Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-15
MOTHERS DAY IS
THEME Of SERMON
Church Fails to Give Mary
Righiful Place in
Religion.
MARVELLOUS BE AUTY
DIR. Broughlsn snys Christian
Church Should Honor Moth
CT of Jesus More.
MARVELLOUS BIZ. TT

AS No come 20 tho close Of 'Mo,h
ers Day, feel that We can do noth-
ing better than give ourselves 10 /,
bit OF thought concerning Mary, 1.-The
mother ~ Jesus" said Rev. Len q.
| froughton. pastor % Grove Avenue
iiarrst Church last night.
The fear of Calling into the gross
error Of Virgin worship has caused
IN" Protestant Church to fail to give
Mary her riEhtful place in religion.
| Virgin Worship is !dolatry. nothing
less But the Christian church ourb,
| to honor the mother OF our LORD more
than u does. She is the greatest wo-
man that 'hc world has ever pro-
| duced. No monument OF human max
| ing points TO her greatness. but she
has a monument that is beyond hui
man making. hence wc do we'll to
| look into her lIfs.
Great In Personal Charm.
She was great in her personal
charms. Tradition says that she was
/ tn" fair"st among women Exc3va-
/ tors have found evidence that she
/ was woman of marvellous beau
! " and charming personality. II Is
/ perfectly reasonable that II should he
50" She was the woman chosen by
! Jehovah To I'LL the highest place
| among the woman Of the world
! From descriptions Of her found in
| different places. we learn that she
was specially noted for tho soulful
} ness OF her eyes. In every sense,
sh" had the appearance of soulful
ness.
| 'Sh" was great in that she was the
4 wife Of a great man. we too often
| forget Joseph when are thinking
/ Of Mary. He was Il plain carpenter
lIc knew nothing of the luxury and
| comfort of his time, but he was over
/ II ease and had the poisc OF faith In
God that makes true greatness. No
! man IS great In the highest sense of
| greatness who lacks these things
| Would To God the men OF today would
| put NOR" stress upon faith in God.
| with this lacking. it is impossible to
do best constructive worh for ones
| fellows. Joseph believed the word
| of God and rested his hopes in what
/ he believed.
/ ohrdicmt 10 Gods Voice ~
Mary was great in her resiEna-
F! tion to tho Divine program which
was revealed to her Never was there
| communicated To one such startling
revelation as that which was divine
~ given to Mary. But she was re-
signed. She 'Knrw God and was will
iugly ohcdcnt to Ills voice. Her
virgin conception OF the Holy Ghost
was past finding out It was the
| mystery OF the ages. but She doubted
! not when il was told her il was. Of
Cod 1t is grea, to he so intimate
| with God as TO believe against all
! reason. In the realm OF faith, Mary
heads the list. She kept her poise
and her councils while she was ipls-
! represented, falsely accused and Will
| lied. The world then denied her vir-
| Sin conception. as many So called
! Christians do today.
| Every soul that denies the Virgin
h'rth OF Jesus gives the lie TO Mary
denies the Bible story OF Jesus.
Jesus was not conceived Of the
! uly Ghost there is nothing in bur
lew Testament religion. The Chris
, liam religion stands ON this great
' MYSTERY which is. after all no great
= mystery than many other forms OF
/ Divine manifestation Nature. in, its
manifold manifestations is just as
( hard of reason as the Virgin birth \
/ dcwdrop on a tiny blade of grass is
just as impossible Of explanation in
! all that goes TO make ii and hold IL
a. the Virgin birth. our own natural
birth is equally 40.
Gave the World n Great Man.
Mary was great in that She gave
tie world q great man. There is no
greatness that equals this. Gladstone
said. There is nothing that woman
can do for the world that equals the
/ birth Of great man" How true,
/ w omanS contribution to the world
! can never be so great as the hear
ing and training OF great man PITY
( this is not so appreciated today We
would have fewer women in politicS
and more men In the higher sary-
ice OF their country Women are new
er 10 be d!sass ociated from the great
/ achievements OF men. They can not
/ be. Abraham Lincoln never spoke
f. with more eioqUence and truth than
/ when he said: 1 owe everything that
/ have been able TO do to the training
OF my mother
AIRY was great in that she gave
tho world its only Rcdeemcr. What
an awful world we would have today
without Jesus, The greatest of every
/ thing that is good centcrs around
I Him Poetry, music. art, ana philos-
! ophy all reach the highest in Him.
/ Oh the magic Name! How cherries
I life would be without the name OF
Jesus How hopeless thc soul with
+ out His Grace John on Patmos With
the sweep of his vision saw Ghc
heavenly host bowling down before
/ Him and singing praises to His great
/ Name. Nothing IS said about the
/ presence Of Mary, but no stretch OF
I imagination is needed 70 see her
] close by His side. rejoicing In tho
! praises OF her Son.
] "lHl Mary the Mother of Jesus.
/ W. do not forget thee while We re-
cciVc Him as Savior whom thou didst
/ hold In thy arms as thy Son. VINO WAS
! also the Son Of God and Lord OF all"