Show I I PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE II OF CHRIST HIS THEME I The Personal Knowledge o of Christ was the text for or a sermon by bj- the Rev Albert Buxton at the Central Christian church last ni night ht Ho Ito said in part Tho The fault of youth and the tho grand rand fallacy of or foolish teaching is the tho memorizing memorizing izing of more words a feasting on print print- printers printer's ors or's ink a gluttony of or lamp black and linseed oil Hamlet when asked l what ho was as reading replied Words wor words s words Many a child of three years is taught a jingle jin le of sound to him senseless sense sense- less les and the confident father fancies his boy is learning Only the faco face to face primary experience of lifo life can interpret life each one ono will give his hia interpretation tion in terms torms of himself A prayer meeting greeting talk however fervid Is valueless valueless value value- true less Jess though harmless in which extravagant a ant professions of loyalty to Christ and his hia church are arc mere w words wor words 1 words not preceded by an experience of reality nor followed by an application cation of his hb will Each interprets Christ t really in in terms of his own experience T To the tho chronicler ho is merely a problem of dates and the great question about Jc Jesus is merely whether ho was born 4 B B. 0 C. C and what was WM the day nV of his crucifixion To the sociologist he is is ill a alender alender alender lender who gathered twelve followers and ana inspired a rowing growing rovin disc discipleship through the ages To ro tho the city missionary who has seen Men reformations ons nay transformations in his name ho is s the tho ro regeneration tion lion of the worst slums Blums To tho the sad and mother he is solace ol in her e despairing de tIe- a s POU ul-a. ul a. a fixed faith in the tho uncertain uncertainties un un- certain certainties tics of life A belief in Christ may be a morn moro theory of thou thought ht a t testimony stimon testimony of words It rises to an abiding faith only whon whop tho the Christian out of the depths of his own e experience can declare with ith tho aged Paul I I know in whom I have I believed l. l |