The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-04-11

Presbyterian Church,
Ertraets ION a Saeramental Sermon
REV. LEROY J. HALsRY.

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''Unto him that loved US and washed US from
our sins in his own blood, and hath made US kings
and priests unto God and his Father-to him be
glory and dominion tOrever-Amen." Rev, /: SO.
= = And what has he doneP What are the
mighty deeds that constitute together the
one grand work Of redemptionH What are
those things into which angels desire to look,
that go to moke up what we cali salvation?
They are all summed up in the text in these
three-He hath l0Ued US; He hath 1rashcd
as from our sins in has blood; and He hath
made as kings and priests unto God and
his father \
HE hath lOred u.s." Yes, with love
stronger than brother's: love as precious
as his own life, as costly as his own blood; ;
love as pure, AS deep, as enduring as the
rivers Of paradise: love whose sympathy
was not checked, whose tenderness was not
changed, whose energy was not damped,
whose zeal was not chilled, by all the cruelty
lof earth, and all the rebellion Of hell; love
whose first proclamation was-''Lo come
in the volume Of The book il is wTitten Of me,
delight to do thy will Oh Gods" whose
meat and drink it waste 60 about doing good ;
whose dying prayer it was-''Father, forgive
item, they know not what they do"
"He hath mashed as from our sins IN his
blood" II is a doctrine of revelation that
"wilhout the shedding Of blood there is no
remission" And truly if that doctrine need
ed proof or illustration, the death Of Christ
is most signal and illuslrious proofs = y
Every christian, through Christ, becomes an
heir OF eternal glory: HE shall shine as the
. brightness of the armament and as the star:
forever and ever" Says john lt doth no
yet appear what we shall be, but we know
that when he shall appear we shall be like
him.n behold what manner Of love the
Father hath bestowed upon US that we shoulC
be called the sons ofGod :" Who cal
}. tell what is included in being the possesso
Iofa throne in heaven, and a crown offadeles
Iglory! Well may we say of the christians
= as has been said of the puritans-"On tn
rich and the eloquent, on mobiles and priest
they looked down with contempt, for the
lesteemed themselves rich in a more preciOu
treasure, and eloquent in a more sublim
= languages mobiles by the right of an Garlic
crea ION and priests by the imposition of
mightier hand" This then is the ground /
the present and the eternal alteration .ascTi
bed to Christ; it is because our mediate
Tedeemer, savior, prophet, priest and kim
he has made an atonement wrought redeml
ton, and secured salvation, or in other wore
because she has loved Us, and washed US
his own blood, and made Us kings and prizes
unto God and his father, that all earth sha
yield dominion TO him and all heaven rel
der glory.
= Now if such be the work Of our savior,
such be his kingdom, if such be the homa.
: ascFibed TO him, what must be his characte
Can it be anything less than Divine. VIVA
are we TO conclude that the scriptures a
guilty of the awful idolatry Of associating
nere mortal, though the greatest ofphilos
piers, or mere angel, though the create
of the creation Of God, in the homage, I
led government, the very throne of the etern
The inehable, uncreated God! What other CO
clusiOn can We come to than that he is
:. vine3 What else can we do when We hs
M the command-"Let all the angels Of G
ne. worship him, p-When we read the wof
en- that "at the name Of Jesus every knee shot
us. bow Of things in heaven, and thingsin ear
and things under the earth''--fhan fab At
feet, and cry out With dawn and Pa
q s.thy throne, oh, God, is forever and eyel
What can We do, or what do We wish TO
but say as the bible says, she wasGod ma
4 fest ia the fesh:" "the brightness Of the