The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-13
BIBLE STUDENTS
. ON SILENT MARCH
Continued From First Pege.)

edgment OF the introduction. After
! paying we'll deserved compliment to
the representative body OF Christian men
who were sathered before him, he an
nounced tho subject of his address,
Christ. the Great Leader OF Men"
I lie spoke from manuscript, but seldom
referred to the paper, delivering his
i address In the easy. convincing style
Tor which he is known among his
/; students He received the closest at.
/ tention from his audience. upon whom
his eloquent utterance made q deep
, impression.
IN fourfold impression." he said,
reaches out and grips the heart Of
/ anv man who has the privilege Of
speaking to such an impressive COM
pany as this. First, tho immanencs
and need of religion In the life of over
healthy SOU. second, the vitality oil
the Bible as the supreme law of hu-
man conduct; third. the directive
/ power OF the layman and the business
/ man In the mighty expansion and re-
| adaptation of religion to the actual
| needs of men In the modern world, and
! fourth, the moral leadership of Christ
In the new demand for political honor
ins the new ethics of business lifo.
Back of all efforts to ameiforate So
| ciety glowS the deathless relflslous
impulse. Vttalizing this mighty inn
pulse IL the new feeling by every day
men that the old Bible OF their fathers
and mothers has commanding mess
age to business, to industrial and So
/ cial life.
Good Arc Not Weak.
There is d vulgar impression abroad
In this world that a good man is some
how n weak man. II is wild and
foolish thought. To be good reauires
the soldiers armor and the athletes
nerve, while to be bad requires nothing
but the vainest, silliest, empty na,urer
How to make men better, Dr. Alder
man told his hearers, is the ono SUI
preme question In the world, and the
answer to II Is locked up in the idea
or education--not the education which
| consists -merely in Sharpening human
powers but, In MIR. huxley's phrase
the education that has power to make
! man do the thing he ought to do
when II ought to be done, regardless
OF whether he feels like doing it or
not"
with this Ideal of education brought
! TO the front, the speaker proceeded to
systematic analysis of the elements
I. In the Christ life which make Him the
true leader and educator of men, and
ms precepts tho answer to every
modern demand.
| 1T Is my purpose to consider this
world ideal from the human side as u
Man-God. 1t cannot be irreverent to
study reverently this goldman and
Manhood from every aspect Much
confusion has been caused because
mon have approached Christ solely
from the standpoint of HIS Godhead.
where lie seems so unapproachable
We need to reach out after Him
through the Man in Him"
Tracing Snviour's Life.
| The speaker now traced the ex-
tremely human experience of the
Saviour-thc birth In an obscure little
Galiiean village, the thirty years oi
s.ient Preparation for His lie work
! the three years OF travelling and talk
! ing to simple people. the inevitable
/ conflict with authority, and the final
suffering and death.
| This world sacrifice" continued DR.
alderman. produced no rilSle at
execution of maiefactor in. Canada
would disturb the equan.mity of tho
! court OF King George. And yet three
centuries later the ruler of that great
empire formally declared this crucitied
Jew to be the Son OF God and the
religious head of the Roman world"
| Examining into the causes for this
greatest miracle Of all time, the speak
er pressed the point that il is In the
short lifc OF this cruciiied provincial
more than in His pregnant words, that
the answer Is To DE sought. for lie
b
TEN OF theology.
| DO liz the word oftenest on his lips
not belief and worship alone. but Do
Men have believed everything from
Baal to the Gospel. according to Jean
jacques Rousseau. and worshtped
| everything from serpent TO a paint.
/! ed woman. The religion of Christ
therefore. was religion of life, not
! like Buddha. of mysticism.
] 1 am the way. the truth and the
life, He said. Long before Paul erect
| ed the life of Christ into a theology.
into an institution, Professionalism into
a creed. 1t was a way of life"
/ Practical Application.
| proceeding to practical application
| of the thought thus formulated DIR.
| Alderman asked; "What ERE the Ideals
| of a normal, healthy man? FIRST, per.
4, haps, is his desire to be n man and
! gentleman. If your ideal Is 20 be
gentleman, no man ever behaveS him.
self so exQuisitely towards othrrs as
| this Man.
'1f your ideal is strength and manIi-
/! ness und courage, behold in Christ
| real man. His body physically strong
i and healthy, with nerves of steel, with
! front and eye to command and con-
| pei. reject utterly the idealizcd SEN
timental face OF Christ. The mediaa-
| walls .ronged His face. They loved to
| think of Him as weak and unsightly
| and even crippled because, forsooth
| they denounced the body.
| IF your ideal is democracy. here is
the first true democrat. Christ gave
| democracy q soul and made ii q gospel
: SO vital that 1t must overspread the
world. The best platform for all so.
cial questions all problems OF labor
and capital, Ia the Decaiogue. Love
| thy neighbor as myself, and do unto
! others as you would that others should
! do unto you BY observing this. the
J old economic man Is giving way to tho
! SOCIAL and ethical man. to the -ordi-
/ nate man, to the one who understands
! that he Is social as we'll as an eco
/ nomic and political factor.
| "If your ideal is to exercise power
| In thIR world here ia the sunreme Man