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: SUNDAY SERMON
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9 A Scholarly Discourse By
3 Rev. Winfield Scott Baer.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Brooklyn, N. Y.-The Rev. Winfield
Scott Baer, who came from Grace
Church, Sandusky, o., to assume the
rectorship of st. Georges Church, 81
man of attractive personality and an
excellent speaker. His subject Sunday
morning was christian Life" His
text was from Psalms cxxii:1-2: Il
will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
from whence cometh my help. My
help cometh from the Lord, who made
heaven and earth" Mr.. Baer said:
1t is from the heights that we gain
our widest vision. 1t is from the
heights of human attainment that we
see life most truly. To gain these
heights we need to 60 where Christ
has climbed. There are certain incl.
dents in His life which preserve to
! us the intimate connection between the
truth of His life and the place where
it was revealed in its fullness. Let
us lift up our eyes unto the hills, from
whence cometh our help.
Up into mount. with few chosen
disciples, He went by night to pray.
In the darkness of the night those
who accompanied Him beheld vision.
Before them was the Son of Man,
TRANSPORTED, with shining face and
garments all aglow. Then there came
voice from God, This is my beloved
Son, hear Him."
How often in the days to come must
they have recalled that vision with
joy. How often in the night of their
perplexity. when they questioned what
to do. must they have heard the voice,
"This is my Son, hear Him." Their
brethren saw not the vision. heard not
the voice. In the valley below they
| slept. They had not Seen asked to 60
with their Master, and they did right
| to rest their wearied frames for the
work of the morrow. But those who
went with Him saw the vision and
heard the voice which declared to
them that whatever other teachers
were, or had taught, the perfect now
was come, and the imperfect was done
away. The glory Of the morning star
is swallowed up in the light of the
sun, which it foretells. So, day by
| day, these men saw in Him the trans
figuration of humanity, the glory of
life lived with the Father; they heard
the voice of that Father saying, This
is my Son, hear Him." and knew in
Christ the perfection Of sonship as
God intended it to be.
Is this vision of past history? A
page torn from the biography Of
Jesus Of Nazareth? Is this day when
there is no vision, and no prophet; Is
this the mount of God far away, and
must one journey to the Holy Land
to see it? Nay; since He trod the
earth, all lands are holy, and we may
go into the mount, may gain a vision
and hear voice. For the glory of
Christ Is not dimmed, nor the voice
Of God stilled. AS one looks back
through the vista of centuries and
asks for the force which has uplifted
man, there dawns upon him for an
swer the vision Of the TRANSPORTED
! Christ. AS one seeks for the highest
inspiration Of brush and chisel, again,
clearer or DINNER, as he may see. there
stands before him the vision of the
TRANSPORTED man. AS he gaZes at
glorious cathedrals, wondering ut the
greatness of the work and the beauty
of the art. again the Son of Man ap-
pears as the Alpha and Omega. the
beginning of the inspiration, the end
of all the faith.
All, yes, and one need not go to
masterpieces of art to discern the
TRANSPORTED man. Closer and nearer
Is He to us in Lire than in canvas or in
stone. Wherever man kneels down In
prayer, wherever in thought he lifts
up his heart to God, wherever In time
of meditation he goes apart to be with
the Father, there comes vision of
TRANSPORTED man, glowing with the
glory of God. The young man looking
out into he world, the old man wait.
ing his summons home, each may have
his vision and must have it, IL he
would do his work Alright. How sad
! our life as Christians would be IL all
we did was daily round Of duty on the
treadmill of existence. How long the
days would be; how jJyless the task,
! with our song at best stole chant.
How glad when weary work was done,
and weary eyes were closed, and weary
hands were folded on the breast. But
that Is not the Christian life. It Is life
and more abundant with It's outlook
and its hope. in study of the Scrip
lures, m musings when the heart is too
full for speech. in hours OF worship
| when hearts and voices are appraised
to God, there may come to us a vision
of strength, Of truth, of the better
man to be, the answer to all our pant
Ing and throbbing desires to come into
the fullneSs of life. 1t may be dim,
because our eyes are dull. But as our
eyes grow brighter, the indistinctness
fades away into the glory of the
TRANSPORTED man Christ Jesus. The
vision of man Is given to us in Him.
We long, too. for knowledge of God;
as we creep up 1.-The great altar stairs
which slope through darkness I'D to
God" far, far above US va see the
, light of the eternal glory. And as we
draw nearer, the light resolves itself
into the face of the TRANSPORTED One.
we have the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face Of Jesus Christ" in
whom God graciously yelled His
brightness that our weak eyes might
, see.
Our fullest vision of God and orr
clearest vision of man are had in Him.
We may see Him in life Of noble man
| and pure woman as we walk through
| the streets. We may suddenly be
frightened in the darkness of n home
| OF SIN by a glimpse of Christ shining
| through the life Of one who lives with
Him. Let us ever seek for that vision
of Christ in the life of our fellows, and
II we seek, we shall find. But let us
remember that it is well to take time
with Him in worship, in family prayer.
where two or three are gathered to.
gether, in our own communing with
the Father, as we 60 apart in the
mount of prayer, which is the mount
of vision. the mount Of glory.
Another vision, not now on maintain