The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-24
he Risen Christ" Theme Of Sermons In Richmond Churches

And as the Incarnation was God CIV
Ing Himself to humanity in Christ,
so the crucifxion was humanity giving
itself back to God through Christ
a humanity redeemed and prepared TO
live the ageless life, the eternal life.
AS Jesus in His earthly life lived with
us, so upon the cross we died with
Him but only to live again. anew,
born from above--a new creation.
He has lived with us, He has won us
to Himself We have died with Him.
but only to rise 'in newness of life
"For IL we be dead with Him, we
shall also live with Him." God hath
delivered us from the power of dark
ness and hath translated US into the
kingdom of His dear Son"
Jesus Is still related to. and identi-
fed with. humanity He is the first
born of every creature; the Second
Adam" the type-man. In Him the
human race begins anew.
Pattern For Life Temples.
As God upon the heights OF Sinai
is declared TO have revealed to Moses
the plan for the tabernacle, with the
command that he should make all
things according to the pattern show
ed him In the Mount" so upon that
loftfer height of the Christly life has
God shown to US the pattern for our
life temples--"the image of the In
visible Cod" that we. thinking the
and living the Christ
life" may he transformed Into the
same image"
Christ is the Divine Image i'm
carnate before the world. His resur-
rection is the concentrating triumph
of that Divine Image over the marring
and corrupting powers OF sin and
death.
But more than that. in Jesus we
see revealed not only the Divine
Image. but also the Divine Imagina-
ton "He delighteth not in the death
OF sinner, but rather that he may
turn from his wiCkedness and live.
oh. the prophetic imagination OF
Jesus, revealed in His declaration,
And If I he lifted up out OF the
earth, viii draw all men unto My
self" He is the lode-star. the ever.
drawing magnet Of the human heart.
He gives TO us the New IAfe. which
makes us eyermore dissatisfied with
the old He turns the water Of this
earthly life into the new and ex-
hileratlng elixir ~ the eternal life,
which makes us wonder why we had
ever been satisfied with any other.
Since. then, the resurrection of
Jesus meant the triumph OF the New
I4fe-the ageless lfe-for men. how
are we to express that life? st Paul
tells us that we arc 20 express that
life In our new ideals, our new aspira-
tons II We then he risen. with
Christ. seek those things which are
above. Set your affections on things
above not on things on the earth
The New Goal.
We are disciples Of new hope,
pilgrims seeking n new goal. partak-
ers of a new passion-the passion for
the life eternal. the risen life. the up
ward look. the heavenly vision.
And this new goal, this new pas
sion. is 10 lift. our lives out OF the
selfish, the trivial. the humdrum. the
Sordid, into a life OF love, of righteous
ness. Of hope And as before 1t was
natural for us to be impassioned with
worldly things, SO in this new life.
into which we have risen with Christ,
It is to be our nature to seek first
the things Of that other world, spir-
itual, righteous. eternal
HAYDN. the great composer. is said
TO have 81 busted himself In creating
masterpieces that he had no time for
listening to the trivial gossips and
criticisms Of his day. Risen with
Christ IN this new life, our outlook
VIII be so broad. our aspirations SO
uplifged. that we shall never again be
satisfied with anything less than the
holy and the eternal Not as though
We had already attained our goal but
dissatisfied with our past worldly am
billions and also with our present
achievements. We will press toward
the mark for the prize of the upward
calling Of God IN Christ Jesus" And
every nar that hath this hope puri-
Aeth himself. even as He Is pure"