Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-29
VISITING PASTORS IN TWO PULPITS
Rev Dr. Hggons of Philadelphia Breaches at Union Conge- gationa Service-Answers the Question, Shall We Ever See GOd?-Rev w. T. Thayer of Walingford at Central ; Baptist Church.

There was a large attendance at the second union service. held at Park Congregational church, Sunday morn ing. Rev. John A. Hlggons. D. D., of Philadelphia, delivered another elo- quent sermon upon the question Shall We Ever See God? His text was from John 14: g. Have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father, and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father" little girl asked her father why we don't see God Before he had time to reply, she answered her own query with the second question, Is it because we don't have the right kind of eyes? The message of Christianity is that God has come and in way that man may recognize. He came in the form of a man.
 Three Points to Consider.
 Who and what is God and how should one expect to see God? There are three points to remember: that II is necessary for one to have the abil- ity to recognize God, that God has re- vealed himself in a way that man may recognize. that he has done this by coming as a man. In order to under stand many things a person must draw on his own experience. But he does not necessarily have to depend wholly on what he has seen with his eyes for his knowledge. Man is spirit. He sees with his soul and his mind, not with his physical eyes. There are many things that nc one has ever seen visuaIly but that everyone recognizes, such as gravitation, the waves of light and sound and the ocean of ether in which we live Great things are seen by the soul, not by the eye.
 In a Form Man Can Recognize.
 Has God come in a form that we can recognize? Christ said to Philip that te had He said: l am the manifesto ton of God. It was Philip who could hot see. To recognize anything one must understand it's character.
 How Shall God Comet
 We may imagine God conferring with himself as to the best form in which to come for mans recognition. Shall he come in all his power and infnity? No. Shall God come as some | higher order of being? This is a scheme which has been tried in some religions. arlOuS gfad2uonS nave been made in which Gods revelations have been passed down from the high CT to the lower But every time an angel has appeared to men they have been discomfitted. The shepherds were afraid of the angels who sang the | birth of Christ, and a modern man or audience would be afraid of one to- l day.
 Must Come as He Did. He must come so he could speak to man. He must come as a man. Not | as a grown man, either; they would not listen to him then. He must come in just the limited, humble way 1 he did and, like the famous fresco seen in mirrors on the floor below, give us | only mirrored glimpse of his glory l Then he could unfold to them his Ideas | of sobriety, truth and love. Because some people cannot see him is no proof l that he is not there. It is only proof l of their own blindness and ignorance | God gives ability to see to all who ask him. These see Jesus in the form 1 of God that they can recognize. He l does not tell them all there is to know | about God But he tells them the es.
 sential thing, what Gods attitude l toward man is.