The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-01
Tuesday Evenings Sermon.

Text John i:l4. TIE worn
B was made flesh and dwelt among
h Bs
4 aIeus Christ ls world OF
: thought. There are vast continent
and oceans that never will be tray'
ersad by any mind or minds.
~ believe that In Jesus there are
vast subjects which no mind has
evp fqfhcmad or ever will such as
Hts deity. His humanity, His iucgr
> nation, His personality, and Ills
plan for the redemption ~ th'
world, and Ills influence Atho The
greatest minds the world ever pro-
duced have all tried 90 master
these. they have boon convinced
after noble and laborious effort that
there are vast regions Of Thought
I which stretch out way beyond their
horizon. OF comprehension
AN say their experience IS an.
alogous 20 that OF Isaac Newton
who. In attempting 10 describe fis
search after knowledge, said De-
felt like a little boy walking by tfD
eaashore. here end there occasion
ally picking up some pebbles while
tho vast deep rolled uneNplorsd ui
his feet.
And since that Is the experience
of great men. and wise mcn
would be the height OF absur
mo NJ this time. 20 attempt n die.
cuSs the.~ subjects. wish tonight
10 call your attention 20 'n-f one
phase OF the subject, namely, fh3
Incarnation ~ Jesus.
webster defines IT,
"As the taking OF the human
body; the act OF clothing Nl'a
flesh
No One Knows All About Geo
II wish 10 speak OF II a. a mfs
terry. as revelation, and as
prophecy. To be convinced that p
is mystery you need only .o
study the teachings OF the B1.s
about the Incarnation Of Jesus EN'
Bible ALWAYS presents subject ir
the simplest OF language, snd never
attempts an explanation. The tu.I
est simplest accounts are found 3.
John md Pauis Fpistles
@The Jews took up stones 20
stone him. and Jesus said -
"Manv good works have 7 show
cd Won from the Father for who"
OF those works DO Won stone Ne
"The Jews answered Him
"'For a good work We stone TIE.
not. but because you blaspheme
God
.what familiar words these are
f,ut who understands them? But
thew must be understood before
vou ran understand the basis Of the
incarnation.
Elm the beginning was The WORD
and the Word became aesh and
dwelt among us.
$50 that means that God became
man and became Incarnate IN the
fesh Who knew all about God
I know something about God ard
YOU know something about God. ort
no man or woman ever lived that
knows all about God.
$50 God, or a thing. or an object
or a being. is a mystery when
there is about God or that object.
or being. or thing. that which we
cannot understand.
"That watch is a mystery can
understand that II is eight minute.
past eight. but do not understand
about the wheels and all, 50 tAai
becomes a mystery 20 me when
there are things about II that !
can't understand.
so ANYTHING Is a mystery when
there Is about II that which yon
cannot understand. For al schoi-
ars viii agree that's what II means,
but on the seen, comes tue ZOO
who says, 4 won't believe what ]
can't understand. bat you do every
day that you live.
HYou believe that you cannot IN
derstand. Take reason. What IS
that? Reason is that faculty OF
mind with which we trace the reia-
ton of causes and effects and phe-
nomena, and that which leads up 20
and causes the phenomena and ct.
feet.
what ls II by which you trace
the cause OF the effect?
at n reason what Is reason
II Is the faculty BY which YOU
trace the relation Of cause and eff
feet.
50 you see that you are a wheel
within a wheel.
Where did reason come from and
what does II consist OF? Do YOU
believe that you have reason Yes
Reason has done many things. Rea-
son has penetrated far into science.
Reason can tell YOU tonight fifty
years from now the minute when
the eclipse will take place or when
n certain comet VIII swing within
the vision Of the human eve.
First Causes and Their Effects.
But man with all his power
knew not God As for any way
ciied with God consistent with d..
vine perfection II never entered
mind or heart of man until reveal
cd nv the spirit OF the living God
"Man, by reason. knew not God
Now. then, let Us get back 20 that
old adare about this world. how *
rot there. and what IL is for.
snow II is here and let us ac.
,Scept the generally accepted philos-
o oily that atoms are the foundation
nRtc'the universe. All right Let Us
wtssart with the principle which
teaches that every cause must
have It's effect and every effect a
cause.
''There Is an electric Hght~-lt ls
an effect--what Is the cause? Why
reason runs right down that wire
60 the power house That r.. be
cause OF the dvnamo.
'I{ere ls the railroad train Rea.
eor causes lt--that is the effect.
nut reason cannot do al things