The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

! and nebulae il boundless space and have
/ no knowledge OF God That brings sense
. Of bl ,sSednoss 10 my soul The universe
IS hut the fringe upon The garment of
! God.
And the minuteg examination of the
microscope IS worthless. Tho mocro-
I Scopist may section my body from hair
tip t. to rail. and examine each cell
/ lenses. but he cannot ind my personality
I o. my viii, 0r my genius. the real me.
] II Is so Of Cog. All matter. l!fccss and
! living, examined mo,ecula by r1oleculc.
: + nj atom by atom. would no, reveal the
/ real God. Md lie is no5 to DO found by
! the physicist. who weighs pouderahle
bodies and .?Tites Oh. tho Laws OF heat,
/ light and electricity. Sucrasas' friends
asked him if they should hur.. him. Yes.
! said he "if sou can cato, NE" My body-
after death will weiSil the Same. to a
nliligran1. that It weighs in Ifs, but tho
, ali-inlportain thing will b. gone. ard thc
physicist ;snd the chemist cannot find it.
THIS is 10 fal.t cf The sciences. They
are related 10 matter and material forces
! and noi to God or snt7it. \ telescope is
q good thing. bur not Tor seeing Cod.
| \ microscope is good thing. ~ rot
! for finding God The PHYSICISTS scales
are good things. but rot for Weighing
spirit. Chemistry is a good thing but
i?ot for aralyzine life. 4 circular saw
is a good thing, but not for sharing. A
| pile driver is 4 good thing. bat not Cor
! pirsgina teeth
/ Some have tried a higher test They
! have passed by physics and have como
! TO logic, aud have sought TO construct an
argument that viii prove tic existence
realms OF metaphysics and theology
and have como back with beautiful
syi!ogisTns and said, Here Is God. We
can prove Him" But we have read their
! arguments, and followed step by step
along the hard road Of logic, and. like
the man who went into the circular cave.
have come out or :he darkness at the
same hole at which We entered Logic
is a good thing, but not for proving God
| rheoocy IS good thing, but not for
! finding God.
Whenever We try 10 provo The existence
Of God by any Of these methods, we fly
In the face Of Jesus. Jesus felt 80 sure
! OF the Father that lie would have come
| naarer trying to prove that the sun shines
| and the flowers bloom because God exists
than that God exists because the sun
| shines and the flower blooms. To Him
/ the most certain thing III the universe
| was Cod.
Jesus said You are looking for God
with the wrong instrument aud in the
| wrong place. You can And him You can
know Vim. And tbs the discovery Is
! Father. you would lose that haunting
sense OF dread; for He is kind and gen
! tie. compassionate and loving. He Is
much better 10 Hts children than the best
| which YOU see and know Him is in reach
Of each one OF you. II is a pure nan
| heart"
| Jesus used "he-~i'' in a figuratfre
I sense. Indeed, He spoke almost exclusive
| " in parallels and figures. and for swo
reasuns--tirst, figure Is more easily re-
membcred than an abstract statement.
| and. second. success in Interpreting the
| figure gives the person who makes the
effort IA Ger. aln sense of discovery ana
proprietorship. One who graSpS the deep
spiritual meaning of Jesus words comes
10 feel that. in an important sense, it IS
his own idea Jesus loved tnls metnod.
He tried always 20 mako the recipient
OF His blessings feel that the blessing be
longed to him, so He turned to the woln-
an who tried Ia steal & blessing by touch
ing His garment in the crowd and said
Daughter. Thy faith hath made thee
whole" In Hike manner. He would say
TO those who sec spiritual truth in His
parallels and figures Of speech. Son.
daughter, thy mind and heart have given
thee the truth.
In our beatitude for today, He says
that tho "pure heart IS tic instrument
or organ Tor seeing God
IN the earles: Ieb-ew The WORD
'-beart-' stood for aH the inward parts OF
hidden mart" of ANYTHING Later it
came TO refer particularly 10 the bodii"
organ" which was regarded as the scat
OF life The Hebrew said the life Is In
the blood and the heart which was ut
the center of thc blood system was the
most important organ. Il Therefore
came TO ne used figut'ativey for tho
seat of mans collective energies. ''the
focus OF the personal life Little was
known in early daya OF the functions of
the brain and to the heart" wole at
trbuted all mental and moral activities.
Consciousness ais" lodged there. The
heart know tn It's own hittorness.''
Not only ';ere all iatcllectnal and raft