December 4, 1927 by the Rey. E. F. Horst-Smith "How muck more?
Matt Many of you may remember that, year or 30 ago, an enterprising London newspaper had a series of tides unlier the general title of "My Religion," written by a number of leading novelists, Most of the writers went out of their way to insist that they were not orthodox Christians, and yot not one of them was a declared Atheist. Their} articles constituted one of the many signs that the old materialistic atheism is out-of-date in thoughtful then apply the suggestion of our. text to both of them. [Gy AE father cares for his children—That is one of the sim-Plest'and most elementary state. ents that can be made, almost a platitude. It is what Mr. [Punch would call "a glimpse of the obvious." There may, indeed, be inhuman monsters who enjoy to see their children suffer, but they are monstrosities; they are perversities; and you may rule them out. Any' circles, but, while one and all of it jo father finds interests these writers took for granted that identified with those of his children. after her own inter to recon-, there must be a Supreme Creator! stitute her unity, and to establish a and Ruler of the universe, most of government either in Peking or in them declared that, in the nature of Nanking. the cise, we could' know very little We are left with the fact that or nothing about Him, Thus their! Britain yp yielded fu Kiukiang and own statement that they were not Hankow the clamour of the OFthodox Christians obviously was! Chinese Nationalists and agreed to true, They were Theists in much the. meddling of Chinese in the the sume way in which they might administration of their Settlements. Soon, they will acknowledge the mistake, By yielding to the South, they have singularly weakened their prestige, as well as the prestige of the French and the Japanese, for the single reason that they have rented a dangerous precedent, Mere swe have the opinion of Sun Chuanfang on the actual inability of the Chinese to assume the government Ola Reema oan time I go. thro ha have been had fley lived before: Christ. Now, even before Jesus jeame, devout men had reached certain lofty conceptions regarding the churucter of God. From contemplntion of Ibs works, they drew inferning Hiy power, His holiness, but it was not until Jesus came that men knew] about the real character of God. For centuries men had been wistfully inquiring:—="What is God like?"
fe aid Jesus brought the answer.
that the essence Their disappointments and joys are his, He shares all their hopes and! fears. A time comes when his own. future, which once, meant so much to his Their life's work, their future, is an all-engrossing concern of his. To ensure the there is simply no sacrifice that too great. Some of you can draw on your own memories for instances Of the almost complete self-abnegation of parents for the well-being of their children,
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