The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-11

i an ths truth - John
eor-se translator think thGs verse should
read: Il am the fy1e ard living way. and
sons - am the true way tnat leads %
gst=," faIt the TACT frat the revised version
reads tfe PANE as the common version -
m TIE waT. ard rhs .ruIn. and the life
SHOWS that scholarship makes the state
sgeut contain three distinct propositions,
clca having separate aQpr01rls teT3ssz. and
each capable II lts own application l
havh chosen taIp second ciaus.- from aHic1
10 preach % rou my second anniversary
sermon. because g. emphasizes the message
have besn delivering for The past Two
pears.
: cannot imagine that Christ meant by
the truth mere vera~ity. for that would
have been "A reminder 10 Thomas that re
should rot have doubted bis Lords pr"Fi-
cas- statement ''WhifheF : 20 - know,
a5.d tie way ye know" Eeracity II the
relation a statement bears 20 the motive
for expressing IL. Tr2ln IS the relation
the statement bears 20 the facts Il de-
seri5es. ParadoxicstI as il pay seem. you
can tell the truth and still lie The motive
ara the facts may - IN harmony or dis
cord. 1 understand ttartst 80 usaD 9y ;gly
text THAI tie ia the embodiment Of truth.
NOS particularly Of scientific truth. though
ell science IS known n Him. not Bartlcu-
larry Of historical truth. though WIKI one
th- other eternity 10 come. but spiritual
truth. which l. the essence Of truth. ths
central truth from which ali other truth
raeliatea. and - which all other truth runs.
il goes out laden with blessing Il returns
laden With service Truth. What an ~
finite thing IL r.. VINO has ever found a
a.umnet that viii sound It's depths? Man
afacture e ladder. II you can, by which YOU
may climb 10 liz glorious summit SPIN
oat all your human theories ana tie them
together attn Knots of Christian unity. and
see II tfat measuring tape viii encircla IL.
II won't go half way around. Can you
measure Christ? He In the truth. What
little things oar cfeeds arel They are so
narrow thai We have 10 walk over them in
single file. They are SO short tnat true
man ever found one long enough 10 20
all around him, They 50 brittle that
II you Try 70 overlap them they snap IL
TWO. You have read John q. ss&e's little
aitty about the six bind men who went 10
inspect an elephant. Well. after they
combined their varied impressions. they
did not get ~ery good idea Of the ele-
phant. l sonnet ines think that /; Is 80
with regard TO spiritual truth. II has its
many phases. and we short-sighted NOR
tails gei our little aud perhaps erroneous
view, and think We have circumsCribed II
all. Let any one visit the churches OF the
various denominations and he will get
different View each time providing tho
INDUCED in. Entering an Episcopal
church he VIII get the idea that the truth
Is something gorgeous. Entering a Scotch
Presbyterian church. ne viii think The
truth 20 he something rugged. In a Bap-
list church the truth VIII appear 10 ie
something technical In "a Christian
church. something underlined In . Meth
odist church, something on fire In a CON
gregationai chu-ch. something independ-
ent Does any ont view describe it? Is 1t
not ali of these al much more2 Away
then with all sectarian goggles After Won
have look vi through them you VIII con
ciude thai tie truth IL the white light
which includes them all Away with All
sectarian ysrdsticka. The truth out
measures them all It's name is Christ
Its embodiment is Christ. It's Interpreter
f. Christ. Christianity is that system
which scstters IL abroad among the ma
tons and Christians are those who
glory IN its possession and follow its pre-
cepts. Let Us mention two or three gen
efai senses In which Christ becomes the
truth 20 men.
Christ Reveals the True Character of
God.
fiHfore Jesus came the world had but an
imperfect idea OF God Clouds and dark
nees were round about Ills throne. Nai-
'HtF enwrappeh His being rls presence
wsa known bv the ascending flame Of sac
fifice hy the overpogeTtng glory that filed
the temple. BY the Trim and Thummm OF
mystrrv. All through tho old Testament
various relationship. Of God to Ills peo-
uia are given but they do not reach the
tenderness brought out I'm the truth of
christ God waS a King and IL ruled HIS
teurl" by His sever 3znty He Was a leg
tsatov and lie formulated their legal code
lie was "A warrior ana fle lei them forth
AGAINST their enemies and wrought
for Them magnificent victories tie
WAS az aFcnKHr and smote thcm