| Show MYSTERY M 0 OF OP Sermon al lit It I t Unitarian Jul Ci Church m on oui Ul Measuring God Gol At the time sei services vices of the First t Unitarian Cal Uni society yesterday etelda Rev Ho Frank Fa Pay Fay Edtl Eddy Edily preached on un Measuring God by br Human Yardsticks Those These he said sall were ii t wi wll written tl and anc unwritten un un- written wrilen creeds and symbols substitutes and anti definitions After Mho ln showing how bow these were inadequate Mr II Edd Eddy discussed the m mystical element Ii h In religion re re- re 1101 ligion This ho said le was and auth ull ullI I indestructible nil ble nc In Tn part Mr h. h Eddy said Mid The type of C religious thought which seems lo to be gaining In the Iho minds mind of modern men l Is philosophic philo philo- sophic rather than dogmatic And it in I our philosophy oh we ate are putting pulling aside I hlo I our 1 old yardsticks of or tradition H creeds and definitions We Ve c see after all al that Hint they do not aid aie U us ushi hi Ii I. I measuring God except to emphasize his Immeasurableness I believe c we aie lre standing upon an era a of unprecedented tolerance In religion so RO far fara farac faras a ac as forms and tom c customs ru are concerned because In our philosophy all nJ and amid symbols 01 will wi alike seem ant alit As s iuS for Cot our 01 religious philosophy itself 11 it- I- I differ essentially does to self It 11 not nol seem billy from flom toe the noblest noble t development of Stoicism We Vc humans have achieved ed no philosophy that is loftier saner miner ler or more mOl satisfying lt than Is to he be found Inthe Inthe in inthe the writings of Seneca and Marcus elius Some have ha e wondered won von domed dered that men oT ut such RICh nobility should the lie have lime remained untouched by Christianity that wa was In Iii their thell era cia Rire hi iii the Roman Homan We Ve c must remember that th the early church which lEcel e receives so 10 much undeserved praise did eil nol hot bear time the gospel o pel of Jesus the tIme tIme the sermon on HM as expressed J ee In Mount but bul a crude set act of sUel superstitions about Jesus largely Pauline in origin Such a n vol religion had no 10 a action fur for those bred Into Inlo the Iho breadth and auth sanity of Stoicism lii in I Im Im of I f f Jesus u What hat did dil Jesus brin bring to the world He brought the time aident enthusiasm the tie profound devotion toton oton of a religious t m mystic tc He lie le had no ar arguments to offer I aboul about God or 0 men Ho lie I was of nil ail ai men least philosophic In temper His Ills was the he attitude of the Intoxicated lcd en- en He lie begun eun and anti ended with wih fathom father and amid lo in loving God as the time heaven heavenly ratH I his brothers Ills his was not a men mCH a as Ils s philosophy to the effect that lint the nature nature na na- ture tuie of God was WiS love lo e and that the relationship of man maim to man was wa that hal of or loving 10 brotherliness Ills His Ils faith He lie loved was iLS e experimental and direct direct ell lo COIl God and communed with wih him a as a father he loved men and amI treated them themas themO O as brothers who were like Ic himself children o of the tIme one le Heavenly enly Father So SQ Jesus brings his mes message a e a as a mystIc an enthusiast a religious genius He lie Ic does not nol come to found foune a chum chU cli ch or oi sanctify a tradition trelton his mission Ion is I not to lo become a high priest and a redeemer It Is just to lo teach will i flow How divine every man maui that thai the thc wi el e Into each soul as It Is 15 lifted in earnest seeking Time The faith of the future I firmly be- be lieve Ie e. wIll wi be e philosophic and will wi discredit discredit dis dis- credit the old ole yardsticks But Bui ut I as firmly hel believe eve It II will wi unite unie with wih Its Us broad philosophy something of or the time mysticism of Jesus knowing the king king- loin dom of heaven hea en as an experience in Iii love lo e and service Miss Nellie Mahan sang the offertory offer offer- ele lOI tory cry solo and Uni Unity quartette rendered he time anthem More Faith Unto nto Me Ie |
