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I'm THE FULLNESS OF TIME"
BISHOP n. a. HENDRIN'S SERMON
At WESLEY CHURCH.

At WESLEY CHURCH.
his sermon at the Evenina service
Discussed the Coming of Christ
and the Reason Why u Was Not
Cotncident With the Creation 90
the World-Thc Means of salvation
Were Delayed UBtu the world
WAS Ready 40 Receive Them-God
L. Under obligations 90 satisfy
the Mind of Gan OF the Truths OF
His Religion aud he Has Done 80.
Bishop +. r. Hendrix. % Kansas city.
preached an eloquent Christmas sermon
al Wesley Monumental Church last night
Bishop Hendrix theme was The Com
Ing o. Christ. In ihc Fullness OF Time
The subject vas powerfully handled
from the philosophical viewpoint OF the
student OF theology and history.
Bishop Henarix began hts sermon with
a reply Co those who carp az the wisdom
OF the plan that sent Christ into the
world 20 many thousands Of years after
the birth OF the inst man. Had the divine
plan. he said contemplated tina; the saw.
ing grace should come 90 a few individ-
uals or a few nations. IL might have been
Wise that the means OF salvation should
have been colncident with the creation.
L had a broader scope. wider purpose,
than this
Consider" said Bishop Hendrix, had
the glad tdinSs OF great Joy come TO the
world during the time % the patriarchs
or in those early days when che world
was young. now ~ the world would have
been prepared 70 receive them WIKI
what difnculty ana danger would they
have been transmitted from one savage
tribe 20 another. How slowly and with
what infinite pains they would have been
absorbed by the nations OF the earth To-
/ that harharots ag~.
Nay Christ came IN the fulness o.
time when the grain was ripe for the
harvest when the world was ready To
receive him when circumstances were
such that proof OF his coming ana OF
the facts OF his life might be preserved.
I when q was no longer possible for the
| ploug hshare OF war to obliterate his foot
prints.
Il -ay Il IN all reverence, but voicing
deep conviction. that God is under Oh
legations TO satisfy the mind OF man. such
| as We are. he made US. and he ough, TO
give ~ such proofs % the truth OF his
religion as will remove from our minds
the last doubt % rs divine origin.
This he has done Every fact OF reve-
lation Is an historical fact. our religion
IS a system on an historic basis II the
| truth Of these facts be disproved. then
the consolations OF the Christian religion
vanish with them.
Take the nnal fact Of the resurrection
OF our Lord Il Is the great test Of our
religion and II & canno, be- proved. then
I our hopes are vain. But u can be.
/ Ereat German theologiln who saw that
! II held the crucial truth Of Christianity
| and determined that n he could disprove
| IT, Christianity would tumble 20 rs IAN,
set about the EFFORT with all the earnest
ness and vigor 81 trained aud educated
mind
He tested the evidences in support Of
the resurrection IN the Hight OF every sur
/ rounding circumstance and weighed them
/ In the balances Of reason ard experience.
/ lie scanned them 20 ina a discrepancy or
n contradiction. and for a time he thought
/ he had succ eeded But In his maturer
/ years and as the result Of maturcr
I thought ne reached q conclusion which
he enunciated IN this manner: The res
urrectiou Of Jesus Christ Is as much an
2 hiss oricaI tact as tn- a-sre-,ssa si,ss -
I Julius Caesar
I In this manner Bishop Hendrix vindi-
I Gated the wisdom OF the divine plan OF
salvation. He said that Ia the ages that
I have been God has had more than one
/ chosen people. The Greek established
/ Intercourse between the nations OF the
/ earth and carried TO It's most distant lands
I the blessings OF education and the habit
| Of thought The Latins were che great
/ road builders aud lawmakers who
/ brought order out OF chaos and connected
| the nations they conquered with their
/ own weli-governed little city by the banks
/ Of the Tiber The Hebrews had the law
I and the prophets. and 20 them was sent
/ the Messiah. who wos 10 save the world.
1 The name OF Jesus Christ. since his ad-
vent upon earth. has been indssolubly
/ linked with every event ~ the history
! Of mankind The nations measure their
{ rise and fall from the date Of his birth
that date stands Nike a mountain range,
( from which high eminence the piaseaus
OF the centuries mark the descent to the
Z plain.
! together" said Bishop Hendrix. As well
/ seek TO pluck from the ambient air "a
cleaning sunbeam and separate she rays
I Of which u Is composed. as 10 separate
the name OF Jesus Christ from The history
/ OF mankind. -
The coming Of Christ was deferred. said
the Bishop so that man might come TO
/ realize the futility Of all other systems
81 religion and philosophy. They have
vanished from the world. these old pa gan
religious and PHILOSOPHERS. and Christian
I ftv rs trlun phaut The people Of the
world come 10 see chat their only hope
/ Is in the name and the promises Of Jesus
/ Christ.
( Bishop Hendrix preached al the morn
I ing service at Trinity. his theme there
being. Il Am Come 90 10 the Work OF
! the Lord" II was a strong and powerful
I discourse.
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