The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-23
JESUS lNSTRUCTS
SEEKERS OF TRUTH.

The Reverend ". T. Haw preached yes
t.rtIay morning AT 81. PdUls ". J.. Church.
South. from the text. IF any man do his
will. ne shall know III" doctrine" John
vi. l.. Tie SAID in part:
Jesus has become II person IF national
interest. and now at this Sr,at national
feast he unexpectedly appears, anf takes
the question OF his identity cat Of their
hands. The intelligent and authoritative
WY ia which he treats tn subject creates
this skill and knowledge. since this man
has not been specially trained or instruct
ed" HIS answer i virtually. l an one %;
the authorities myself. sent ~ God. ~
Moses ma the prophets were sent. AMI
Will" 7 am moi a disciple Of your master
ii tradition and specGiatioH. am IN ac-
am sent of the same God. Go. has not
discarded the Law ami the prophets, but
rather IL me fu!iills them
Your trouble l. that YOU have not h|-,i
tie sacred books - pat you In touch with
tod. Eut rather YOU have corrupted tArn
by bending Them to enforce your desires
and theories Nv father and 1 are one
\Sr nutu.!ly certify each other. am the
fathers one great Thought tud purpose L.
ward man. lie las no plan aside rom re.
hence h" points 10 me anu sdS 1"S -
my only Nc.ott'u son, h'ar ye him.. Ne
stand inScparahly together You cannot
OPPOSE me IN the name and llt,;t~i ~ the
f.iH,r II You accept mo for / am y A.
IN liz on" spoken OF in the books, which
you admit ar" from him
hin mess comes from the H22dl, S~n'ss "f
Code will. or rorycr=i IN or L. Moss ana
tu,. prophets certified Cart thy Woii
ROW understands that. Why "td mo- ne
Jews" The answer is clear, they ";'i"s'
the will Of God with their own desires.
Their folly is monumental. uru H. j. MS
IKE the NEST conspicuous IN history. No
.nan 81 blind he whu aa-' sy..s'n Tor
not seeing. phC,!.Ht feet and " WiliiEa
he who is heartily willing u Ho GCl'- VIII
receives consideration a. Cot Hiniis.
Simeon. AE0:, ANA Nathaniel heSiidi'i not
Thorn il is written that they waited frv the
kingdom If God I'm earnest CNpegt.'i"n-
18th" way tn learn truth Is 10 folio" it,
headings The organ II ui r:-tsid:a- Is
not prominently the head. bat tho 'l' III
en- heart God never intended Cli olyu to
solve the problems Of LIE ara ! mi FLY,
tuf hy coming to thCm in the pJ-n Of uGty.
This has lIrsely boon the history 81 F'"S-
rysS in al. fields Christ takes his claims
AWAY from tEe critics. si.ccHi;tt"r' ~ ii'k-
cps. and going t. the Uas"Vhi~;i,sts1, s;y-.
Judge for yourselves The man who puts
down all sens" Of allegation itii h gets o.
curipl'te understanding is likely L. prove
70 ignore intuition and st!ne impulse
for outside considerations - "a forfeit .s-
sHrance and even 'niiehJmeut- The thing
Tor men {" civ" tE"ir attention - dH;y
tn. universe. tn" Lord Jesus had l;';!c
The mental luxury. which they sought. of
bang d"ririnallN ana phleSophieailN m
formed concerning things which demanded
their hearts. their all was denied them.
The man who j. faithfully Welding himself
To Gods viii will be IN. tiiScpVcr"r Of sd-
diticnal indications Of Gods will. He,
who. digging down To vein ~: urc. follows
h., Is NOR" likely to discover is pockets
than he who sinks an occasional shaft.
This IS to iudorse the iu,'urtive method
I'm things religious. In religion the differ
cree between the iuductiv" ana the deduct
i've method is the difference between con-
Eecr5tirn and sc'f-.sSertion. They who are
willing 10 he lei rv the God who made
them will be shown many things fun or
glory: they who try demanding IF God the
things they would see become blind Ia I. 9
things they do see.
''Th" path Of approach has everything to
do with results.
Mary Of us need 10 go back To where the
road forks and -: our hearings and start
afrcSh- That many questions will nc an
swered and many difficulties I've Clears,:
away. Som" must 20 back 20 the intuition
"f a Creator and work their way Up TO the
high confidence of full Christian Citi.or!ship
Others need to go back {. the CrosS-its
experience i your Bethel! You can never
forget IL. Back to the cross to-day with
the story Of Your waywardness. back for
tho divine cleansing again,
som" Of us need 70 20 back only to the
altar of our last conservation and aCkrowI-
edge our unpcrformcf VOWS. Jesus will
meet NJ there and speak tn" fathers mar
don. and then We can get back into the
path Of peace. and keeping its narrow
Way. We shall avoid the uuscalabie cliffs
and tread firm ground through the places
of gloom