The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
TIrT RICHMOND VA SUNDAY


man must bio something In order that
he may love Christ, and 80 MS loSshs
4 Christ must mcun that he is soHle-
thing.
4 This rests upon universal principle,
which is that none can truly loVe
being tnless lie truly shares tnat
beings nature, unless he mas so1t'e-
thing or that beings nature III MINI
self, and SO that our loves are Jug
tests and proofs of what nature there
i Is In us, and SO that all our advances
are measured by the higher and nisher
loves of which we arc always pecoi'i-
Ing capable. 1t is really the principle
of life. When God sent His
Son into tho world this law found It's
complete exhibition. Whoever loved
Him should be loved of God; ana l
think we see that 1t must have been
because those who loved Him were
proved hereby to BIO worthy OF, or.
I'VE may more ntly say, to be capable
of, receiving the love OF God
Think OF Christs followers Ohm
! the Baptist, Peter, John, Andrew
Mary Magdalene--nay Mary, His
mother, the first human being who
!, ever loved Christ, tho gentle leader OF
the hosts of souls who have loved
i Him since-they all had this power OF
taking His greatness and making II
theirs by their alteration of Him. And
SO the Father who was we'll pleased
Din Him. could be well pleased in them
And as lie sat with some OF them
around tho table Ho could look INTO
their faces and say. "Tho rather
loveth you because go have loved
There is yet another thing about
this love OF God for the soul that
| loves Christ. 1t Is indicated in tho
last clause of these words of jesus
"rhc Father loveth you because Se
have loved Me, and have believed that
la came forth from God" God Is the
sole blessing Of the universe, because
He fills 1t all, and there Is no room in
1t for any other benefactor. Wher-
ever there Is any real, pure JOY
in any smallest misunderstanding VEIN
of mans existence. there Is COD.
i Wherever in all the world there is any
| thing really worthy of His creatures
alteration and emulation. 1t is He. He
Is tho hcro's hcroism and tho martyr $
strength and the saints piety; and he
Is always uncontent II any one of Ais
children. loving any goodness any
where. docs not trace it back to Him,
and love Him in loving 1t.
Here is the lesson for us, my friends.
The moro we can fastcn tho life of
Jesus to. and identify 1T with. the life
| of God-the more VIC can sec III Him
the direct utterances of the Divine,
Eternal Being-thc moro we believe
that He came forth from God, and the
more thoroughly VIC accept HIS own
words. He that hath seen Me hath
seen tho Father"-so much the moro
our love to Him win win for us, VIII
omen our souls to, and mako us able
to receive, the love of God. This is
the value of our belief in the divinity
Of Jesus; it makes Him such that love
for Him can fit us for the love OF COO,
which is the life of man.
The love OF Jesus is not only an act
of the soul, 1t is quality in the soul.
Only when to a soul, in silence or In
tumult. forth from all tho mass and
multitude Of being, He, Jesus Christ,
stands supreme, alone, and the soul,
giving itself to His service finds in
Him the complete utterance of divine
4 goodness and divine help, and grows
like Him by its admiration and adora-
4 tion-then, then only. does soul love
Jesus Christ as He wants to be loyeu;
and then the promise Of Jesus is GER
tainly fulfilled to 1t, and the Father
loves it because 1t loves the Son, and
believes that Ho came forth from God.
For the Love Of God is broader
Than the measures OF mans mind
And the heart Of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
II our love were but moro simple.
We should take Him at His word,
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness Of our Lord
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North Carolina seems to have grown
lbut who can deny that Iungers" are
mot responsible for the growth? Pine
hurst is really small edition o. Bos
, ton transplanted
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President Taft Is admonished tha
too many advisers may spoil the Su
preme Court appointments.
Pork is going up. and it may not o
long before sausage. is but memory
Firty-nine moro varieties are to o.
added to Congress.
! Colonel Abe SlupslSy. Of st LOUIS
drank forty bottles of beer FRIDAY