Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-12-19

to resemblance to God "n earth. who sui
lered and struggled as man but conquered
as God 10 whom the powers Of nature
we're subject when he wiIled it; | will &c
Ito the crucihed, to the arisen, TO God, who,
lin Christ, has reconciled the world unto
Himself.
The pages Of history lie open before me.
and i, is to me as If felt the breathing oil
the spirit OF the times, which rushes thro'
the world as its stream flows en-. The life
OF the Redeemer fills but few pages but
mighty spirit, full Of JOY nnd elevation,
goes out from them, and Tenews the lie
of the world. Plunged in this, penetrated
by il, the moral difficulties which seemed
to find in the life Of Jesus, perPlex me no
more. | feel as certainly as tina, live,
that hy Him God has sancll6ed the world,
that by Him He has justified Himself. the
work Of reconciliation is accomplished.
Deep in my inr:os, life | fee! that !, Is So
The God in whom believe. is he. indeed,
any other than the God whom Christianity
announces The power by VIII :ch sub
due the evil in myself, is it not loveto that
God who so loved the world, that ne gave
his Son to redeem il o heart Of the ere
alton Q bread Of life, which gives .tseli
10 US, believe it, believe intimately IN
Thee and through Thee alone, we have
eternal life. Thou comes, down to man.
that man nigh, rise to God. The Father
has stopped down 70 The child, in order to
raise him into his arms.
ST. Martin says: Here in life we climb,
as i, were a ladder Death takes Us away
from this ladder. and ~e find ourselves IN
that region of life " hich we ourselves have
attained"
II we follow the steps of Jesus, We rise
10 the highest rounds Of this Jacobs ladder;
We are on the threshold Of the kingdom o.
God.
Even in this life, :hen, will God give Of
the fulness of his life but what says al!
Chris,endom Of this
"God is lore" He will never cease.
then, to will the delverance Of His child
rem here, there. eiernally will He work
for it. God is the only principle, ever The
same, ever active. o, certainly the hour
will some time come. when the Son, the
eternal Word, will have subJected al!
things to the Father. to the eternal Mind.
A day mus, come. when the reconciiia-
ton, fulfilled in man, shall be also realized
10 nature. when God shall live in all and
through all.
Life is the developement Of a splendid
drama. The scene which we perform here,
and shall perhaps for long lime after
wards, is called Reconciliation. When We
are again entered into Gods eterna, order,
then our life will develope itself in unis
lurbed freedom and bessedness, and the
drama will become then he un.oldins
of eternal love in every sphere of life.
Infinite desires cluster around me. As
seams Of a new-kadled sun, they shoot
ou, over the world. and seek TO eu'ghtel
all ito paris-bu. ah the shadows have
gathered before my eyes and like a weary
tIayser-
Before sinking in sleep,l will go 10 thee,
divine Teacher, and hear the words which
thou saids, to thy disciples, when thou stoo-
dest like me on the borders Of the grave.
A quie, joy settles over my heart, the
darkness is dispersed. Gods glorious light
sheds brightness upon life, and all lis dis
proportions vanish. What then, is death
in thy life and in thy teachings. o Christ !
Merely moment Of iraasilion in the life
of the spirit. My heart is ligh'ened, my
sight is clearer. and | will say. with the
Apostle, 20 Death, where is thy sting! U
Grave. where is thy victory; :"
Death has come nearer to me let him
come. he is my friend. My country. my
friends, mother, sisters, farewell leave
YOU; but know that shall find you again.
G sd,y, 70 beloved Of my heart. wcuId |
have pressed your hands again in taking
eave. but i, was not to be thus. But God.
will be done Praised bs God
Iu.i as co.'s.
A clergyman down east recently re-
th