Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-22
THE TIMES-DISPATCH
SUNDAY SERMON
ny j. 4. i:ubuuk,


Text; have yet many things To say unto
YOU out ye can not bear them now. iIuwbcit
When he. the Spirit Of Truth. is come he viii
guide YOU into all truth. for he shall not su,n k
OF himself; hut Whatsoever Ia. shall hear mat
Sh"'i ne speak; and he viii $a.w you things to
come He shall! rlority Me: for he sha,l re-
ceivc Of Mine. and shall show it unto YOU
John xvi l2-li
IL is very satisfying To come into "a KNOW
cdS" oil great truths. IL has u mind .:,p;bl,.
"f EraspnE them. The poet has said tina, ."rh.
c'crhai years OF God hers When once.
thus comprehcnsivcly grasped they civ,
strength 10 bear the ills or the present and
10 look ahcad-into the dim. distant future IL
may be--for the inevitable working out in tn,
affairs OF mankind OF tho order and justice
winch the Author Of All Truth designed should
be their mission
Jesus seems to have come into closer touch
with spiritual truth than any one of whom, ~.
nave IN a preserved form SO extensive a writ
ten record. and his purpose in strcssiny ,hcs.
AS fundamental TO the ordered life of human
ny In general seems TO have as We, been hu.
'l'hiy apnrchendcd. in this twentieth century
a'tcr h1s death, by those no would follow his
'tathineS as absolutely essential TO the giviu.
oil trut direction to life in its fullest meaning
AS 10 compensation on this mundane sphere
In the text, He warns the disciples that H.. |
~ TO leave them. lie realizes that they nav.
not graSpcd the fuIness Of all that he meant It., |
teach them hut He does know that if lic can |
confirm their love in Him and make ;h,,,n an |
prehend even part OF the truth lie revealed !
thcF Will hold Him up before the world and !
the world Will. in the fullncss Of time come To
understand all Of His tcachinEs
For tho mission OF the Spiri, Of Truth is IA |
guide into all truth. and. a. Jesus w.u knew |
'"c everlasting axes were powcricSs To limit |
1" or ncncc' II from conqucring The hearts and |
mlnds or men. Hence. on the of this sad |
ve-takinS from His disciples Ito could tri. |
umphAntly PXCla,m- IIc hall
nc shall receive OF Mine ana snail Shcw !, unto
you"
Though still backward in learning the things
that Jesus intended tho world should -..ciy,.
of Him, humanity is getting som. Of tho
smoke" out "f It's eyes and it vii! know more
:b"ni him as the Years speed on.
Shakespeare tolls Ms that wc may aud .s
mons in stones" THAT is a prorn,,n1 ,ru,h
ana the stones Of tn" first ana second centuries
are YET destined 10 h" sought and studied FOR
more kncwcdEc about Jesus
The prophet Isaiah says. ",o through 20
through the gates, prepare We tho way OF tho
people. cast ur, NJ tho HIGHWAY: gather
people"
The spirit of Truth is ahou, to go, a hear
ing Looking down tho distan, ages Jesus
unheS'iat'nriy sad He snail rorify Nc for
ne Sh"1I receive ~ Mine, and shall show 1t unto
YOU
COD has taken no backward stop oi,boupr
II would seem from tn. number az can
non tina, doomed in Europe. Neither has Jesus
deserted the world IN tho Scssc OF thu tex,
"hSh means larger influence yet To conc-iho
acceptance Of tho truths He taught
In this connection. w.. quote as apropos. ..If
"" use the name church To includ, all who love
the Lord Jesus. and who are manifcstinr HIS
spirit ,hcn the life OF the Living christ is
iaFSer Than II VAS IN the days Of Ills flesh
Jesus mas assembled on high. nut tho spIri, OF
the 'nFiS' - iHrarnatc IN the hearts of ali
VINO love Him. not only this. hut the same
spirit min'icsts Christs life through GUY life
me talthiul Of today arc not only the shrine
OF inc liNinS spirit OF God, they are heart ana
ram and hands and feet through which that
srrii Is manifest In the present life Of the
world In thcm the Christ Is present: and
when that spirit Shall reign in all human i'm |
st'uiions. then the kingdom Of God will come
Let us then who love His appearing" in tho
hearts OF mcn and In the institutions Of our
corntrH-and all these Viii in time eiorify
h!m-rcpeat with Shakespeare:
And He that doth tho ravens feed
Yea, provIdcntiy cares for the sparrow
Bc comfort my aSc.