The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-24

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4 Sermes pred ~ Ae Congregations
GAsrck, Be- cfoa, losoo, Sunday
De. 4, 1850, II Nm. 6ALr1R, Minisse,
Of ake Gospel
RonAm M, 3s-fs y u God Of the lev
salyi y be mot also Of ~ Gentilssf Yes, q
shs Gsntiles alsp.
The sel6shness Il ~ hnman heart i
remarkably ekAihifsd u ~ prejudice
and repellenees q naaicns aad 4 noss
All men am - 1hil1npa X . sommo,
Father in heaven. N1 ~ uaapimoul
doctrine of the Christian world that the,
ore al descended from the same human
pair. They HAYS sommoa inhsritance
Of sin, soEsow and death. They have .
common interest in the Christian redemp.
~ ton. Jesus Christ j. the pEopiGiation for
the sins of the whole world. All their
intArssss ars il common. They al have
Tin thsirpower to minister to each other s
mutual advantage. The human race is
nj too nsmsroas. The globe has never
bssa hardened with . greater population
than it could support. Large portions Of
the earth have mot even been subdued by
human esl6vation, according to the pri-
meval law of tho Creator. In no age, and
in no country, has too much bssn done to
relieve human wants, and 10 promote hu-
man happiness and human elevation
There . every reason and every motive,
Why oil men should live together in peace
and in love, and earnestly and Affection
atsly cooperate in doing one another
GOOD.
Bat evident and reasonable q this is,
nan have chosen to pursue directly CD.
posite course. Aud whole races and great
nations have done little else than hate
and injure one another. Ishmsel is
representative man, - we'll a. Adam. He
stands for the whole race.
The strength Of this dspravity and
sel6shness strikingly appears mot only in
the resistance which Il has made to re-
igion, but in its counteractioa and per-
version Of religion. Let MS notice as
briefly - possible the fortunes of religion
with reference to this subject.
The object Of that divine dispensation,
the records Of which are contained in the
Old Testament, was to raise up people
through whom the knowledge Of the one
only living and true God should be pre-
served in the world, and through whom
the way should be prepared for the coming |
Of Him who was to be light to tighten |
the Gentiles, as we'll as the glory of Israel. |
The mission of the Jews was to be wit.
nessss for God in world wholly abandon |
Cd to idolatry and superstition. As God |
said to Moses, "For this cause have / |
raised thee up, to show in thee my power,
and that my name may be declared
throughout all the earth."-Ex. 8: l6. |
And In accordance with this same idea |
vas the prayer of Solomon on that grand !
occasion,-the dedication of the temple
when distinct communication Of the |
principles and objects Of the religion in
honor of which it was erected, and where |
ITS services were to be celebrated, was
natural and proper,-that God would
"maintain the cause Of his people Israel
At all times, "that all the people of tic |
earth may knOsc that the Lord is God,
and that there is none els" kings 8:
81, 60. The same idea il frequently pre-
scented in the writings of the prophets,
and In the Psalms. Nor were any sins
more stoutly condemned by the holy men
among the Hebrews than pride and self
Righteousness. And the plans of God
were most distinctly announced, that they
who were not his people should one day be
called the people Of God. Moses 9: 90.
But in the face of these principles and
objects, the Jews cherished the most
naughty and contemptuous feelings to.
wards other nations. They were especial
y indignant at Paul for assuming to be
their champion. It was because he was
bold to magnify his Office IS the Apostle
Or the Gentiles, and especially because it
vas alleged against him that he had
brought some Gentiles into the temple on
'ns occasion, that his life was endangered
~ . mob, and he was only rescued from
violent death at the time by the inter
srence of Roman soldiers who bound him !
nth two CHAINS. And at later period,
rom his prison in Rome, where he was
confined for the same cause, the style In !,
vhlch he addresses those whom he had !;
onverted from heathenism, the style in :,
'hich he still addresses ali nations. is.
The prisoner Of Jesus Christ for YOU
So strong were the prejudices q
the Jews against other nations, that :
many even of those who embraced the ),
.ord Jesus were unable to rise above :,
hem, and the chef trials of the Apostle, r
nd some Of his most earnest labors, were =
nth reference to this very point. The =
sxt 10 but the conclusion Of one of his 81
Feat arguments upon this subject, ais ;;
the God Of the Jews onlyy" Yes, that 6
as the question of that age. That was >.
10 controversy which then rent the - -
hurch. els he not also of the Gentiles?' -
hat was the point which was then to be =,
roved and established. That was then q {,
'e Grtscwlas ssaatis gel cadentis ecclesiae. =
or can We be too thankful that it had r Z,
% noble aud magnanimous Paul for it's -,
lvocate. Yes, he concluded, and he - -
'ked his life upon the conclusion, "of ~
e Gentilss als0." y
1t is instructive to notice the changes ~ ~
hich time anda discriminating and retri. =,
tive Prov dence makes in che relative ~ -,
sition Of nations. The pride of the ~
No has been BUNDLED. No people were a,
er more terribly punished, or reduced 81,
oaser lnferiority. Through long and MI MI
AIRY centuries they have been . by. .'
nd and . Missing the world over. Other Co. g.,
tions have Teen absorbed by their con- o.
errors, or in other ways have Lost their ,a'
entity. We meet them only on the e se
ges Of history. Their names cease. .h'
,nor or shame is no more their portion s sa'
der the sun. But the Jews. though Is,