The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-23


Here, let II be supposed Is man I'M
der a serious charge of wr0ngdoing
He is falsely accused, yet not able 10
clear himself His own word is not
b. enough; all the appearances are
against him. and unless some clear
,~ convincing evidence is forthcoming,
he will remain under the dark cloud
Then il is that one who knows the
whole truth comes forward. His
words bring light giving proof that
the accuse ton is false: the last nnRer~
ing suspicion IS removed. and the
accused man goes forth free
He is delivered by the true witness
his soul is released from it's burden
and it's cloud. and he is restored to
the confidence Of those who know
> hini
Another example of delverance is
when doctor by his knowledge and
Experience, is able TO dispel- the fears
Tot his patient
Again, here "a a man If mental
distress. His life has become a thing
Of loose endA and every point a
Quivering nerve. Everything worries
and wearies him; life itself appears
constant menace; he ts sure of
nothing. sure Of nobody. net sure even
of God. and least Of al is he sure Of
himself. He feels himself to be "A
wreck
Then one day ne meets a man, a
man who understands a man who has
come through that MIL. Everything
about him now suggests caimuess and
strength He tells his afflicted COM
panion how he found reinsurance and
release; how every thought Of the liv-
Ing Christ--now in possession of his
life--was the surging Of new powers.
the bursting forth Of new glad hopes.
like the coming Of spring.
And, looking into rt7fs man eyes,
7 watching his daily life. seeing his
(. witness embodied in his whole bear
ing. the distraught man cannot doubt
its reality. He says 10 himself, If he
could recover, and can live like that,
why not ] p He lifts his own heart
y to Him to whom all power is given in
4 heaven and in earth, and straightway
the healing of his life begins. straight
way, by that touch Of living faith In
the eternal grace of Christ, the Di-
vine virtue flows through him, and
his whole being is renewed
49,. IF the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed "
How often the way of deliverance is
shown by a true witness His worth
cannot be estimated, The abstract
truth. hitherto unappealinR, becomes
W. r. dynamic when II is incarnated in
n life, When the Word is made flesh
and dwells among us. and we behold
1t have it's full opportunity and effect
IT is written Of our Lord. ~ have
given Him for q witness to the peo-
3 pie" It is because He g first a wit
ness that He is also "a leader and
commander to the people"
He has borne witness to the will of
81. God as none other ever has. "All
h things that have heard of My
IA Father ! have made known unto you. /"
He has made known all we need 10
know 10 light the way home
His witness-bearing cost Him his
life: He sealed ii with His blood. and
the while He did 1t. He gave thanks
for the Joy that was set before Him.
Ut is as faithful witness that Christ
has opened the kingdom OF heaven to
all believers. II is on His word, EN-
bodied In His life. that we build the
sure and certain hope Of our eternal
redemption.
Without His witness how poor the
world would be. without His light,
how dark without His love, how lost
With the advent of our Lord Jesus
Christ something came to the world
ct large which had not been there be-
fore; at His touch something awoke
n in human experience which had not
heen felt before. Human nature un-
der His influence discovered itself to
he both greater and fouler than ii had
hitherto known, and az the believer
mounted through the eateways of re-
~ pentance atonement, sanctitication, he
was ushered into realms of blessedness
and holy Joy such as the best and
wisest of mankind had never giimpsed
till then"
:. So spake Mr. Campbell from the
j City temple pulpit the other day, add
ing these impressive words: The
spiritual consciousness has awakened
on higher levels than heretofore, and
has laid hold of and assimilated eter'
nal realities in way that apart from
the gospel, it has never been able tC
~ do This is q note which you have
never heard me strike SO plainly be
fore. but cannot help it, 1t is becom
Ing ever clearer To me that the grace
of God in Jesus Christ has produced
unique effects in the world; 1t fs 1
thing by itself an importation Of lif'
and power not TO be accounted for OF
any other ground than that II is TIN
efernaily perfect, the kingdom o
heaven, breaking It's way through thu
aiane If The flesh and sense, irradiat