South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-01
SHOWS DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ETERNAL
AND The TEMPORAL
Rev. Law Declares Material
Things Are Not of Pri-
mary Importance.

Rev. Charles II. Law in his Sun
day morning sermon at the StulI
Memorial 81. +. church chose for the
theme OF his address. The Temper
al and the Eternal" The pastor
pointed out that the things which are
seen are temporal while those that
arc not seen are eternal.
The sermon in part:
81 Paul gave 90 the world an
important truth in il. Cor 4:18
81 hen he wrote that "the things
which are seen are temporal. but
the things which are not seen are
eternal. We may evaluate things
by their durability or permanence.
The enduring is Of greater value
than the neeung In the midst OF a
world OF continual change decay
and death. Paul saw two great divi-
s.Cns Of life and the world into the
things temporal and the things
eternal
~He classified a. temporal all
things that can be seen with the
human eye. al material things that
we can know with our 1--WE senses.
The earth. sun and all tho stars are
temporal The Rockies and the
''lmslayas viii crumble into dust.
The Mississippi and the Amazon viii
cease 10 flow when the great oceans
become as dry land. The Seven
Wonders OF the ancient world and
all the wonders Of the modern age
arc but temporal and viii pass into
nothingness. Ike Babylon and
Nineteh. the great cities OF the
world VIII crumP.e into dust in the
centuries yet TO be- Like the beau
tfui temple OF Solomon. st. Peters
OF Rome. ST. Marks Of Venice, St
Paui's OF London. viii some day be
a glory Of past history. The IN
sinkable Titanic now lies at the bot
tom Of the Atlantic ocean. our
mightiest battleships are temporal.
Not chief Importance.
Think on the vast amount OF time and
Hfe-energy We spend for securing such
temporal things as tood- clothlh5' M
houses, lands, stocks and bonds, gOld
ard silver levels and ali kinds or lux
Urfes. The material and temporal things
thing are important, but not OF the nIa1
and chief Importance They are lhe
lfelcss chan and not the lIe-sNluS
What Tue body Is temporal IL Will
waste away and dissolve 10 eaTth again
our earthly houses burn 20 the ground
an earthquake may destroy our cltlest
our bank fails, misfortune may DIhB
the loss Of all temporal possessions
4 lien real life consists not In the aOuhd-
ance OF temporal Things one may pos
sess on cannot pure base ieace anu
happiness with temporal means. NeWeI
from the point Ot-vieW OF the tempOLul'
] fe seems but shifting and unstable
thing Its foundation is on the sand.
Amid all this life Of change, uncer-
inc d 10
can be found that will endure unto the
end OF time Yes, there are the eLer-
ma verities OF life. Ihe unseen Things
OF life are eternal God has never been
seen with human eye for lie Is the eteT-
nal Creator aud Father. The eternal Is
the spiritual God IS spiritual and
therefore eternal. Tile Eternal Coo
breathed into man the breath OF ne I
and be became an eterna. soul Your
soul cannot be seen, weighed meas GFed
or photographed. u ct 10 is most real 70
YOU aud your eternal self The greatest
processes OF nature such as gravitation, +
inertia, termination, assimilation on
food electricity, cannot be seen. HE
ind and it's operations are great mys-
ferries Who has ever seen the eternal
virtues OF true love ana friendshlpi VINO
Las seen faith and trustf These things
are eternal by nature
seek Eternal.
Jesus said seek first the kingdom Of
Cod because lt is eternal The soul
and spiritual things are Of the highest /
value The body and temporal Things :
are important but always secondary. IL /
viii profit us nothing TO gain all the |
temporal things In the world and lose /
our eternal soul The tragic thing in /
life Is to see men and women spending /.
all their time in winning the temporal I
things OF life and ueglecting the eternal .
things The temporal body OF Presi- /
dent stone OF Purdue university was .
dashed 20 pieces In the Canadian noun /
talns. but bis soul still lives as eternal /
The best place 20 lay Up treasures is N I
Heaven We can die rich toward God /
aud our fellow men and yet be poor .
IN tem pOraI possessions. This w0uld be 4
better world IL men gave less time I
iu pursuit of temporal things and far /.
more time iu pursuit OF eternal values. i
Ouly eternal things viii persist after /.
death. We must leave behirS all tem 4
porul possessions. Let u seek first the /
unseen and eternal things and God viii 4
provide for our temporal wants. When 4
this life draws 20 its close and we APP
prOach the shores Of snOther world. I
may our lives bc rich in the unseen and /
eternal things OF God