The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-01-12

need a personi6eation of the Eternal, Ce'
cause we must have some image that we
can see. some conception that we can
grasp, some humanized thought. that we
make Him OF stone. we make H!m up IN
o,,r imagination. And after all. whether
that image hangs on the wall, or IS PIC
tured in stone. or IS sinn,v engraved on
our brain. it is still an idol a something
that stands for reality. God saws, i am
too great. too infinite. eternal for .vor TO
define or graen. TIE agnostic Is right IN
saving. You do not know Him, but IN Or
der that YOU may know Hir, vii, come
ard dwell among men and fill one human
life frll Of Myself. ar1 through that i'ie
you shall interpret Me. You may thus
obtain your desire for one you can take
by the hand. into whose eyes vow ,, can 'ooh
and whom YOU can comprehend.
dome in the past. hut what He is always
doing. Always Cod was in His work and
He alwavs is in it, foreiving, pitying. help
ing. feeding. COMFORTING. Strengthening.
We do no. know It. but He is always here:
in The hearts and lives Of men. doir~ what
He did in the mast still saying to Nlcode-
rc;1s "You need to be born again" to the
Pharisee. "Woe unto You that devour
widows nnuses:" to the wee1'ug SISTERS.
"Thv brother is rot dead. There Is no
dving;" to the peniteut sinner. crushed oY
the memory Of wasted hfe:, 80 IN peace
thy sins are forgiven thee. lhe IRE -, ~
Christ did not stop at the cross. VIII
not say that we look ct the cross ton mura.
but / will sav that we hcve looked ae we
resurrection ton little. Chr'sts IS cen
t;nno,s life, That is what He mears wen
To savs eI on, with you alwavs. we
,,,,,st realize that FL is here and ro'F III
the lives OF men. Ny corcention OF the
ERifse has Undergone great rlSanse> ana
cannot any ]onrcr on to a text aTd saT.
esThat settles it, Shall then shn. tn"
R;ble mn and saw it is hut record OF pas,
lifee No. it is the revelation Of the eternal
|;fc. the INTERPRETATION of God in human
experience. not only in the devontt Init also
in the undevout: not only in the believing.
but in the skeptical. The Rih'e seems t"
me ike great orchestra OF lM H.pn at
nlay;ng to express toe mnsicai life that IS
in the conductor. LIS God sreaX'nS
THROUGH the experiences Of men; nehete
that God is carrying us throngi' trans,'
ton time (all times are TRANSITION, t'n'es,.
and takin~ away the idols uoon wnich We
rested. and which we have counted sacred,
;r order that He may carry US back to
Himself: and that. if we take the exper-
;ence Of the past TWENTY cent,u les and nm
derstard the message it sends. its iitera-
tnra. history and religious life Alright. we
shall find it all exn.ains these words of st.
Paul: we are not to ascend into heaven to
bring God out OF the past. nor look to the
future. brt we ara to lool- about is and
understand that He is still directing the
destiny Of nations ard curse ives. We are
to look within rs and know that the asp,r-
ations. the desires. The dissatisfaction IN
ourselves. the longing for something h'aher
ard bette--these ere the voices of God.
he was a.wavs and always vii! be in His
word: ard through the chtlrc" and The
Rible ard bv the revelation Of Himself IN
the Christ. God manifest in the flesh. He
is BRINGING US. not to the church, not to
the B,h,e. not to the mediator. 5-1t to
Himself. He. ever lives. He ever indwe's
"c;oser than breathing, nearer than hands
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