The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-17

U08Iu VI OV0 VV"Ss~ - - "~~ss
to realize HIS true nature We must pic
ture to ourselves His moral nature. the
greatness Of God. the eternal 0ivef.
The Bible tells tho story OF that gin
/ The Gift. nrst. of the earth. its n'w.
ers, its food, its life. This is the story
Of the Old Testament.
The giving of His Son. His eternal
Son, Is the story of the New Testament.
Then comes the gift of the Holy spirit.
the gift of the Bible, the gift of more
abundant life, until we come to see
that God is the one person who has
given everything and kept nothing
back, and so we are compelled to
choose between the God of the New
Testament or no god at all
Z But even so we have not reached
Gods fun greatness. If you want to
realize the third great characteristic
Of the power Of God. think OF the
Pentecost, think of tie outpOurinS OF
the Holy Spirit on the timid hshermen
who by that power became bold enough
to meet Emperors and death and liter
ally ShtiSI ~ W 49,
that do shall he do also. and greater
works than these shall ne do because
go to My Father
And il is only when you will stop
and let the following footsteps OF God
overtake you and let the love OF GOO
find you-the love of God that knows
you, one by one, as if there was not
another living soul to find-that you
can understand the depth and richness
and glory of the different life that
would be yours
Now this difference is mac" up or
several things. First. II GODS love
overlook you there would be no little |
ness in life; the trivial round OF duty.
the dull routine Of work. the recur- !
ring petty pleasures and vexations
would all be great, for. as Browning
said about tho Angel Gabriel:
He did Gods will: to him all ono
II on the earth or In the SUM-"
1t mattered nothing to tho archangel
whether he was q cobbler lad IN Rome
or stood on tho flaming ramparts OF
heaven. 1t was Gods work he was
doing. and that was enough. Anu
this same Spirit can be yours Your !
life can become a romance from morn
ing to night: to walk with such
God makes every day q romance. and
all petty things-the insncerities. the
jealousies, the untruths-win VANISH
and your life will be changed with the
greatness Of God.
real You will understand that just
as an outf1elder who catches falling
ball modif1es without breaking the law
Of Rravitation, and SO changes the out
come Of the game. so God Himself can
surely modify without breaking one
Of His own laws.
And then this belief can give us the !
certainty OF miracles to-day For Is
It not a miracle when a hardened, SELL |
ish, narrow life is renewed and made
young and generous and broad2 III
you believe in the greatness Of GOD,
II you believe in the spiritual power
and moral greatness and tremendous
strength of God, no matter what you
are, you can be changed into a saint
of God This is a miracle We are
told to expect by Christ when He said:
HE that believeth on Me. the works
that do shall he do also"
And this is the greatness that We
ought to test each day. We ought to
live with Gods Spirit to be driven by
the Spirit, to be guided By tho Spirit.
and to ask Of the Holy Spirit to give
each Of US what we ought to say.
That is the life we were meant to live.
and that Is tho life which transforms
the soul. Be brave. DO faithful. pray
for yourself and for others. and the
greatness of God will come to you.
And your life will be sweet and strong.
and the fear Of death will vanish. and
in the place Of q dark and terrible
messenger you will see only the out
stretched hand and q happy welcome
in the other world for the newborn
soul, because Il 90 to my Father"