The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-19

Iinu b"u through christ IN IN" spirit.
What are these things with which YOU
trouble and delay u.s. The letter kll.th
but the spirit maketh ali,.
No Ciash Of Science and Rciixtou.
Let We take the Bible. ard ask why
We r-vel-ic. and value y WHY do W.
put " above all other books WHY do W.
call It the word OF God Because 1t
speaks 10 our souls Because. as col. ridge
said ~ finds us Because It's lesson and
its promises and It's consultations meet th.
very deepest needs Of our hearts Re-
cause Il 's lamp unto our feet and a
Light unto our path
lf YOU read the frst chapter Of Gen
esis according 10 the letter. laying II along
side OF the testimony OF the rocks which
also was written bv God. YOU will hnd
Yourself in deadening confusion OF mind
can YOU believe. according to the teach
ing OF some theolos!ans y century ag,.
that God created fake fossils and hid
them IN IN" strata OF the earth 20 fool
the men ~ science
Must YOU give up Your Bible because
YOU cannot believe that No. YOU should
read the story or creation according 70
the spirit, as q poetic vision Of the power
and wisdom OF God In the making OF th.
universe-as revelation that man, troueh h
his body 's formed from the dust Of the
earth. receives his living soul from God -
and then the spirit OF that story will giy.
new HE to Your conception ur nature and
human nature.
What difference does Il make whether
the book Of Job 10 an ancient chronicia
OF events or sublime drama Of the soul?
The lesson is the same: The victory or
patience and urfatering confidence IN
God Though II" slay me. yet will /
trust him
What difference does II make whether
the wonderful deeds OF Elijah and Elisha
are described literally as supernatural
miracles or described IN Oriental imagery
as marvellous events which the witnesses
could not explain In either case their
meaning is the same VIII YOU make your
faith IN the living God depend upon the
question whether Elisha caused the head
OF the axe TO hoat BY throwing "A stick
into the water
virgin Birth Matters So Little.
Let us come 70 Christ and consider
what IL is that makes men willing to COM
init their souls so Him as their Saviour
and their Lord
rs it tn. doctrine that HIS birth was
out Of the course OF nature and tha; He
had no human father" No. for there is
no mention OF that doctrine in the preach
Ing OF the Apostles which won 20 many
thousands to the faith of Jesus.
is II the power to work miracles No.
for the penitent thief had seen no miracles
and the Philippian TALLER had heard of no
miracles. yet both believed IN the Lord
Jesus Christ and were saved
What Is II then that gives Jesus power
upon the souls OF men II Is the Spirit
Of the Lord God dwelling in Him. making
Him one with the Father. /, II the Divine
Love which sends Him 10 seek and to save
the lost II Is the Divine Wisdom which
Ip,v vx,ith nd hp
Divine Inselfshness which makes Him
willing 20 endure tho cross for the sake
OF sinners II is the Divine Life which
brings Him from the tomb. victor over
elm and death forever more.
This is tho Person who wins the ahso-
lutte faith of men and women and little
children. who cannot explain or define
Him This IL the Person AT whose feet
doubling Thomas falls, crying My Lord
and nv God" This is the Person OF
whom Paul says. I know Him whom
have believed. and am persuaded that
He Ia able to keep that which ! have
committed unto Him This IL the Christ,
the Son Of the living God.
In closing Or, van Dyke besouGht his
audience to "let all this strife about tho
letter pass you by and live in the spirit"
He said that the puzzle Of abstract the
ology and the problems Of criticism
ARE Of small account compared with
the simple truth as 1t Is In Jesus"
Resides his father and uncle the Rev.
George =. Webster too part In the ord-
nation service for Tertlus van Dyke
Tertius van Dyke has been working in
Christ Church parish. but ~, future
plans are uncertain.
These charges were delivered to the
young minister by Paul van Dyke: