Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-21

that there i a time when the vision Of
God and spiritual realities n eniematlcol.
'for now We sec nm a mirror darby. mat
word "darkly" IL a translation Of Greek
phrase meaning. IN riddle. and thus
you. who have a revised Bible. VIII hnd
that the phrase IN riddle - placed IN
the margin. Tor what Paul meant 4 TINS,
For now We sc IN a mirror. IN a riddle. /
OF course. they did not nave the mirrors i
which we have now IN the apostolic age 1
HIM forcvermore.
Beloved. we viii never all NEE. together |
here but We may all meet together yon-
der We VIII never all see each other.
therefore here Let us 20 1--we that we
\ shall al SEE each other Wonder. when We
/ have come ny. like Him. 70 meet the hosts
out of great trihulations. ~ may be, having
| our robes washed and made white m the
| blood Of the Lamb. Til then. good bye.
| That which they had was a metal pohshcd
I on one surface. sometimes 81 SILVER; hut
usually it was a round piece ct metal pol
| ishcd as well a. they could do a.. 10 which
1 was attached a handle. Now. you can see
/ such a mirror would not reflect clearly, a.
/ our splendid mirrors DO. the images thas
were before IL. Now 1t - that furnished
tho Apostle Paul With this striking illus-
trstion. For nov NC see in mirror, m a
riddle"
| Why the gospel ITSELF. j. As a camera OBJ
scura IN winch We see reflected the things
! OF eternity. What We sec Il not the thing
itself. but only the reflection OF ~. What
we see cannot be the thing itself. but only
the reflection Of II. That - what the gos-
I pci Is Tn. iOurfOid gospel does not give
| Us the living Christ. n only gives me I'm
| age OF the living Christ. Il H. imperfect ma
80 far man has ned part IN ~, ana M 50
FAR as the reflector viii gIve only an I'M
J uprfcct image 81 the rcailty. and we must
. never forget the fact that. wait we arr
| looking uu0n IN spiritual things j. not the
4 object, themselves. hut only the rehec-
: / tionS. Nor must we iOrEct that the cen
q | nitfon d made tncn3tic. that the objects
rrfI ID - e.
% / of the soul has not clear vision What w
Y see. depends on what oar hcart Is. HOW
: often Ne are troubled by the mists and
;. [ logs trat arise from ihc lower levels 90 oui
Z own lives How often you and 1 kuov
b what II - Go be lost ia the fogs that settle
s down upon a. as She racing yachts were
y lost the other uay m their inal reAch lo'
Is the goal. utterly lost, hidden tncnlsc.se
x and hidden from an about them. and INK
& the challenger. W. are apt 10 get out %
BE- our course and lose time in the race TOT tti
N / goal - we must not forget that hoth tn
II mirror and the eve that sees contribute 20
.0 ! ward the cnigfnaS ~ our HE ana the eng
'r mas that surround AZ.
e Let u look for moment or two a
a. hfe'- riddles - they relate Go God Hin
e. self. Now. have deal ot sympathy 10
2 the rnultitudcs az men who hrc u hard {
see God They hear from the pulpit z
IN Gods onniscience. HIS omnipresence. III
AZ eternity. RE fills immensely. God - spitt.
Is Now. what sort OF an idea can a man 2.
be- / And he hears You must love God. ths
- the sum total or the gospel IN word, ,
no far A. duty j. concerned, Dr. TINS. he
AZ shalt love the Lord thy God with All ~
ilf / heart and with all thy soul. and with a
- thy mind And hc sayS 60 Us. How "a
es I love Hims lie is iuconcrlvab.e to me-
ch cannot form am image of Him. l canu
he see Hum 80 know HIM 90 love EitO-
,ce Vow God understands tins a heap bets
cs than many theolouans ao. - ne sai
ou the Il tterance ot Nod. zinc Word. sn,
nd corlc into human relations, lie SHAH "a
lu ou Him. the nature vf man, he SHAH
,c. | -ccud the ladder az divinity, emPtyl
j. I Himself until he reaches me lower run
all / 81 humanity. until Tie shall move IN z
.hc valley Of human lite 50 that men can ton
-hc Him. ~ thar men can near I've voice,
"a that men can look upon his iuce ana
ow hearing E.m and m touching Him aud
seeing HIM. tAey shall hear and touch a
-n.- see the living God.
oas Cod cannot be seen 10y any cyci there
ist. no mirror large enough 60 reflect Him. q
ial / even in that which D. the EXPIRES, im.
m OF Ills person the Christ l have Nl
the / talking about. wc L~te been seeing. as
red said only moment aso. only the reflect
. II | of HIM We 90 not zee Jesus Ne o
-.,n / see the image % jesus in this folrfold
,-rn fivcfold mirror. tho New Testament.
hv Saving tins IN order 10 relieve skeI
ful. minds al real difficulties. am saying Z
RELY 60 relieve Christians 90 real cltnculties.
ana Tho one thing We need Co cultivate alb
d. ! au else IS sincerity We should not
that we see cod when we DO not.
,ese should not pretend o. have larger VISA
who | than We possess. " heu 90 = llnposs
me for "a 70 have "a c.ean. clear cut dehnlt
lose 're should simply Wait and realize with
-ous Apostle Paul that what we zee Is real,
h. a mirror. AMI makes IL look like riddles
ting M very often
owes We are puzzled over the mystery OK
3. incarnation. How could God come d.
ihed ! and clothe Himself ~ an infant OF 4
sod. ! Our uneniightcned friends are trying
esire 90 eliminate the miracle Of the incarna
this / from theology They had better ~.
very their limits there are lines IN the IN
and We cannot understand The my ~terv 81
marx Trinity. Who can comprehend that ~
very doctrine, We must simply wait i
and are 80 many things ~ cannot com
cr1od | that If Nc trY 10 W. shall md ourss
ener- hopoiessy landed ID the foe. We
ln OF want 10 remember that What We have
'oetle 10 tie Bible. D. only \ mirror IN whlcl
YOU see. ~ only ia a riddle. the realities.
lst!e. Now let rs notice again lues ri6el,
Z the they relate Themselves 70 ourselves.
= arc strange creatures ~ are. What str
know things YOU AMI 4 sometnes do How
ged. sccountably ~ sometimes act, What
m IN dies We are 10 ourselves, Can YOU VI
ines. stand why YOU took a gwen course
-ganle other day, You step aside from your
be or ideals and your own predetermlnatioL
Knows 20 what your career should be Cal
;, and understand whv YOU said those thing
CD II other day Why YOU were 90 blnd
Z Per do those things, How often men hav'
Ie are % me, i cannot understand myself /;
. call not understand why did that thing.
IT Is. really. l cannot explain It" You ca
these un.eved r,crson Won cannot explain
% IN Won remain IN state OF alienation
ey are God II what the Bible says - true,
> coz D. pending over you an endless he
IN It's there is availing for YOU an endless
bliss Now, would YOU not think tina
r king alternatives. "a kingdom or wrath,
above SO YOU you would settle the great
er life | tom Why, some OF you have iiv,
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