The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-11-20
4 SERMON FOB SUNDAY
an ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY .ThE.
hEv. o. c. 'RaeLsuRlN.
stbJcct:Iove and the Vision OF God-Love
is the Only Interpreter Of the Kingdom
OF Heaven, OF All the spiritual.ties-
The Riddle OF SeIf.

mon IN = series lf tikAt on Lt hlt1tSsk
Thing in the World. HIS special subject
Eye That Sees Al WonGers.' The text
was from ! Cor..tLlans Na:l2: 'Fo- now
We see IN a mirror, tarkly, Gat then face
70 face Dr. Alacl&ur.n said:
Love d the ouiy interpreter O! God. We
saw last sunday that 10 love only are d.
vine revelations made. and tina; 70 perfect
love only can perfect divine Glsc.Osu be
made. The converse truth is equally Va.u-
able, namely. That love j. tie only inter
prefer Of God, of an in the kingdom OF
God. OF all sp.r!.I1Atlcs. Nor must YOU
think that tins Is strange or arbitrary We
have sought IN al our services 10 discover
the analogy between the laws OF the spirit
ual realm and the laws with which We Sre
familiar.
You VIII find that this, namely: Tha:
love J. the only interpreter, Is part OF the
discipline OF life IN every direction, as
some one has well said: Love sees lavth-
est. hears quickest and feels deepest
Two illustrations Ct that proposition
have been gwen; one with regard 70 the
realm OF nature. Le; u say that two men
are Joureylng through yolr beautiful.
park; one sees the general conformation.
the general outline OF street and sweep OF
hc.d and shmmerng lake, aud ho notices
that there are trees bordering the Gl.y,s
and walks. but that l. ali. He has lIs
hear The BIRDS; or, Il he does, II Is not TO
discern one songster from another Now
take the other. This man not only sees
the general conformation of the landscape,
the general plan of the artist who laid NJ
out, but lac sees the trees, he sees, ne dis
urgul,hes one from another. lie notes
thc flowers that spring, he notes not only
the songsteg that s.ngs, but he knows it,
HE and story. He sees the shmuo-uc
pond and lake and t.le reelected oyyIhaus-
ing foliage and Is U.aistcy,d 10 by chem.
At the end OF the journey the latter man
Is enriched IN his mind and hear. What
has made the difference between the two
men: The one has been, and Is, a lover
Of nature. lie is q stJdcnt Of nature be
cause he loves il. And nature Is kind: ma
ture knows her lovers, and SO she makes
disclosures TO him tha; the other man does
not get
Two men visit the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art; and let me say 20 those who NAV
not have seen those art treasures, II IS
worth a visit and much study One Of
these men Aur!Ies through II IN a perfume
tory way. y, he notices there are large
ctuTes and small ones, but he has no
time for those little bits of paintings that
adorn the walls. II there Is big giit
frame on one OF the pictures, he admiTes
IL greatly, but II Is a bore, and he hurrie-
out, and wonders why people find so much
H
other man discovers IN some small piece
the product OF a master, and he stands
entrguccd before II fO- hours; ana you
will see his eyes sufused with tear. and
II You notice YOU will SEE has lip j. tremu-
lous. Hc pays no attention 10 the frame
he sees the soul OF the artist and hc l.
profoundly stirred ! have seen men all
IN tears before some masterpiece IN the
galleries or Europe. their soul finds the
soul OF the artist. They interpret him in
hls finest moods; they have come TO know
him.
Such men come nearest 70 interprc ting
the Creator, Himself; for OF all the sons
Of men none stand higher than the artist.
lie who can take piece OF raw material,
piece OF ordinary canvas, and make It
rpp.c like a river, make u roar like the
mighty ocean, carrying ship full rlgged
upon It's BOSOM man who can make Il
blossom INTO rose, or VINO can paint upon
1t battle scene, preserving tie heroism
and Nalor Of men; a man who can, by
color, lay before you all that is beautiful.
all that Is divine IN the world, surely
stands first among the sons of God. and
nearest TO the Maker Himself IN that be
II a creator.
The lover OF art sees this. To him thcsc
things are disclosed, while the man who
does not love sees little. The same is true
between men. To whom do you dl-clOse
yourself! Who Is able 10 interpret You:
The man who hates YOU! Surely not. Ht
Is always mlsreadlng YOU, misnterprctug
your motives. IL Is the man who loves
you. He intevprets YOU. he knows you.
So ! think the proposition a. justified
that love Is the only interpreter az God
Th., brings me 10 the first point / desire
TO bring 20 yOI this morning, namely, this:
That there is a time in the he OF every
man when me has no vision OF God and
spiritual realities. | wish you 70 mark
that. There is a time ia the hfe Of every
man when be has no vision Of GCd and
sprltuahtes. II covers all that period
OF his lie during which be r. unrCgcner-
ate. wnen there h. absolutely no vision Of
God and spiritual realities. The Apostle
Paul VIII justify that assertion, Tor YOU
will find HIM saying IN this same ep.sti",
that ":be natural man ICrcClvcth not the
things Of the spirit OF God, for they arc
foolshness unto him. and he cannot know
them because they arc spiritually judged.
The natural man is not N the rCalG m
which he can interpret spiritual realities.
Tins mysterious force IN the organic
kingdom we call HE. Who knows the or
ganic kingdom we call life? Who know
what 10 Is; Bat we know Il is there. and
we know il weares bodies IN which 10
dvCils, that DO I- g miracle and that - pei.
forms miracles OF transformation. We asC
acquainted with IT, They would not call
IL q miracle were they 70 know what II ls.
When life Is busy. II "a performing these
transformations but the atom cannot un-
dcT-tand the results Of life forces, they are
fooEsnness unto %. They are utterly con
trary. to al IT knows Of the operation IA az
kingdom.
Now, DO you know there j. another king
dom: \ third kingdom, which is above
the organic and IN which all higher lie
force, dwell; a third kingdom whose force
Is the spirit OF the living God. And until
a man has come into the life OF that king
dom everything that we cay transp.rCs IN
II j. foo,IshnCss 20 him n the natural
kingdom, Just as Paul ssys, For the nat
ural man recelveth not the things OF the
spirit Of God. for they are iOOhshness unto
him and he cannot know them FOR they
are spiritually Judged He has no: eI.
tered that third kingdom. lie does rot
know IS law. lie does not understand ne
Phenomena; IN iact, he does not sec them.
Which thingsg "Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard neither have entered into the
heart OF man the things What things.
Paul; "The things that God has prepared
fo.s hem that love Him So there - a
time when there % absolutely no vision OF
God. and no VISION a spiritual eG.i.ief.
and 10 Is vastly valuable that men both In
the church and cut of 10 shall recognize
that ere,t fact. Had men ont of the
church discovered that great fact. .h,y
would have been saved from many iai4re-,
az Bobby Barns m another connect o.
says il w8d frae moay a biude. ir-e us,
and foolish notion
Not until a man has been touched r.
the aureT of God viii Hfs care be opened
90 tie hlruonIes OF the third kingdom
not until he ewes have had .lc VISION oi
that kingdom and h.s heart made capable
Of rsleIviu. that F.Erl0l-uct uutI. these
trlr-f0gma.ion- have come % hiu. can q
man i-0T spiritual realities 1t lll 30 ]
5frm fh.t there is q .ne In the l.c oi