The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
BIBLE REVEALS GOD
Rev. DR.. Shannon, in Sermon,
Answers Questions.
GIVES NEW vISIOE TO SOUL
Pastor of metropolitan Memorial VI.
T.. Church Declares that Chris
linn Eupcrience HIumines the
Scriptures n the Sunrise Does the
LandscRpe-BOok Of Morals.

Man is spirit. not body. He IS hlled
with magnificent possibilities He is akin
20 God. He carries eternity with himself
as the acorn carries the oak within IL
self. as the beam Of light carries the
rainbow within itself" such were the
words with which Rev DIR. John Reid
shannon spoke OF the Bible revelation Of
man last night at the Metropolitan NJ. r
Church in preaching the sixth sermon Of
his Bible series
The subject o. the sixth sermon was,
Bible revelations OF God. man. and the
one secret that makes the Bible an in
finite book"
THE Bible said the preacher. re
veals God not only as loving. but as love;
love IS the essence C His being As the
magnet seeks the needle 20 draw 1t 20 it.
self. so does God seek men. The emmet
creeping over the sand heaps by the sea
shore knows more about the number Of
the grains of sand that bind all the
oceans Of the globe than do we know
about the number Of worlds I'm creation;
and yeI the Bible reveals the God Of this
infinite universe as our ALLOWING Father.
read OF the mystery of the man in the
iron mask When the mystery Is finally
solved. the man turns out 60 he the broth
err Of Louis XIV Of France. The king. fear
ing that his throne might be disturbed by
his brother. the features Of whose face
were like his own. had the face Of his
brother ucased in mask Of iron Then
he had him shut up in the Basule for
life Like the one IN the iron mask. IS
man. as We see him. in that his divine
lineaments are hidden now. But the
Bible comes and takes on this mask and
shows as man as he really is-a son OF
God. bearing upon his soul the features
OF Gods soul. GOdukeness is mans
birthright He IS 90 slough OF his physi-
cal form I'm which he takes root and
sprouts. and. leaving this behind he is
20 take on a higher spiritual form and
live above the reach Of time and chance.
Answered Questions.
In answering some questions asked IN
letters received on his Bible series. Dr.
Shannon declared the Bible Is a book Of
magnificent morals: that it's standards
are never oiled down into smoothness to
suit human seldshness. a man may be
a being" said the preacher, with Shout
ders empurpled with robes OF authority.
but II he be a bad man the Bible. as
with judgment AK OF lightning. takes
of his head as though he were the veri-
est peasant. And yet. while the Bible
standards Of living are never lowered, the
spirit Of the Bible Is one OF infinite ten
derness toward humanity. The Bible
melts with pity: II is like a great heart
thrObbinE with sympathy. 1t says to the
lost wanderer. Come home; the door OF
the old home is still open for you. and
upon its portals is Neutrality-suspicious.
The Bible throws the shadow OF It's re-
deeming cross along the very edge OF the
burning mark OF perdition.
"A Christian experience illumines the
Bible as the sunrise the landscape Opt
cal instruments, Ike the microscope and
telescope. give new vision TO our natural
eyes They open up the wonders of
I Gods handiwork; even so does spiritual
experience give new vision to the soul
opening up the marvels OF the Bible As
often as we look through the kaleido-
scope we discover fresh arrangement of
colors and new design. The Bible is
an infinite kaleidoscope, in which We are
always discovering some new heavenly
beauty. The Bible compasses earth and
heaven. time and eternity. The inflnity
Of the book proves that it is inspired by
an infinite mind"