The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-27
THE UNSEEN WORLD.
DIR. Hawthorne breaches a Strong
Sermon at First Baptist
Church.

DR.. J. B. Hawthorne, the famous
Baptist divine Of Richmond, Va, ac-
companied by his wife, reached New
berry on Saturday where they will
remain until Tuesday and then go
to Charleston to deliver his lecture
on "Air, Sunshine and Outdoor Llv-
ing"
:. On Sunday night DR.. Hawthorne
preached a very strong sermon from
2 Cor. lis, taking for his subject,
"Seeing the unseen.
! We see things that are not seen, ne
ksaid. The thinking man accepts 1t as
ian eternal truth. Even the visible
and perishable things preach this
truth. The material eye can see only
he two sides of the silver coin, but
he minds eve sees vastly more. 1t
ices purchasing power, eSchangeable
alue, gratified desires. DR.. Haw-
horne further illustrated this truth
~ miniature Of his mother that
hangs in his study. With the phys1-
cal eve he could see only the form,
but his minds eye could see the LIE
Of ministry and love.
The American flag in sense was
only a piece Of bunting on which
could be seen only so many stripes
and stars, but in that he saw his eoun-
try with its commerce, agriculture
institutions of learning. literature:
works of art, military and naval pow
er. her commanding position among
the nations Of the world.
This, said the speaker. is infinitely
true in the religious life. We look
bevond the material to the lmmaterlal'
We see beyond the visible world to
the hidden power which made and
moves it. Behind the perishlng we
see the abiding. We see beyond the
grave that over which the
there is something more than we see.
Faiths world is infinitely larger than
the world Of vision.
The truth that the things which are
seen are temporal and the things not
seen are eternal, is written on every
thing. What we see > is short lived,
what we do not see is immortal. AS
we look upon all the reminders OF
decay and death if, we are spiritual
we shall hear another voice saying,
The things which are unseen an eter-
nal, the things that preach death
preach Immortality, the things that
tell Us we must die, tell US that we
shall live again, mortality shall be
swallowed up of life. Radical changes
are all the while going on in our ply
sioal beingbut thereissomethlng with
in that does not change. The unseen
elements of our being remain with US.
The fashions of the world cl\ange, the
customs, the habits Of the people, but
the human heart. mind and soul re-
main forever the same. Amid the
changes there is in men every where
an everlasting element, ''The things
which are unseen are eternal. -
There are varying manifestations,
lint the same life abides and throbs
forever. There is something out Of
sight to which We are always stretch
ING our unsatisfied and aching hands.
The body pants for the deliverance
which lies beyond, the soul cries out
1 for the future which is still unreach-
td. God has written eternity on
Everything. These hungerings are not
to mock Us, but there is reality an
swering the souls aspirations.
Then is it difficult to decide which
should receive first consideration,
our best energies and time and affec-
tions? The seen is occupying the
thoughts, enlisting the energies, alb
sorbing the affections of so many. Lit
tie attention given to the soul, its
preparation for service in Gods king
dom here and eternal felicity and
glory hereafter. The way men pursue
Atheir secular vocation indicates the
,alue they place upon the temporal
md seen. Their pleasures are tenn
pral. Happiness is spiritual, belongs
the unseen, formed in communion
III the invisible, coming from a
|en*e of living and moving IN har-
Pmony with Gods will.
DR.. Hawthorne depressed his hear
ers that he was speaking from the
heart and that he was standing on the