The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-26
Y EEkLY SERMON
vIReINIANs WEEKLY SERMON
The Memory of the Holy Mount

soul shall be through blood and tears +"
That was a great moment. a radiant
hour. a tr6nscendent experience In your
life--you stood on the holy mount
Thee was also the holy mount or
fellowship awoke 10 understand
your kinship 10 the great OF old, the
spirits that WELD the. sceptre from their
Urns, You awoke 10 understand some
ding of the inner life OF Moses and
OF the heroic resolve Of Elijah, and
held converse with them as your true
guides.
oh. thank God for childhood, for
friendship. for our religious hours. for
the hours OF great resolve, and for
the hours of sanity fellowship. These
mountains, one after another. These
have lifted us above the lowlands. We
have hreathcd the fresh. fragrant air,
have beheld the open gates OF the city
Of God, and life has become golden.
! Let Us make three tabernacles and
stop But the mountains are not TO
dwell on; the valleys arc for that The
mountains are the lungs of the world:
but we must get down to the habi-
tations OF men to perform the daily
tasks Of life. Yes, we must leave the
mountains
z. But What is the Significance of
These Memories7
What Is the Significance Of moments
like these? "a They greatly confirm
our faith. These memories confirm
and steady US, and keep our hearts
from turning sore, as we come upon
the dsappointmsnts OF life. Some
/ times. as we see the struggle for
wealth and success, we begin to think
that such IS the only goal for man,
and then We say 10 ourselves; NO 1t
Is not all: there was one moment when
| saw the city, when I conceived the
great purpose, when ] made up my
mind to live for the celestial ideal
! which attracted me-there Ia some-
thing worthy Of existence"
/ Again. We are thrown amongst those
| who say there Is no Cod, who as
| sert that Christianity is q myth, that
religion IL cunningly devised fable.
Amid the fierce controversy. and the
changing, disputing voices, again our
hearts almost fail, till VIC arrest our
/ selves, and exclaim. NO. we did once
stand upon the holy mount and heard
the voice; we have not followed IA
eunningly devised fable. We would
pledge everything We have got for the
truth of our holy faith"
! ca But they do more-they rehuke
us. When we have yielded to some
| insidious temptation and lie in the dus,
Of self loathing. these bright hours
come and look down on as Their mem :
DRY Chides us, and seems to say
| What art thou here, Lueifer. Son al
tho Morning. Hast thou fallen TO this
hre thy robes go foul that were once
/ 20 lustrous2 Art thou so sunken whc
didst stand SO erect Is this grave
hefltting thee, who didst stand tn tbs
resurrection life? Alas for thee. how
are thou fallen!" And the memory
of what we were ON the mount casts
into sadder and darker relief what w
have become. tin we hear the voice
that cries: Repent, and do the frs
works. Return. . backsiiding children
return, for | am married unto YOU"
| go These hours are full of proph-
Iecy.--~Did that TRANSPORTATION of Chris
mean that He only for "a moment shone
and thar all His after years should b,
ciouded? Nay. when lie shone yon-
der like the sun. II was His glorious
inner self that was being manifested
| Few dare to suppose tuat what W.
are IN our best moments Is our rea
self. Sadly enough we are tempted q
think that our real self is that which
In SO largely content with the low level
OF life. Yet II Is not really SO. Tit
transit cured moment is the momen
! when our true inner self ia revealed
and 1t IN because God knows that /
Is 90, that He does not cast us utterl,
| away from Ills presence. or take HI