The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-11

Protestant CHURCHES VI tAe S's''
Observance by specially prepared pro-
Krammes was general. In the morn
ing. at the First Presbyterian church.
tho pastor, Rev D. A Cunningham D.
D.. delivered a very interesting els
course, the topic of which was. 1.-THE
children Of Llght-a Beautiful Name"
His text was from John 1855 as fol-
lows: while ye have light, believe IN
the light, that We may be the children
light" DR.. Cunningham said;
God has beautiful names for His chill
dren; Daughters Of Jerusalem. Sons OF
zion, Children of the Kingdom. Morn
ing Stars, and Children Of Light.
have q great love for the last OF
these The most beautiful thing in the
world is light. And 1t is like covering
child with robe Of light to make light
part Of the name.
There is one thing in the names given
Nv COD which is different from names
Siyen by us, The name points to some
fhinR ike itself In the soul. When,
therefore. He calls His sons and
dnuEhters "Children Of Light, 1t Is be-
cause. in one way or other, they have
N~ht and the love OF light In their
souls. There is a very interesting fact
about birds and light Birds are very
fond OF catching the last evening rays
az q winters sun, and are always 10 De
found In the afternoon on the banks
facing the west or swinging there
Is no wind, on the topmost pranch OF
small trees" -,
10 IN that C1OuB C0lL-
dren resemble birds In this love OF
light; only, the light which they love Is
the light Of goodness and truth, ana
righteousness, which Gomez from
In the whole world there are just two
kinds OF children-chlldren OF light ana
children Of darkness. II we could open
Gods book. and turn to the names OF
the children, we should fnd the 5000
children marked as Children OF hshL
and the bad children as Children OF
darkness"
Il would make me very happy II
knew that all the children who hear me
were children Of light" Your par
ents, your teachers. and oil who love
YOU would be happy to know 1t. You
would be happy yourselves.
And where is the boy or girl who
would not wish to have that beautiful
name? I want to help you, not only to
wish, but to pray and strive for 1t.
believe that every one OF you may
have II. Every child who would be-
come a child Of light must resemble
the light; must be what light Is, and
do what light does.
Like the Light.
am going to show you that child
OF light is Just child who is like the
light. The things true of light are true
Of the child OF light. And. therefore, to
know what sort Of children Children
ofllIght' are, we must search out the
good things in light itself. The same
good things are in the children Of
light"
Now, out Of the many good things in
light, / shall mention four. 1t is a
likeness OF God. 1t chases away dark
ness. 1t is a brInger Of gladness. And
Il does not shine for itself, When those
four things can be said OF you, you
will have become children Of light.
First, you all know something about
light. The house we live in Is full Of
light; It is streaming In through the
windows and showing you the faces
around you and the words on your
book. Now, light is a likeness of God.
You never saw God Himself. Nobody
has. But God sends us likencsses Of
Himself every day. Light is a like
ness Of Him. The light OF the fire is
one likeness. The light Of the lamp is
another But the graEdest Of all Is the
light OF the sun. When the sun goes
soaring up into the sky, 1t is to give US
q picture of God.
II Is the same with children Of light.
They are pictures OF God. When you
see one Of them. you see an image OF
God. Light Is like God. The child Of
light, also. Is like God.
When Jesus was n child He WIS a
perfect child-plcture OF Cod. II you or
j had seen Him then or afterwards, VS.
should have seen the very form and
image Of God. All He was. and did,
and suffered, when He was here. was
picture It was the picture Of Gods
love and life. God sent Him down
from heaven to be His picture to men.
Looking at Jesus was the same as look
ing at God. Jesus Himself said. HE
that hath seen Me hath seen the Faith
err" He also said. IT am the Light"
He wns the true. best light. He came
from the place whence all light comes.
He came to be to the soul Of man what
light Is 10 the eye-a picture OF God.
He was the hoilest, the truest, the
most beautiful picture Of God in heuv-
en- or on earth. know that no child
OF earth can be so fair picture Of God
as He. God Is light. His children are
children Of light. The child IL like the
Father, he loves what his Father loves:
he hates what his Father hates. There
Is truth In God; that very truth is in
His child. There Is righteousness In
God; that very righteousness is in
His child. Looking at the child, you
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