The Detroit times., 1916-11-01

SUE" lie said
Text, John l:l4: The Woro
wis MADE hesh and dwe,t amohs
us."
Jesus Christ is world OF
thought There are vast contin a'-
and oceans that never viii be traV'
ersed by any mind or minds.
81 believe that IN Jesus there .'
vast subjects which 10 mind
'tva athomrd or ever ~tl!. surh a.
His deity. His humanity, HE lncaf
nation. His personality, and Pile
pIan for the redemption ot me
world. and His influence. Altho the
greatest minds the world ever Pro
duced have all tried 20 master
these. they have been convinced
after noble and laborious enort tha'
there arc vast regions ~ thou6l
which stretch out way beyond their
horizon, or com prehepsion
"hil say their experience is an.
sIogous 20 that of Isaac Newton.
who. In attempting 70 describe his
pearch after know edge. said ne
fell Ike n little boy walking By 'f@
seashore. here End there occasion.
aIlv picking UP some pebbles, "h!t
tho vast deep rolled une1plored al
his feet.
"And since that T. the experience
OF great men. and wise men, IT
would be the height OF ahsurcity IN
me al this time. 70 attempt 20 d's'
c1iss these subjects | wish tonight
20 call your attention % just one
phase of the subject. namely. me
Incarnation ~ Jesus
Webster defines tt
"As the taking OF the human
BODY; the act OF clothing WIN
flesh
No One Knows All About God
81 wish 10 speak OF Il as mys.
terry, as revelation. and as
prophecy To be convinced Thar
Is a mystery you need only 10
study the teachings oi the B.ole
about the Incarnation Of Jesus The
bible always presents a subject IN
the simplest OF language, and never
attempts an explanation. The tuli'
est. simnleu accounts are FOUND ID
John md Paurs Epistles.
"The Jews took up stones TO
stone him, and Jesus said
"sMauv good works have show.
cd YOU from me Father. for which
of those works do Won stone Me-
"The Jews answered Him -
.'For a good work we stone Tree
not. but because you hlAspheme
God
"what familiar words these are.
But who understands them But
they must be understood before
YOU can understand the basis Of the
incarnation.
elm the beginning was the Word
and the Word became aesh and
Gweit among US
so that reans that God became
man and became Tncarnate In tee
f,e~h Who knew ali about God
I know something about God and
you know something about God oui
no man or woman ever lived that
knows all about God
$50 God. or thing or an object.
or being, is mystery WREN
there IA about Cod or that object.
or being. or thing. that which We
cannot understand.
"That watch IL a mystery. l can
understand that n is eight minutes
past eight. but DO not undersiard
about the wheels and all. so tNa'
becomes mystery 20 me when
there are things about II that ]
can't understand.
so anything IL a mystery when
there Is about II that which yon
cannot understand For al schoi'
ars will agree that's what 4 means,
but on the seen, comes the io0l
who says. J won't believe what ]
can't understand but you do every
day that you live.
You believe that you cannot un-
derstand. Take reason. What is
that Reason is that faculty ot
mind with which we trace the reia
tion OF causes and effects and Pie.
nomena, and that which leads up 20
and causes the phenomena and et'
feet.
what is II by which you trace
the cause or the effect7
eft is reason. What Is reason
II is the faculty by which you
trace the relation OF cause and e.
feet.
So YOU see that you are 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 ffty
years from now the minute when
the eclipse will take place or when
certain comet will swing within
the vision of the human eve.
First Causes and Their Effects
But man with AL his power
knew not God. As for Any way
whereby sinner might be recon
ciled with God consistent with di-
vine perfection II never entered
mind or heart of man until reveal
ed hv the spirit oi tho living God
"Man. by reason. knew not God
Now. then, let us get back 10 that
old adage about this world, how it
got there, and what it II FOR.
Now II II here and let us ac-
cept the generally accepted philos.
ophy that atoms are the foundation
OF the universe. All right Let us
start with the principle which
teaches that every cause must
have its effect and every eneQt a
cause
There is an electric light is
an effect-what Is the cause2 Why
reason runs right down that wire
TO the power house. That -. be-
cause Of the dynamo.
"Here Is the railroad trnln. Rea-