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

SSIA6aptlSt divine OF 6lcnmOnd, va, aC-
accompanied by his wife, reached New
&bcrry on Saturday where they will
#rcman until Tuesday and then go
~ to Charleston to deliver his lecture
q on "Air, Sunshine and Outdoor Liv-
ing.'
- On Sunday night DR.. Hawthorne
preached a very strong sermon from
2 Cor. 4:1S, taking for his subject,
"Seeing the unsccn.'
! We sec things that arc not seen, he
said. The thinking man accepts it as
Aan eternal truth. Even the visible
and pcrishablc things preach this
ruth. The material eye can sec only
3he two sides of the silver coin, but
5hc minds eye sees vastly more. 1t
secs purchasing power, eXchangcablc
Aaluc, "ratified desires. DR.. Haw-
horne further illustrated this truth
|vby miniature Of his mother that
!. hangs in his study. With the physi-
Meal eye he could see only the form,
%but his mind s eve could see the life
b Of ministry and love.
The American flag in Il sense was
q only piece of bunting on which
& could be seen only so many stripes
y and stars but in that he saw his coun-
I try with its commerce. agriculture,
institutions Of learning. literature.
works Of art. military and naval pow
or. her cnmmandin" position among
the nations Of the world.
This. said the speaker. is infinitely
true in the religious life. We look
beyond the material 10 the immatcrial.
We see beyond the visible world to
the hidden power which made and
moves il. Behind the prrishing we
see the abiding. We sec 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 arc eternal, is written on every
thing. What we sec 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
The things which arc unseen an cter-
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
sieal being but there is ssomething with
in that does not change. The unseen
elements Of our being remain with us.
The fashions of the world cN,nge, 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 ctcrnal.'
There are varying manifestations,
but the same life abidcs and throbs
forever. There is something out of
sight to which we are always stretch
ing our unsatiSficd and aching hands
The body pants for the dcliverance
II " hiSll lltS llIt SONl cries Dul
q for the future which is still unrcach-
Hd God has written eternity on
81 everything. These hnngerings are not
&3to mock us. but there is a reality an
.NsSaswering the souls aspirations.
Then is it difficult to decide which
$ should receive first consideration,
best energies and time and atfcc-
|8tions9 The seen is occupying the
ss$Sthoughts. enlsting the energies. alb
@s ssorbing the affections of so many. lit
S@tlc attention given to The soul, lis
|% preparation for service in God s king
4 dom here and eternal felicity and
4 glory hereafter. The way men pursue
Atheir secular vocation indicates the
,aluc they place upon the temporal
md seen. Their pleasures are tenn
kral. Happiness is spiritual, belongs
the unseen. formed in communion
h the invisible, coming from IL
cSIc Of living and moving in har
pmntsN with Gods will.
Dr{ Hawthorne depressed his hear
crS that he was speaking from the
heart and that he was standing on the
heights from which he could get
glimpscs Of the unseen, that to him