Show A W fORCE IN HUMAN LIfE UFE Consciousness of Love and Its Power Discoursed Upon by Rev Benj Young MAKES INTELLECT KEEN Men Tread With 1 t 1 Elu Kinetic tlc Step w In iii LOM L IH Lome Other r Signs Si lI of or H. H I. I I Rev c Benjamin Young of time the First Methodist church took look for his text loved that thal morning God Goti Gol so iTu gave gave guve John ill I IG His Ils subject was Time The he Love That Gave He spoke In iii part as follows Some ono has s sal salI al I Michael An Angelo elo put all the theology of oC alt all 1 the books hooks In his lila picture 1 of or The Time Last Judgment Certain Cel tain tam It U Is Is' that all al the spirit 1 of nil all 11 the thc bool books 8 o of time the Bible seems to be lie condensed on Into this his wonderful won vc verse e from time the tl writIngs writIngs writ writ- I In Ings s of St John Tradition says Maya that lint when this alO apostle llo was too old oM to discourse at length upon the time themes of the time 1 In faltering tones ho tie would talk about the time love of or God Gol When it was sM Impossible lulo for him td tO admonish multitudes upon duty uty h he Ime whispered to those who came near about love ove It I Is a a favorite topic topi In hum lila his hl epistles It I stands ou out t prominently in In hi his gospel J H He hiL looks at It closely cosely an and his tongue lea leaps pH to Its Is eulogy He lie sits SUM down to ponder pOlder upon It and amid an hl his soul becomes surcharged 8 cl with emotion As 8 he hc thinks upon It words fall fail fal him HIs Ills imagination takes to Itself wings and soaring to lO highest height he lie sA says s God GOI Is love o e There is IN that Indicated In m my text which 1 I think must be lie le quickening to every one ole oleo o of us In the lie term God timer there th rc Is that mat which I Is mysterious If r f we grant Kraat his cx- cx exI ex ex- I It I is iser er very evident that hint In many a ways 5 Tie lie he Is to us mis lS Incomprehensible We c cannot fathom the thc Divine nature We ac- ac ac pt cc-pt Biblical statements as to lo what He lie is 1 il believing that there Is no surer or Ul safer guide to o tho time knowledge or oC The Time mystel mystery mys mys- tery tem tel y Involved In in the time term has been baffling baffling bar bar- fn fling to man many minds Philosophers haes have ha s said ld that when we tr try lo to reason about aboul Him we are arc Involved in a number of or anti anti- ant ant- Most men accept his imis existence and arid do not attempt to Justify the tho fact to reason Belief In the time Divine lne 1 Is ts In Intuitional In- In In large aric arJe degree Men have said e things timings about Him Some Son have removed removed re re- moved Him lim limer very er far ar off U from the world Sometimes men men have ha Identified him with wih the world A Again aln men have sa said 1 that thai there was reason nowhere save Ea as mis It I IaM was v aM manifested In humanity that human man thought was in Iii real reality Divine thought or orthe ortho ortho tho the great all al coming to consciousness In InthIs Inthis inthis this form Hegel's God GOi Goe Is h an abstraction p pUre pOre r arid simple l Kant alt In his famous Critique leans to lo ne nescience cence but hut In his practical reason comes back to the time affirmation of oC a sonai God says There la JH but one absolute substance and amid ale this substance has two relatively Infinite Ills His philosophy livings brings him to fatalism fat fat- at und to that which Is II worse than th L StOiCism The Time apostle clings to o personality God Gol W an eternal personal being o of absolute knowledge power mower and He lie le says als as a's The Time word was us m made fesh and dwelt dWell amont us UM and we beheld his glory as of the time 01 only emily begotten of or trie tie Feather jather full rul of grace Brace rac and truth In all ni the time lh theology of the time Now Testament T nt this Is primary Apostolic Apes Apos writers never g get L away from Crom this central fact U It I nol lint bo he foolish to lk of oC God loving If Ir time the the Divine PI were not personal We c do not nol ascribe ner- ner onah n attributes to 10 an un abstraction ler immis KM Its PiC In rhetoric but bul you ou 0 cannot dl dismiss these of oC In time the New Now Testament by imy appealing ap rip- p pealing to lo the time laws ians of or rhetorical con con- These writers believed In VIvI DI- DI vI vine no personality Th Thoy y taught such a truth Jesus Jestis t thc they maintained came cameto camelo to lo reveal cal rc personality to uncover unco C or to manifest forth the time Divine 1 By no tc leger- leger el can calm their words tS bo oe used In iii an inv construction Time The apostle here sa sav say i Gal God Cod Loves Looking bark back tn k over tim 1 wonderful past nast In II Jewish life If ho he II Ray says Cod Iod od Loved That hal hail ben been made mad I tin plain In iii 11 all al their history That Thal had imad been d t tb- tb dared to the patriarchs That hid had been INn seen seem crl m h by the time burning bush on 1 i Torch That Tint had been declared amid the tie thunders of Sinai Jesus Christ t had hal brought It I to lo the attention of or nan men arain aall He lie had exemplified It H. God Gol loved lo ol nc of L Lo c. u Conel Consciousness Conscio of or 10 love is an nn awakening iming force In human life IC It I operates s very every Cr where Mm Men ll li-en li tread ad the streets of or I lime he city I v with wih elastic clastic step In such consciousness s. s There Them Is 18 a glow of or pride on the time cheek and anda uno a lire fire fr in ii the th eye c e and an a power r in th tim arm amm alm and amid a a keenness to the time intellect Inti t when hen henone one erie believes es this Did you ever know a oun oung man nian to go o moping along in the Ibm light l hl of time the full ful moon after arr he lie had discovered cl- cl dis Jis- covered ered that night that his hlo attention were appreciated and his ills feelings reciprocated On your our journey hu hoim mi 11 1 1 I tw tint t night nl hl some somi of you were so exuberant you Oi m c cOuld have kicked the tIme fact face off 01 tim the tl moot moon liven g 1 the forests were wre glorious In Iii II UK- UK im i'm darkness anti antl an time the vel very stars seemed to ho 10 hI singing gln ln hymns of or praise Since that thal tl hue hue- time the da days M have ha been very full Cul tin and some some- the time burden has been vr very heavy There has hal conic come the time hal tm-hal nn and the thc loss but time the consciousness of or love In time the he hi hearts arts of both of you nerved for Cor the time effort cIot and amI Iro brought ht glorious 5 victory But Dut ye lonely ones do not clutch at the heart an and tin do rot not heave la c the time sigh sl h for Cor though thou h you OU ha havo I hn been ICCI robbed of or parent arent or of or companion you OU can cun still sll live hive l c and struggle successfully I a against lar large e od odds s living hiving in iii the time consciousness conscious ness n s of or love lo c. It 1 spurs the lie la lad iad at his task for fOI he iii II I is thinking thInking of o home hOlC It 1 quickens the thC husband hus imus band hanc at ut his toll tol for or he imo Is thinking of wl wife It 1 helps the time wife amid the thc anxieties of the time home and the perplexities which aris from the time longings of or the time children to I. I be tim- strong and patient The teacher at his hiM desk time the worker lii In n time the sum slum the thc deacon deacon- d acon C b by thC tho ho couch of or the time weary one omme sic aro RII all al quickened by Ly the lime consciousness that love lo is being awakened and that some will wi arise and amid pronounce them blessed Tho The absence of or such means mean misery an aol and Often ofen despair The Time loss lost of or love that m means ans that time the the stars lave mave gone out and the time dark chill chi nl night ht envelops clops me mr In It its I pall Ial and amid anc I T cr cry out hut htmL coming hack back to tome tome tomo me mo I Is the tu echo of or m my own sad nail cry some hideous bat hat fanning m my face In the th awful night It I was this tint that drove Byron iiron from n hl his native t naU land and ond him ilk like a u wild wid reckless spirit piri of an nn alien lan land It I was this that lint made King ICing Lear Lar 1 mud mad ld He lie Iw hid iid spurned Cordelia o and d tru trusted ted Implicitly the time selfish Goneril and Hogan Regan but these daughters ha had had no true truc love hove In lii their hearts halls for him It I was wal this his that destroyed Antony and amid which also caused Cleopatra the time most fascinating woman of or her liar age to lock th the serpent In her bosom It I brou brought ht overwhelming o sorrow orrow into time tho hoart heart of or Eugenic Eugenie time tho wl wife of or Napolean Napolean It I almost brought ht tragedy Into the time life lre of or the tIme most brilliant brilant American of his time Th The apostle would cheer cheor us and Inspire u us by hy having ha us remember that God Cod p Gollo loves He lie Intensifies his imi thought thou ht by tho time u uc use of or that lint word so God so NO lo c loved homed You know klow something about love e but html you never knew such fuch love 10 as IS this Yo You I know knott something some sonic thing about mother love lo e and father love You ou know about abolt child love nn mind and ll more mor beautiful and tender than that hint Above Alove aught cis else In the time wide wile World I Is time the love of ot led God There 1 Is not miot anything very great rent within us to draw m down dow this love lo upon ulon us We de Weda dedo 0 da do O not nol amount to toNY y NY much the he best of UK us We e have forgotten about his lila law law and rebelled against his sels counsels We 6 have he c sinned ever every one of or us Nothing very cn lovel lovely or 01 very cIT beautiful about ui us U but God Gol lo loves Ritchie I look took David Da There was waR nothing very lovely about David anti and at ut first she sho was was repelled cl h by him Therm-i Therm Therl did not seem Heem to tobo bo h much In toe lad He lie had come down from the tIme hut hill hi country countr and amid hl his father and mother were dead deul and since then h he lie had hadnot hadnot hadnot I not not b ben been en very err well wel cared for tor or but ut she finally got rot the consent of oe her own heart hart to take him and what a splendid fellow he in- became Old lid Ol Mister lster Marner took the wait waif wal who hud hal wandered hi In oft elf ar the tho wild moor mool of or A fa ragged K d shawl about her an and her hel clothing was all nJ wai wet with the thc storm und she sime had Just dropped out of the time lap of a dead ead mother Nothing very attractive about Epple hut but ho took her up and did for her his own hands and she abc became the time very y sunshine sunshIne sunshine sun sun- shine of his bis lr life Nothing very el attractive about time the thE lad who one day lay carH into tho thio London Sunday school lie lc W vt was s ra ragged pd and an lila his hair hah was unkempt Just a walt wait of or time the streets and nobody would teach him because they thought there there- there WI was nothIng nothing noth noth- ing hi tn mm him Ills Ils presence touched the time heart of or a a good woman who wim said amid she would take him and amid Id t teach ach him She Shu ho did d but for a nine h he was the only emily pupil pupi In her class chus Sue She loved him for h was 16 bright She wrought for fa I him and anti protected protected pro pro- him and iund for him and amid hn h. hI went out to open the doors of the he Chinese empire to modern missionary movement nt nl and to modern mo civilization Not much In that lad had in lum the lit Ohio country school but a dear deur good goad woman Salt felt for him In his Sits poverty and amid tolled toiled to lo lieu help him In his hid sUm Bin HI- HI tiles dies and helped tol el him toward his ambition while ho he became anti and after afler a and when the assassins assassin's bullet bulet struck him mum down dowum a whole mutton bowed In lii mourning for for he was our oum second m mai There was not much In U us There wal and sin simm and daik- daik misery and anti aol poverty was nas I 10 loved loved So no loved that He lie dies s but iUt God od tod 10 gave Kave es Never NC er such a gift gC and anti never no cr such sucha tried to tell teU of or It hut but Men have ha I a giver gl tl a human eloquence was over equal 1 to lo no this Ihla task The Tho great reat poets have ha sunk sung sun of or ofIL ofIL IL Great thinkers have have I been Iwen n Charmed by hv It It U. Jean r In Victor Hugo hugos great t i book bol is 19 moved mo by hy It it Sidney Lanier sobs ob Out iut in grief griff rit as ho rad reads of U. U I. I Milton llon in Ima Imagery ery tries ties to tu describe it It Angels An- An gorgeous been fascinated by It and ami arch arch- gels havo ha hen b. b have been nied b by It I. I After all p perhaps p forus the time best best statement the time al mo t practical and Inspiring I Is Gou Goi Go so IO S t loved the time world worM that He lie le gave ave his only begotten o 1 son that thai whosoever pr b on him should not perish but have havo o i Ing me life I 0 |