Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10
THE TIMES-DISPATCH
SUNDAY SERMON
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when he. the. Spirit of truth, is come. no will
suiae You into all truth: for he shall speak
not oil himself; hut whatsoever he shall hear
that s9an he speak; and he VIII show you
things to come. He shall Eiorify me; for he
sha!l receive of mine. and shall show it unto
you.'-John xvi. 12-14
II Is very sat<fying to come into II knowl-
edge OF great truths If one has mind capable
VI srasping them. The poet has said that
Inc eternal years of God are hers" When
mus comprehensively grasped they give
strength to bear the ills of the present and
10 look ahead-into the dim distant future
IT :asay be-for the Inevitable working out
IN the affairs Of mankind Of the order and
Justice which the Author Off All Truth de-
signed should be their mission
Jesus seems to have come into closer touch
win the spiritual truth than any one OF whom
we nave In preserved form so extensive
written record. and HIS purpose in stressing
these as fundamental 10 the ordered life OF
humanity in general seems TO have as yet been
Tut dimly apprehendcd. in this twentieth CEN
Jury after His death, ~ those who would fol-
low HIS teachings absolutely essential to
the giving of true direction to life in it's
tuiiest meaning to compensation this
mundane sphere
Warns Disciples.
In the text. lie warns the disciples that
ne rs to leave them. lie realizes that they
nave not Grasped the fuincss OF all that he
meant to teach them. But lie does know that
them apprehcnd even part of the truth He
revealed. they will hold Him up before the
world. and the world Will in the fulness of
time come TO understand all OF His teachings.
Tor the mission of the spirit OF truth Is to
guide into all truth. and. Jesus we'll knew,
the everlasting ages were poweriess to limit
1t or defect 1t from connuerng the hearts
and minds OF men,
Hence. on the OF this sad eave-tak!ug
from His disciples He could ,;riumphantly cx-
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ceive of mine and shall shcw i; unto you"
Though still backward in learning the
things that Jesus intended the world should
receive Of Him. humanity is getting some of
the smoke" out of its eyes and it will know
more about Him as the years speed
Find "scrmons In Stoncs."
Shakespeare tells US tina; we may find ser
mons in stones" That is a profound truth
ana the stones Of the first and second cen
turtles are yet destined to be sought and studied
Tor more knowledge about Jesus.
The prophet Isaiah says: Go through, 60
through the gates; prepare ye the way of the
people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather
out the stones; lift up the standard of the
people"
The spirit OF truth is about to get IA hear
ing. Looking down the distant ages, Jesus
unhesitatingiy said: HE shall glorify me: for
he shall receive of mine and shall show Il
unto YOU"
God has taken no backward step although
ii would seem so from the number OF cannon
that doomed in Europe. Neither has Jesus
deserted the world. in the sense Of the text
which means larger influence yet to come
the acceptance of the truths He taught
Spirit Is Incarnate.
In this connection. quote as apropos: "ff
we use The name Church to Include All who
love the Lord Jesus, and who are n,anifestinS
His spirit. then the life of the Living Christ
is larger than il in the days OF the living
flesh. Jesus has assembled high. hut the
spirit of Christ Is incarnate in the hearts of
all who love Him: not only this, but the same
spirit nanifes;s Christ's life through our life
The faithful OF today are not only the shrine
OF the living spirit OF God. they are heart and
brain and hands and feet through which that
spirit is manifest In the present life OF the
world. In them the Christ is present, and
when that spirit shall reign in all human
institutions. then the Kingdom of God will
come
Let us then who love his appearing" in the
hearts of men and in the institutions OF our
country-and all these will in time ylorify
Iiim--repeat with Shakespeare:
And he that doth the ravens feed.
Yea. providcn,!y cares for the sparrow
lie comfort to my age.
1.-THE Next sunday Sermon will be written
by Rev. Wilbur Chapmanl