The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-27
CHRISTMAS TALK TO MEN
REV. HENRY TRAWICK MAKES A
 STRONG ADDRESS.
New Methodist Pastor Speaker at Meet ing Under Y. M. c. A. Auspices at the Empire Theatre.
 Sunday Afternoon.

In his Christmas talk at the mems meeting Sunday afternoon at the New Empire Theatre on "The Supremacy of Christ" Rev. Henry Trawick. the new pastor of the Court Street Metho- dist Church, told how Jesus Christ was all and in all and the one increasing purpose of God in the heart of man through the centuries.
 The speaker brought a Christmas message to those assembled and ap- pealed to the young men to take Christ's vision of the world and look at things through His eyes. The meet ing was held under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian Association, and fair sized crowd was present. Sec retary l.. D. Dix, of the local associa- ton, presided and introduced the speak CT. x
 Rev. Trawick told how the Colos- sians believed in the inherent evil of man and how the earth was full of evil. Necessarily, he said, this people were at war with the spirit and did not believe that God created the eartn and man. Against this heresy. he wrote how Paul wrote his letter hold ing up Jesus Christ as the one redeem CT of the world and the mediator be- tween God and man.
 First he showed how Christ stood alone in his majesty except for the other two members of the trinity. Ses- ond, he said, as a teacher he stood alone without a peer. He said that 10 man ever spoke like him or no man could ever speak like him. not even Socrates or Plato. He alluded to the sermon on the Mount when the multi Jude, which heard Christ was aston lshed beyond measure.
 Then as a leader the speaker de- clared Christ stood alone. He said that Christ rides through the world not on a road scattered with dead, but on a road made to bloom like the rose. He said that an empire built up by sworu dies by a sword, but that Jesus ChIest had built an empire of love and that He has arisen to throne of love where He wields a scepter of love over that empire.
 Continuing, Rev. Trawick said: Jesus Christ was a simple teacher He took great world thoughts and put them In the simplest language so the you and can understand. Jesus Christ was the meekest of men. yet He had great world ideas. He was the most modest of men, yet He had one great purpose, the uplift of the entire hu- man race. He stands in the middle oI clNllizallOn ana hOlu5 lho past anu Iuo future in Is wQus.ded hands.
 Christ was Jew. but He was in- hniteIy more. Who now thinks of Him as a Jew? He belongs to the twentieth century instead of the first He be- longs to no people but to all people. He belongs to no land, but to all eoun- tries. He's the worlds greatest CO.'S mopolitan character and the one ih- creasing purpose of God in the heart of man through the centuries. The whole trend Of the universe is toward Him and that increasing purpose which He has set in notion"
 Concluding, Rev. Trawiek appealed to those present to relate their lives to Christ. He said, 80 on this Christ mas time bring this message to you. young men, Let us think of Him and relate our lives to His. Look at things through the eyes of Jesus Christ. LOOK at your life and your work as He sees 1t. He is the one unique character. His purposes is the one great purpose of the universe. and get Ills vision of the world"