Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-29
The Essential Thinu.

No matter how far they have wan oered away, he is ready to give them all things good for them to have This Is the essential thing to know about God now. Man may find out all the other things in eternity. But he may see God now-not on a throne but by his character. He is revealed in the starry heavens, in all nature, in all history, on the cross dying for men He can never be seen until Jesus Christ Is seen in his proper place as the manifestation of God, and through Christ is seen who and what God is Here is the evidence of his power, af- lection and love. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father" and will see him forever and ever.
 At Central Baptist Church.
 At the Central Baptist church on Sunday evening, the presence of Rev. William T. Thayer, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, and now at WalIingford, attracted a good sized midsummer congregation. Rev. MT. Thayer delivered q thought ful sermon and at the close he was warmly greeted by many of his former Norwich friends The cuartette of the church sang in excellent voice.
 If Thou Art the Man, Tell Us Plain ly." Taking this text from John 1924, MT. Thayer dwelt on one of the truths of religion that the modern world tends to lose sight of. Jesus is walk ing here in solemn thought 1t is winter and the time of the feast of dedication But the stiffness of the scene, gives way to turmoil for an ex- cited mob is encircling the Christ and threatening him. Then there comes the question which is demand, shhrPened upon the anvil of continued doubt and peFplexity. Christ had inti- mated that he was the messiah, the hope of centuries, and surely he ought to tell them plainly if he were the man. Was 1t an unfair question ? when faith wavers under heavy load and the future does not seem so bright with promises ~--'- '+ might be
 ranted that there come a reply. Into Doubt anu UnpeIief. Def1niteness of statement. plain speaking Is necessary. Today too much that we do say is like the old l God Janus, looking two ways. There may not be a great difference between generalities and brazen falsehoods. We have turned the world into a labora- tory, life into a rissecting room. On all sides we are looking for proof and
 
 | of beauty. And Christ has not es- l capped our scrutiny. And our en- deavor to express our faith in syllog | isms, has resulted in a materialism we have wandered off into doubt and unbelief. And we cannot put into 8 | single statement all we believe or ought to believe about Christ.
 Come and See Him.
 We cannot carry eternal truth in a nutshell and we cannot define the eter- nal Christ in a single plain statement | The fact is, we can never be intelli- l gentually certain as long as we arc morally undecided. The will and nOt the mind forges the way Christianity is not religion of the intellect, bu ! of the heart. Christ did not come tC tell us anything, he came not .as z messenger He is not the Giver O. Life, He is Life. And so Christ nevel defines Himself; He reveals Himself
 That question was an unfair de
 mand. For when we attempt to de fine the spiritual Christ in definit, psysical terms, we have attempted tn,
 impossible. Christ can never be des
 cribed. All that man can say is Conn and See.