The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-22

Divinity. The human mind can't
create anything absolutely. You can
build out OF material, but you can't
create the material We can build a
tabernacle out OF lumber, but we
can't make lumber. You can make
a dress out OF cotton, but you can't
make cotton. You can make a dress
out of WOOL but you can't make
wool. You can make things out OF
fax, but not the fax. You can make
| shoes out OF leather, you can't make
,, q hide. And ff an infdei has to build
n universe he has 10 have. a little star
Cog CREATED Teessfore, y2p sap
ready. but you can't create it. You
can't do that
We can't make electricity. II Is al
ready there. All we can do is to
give 1t a chance to blaze out You
can't make coal, all you can do Is to
light II and let 1t burn. You can't
, distii water; all you can do IS to
drink what Gods already given you.
You can't make that seed grow, put
1t in the mineral kingdom, God will
tell you the rest Of II.
There is no such thing az out and
out originality In anybody, absolutely
| anything that you sec that doesn't
represent something else that you
have seen. And all we see today Is
| the outgrowth OF something else.
The first railway cars looked like
/, the old stage coaches, and the frs,
/ automobiles looked like carriages
Remember The Hrst bicycle, great big
behind. remember those old funny
lones7
| No book was ever made unlike any
other book. oh, mol
The stories on the Dutch and the
Irish are Older than the Dutch and
the Irish nations, You can find stories
like that In literature right now
but here. you can't find stories in
any literature OF any nation on earth
that resemble the parallels OF Jesus
THE parable OF the good Samaritan
tho prcdIgaI son. the unjust judge
the ten virgins and all, they are alb
lsolutely new. Jesus Christ was the
first one that ever created parables
and the first one that ever taught
pa ables, and you can't find anything
In any literature that resembles the
parallels Of Jesus Christ. They are
because he was Divine. You and
can't
His teaching was wonderful, and
the way he taught was wonderful
and what he taught was wonderful
Moses Imagine the audacity of q
man standing before crowd oil
Jews and saying. Il am greater thar
Moses!"
Imagine the audacity OF a mar
standing before q crowd of Ameri-
cans and say ng. 1T am greater than
! George Wsxl,ingtoni" How iona
would we stand for that? That j.
what Jesus CID. He said, "I am
greater than Noses" or II am the
one that Moses was talking about
What he taught was wonderful and
the way he taught II was wonderful,
He said. II fulfill the law of Moses
7 am fulfilling all OF tha. here I srn
the one"
Now then he made no proof. nc
effort to prove his claims. He said
Il am the Son OF God"
| They said, we do not beiievo II,
ard all he did was TO point to his
works
/ He said, you don't believe me
when say so. then believe mo for
the works, I couldn't do these work.
tif wasn't what claim. and II
was what you gay I am I COULDN'T
do thta. so you or I are wrong. II
I were what you said I was, couidn'l
DO that. 50 you are wrong"
| So he made no etfor, to provs
his claims. He just pointed to his
works They said, I'VE don't be-
| lievs you are the Son of God"
was blind, he has good eyes now
They said, I'VE don't ebl;sve you
are the Son Of God"
| He said. That fellow was lame, he
Ii walking now That In all no did
he never argued with them a min.
ute. All right, that Is good enough
Impnsters Case.
About the first thing an imposte.
does Is to over-prove his statement
You can know he Is an impoeter
when he 10 trying to overprove his
case every time.
| Another thing: Jesus never turned
his hand to convince hts enemies thai
he was the Son Of God. You have
got TO explain the OIL lamp, but you
don't have TO explain the sun. the
green grass and the flowers. and the
trees budding forth Nature explaine
the SUN: 20. therefore. we know II be-
cause this explains t. don't need
my AOUak AuC nun Tux
light Tho light explains the cleo,
tricity. Hero Is an explanation r1ght
here.
| That II truo IN religion. too; true
in nature and IN everything In al
this world. He taught all would be
lost that didn't believe In him. And
nobody will ever be saved that did
not get their salvation from Jesus.
People try to get saved BY their
culture IN America as well as in Cal
| cuttA and Madras. There are jus'
~ big fools here ~ they nre In India
They think their culture will saw
them. It never win You find me
the place on earth that 4 nearest like
he'll, and will show a place filled
with those who hate Jesus Christ
Now, come onl You take me to ths
spot. you take me to the gang which
Ia nearest like he'll, and will show 6
gang that has no use for Jesus Christ
You take mo to the people and to ths
spot that Ia nearest like heaven, and
will show people who believe In Jesus
Christ That is ali the evidence