New Britain herald., 1923-01-22

maTshsls than frem Ro0Ssysit aRd ef Christ from his Apostles, he said, bfs Grant continued ia PaFi;
 T said laSg sunday, that sheh Christ was on earth he dld not pcs sess ths power 0f Ged, This IS eeFs lainiY the teaching Of the hFst three Gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke, Those are what the theeleglaHs eall the syneRtie gospels
 .Bishap Cos, the mest eminent voice in the Church ef England, says that the Virgin Birth was not a naif of the teaching ef lhe early church,
 Jesus said; call not me good, there is none good but one, that IS God There is only enc person good and that is God, And he said My Father is greater than r. Is this not what st, Paul alse affirmed when he said Christ emRiielh hImself,' As The great author of the calosslaRs put it, Gad was in Christ Feeenelling the world unto himself So Jesus Is called a revelation of God, Jesus was perfectly human, Whatever else We choose metaRhysieallY 10 say about him must be brought into accord with his humanity,
 "My view Of Jesus Is rather that of the companions Of Jesus than Of the later theslegians, By and by. under the influence of Plato, and later iR Rome, Of Aristotle, Ihn Idea of Jesus turned into the picture of q stern judge, whose deeFees were so severe that men and women prayed to his mother to ask her son 10 releat
 Viewed As a stern Judge.
 Instead of loving shepherd, they had the stern judge, and mankind did not know what 10 do with this judge of severe eastigation, So they hum bly went to the mother Of Jesus 10 ask her 10 plead with her Son, Then came in the worship Of Virgin Mary. Now the vital laws Of the soul should not mean authority, outward author ity. The religion of greatest freedom joined 10 the religion of greatest in- telligonce is going 10 get along very well indeed without knowledge. great CT study. greater success. in solving the problems of this complicated hu- man mind.
 I've don't want to waste so much time on things that are nonsense. Think Of tho problems Of Europe, England and the United States The brains of tho world seem absolutely paralyzcd before these problems. Why is it? The soul-consciousnes of the world has got to get at these things. There must be different studies in the schools and colleges to assist in the solution. and VIC must g-s rid Of all that attitude of the mind that takes up too much room in our rather small personality.
 After all has been said we must remember that Jesus asked not Of His followers metaphysical exaltation or devotion. but He asked very simple thing. He asked them to love Him.
 'I used that text from the lesson prescribed to be read today because it seemed to meet, that particular point very nicely. 'Benold I have given Him for witness to the peo- pie. a leader and commander to the people, Tau cannot be witness and leader and commander to the people if you have any complicated prob lems. You remember how Abraham. Lincoln said we could not have two governments here. one of freedom and one of slavery. Jesus was a com mander and leader because He said we have got to have this wonderful good will with each other.
 Hints at Suppression.
 Now after all all such matters are your affair. Do you want an Amer ican church which believes in free dom rather than in authority? Then have it. Do. you want unshackled clergy, so that when one gets up in place like this and says, so far as he knows, the truth. he is not held by strings pulling this way and that. If you want an unshackled clergy, have it.
 DO you want to know all they can find out for you, or do you want them to conceal those factso One of the perquisites of being minister is that minister has good deal of time and cause for reading. He has got to read great many books. He must find out something. Do you want your clergyman to pass on all this or to keep it to himself, if these facts do not chime with something thought 40 years ago?
 Do you want the church to be ruled and silenced by sinister finan- cial powers? You know this church is empty and dark every Sunday night It used often to be as full as it is today on Sunday nights with a very happy and wonderful lot of peo- pie. Do you want more churches shut up, or do you want to keep the element from the universities out of the ministry, out of the church con- gregation?
 |. When your son comes back from college, and you say to him, Come to church this morning. do you want him to reply? Father, no; don't ask me to listen to such bunk as that 1 (Applause).
 Tn Jesus commands, he said,
 Love God with all your heart and soul and mind. with your emotions, with your spirit and with your brain l Then he said, Love thy neighbor as they self That is my creed" Bishop Manning returned from New Haven last night and announced that he would make no statement or l comment on Dr. Grants sermon at this time.