Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
CHRIST The ACTIVE
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON
Our Savious Was a Man who Went
About Doing Good"
Subject: Tithins-rhe Social Problem.


lem" The text was from Matthew
Xxii.21: Render. therefore. unto
Caesar the things which are Caesars
and unto God the things which are
Gods" Dean Hart said:
''It surely was no just argument that
because the head OF Caesar was upon
the coin IL therefore belonged TO him
and ought 20 be returned TO the i'm
perial treasury. any more than be-
cause the ciiigy Of the king Is struck
upon the English sovereign that there
fore all soverei-ns are his property.
You viii notice that the Lord had
said. show mo the tribute money 4
hystauder offered the coin. which lay
i'm the extended palm OF the Lord :
hand. The Jews have ever been the
most precociouS OF money dealers
Had the Romans permitted them 10
pay their taxes I'm all manner OF coins.
great would have been the loss 20 the
eSchCquCr, therefore z cCrn was
struck. and there are stll some OF
lem 10 be seen. I'm which alone IL was
On Il 20 pay the tax. This coin had
to be purchased from the publican or
the district. who looked after his own
interests. The tribute money went 20
Rome. 20 the imperial treasury.
The man who had produced the
-oin had already Acknowledged his
liability and had provided himself with
The means OF liQuidatnC IL. The coin
was only OF use for the one purpose;
,hat one thing was the payment Of the
tribute The cuestioncr had answered
himself. 'Fuifll your obligation. said
The Lord. and render unto Caesar the
THINGS that he Caesars and do not
forget that the power OF Caesar is only
+ The representative OF the higher power
- whom kings reign. and II you admit
I The authority OF the servant by so
much more should YOU recognize the
authority OF the Master. render. there
T fore unto God the things that are
Co.'s What. then. are tho things
81 God which we are required TO rem
/ der unto Hims
III the context requires that the
7 parallel shall he continued. and IL is in
/ a sum Of money that the answer must
/ be given. then the only reply can be
/ that onc-teuth OF every mans income
is a thing OF God Now what evil
/ 1cnce have we that this IFS SO and what
/ Us the purpose OF the law
THE ultimate appeal rs 10 what is
/ truth must Do the opinion OF the race.
lIf the opinion Of an men could be
taken MS 20 the truth or falsity ~ any
/ proposition. that would be q nnal de-
termination When anybody is IN
/ ioubt Of g legal or medical question.
The only s., tion OF Che doubt ia ~ ap-
peal 20 I-Nen OF the legal or medical
professions 'COuusels opinion is
taken. cor the sufferer goes 20 a doctor
lIr il were possible to extend this
natural instinct 90 the limits OF hu-
mauity and unon any question OF
grave import the opinion OF an men
could be ascertained. then that expires
sion would be as nearly truth as IL is
POSSIBLE FOR IT'S men 20 arrive AT.
The Lincolnian canon Is rs sure 9
I rule rs the most firmly established
axiom. You cannot fool all the pSO
nIe All the time There are. ar lea 81
double tho number OF Bibles in the
. world as there are an other books pu
together n the list OF the nbrarie:
+ in the world DE taken ont OF an on
cyclopedia and the number OF theil
volumes added it viii be found tina
I in All the libraries which possess ovei
100 600 volumes there 0re 5OOo0.Ool
books. and II we allow that there are
as many books in household Nbrarie
rs in these great public collections
which is making @ liberal estimate. W
may safely conclude that there ar
not more than lO0NoOoo secula
books in the world But during tn
p last century the leading Bible societie
~ Europe and America put out NOR
than 200 100000 Bibles. IN 800 differ
emf Iangua ges. The British and For
. + picn Bible Society turns out OF 10
presses seven Bibles. or parts or IN
6 Bible. every minute day and might
IL Is. therefore. the opinion OF the rae
/ that this Book is 'the most valuabl
3 ta.u- in thc world rs the Archbisho
. " Canterbury describes IL. IS he hand
ed q COPY 10 the new-crowned King.
r The opinion OF the race is that tn
, Bible IS q book OF truth; that il
= what II processes 20 be-the revelatiO
4 or the heavenly Father 10 the childre
: OF men Now IL this be the case.s
( would be strange indeed II this con
munication from outside our life iii
y not instruct us as 10 the great beside
n alta OF every individual Let any or
: ask himself what would make hil
: perfectly happy and content IN tn
., present state of existence.
u The reply would be: FIRST. TO haN
/ a conscience void OF offense: next.
d have no fear OF death. but a lOOkir
d forward TO a glory TO be reveale'
= and finally. 10 be removed from at
, anxiety as 10 the necessities OF livin
IA As we should expect. the answers
> these essential requirements or III
are given on the very first page
Z" human history.
d In the dramatic story OF Cain al
J. Abel the three provisions for satisf
= ing these three fundamental wan
are plainly stated. These two brOt
!. crs came together on the same day.
, I the same time. TO the same place. T
!, the same purpose, there We're ~
- affairs and each brought material
sacrifice.
..srt,a oeScptfoi +rv.h 81 SocrfGca
IN spite the immense ingenuity VIII
al has been employed to explain IL ava
In remains stamped upon It. Millions
Intelligent men have brought an tnv