Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-27
GOD GROWS GREAT !
IN MINDS OF MEN.
Dumville Says Narrowness
Would Hold the Lord TO
Certain Forms.
EMPHASIZES HIS BICNESS.
Declares Men Are Daily Find.
ing God in Their Many
Discoveries.
EMPHASIZES HIS BICNESS

Rev. Samuel l.. Dumvillc. pastor or
Fairmount Avenue Methodist Churcn.e
in his sermon last night. declared
God daily is growing bigger in this
minds OF men than the church's con-
ception OF Him. He stressed tho
fact that men are finding more add
more about God in ,ne'r !nvent;,: $
and discoveries, emphasizing the won +
der OF the radiophonc. 20"
Can Sec Gods Work.
Continuing he said in part:.
One can stand. In the springtime,
ind watch the unfolding of natura.
as she arouscs from her winter
sleep. and there find God. rs Hst
speaks in the arbutus. the violet, the
buttercup AMI the daisy. Watch the
tiny shoots bursting from the soi..
the leaves and buds on the trees and
r'ants and they will talk to. you oril
| God. You VIII find Him there.
| Then. one can stand in the n,arts or
commerce. In tie hum of the wheels!I
OF machinery in factories. watch the
unfolding of the genius of man andsI
see God revealing himself to us.
| There are others who would narrow
or shall l say chisel, God down to
certain forms. If one Is not tbap-.
tized according 20 their mode, IL one
does not observe certain dayu, ad@
here to certain doctrines. then" thst,I
person cannot find God or take part
In any Of His benefits Our God Xxi
something more than Baptist, all
Caivinist. an Episcopalian. / Meth.
"diS!. lie IL more than Romano
ia, hbl IC In l,a al rr
day God Is outgrowing our c:ceisI
and different denominations. Just
as Israel looked upon Him ss n
Tribal God, so many i'll the past hayIs|
!"oied upo'. Him az n dcnominaitonatil
God. Men everywhere are bcEinnin3
To realize more and more that He is
God, and Father OF us all. I'VE are
afraid. or rather have been,s-in ourl
limited conceptions. afraid OF, that
term univ 'rsai. and yet God OF r.a.
love and justice, a righteous Gcds
must be universal. .s. =
Fnthcrhood OF God UuIiniTtca. ~
The 'Fatherhood OF God and broth >
crhood OF man have no hni.tatiut,ss
HIS love is hGundless. 1t is true .hNity
lac rather cannot always 10 for hts
CHILD what he would like F,1c -ciui,I
may Le wiiful. dIsobedient Il .IIro1I-
sal wandering in the far coun.iM
and wasting his substance in o.ctuu4j
IiNins. no more worthy ." Ss..::s.ie,l
Ills Fathers son. .. how the. heart OF
the Father, God. yearns for him. III
God loved the poor prodigal-Ion iGrI
slaughter. even ia the same eytc, d
nat We earthly parents !oye our
-nlluren we know how lie; -year,is
Tor them; but we have been taught
'hal Ills love is S.edts: t,:',I tLrt ut
earthly parents. ~,
Your best desires. impui ses, cachieve-
men:s. your conscience are they not
the voices of God within? Have you
not found God within your own soul?I
IL you nave not. then all or;side1
searching Will be In vain IL one IL
10 really appreciate classical niusii.A
II must be cultivated. There mustS
be music In the soul. before that soulg
can appreciate music. So, * Gods
voice Is to be appreciated by you ~
the unseen is to become real to you,N
there must be a response In your
own heart. AS some one has put it:iE
Something there that draws thef
great God into the small heart; that
drives the hungry soul out 10 tile fullg
God. That brings together two low
ers. God and soul. into II Joyful room.s,s;:
HOW big is your God? Just as big
as your capacity to receive rano at,-i
propriate Him.
How big Ia Your Godfic
How big is your God? Are YOU
really searching for Him? Is II tho
supreme desire Of your life TO know
mere aLd more about Him. Do y,ril
really want to ind Him? DO YOU
realize what the really finding Of
Him Will mean to your life? do yous
realize that the bigger and granderl
your conception OF God is the big-
ger and better you will be yourself?3
Are you really striving to fnd out!
the Almighty unto perfection? You'll
md Him. not in theological profun-
dities. l think sometimes that whilesl
men are Guibbling as to whether Hei|
VIII come before or after the millen-.l
MUM that maybe He'll coma AMI
they Will not recognize Him. Maybe
II will be as IL was al His first al.
vent. Surely HIS Is maniresting Him.
self In the social transformations4
which are going on today. He may
not be dressed in theological! garb.
lie may he In rough Earmcnts iil5I
overalls. for He wore them, or iheirsl
:, equivalent. as carpenter, when He a
was here before; His hand may be 4
grimy with toll.
As you help to better conditionsi
you'll lind Him there in the newt
manhood. in the CLEAN of hope fash !
! ing from the eyes that had becomet
CLASSY in despair. III
Can Find God Everywhere. -
Do you want to find Him? Go Quit
in the highways and byways of lIfe.H
Lift load from a fellow -trayelcr,s
back. dry the mourner's tears, rosh
licve the distressed. lift up theH
) fallen, lead the hayward. wanderlnga
prodigal back home, and you'll hudiI
Him. and He'll become grander aadi|
nisser as He reveals and nafoldss|
Himself to you and. yes, In you. Arsa
you really searching for God? Lisa
ten TO the better prompt!nKs OF yourlI
own nature. Commune with you'd
own heart upon your bed. and bsjI
stiil' The best and really ouys
way one can ind God Is ,hyoustij
his own heart. 81