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BISHOP vINCENT,s SERMON.

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church.
The text selected was the first in the
Bible, In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth"
He prefaced his discourse by saying
he would not speak on geology. He
had no time to waste on 1t from the
work which he deemed more important
because more adapted TO nim 1t was
a noble, elevatlng study, and he re-
commended it to the members of his
congregation: but he took his informa-
ton from the books OF men learned
in the subject and confined his original
investigation to other lines.
The speaker drew a moral picture Oh
St Pauls cathedral in London, telllng
of it's beauty, its irnpresslVeness ana
grandeur; how it is celebrated Tor what
il is and what it has been ana loVeu
as a house in which GODS Word Is
taught. He next told of the different
way it was used by different peoples.
Sometimes in the early morning clti-
zen drops in to take shelter from the
storm and remains there careless OF Vhe
beauty and historic significance OF the
place. using the structure merely as
convenience mere umbrella.
A student of history might come next
and spend hours searching the archlVes
and porting over the RECORDS anu
inscriptions so rich in lore Ell The past;
Such a man uses the great cathedral
merely as a text book.
In the afternoon perhaps Will come
an architect to study each line ana
shadow of the symmetrical pie 10 noe
the grace and beauty and go away IN
spired as an artist.
Before sunset perhaps the fflnce Oh
Wales goes in to the altar and engages
to nj CT
Returning with his friend ne casts
proud chances about and though ne
NAV not say it thinks, This is part
of nv empire for l am the son OF
queen"
After thus pointing out the beauty
and diversity OF motives anlmatlhS
men who use the cathedral he sald lhat
the universe itself is another calnedfdI
on a larger and grander scale. It's
mountains brooklets, oceans, rivers
stars and suns all combine in one grand
structure for the use of man. But THIS
great cathedral is used in diverse ways
lust as ST. Pauls is used Ihere are
those who live in it regarding II as
mere convenience. For them 1t IS
place to live, to drink, eat, sleep, TO
win, hold and add to their property pc
lieving that in the end they VIII SINK
down to eternal slumber dead souiless
i
great cathedral merely as an uhpfella.
There are in it those who study the
great world as the smallest cathedral Is
studied Historians, scientists, gelo-
gists. artists, study nature for the
sake of its beauty, because II pleases
their intellectual or aesthetic senses.
Once in while you Wall hha
man who loves the universe
with his whole heart, mind ana
sonl Who says THE earth, sun, moon,
Stars. all are mine because am the
child of a king. In the beginning
cod created" 1t is the province OF
science to set forth the forces and
mysteries of creation. Some men are
lust as much called to be geolog4s's'
biologists and chemists as otherS are
called to preach the gospel. society
and civilization are gamers py tneI
work and l pronounce my benedlctlon
and that of the church on the blessed
enthusiasts in science. But science Is
NOT enough for the soul. There is
something in the soul which asks LOT
more than facts. The soul must be
satisfied as we'll as the intellect. Inc
soul Graves for knowledge OF the great
first cause. 1t is the province Vi
relioion to go back to the beginning
and find food for satisfying this loLs
ing-ind out who He is, His history,
his character and His aims. For ages
the wcrld has been filed with men, one
SET asking the questions OF science, the
others asking the questions OF Religion
Neither. religion nor science can be dis
pensed with. ,..
The speaker then told of the lnscrlp-
ton to Sir Christopher Wren, the az
chitect of st. Paul's, which is engraved
~ one Of the marble slabs and which
saws would you see his monument!
Look about you.
TTn,a bible is the revelation of God
II teaches men how to look about, see
his magnificent creations and compre-
bend them to the end that the cravings
of religion may be satisfied. Inc scrip
trre saws God created the universe. Il
6oaS nor matter how, whether by
single mechanical act or through the
slow resistless forces of geological ages.
/ Cod created the heavens and the eafth,
the sea and all that in them is.
The Bible reveals to US more about
man than we could otherwise know OF
his possibilities and progress, his moral
sense, affection and Will
The Bible reveals splendid POSSIBLE
tiles of development of the soul. 10
me at least, it shows that nature Is
hnt the scaffolding by which life is
bllilt I'D. l am here to be tested, to
have opportunities of knowing choos-
ing. doing, developing. The world IS
but a text DOCK IOr HdH, Lull W ~ III,
bols. mysteries and meanings--a book
marvelously full of SMILES, metaphors
and parallels.
Although he had announced but the
one text in the beginning, the speaker
expressed his inability to preach
suitable sermon from those first words
of the Bible, and so he gave another
one, the last verse of the Bible.
you are not very familiar with the
last verse. Most of you begin at the
beginning and never finish, but the
last verse is: The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ and the love of God the
Father Almighty.
He would not quote the other words,
as he wished to call attention to the
great word grace 1t is q powerful
word. full of meaning. In the begin
ming there was a creation; in the end
grace. He went on at some length,
rising at times to an eloquence so
masterful that even the reporters
stopped taking notes TO listen. He eX-
pounded the meaning of that one word
grace. It means all that is summed
up of the riches for the soul. The tu-
mults and striving from creation till
now are summed up therein. 1t means
I whatever the soul longs for Of purity
and worth In the beginning God ere
ates. in the end, when man is adapted
/ to receive it. God gives grace-grace to
love. to achieve to suffer There is
not a man that has lost property, not
a woman that has lost a child, but
that the loss had a divine purpose in
it. Notice the long, patient process Of
time revealed in the Bible and in the
world and learn to be patient. 1t is a
long time from Genesis to Abraham, a