Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-25

the facts While the primary datum r
abides in experience.
ence then he has an ltestn
foundation He cannot ~ b
ignorant He kpoYs sq1 9eth1
THAT which he W not alv
be SO, but that e knows
knows, and no. ~ 49, take it Fl
him. He is upon "a foude eation whicn
cannot be destroyed. Then faith finds
her best function in establishing the
fact, i'll dealing in the great unseen
realities which are always more than J
the seen, in giving the assurance OF
things hoped for, in proving things no1
seem" A man cannot subject such a.
experience to the test of the natu2
senses. It is too large for such
as that, but he knows he is right,
he knows he is upon an indestructE
foundation. It is not only our knowI
edge of God. Thanna mother inde-
structible fQ111r S knowledge
Of U.s. lHowbeit the
U,eg eloweth them N
fnaars eoaid not Aie 90, ssen 'd5aas
might aeeeixe su!sor be e afesiss ss szosF!(
we WiSut~~%ppoSe " NC CAPSAA X
igious experience, even
| t1c> hight deceive ourselves
God knoQ Of thl ,are certaind
| He knows Ns llnSfa/ ,we are HisJ
He knows it. ill., kpot His, by
! the regenera ton of the Holy Spirit, YIeal
| may become His. He will know1l6
| will cause US to know it. 1.-THE
| Of the Lord is with them that
| Him. He desires it to be there.
Every man has just as much right
know that he is alive spiritually as h\
1oes that he is alive physically. This\
| knowledge is brought to us in the wit
ness of Gods, spirit. Thus it is that
| we go deeper than religious experience n
and find anoth foundation in that,
irm foundation God-His knowleS
| Of us. Jesus Ch fs another fonl
ton. He is our q ornerstones
ideals He holds, Hly Simplicity
grandeur, His humandt His
His faith, His love. FHs
bine to make Him the epQf|
parable one among alIEeNgN
ers; and while. in a certain =
4 sense Christ and Christanitg tfe on
and inseparable, there 10 Still anatheS
sense IN which Christ. as our founaa-
Ion, is more than Christianity, even as
he sun is more than the u1ultitudinous
rays which fall upon our little portion
Of the earth: Christ is more than Chris.
tianity, as the thinker is more than MS
thought, as life is mbre than that
) which embodies life. We build, as
Christians, not upon this Or that creed
about Christ. but upon Christ Himself.
He is our indestructible foundation
Our faith rests at last, not in creed,
though we should all have a creed,
and not in book, though we can never
do without the Bible. but in person.
and that person, Christ places our
lives upon God.
Let US resolve to so deeper, deeper.
If we are at all unsettled in matters
Of religion we should not despair. we
can And the solid and the safe. Let
us build there, Let us build aeeord1nS
to the plans Of the Supreme Architeet
| Of the universe. Let all build until
| humanity shall become temple com.
plete. Oiled with the light and Music OF
J Heaven, filed with the life OF God; ana
| then, even though storms may come
and the last night fall about us, It VII,
] only be the servant OF new Gay, anu
: we shall be able to say, Il know whom
) have believed and am persuaded tnaI
! He is able to guard that which l nave
committed unto Him against that day.
!. Our foundations cannot be destroyed.
{ Thank God.