The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-24

me that Jesus spake to the troubled
sea and II bided His bidding. How
the angry sea Of Galiloe would bark
en- to the voice of = young man ID
more than / could understand or be-
heve without extra help. IT wouldn't
listen to you.
One Of the English kings. old Ca
mute. Is said to have sat BY the sea
and his subjects worshipped him An
d God. They said to him. You COM
mand and the tide will obey" and
they put down q stake In the sands,
X IN. ~. ..->sI-- IL *
said, Thus far shalt thou come and
no farther" but the angry waves and
the inc ming tide recognised not the
voice of royal command they had
to drag the old fool away or he'd
have been drowned.
How can believe That the angry
sea, to whom Jesus said, Peace be
still" and the angry waves ccoed like
baby Juggling at its mothers breast.
He talks to the water and wind like
you'd talk to a friend when you put
your hand on his shoulder--"Now
don't get mad. don't say that, don't
do that" r.
49," many SohN4 pNS0uEG th1L ca
feet? I don't know. 1t was God that
said. Let the waters be gathered I'M
to the heavens into one place, and let
the dry land appear" and it bided
His bidding ON the great creation day.
God aid, Lot the waters bring
forth Humanity Of the living crea-
lures that hath Iife." and Il was sd.
When God speaks to the angry sea
OF Galilee, ! can and do believe by
and through the Incarnation Of Jesus
Christ a sufficient cause has been
OF the waves and tho wind stilling
when He commands.
So. introduce Him. You can't
explain 1t on any other given or sug-
gested hypothesis than He was the
Son Of God. Again. you and i were
taught that this young Jew, Jesus,
hated by His nation, stood by the
grave Of Lazarus and cried. Lazarus,
come forth
Jesus said 'TIaxarus"
Moody says he believes tina. Jesus
pronounced the name LAZARUS" be-
cause II He'd have simply sa.d
Come FORTH all Of the dead would
have heard His voice and Weakened
into life. Now, how can q young
Jew produce that effect.
Mr.. Bryan said 1t would hardly
seem necessary that one should rise
from the dead to convice us tina.
the grave La not the end to every
created thing. God has given a tongue
that proclains resurrection. and ii
the Father deigns to touch with Divine
power the cold and pulseiass heart
OF the buried acorn and make 1t burst
forth from its prison wallis. will He
leave neglected in the earth the souls
~ ~ tx~s Af
creatorf And IL He stoops TO give
the rosebush. whose withered blossoms
, float upon the autumn breeze. the
sweet assurance of another spring
time. will He refuse the words OF
hope TO the sons OF men. when the
frests OF siCter have silvered h q
head. II matter, mute and inanimate.
though charged by the forces OF ma
turc into a multitude Of forms, can
never die. will the spirit OF man suffer
annihilation when IL has paid a brief
visit Ike a royal guest Of this tene-
ment of clayF No, ana es sure that
there Il another life as am that /
am alive today, that Jesus Christ is
the Son OF God.
Tha incarnation throws a food ri
Light on the teachings OF Jesus. All
The philosophers OF all the ases II
the world agree that Jesus WAS tire
greatest teacher the world has ever
known. History says, He spake a.
never man spake." The world hangs
, listening upon Hisswordn tonight. and
the teachings OF all others revolve
around the teachings Of Jesus like
the planets revoive around the sun.
Mans duty 70 God and man have
never been presented IN such a har-
montous. complete. fascinating. in
spring way as by Jesus Christ oil
Nazareth. Because Of these thinrs.
this young Jew, thirty yetrs old, who
never attended a university nor a
seminary. who never studied Plato
or Aristotle or Cicero. He has sur
passed them all I'm the admiration OF
the world.
Unapp~uachnhae Giant.
Among the teachers OF the world
Jesus Christ stands the unapproach-
able giant, until old Reyncld paid
this tribute to the last rest
"Repose Thou matchless Son OF
God: fear no more to sec the eGiffce
{ OF Thy labor fail through any fraility
or fault oS Thine. ct the tsfco of d
few hours OF suffering on the cross
Thou has purchased the most com
plete Immortality; Your cross vii! be
the standard by which we will wage
our battles
"Repose In THY Divinity Thou
matchiess Son Of God" cried Renan
the famous French infidel OF others
| days He wrote the lives Of thirteen
men and he said. Jesus Christ will
never be surpassed In the World"
Strauss, the great German infide
who propounded his mythical thories
| regarding the Gospels. who snee rod
at the Immaculate Conception Of
Jesus, sneeringly said, "Ex periencs
proves that beings are formed only
i by the concurrence Of SEX
| Strauss. the German infldel sail
| further than Jesus Christ. human ma
! ture cannot 70. How 10 il possible
| for a mere man to produce this ef
feet upon the human mind and heart
but II God who made the human