The chronicle=news., 1913-08-04

SERMONS
At the Christian Church.

1.-THE DESIRE or THE NATIONS"
'sirs. we would see Jesus Such
WAS The teat OF sermon In the Chris
iian church sunday morning by Rev.
Cook. based on the above subject.
After calling attention TO the univeT-
al desire FOR q revelation OF y per
.onsi God the speaker said. In part:
Lord. show me thy glory said
Moss.r. aud Job exciAiused. oh that
I Nigh, find Him. that I might sit 1t
His feet" Hide not thy face fAr
from me-" cries David. and Philip
fasks. Lord. show us the Father.
Plato says. We look for God. or
God INSPIRED man. who viii show us
our duty. and take away the dark
ness from our eyes The world
needs Je,us: ss = sick child may re-
fus. the heslin. drxusht. 70 the
world may refuse the teacher Of Na,.
ur-th. Still. In the midst OF all
change. transition. and confusion. the
world seeks the authoritative teacher.
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!. WHY THIS DESIRE TO SEE
JESUS: ID Because that IL the
ideal man. the son Of mankind: this
brings Him very near to us: t:b M-n
desire to See Him because lie II
Christ. John says lie Is the word
made flesh" that Ix . living. walk
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God would have YOU and m- to be-
come. '5, The world would see jc-
sus because OF what He does. II was
said Of Mosar, that he brought an
GELS down. and Of Beethoven that he
lifted mortals up. Jcsi> doe. more
than this. lie IL Gods way to man.
md mans way to God. the true ia
obs ladder reaching from earth to
heaven.
II. WHERE SHALL. MEN SEE
JESUS, ~ In the Scriptures there
Is u full length portrait OF Him. In
tn. mcmoirs. or gospels. II In true
that the heavens declare Gods glory.
hut not his tenderness: II Is Jesus OF
Nazareth that gives us the highest
conception Of Gods love aud tender
ness. t:, Men would sec Jesus In
our teachings. crecAs arc the intel
icetual thermometers. that register
how high men have climbed from age
to age: but any creed to be Of value
must be transformed into terms Of
lie. When VIC bring our lives up to
(, level Of our theories then the
wcrld will begin to take notice. t3I
The world would sec Jesus in our l.fc
and character. There Is such n thing
As the beauty Of holiness. and the
best commcndation Of any theory OF
life Is the change wrought In the
lives OF those who receive It, Jesus.
In word and deed. is 50 lovabIc that
the world has universally re :arded
| Him as the ideal Of the race. and to
initiate Him Is the most daring hope
OF the human heart Ga The world
would scc Jesus In the mutual rcla-
tons OF men, In their feliowships OF
!
said that God and ono man make re-
| livion. but God and two men ar.
necessary to make Christianity. for
the third man Is necessary In order
that we can demonstrate what our re-
la;ion to him shall he. Salt cannot
preserve. unless II he mixed. aud
light is of no value unless II drive out
the darkness. No kid glove religion.
no service by proxy. will ever redeem
the world Religion must find IT..
way into the alleys. the. courts. til o
mines. IN the broken staircascs. into
the bare room. besides the Lonesome e
sufferers. it must find Its way into
the mills. the factory. the mines, and
to the ballot box. Like the atmos-
nhere. 1t must be found everywhere.
and press equally upon all surfaces
and conditions of society. Like the
waters of the ocean. she must flow
into every nook and corner of life:
and like the sun, she must shine on
things high and low. beautiful and
filthy.
There must be new departure in
the work of the church: we do not
plead for IA new religion. but new and
constant applications of the old re-
lision: it must be felt on election day
as well as on sunday: 1t must be in
the store. the shop. behind the coun
'Nr al I,,n n1I al !,
employer or employed We do not
know what Christianity can do. for it
has never been tried The world
still comes to the church saying,
Sis. we would see Jesus" 1t is up]
10 the church to reveal Jesus to men.