Putnam patriot., 1908-05-01
Calmace Sermon
By Rev. frank Dc Witt Tairnaee. [. D.

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 rse U.ra i fgitad bpssna setting ort o ay EeraHean journey re ..,-.j t4 4ar lang cherished desire ta -,.it tb- famous canyon of Asiaona ,a., ul#ssaf szuly il and desefiae ii to -, eastern friends "II cannot be dope saId ny friend No living mau ,,rld .kSefile the grandeur and maj .s,v of that wonderful scene. Just be +,re wenf there l was told that q nan afpraaehpd the brink of that aw I,l cha~n. and as he looked across it and down into it's depths and up into tho skS he dropped upon his knees and o-;ad .0 tiad how infinitely great .rt tb5H. I never realized Gntil my svas beheid f thtS wonderful manifes- tstjop af thy haniiwurkr All that you can do wien yaH visit the Grand can vop is fe ee everw helned with the i'm mepsity af itS conception II is greater. far greater. than your widest itnagina- i'm could ever conceive.
 Well. sail to myself if that is true there is one fact l will learn from the Grand canyon. That will De its su- p4ratlveness is basis for compar- son There are things that are above and beyond utterance. Paul heard tb.ngs whrn he was caught ID to heav- on that L.. said were unSpeakahle and en sna her occasion, trying to describe tbe things God had prepared for them tbst oxe him. he said that ere had nj seen nor ear heard neither had it entered iate The heart Of nan and John -a Pataas seii down as one ae8l NseH rad of these strange Incidents l sbaa always think of the overNheim- tr- tH5E =sSS5aa which one gets feem his first yiev et the Grand Canyon of Ari- zoua It is species of measuring rnle fr whfa h i estimate other impressions l. is thls ktnd of cuminating compari- son thai IIHI nses in my text
 The Celestial Music.
 In the first place. Paul leads us into ths celestial ehoir lofts of heaven. He gathers hefore us the sweet voiced singers who once sang the song Of the Nativity above Bethlehem of Judea He leads those white winged messen- gers of the sky te sing until their unit cd choruse, roll about us ill great tidal waves of harmony Some of us have heard ne most famous songstresses on earth lift up theiT-T9iceS in praise. But never will our ears bear melodies like those celestial songs until at last as redeemed spirits we ourselves are sing ing the song of Moses and the Lamb before the great white throne Of heav- en Then after Paul has fn imagina ton led us up through the boulevaris of gold down past the great white man sions of the skies. and has oyerw helmed US with the beauty and pathas ani grandeur of the inspiring oratorios of the celestial city he says to us That singing is the most bea utifu singing of at tue ages From human lips and throat could never come music so en- chanting But, though we could sing ike that, our seag would be empty and meaningless and diScordaut If il hld not in il that oHe thrilling note of love Though l speak with the tongue of an gels and have not love. ain become as sounding brass or d tinkling cym- bal II is love that gives celestial mu- slc it's sweetness
 Then Paul has us sit at the feet of Hebrew teachers like Gamaliel and HIlel He introduces to us the proph- cts of old He brings before us the wise men or the magi of the east He solves for us all the knetty social prob ems of the day and leads us down amid the temples of old Egypt and amid the wonders of Nineveh and Babylon and Rome and Athens. Then be shows Us the giants of faith as Ii tanS changing the typographical con structicn of tha- earth. Then after he fas piled learning upon wisdom and inieilectuality upon intellectually and snnerlative upon superiative and made man omniseient as well as omnipotent he utters these words: And if 1 have the gift If prophecy and know all mys- teries and all knowledge and if have sil faith so as To move mountains. hut have not love. 1 am nothing" An. yes. love is greater thTn all the knowledge contained within the walls of an Alex endrian library Love is greater than The wisdom Of King Solomon Love Is greater than the prophetic eye which can look through the black curtain which separates the present and the events that will happen millions Of years hence Love is greater than the strength of the everlasting hills Love IS greater than the highest triumphs of art For If we have not love. no mat ter how great our intellectuality may be' We are as nothing. Aye. we are worse than nothing. Is not Paurs sec end compa rison again approaching the eliminating superIative;
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 rhen, as a guide leads us higher and high@r over a mountain range and we eilme from peak to peak until at last We stand upon the topmost pinnacle overlooking all mountains. rising out of material isto moral elevation. Paul says: Love is more than this Though you labor fer others and seem to spend III your nfe h me service Of your Tel low men. thouga you hecome paupei Tor their sake and % to the martyrs stake, If you do hot. .eve your fellow men, in Gods sight all your deeds of Eef sacrtfsca mill azo far naughf les.