The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-10
GOSPEL IS ONLY THING
THAT UNVEILS HEAVEN
DIR. y. u. Hutson, Dean OF Richmond
Ministry, Speaks on Mysteries
of Bible"
WILL-PowER rs STRANGE
Pinc-Strcet Baptist Pastor Declares
That We F'ccis Anxious to Clasp the
Hands That Wave and Beckon From
Heavens Battlements.

Heavens Battlemcnts.
f job 26:lF 10 these are part OF
His ways. but how small a whisper is
Rev. DR.. J. b. Hutsor. pastor of Pine
Street Baptist Church for his sermon
yesterday on THE Mysteries of the
! Bible" which was heard by and i'm
pressed large congregation.
| There are many mysteries in the
Bible. and some people reject the. Bible
on that account" said DIR. Hutson.
But IL the natural world is fun OF
mysteries how much more mysterious
we might expect the spiritual world 10
be-"
, IAN nature is full of mysteries. How
mysterious are our bodies? Many who
stumble at these mysteries of the Bible
do not know how many bones are in
my hand--twenty-s even OF in the foot
twenty six; or in the body-about
200. And strange to say they tell us
that little children have more bones
! in the body than adults have, Lake
little minnows, | suppose, they are tuii
of bones. No one understands the
mechanism of the eye Yet, no one re-
fuses to use these members of the
hody--the hand and foot and eye--he-
cause they are mysterious. Why, then.
should one refuse to use the moral
! faculties of his being?
/ Wili-Power Us Strange.
How strange is wiit-power. clap
my hands together. What made me
do that Simply because | wiled it.,
but no scientist that ever lived can ex-
plain how that is. Now, as our bodies
are subject to our wll-power, so our
spirits should be subject to the will
of God, What calamity it is when
THE will ceases to have power over the
/ body. as In the case of paralysis and
what an awful calamity it is when the
Twill has no power over our spiritual
being. When the body is paralysed It
lis good "a dead, and when our spirit
uni natures do not respond to the will
Of God they are spiritually dead.
What a mystery is nutrition. The
food that we eat makes blood and
bones and hair and nails, but no one
eve? lived who can explain how that
is.
"A plain preacher VINO was riding
along the road was oVertaken by
Iskeptic. He was nagged and worried
about the mysteries Of the Bible. They
and geese were grazing on the grass
skeptic, If YOU will explain to me how
grass makes hair for horse and wool
for a sheep and feathers for the geese
then / will explain to you the mysteries
of the Bible.
Soul Needs Food.
Now the soul needs food just as
trdlY as the body does. Man shall not
live by bread alone. but by every word
that proceedeth out of The mouth of
cd % -
he does not understand the laws Of
nutrition. If he should he would in
evitably die, and so II one neglects the
/ food which is provided for the soul
death is the inevitable consequence.
How strange is the circulation of
the blood. How long it was before the
world found it out Methusalah lived
969 years and never knew it, and the
world never knew it until 800 years
iago when it was discovered by Dr
Harvey in 1916 The only evidence
that We have of it is the silent pulse
beat. We do not see the blood. We
do not hear it, Place your hand upon
your ear and Won will hear Il roaring
sound. They tell us that is occasioned
by the circulation of the blood in
the hand
The Holy Spirit dwells in every be-
lever. We do not see Him. We do not
hear Him. we do not feel Him. But If
all the blood in the body passes through
Ttt1e heart every three minutes and we
know this TO be so, so we know the
Holy Spirit. unseen. unheard. unfelt,
makes the body Of the believer His
temple.
desperation is Mysterious.
What mystery is respiration. The
lungs separate the gases which are in
1.-THE air. They absorb the life-giving
oxygen ana expel the deadly nitrogen
SO prayer ia the breath of God in
man. 1t absorbs the good of the Divine
and expels the evil of the carnal
nature So we are enjoined to pray
without ceasine. for If we cease 10
| pray We die.
IAN nature is fun of mystery. What
a mystery is ignis fatuus. How strange
| that light would rise up out OF miry.
swampy places.
When | was Il boy l went fishing
! for cells one night in Montgomery
County. on the bank of the Roanoke
River saw "a light rise up on the
| opposite side. 1t moved along in the
overhanging bushes Presently it
turned and started straight across the
river toward me, | never knew what
became of the eel that was struggling
at my hook
| How strange Il is that our trials
and Affections are our greatest bless
| ings Singular that they would come
from such source as that, but the
Psalmist SAYS 'Uuto the righteous
light arises out OF the darkness
! What a mystery is the lodestone.
The needle OF the mariners compass
always points to the north. No one
can explain why that should be SO.
I yet without the needle the navigation
lof the high seas. perhaps, would be
impossible. So conscience points to
the gate Of Heaven. Disregard 1t and
| shipwreck and destruction will GER
tainly follow.
Lord Was Simplest Speaker.
What mystery 1t is that the firing
of n cannon across water will cause a
dead body TO rise. Scientists guess
that it disturbs the gases of the body
and causes 1t to rise up. But why
lis 1t that thunder. which is louder.
does not do that? nor the earthquake
which shakes the earth?
so the simple gospel is the only
thing that can raise those who are
dead in trespass and sin. All the
n hiiosonhy Of the world cannot do Ii