Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-23
CHRIST OUR REFUGE
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON



Growth" and he selected for his text
Ii. Corinthians. va: Not for that We I
would be unclothed. but clothed upon (
He said:
These words OF the epistie express
the important principle that wherever
there Is vitality life not only adds 10
itself continually. but at the same time
never throws away. never entirely loses
the essential elements that II has once
succeeded in acquiring. That Is 70 say.
that all the time that life is pUtting on
raiment as Il were. or being clothes
upon'-say. in the flowers. or bush or
insect or man. for that partial that
/ time IL keeps the essentials OF whatso-
ever II has invested itself with. And /
n Is never perfectly unciOthed OF its I
fundamental gains: mot unclothed but /
/ clothed upon" These principles hold !
| good in relation to life OF every kind |
/ aud under all conditions. II IL one or !
the great keys OF nature that have
been furnished to US. and Its uniyer-
salty springs from the fact that
the universe Is fundamentally similar
in all its parts 1 mean 70 say that the
universe is constituted in such man
ner that the different plans OF being.
the physical the Intellectual. the moral
the spiritual. all correspond 70 one an
/ other. So that whatsoever Is true IN
one IA true in all OF them Mankind.
in fact. has an instinct 10 that effect
Our ordinary words that we use IN
talking. FOR instance. for physical
things are mostly the same as those
used for intellectual or spiritual things.
The word. right means straight. and
straight Is constantly used by Us in
a moral sense: the word wrong
means twisted or corrupt, and cor
I rtiptr often means dishonest The
. things that are seen are. that Is 70 say
) divinely created pictures OF the things
4 that are not seen: and it is great
. satisfaction that we can have trust
! worthy picture OF spiritual things thal
u we can see. Our blessed Lord talked
in par1bles. not because parallels are
n simple. but because the truths eX
IS pressed by parbbes (aS the loaf 81
e bread or the raiment or the water IRON
e the well. or Cbe sparrow having nl'
s food prepared Tor him. or the lily get
10 ting its raimeut without worrying
about 10 are not merely physica
truths-you must not fall into tina
N blunaer-they are truths that reach al
r the way ND through all the plans Z
W the eternal kingdom. Our Lo<d ta!ke
in that way because He saw the Who'll
t. OF the plan. from the top 20 the bo
n tom. and He talked in no other wa
X, 10 the people at large. without a pa
able spake He not unto them In
80 plans. intellectual. moral and splritua
-e are represented in the physical. and a
OF them are fundamentally alike. Ih'
N IS why Ike talked IN parallels
Now come back 10 the general pri
he ciple before Us. not unclothed, bl
clothed upon" and let Us see 10 IL IA
we have the ply steal and material id'
distinctly in our heads. Here. Tor ]
stance. is the stump or tree with q
different rings OF wood OF which IL
49, Ia 10
en- put on new growth. which you can 5
} ] in the successive rings But all I
ms / time that IL has been putting on L
for / new rings it has never completely
led 20 OF the old ones. and the first ring
vas All Is right IN the centre all the tin
,,s Let me give the little folk a simple
-. lustratioE. that they may take IL aW
with them. Children, You turn an
my ME on its side. Cut lt down iu the e.
REQ tire through and through. Then
GUY have two halves. have YOU not: W
cut or from either bali slice. "
thin. the thinner YOU cut IL the beti
Then hold the slice up 10 the hg
Now. what do you sees You see IN
ION centre. distinctly. the dark outline
less the on ginal blossom that was on
ad- apple tree in the springtime.
nds Now. take some examples or
9th principle. There IS the Blb!e' Tor
stance. IL is a living book. mean
that il was not flung down from
=, sky. ike meteOrite. SO as 10 land
aoie Joseph Smiths Bible somewhere .
- valley all made up and ready. Il
not come that way; but IL grew IN
world like an oak or pine tree; and.
cording TO what the Saviour says al
the Holy Ghost continually teachin
the word in successive ages, the 81
pnE- which is Gods truth or the wore
the God. IS. in manner. still growing
else YOU know that? II IS coming on
parts Il Is life from beginning 20
hose 1t unfoiGs. not single period or IN
- OF history only. but successive stage
10 or the growth OF the human mind. II
It,, fore IL contains. like a tree, success
-. rings. as IT were, greatly contra
l'" one with another. widely differing
uTe from another In one ring. 50 90 81
II Is IAN eye for an eye and toOtl
There a tooth" Literally. exact Justice.
Gus another ring il is IF a man strike
r. an on the one cheek turn 10 him the {
small also- In the one ring, vengeance
and the other. no vengeance The Biol
- =, l said. thus unfOlds 10 US success
ages IN the spiritual growth OF
Some OF its stages. or rings. sue
ieNe' polygamy. we have left behind rs
egloh. agO: some we have not yet rea'
ession The Sermon on the Mount espeC
the stretches out and away TO the II
). but perfection OF the race. when n
that like Russia will be an impossib
.o4se AT the present time. you know, n
- lions take brute animals for their
= resentative coat OF arms. because
I'll hava tha br..,feA In thQm The