The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
CHRISTO-CENTRIC
LIFE and VALUE
ARE EMPHASIZED
Rev. Williamson Explains
Chris ii an Doctrines
And Possibilities.
SAVIOUR LODESTONE
"We Must Also Be Part of
Light Of World" Is
Emphasized.
REV. THoM WILLIAMSON. ,Jr. I.
Charch Of the Advent (EpiseepaID,

REV. THoM WILLIAMSON. ,Jr. 1
Chsreh Of the Advent (EpiseepaIb.
Theme: The Christie Centric Life.
Text: st. John s:l2-Jesus spake
unto them. saying. I am the light
of the world.
In a little church in Washington
there gathers each Sunday a con-
gregation Of earnest souls, met 20
sether in Gods house for prayer
and thanksgiving and praise to the
Father Of us all for sending into
the world His only Son. the divine
Savior of the world-our Lord Jesus
Christ. What church is this? Re
member what this same Jesus said
to the young man, John: Come.
and see!" Try the nearest church
to where you live.
In Washington, too, and else
where besides, may be seen a great
cathedral, dedicated to the worship
of this same Jesus Christ; and a
cathedral is a universal church,
meant for all men, churchmen or
heathen, home people or strangers.
And Christ Himself is to bring
peace to them that are far off ana
to them that are nigh, and to be a
light to tighten the Gentiles, and
to be the glory of Gods people,
Israel. Unto Him shall be the
gathering of the nations, because
He is the light Of the world; and
Is also called the Word.
God II the Attraction.
In the beginning was the Word !;
and without Him was not anything
made that hath been made" What
we call the solar system revolves
about the sun: but the whole uni
verse revolves about its Creator,
Christ. The attraction is God. As
in our worship. so in our life,
Christ Is our lodestone; and the
force who keeps US close to Christ
is His holy spirit.
This tribune Godfather, Son
and the Holy Spirit-must be the
center OF our life-if our life ID to
amount to anything near to lis pos
sibilities. Physically, we must
obey the laws God gives US through
nature-such as gravitation, and
the laws OF health. Mentally the
law of trought and its relationship p
to our moral. physical and spiritual
life is as much Gods law as that
OF attraction. Morally our clean
thoughts, words and deeds-or the
opposite kind-react on the rest of
our nature with dehnite force. And
remember-that there Is no differ
ence or opposition in so-called nat
ural and revealed religion What
have we, that was not frst given
us? Our natural" religion was
revealed" to US by Christ's holy
spirit.
Belief In Christ.
Spiritually, religion is a personal
relationship and communion be-
tween man and his God. For US,
Christ Is God. The heavens de-
clare the glory Of God and the
armament showeth His handi-
work" But in addition, we know
God through Jesus Christ. We sec
in Christ what we might have
hoped for in God. He shows US
God-He brings God near to every
one Of US, in trouble and happiness
In sorrow and joy. And Christ and
His holy spirit establish and main
tain that personal and direct rela-
tionship, communion and SYM
pathy, without which our religion
Is not only vain, but unreal.
Christianity, and therefore the
life of the individual Christian. re-
wolves about the Savior-Jesus
Christ-because He is more than
the founder OF our relision-He is
its life and soul. Belief in Christ
involves a belief in His pre-exist-
ence before this world began: His
atoning life and death on earth:
HIS teachings as to God, the
Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit: His resurrection. and finally
in the life Of Christ today which
brings the power of God into the
everyday life OF the everyday
Christian. making the, kingdom OF
God not merely something which
may come in the dim future, but
a positive reality today-now.
In Name Of Him.
In the Christo-Centric life. everv
thought, every word, every deed is
in the name OF that Person who
came that we might have life, ami
have it abundantly. In everything
our face must be toward Christ.
As the mariner seeks the light
house, so must we seek our Savior.
our. Light. And as the oil which
may be used in the great light
house may also be used in the tiny.
light buoy, so we may have in our
selves tiny bit of that power
which lights the whole universe.
Christ said that we Also must be
part Of the Light. Of the World.
And our light may be more than a
mere reflection-it may be the
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