South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
BEAUTY is AKIN
TO HOLINESS, SAYS
PASTOR IN SERMON
Rev. Edmond Kerlin Traces
Relation Between Two
Vital Attributes.

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which time Rev. Edmond Kerlin.
preached on The Beauty OF Holt
ness" from the texts. The Kings
daughter Is all glorious within" and
Let the beauty OF the Lord. our
Cod, be upon u.s.
1T is sometimes better 90 c-y I'D
the good than 20 decry the bad. The
purpose OF this sermon is 20 set
forth the Scriptural and logical con
nectiou between two OF the most
pleasing Of thoughts. which we do
not always get connected as We.
ought-beauty and holiness.
FRecOgnition OF beauty seems an
integral part Of human nature, a
sentiment which man Is not willing
20 starve. II I had two lOaves OF
bread said an Oriental, i would
sell one for white hyacinths TO feed
my soul We reject. therefore, the.
false philosophy Of those who ask.
What does 90 matter. provided a
thing be useful " hether g be beau
tlfuI or uotT victor Hugo nd the
truer insight when he said. The.
beauty may be os useful as the use
fui and more So.
Gods Love of Beauty
THAT God himself cares for beau
~ Is unmlstakabIe lie could have
planned that al natural forces
could have operated and accom-
pIished their work without prOduc-
ing such infinite variety OF beauty
for the delight OF men Beauty Is
Gods handwriting upon the face of
the universe Wayslde sacrament
OF which all who VIII may partake.
There is then a beauty OF God.
How beautiful is Cod was Charles
KinEsley's dying exclamation, and
Frances Willard breathed ont her
life in almost the same words. The
beauty OF cod cannot be IN form or
sensuous attraction. for God Is a
spirit The beauty OF the Lord
must, then, be that moral and spirit
ual beauty. which the Bible calls
the beauty OF holiness that beauty
which makes It's possessor all
glorious within
Holiness and Beauty
MANY have not made the con-
nection IA their minds between
holiness and beauty. While they
strive for beauty. they do not yearD
for holiness. with some this may
be due TO an unregenerate heart
which is IN love with the opposite
OF holmes with others IL is due
10 mistaken notions OF what holiness
really is The dictionary can help
us here as well as the Bible. 1t VIII
tell US that the word holy comes
from the Anglo-SaXon root mean
ing safe sound, whole. From the
same root comes also such words
as hale, health, Wilderness. Holt
ness carries the same root idea OF
completeness, Wilderness, over into
the moral and spiritual realm.
ZeaTth is the holiness OF the body'
holiness is the health OF the spirit.
Hence. religion is. as Prest G. Stan
ley Hall defined it. recovery TO
health and Wilderness that IS, TO
holiness.
Jesus was the exempiihcation
and perfection Of the beauty OF holi-
ness. Earth has never been able %
match Him with another. His equal
and the ages bend before Him in
was whole. complete. holy; not
reverent awe and worship His life
warped by sin. not marred by pride,
not stunted by selfshuess. He was
the one altogether lovely. When.
asked Prot. Drumond viii we learn
that the pursuit of holiness is simp-
IN the pursuit OF Christi Holiness
means simply the kind Of perfect
ness or completeness that was mani
tested in Jesus Christ and it Is per
lection Of moral and spiritual beau
". - we get His kind OF holiness
il Will be beautiful I'm us too. II
We don't like the beauty OF holi-
ness. nor desire IL in our lives, Il
only means that we don't like
Christ and don't want 20 be like
Him. That is a very sad admission
for Il forever prevents the beauty OF
the Lord our God being upon US. fol
that beauty viii not and cannot bt
forced upon anyone without his owl
desire and prayer.
Wilderness and Maturity
'"This beauty OF Wilderness Is no
20 be COMPOUNDED with maturity o.
character development. Jesus grew
in wisdom and in favor with Goo
and man. Il Is said. but He had th'
beauty OF holiness upon Him al
every stage Of that growth and de-
velopment Just as a bud may b,
whole. perfect free from blemish
blight. or cankerinE worm. and ye
far from maturity. so Gods childreI
may have the beauty OF whOlenes
upon the-l az every stage OF theh
progress. though maturity is far OF
and IL doth not yet appear wha
we shall be To this beauty O.
Wilderness all the Bible invites US
up 70 that beauty all the invitation
OF God seek 20 draw us; 20 max,
chat beauty possible FOR us Go,
spared not his own SON So. hoh
ness IS Just the answer back 20 Cod
thought and purpose for his human
lid,