The St. Louis Republic., 1902-12-15
CHRISTIANS ANCHOR MUST BE
GROUND IN THINGS ETERNAL.
Faith in Things Unseen Il the Ri::h-
est Evidence of New
Birth and Life.

The Reverend Doctor N!cade. Bu.Ghau!
preached yesterday morning at lhc Pilgrim
Congregations! Church gu Hebrews NIN.
~: "MnlCn nope Ne nave - an ancnor T..
the soul. buth sure and >teadia>t. anu
which eHtcr~Th into that within the v.I..
whittier the iorsrUnmeG - Tor Us entered,
even Jesus, made h.gh priest forever.
after the urdcr OF Msl, hIS,:,i,...' Doctor
BuEaIan said, III part.
L desire 70 Sl"ak with E"4 This NOM
ing oH the anchor of ,ur hop cast within
tat Vii. or the combine! sIrruGth IN o;Ig
nope Of vclird and unveiled Truth.
LIT Us distinguish between an anchor OF
hop" cast Jn!S siGe JGy Vel! ..uG the an
ChOr Of our nupe cast within the v-il. 'EhIs
side me ven Is tH- ss--n ana th. temporal,
beyond the Veil arr th- Things not seen
which axe eternal. There ue no peg
nianrnCy Al things temporary. and. there
n faTe; no ..aS.l stsa4iast ., AmGh"f@se ground in
look net at The things which are seen. but
al the things which are not seen. for the
things which are seen are temporal hUt t;Ie
things which ar- not seen are eternal
We ought 10 distinguish between what
is sometimes termed an abstract :aiiiI anu
faith as cs!denccG by works. Ih-Te = 10
such thing really :s an abstract faith "iica
cannot be reduced 10 the concrete and man
ifest itself IN works. Faith ana works are
Ii.Vcr III conflict
IL; Us note The difference betwcel, ex-
piCit ami Implicit faith. An explicit faith
l. a faItn conftnc! H. things historic and
Enfu!ded the pain Of life where :, live
and move and have our b-Iug-ihHgS seen
or experienced. An implicit faith IS . faith
tIItl goes sD!ll the Present f1.T ana k'i ,
witness 10 or takes hold OF tnIngS unseen
and eternal In al explicit faith plant
our feet on history. In an implicit faith Ne
have Cuniiirnce IN things Unseen and et"r-
nal. by reason of a lIfe experience III things
seen and temporal
If our anchor is hop and our anchorage
is within the veil. the cable that binds the
soul 10 its anchorage i faiJh-apa there is
power in the figure. The ships anchor is
anchor iS within the veil of the skiss-lp-
ward. net downward. The metaphor IL
mixed. hut the comparison nevertheless
strong. The anchor is still within The veil
and the hnfe both sure and St.adfaSt
There is an historic creation. The Bible
account OF creation - the best crer
given or that ever will he given. Much OK
creation is not explicit to US mortaiS, for by
faith only can We understand the worlds
were formed hy th: word of God: but uaV-
erth'lsSS in the sense here meant c-ea ton
is an open book. an unseaIed book. the facts
OF II on every hand. In itself i; bears evi-
tence Of a Creator and in itself it forms 4
basis on which God POUNDS his r..lemptive
Work. In the world of creation nature ana
man come together and exist and exist only
ny the power of God.
Much OF redemption is an unveiled truth.
IL Is open tn the light Of day. mean IN
Its historic relations. beginning with the
promise made TO the seed Of the woman
fedempiion marches forward two centuries
Of unfolding history, through Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob, through the history of
IsraeIS captivity. through the power of the
great leader of Gods Israel out Of Egypt
In revelation of the kingdom AT Sinai in
the passage of the Red Sea and across the
Jordan through the prophet and the priest
and judGeShip of Israel, by the way Of the
cross of Calvary and the oucn sa:uich.r
and the ascension morning. the greIt fact
Of the giving Of the SpiTit-reiemptiun has
become historic. God has not crowded
events into corner and hidden them from
man His redemption is not an after
thought: nor is il To remedy some failure
"f creation. Ii is all one great whole r,,.
rcaiing God to men not only as omniy,otent
and omiiiscient. but wonderful in love and
mercy.
There is many a truth over which, we
falsely and dangerously ourselves throw
wells and refuse To deal with them according
TO present knowledge and present relation
ships 10 truth. We have no right to throw
the Veil of excuses over what We know 10
he our own faults and our own failures be-
fore God. We have no right 70 cast vets
over our own sins and call them virtues
over our own seif-righteousne-s and call
II righteousness. when cnrtraS;ed with the
great righi sousness Of Jesus Christ We
have no riOht to draw the veil over or
Hwn foiiies and call them yirtues-over our
own weakness and call il strength; over our
bid,
There is hut one source 10 whom We can
go. and ought TO go. for light and for lifo-
mat source * Jesus Christ. our Lord H..
mas made every provision: he makes every
possible appeal to US to taxi by faith the
PROVISIONS of his grac- and adjust our
selves with all the truths Of this unveiled
world which point To his present mission In
me skies. In the interests Gf life eternal
through the abundance of his grace