Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-11-21
THE LOVELY VISION
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON
Love Is the Only Correct interpreter
of the Rlehes OF Gods Glorious and
Eternal Kingdom.

REOOK1NN. y. !
ST. ,yohn's NJ p Church. the Kew. DR..
Donald ID. MscLaurin, pastor 81 the Scc.
ond Baptist Church. Rochester. preached
20 the united congregations the maj ser
mon IN a series Of eight on the t'restese
Thing m the World. HIS SPECIAL SUBJECT !
was Love and the Vision OF God. or, the i
Eve That Sees All Wonders. Inc text |
was from Corinthians u; FOR now I
we see in . mirror. darkiy, but then lace
10 face DIR. Macl.surin said.
Love \ the ONLY interpreter OF God. W e
saw last SUNDAY that 20 love only are ia
vine revelations made. and that 20 peiscet
love Only can perfect divine disclosures be
made The converse truth "a equally Na.C-
able namely: That love l. the only inter
prefer 81 Cod. oil ali m the Kingdom %
God 81 all spiritunhtic~. No must tnn
think that thus Is strange OF arbitrary. We
have sought IN all oar services 20 discover
the analogy between the laws of the SPIRIT
ual realm and the laws with which we are
familiar.
Yon win find that This. namely: That
/ love u the only interpreter. - part OF me
/ discipline OF life IN every direction. -
some one has well sand. Love secs iarth-
/ est. hears quickest and seels deepest
/ Two illustrations OF that proposition
have been gwen. one with regard 20 the
/ realm OK nature. let us say that two mer
ere iourncvlng through your bcautiiu'
Z park. one secs the general contormanoH.
/ the general outline OF street and sweep ~
/ field and shimmering lake. and he notices
/ that there are trees bordering he drives
/ aud walks. but that d ALL hc has ma
I eyes chiefly on the ground. He does nor
I hear the birds. or. n he does. II - MOI 20
/ discern one SonrSter from another Vow
take the other. This man not only sees
the general conformation ot the landscape.
/ the general plan Ct thc artist VINO laid ~
oat. but he sees the trees he sees. he olS-
tinyuishe> one from another. lie notes
the flowers that spring. he notes not ONLY
the songster that sing. but he knows it-
lie and story. He sees the shimmersnS
pond and lake and the reflected oNerlans
/ INK foliage and 10 minfsteret 10 nN fhtm
A. the end 90 the journey the latter man
j. enriched ln ms mlnd and heart. w he'
has made the difference between the I've
mem The one has been and J.. a love-
OF nature He Is a student OF nature be
cSuse ne loves IT, And nature - kind. ma
ture knows her lovers. and 20 she make
disclosures 20 him that the other man doe
not set.
Two men visit the Metropolitan Museum
: az Art and let me sas 20 those who ma
not have seen tho,c art treasures, u /
worth visit and much study One @
these men hurries through y IN perfume
tory way. q. ne notices there are lar :
Z . pictures aud small ones. but he has n
7 I time for those little hits OF paintings thu
! frame or one OF the .vturcs. he admire
o. greatly. tu. ft - "a lore. and he hurr' r.
out. and wou @ny people nnd - ulN
H. the art galleries 81 the world. 10
2 the nrOluct Of a master. and ae stan,
n crtranccd before x FOR hours and so
vin see h,~ ewes SutuSeii with tears al
If YOU notice Vou VIII see his np D. trem
u lous He PAYS TAO attention 60 tEe trans
0 he sees the soul OF the artist and ~
profoundly stirred l have seen men 2
IN tears before come masterpiece % ~
-al.c-.cr Of Europe their soul nnds y
p. soul OF the artist They interpret hum
" hiS finest moods, they have come To kno
d, HIM.
~ Sueh rnen come nearest e. lntcrprctu
~ the Creator. Himself. Tor ci al the so
az ulen none stand higher than the artl'
II He who can take a piece 90 raw mateFl
a piece OF ordinary cauva~. and make
nipple ike 4 river. make % roar Ike (
~ mighty ocean carry lnS snip luA rs
e. upon lts bosom; man VINO can make
blossom into a rose. OF who can PAINT mp
~ A battle scene. preserving the heron
ia and valor Of men man VINO can
* color, lav before you al that ~ reautiI
10 all that j. divine an the world. sur
- stands first among the sons 81 Tod a
nearest 20 the Maker Himself "a that
" = a creator
III The lover % Art sees this To hmm th
things are disclosed. while the man
roc- not love sses Lttle. The same is q
At between men To whom 90 you disol
YOURSELF " no - able 10 interpret 20
The man who tates YOU. surely not.
u always misreading you, mlslnterpFet
your motives Il is the man who lo
he 50 I think the proposition - llsti
"A that love - the only interpreter OF -
THIS brings me % the hrst point 1 De
We 20 bring 20 YOU this morning, namely
ht I That there u time IN the lie OF eH
a nan when be has no vlsion OF God
spiritual realities. ] wish Won 20 N
Ar that There - time IN the life 81 -
FED man when he has no VISION OF God
er- spirituahti~a- II covers all that pc
=, al his life during which nc u Unrege
jim ste. when there j. absolutely no visoi
der God and spiritual realities. The Ape
Paul wln justify that assertion, Tor
. Will find him saying IN this same epi
that the natural man perceivetb not
ely things % she spirit % God. Tor they
the foolishness unto him. and he cannot =
them because they are spiritually Judg
- The natural man = not IN ine reair
eas- which be can interpret spiritual reAh
'Or- This mysterious force IN the orS
.rsn Kingdom We call HE. " 10 knows IN
-. ganic kingdom We call hfes Who kl
what II iss But We know AZ Is thepe'
lOOr we know IL WeaVes bodies IN whic
lsed dwells; that Il - . miracle and that Il
49,. forms miracles OF Transformation. W
'"' acquainted with it. They would not
! % Il a miracle were they % know what
~. When life - busy, II "a performing
- transformation, but the atom eanno
ders,and the results OF life forces; the
'Ace foohshress unto II. They are utterly
YOU trary TO al Il knows a. the operation
HIM Kingdom.
n TO Now. 90 you knC" thefe - ahoe
49,. DOM A third kingdom, which A.
.-''' the organic and IN which al highe
forces dwell; a third kingdom whose
, the Is the spirit OF the living God. And
.,ed a man has come into the HE OF that
dom everything that We say transpl
q IN. IL Is foolishness 20 him IN the n
NOW kingdom, Just a. Paul says, For ia
.ving ur4l man reeeivet1 not tDe tnlhSs
rome. ~ =. ~. c an know them. 10,
ddcd are spiritually Judged" He has "A
- tered that third kingdom. lie dot