South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-12
GOD UNKNOWN To
GREAT MAJORITY
Everybody Knows About Him,
But Few Really Know Him,
Says Rev. c. E. Watkins.

Everybody knows about God"
said Rev. Charles Z. Watkins. gen
eral evangelist Of the Baptist de-
nomination of Indiana. in "A power
full address last evening at the First
Baptist church. "but few know Him.
The Indian prays TO the Great Spir-
IL and the Mohammedan bows down
fetishly TO idols Of wood and brass,
but these are only mere groupings
after the true light"
The speaker took as the text of
his sermon, john 17:3: And this is
eternal life that they might know
the only true God and Him whom
Thou has sent" In opening the dis
course. he showed by several illus
trations that the words of the text
were OF great importance The two
relations Of knowing about Him and
knowing Him, were compared 10 the
nOn-Christian and Christian ana the
counterfeit and real
The true conception Of God" as
serted Rev. Watkins, lis only OBJ
tanned through one or the other Of
the two fundamental principles OF
NAAANA dAt 0O0 AONC III man anu
His power to save. God sought 10
reveal to man His love from Abra-
ham down through all the branches
of the patriarchal family by means
OF human revelations, sacrifice and
love. EnOch, Moses. Noah, Samuel.
Abraham. David and other Outstand-
ing characters of the Bible were
used by the Almighty to reveal Gods
love for man. And so IL has been
down through all the ages"
Pictured Gods Hatred.
The Cross of Cavalry" cOntin-
ued the evangelist, did more TO
picture Gods hatred of sin and love
for man than did all the thunder
ings of Sinai, the bursting of the
tomb on the first Easter morning or
the rolling back of the waters of
the Red sea. Cavalry did more than
all the mamma in the wilderness. For
God so loved the world that He gave
His Son to the cross. Could you
measure or scale the heights of sucl
lover"
Illustrating the effect of the story
Of Cavalry. Rev. Watkins told how
Henry Grady, one-time editor of the
Atlanta Constitution. and one of the
greatest men OF his day, was brought
back to Christ by re-reading the suf-
ferings on the cross. IT tell YOU"
the speaker said emphatically, when
you know God it thrills. If you
don't, God help you"
Manifestation of Power.
In speaking Of the power Of God
TO save. Rev watkins stated that
the rolling back of the waters of the
Red sea was but a manifestation of
this power. and that the resurrec
ton was a still greater example. En-
phasizing the text of his sermon. ne
said There is no other way to un-
derstand God unless you have one
or the other of these two fundamen-
tails"
The one great passion of the life
of Christ" pursued the evangelist, /
was that men might know God. He
left heaven so that men might know
God through Him. Him that has seen
Me has seen the Father. Obi If we
could only know God as Jesus tried
to reveal Him. Just think what it :
would mean.
The more men know God. the !
more they long to save other men
who do not know Him. Moses, Dan !
lei and Paul are good examples of |
men who knew Him. L never knew
a man who couldn't fail 10 be touch
ed for his unbelieving brother. Noah |
was judged a peculiar man because !
he knew God. He was considered |
a crank. When a man knows God. /
he Is peculiar. Why is the name OF |
Ruth immortal? Why. because she |
knew God. Not only did others know |
Him, but also Thousands in our age"
Music by chorus Of mixed voices |
and the church choir added much |
to the services. The subject for this |
evening will be Repentance" fol- |
lowed by Salvation" on Tuesday !
evening, The Fountain That Abides' |
Wednesday. "A True Verdict" Thurs !
DAY and Friday God"