The Washington times., 1901-07-29
THE HOPE OF FUTURE LIFE
NJ Human Theory Can Supplant
the Way Through Christ.
Promise of the Redecmcr TO Pre-
pnre N Place for Those Who Fol
low I'm His Steps-A Richmond Pas
tors sermon in Local Church.


tors sermon I'm n Local Church
| The Rev. Robert p. Kerr, pastor of tn
! First Presbyterian Church. of Richmond
! Va. filled the pulpit at the Church of th'
! Covenant. Connecticut Avenue, Eight
/ eenth and n Streets. yesterday morning
This was the second Sunday of the sum
mer services at this church, which will
continue until September Is. clergyman
of note from some other city officiatinl
in the pastors absence.
DIR. Kerr choosing for Lis text, II an
the way, and the TRUTH and the light
st. John xiv:6. delivered a thoughtful ant
impressive discourse on the evidence OF
life eternal. containedI in the promises
of Christ. He said in part:
Questions about Goa, about eternity
about salvation. are comprehensively an.
swered in this simple Statement made By
Christ to his disciples. The worlds great.
est question has been Ahe way to God
The Babylonians suggested a way. the
Greeks a way, the Romans a way But
they never found the way. They though,
they had found it in the storm. in the
wind. in the rain, In the sunshine. But
the world had lost the way, and did no,
find it for 5000 years. Christ found the
way and indicated 1t in the simple state
ment of the text
The world has never seriously doubted
the existence of God, His footprints are
too legibly stamped on this footstool to
permit of sustained doubt The question
has not been. is there god.' but what
kind of god, which has occupied the
thoughts of men. What kind of a god
Is II who has made the universe and who
has made me?
when We see little children and the
signs of peace and happiness we can be-
iieve that God is love. Christ has said
that he Is the way. He has said that
those who see him have seen the Father.
Through Christ Is the only way to God.
Christ has said Suffer little children to
come unto me and forbid them not. for
of such is the kingdom of heaven To
the sinful woman he has said, Thy sins
be forgiven thee. This is the manifesto
tion OF Christ's character He is the
friend of the poor. of the suffering, of
the SINFUL
I'VE can afford to let the question of
why evil is permitted to exist go without
answer. The mystery IL still deep and
unfathomable. But there Is a pathway of
light acrcss the darkness. What is that
light? Christ has said, ! am the way
the truth. and the light. He is the truth
that relates to our relations with God
1t is religion. Christ is religion Christ
is truth-written, spoken, and lived among
men. Christ is religious truth
How to get rid of my sins, and how
to make peace with nv God, is ques-
tion just as vexatiOus to the heather as
to the Christian. All religions have en-
deavored to answer the question. Man
must have certainty. not probability,
under his feet when he starts out on the
way to salvation. He wants the rock of
truth for his footsteps. Christ has an
swered that he is the truth and the way,
and the light. All other philosophers have
failed to give any certainty.
1 am the life What is the life?
1t is the opposite of death 1t is the
opposite of sin, with it's awful shame.
The soul is conscious of it's Immortality
The world has been peopled from the
beginning with those who believe in an
other life. The soul refuses to die.
do you know anything about the next
world but what Christ has told us? He
has said, L go to prepare place for you.
l VIII return Ny only hope of heaven
Is in Christ's promise that where he is,
We shall be. care not what 1t is. so
tudt uWSIl III the hereafter WIFI CnTiSt-
lie has promised, Thou shalt be with
me in Paradise I
And he has said. And my word shall
not pass away. 1t Is a promise. and the
strongest thing in the world is a promise
of Christ.
And l believe in the resurrection of the
body. for Christ has promised to raise
IL. He raised his own and showed his
power to do 1t. And he has promised All
who are in their graves shall hear the
Son OF Man. and shall come forth
i am the way and the truth and the
light. 1t sweeps the eternal horizon of
the past, present. and the future. 1t is
the hope of man. that makes him content
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