The Washington herald., 1922-07-03
CHRIST ONLY TRUE
PATHFINDER, SAYS
REV. W. F. Smith
He Is Responsive to Crav-
ings of Human Soul for
Better Things.
BY WALTER F. SMITH.
. Minister, Park View Christian
Church.

Church.
Our Pathfinder" Heb. 2:14. Is.
In the early days OF our country.
when west OF the Allegheny Noun
tains was a wilderness, many of
our pioneerss dared the hardships
and dangers OF an unknown land
TO make a home for themselves and
blaze the way for the multitudes
to follow. The land they opened
up was the promised land to the
people of that day, and so success
full was their work that it became
a haven for uncounted thousands.
So II Is true of our spiritual
country; weary of the disappoint-
world life. many turned their eyes
to the land which their hopes had
pictured and for which their hearts
yearned, but. like Thomas of old,
they knew not the way, and no man
could show them.
Responsive to the craving of the
human soul for the better things.
which after all was but the in
StihSliNc icdCnihB OUT OF Inc hu-
man heart for the possession and
enjoyment of those things for
which II had been created, God sent
His only begetten Son into the
world to show US the way back to
the Fathers home.
DulIs Spiritual senses.
Sin has SO dulled our spiritual
senses and blinded the eyes of our
souls that We need a leader one
that knows not only the way but
the human heart as well, that real
izing our problems, our weakness
and our natures. he. through the
solving of the problems, building
up our strength and the develop
ment of our natures, might bring
us into the fullness of the perfected
life.
Wherefore il behooved Him in
all things to be made like unto his
brethren" He could not take on
Himself the nature Of angels, for
angels cannot suffer or be tempted.
and because OF this could not SYM
pathize with or help US; His ability
or faculty for helpfulness is found
only in knowing us and being
known by US; the rich cannot SYM
pathize with the poor. the wise with
the ignorant, the strong with the
weak. for sympathy rests on the
common ground of experience, so
to be an effective leader Christ
must be one of us. Since then the
children are sharers in flesh and
blood, he also himself in like man.
ner partook Of the same"
Brought Power Of God.
Being the Son of God as we'll as
Son of man, He brought to human
ity's need the eternal power of
God. supplementing the weakness
of the flesh by the strength of the
divine, He became what in all rev.
erence might be termed the miss
ing link" not as we usually think
Of 1t as uniting the life of man
with the lower creation but with
the higher, in His own words, That
they all may be one: even as Thou,
Father, art in Me and / in Thee,
they they also may be in U.s."
In full confidence and trust we
may place our hands in His, for the
way we must walk Is not strange
to Him. and though we cannot see
the path. His feet hnd it: we may
stumble. but upheld by His right
hand we are safer; in His care we
rest secure, for the promise OF God
is our, Fear not thou, for I am
with thee; be not dismayed, for 1
am thy God; I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea,
will uphold thee with the right
hand of my Righteousness"
To what a glorious destiny has
He called man: to what high estate
has He lifted him; He has honbred
humanity for all eternity, for
while II is true that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God,
It Is equally true that on the throne
of the universe sits One like unto
ourselves.
We have been created with quail
fcations to dwell with God, not
that we can live in His presence
with the earth stains upon us. but
cleansed by the blood of the Lamb
we can be children of God in the
highest sense.