The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1823-1824, 1824-02-26
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A SEAsONABLE QUESTION.

CnnIsr, will you suffer me to ask, "What think
We of Christ 70 Whose son is he |" Perhaps;
YOU readily answer, " the son of David - and ye =
say we'll, for so he is but have we no other ap. IS
pellation for Him. whose name is above every {
name" who is declared to be the King immor.
|ta invisible, the only wise God the everlastingI'
Father" as we'll as the babe of Bethlehem. Do
you ask, how can these things be-" seeing they
are so high, you cannot attain to them; readily
answer, "secret things belong to God, but what
are revealed to us" its not my province to say
lhoao they can be, but that they ARE. The APOSTLE
Paul, after the deepest researches into this mys-
ltery, acknowledged it to be great still. But 1t is
1.-THE glory Of the religion of jesus
"Where reason fails with all her pow'rs,
| There faith prevails, and love adores."
The Bible informs me that three men were|
bound hand and foot, and cast into burnlngI
fiery furnace, heated seven times hotter than u
Usual, and yet came out unhurt, and that while
their executioners were scorched to death, byl
1.-The ferc eness Of the flames in casting them in,
mot so much as the smell of fire passed upon their
garments. Now, can no more account for this
wonderful circumstance, in philosophical way,
than for Jesus Christ's being Doth Dayid's son,
and David's Lord Yet am in duty bound to
believe them, because they are in the word Of
truth, which cannot le But dear reader, fond
ly trust. YOU have entertained far nobler thoughts
lof Christ, than to regard him only as ga man OF
therefore what think ye OF his person !?
IDo you esteem him above every other object
lis he precious to your soul Have you seen such
Ia loveness in him as 10 constraln you to say,
Is abide with me p Are you willing to do and
suffer any thing and every thing for his sake, and
This Gospels; 10 take up your cross daily, and
follow him through good and evil report DO you
hold nothing so sacred the obligations you are
under to honor his name study nothing so much
las the promotion of his interest desire to glory
lin nothing but his cross, and expect nothing so
(much as complete salvation by his grace Then
= uhA. thinl, - Or his hlad "-i -:ri.-..,usnes--'
lis there efficacy enough in the former to cleanse
Iyou from all your native guilt and aefiement' 10
lpurge your conscience from dead works; and TO
silence all your doubts and fears and in the lat
tier to answer all the demands OF law and justice,
so as to free you from present and future conaem'
nation DO YOU think it is such soul Justlfying
righteousness as you can depend upon tor accept
lance with God and that il is unto all, and upon
|all that believe Then--what thinkye of his Peo-
lple DO you esteem them as the excellent Of the
|earth? Do you love all that love the Lord Jesus
IChrist in sincerity and truth, without Partially
land bypocricyl Is communion with them your
Igreatest happiness, next to the enjoyment OF the
lfayor of God, and sense of interest in the Re
ldeemer's blood Are you willing to give the
fright hand of fellowship to every one high or low
,I,u,.t u,lf ri nrartQ
liniquity Are you glad when they say TO you
|' come let us oup to the house OF the LORD. =
I'rhen-what think We of his service I Do you es
lteem it perfect freedom Is your Chief concerl
Ito approve your self workman that needeth no
Ito to be ashamed Not an eye-scrvsnt, but DOM
Ibis will from the heart DO you think his way'
are ways of pleasantness, and that all his path
lare peace That his service is so far preferab0
Ito all others, as to induce you to resolve VIII
Ipious Joshua, j" Let others serve whom they VIII
las for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
-Theu--what think ye OF bis wages Is he thu
lrewarder of all who diligently seek him Is God
illness profitable to all things Is there great re
ward in keeping his commandments And WI
Inot an " inheritance incorruptbe, indebted, ant
Itbat fsdeth not away with "eternal life" to en-
ioy it. be such an ample portion, as will constral
YOU to say with wonder and gratitude in the plac
where his honor dweileth, WAS there ever loy
like thisp'-" What think ye Of Christ ~
See on his dazzling throne,
Our intercessor stands,
And showers grace and pardon down,
From his extended hands.
With neerless majesty array'd
See human nature shine;
TIL eternal Godhead stands display'd,
In Christ the Man Divine.
The burning seraphs round him bend,
And wait his sovereign will;
Their highest honor to attend,
And his designs fulfil.
The beams Of his benignant eye,
Overwhelmed with ecstacy;
And from his smiles the joys arise
Of Gabriel and Inc.
When we present our sacrihce'
On the altar of the soul,
His worth like clouds Of incense rise,
And well perfumes the whole.
While songs in grateful thunders
BY million tongues address'd'
He sympathetic hears the signs
From sorrows heaying breast
Tho, worlds unnumbcr'd round him throng
And rend his courts with praise,
He listens TO mortaPs song,