Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-02
WORLDS GREAT WORKER
WAS JESUS, SAYS PASTOR
DR.. Cousins Topics Suggested
by First Day and Sunday
Of New Year.
PONDER LIFE's SIGNIFICANCE
Morning Mes,nEc Presents Conception
That Jesus HID of LIfc-Scnson OPP
FORTUNE to Stop. Look md Listen
and Take Stock OF Ones Self.

Yesterday. at Second Baptist, Rev.
Scion II. Cousins. d. D.. pastor,
preached both morning and evening
on topics suggested by the first day
and the first Sunday of the New
Year. Tho morning message pre-
scented the conception that Jesus had
OF life.
DR.. Cousins said. in tho course of
his sermon: 1T is spiritually health
iul Tor generation preoccupied
with much that Is transient to turn
aside occasionally and ponder the
significance of this precious thing we
can lie. New Years Day, in itself
Is not different from any other day
IN sacrihccs or value. but its assoc
cations and sentiment remind us that
the years are passing, and that we
are passing with them 1t becomes
an opporturc season Tor us to look
within and give some appraisal to
thosc interests. which hoia PRESENT.
hcncc in our living; TO stop. and look,
ana listen: to try to discover how
taTes IT with our souls: to sec with
what wisdom OF folly we are order
ing our days.
Our standard is Jesus. Let us res
olutely 20 To Him to see how to
hSc; what life meant to Him. And
II should not be forgotten that Jesus
mad TO fight out for Himself the
problem of His own life. What
dreams may have haunted His mind,
we do not know; what struggle He
may have experienced in His young
manhood as lie thought of what life
might become to Him in worldly
glory, fame, position, wealth. we do
not know; how often the lure of the
hlheaoms OF this world may have
tangled before His eyes we do not
know. Only there arc touches here
and there which enable us to secfthat
lie fought for the supremacy of His
soul. What we do know is that. ont
Oh years OF brooding. there was born
Within Him the conviction that His
years were to be placed wholly at
the disposal OF God for the service
oil men. And here, in my text, is the
revelation of what life meant to Him.
must work the works of Him that
sen. Me while 1t Is day; the night
coHcth when no man can work
Task Was Tremendous.
Here was the most strenuous
worker the world ever saw. The
Consciousness OF tremendous task.
the conviction of mighty mission.
and tho pressing presentiment OF a
snort while In which to do His work.
sent Him forth as n. driven man: n
man impelled by an inward urge. /,
man jealousy guarding eycry mo-
nent or time. II we are ever tired
ana weary. we shall not forget the
portrait of our Master. who sat
weary at the we'll. II the mind
overstraincd by the pressure OF tho
not forget how our Master turned
often at the close OF tho day from
inc hostile faces of the multitudcs
lie sought to win, and found rest of
mind III the quiet homes of His
friends. III we feel our spiritual re-
serves are In need of being rcplen-
ished. we shall not forget how Thu
other Minister after day OF heal
ing and toll. sought the solitude of
the mountains, Himself alone. and
there communed with His Father,
Let us say that life to Jesus meant
obligation, privilege. opportunity. n
trust to he used for the glory OF
God and for the salvation of men.
That sense Of obligation was ever
present in His mind. How early II
appears and how often. I must be
about my Fathers affairs; The Son
OF Man must be lifted up; He must
needs pass through Samaria'; Other
sheep have i. which arc not of this
fold them also ] must bring: Unjust
WORK, Ihe night was coming. His
earthly day would soon pass.
What Hc considered the worle NJ
God. We learn from His words and
His life. 1t was to save men. and
that word save means more than we
nave ever ina sincd 1t was mani
rest in that all-inclusivc phrase The
Kingdom of Cod
what came of II all? At the end
He said, Il have, finished the work.
Thou Savcst Me to do To the
discipies--and to us, He said: Greater
works than these shall We do. because
go unto My Father AS the Faith
or hath sent Me. so send l you Now
for us 1T is day Let the day of our
opportunity he the day of our dcdi-
cation. The night cometh"