Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-07-12

and receive you to myself i am the Resur-
rection and the Life; he that beleiyeth in me
shall never die; will raise him up at the last
day. Is there any mediation betwixt man
and his maker? Is there any forgivness Of
sins? II am the way. Whatsoever ye shah
ask the Father in my name, he will give
1t you. Coin peace Thy sins are forgiven thee ;
Is there any model Of excellence exempt from
all in6rmity? and pattern in which the Most
High has perfect complaceney u He was no.
ly and harmless, separate from sinners
This is my beloved Son in whom I am well
pleased; hear ye.h him. EH q VI fI
Solomon was wise; but Jesus was Wisdom
Solomon had more understanding than all the
ancients; but Jesus was that eternal wisdom
of which Selomon's information was only an
emitted rill. To which we only add the con-
trast in their tone. Each had certain gran
deur.,, Solomon's speech was regal. It had
both the imperial amplitude and the autocrat-
&c emphasis-stately. decisive. peremtory.-
But the Savior's was divine. There was no
pomp of diction, but there was Godlike
depth Of meaning; and such was its spontane-
Gus majesty, that the hearer felt, How easily
He could speak miracle! And miracles he
often spake; but so naturally did they emerge
from his discourse, and so noiselessly did they
again subside into its current, that We as fre-
quently read of men astontshed at his doc
trine, as of men amazed at his doings. But
though both spake with authority-the one
with authority as a king of men, the other
with authority sthe Son Of GodAthere is a
wonderful difference in point of pervasive feel
ing. Like a Prometheus cbaned to a rock Of
his own remerer, the Preacher pours forth his
mighty woes in solitude, and, truly human, is
mainly piteous of himself Consequently, his
enthroned misery, his self absorbed and state
ly SORROW, move You TO wonder, rather than
weep; and, like a gladitor dying in marble
you are thankful that the sufferer is none Of
your kindred. But. though greater in his sor-
rows. the Savior was also greater in his SYM
pathies; and though silent about his person
sonal anguish, there is that in his mild aspect
which tells each who meets tiff his grief
be great, his love is greater And whilst Sol
omon is SO kipglike that he does not ask you
to be his friend, the Savior is SO tGodlike that
he solicits your affections, and so brotherly
that he wins it. Indeed, here is the mystery
of godliness-God manifest in flesh, that flesh
may. see how God is love; and that through
the loveliness of Jesus we may be attracted
and entranced into the love of God. o mel
ancholy monarch! how funeral is thy tread
as thou pacest up and down thine eehoing
galleries, and disappearest in the valley Of
Death-shAdow, ever sounding-V Vanity of van
tiles! o Teacher blessed! how beautiful are
thy feet on the mountains, publishing peace!
How benign thine out stretched hand, which,
to the sinner weeping over it. proves Gods
golden scepter of forgiveness, and which then
clasps that sinners hand and guides him to
glory! 0 thou greater than Solomon! let
me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice;
for sweetis thy voice, and thy cOuntenance is
connely.' fe8 msa.zadlas as 4. 81