The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-22
His Name Shall Be Called
Wonderful"
Sermon Delivered by Rev William A. Sunday In City Audi
torium, Night of February 81

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10 oestcw upon you today, ana Jesus
Christ isn't In your heart I pity You
from tho depths Of my sonl to think
you are 60 blind to the very highest
things Of manhood and vomanhood
as tn keep Jesus Christ out OF your
heart II to be Christian meant to
be disreputable and low down, but
when a Christian means to be the
noblest thing on Gods earth. I have
no respect for you II ron reject him.
The wise men were led to him ~
the star. and as soon ~ the birth
became known The king sought his
life. So the babies were the nrst
Christian martyra
/ Pity the Blinh.
| The king thought he soUjd gue rid
OF him IL he could kin all male chill
dren two years OF age.
His character was wonderful It ls
wonderful that the greatest charac-
ter should come from such obscurity
and be tho most famous In all the
wonderful that such a country. won
derfui that such a people should have
produced Jesus Christ! Why doesn's
America produce hts equal? Why
doesn't France or England
| II Jesus was only an ordinary man
We ought to be asie to produce a
better man today with all that we
possess. / think 1t can be accounted
for upon no other euggcsfde hypothe-
sis than his own divinity.
/, A famous man. after travelling tha
world over. returned home, and a
| friend OF his said. What was Il that
you saw in your Journeys that i'm
pressed you the most7" He thought
he'd speak of the pyramids, What
was II that You saw in your journeys
that impressed ycu the mosL"
/, He instantly replied. Nazareth. :
He said. TT I'd have gone there an
lunbeiiever should have come away q
Christian, The same town stands
Jesus was on earth. same buildings
Same streets, sarne kind of people.
same character,stics: the most lazy.
Ilustful re2oherous. deceftful: I'M
trustworthy OF all that I have met.
To think that such \ country. such a
people and such community couid
have produced Jesus Christ. II had
gone there before. not believing. I
would have believed, for Il couidn't
have been explained on any other
grounds than that he was the Son Of
God That h wha, impressed me the
most, that Jesus Christ came from
10 country, that convicted ma he vas
Divine"
His life was wonderful In its sin
lessness and usefulness and unsslfish-
ness His enemies could bring no
igraver charges against him. than that
he claimed God was hts fatherr. He
Let n sinful woman come close enough
to touch him. and he would do good
on the sabbath day. II anybody wa
! In distress It made no difference to
Jesus Christ whoth ~ It was Thursday
same.
Jesus Christ wzs always Aslpins
others and not once ala As ever DO
anything to help himself. He had
power b turn stones into brad, and
yet he tasted for forty days In the
wilderness, and when he was escaping
from his enemies who wsfe seekinS
to kill him. why ne stoppcd Ions
enough at the risk OF his own life to
open the eyes OF q blind man who
heard he was going By, and cried,
me-" and Jesus stopped to help him.
Never did he seek FOR his own but
he lived for others that he might
alleviate their misery and suffcrings.
/ The first miracle that he performed
was not before . gaping. wondering
crowd to satisfy their curiosity. hut
TO save a peasants wife frnu humflia-
ton when at the wedding feast he
turned tho water into wilma. Ha had
lcompassion on tina muititudes bot
none on himself. He wept for Jerusa-
lem but not for himself. That h the
Jesus Christ, ~Hts name shnu Do
called Wonderful"
Let's sac n anvshins fhsa he aid
tustifiea the prophet In sAytng two
hundred years before hts mother gsvs
4 k!r1 birth IN the manager, 'E1i5 game
shall be called WONDERFUL
+ :. Ahd h3G aaaGhtat, kAs sr6ndsrfna
The way He taught was wonderful
the simplicity was wonderful. and
the clearneas was wonderful and the
adaptation OF His teachings to the
heard Him was wonderful He naves
! sought the muititudea He never
avoided an individual. He never tried
70 break his neck getting In the lime.
light, or the spotlight. Hh teaching
was adapted to the comprehension Of
the individuals who heard Him.
| read In tho Bib1e and think Il h
paid Jesus. Tho common people
A'A'' M" Ain May May Understand.
In other words He put the cookies
and the jam on the lower sheM. No
body need to lug I dictionary along
with him when they vent to hear
Jesus Christ talk. He didn't attempt
to hide . pAwcity Of ideas behind
jaw-breaktng w0rdA
the common people heard Him
1 gladly" He made plain His teach
ineA In wonderful word pictures Hs
did. without Z parable. gpake He
| not to any man. Ho made people
! SEQ things clearly. this wonderful
! Gaiilaean peasant who never attended
school, and yet the pedagpgy OF to-
day sit ct His fest to learn how to
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