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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, October 7, 1925 · page 8

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White as the light." the ev-an

 

 

 

 
 

lto-rpbod Christ.

 

 

 
 

 

no can understand God's plan fo1
. omptton until they see the white
ed Christ in His innocence and
purity. Then they also see their sin
hind have a great longing to get rid
torn and at the same time they
”L catch a glimpse of what they might
become with the white-roped Christ
to bless them."
The White Bolted Christ.
Very much depends upon the rai.
ment with which the individual in

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Th re are some 11 he newt think of
except as He is clothed in the
dusty, travel- stained garments in
which He. once made. His way over
the rough. winding ways of Pales—
flne surrounded by multitudes seek-
ng His loving ministry. Ills clean,
clear-cut features standing out
against the daik background of i1u~
on need and sutfeiing. ’lo them
He is the (‘hrist of Social Scnlcc.

Others, thinking of Jesus. always
‘clothe Him in a carpenter's apron.
,To them lie is the toiling Son of
.Mary. revealing the dignity of labor.
'1His example being a solution to all
labor problems, and His Golden
Rule a flawless cord which shall
some day bind both men of capital
and men of labor into the joyous
fellowship of perfect brotherhood.

$01110 clothe Jesus after the man-
ner of a great scholar sitting upon
the mountain side or sloping sea.
shore propoundin: a code. of ethics
destined, when once put to test. to
transform the \orld.

Tl'ere are tiose who. in their
mental i111agcs. sec Jesus only in the
robes of a great religious leader in-
terpreting: to man the holy things of
God.

Very many never picture .iesus
except as they see ilim standing-in
Pilot's hall. dressed in the torn.
stained, casboff robes of royalty,
i'slenpiscd and forsaken. awaiting
witli'sileut lip the unfair verdict
that shall brim: Him to His sacrifi-
cial death on t"tl\"ll‘_\‘.

Only Partial \‘islon.

Each individual thooscs the rai—
ment with which be. in his mental
images. clothes the Master, and the.
measure of (‘bi'ist's influence over
his life is determined lill'Ilf'ly by that
choice. All of these. \aried vest-
;nents are beautiful because lle wore,
them: they are helpful because they
assist in i1'1tr-rprcting Ills character
in its varied relations to life; but no
brie of these. garments. or all of
them togetlH-r. can fitlt‘t’llli‘itf"ly reveal
Him as He is. 1 love to think of
Jesus wearing- Ilis dust-covered gar-
» ‘ments as Ile treads Life's weary way.
banishing pain and misery, and
bringing the blossoms of gladness to
the barren branches of a sin-blighted
" world; i love to behold Him in the
‘ carpenter's rough apron, taking His
place among the world‘s toilers that
every workman may find his way to
I love to sec Iiini as the Great
imparting the. sublimcst
truths of God in such simple lan-
guage that tiny children understood:
’, I love, to recognize Him as the Great
Rabbi sitting in the Synagogue. read-
ng the burning words of the prophet
and saying: “This day is the Scrip-
ture. fulfilled”; my heart bleeds
when I see Him deserted and alone.
standing before Pilate. dressed in
'thc robes of bitter mockery and
scorn: but I am ever conscious that
these ruiments give only a partial
vision of the. Christ.

The disciples had seen Him in
many of these garments and yet
their conceptions of Him were child.

and incomplete. Before they
.ould be trusted with the larger mis-
lbnary enterprise of proclaiming
His'truths throughout the world it
as necessary for Him to take some
I their number to the mountain-top
here they might behold Him in the
suture worn while sitting upon His
ther’s throne. With wondering
a they behold the Deity of His
mature shining through the tissues of
flesh and ralment until “Ills face
shine as the. sun and His gar-
his were white like the light."
holding Him in the spotless robes
'His perfect holiness they fell at
' s..fcet ,

No one can understand Jesus.
chlcss interpret Him to others
'lt’o does not clothe Ills Master in
lhe white robes of a spotless, tar-
‘ ished holiness Men who clothe
film in other garments are not sl-
tutti clear in their thinking and.
fusing Him With other leaders.
on the- secret of His power.‘

'Those who see Him clothed only
in His dust-co1ered Karments and
1111111. only His gospel of Social Serv-
de. soon have Him confused with
other great benefactors who worked
Ind sacrificed for the world’ s better-
mm. They speak glibly of such
guest as George Peabody. John How-
Constantine Jesus and Saint
nets of Assisi. To them Jesus in
and only one of them When

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

‘ to Plato. Kant. Jesus and
pile. When ‘mcn put the robe!

 

A Vania: service in the
ill yesterday Dr. George ltslous leaders. When they are
Him in the torn garments of mar-
tyrdom I hear His death likened to .‘
the death of Socrates and Suvona-

tworwn spoke with Just as
tilt earnestnes- and Intensity of
I‘ll as though he had not already
WWII! services preiiously during 3‘0“!-

11111; Mathew 17: 2 °His ralmem

"y ggcdlzxgnahfiflg. °2$rc°fllg which has been working for tho
‘ world's betterment. He is not one
' “I they had the vision of the of the teachers. or one of the re-
‘ formers, or one of the martyrs. Ho

‘Many think of Christ in all the was '1 leach"- 3' “'1‘" 0‘ “0‘“

form: He were white on this earth.
lhb‘iarb of the carpenter's son.
‘ e’ (or!) of the dust covered man
who “Ont about doing good. or as
great teacher or in some of the
' or phases of the 111an.1311t no

hemont for .man on Calvary 11n-

 

 

 

His rightful place in

finitely more. He is

His spotless holiness.

have helped. 'i‘helr p
me satisfied and‘ there
bio of furthertyiowtlt

I. see my sinfulness;

tion. I see my own

some sins.
Among men 1 may

This is the first step
less sinner; but the
Christ's holiness does

that. for me, it awaken

As the stagnant pool.

awakens a belief that

scum and festering wat
it may be ti'anstlgured

within thedcptb of my

divine nature. The

not only reveals that I
come. ] grow tired of
hungry for God so that

self into the dust and
what must I do to be :1

Finds The ADSI
God never awakens

its fulfillment. Smitten

svvcr in a. conversation
ing with Moses and Eli,
Holiness opens the door

mates Herman's rugged
these two mighty ones

of prophecy—and they
throughout the centuiie
Elijah came as prophet
reveal to man the way b

ding of lood. there co
remission of sin. and

coming of the world‘s
Now they have. come he

spotless robes of while a
they are talking of the
must go if I should get
holiness. I listen to hear
the spirit of law and

from heaven but one no
word is Calvary. "They s

pllsh at Jerusalem."

white robes of holiness

confusion comes when t

him in other garments.

lose sight of sin and he

present sinful condition.

The need of an atom-men

 

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0111' mm 10 Brahma. Confu- Incas. burns like a fire

. Has No Equal
None of these thinkers n‘lw t‘brlst
tht: world.

.He is not one of a great number

clean! unclean! unclean.

with emerald leaves and countless
lilies. whiter than the driven snow.
so the vision of Christ awakens

ing to be clothed with white gar-
ments and to be partnkcrs of

but it reveals to me. what I may be,-

desire within a sin-smitten heart
without making full provision for

longing for purity. I took up to the
‘white-robed Christ and find my on-

and amid the white light that illum-

spirit of the law: liliiah~the spirit
about mg. 'i he one purpose of God
to redeem such a sinner. Moses
came as the giver of the law and

Moses ght that without the shed-

word and miracle proclaimed the

my sins and taste of the glories of

spirit of prophecy and from Jesus.
the Son of God. who came down

decease which He should accom-
Those who behold Christ in the

confused about the teachings or the
necessity of 1 the atonement. The

gerlng for holiness, but when man
sees him in his holiness. all doubts
flee away. Condemned of my sins,
disgusted with my past life and

cried by this Divine vision. to the
beauty and splendor and glory of
they holy living. I need no text books of
theology or discourses on the phil-
osophy of religion to old me in see-
lng the necessity of the atonement.

which I can escape from my sins
and walk upon the hizhvvay of hot.

t‘Taliemacle He Must Be Seen in His
“ White Robes to Get Secret of His
‘ er and His Love for Mankind—-Speaks
hit as Carpenter

cius.. Jesus. Buddha and other re-

reform. and a religious instructor.
the equal of which the world has
never seen, and besides He was in,-
all that men
have been plus all that God is for, .'
instead of being one of the best of
men, He is the Son of the Living
God and the secret of His power is

My only hope is in 11111111111; with-
in the white-light of that vision for
only then can I see myself as I am.
If, to me. He is only a man in dust- ,
covered garments, and I follow His
example, my way may become a
pleasant one. but it is a most dan-
gerousmnc for I soon become sclf- ..
satisfied. I have no standard save .
that. of benevolence by which to "
measure myself. 1 feet the equal of
my fellows and measure life in turns
of the praises and cncontiums be.-
stowed .upon me by those whom I
raises nutkc
fore. incapa-

liut when 1
cease to measure my life by my
fellows. and I stand in the presence
of the white-robed Christ.
spotless purity and holiness shines
brighter than the light.
myself as I am. There 1 must linger
until I see myself as God sees me.
Here. some people love me and ex-
cuse my weakness, while other; dis-
like me and magnify them.
know what God thinks.
there in the light of His holiness.
against His
purity I see my corruption: against
that faultness goodness. I see my
own iniquities; against His perfec—
deformities;
against Hts holiness I see my loathe-

bt- satisfied,
but. in His presence I am smitten
with shame and falling upon the
ground, as did the disciples. 1 place
my hands over my lips and cry.
like the lepcrs in days of old: “tn-

..1

in spiritual

development—40 feel' myself a. help-

vision of
inorc than
s within my
soul a longing to possess its beauty.
when it '1'"
holds the clear sunlight of the fast
approaching spring feels a unber of
expectant life within its depth that
the future
holds for it something llilll‘t'

era. but flint
and adorned

soul 11 long-

beauty and

glory of Christ's holiness is that it

am a Sillllf‘l‘

my sins and
l throw my
cry: "Lord
med?"
tor.

a Spiritual

with sin.

lie is hold-
iah. Christ's
s of heaven

rocks. I see
M oses——t be

are talktng
s has been
of fire. to
ack to God.

uld be no
Elijah. by

Redeemer.

ck to arm]
and are talking with the Holy One
of God. as He stands in the glory
of His transfiguration. adorned In.

ad together-
way thatyl
away from
from Moses
Elijah the.

rd and that
peak of His

are fleYGI‘

hey cloths

and they
re no hun-

but awak-

t. a way by

whose

then. I See,

I must
Lingering

lliun

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sill. St.) I start 2111' t':1l\.11'_\'.
"c. Neit'r (‘Ilzttiu't'<.

I know. beyond tI11- pcr~11dtcnl11r11
of a doubt that. t‘i1rist must die.
There. must be 1111 11111111~111ent lol 1

but 110 mare t‘llilllflt‘\' in His 1111-

not dust—stained but pure 11111111.

pcaraiu'c. lit 1.1111,: the 111il1pti1'l11d

Workers are attempting to uninuizc a coal field.
while a deputy sheriff stands utmrd'mer
hibitlng pickctluu hme been served on the union leaders.

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soul. It is as real to me, as lit11its«l1‘.;1.~1ng 1,. the most natural thing in
The moment i set- tlic pure-1111111”
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to reveal my true self to myself 11111]

show to 1111- 1111' glories 111' iii: lit. :1\-
i know p'tnuld "' 1‘“”‘t'“’d in Ittoclaimlng it.

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"ll1c1'1-1111e many things that are
ht. '1utiful to dwell upo hand many
tl11- mes of great importance pressing
their claims for recognition. 'l‘licre

1.’ll‘t‘ poetry. the latest work of fiction.
1tl1r~ process and power of some com-

11‘1'0111 now on. i follow Christ. i1111111di111rcharacter. problems of soci-
down into the \‘ullf‘y 1111111112 111111 ;1t,v and the world of politics. govern.

111- nt and social service. Beautiful
thmmhts. helpful stories. stupendous
‘~1piobl1 ms that are worthy ofthought

and bring. him In 1 k to 111 11bit and that so persistent in their clalmsup.
mason. but to 1111- “111 unnunts are in" US that it lS' the easiest matter

1 in the world to ghe them the 1ight

and ultli but a tomb (ll ills tlilf-Tt‘lt‘

ghiiit: llll‘ in 1b :111 Ni in and putt:
blood. l 5111* lliiu siting sight to the
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Bass Mocassins for ”Children

the hungry. (ointmting the sorrow-
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His raiment—to 1111- He is the Son'

of GM and Ills unspoiled garments
are lirlghter than the light. I see;

llim in f‘mtbsenutnc, but the 1iurk-'

ness of the night cannot shade the

lustre of His garments. I See Him
standing before l'iiate but throuch'

the colored robes scorn, Ills holiness
shines through and I see nothing but

dazzling whiteness. lie is ever the-
Son of God and when I follow liim
to the heights of Calvary and lic-
hold the, bluoddrops falling from-

woundrd hands and let-t and brow
and side. their crimson only main-.1:

His robes tlw whiter and as the sun
is darkened and the world is Wrap-
ped amid the ulnoin of the crucifix-
ion shadows. Ile fades not from my '
vision but in tl11- midst of the white

light that surrounds Ilis cro.".<. I so

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Him pouring out His life as all alone.
ment for sin. I fall at thr- font. of my
dying Lord and I plead for Ills par-
don. To one who has beheld Christ
in the white relics of His holiness.

 

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thing in lll" world and cumin:
Him for pardon 11nd i11-lp for lit

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the nlnlit"li'1f‘lll. is ill" most natu all

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the mark of the ministry. There Is
but one theme. fat the church and
that is the holiness of Christ that

a long line of striking union miners.

Here is it M‘l‘lll‘ 11f Full-Intuit. W. “1.. where John L. Lewis and fifty other officials of the lfnlied Mine
The l,non-union miners are shown leaving the mine.
Fortyaone injunctions pro-

holy living. These other themes
may be discussed and used to illus-
. mate the’ one meal central truth and
Ibis should be the one theme. oriln this manner they may be most

helpful, but they are never
enough to become the theme.“

pew is Jesus. in'His white robe.
sinlcss condemns us pf sin

righteousness.

 

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FILES DIVORCE SUIT.
Leonard Vlelbig of Nor-walk

Vielhig, formerly of Norwalk.

March 16.192 The marriage
place April 18,1906.

 

 

one message of the pulpit. and the

whose holiness is onr’insplratlon to

divorce papers against Dorothea Bell ;

of Brooklyn. in the Superior Courtt
in Bridgeport yesterday. The plain-i
tiff alleges that he was deserted

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