The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-10

stition and spiritual darkness the world needed
ITO be enlightened 1t :eauired something supe-
rior to the natural to accomplish that object
Ics cry miracle performed by Saviour, point
cd to Him as a Divine being-as the great
Teacher. He came in the likeness of His Father.
In the fourteenth chapter of John, seventh
verse. Christ said TO Thomas If you had known
me, we should have known my Father Also In
the eighth verse of same chapter. Philip said.
Lord, show US the Father and 1t suficeth us''.s
Jesus said unto him, have been SO long time
with YOU and yet hast thou not known me.
Philip? he that hath me hath seen the
Father" In the eleventh verse of same chap
ter, "believest thou not that am in the Father,
and the Father in me. else believe me for
the very WORKS sake In the twelfth verse of
the same chapter, Christ exclaims, Verify.
! verify, / say unto you. he that believeth me
Ike works that / do shall he do also, and
greater works than these shall he do. Now
what are the greater works? Look at world.
once in heathenish darkness. now being brought
to the light of truth. through the "foolishness
of preaching" The disciples poor in
purse, poor IN education, but they were re-
quired to go into all The world and preach the
gospel; ana what we behold today. in the great
advance in spiritual light. done through
these weak men. by and through the gospel by
the operation OF the Holy Spirit. We read in
the eleventh chapter of John, that Mary and
Martha sent this message to Christ: Lord, be-
hold, he whom thou lowest is sick" sd verse).
Jesus said to His disciples in the eleventh verse
of the chapter, "Our friend Lazarus
Sleepetn,' Ihey Coutd not comprehend IuH
In the fourteenth and fifteenth verses of the
same chapter read, Then Jesus spake unto
them plainly. Lazarus Is dead. and l am glad
for your sakes | was not there, TO the intent We
may believe When Jesus stood at the grave
of the dead Lazarus. read in the forty first
verse of the same chapter Jesus lifted up His
eyes and said, Father, ] thank Thee that Thou
hast heard me, and ] know Thou nearest me al
ways. but because of the people which stand
by 1 said it. that they may believe that Thou
hast sent me-" The forty-third verse reads, He
cried with loud voice, Lazarus, come forth:
forty-fourth verse And he that dead came
FORTH This pointed 10 Him as a divine being
so was the raising of the daughter of Jarus and
the of the widow of Main and Mary dag-
daiene, out of whom he cast seven devils, Mark
i6-9 In the eleventh chapter Of John, second
and third Xcrses--1NoM.- when -Iohn heard in
the prison the works Of Christ he sent two OF
his disciples nrd said unto Him. Art Thou He
that should come, do we look for another?
Jesus did not give them direct answer, but
said: "Cso and show John those things which
ye do hear and The blind receive their
sight and the lGme walk, the lepers are cleansed
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the
Ia 40. / might mention many more miracles
which pointed to Christs divinity. Christ es.
tablished His Kingdom--aid d firm foundation
upon which HIS disciples must build. God never
does useless thing. Miracles today would be
useless 1t il not that we need any more evil
dence that Christianity Is true but more faith I
more grace. and more conservation in Gods
service
You build a house, and to do that you erect
around 1t a scaffold and when the hou~e Isl
finished You have for the scaffold
When the bloom appears on an apple tree, and
a tiny apple begins to grow, a small petal hslds
1t like cup; bat when the apple natures the
petal drops off
Let us pray for grace and greater faith, and
not for useless miracles J. NJ. r.
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