The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
THE vIRGfNTAN'S WEEKLY SERMON
EN- ROUTE

60 ye therefore" Wherefore? 'All
power is given unto Me in heaven and
In earth. Go We therefore 80 ="
IL an essential thing In warfare that
an army shall keep open its lines OF
communication, along watch its sup
plies and reserve forcas are conveyed.
Separate the fighting force from us
base, and unless the connection be
restored it's defeat IL only matter Oh
time.
Here lis the base, the vital resource
NJ Christian life and ministry---name-
III. the "all power" that dweiis ia
Christ.
.sGo We therefore" What an i'm
mense and thrilling deduction.
world wide missionary enterprise has
sprung out Of 1t.
And still outfiows Thy silent sea,
Immutable and grand.
For the present We will think OF
Just one implication OF the Master
command. The words s'e inp.y
q life en- route. life of movement.
fronting the world and the future hol
onl, with fearlessness. hut Win tn''
faith which involves vigour ana en-
terprise.
n has been said that we are young
We are old as soon as we pesih ~
loot baek. which is one of those Hal
truths that require qualification. There
"a such a thing as the ministry va
memory. An opulent experience ~ ~
much working capital hhs na
petus may be found In consuteat.o"
with the past. II is when we I'VE 10,
THAT which comes no more LINZ. w
are Intellectual a..
whose eff of eternal life means move
ment and progress. II 10 hfe more
abundantly.'
ia, ,hfnxx are more impressive
chan Ia meet a man of mature years
whose eyes front the dawn, man
who
hath Gods end TO serve,
A Master 10 obey. a course to take.
Somewhat TO cast off, somewhat 10
passing from old TO new.
.tsr.s,,, xvsi, 10. read from mistake 20
fact.
From what once seemed good. TO what
nov proves best
The wholesome effect OF q spirit hke
this ~ inc4lcuiabie. Ii quickens those
wi M, come ayfsr,a witnessing 10 tsss
truth that redeemed life Is an ever
advancing, ever eniarging thing. taat
even its darkness 10 Hot Lbs 'e~s
or a cave. but OF tunnei--ens oi Ahe
light into the light again.
We have familiar phrase, waieh
has more than touch 81 pathes IA
h hut which may also be missean-
Inr !, /. the phrase He has had
his days, n in one of those glib stock
nhrasea much more difficult 10 get rio
~ than a government. II stands Tor .
commonly accepted idea. ana. a. II -
sometimes spoken. IL IL a COLO ana
rtthsring thing He has had mas
day
ant here we have the words of One
~ whose Kingdom thege shat be no
end. and in whose Kingdom no fhah
has ever had his day.
~ give unto them eternal lie. ina
they shall never perish. Never per-
ish 20 Love, that wit not let me
go" rha
And then we look at a man WING
has ta his account small matter Oh
thr.ascore years and ten. or msyhap
fourscore wears: he has borne the bur
Sc, and beat ef the day he has Ia
bored right through; he has made pre-
vision for Others. giving them ahe,i
anportsnify, accepting an&ieues whicn
have sometimes nearly worn MN OUT
he has probably forgotten more tnan
many younger men ever knew ne nas
hiANeu u trail tHkudka - tnsset@ -
aenities along which those who follow
him walk with charming ease: he mas
loved and wept and prayed ana
wrought. and now he ia a little tired
and wa younger men--not always re-
membering that. IL We are here long
enough. we shall soon be rs ne Is now
we say of him. He has had MS
day"
We do not mean ii tpkindiy, but
is il not a crude thing TO say! Even
II there were nothing beyond fnis
present time. would il not be crude
thing to say
In view of The vast forever" IL is a
fAfase that ceases to have much
meaning beyond the fact that II now
II IL evening twill soon be morn
ing. And there shall be no night
there"
The inwardness of the things we
suffer most in in the feeling thai
something we valued has come TO an
end. Illness IL the end OF health;
grief is the end of companionship. age