Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-12
The Times Dispatch Sunday
Sermon
"TRUTH SHALL Mako YOU FREE"
By J. A. Eubauk.

Pilato saith unto Him. What is truth?--John
xviii. SO.
Whatever mon agree upon as to what truth
is. II is beyond controversy that 1t has been
treated with ndignity since the world began.
But the poet has we'll said that the eternal
years nre hers" md 1t Is good that 1t Is so.
for opposing forces have 30 intrenched them
selves In human nature that 1t appears after
sixty centuries of recorded time bhat these
eternal years" will be drafted upon Ear into
the future before tho era OF tho triumphant
reign OF truth shall be fully and firmly estab-
lished in tho world in the sense OF being the
dominant influence In the henrts OF all men.
And yet II is the controlling principle of the
universe and man alone OF all the creation
refuses to yield absolute obedience to the law
of nature. which is but the law of God.
Jesus of Nazareth. embodying within Him
self the essence of the wisdom OF the Jews
under the tutcl,ryc OF Jehovah for 1000 years.
had said to those seeking the light: ~ an,
the way, tho truth. and the life" Resentful
OF this claim the teachers of Israel" In their
desire to bring about His destruction had
carried Him before PLATE. the Roman COVER
nor Of the province OF Judca. that he might
confirm their ecclesiastical sentence of death
upon Him.
In the examination OF Jesus by plate which
followed. Jesus answered that He was born
into the world that lie Should bear witness
unto the truth"
Then came from the lips of PiIatc--n man
may be included under the general term
scientific knSwledEe-the question that Will
continue to ring down the ages until all hui
,nantty shall find and confess the answers:
What Is TRUTH"
Since the day that God thrust Adam and
Eve from the garden saying: "nhold, the
man has become one OF us, In know good
and evil man In. constitutional inciina Ion
OF his heart has sought out inventions to
weaken the force and application OF truth
In the fullness Of It's vitalzing power to his
own life and activities, and. consequently, to
impede and hinder It's free reign in the world
In the face or truth and the demands 1t
makes upon him. man is consummate cow
ard! The spectacle of the few who. holder
and truer than himself. have sacrificed their
lives upon It's altar makes him quail with
terror and live lie that is half a lie.
PLATE with far-rcachng knowledge OF the
hypocrisy that enthrnlied humanity-in at
fairs of church as well as of State-musingly
and with tone of sadness In his voice. In
Quircs. Whit is truth?" and then with char
acteristic cowardice. after he had three times
declared upon examination that he found
no fault In Jesus at nll." turned Him over TO
those who claimed To he the custodians and
teachers OF truth to he crucifed.
What is truth? The world does not care
to know. because 1t has not vet made up It's
mind to live it Men support error after
they have come to know that u is error be-
cause OF lack Of courage to proclaim the truth
And yet the promise 10: And We shall know
the truth. and the truth shall make you free"
Heaven speed the day when universal HUI
manity shall welcome its voice