Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-23

friends. OR. rather from the lou, WIZ !
IL within Us. and inspires the whole
He clothes the human race with IDEAS
You open the wardrobe. as IL were. ,
and there, hanging up. so 10 speak, are
Genesis and Judges and jeremiah ana
Isaiah and the Gospels. the successive
garments for mans successive mentai
purpose-the child's clothing. the boys
clothing. the young mans clothing, the
mat,1red clothing the perfectnesS or
the fuluess OF stature. as In the Beati-
tades. here and there. in Epistlcs, In
the Apocalypse. but above all In the
deep mystical sense OF the Bible all
through-the true mystics. that we do
not get from hearsay. that we know oy
intuition but which. Of course, 10 the
mass OF men are absolutely unknown
and invisible. So far as the Bible Is
concerned the principle is true, not
unclOthed, but clothed uponT~
Yeu cannot make anything grow that
has not roots. IL Is curious. but you i
/ cannot Whatsoever 1T IS sooner OF Il
later II will withcr. In order TO grow IL
has got TO grow out Of something. Ideas /
are precisely Ike plants. As told you' /
/ all the plants OF the universe are alike; |
| growing things are all alike. whether
ideas or anything else. IL Is OF aoso-
lutte necessity that they shall have
roots. Thus. for example. love, JOY
peace. gentleness, goodness, truth are
ideas. Nobody can complain OF them,
but OF what conceivable use would TX De
to stand on a pillar and call out TO
| mankind. BE loving. be Joyous, be
peaceful be gentle and good and true.
. II you had nothing more 20 say 20 them
than thatg What conceivable purchase
! would those principles have IN the
. world without the spiritual reasons OUT
OF which they grow and on which they
7 | depend, namely, the facts OF living re-
] llgione The blunder OF planting Ideas
2 | without roots IS as old as the hills
:. | Every scholar. every student OF his
d tory. Is up 10 his knees. up 10 his chin,
y In withered sccts. withered religions.
wIthored kinks and notions Of this and
= that sort. every one OF which had
e good side 10 10, but all OF which have
r died for want Of roots or continuous
= power-cvolution. 1 DO not Ike that
Il worA but we VIII use IL now.
Z Now. as opposed TO both or these peo-
IL nIe those who give the world no new
u truth and those who give the world
e nothing but new truth. The Christian
\ church at large represents the latest
ot truths. as well rs the first truths. and
ln the first as well rs the last There Is
is no fault 20 find with these new doc
't- trfncS. or coarse not. ON the con
lE | trary. For instance. the dynamic pow
a. er-that capital and most useful thing
az the dynamic power OF the forces o
sll nature-a prayerful desire for the heai
10 ing OF the sick. All right The powe
eo OF altruism. sacrificed Tor the healing %
pc the sins OF society. All right. NJ.
Of good friends, they are plucked stralgh
~ from the branches OF the tree OF IN
IT gospel. There is no fault 20 ind Wit
ne these. On the contrary, IL is Tor IN
~: sake OF their production that we II
an sist that tliey be taken I'm connectio
'"' with the tree that has grown them
Jesus Christ and His sacrifice troi
IN which they sprang. Every Institute
~ springs from some root or other. Inc
Ia Is the font at the door OF the churc
"a Wen. IL represents baptism. and som
a. | body saws * Is a good tuluS 70 nav
'ne 4 conventional symbol OF purity OF IL
II movement. But DO you suppose
mas would be there az all II IL were only
So conventional symbol OF purity OF II
tue prOvementg Why. my friend. IN
tue font reaches down and down throui
all the strata OF history. through q
Oh darkness OF the Middle Ages, down
'nS' the first Christian centuries, down
a. Jewish rites. down 10 the ancle
Way pagan and prophetic mysteries. all
APP which had their thought. or what @
cen svers 10 it. under the direction OF II
1v who lighted, not merely Jews q
en- Christians. but every man that CO
eth into the world
This baptism Is reality IN tue
sn'- verse forever. because IL lives by
'"e roots I might prove the same TN
e OF IL / had time. with regard 20 the cr
'He or the altar. which goes down throt
,. the centuries. back 20 time and So
1nls before the foundation OF the wol
~ These. with other Christian doctrif
ID us illustrate the Divine method. which
tne continual progress without any ID
Ike In other words. as the apostle 81
n Il mot unclothed. but clothed upon
Glu principle IS equally true OF oursel
! the and our whole existence. for appar'
!. - liz there is never real break IN
'oOue progress OF humanity. The Christ
* IA is never ripe, he is always ripen
'.oiS, Even in the moment OF death he Is
~ % growing. Obscurely, but Just as sc
: 10 liz as when he was a babe. W
u III passinC by death through the Dies
emo gate Ike the newborn infant he Is
nan ing clothed upon" with new sen
e ia new power and understanding,
mere ways OF looking at things. so that
'sslNS inc died as We cali 10. he stretches
aSteu the arms and limbs OF HRS being an
: one clothed upon Ike a tree IN spr
peas. time. Life is worth living Aye,
~ 'VA deed II Is. Don't you ever ina
= 4" for a minute that IL is nor LII
me worth living 10 = degree you haV'
olher conception of because the glory tia
e. ~ coming upon Us, that Is 70 be put I
'lS- az us, may be measured, by the nag
esS4NS standard the world h0S ever seen.
iuah' sacrifice OF the Lord Jesus Ch
en- As Nothing IS ever lost; IL would be