarrette Aycock, and it is a compilation of 15 chapters of thoughts and sermons on the blood of Christ, and the atonement.

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CONTENTS A Fountain Flowing For Me -- Poem By The Author Introduction -- By Roy Tilman (R. T.) Williams The Crimson Stream -- Introduction

1. The First Glimpse Of Blood
2. What Does God Do With Our Sins?
3. Man’s Forgiveness Vs. God’s
4. Bruce, King Of Scots
5. Cain And Abel
6. Abraham And Isaac
7. Our Biography
8. The Passover
9. Consecrating Of Priests
10. On The Train With Bryan
11. Salvation Through The Blood
12. The Blood Cleanses
13. Nothing But The Blood
14. The Only Way
15. We Cannot Escape The Blood

******* ABOUT THIS DIGITAL FILE

I created and numbered the above Table of Contents, which did not appear in the printed booklet. The poem below appeared on the front cover of the booklet beneath the drawing of "The Crimson Stream" flowing from the cross. The print in the graphic was poor, so I replaced it with the picture of the author, which picture appeared opposite page 1 in the booklet. -- Duane V. Maxey, Holiness Data Ministry, Surprise, Arizona, April 17, 2009.]

******* A FOUNTAIN FLOWING FOR ME By Jarrette E. Aycock There’s a fountain for the cleansing of the soul, Where the wicked wash away their sin and shame; Where the heart can be forevermore made whole, And lose all its guilty stains. For the healing of the nations is its flow, Come ye millions plunge into the crimson tide;

O the precious blood will cleanse you as you go, And you will be satisfied.

While the fountain’s standing open heed the cry, Whosoever will may come into the flood;

Plunge, O plunge into the fountain ere you die, For ’tis filled with Jesus’ blood.

******* INTRODUCTION -- By Roy Tilman (R. T.) Williams The doctrine of the atonement as taught by the Bible and long held as one of the sacred and fundamental teachings of Christianity is today being vigorously attacked by those "unbelievers" who "seem to be religious." The blood of Christ, the shedding of blood, are terms held in derision by many "professors." They frankly tell us that the day of a "blood" or "bloody shirt" religion is at an end. They say Christ came to the world to save men by the power of a right example, the irresistible force of correct ideals, that He came to show men the way of life by precept and example, that the death of Christ was altogether unnecessary. The Bible emphatically states that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Ought not Christ to have suffered? Was it not said that He could save others but Himself, He could not save? We have redemption through His blood, we are redeemed through the precious blood of Christ, are expressions of the word of God. Such statements must not and cannot be ignored if the Bible is to be considered as authority in matters of salvation. The shedding of blood is a revelation of God’s desire to save men. It is a revelation of His hatred for sin. It is a revelation of the basis of salvation. It is a revelation of the value God places upon a soul. It is a revelation of the Love of God and His great passion to save all who come unto Him by Christ Jesus. God alone could make such a glorious plan of salvation and reveal it to the mind and heart of man.

It is indeed fitting that books should be written on this fascinating theme. Songs about the blood, sermons on the blood, books emphasizing the blood, will live when the common expressions of human sentiment, gush, and jazz are forgotten forever.

Rev. Jarrette Aycock, the author of this splendid little book, "The Crimson Stream," is presenting to the lovers of truth, the believers in the fundamentals of the faith once delivered to the saints, a publication full of interest, light, and essential facts bearing upon a right attitude toward God, the Bible, and personal salvation. He has placed emphasis where it is most needed. The sacrificial element in salvation and in the lives of God’s people cannot be ignored. The book will reveal to the readers something of the secrets of the success that has crowned the efforts of this outstanding young man in the field of evangelism.

"The Crimson Stream" should be widely scattered and read by thousands of honest and earnest seekers after truth and righteousness such as will stand the test of time and of eternity.

R. T. Williams

******* THE CRIMSON STREAM -- INTRODUCTION

We are living in a day when the genius of science and the knowledge of man are attaching a "less" to almost every modern achievement. For example, we have the horseless carriage, the smokeless powder and the reportless gun. In our homes we find the fireless cooker and the iceless refrigerator. Go into the offices and see the wireless telephone and noiseless typewriter; into the fields and see the beardless wheat; into the orchard and find the seedless fruit. So when you go into many churches you will find a bloodless religion. A carriage can run without horses, refrigerators can keep cool without ice, fruit may grow without seed and people may talk across the continent without wires; but man can never be saved without the blood.

Some say, "Away with Christianity for it is a bloody religion; away with the Bible for it is a book of gore." But we reply, "If it were not for the crimson stream that flows from Genesis to Revelation, which is a true history of the living stream that flows from the cross of Calvary, our religion would be vain and we would be in our sins."

Christian Science says, "The blood of Jesus had no more saving efficacy when it flowed from His wounds upon the cross, than when it flowed through His veins while He walked the earth." But the writer to the Hebrews says, "Almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission." "And when you take the blood from our religion and the cross from our lives it is like taking the sun from our day and the stars from our night," and leaves us wrecked on the sea of time without compass or chart.

I am told that in every rope of the English navy there runs a scarlet thread, this is the identification mark. And the blood is the identification mark of the Christian religion. No matter where you go, when you find Christianity you will find the scarlet thread. No matter how fine the church, how high the steeple, how elaborate the furnishings, how eloquent the preacher, how unctuous the message, if the blood is denied it is not the religion of Jesus. Never line up with any church, subscribe to any creed, or accept any religion unless it bears this trademark: "The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin."

Let us follow this crimson stream as it winds through the Book of God and examine some of the blood-red spots along its way from the Garden to the Cross.

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