Show DEVELOPING IDEA OF GOD fiOD WITH US USI I Christs Christ's Birth a Distinguishing shing Characteristic of Chris Chris- LESSON ON INCARNATION Time The HIM Hc C. C l i 15 Perkins Says bays ars Man XO CT I Uses Above c Ills JIb Con- Con of ur Deity At St. St Pauls Paul's Episcopal church hurch yesterday yes yes- morning the flee Rec Charles E E. Perkins took toole for foi his text St. St Matthew l I 23 They shall call his name Emmanuel Emmanuel Em Era- manuel which being interpreted J is God loil with us The Tho sermon was in part parl as follows The Tb Christmas octave e gives us UR another another an an- other opportunity to lo study some sonic lesSons lessons lessons les les- les- les sons on the Incarnation The simple record of Christs Christ's birth is found round In iii two ivo of the gospels St 51 Matthew and amid andSt St St. Luke It is a short record hut but it contains one of or the tho distinguishing characteristics of Christianity I The study of comparative religions has been a great boon hoon to our I religion While there have been among anong the thear various bar var Inus ious nations a seeking after arter if ir haply haliy thoy they mi might ht find the tho light yet It has been leen reserved to the lie Christian re religion ye- ye ligion to bring to light that great reat deMin desire de do- sire Min of or all nations It Is found In tho UH incarnation Imn Imaginary illary deities and anti semi deities have been Invented but butas butas butas as the tho Psalmist said They that made them are like JIe unto them Man Ian never rises higher than his conception of oC delt deity The Christ idea Is so far Car above all earthly inventions that Us its only source could coul have been in Imi God himself himself him him- self who In Christ was bringing man manto manto manto to himself and anti to his Father In InI I Heaven I eaven Climax II II lUX to 0 God Incarnate Is the time climax to all this searching of or the lie natural man maim manfor manfor for light t and anti life This doctrine has been heen held by the tho Christian church from Its very vely beginning It Is tho the fullness of the lie truth after which the theold theold theold old prophets sought It is Js the only solution to the lie difficult problems Othis or Ot orthis this his existence of or ours OUIS Presumptuous is that man who vho sets up his individual opinion In the face ace of the history of oC the church as given gi expression in her scriptures and In her creeds The burden of proof lies with him to gainsay gainsay gain gain- sa say this fact St I Luke uke records the history of the things that have been leen held from the lie beginning And StLuke St St. Luke was not an enthusiast Taking tho the facts as the they had hind been he ho presen presents the record for Cor the thc Instruction instruction tion ion of hi his fellow Christians of or al nil nila a ages es In hIn this timis da day we as ask asi for Cot the practical cal results of such b belief ller and anti rl rightly hUy do we ask asle In the development o othe or of orthe the lie Idea Goo Gee with us wo we must mus must first study about GO Gods God's s 's ways in the natural world lie tile was vas In the lie worland world worl and the lie world was made b by him and the world knew him him noL not Every flower flow no er 1 that thal blooms and everything that tha has life liCe is an unconscious witness to th the presence of God In Ills His world He lie HeIs HeIs lieis Is there though they know him not It In Iii one olle form It Is 11 but tho time material materia through which a u part of His life animates animates ani- ani mates all things Spark Sparl of Divinity In All Again in th the light that every man that cometh Into the world work HP HI is manifest to a degree Some Somo call cal him Him conscience but He Is there Old Socrates Socrate and both bear witness wit ness to His power pO for rOI em righteousness God Is In fn man that spark o of divinity to which tho the Christ appealed Is in all men How It responded from depths of or sin hin and shame It is only on such a basis that we can account for the moral and spiritual J reg-enera- reg Ion tion that has taken place in manH manlie man H lie He camo came unto His IUs own on and anti HI His own received Him not but as many manyas as at received Him to them He gave power to become the sons of God Here Is where the Christian religion takes a n firm hold and at this Christmas Christ Christ- mas nias season son we learn that according to the room that He ho finds In fn our hems hearts so will His presence be a power pow pow- cr er to u us It speaks to the time dignity o of oC humanity for Cor He Himself has be become become become be- be come one ono of us As He lie is so 10 we be How prone we e are aro to think only of Christ In tho the flesh Our humanity has been exalted and und through His HiI spirit run of C hi highly high class mills to look us liS Tho The Tord Word comes come unto each of or us usand usand and asks us to become HI His an and as us we wedo wedo wedo do so we ive become for God Goc Godin in the world As He said suid of or Himself Himself Himself Him Him- self hat that He lie was the light of the he world so also He lie said that His disciples disciples disciples dis dis- were the light of tho the world orld Thu the tho Incarnation brings homo home to tous tous tous us this grand teaching of God with us His church ChUlch ills His people are ale hl his imis instruments through whom lIe He is working today that lint all may become the sons of If God 4 |